RF Godfather
05-18-2003, 08:14 AM
HB to Christy, one of the sweetest and most caring of the ladies on our fair board!
All my best sweetie. Show some love, my peeps!
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PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Yun-Fat Chow
Miriam Margolyes
Karel Roden
Tina Fey
Alex Rodriguez
Reggie Jackson
Martika
Jimmy "SuperFly" Snuka
Gary Albright
The Blue Meanie
Perry Como
Robert Morse
George Strait
Pope John Paul II
FAMOUS EVENTS
At 8:32 a.m. PDT, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness (1980).
Abraham Lincoln, a one-time U.S. representative from Illinois, is nominated for the U.S. presidency by the Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was nominated for the vice presidency (1860).
In a major victory for supporters of racial segregation, the U.S. Supreme Court rules seven to one that a Louisiana law providing for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races" on its railroad cars is constitutional. The high court held that as long as equal accommodations were provided, segregation was not discrimination and thus did not deprive African Americans of equal protection under the law as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment (1898).
In the Rajasthan Desert in the state of Pokhran, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, a fission bomb similar in explosive power to the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The test fell on the traditional anniversary of the Buddha's enlightenment, and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi received the message "Buddha has smiled" from the exuberant test-site scientists after the detonation. The test, which made India the world's sixth nuclear power, broke the nuclear monopoly of the five members of the U.N. Security Council--the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, and France (1974).
Cecil B. De Mille's The King of Kings opens in Hollywood on this day in 1927, the first film shown at the new Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. Some 100,000 fans swamped the theater, clamoring to see Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, who spoke at the opening. The theater, named for its Asian-influenced d‚cor, soon became famous for its sidewalk, where more than 180 film stars placed their hand, foot, or paw prints in the cement during the next seven decades (1927).
Wilbert Harrison's recording of blues hit "Kansas City" tops the charts. The song, written in 1952, had been recorded several times already. Harrison's version was the first song in the history of the Top 100 charts to debut at No. 100 and climb all the way to the top (1959).
Elizabeth Montgomery, the star of the TV series Betwitched, dies at age 62. The daughter of film star Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth appeared in several films before landing the lead role in Bewitched, which ran from 1964 to 1972 (1995).
Montreal founded (1642).
Abraham Lincoln nominated for presidency (1860).
First baseball team walkout staged by Detroit Tigers (1912).
Jacqueline Cochran becomes first woman pilot to break the sound barrier (1953).
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 BIRTHSTONE: EmeraldPOSITIVE TRAITS: Compassionate, principled, uprightNEGATIVE TRAITS: Stern, vulnerable, melancholy
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This message was edited by RonFez Mark on 5-18-03 @ 12:19 PM
All my best sweetie. Show some love, my peeps!
Extra :) for you!
PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Yun-Fat Chow
Miriam Margolyes
Karel Roden
Tina Fey
Alex Rodriguez
Reggie Jackson
Martika
Jimmy "SuperFly" Snuka
Gary Albright
The Blue Meanie
Perry Como
Robert Morse
George Strait
Pope John Paul II
FAMOUS EVENTS
At 8:32 a.m. PDT, Mount St. Helens, a volcanic peak in southwestern Washington, suffers a massive eruption, killing 57 people and devastating some 210 square miles of wilderness (1980).
Abraham Lincoln, a one-time U.S. representative from Illinois, is nominated for the U.S. presidency by the Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Hannibal Hamlin of Maine was nominated for the vice presidency (1860).
In a major victory for supporters of racial segregation, the U.S. Supreme Court rules seven to one that a Louisiana law providing for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races" on its railroad cars is constitutional. The high court held that as long as equal accommodations were provided, segregation was not discrimination and thus did not deprive African Americans of equal protection under the law as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment (1898).
In the Rajasthan Desert in the state of Pokhran, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, a fission bomb similar in explosive power to the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The test fell on the traditional anniversary of the Buddha's enlightenment, and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi received the message "Buddha has smiled" from the exuberant test-site scientists after the detonation. The test, which made India the world's sixth nuclear power, broke the nuclear monopoly of the five members of the U.N. Security Council--the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, and France (1974).
Cecil B. De Mille's The King of Kings opens in Hollywood on this day in 1927, the first film shown at the new Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. Some 100,000 fans swamped the theater, clamoring to see Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, who spoke at the opening. The theater, named for its Asian-influenced d‚cor, soon became famous for its sidewalk, where more than 180 film stars placed their hand, foot, or paw prints in the cement during the next seven decades (1927).
Wilbert Harrison's recording of blues hit "Kansas City" tops the charts. The song, written in 1952, had been recorded several times already. Harrison's version was the first song in the history of the Top 100 charts to debut at No. 100 and climb all the way to the top (1959).
Elizabeth Montgomery, the star of the TV series Betwitched, dies at age 62. The daughter of film star Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth appeared in several films before landing the lead role in Bewitched, which ran from 1964 to 1972 (1995).
Montreal founded (1642).
Abraham Lincoln nominated for presidency (1860).
First baseball team walkout staged by Detroit Tigers (1912).
Jacqueline Cochran becomes first woman pilot to break the sound barrier (1953).
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 BIRTHSTONE: EmeraldPOSITIVE TRAITS: Compassionate, principled, uprightNEGATIVE TRAITS: Stern, vulnerable, melancholy
http://members.aol.com/ronfezmark/images/gilbertisig.jpg
My very first sig creation, Whoo-Hoo! Zoinks!
This message was edited by RonFez Mark on 5-18-03 @ 12:19 PM