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2009-04-01 
Good morning
Posted by Fred 2009-04-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Happy Birthday: April 1st

Sergei Rachmaninoff - died 1943 (69) "Russian composer, pianist, and conductor" (Now)

Lon Chaney, Sr. - died 1930 (47) "The Phantom of the Opera" (Now)

Wallace Beery - died 1949 (64) "Long John Silver in Treasure Island" (Now)

Nita Naldi - died 1961 (63) "Female Valentino - Blood and Sand - The Ten Commandments" (Now)

Toshir¨­ Mifune - died 1997 (77) "Japanese Airman - Midway - 1941" (Now)

Jane Powell - 80 "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (Now)

Debbie Reynolds - 77 "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (Now)

Ali MacGraw - 71 "Love Story" (Now)

Annette O'Toole - 57 "Lana Lang in Superman III" (Now)

On this day in history: April 1st
1826 - Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine. (Global warming Alert)
1865 - Battle of Five Forks - In Siege of Petersburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee begins his final offensive.
1891 - The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
1924 - Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch".
1939 - General¨ªsimo Francisco Franco announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
1944 - Accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. The bombers were lost.
1945 - Operation Iceberg - United States troops land on Okinawa in the last campaign of the war.
1954 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
1969 - The Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the RAF.
1976 - Apple Computer is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-04-01 00:39||   2009-04-01 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Dude, Lon Chaney and Toshiro Mifune born on the 1st of april? There was nothing of a joke about them, yet.
Posted by anonymous5089 2009-04-01 01:29||   2009-04-01 01:29|| Front Page Top

#3 

Flowers instead of satin?

She's all broken up.

Surprised, Shocked and Amazed

Priscilla or Rosemary loaned Lola the satin dress to impress Berkeley.

Daily Gam shot while dancing with Jean Arthur the Spoon Lady

Foxy lady


Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-04-01 02:10||   2009-04-01 02:10|| Front Page Top

#4 
Posted by Noble 2009-04-01 02:13||   2009-04-01 02:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Turn the Page and you have a complete set of Lanes

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-04-01 02:36||   2009-04-01 02:36|| Front Page Top

#6 
Posted by Michiko 2009-04-01 08:56||   2009-04-01 08:56|| Front Page Top

#7 
Sorry, Frank.

Shot and missed.
Posted by Pappy 2009-04-01 11:10||   2009-04-01 11:10|| Front Page Top

#8 I hate to break this to you, but that first picture is not Annette O'Toole, it's Julianne Moore. I know my redheads.
Posted by Slaising the Really Smart9661 2009-04-01 11:13||   2009-04-01 11:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Slaising, you're correct, when it comes to search engines, Trust but verify.

Correction
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-04-01 12:01||   2009-04-01 12:01|| Front Page Top

#10 With a look like that, it looks like Lola is going to get what she wants.
Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-04-01 13:16||   2009-04-01 13:16|| Front Page Top

#11 no Kinks references allowed, huh?
Posted by Frank G 2009-04-01 16:39||   2009-04-01 16:39|| Front Page Top

#12 The Kinks are fine.

I should never go troll-hunting before I've had coffee.
Posted by Pappy 2009-04-01 19:24||   2009-04-01 19:24|| Front Page Top

#13 no problem
Posted by Frank G 2009-04-01 19:41||   2009-04-01 19:41|| Front Page Top

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