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| 2009-03-01 | |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Helen Strauss could have launched Lana Wood |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-01 22:43 |
| #9 Reuben James -- one of me wife's favorite songs. |
| Posted by: Gabby 2009-03-01 19:37 |
| #8 1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies good times, good times /Ima not Beria |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-03-01 16:53 |
| #7 gawd! Lana (yummmmmm in Diamonds Are Forever!) looks like Leona Helmsley *gakkkk* |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-03-01 16:43 |
| #6 Happy Birthday: Frédéric Chopin - died 1849 Polish-born composer" (Now) Glenn Miller - died 1944 "American bandleader" (Now) David Niven - died 1983 "AWOL from British Army" (Now) Deke Slayton - died 1993 American astronaut (Now) Dinah Shore - died 1994 "Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy" (Now) Lana Wood - 63 "Plenty O'Toole" (Now) Catherine Bach - 55 "Daisy Duke" (Now) Ron Howard - 55 "Opie Taylor" (Now) This day in history: 1781 - The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation. 1811 - Leaders of the Mameluke dynasty are killed by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali. (Mameluke's source of Marine Officers sword) 1845 - President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas. 1847 - The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment. (Look at them today) 1872 - Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park. 1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed. 1946 - The Bank of England is nationalised. (Again) 1953 - Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later. 1971 - A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility. (Obama's buddy Ayers?) 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-03-01 16:01 |
| #5 Also featured prominently in Clancy's Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising, for that reason, I suspect. Admiral Greer, in both books, was also named after an important WW II vessel Greer, and an earlier Admiral, too, it seems. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-03-01 13:31 |
| #4 I find her a comely addition to Helen Week. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-03-01 13:28 |
| #3 This is the ship sunk in North Atlantic in 1941 by U-boat. Prior to our war with Germany. Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245) |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-03-01 10:53 |
| #2 Unbelieveable! Miss Helen has rendered GolfBravoUMC speechless. Me, too. Well, almost. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-03-01 10:45 |
| #1 GBUSMC: Stumped? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-03-01 10:44 |
