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[Travellin Dave]

Nite Tony.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
0143 - Earliest known date in Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed
0685 - Battle at Nechtansmere: Picten beat Northumbrians
0996 - Pope Gregory V crowns his cousin Otto III German emperor
1040 - King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency
1216 - French crown prince Louis enters England
1420 - Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English
1471 - King Edwards IV enters London
1502 - Portuguese admiral Da Nova discovers St Helena
1526 - -Jun 8] Sermon of Bathe, Aargau: TC evangelical theology
1553 - English Lady Jane Grey marries Guildford Dudley
1602 - Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
1674 - General John Sobieski chosen King of Poland
1683 - West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
1793 - Cura‡ao Island Council forbids criticism on House of Orange
1804 - Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
1809 - Battle at Aspern-Essling: Austrian arch duke Karl beats Napoleon
1819 - 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
1825 - Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia
1832 - 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)
1840 - NZ became a British colony
1846 - 1st steamship arrives in Hawaii
1856 - Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1861 - NC is 10th state to secede from Union
1861 - Richmond, Va is designated Confederate Capital
1863 - Siege on Port Hudson, Louisiana begins
1864 - GEN David Hunter takes command of Dept of West Virginia
1866 - 1st-class debut of G F Grace aged 15 years 159 days
1871 - -July 28] French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die
1878 - 4th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Carter aboard Day Star wins in 2:37¬
1879 - Battle of Iquiquw
1881 - American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
1881 - US Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms
1886 - 14th Preakness: S Fisher aboard Bard wins in 2:45
1891 - Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds
1892 - Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci," premieres in Milan
1897 - Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time
1898 - US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington authorized

[LSUFAN]

1904 - Federation Internationale de Football Assn (Soccer) forms in Paris
1906 - Louis H Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars
1907 - 32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4
1908 - 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
1908 - Bill Burns has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in 9th
1914 - 39th Preakness: Andy Schuttinger aboard Holiday wins in 1:53.8
1914 - Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota
1916 - Britain begins "Summer Time" (Daylight Savings Time)
1917 - Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I
1918 - House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
1921 - Oldest radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1922 - "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize
1922 - Col Ruppert buys out Col Huston interest in NY Yankees for $1,500,000
1922 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)
1922 - Ruppert buys out Huston interest in Yankees for $15 million
1924 - Leopold & Loeb kidnap Bobby Franks for fun
1925 - Canadians allow to sell beer
1925 - George Lloyd of Dolobran becomes British High Director of Egypt
1925 - Roald Amundsun leaves Spitsbergen with 2 seaplanes to North Pole
1926 - White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double
1927 - Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
1929 - Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, NYC
1929 - Sergei Prokoviev's ballet "Prodigal Son," premieres in Paris
1930 - Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader
1930 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
1931 - Belgian govt of Jaspar falls
1932 - 1st Curtis Cup: US, 5«-3«
1932 - 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands
1933 - Mt Davidson Cross lit by FDR via telegraph
1934 - Oskaloosa Iowa, becomes 1st US city to fingerprint its citizens
1938 - Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours
1940 - AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees
1940 - Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France
1940 - Reynaud forms French govt
1941 - 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)
1941 - German airforce occupies airport at Maleme Kreta
1941 - Singer Johan Heesters visits Dachau concentration camp
1942 - Great-Britain convoy PQ16 departs to Russia
1943 - Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators
1944 - Hitler begins attack on English/US "terror pilots"
1945 - Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
1945 - German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured
1945 - Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart wed
1948 - NY Yank Joe Dimaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
1950 - Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
1952 - Bkln Dodgers score 15 runs in 1st inning & beat Cin Reds, 19-1
1952 - Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal
1953 - French govt of Mayer resigns
1954 - Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
1955 - "House of Flowers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 165 performances
1955 - 1st transcontinental round-trip solo flight-sunrise to sunset
1955 - WFRV TV channel 5 in Green Bay, WI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
1956 - US explodes 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
1956 - WITI TV channel 6 in Milwaukee, WI (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 - French govt of Mollet resigns
1958 - Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
1958 - US performs nuclear test at Bikini Island (atmospheric tests)
1959 - "Gypsy" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 702 performances
1959 - Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
1960 - 86th Preakness: Bobby Ussery aboard Bally Ache wins in 1:57.6

[LSUFAN]

1961 - Governor Patterson declares martial law in Montgomery
1962 - 3 more Cleveland HR set AL record for most HR (26) over 8 games
1964 - 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
1964 - Fire in W‚gimond Belgium resort, kills 19
1964 - US begin intelligence flights above Laos
1966 - "Downtown" by Mrs Miller hits #82
1966 - "Time for Singing" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 41 performances
1966 - 92nd Preakness: Don Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 1:55.4
1966 - Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Henry Cooper in London
1966 - Louie Louie by The Kingsmen reentered the chart & hits #97
1966 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Henry Cooper in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 - "Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 14 perfs
1967 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1968 - Cubs Billy Williams sets outfielder record of 695 straight game
1968 - Paul McCartney & Jane Asher attend an Andy Williams concert
1968 - USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
1968 - WEKW TV channel 52 in Keene, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 - Nuclear-powered sub Scorpion, with 99 men, reported missing & is later found at the bottom of the ocean off Azores
1969 - Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death
1969 - Slovan Bratislava wins 9th Europe Cup II in Basel
1969 - After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over NY Mets
1970 - National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U
1970 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1971 - Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens
1971 - National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga Tenn
1972 - "Heathen!" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 1 performance
1972 - "Lost in the Stars" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 39 perfs
1972 - Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
1975 - Borussia M”nchengladbach wins 4th UEFA Cup at Enschede
1975 - Lowell W Perry confirmed as chairman of Equal Opportunity Comm
1975 - Trial against Baader-Meinhof-group begins in Stuttgart
1977 - "Fiddler on the Roof" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 167 perfs
1977 - 103rd Preakness: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 1:54.4
1977 - Albert Innaurato's "Gemini," premieres in NYC
1977 - Fire in hotel Duc de Brabant Brussels, kills 19
1977 - SD Padres beat Mont Expos, 11-8, in 21 innings
1978 - 118 Unification church couples wed in England
1978 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
1978 - Yamada Mumon Roshi appointed head of Zen Rinzai Sect
1979 - Dan White convicted of manslaughter death of SF mayor Moscone
1979 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR
1979 - National Volksraad installed in Namibia
1979 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat NY Rangers, 4 games to 1
1980 - "Empire Strikes Back" premieres
1980 - Eintracht Frankfurt wins 9th UEFA Cup at Frankfurt
1980 - Ensign Jean Marie Butler is 1st woman to graduate from US service acad
1981 - Fran‡ois Mitterrand becomes president of France
1981 - Kim Seelbrede, (Ohio), crowned 30th Miss USA
1981 - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders beat Minnesota North Stars, 4 games to 1
1982 - British troops lands on Falkland Islands

[LSUFAN]

1983 - "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63
1983 - 109th Preakness: Donald Miller Jr on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4
1983 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB, for mating for STS-7 mission
1983 - David Bowie's "Let's "Dance," single goes #1
1986 - Atlanta Brave Rafael Ramirez hits 4 doubles in a game
1986 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 - Military coup in Fiji Islands under lt col Sitivani Rabuka
1987 - Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
1988 - "Da'Butt" by EU hits #35
1988 - "Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
1988 - 114th Preakness: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 1:56.2
1988 - Jane Powell weds Dickie Moore
1988 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1989 - 35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
1990 - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
1990 - Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
1991 - Ethiopia's Marxist president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
1992 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1992 - NJ senate overrides Governor Florio's veto & lowers sales tax to 6%
1993 - Dayanara Torres, 18, of Puerto Rico, crowned 42nd Miss Universe
1993 - Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life
1993 - Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss v Australia
1993 - Venezuela president Carlos Andr‚s P‚rez fired
1994 - "Best Little Whorehouse" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 16 perfs
1994 - 120th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 1:56.4
1994 - Burger King spokesman Dan Cortese (26) weds Dee Dee Hemby (26)
1994 - Country singer Trisha Yearwood (29) weds Robert Reynolds (32)
1994 - Reds bat out of order against Dodgers in 2nd inning
1994 - South Yemen secedes from Yemen
1994 - Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe
1995 - Chris Johnson wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic
1996 - Blackout in many areas of Queens NY
1996 - Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
1996 - Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win
1997 - Emmy 24th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 17th time

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1471 - Albrecht D�rer, N�rnberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker
1527 - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
1633 - Joseph de La Barre, composer
1671 - Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer
1680 - Frederich Karl Erbach, composer
1688 - Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)
1720 - Antonio Corbisiero, composer
1722 - Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
1775 - Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano
1780 - Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1796 - Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876
1808 - G‚rard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet/writer (Sylvia)
1821 - John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director
1822 - Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
1822 - Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865
1825 - George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1826 - Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
1834 - Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)
1835 - Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1841 - Joseph Parry, composer
1843 - Louis Renault, French lawyer
1851 - L‚on Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)
1855 - Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)
1858 - Jos‚ Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician
1860 - Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)
1865 - C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages
1867 - John James Ferris, cricketer (mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's)
1867 - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer
1872 - Henry Warren, Boston Mass, inventor (Telechon electric clock)
1873 - Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature historian
1873 - Everard Verachtert, Flemish translator (I speak beschaafd Dutch)
1878 - Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)
1878 - Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN)
1880 - Pablo Luna y Carne, composer
1882 - Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel)
1887 - Mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)
1888 - May Aufderheide, composer
1890 - Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra)
1892 - John Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise)
1893 - Arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)
1893 - Simon Delmonte, actor/director (Boemeladvocaat)
1898 - Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
1898 - Charles H ba, Czech violinist/composer
1898 - Karel Haba, composer
1899 - Ilse Lagner, writer
1899 - Ralph Sanford, Springfield Mass, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)

[LSUFAN]

1901 - Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)
1901 - Suzanne Lilar, [Verbist], France/Belgian writer (Le burlador)
1903 - Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7)
1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author (After Dark, Devil's Planet)
1903 - Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina
1904 - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')
1904 - Robert Montgomery, Beacon NY, actor/dir (Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack)
1905 - Edward Lockspeiser, composer
1906 - Keith Rigg, cricketer (Australian Test batsman in the thirties)
1909 - Guy de Rothschild, French banker
1911 - Andr‚ Renard, Belgian worker's union leader (Syndical Unifi‚)[or 5/25]
1916 - Harold Robbins, NYC, author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy)
1916 - Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
1916 - Joseph Janni, producer
1916 - Leonard Manasseh, architect
1917 - Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)
1917 - Heather Swift, local councillor
1917 - Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer (Just Causes)
1917 - Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla)
1917 - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman
1918 - Leonard Mullens, rubber physicist
1919 - Lord Maxwell, senator/prof (college of Justice Scotland)
1919 - Mark Wood, bishop (Ludlow)
1920 - Anthony Steel, London, actor (Malta Story, Wooden Horse)
1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker (Nobel '75)
1923 - Bettye Danoff, LPGA golfer
1923 - Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter
1924 - Peggy Cass, Boston MA, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame)
1924 - Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings)
1926 - Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer
1926 - Joseph Horovitz, composer
1926 - Rick Jason, NYC, actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn)
1926 - Robert Creeley, Mass, poet/novelist (Island)
1927 - George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner
1927 - Kay Kendall, Yorkshire England, actress (Genevieve, Les Girls)
1929 - Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist (Lincoln Center)
1929 - Paul Winslow, cricketer (big-hitter for S Africa, 108 v England 1955)
1929 - Robert Welch, designer/silversmith (Robert Welch flatware)
1930 - David Smith, principal/vice chancellor (Edinburgh University)
1930 - Malcolm Fraser, PM of Australia (Liberal, 1975-83)
1930 - Stanley Wells, director (Shakespeare Institute U of Birmingham)
1931 - Desmond Wilcox, broadcaster
1931 - George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus (1988-93)
1932 - G Wohmann, writer
1932 - John Armitage, principal (College of St Hilda & St Bede Durham)
1932 - Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer
1933 - Barry Norman, Britain, film critic (Film Greats)
1934 - Phillip King, British sculptor
1935 - Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen)
1936 - Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun
1936 - Dipak Nandy, founder (Runnymead Trust)
1938 - David Groh, Bkln NY, actor (Joe-Rhoda, Don-Another Day)
1938 - Urs Widmer, writer
1939 - Heinz Holliger, composer
1941 - Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko, USSR, cosmonaut (TM-4)
1941 - Ronald Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)

[LSUFAN]

1942 - David Hunt, Wales sec of state
1942 - Robert C Springer, St Louis, Col USMC/astronaut (STS-29, STS-38)
1943 - Hilton Valentine, rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
1944 - Janet Dailey, US, author
1944 - Manual Pina, fashion designer
1944 - Marcie Blane, rocker
1944 - Mary Robinson, pres of Republic of Ireland (Labour, 1990- )
1944 - Mike Degett, horse trainer
1945 - Ernst Willi Messerschmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
1946 - David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner (Fox Sports)
1946 - Ronald Bear, actor/director (Havana, Make-up)
1947 - Bill Champlin, Oakland Ca, rocker
1947 - Dorothy Germain, LPGA golfer
1947 - Richard Hatch, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
1948 - Carol Potter, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
1948 - Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love)
1949 - Andrew Nell, editor (Sunday Times)
1949 - Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer (T C Matic)
1949 - Rosalind Plowright, British soprano (Aida, Senta)
1950 - Roger Hodgson, London, rocker (Supertramp)
1951 - Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor (SNL, Stuart Saves His Family)
1952 - Mr T, [Lawrence Tero], Chicago, actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T)
1954 - Bill Abbott, Sarnia Ontario, yachter (Olympics-96)
1954 - Marina Langner, Dusseldorf Germany, Miss World runner-up (1975)
1955 - John Glavin, rock keyboardist (Molly Hatchet
1955 - Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79)
1955 - Stan Lynch, Gainesville Fl, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers)
1956 - Joanna M C "Annemarie" Henselmans, singer/cabaretiŠre (School Desk)
1957 - Judge Reinhold, Wilmington DE, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1957 - Sue Woodstra, Colton Ca, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
1958 - Mike Barson, rock keyboardist (Madness)
1958 - Monte Lynch, cricketer (Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player)
1959 - Nick Cassavet‚s, actor (Rosemary's Baby, Quiet Cool)
1960 - Mark Kevin Carnevale, Annapolis MD, PGA golfer (1992 Chattanooga)

[LSUFAN]

1961 - Tim Lever, keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round)
1963 - Yelena Vodorezova, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-1976)
1964 - Annabel Schofield, Llanelli Wales, actress (Laurel Ellis-Dallas)
1964 - Tom Harding, Kalamazoo Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Transamerica)
1964 - Tommy Albelin, Stockholm Swe, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1966 - Manon Kelley, Quebec City Canada, actress (Red Lips 2)
1967 - Cindy Haley, Tyler TX, LPGA golfer (1987 Texas Amateur-2nd)
1967 - Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump (Oly-1996)
1967 - Todd Doohan, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Western Ont Amateur-92)
1967 - Tracy Simien, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1969 - Reid Simpson, Flin Flon, NHL left wing (NJ Devils)
1970 - Dorsey Levens, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1970 - Roman Turek, Strakonice CZE, hockey goalie (Team Czech Rep, Oly-98)
1970 - Scott "Munnster" Munn, Larkspur Calif, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970 - Veronica Sanchez, Michoan Mexico, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17-1994)
1971 - Eric Nies, actor (MTV Real World, Grind)
1971 - Jeff Stavroff, Columbus OH, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Space Coast-4)
1972 - Alesha Oreskovich, Tampa FL, playmate (Jun, 1993)
1972 - Liliko Ogasawara, Englewood NJ, middleweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1974 - Fairuza Balk (The Craft, Gas Food Lodging)
1978 - Kandy Marshall, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1996)
1981 - Beth Botsford, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-gold-96)
1985 - Frustaci Septuplets, Calif, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7

[LSUFAN]

The Preachers Paycheck
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A pastor's wife was expecting a baby, so he stood before the congregation and asked for a raise. After much discussion, they passed a rule that whenever the preacher's family expanded, so would his paycheck.

After 6 children, this started to get expensive and the congregation decided to hold another meeting to discuss the preacher's expanding salary. A great deal of yelling and inner bickering ensued, as to how much the clergyman's additional children were costing the church, and how much more it could potentially cost.

After listening to them for about an hour, the pastor rose from his chair and spoke, 'Children are a gift from God, and we will take as many gifts as He gives us'.

Silence fell on the congregation.

In the back pew, a little old lady struggled to stand, and finally said in her frail voice, 'Rain is also a gift from God, but when we get too much of it, we wear rubbers.'

The entire congregation said, 'Amen.'

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning LSU, Happy Day Off.

[South Carolina Redfish]

What a way to start the damn day.  Warden decided to run some vinegar thru the coffee pot to see if that was the problem with it and did not get it flushed out good so when I got my nice hot first cup at 4:15 it had a nice touch of vinegar in it.  CHIT! 

[South Carolina Redfish]

Heavy storms came through starting about 1:30 this morning and just now ending.  No hail but lots of thunder, lightning and rain.