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2009-04-03

Posted by Fred 2009-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Happy Birthday: April 3rd

Iron Eyes Cody - died 1999 (94) "Born Espera de Corti, first generation Sicilian"

Jan Sterling - died 2004 (82) "The High and the Mighty"

Marlon Brando - died 2004 (80) "Vito Corleone"

Doris Day - 85 "Doris Mary Anne von Kappelhoff" (Now)

Marsha Mason - 67 "The Goodbye Girl" (Now)

Wayne Newton - 67 "Danke Schoen" (Now)

Doreen Tracey - 65 "The Mickey Mouse Club" (Now-Standing)

Sally Thomsett - 59 "The Railway Children" (Now)

Alec Baldwin - 61 "The Hunt for Red October" (Now)

Picabo Street - 38 "Alpine ski racer" (Now)

On this day in history: April 3rd
1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
1882 - Outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.
1895 - Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
1942 - Japanese forces begin an assault on the Bataan Peninsula.
1946 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1969 - U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City.
1986 - IBM unveils their first laptop computer.

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-04-03 01:15|| 2009-04-03 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Rose blossomed into a Joan. "Gam session!"

Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Ma Bell

Rosie cheeks

Net/Net

Best foot forward

Get your feet off the couch

That's no Rope-a-Dope

Tuck up call

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-04-03 01:57|| 2009-04-03 01:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Great photos of Joan Blondell!

Posted by Mark Espinola 2009-04-03 06:14|| 2009-04-03 06:14|| Front Page Top

Posted by ChabrellIgaN 2009-04-03 07:50|| 2009-04-03 07:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Joe's Bulgarian cousin?

Posted by Raj 2009-04-03 08:18|| 2009-04-03 08:18|| Front Page Top

Posted by ChabrellIgaN 2009-04-03 10:22|| 2009-04-03 10:22|| Front Page Top

Posted by ChabrellIgaN 2009-04-03 10:59|| 2009-04-03 10:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Re: Jan Sterling... "High & Mighty", indeed..... uuf da!

Posted by Jack Slusogum8158 2009-04-03 12:48|| 2009-04-03 12:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Having first been introduced to Joan Blondel as an aging character actress in '50's and '60s TV, I am always amazed at how cute she was in the ealier days..

Posted by Slats Speans7746 2009-04-03 12:50|| 2009-04-03 12:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Joan is indeed one of the 'Burg's loveliest. Wholesome All-American looking but she allegedly knew how to have a good time (and her reputation didn't suffer for it).

Posted by JDB 2009-04-03 17:47|| 2009-04-03 17:47|| Front Page Top

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