DECEMBER 12, 2010
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Jack Frost is nipping at your nose while you are dreaming of a White Christmas. Joy to the world! Grandma did not get run over by a reindeer.
Today ought to be a popular day. It is a Bear day and;
December 12 is … National Ding-A-Ling Day
The Elizabeth Edwards funeral went on without much trouble. The Westboro Church protesters were drowned out by anti-Westboro Church protesters. Unfortunately, no one from the Westboro Church was attacked, beaten, shot or killed. Other than my two front teeth, that is all I wanted for Christmas.
Cam Newton, the quarterback from Auburn who has a long history of trouble following him wherever he goes, won the Heisman Trophy Saturday night. I hope that ends the story but I have a suspicion the Heisman organization will be revisiting this year’s award in the next few years. Reggie Bush had to give his trophy back earlier this year. Cam Newton will be the second to give his back, although with his history, he will likely force them to come get it. The Heisman Trophy has outlived its usefulness. Either award it to deserving people or retire it.
Bernie Madoff’s oldest son, Mark, the one that turned his dad into the authorities, apparently could not live with being a traitor to his own flesh and blood. He killed himself. He was never charged with a crime but his brother, Andrew, was, thanks to the actions of Mark in blowing the whistle. He had worked his entire life for his father and had lived a life of luxury. With dad in prison and most of the money gone, Mark decided life was not worth it and he hanged himself. Mark had his two year old son with him at the time he committed suicide. No word on what, if anything, the boy saw. Mark killed himself on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest.
“A Smith and Wesson beats four aces "
A tiny piece of bone could unlock the mystery of what happened to Amelia Earhart, the pilot who vanished somewhere over the Pacific Ocean 73 years ago.
The fragment, believed to be from a human finger, was found on Nikumaroro, an uninhabited island in the southwest Pacific, Discovery News reported.
Researchers investigating Earhart's disappearance found the fragment of bone in June 2009 along with pieces of a pocketknife, prewar American bottles and makeup from a woman's compact. At first, the bone was thought to be from a turtle but now experts believe it is human. The prevailing thought is Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, landed on this island and eventually died as castaways. They were on a trip longer than a three hour tour with The Skipper and Gilligan.
The fragment, believed to be from a human finger, was found on Nikumaroro, an uninhabited island in the southwest Pacific, Discovery News reported.
Researchers investigating Earhart's disappearance found the fragment of bone in June 2009 along with pieces of a pocketknife, prewar American bottles and makeup from a woman's compact. At first, the bone was thought to be from a turtle but now experts believe it is human. The prevailing thought is Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, landed on this island and eventually died as castaways. They were on a trip longer than a three hour tour with The Skipper and Gilligan.
Notable births on this date;
1745 John Jay diplomat (NY-Governor)
1792 Alexandros Ypsilanti Greek resistance fighter
1805 Henry Wells founder (American Express Company & Wells Fargo & Company)
1805 William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
1806 Stand Watie Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1818 Paul Octave Hebert Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1792 Alexandros Ypsilanti Greek resistance fighter
1805 Henry Wells founder (American Express Company & Wells Fargo & Company)
1805 William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
1806 Stand Watie Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1871
1818 Paul Octave Hebert Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1859 Edward Bradley horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
1893 Edward G Robinson [Goldenberg] Romania, actor (10 Commandments)
1913 Jesse Owens US, track star (4 golds 1936), spoiled Hitler's Olympics. Good job Jesse.
1915 Frank Sinatra Hoboken NJ, singer/actor (old blue eyes/chairman of board) SIMPLY THE BEST EVER. PERIOD. HE DESERVES HIS OWN SPACE.
1922 Arthur R Hawkins US pilot/captain (WWII, downed 14 jap planes)
1923 Bob Barker Darrington WA, game show emcee (Price is Right)
1924 Edward I Koch New York NY, (Mayor-D-NY, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court)
1923 Bob Barker Darrington WA, game show emcee (Price is Right)
1924 Edward I Koch New York NY, (Mayor-D-NY, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court)
1935 Al Harrington Pago Pago American Samoa, actor (Ben Kokua-Hawaii 5-0)
1973 Michael DiVenuto cricketer (exciting Tasmanian batsman)
Notable deaths on this date;
1962 Sid Saylor actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67
1964 H I "Sailor" Young cricketer (left-arm bowler England vs Australia 1899), dies
1964 H I "Sailor" Young cricketer (left-arm bowler England vs Australia 1899), dies
1968 Tallulah Bankhead actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
1968 Walter Robins cricketer (19 Tests for England 64 wickets), dies
1968 Walter Robins cricketer (19 Tests for England 64 wickets), dies
1976 Jack [John Joseph Edward] Cassidy actor (Oscar-He & She, Eiger Sanction), dies in fire at 49
Notable events on this date;
0627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine emperor Heraclius beats Perzen
1098 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
1474 Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon
1479 Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
1524 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
1098 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
1474 Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon
1479 Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
1524 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
1787 Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
1791 Bank of the US opens
1791 Bank of the US opens
1800 Washington DC established as capital of US
1878 Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"
1884 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval
1897 Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania
1897 Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal
1884 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval
1897 Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania
1897 Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal
1930 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, when a ball bounces into stands now a double, not a homerun
1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
1937 Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized & eventually paid US $2.2 million in reparations)
1937 NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of New York
1937 Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized & eventually paid US $2.2 million in reparations)
1937 NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto the streets of New York
1941 German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews
1953 Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
1963 Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped
1965 Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
1965 Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
1965 Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
1988 PLO leader Yasser Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
1991 Actor Richard Gere marries super model Cindy Crawford
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