RF Godfather
01-23-2003, 04:39 AM
(Haven't seen you post in a while) but this goes out to Rev's main squeeze and to one hell of a sweet person, HB and all my best!
Show some love, peeps!
PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Humphrey Bogart
Chita Rivera
Princess Caroline of Monaco
Richard Dean Anderson
Jeanne Moreau
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
Derek Walcott
Django Reinhardt
Sergey Eisenstein
Edouard Manet
Stendhal
Rutger Hauer
Sonny Chiba
Ryan Thompson
Erubiel Durazo
Dominick DeNucci
Lelani Lai
Randolph Scott
Potter Stewart
Ernie Kovacs
Joey Amalfitano
Jerry Kramer
Gil Gerard
Stan Washington
FAMOUS EVENTS
Casablanca premieres (1943).
Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Fats Domino inducted into new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986).
The USS Pueblo a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean patrol boats. According to U.S. reports, the Pueblo was in international waters almost 16 miles from shore, but the North Koreans turned their guns on the lightly armed vessel and demanded its surrender. The Americans attempted to escape, and the North Koreans opened fire, wounding the commander, Lloyd Bucher, and two others. With capture inevitable, the Americans stalled for time, destroying the classified information aboard while taking further fire. Several more crew members were wounded, including Duane Hodges, who later died from his injuries (1968).
Elizabeth Blackwell is granted a medical degree from Geneva College in New York, becoming the first female to be officially recognized as a physician in U.S. history (1849).
At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes. Diabetes has been recognized as a distinct medical condition for more than 3,000 years, but its exact cause was a mystery until the 20th century. By the early 1920s, many researchers strongly suspected that diabetes was caused by a malfunction in the digestive system related to the pancreas gland, a small organ that sits on top of the liver. At that time, the only way to treat the fatal disease was through a diet low in carbohydrates and sugar and high in fat and protein. Instead of dying shortly after diagnosis, this diet allowed diabetics to live--for about a year (1922).
The day after her unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Madeline Albright is sworn in as America's first female secretary of state by Vice President Al Gore at the White House. As head of the U.S. State Department, Albright was the highest ranking female official in U.S. history, a distinction that led some to declare that the "glass ceiling" preventing the ascension of women in government had been lifted (1997).
The Smithsonian Institution awards producer, director, and screenwriter Hal Roach its highest honor, the James Smithson Medal. The medal was awarded about a week after Roach's 100th birthday and only 10 months before his death (1992).
Thomas Dorsey, the father of gospel music, dies. The son of a Baptist minister father and church organizer mother, Dorsey's combined religious and music background made him into the most important composer and publisher of gospel music. Dorsey, who wrote about a thousand gospel songs, founded the first female gospel quartet and started the Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Songs Publishing Company in 1930. He also discovered legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1993).
The miniseries Roots debuts on ABC. The show traced four generations of an African-American family based on the family of author Alex Haley. Running for eight consecutive days, the miniseries became the single most watched program in American history, drawing about 100 million viewers (1977).
The United States upholds a Chicago film censorship law. The law forbade the showing of any motion picture until it had been screened and approved by the c
Show some love, peeps!
PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Humphrey Bogart
Chita Rivera
Princess Caroline of Monaco
Richard Dean Anderson
Jeanne Moreau
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
Derek Walcott
Django Reinhardt
Sergey Eisenstein
Edouard Manet
Stendhal
Rutger Hauer
Sonny Chiba
Ryan Thompson
Erubiel Durazo
Dominick DeNucci
Lelani Lai
Randolph Scott
Potter Stewart
Ernie Kovacs
Joey Amalfitano
Jerry Kramer
Gil Gerard
Stan Washington
FAMOUS EVENTS
Casablanca premieres (1943).
Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Fats Domino inducted into new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986).
The USS Pueblo a Navy intelligence vessel, is engaged in a routine surveillance of the North Korean coast when it is intercepted by North Korean patrol boats. According to U.S. reports, the Pueblo was in international waters almost 16 miles from shore, but the North Koreans turned their guns on the lightly armed vessel and demanded its surrender. The Americans attempted to escape, and the North Koreans opened fire, wounding the commander, Lloyd Bucher, and two others. With capture inevitable, the Americans stalled for time, destroying the classified information aboard while taking further fire. Several more crew members were wounded, including Duane Hodges, who later died from his injuries (1968).
Elizabeth Blackwell is granted a medical degree from Geneva College in New York, becoming the first female to be officially recognized as a physician in U.S. history (1849).
At Toronto General Hospital, 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to receive an insulin injection as treatment for diabetes. Diabetes has been recognized as a distinct medical condition for more than 3,000 years, but its exact cause was a mystery until the 20th century. By the early 1920s, many researchers strongly suspected that diabetes was caused by a malfunction in the digestive system related to the pancreas gland, a small organ that sits on top of the liver. At that time, the only way to treat the fatal disease was through a diet low in carbohydrates and sugar and high in fat and protein. Instead of dying shortly after diagnosis, this diet allowed diabetics to live--for about a year (1922).
The day after her unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Madeline Albright is sworn in as America's first female secretary of state by Vice President Al Gore at the White House. As head of the U.S. State Department, Albright was the highest ranking female official in U.S. history, a distinction that led some to declare that the "glass ceiling" preventing the ascension of women in government had been lifted (1997).
The Smithsonian Institution awards producer, director, and screenwriter Hal Roach its highest honor, the James Smithson Medal. The medal was awarded about a week after Roach's 100th birthday and only 10 months before his death (1992).
Thomas Dorsey, the father of gospel music, dies. The son of a Baptist minister father and church organizer mother, Dorsey's combined religious and music background made him into the most important composer and publisher of gospel music. Dorsey, who wrote about a thousand gospel songs, founded the first female gospel quartet and started the Thomas A. Dorsey Gospel Songs Publishing Company in 1930. He also discovered legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson (1993).
The miniseries Roots debuts on ABC. The show traced four generations of an African-American family based on the family of author Alex Haley. Running for eight consecutive days, the miniseries became the single most watched program in American history, drawing about 100 million viewers (1977).
The United States upholds a Chicago film censorship law. The law forbade the showing of any motion picture until it had been screened and approved by the c