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2009-03-18

Posted by Fred 2009-03-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Happy Birthday:

Rudolf Diesel - died 1913 (55) "Inventor of the diesel engine." (Now)

Neville Chamberlain - died 1940 (71) "Peace in our time" (Now)

Edward Everett Horton - died 1970 (84) "Roaring Chicken -'F Troop'" (Now)

Jake Swirbul - died 1960 (62) "Co-founder Grumman Aircraft with $8,125" (Now?)

Ernest Gallo - died 2007 (97) "E & J Gallo Winery" (Now)

Peter Graves - 83 "Mission: Impossible - Brother James Arness" (Now)

Vanessa L. Williams - 46 "Miss America" (Now)

Bonnie Blair - 45 "Olympic Gold Medalist Speed skating - Thunder Thighs" (Now)

Queen Latifah - 39 "Musical 'Chicago' 2002" (Now)

Danneel Harris - 30 "Model for Juicy Jeans" (Now)

This Day in History:
37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor. (Bad mistake)
1834 - Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. (Union busting extreme)
1874 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
1925 - The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. (Global Warming)
1945 - 1,250 American bombers attack Berlin.
1959 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
1968 - Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-18 01:12|| 2009-03-18 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Ricardo looks like he's almost Dunne.

When Delores del Rio found out Ricardo wasn't a real homeboy, she was pissed.

Sometimes he left them at the station.

Is that Ricardo playing Jaimie Bondo?

Would you believe Ricardo was Jewish and Greta was a le$bian, that's Hollywood?

It's OK Bebe, Jack Warner said I could use the studio couch while he's on location.

Ricardo Hefner with Mommy Dearest?

What the heck are Ricardo and Kay doing in Animal House with John Belushi?

Claudette, what I like about our relationship is we can share eye makeup.

Do you remember when Bing used to sit on Ricardo's knee?

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-18 02:30|| 2009-03-18 02:30|| Front Page Top

#3 "Urban legend" has it that Rudolf Diesel was thrown overboard by German agents because the rumor was Rudolf had given or sold the secret of his Diesel principal to the Brits.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-03-18 11:09|| 2009-03-18 11:09|| Front Page Top

#4 In his "History of WWII" Churchill defends Chamberlain's memory. Let's remind that if Chamberlain folded at Munich it was also he who told "enough is enough" to Hitler.

Whatever his sins he is ten miles above a Jimmy Carter.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-03-18 12:55|| 2009-03-18 12:55|| Front Page Top

#5 My last three (now-dead) cats are ten miles above Jimmy Carter, JFM.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-18 14:30|| 2009-03-18 14:30|| Front Page Top

#6 "37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Caligula emperor. (Bad mistake)"
I always thought Caligula got a bad rap - he did, after all, appoint his horse, Incitatus, as a Senator, thereby raising the IQ of that body.... hmmm..

Posted by Ulinesh Bluetooth6775 2009-03-18 15:49|| 2009-03-18 15:49|| Front Page Top

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