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On this day in history ..
0028 - Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome
1442 - King Alfonso V of Arag¢n occupies Naples
1523 - Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested
1534 - Turkish adm Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap & plunder Naples
1552 - Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun
1553 - King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles"
1575 - William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
1653 - -13] Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch
1665 - English rename New Amsterdam, NY, after Dutch pull out
1667 - -13] Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet
1672 - French army under Gen Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith
1673 - Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral
1683 - Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered
1691 - Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII
1701 - Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
1714 - Prussia & Russia sign secret treaty
1775 - 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
1776 - Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
1787 - Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1792 - George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC
1812 - Napoleon invades Russia
1819 - Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra
1838 - Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass
1838 - Iowa Territory forms
1839 - 1st baseball game played in America
1840 - Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
1845 - George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1849 - Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville Ky)
1859 - Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1861 - Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
1864 - Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
1864 - Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle
1867 - Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1875 - 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42¬
1880 - 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
1880 - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0
1885 - Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1889 - Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)
1892 - Neth Society for Currency & Coin collecting forms
1897 - Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)
1898 - Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control

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1900 - German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
1903 - Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1907 - Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers
1908 - Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
1909 - "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1
1910 - PEC soccer team forms in Zwolle
1913 - "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
1915 - 29th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Hazel Wightman (46 62 60)
1916 - 30th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Louise Raymond (60 61)
1916 - Tennis legend Bill Tilden's 1st appearance at US tennis championship
1917 - Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1918 - 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
1919 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education
1920 - 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 2:14.2
1920 - Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
1922 - German Reich president Friedrich Ebert visits Munich
1922 - St Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times
1922 - St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8
1923 - Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC
1925 - William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4"
1926 - 58th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard Crusader wins in 2:32.2
1926 - Brazil leaves League of Nations
1928 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7
1930 - 34th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 287 at Interlachen CC Minn
1930 - Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in NYC
1930 - Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a foul in 4 for hw boxing title
1931 - Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition & perjury
1933 - Financial & Economy World conference opens (66 countries)
1934 - Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] & United Air Lines
1935 - Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay)
1935 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15« hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)
1936 - 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
1937 - 41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1937 - USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continues
1939 - 43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila
1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
1942 - Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
1942 - Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples
1942 - Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1943 - Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos
1944 - 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
1944 - British 12th airborne batallion/13th & 18th Hussars conquer
1944 - British 12th battalion conquers Br‚ville
1944 - Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chƒteau de Creully
1944 - US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy
1945 - US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
1947 - Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1948 - "Hold It!" closes at National Theater NYC after 46 performances
1948 - "Sleepy Hallow" closes at St James Theater NYC after 12 performances
1948 - "William Tell Overture" by Spike Jones peaks at #6
1948 - 48th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 276 at Riviera CC in LA
1948 - 80th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:28.2
1948 - Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge

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1950 - 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
1950 - Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
1952 - USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
1954 - "Girl in Pink Tights" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 115 perfs
1954 - 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8
1954 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock," is originally released
1954 - Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1955 - "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
1955 - Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network
1957 - Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
1957 - Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)
1958 - "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979
1959 - SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game
1960 - KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
1960 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1961 - An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn
1961 - Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20
1962 - 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz
1962 - Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition govt
1962 - USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
1963 - "Cleopatra" premieres in NYC
1964 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1965 - "Bajour" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances
1965 - "I Had a BaIl" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 199 perfs
1965 - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 perfs
1965 - Beatles are awarded MBE
1965 - Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00)
1965 - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1965 - Sonny & Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand"
1965 - South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cao Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier
1965 - Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies
1966 - Dave Clark 5 set record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan
1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 - Israel wins 6 day war
1967 - Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)

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1967 - Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1967 - USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
1967 - Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
1968 - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 perfs
1970 - Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
1971 - Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
1972 - John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" & "Luck of the Irish"
1973 - Close finish at Trent Bridge, NZ Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440
1973 - Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
1975 - Billy Williams's 400th career HR
1975 - Hank Aaron's 1st HR in Milwaukee since 1965
1976 - "Yes, Yes, Yes" by Bill Cosby hits #46
1977 - "Pippin" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1944 performances
1977 - 23rd LPGA Championship won by Chako Higuchi
1977 - Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
1978 - David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
1978 - US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1979 - Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
1979 - Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Assn meditation in Boston
1979 - Sanista occupies parts of Managua
1979 - Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson
1979 - Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1980 - Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
1981 - "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres
1981 - 3rd baseball strike starts
1981 - Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
1981 - Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti pres election
1982 - 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
1982 - Battle of Mount Longdon Falkland Islands
1982 - Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam
1983 - 29th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1983 - Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth
1983 - Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia
1986 - P W Botha declares South African national emergency
1987 - Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-B‚del Bokassa sentenced to death
1988 - 6th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Billy Casper

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1988 - Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy
1988 - Mei-Chi Cheng wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1989 - "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
1989 - Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
1990 - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
1990 - NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
1990 - Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
1990 - Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
1990 - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
1991 - 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
1991 - Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
1991 - Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts
1992 - "Batman Returns" is released in USA
1993 - "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
1994 - -17] Pope John Paul II visits Spain
1994 - 48th Tony Awards: Angels in America: Perestroika & Passion win
1994 - Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY
1994 - Liselotte Neumann wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic
1996 - 3 Phila Fed Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet
1996 - Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women & Asians
1997 - 1st ever baseball inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3
1997 - MTV Movie Awards

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1468 - Juan del Encina, composer
1519 - Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)
1526 - Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer
1599 - Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal
1771 - Patrick Gass, Falling Springs PA, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1795 - John Marston Jr, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1885
1798 - Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1819 - Charles Kingsley, [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!)
1821 - Henry Moses Judah, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1825 - John Cook, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1829 - Johanna Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi)
1840 - Jakub Arbes, Czech author (Modern” Up”ri)
1842 - Rikard Nordraak, composer
1851 - Oliver Joseph Lodge, England, early radio pioneer
1857 - Achille Simonetti, composer
1874 - Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer
1876 - Narciso Garay, composer
1877 - Thomas C Hart, US admiral (Asiatic fleet)
1878 - James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)
1881 - Juan de Hernandez, composer
1885 - Werner Erich Josten, Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle)
1890 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist
1892 - John Donald Robb, composer
1893 - Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/radio play director (Paul Vlaanderen)
1897 - Alexandre Tansman, Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique)
1897 - Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon (C), British PM (1955-57)

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1900 - Amadeo Roldan, composer
1900 - Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Sonna)
1902 - Hendrik J Elias, Flemish historian/(mayor-Ghent)
1904 - Eino Roiha, composer
1907 - Giorgio Nataletti, composer
1908 - Max Tailleur, adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist
1908 - Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fhrer (Mussolini/Horthy)
1908 - Ronald Selby Wright, minister
1909 - Archie Bleyer, Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey)
1909 - Mansel Treharne Thomas, composer
1911 - Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician (New Class)
1912 - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist
1912 - Mary Lavin MacDonald Scott, author
1912 - Russell "Lucky" Hayden, Chico Calif, actor (Judge Roy Bean)
1914 - Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer (La C‚lestine)
1914 - Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist
1914 - William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax)
1915 - David Rockefeller, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
1916 - Irwin Allen, NYC, director (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure)
1916 - Ivan Tors, TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper)
1917 - Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)
1919 - Uta Hagen, Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting
1919 - Vera Hruba Ralston, Czech, actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder)
1920 - Peter Jones, England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
1921 - H C Artmann, writer
1921 - Hendrik J Witteveen, economist/minister of finance/director (IMF)
1921 - James Houston, Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak)
1922 - Leif Thybo, composer
1923 - Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral)
1924 - George Herbert Walker Bush, MA, 43 VP (1981-89) 41st Pres (R, 1989-93)
1927 - Henry Slesar, Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night)
1928 - Michael Wishart, artist
1928 - Richard Sherman, composer/lyricist (Mary Poppins)
1928 - Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where You Live)
1929 - Anne Frank, Holland, Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank)
1929 - Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner
1930 - Barbara Harris, 1st US Episcopal female bishop
1930 - Hans Koetsier, Dutch sculptor (KLM-Schiphol)
1930 - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener of 50s)
1932 - Jim Nabors, Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle)
1932 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1932 - Rona Jaffe, novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
1935 - Christoph Meckel, writer

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1935 - Ian Craig, cricketer (prodigious Australian bat of 50's)
1936 - Bill Zeliff, (Rep-R-NH)
1939 - Francis X McCloskey, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1983- )
1939 - GAI Schuijt, Dutch jurist (information law)
1939 - Geoff Griffin, cricketer (S Afr quick, hat-trick & chuck v Eng 1960)
1941 - Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
1941 - Lucille Roybal-Allard, (Rep-D-California)
1941 - Roy Harper, Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus)
1942 - Len Barry, rocker (1-2-3-Dovells)
1943 - Marv Albert, NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter
1943 - Reg[inald] Presley, [Ball], rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1944 - Howard Cowart, rocker
1944 - Linda Foster, Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank)
1944 - Maurice Jackson, US singer (Independents-Leaving You)
1945 - Alfred Antony Francis Gell, social anthropologist
1945 - James Naughton, US, actor (Trauma Center) [7/6/46]-
1945 - Terry Anderson, Sydney NSW Aust, US rapid fire pistol (Olympic-80, 96)
1947 - Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 - Barry Bailey, Doraville Ga, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1948 - Norbert Phillip, cricketer (WI pace bowler late 70s)
1949 - Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut (SK:Soyuz TM-28)
1951 - Alan Dysert, Danville Ill, actor (Sean Cudahy-All My Children)
1951 - Ben E Carlos, [Brad Carlson], rock drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1951 - Brad Delp, guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
1951 - Dean Unruh, Riverton Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach (Rhein Fire)
1952 - ?, Bonham TX, Dusty gives birth to her record 420th kitten
1952 - Dale Krantz, singer (Crossings-Collis Band)
1952 - Oliver Knussen, Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara)
1952 - Seigfried Brietzke, German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 - Bun E Carlos, rocker
1953 - Grace Jones, Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48)
1953 - Rebecca Holden, Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider)
1953 - Rocky Burnette, Memphis, rock vocalist (Towing the Line)
1954 - Tineke Schouten, Dutch TV host
1956 - Terry Alderman, cricketer (prolific Australian medium-pacer 1981-91)
1957 - Javed Miandad, cricketer (Pakistan batsman Got a kick out of Lillee)
1957 - Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
1957 - Timothy Busfield, East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
1958 - Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, Buenos Aires Arg, astronaut
1959 - Jalal-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick v Aust 1982)
1959 - Jenilee Harrison, Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas)
1959 - Kenneth D Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor (Say A)
1959 - Scott Thompson, comedian (Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show)
1959 - Steve Bauer, St Catharines Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-silver-84, 96)

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1960 - Mark John Calcavecchia, Laurel NE, PGA golfer (1987 Honda Classic)
1961 - Rod Latham, cricketer (NZ opening batsman)
1962 - Ally Sheedy, [Alexandria], NYC, actress (Wargames, Breakfast Club)
1962 - Michael Link, Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
1963 - Philippa June Baker, Wanganui NZ, double scull rower (Olympics-96)
1964 - Paula Marshall, Rockville MD, actress (Lindsay Sutton-Chicago Sons)
1964 - Peter Such, cricketer (England off-spinner 1993-)
1965 - Cathy Tyson, Liverpool England, actress (Serpant & Rainbow)
1965 - Cindy Lee Berryhill, US singer/songwriter (Baby)
1965 - Gwen Torrence, Lithonia GA, 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
1967 - Neil Maxwell, cricketer (all-rounder for Fiji 1990, Victoria & NSW)
1968 - Patty Armstrong, Torrance Calif, diver (Olympics-96)
1968 - Scott Aldred, Flint MI, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1968 - Sherry Stringield, actress (ER)
1969 - Kevin Turner, NFL fullback (Phila Eagles)
1969 - Mathieu Schneider, NYC, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders, Toronto)
1970 - Damon Buford, Baltimore MD, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1970 - Lee Mayberry, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies)
1971 - Florencia Labat, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star (1992 Austrian)
1971 - Iwan Tomasz, soccer player (Roda JC, Feyenoord)
1971 - Mark Henry, Silsbee TX, 238+lbs (108+kg) weightlift (Oly-14th-92, 96)
1971 - Phillip Bobo, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Ryan Klesko, Westminster CA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
1971 - Stephanie Thater, Kirkwood Mo, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1971 - Thomas Bailey, WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire)
1972 - Inger Miller, LA Calif, 100m runner
1972 - Nathalie Baudone, Rocurt Belgium, tennis star (3rd round 1995 US Open)
1972 - Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, NEC)
1972 - Scott Dawes, Australian baseball catcher (Olympics-1996)
1973 - Hanna Riikka Nieminen, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1973 - Jason Caffey, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
1973 - Rick Plum, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, MVV)
1974 - Kerry Kittles, NBA guard (NJ Nets)
1974 - Vanessa Baker, Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1975 - Ryan Tucker, NFL center (St Louis Rams)
1975 - Scott Ferrier, Australia, high jumper/decathlete (Olympics-96)
1976 - Kristin Alicia Beall Ludecke, Eustis Fla, Miss America-Florida (1996)
1977 - Andrea Schwartz, Winnipeg Manitoba, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)
1978 - ? Weiss, Albuquerque NM, (1996 US Mens' Figure Champion)
1978 - Shiloh Strong, actor (Maybe This Time, House of Cards)
1979 - Wil Horneff, Englewood NJ, actor (Ghost in the Machine, Sandlot)

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A Dog's Life
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If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise.
- Unknown

Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.
- Unknown

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.
- Gene Hill

In dog years, I'm dead.
- Unknown

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
- Aldous Huxley

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times
before lying down.
- Robert Benchley

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's
how dogs spend their lives.
- Sue Murphy

I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to
bite people themselves.
- August Strindberg

No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely
certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
- Fran Lebowitz

Ever consider what they must think of us? I mean, here we come back from a
grocery store with the most amazing haul -- chicken, pork, half a cow. They
must think we're the greatest hunters on earth!
- Anne Tyler

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
- Rita Rudner

My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can.
That's almost $7.00 in dog money.
- Joe Weinstein

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have
known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
- James Thurber

You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with
pets.
- Nora Ephron

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are
wonderful.
- Ann Landers

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get
used to the idea.
- Robert A. Heinlein

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should
have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.
- Dereke Bruce, Taipei, Taiwan

Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of
the most fond memories!
- Dr. Tom Cat

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
- Ben Williams

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.
- Edward Abbey

Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look
like the dog did it.
- Unknown

Money will buy you a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.
- Unknown

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog
does.
- Christopher Morley

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
- Josh Billings

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.
- Holbrook Jackson

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.
- Andrew A. Rooney

He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life,
his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat
of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
- Unknown

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you;
that is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
- Mark Twain

Things that upset a terrier may pass virtually unnoticed by a Great Dane.
- Smiley Blanton

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt,
and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.
- John Steinbeck

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The Bell
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After Quasimodo's death, the bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was needed.
The bishop decided that he would conduct the interviews personally and went up into the belfry to begin the screening process. After observing several applicants demonstrate their skill, he had decided to call it a day.
Just then, an armless man approached him and announced that he was there to apply for the bell ringer's job.

The bishop was incredulous. "You have no arms!"

"No matter," said the man. "Observe!" And he began striking the bells with his face, producing a beautiful melody on the carillon.

The bishop listened in astonishment; convinced he had finally found a replacement for Quasimodo. But suddenly, rushing forward to strike a bell, the armless man tripped and plunged headlong out of the belfry window to his death in the street below.
The stunned bishop rushed to his side. When he reached the street, a crowd had gathered around the fallen figure, drawn by the beautiful music they had heard only moments before.
As they silently parted to let the bishop through, one of them asked, "Bishop, who was this man?"

"I don't know his name," the bishop sadly replied,

"BUT HIS FACE RINGS A BELL"....

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Time to hit the road for work, enjoy your day guys.

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Sheesh X 2.