1628 -Marcello Malpighi physician: pioneer in working with the
microscope
1903 - (Leon) Bix Beiderbecke 'young man with a horn': jazz cornetist:
groups: Bix Beiderbecke and His Rhythm Jugglers; Bix Beiderbecke
and His Gang. One of my Mom's jazz heroes.
1918 -Heywood Hale Broun sportscaster: ABC Sports; son of U.S.
journalist Heywood Broun
1920 -Jethro (Kenneth C. Burns) entertainer, musician: mandolin, banjo:
Homer & Jethro: The Battle of Kookamonga, Don't Let the Stars Get
in Your Eyeballs
1940 -Dean Torrence singer: group: Jan & Dean: The Little Old Lady
[From Pasadena] ,Dead Man's Curve ,Surf City ,Honolulu Lulu
1940 -Chuck Norris (Carlos Ray Norris ) karate champion, actor
1958 -Sharon Stone actress: Last Dance ,Casino ,The Specialist ,Basic
Instinct ,Total Recall ,War & Remembrance series, Allan Quartermain
and the Lost City of Gold ,King Solomon's Mines
1964 -Prince Edward (Edward Antony Richard Louis) royalty: Earl of
Wessex and Viscount Severn: son and youngest child of Great
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh
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History Happens:
1791 -John Stone patented the pile driver on this day.
1849 -Abraham Lincoln applied for apatent for a device to lift vessels
over shoals by means of inflated cylinders. Lincoln received the patent
in May, 1849.
1876 -Alexander Graham Bell sent
the first clear telephone message -- into a nearby room -- to his
assistant, Mr. Watson. "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you!"
1903 -Harry C. Gammeter of Cleveland, OH patented the multigraph
duplicating machine.
1913 -William Knox rolled the first perfect 300 game in tournament
competition.
1941 - The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would wear
batting helmets during the 1941 baseball season.
1956 -Julie Andrews made her TV debut, appearing with Bing Crosby in
the musical, High Tor .
1986 - The price of a seven-stick pack of Wrigley's chewing gum went up
from a quarter to 30 cents, the first price hike in six years.
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From Teddi
There are more churches in Las
Vegas than Casinos. During Sunday services at the Offertory, some
worshipers contribute Casino Chips as opposed to cash. Some are sharing
their winnings; some are hoping to win. Since there are so many
Casinos, the Catholic churches send all the chips into the diocese for
sorting. Once sorted for the respective Casinos the chips belong
to, one junior priest takes the chips and makes the rounds to the
Casinos turning chips into cash.
He is known, of couurse, as
'The Chip Monk.'
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Are you Over the Hill ?
You may be headed that way if . .
..
You and your teeth don't sleep
together.
You try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you
aren't wearing any.
At the breakfast table, you hear snap, crackle, pop and you're not
eating cereal.
Your back goes out but you stay home.
You wake up looking like your driver's license photo.
It takes two tries to get up from the couch.
When your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
When happy hour is a nap.
When you're on vacation and your energy runs out before your money does.
When you say something to your kids that your mother said to you and
you always hated it.
When all you want for your birthday is to not be reminded of your age.
When you step off the curb and look down one more time to make sure the
street is still there.
Your idea of weight lifting is standing up.
It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.
Your memory is shorter and your complaining lasts longer.
Your address book has mostly names that start with Dr.
You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.
The pharmacist has become your new best friend.
Getting "lucky" means you found your car in the parking lot.
The twinkle in your eye is merely a reflection from the sun on your
bifocals.
It takes twice as long - to look half as good.
Everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work.
You look for your glasses for half a n hour and they were on your head
the whole time.
You sink your teeth into a steak - and they stay there.
You give up all your bad habits and still don't feel good.
You have more patience, but it is actually that you just don't care
anymore.
You finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.
You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't even remember
being on top of it.
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'I'm getting a divorce,'' said
Jack to his buddy Bill. "The wife hasn't spoken with me for six
months." Bill thought for a moment and then replied, "Just make sure
you know what you're doing Jack, wives like that are hard to find.''
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On the phone with a golf buddy
who has asked him to play, a guy says, "I am the master of my home and
can play golf whenever I want.
But hold on a minute while I find
out if I want to."
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Sadie was divorcing her husband Moshe.
After two months of waiting, her case was finally being heard in
Court.
The judge asked Sadie, "So how old are you?"
"I'm 45 years old, your Honor."
The judge replied, "Please answer my question honestly. How
old are you?"
"I'm 45 years old, your Honor," answered Sadie again.
"Well," said the judge, "you're not being truthful. It's
written down here that you were born in August 1940 and that means
you're almost 67."
"But your Honor," replied Sadie, "I'm not counting the last 20
years with my husband."
"Why not?" asked the judge.
"You call that living?" replied Sadie.
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OK, move along, that's all there is,
move along please ....