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2009-05-23 |
Posted by:Steve White |
#11 Nonsense, #10 DB. Bush can be blamed |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-05-23 22:12 |
#10 Or Bush. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2009-05-23 19:31 |
#9 Can't blame the Baltimore Orioles for that one, by Gum! |
Posted by: Fred 2009-05-23 19:06 |
#8 And don't forget that it was the Texas Rangers that were the ones that were the ones responsible for taking out Bonnie and Clyde. |
Posted by: texhooey 2009-05-23 18:21 |
#7 Yay! Angie again!!!! |
Posted by: Pappy 2009-05-23 14:22 |
#6 On that Gam off there's an 8 way tie for #1 and 2 way tie for 1A. |
Posted by: AlanC 2009-05-23 09:20 |
#5 Happy Birthday: May 23rd. Douglas Fairbanks - died 1939 (56) Scatman Crothers - died 1986 (76) Artie Shaw - died 2004 (94) John Payne - died 1989 (77) "For Barbara" Helen O'Connell - died 1993 (73) ""Singer, Dancer" Barbara Barrie - 78 "Suddenly Susan" (Now) Joan Collins - 76 "Dallas" (Now) Karen Duffy - 48 "Dumb & Dumber" (Now) Guinevere Turner - 42 "The Notorious Bettie Page" (Now) On this day in history: May 23rd. 1788 – South Carolina ratifies the Constitution as the 8th American state. 1846 – President Mariano Paredes of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States. 1863 – Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner. 1929 – The first talking cartoon of Mickey Mouse, "The Karnival Kid", is released. 1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Black Lake, Louisiana. 1939 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 26 sailors. The remaining 32 crewmen and one passenger are rescued the following day. 1945 – Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, committs suicide while in Allied custody. 1949 – The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed. 1960 – Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann had been captured. 1967 – Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War. 1995 – The first version of the Java programming language was released. 2002 – The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland. |
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-23 04:45 |
#4 The Great Gam Off* Cyd Vera Ann Ginger Myrna Angie Virginia Arlene Paulette Juliet * Angie Harmon Pics at 05/15/09 Rantburg |
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-23 03:28 |
#3 Weapons cache found where...? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2009-05-23 02:22 |
#2 Shhhhhhh. Don't wake Fred. He's still groggy from all the meds. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2009-05-23 01:36 |
#1 Ang** H*rm*n! What a lovely surprise. Whoever thought that would happen! |
Posted by: SteveS 2009-05-23 01:33 |