RF Godfather
03-03-2004, 01:06 AM
HBB Diane (3/2). Hope you had a wonderful birthday and all my bestest wishes to you.
PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Mikhail Gorbachev
John Irving
Lou Reed
Kurt Weil
Desi Arnaz
Karen Carpenter
Dr. Seuss
Manami Toyota
Satoru Asako
Jon Bon Jovi
Richard Ruccolo
Gates McFadden
Jennifer Jones
Sam Houston
Mel Ott
Jay Osmond
Alexander Graham Bell
FAMOUS EVENTS
Rutherfold B. Hayes elected president (1877).
Inaugural flight of the Concorde supersonic jet (1969).
Compact disc system introduced (1983).
During the Texas Revolution, a convention of American Texans meets at Washington-on-the-Brazos and declares the independence of Texas from Mexico. The delegates chose David Burnet as provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as the commander in chief of all Texan forces. The Texans also adopted a constitution that protected the free practice of slavery, which had been prohibited by Mexican law. Meanwhile, in San Antonio, Santa Anna's siege of the Alamo continued, and the fort's 185 or so American defenders waited for the final Mexican assault (1835).
The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States...from any foreign kingdom, place, or country" (1807).
Pioneer 10, the world's first outer-planetary probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. In December 1973, after successfully negotiating the asteroid belt and a distance of 620 million miles, Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter and sent back to Earth the first close-up images of the spectacular gas giant. In June 1983, the NASA spacecraft left the solar system and the next day radioed back the first scientific data on interstellar space. NASA officially ended the Pioneer 10 project on March 31, 1997, with the spacecraft having traveled a distance of some six billion miles (1972).
For the first time, the Academy Awards are presented as part of a televised variety show. Jack Benny served as master of ceremonies for the event, which was held at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Due to lack of network interest, the show was only broadcast locally, on two Los Angeles TV stations. Winners included Best Film Going My Way, whose male lead, Bing Crosby, won Best Actor. Ingrid Bergman won Best Actress for her performance in Gaslight (1944).
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 BIRTHSTONE: AquamarinePOSITIVE TRAITS: Purposeful, directed, profoundNEGATIVE TRAITS: Isolated, shy, reclusive
http://hometown.aol.com/nycsmart/images/douglassig2%20copy.jpg
"Time to make a little noise!" --Shane Douglas
PEOPLE BORN TODAY
Mikhail Gorbachev
John Irving
Lou Reed
Kurt Weil
Desi Arnaz
Karen Carpenter
Dr. Seuss
Manami Toyota
Satoru Asako
Jon Bon Jovi
Richard Ruccolo
Gates McFadden
Jennifer Jones
Sam Houston
Mel Ott
Jay Osmond
Alexander Graham Bell
FAMOUS EVENTS
Rutherfold B. Hayes elected president (1877).
Inaugural flight of the Concorde supersonic jet (1969).
Compact disc system introduced (1983).
During the Texas Revolution, a convention of American Texans meets at Washington-on-the-Brazos and declares the independence of Texas from Mexico. The delegates chose David Burnet as provisional president and confirmed Sam Houston as the commander in chief of all Texan forces. The Texans also adopted a constitution that protected the free practice of slavery, which had been prohibited by Mexican law. Meanwhile, in San Antonio, Santa Anna's siege of the Alamo continued, and the fort's 185 or so American defenders waited for the final Mexican assault (1835).
The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States...from any foreign kingdom, place, or country" (1807).
Pioneer 10, the world's first outer-planetary probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. In December 1973, after successfully negotiating the asteroid belt and a distance of 620 million miles, Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter and sent back to Earth the first close-up images of the spectacular gas giant. In June 1983, the NASA spacecraft left the solar system and the next day radioed back the first scientific data on interstellar space. NASA officially ended the Pioneer 10 project on March 31, 1997, with the spacecraft having traveled a distance of some six billion miles (1972).
For the first time, the Academy Awards are presented as part of a televised variety show. Jack Benny served as master of ceremonies for the event, which was held at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Due to lack of network interest, the show was only broadcast locally, on two Los Angeles TV stations. Winners included Best Film Going My Way, whose male lead, Bing Crosby, won Best Actor. Ingrid Bergman won Best Actress for her performance in Gaslight (1944).
LUCKY NUMBER: 5 BIRTHSTONE: AquamarinePOSITIVE TRAITS: Purposeful, directed, profoundNEGATIVE TRAITS: Isolated, shy, reclusive
http://hometown.aol.com/nycsmart/images/douglassig2%20copy.jpg
"Time to make a little noise!" --Shane Douglas