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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Mar 6 2015 7:09 AM

  SweetiePie:

  March 6

  1405 - King John II of Castile

  1475 - Michelangelo

  1619 - Cyrano de Bergerac

  1806 - Elizabeth Barrett-Browning ...as a side, on Jan 10, 1845 after receiving a letter from Robert Browing, Miss Barrett wrote to a friend that Browning's letter 'threw me into ecstasies'. This was prophetic.

  1870 - Oscar Strauss, Composer

  1906 - Lou Costello...as the question remains about 1st base.

  1931 - Hal Needham ....this is especially for D-Kat.

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1836 - The Alamo fell

  1834 - York, Canada became Toronto

  1857 - Dred Scott decision

  1912 - The Oreo

   

  Also, I was mistaken...Mickey Mantle retired in 1969 not 1965

  Also, my Sis, DaddysKat enjoyed a birthday on March 4 !!!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Mar 7 2015 9:33 AM

  SweetiePie:

  March 7

                         ~ 1938 - Homero Blancas, PGA  once shot a 55...pretty low ~

                                              ~ 1959 - Tom Lehman, PGA ~

                                             ~ 1965 - Jesper Parnevik, PGA ~

  148 - Lucilla ~ Rome ~ daughter of Marcus Aurelius ~ sister of Commodus 

  189 - Publius Septimius Geta ~ Roman Emperor

  1671 - Robert Roy MacGregor ~ Scottish Folk Hero ~ the real "Rob Roy "

  1693 - Clement XIII, Pope

  1707 - Stephen Hopkins ~ Signer of the Declaration of Independence

  1792 - John Herschel, Astronomer

  1849 - Luther Burbank, Horticulturist

  1942 - Tammy Faye Bakker

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1530 ~ King Henry VIII wants a divorce, the Pope says "fogetta bout it", then Henry declares himself the Supreme head of The Church of England, it will be a major game changer for us all...all because he wanted to "knock it off" with Anne B.....

  1793 ~ France declares war on Spain

  1876 ~ Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his telephone

  1927 ~ EaRtHqUaKe !!! - yep, an 8.0 in Tango, Japan...it creates two new sensations 1) the violent shaking of the peasants is called "The Tango" 2) many fish are haphazzardly blown out of the water into small, comingled. bite sized chunks and "bingo"`````Sushi

  ~ see ya ~

  *revised 2015

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Mar 8 2015 9:40 AM

  SweetiePie:

  It is true Andyson. Lehman is priceless. (from 2014)

  March 8

  1075 - Abu 'I-Kasim Mahmud ibn Omar al-Zamachsari ~ Arab theologist...also, he was a crack stone tosser, skilled in the art of decapitation, gifted camel trainer, and reputed to possess a majestic deportment atop a camel....he likewise had a way with women ;-} 

  1293 - Beatrice of Castile, Queen of Portugal

  1495 - John of God, Portugese Friar & Saint

  1514 - Amago Haruhisa, Japanese Samurai & Warlord

  1702 - Anne Bonny, Irish-American Pirate

  1726 - Richard Howe, British Admiral

  1841 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Supreme Court Justice

  1872 - Anna Held, Ziegfeld girl

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1702 ~ Queen Anne asends to the throne following the death of King William III

  Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs, came to throne at age 37 but with little preparation. She won the affection of her subjects, however, by taking on her duties with a deep sense of obligation -- and by ruling over the advent of Great Britain as the most powerful nation in Europe.

  1817 ~ The New York Stock Exchange opens

  1913 ~ The IRS begins collecting income tax :-{

  1924 ~ EXPLOSION !!! yep, a real filthy naughty one -- coal mine -- blasts the tar out of 171 hard workin' souls just tryin' to eat, in Castle Gate, Utah 

  1934 ~ A Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as the Milky Way has stars -- 0h 'bout 2 or 3 hundred billion...they are still counting ;-}

  ~ Peace and Grace ~ 

  *revised 2015

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Mar 9 2015 9:29 AM

  SweetiePie:

  March 9

  1454 - Amerigo Vespucci ~ Italian Explorer

  1564 - David Fabricius ~ Astronomer discovered Variable star

  1629 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia

  1749 - Honore Mirabeau ~ French writer & politician

  1791 - George Hayward ~ Surgeon, 1st to use ether

  1815 - David Davis ~ Justice of the Supreme Court & dear long time friend of Lincoln

  1824 - Leland Stanford ~ Gov/Sen & founder of a very excellent University...in fact, classier than any of the ridiculous far left wingin' "Ivy League" antiques

  1915 - Pete Grey ~ one-armed outfielder

  1934 - Yuri Gagarin USSR ~ 1st man in space

  1936 - Mickey Gilley

  1945 - Robin Trower ~ London

  1943 - Bobby Fischer, a pretty salty chess player

  1954 - Bobby Sands, IRA

  1959 - Barbie

  1965 - The Bos

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1496 ~ EXPELLED!!! - yep, Jews from Carintha, Austria

  1562 ~ KISSING !!! yep, doing so in public is banned in Naples --- punishment is death --- however, passing gas is A-OK

  1796 ~ Napoleon Bonaparte & Josephine de Beauhamais get hitched and begin doing the hokey-pokey

  1834 ~ The French Foreign is founded

  1862 ~ The Monitor & The Merrimac get into a beef

  1916 ~ Poncho Villa & friends attacked Columbus NM and killed 18 Americans

  1945 ~ B-29 bombers let a few out against Japan killing 100,000

  1953 ~ THE ALL HEALING GRAVE !!! yep, in Moscow, Joseph Stalin gets put into it

  1959 ~ EARTHQUAKE !!  yep, a dandy 8.1 in Alaska....how cold

  1961 ~ CAVE-IN !!! yep, in a mine in Japan, wraps it up for 72 fellas'

  1964 ~ 1st Ford Mustang produced --- ;-}

  ~ Kindness ~

  Good Luck teeing it up 

  * rev 2015

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Mar 11 2015 8:32 AM

  

   

  March 11

  1725 - Harry Benedict Stuart ~ Cardinal Duke of York ~ brother of "Bonnie Prince Charlie"

  1731 - Robert Paine ~ Signer of The Declaration of Independence

  1931 - Rupert Murdoch ~ Australia ~ a hero of mine

  1936 - Antonin Scalia ~ A Great Supreme Court Justice

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1425BC ~ Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, drops dead as a doornail

  1669 ~ VOLCANO!!! - yep, Etna in Italy wops 15,000

  1702 ~ 1st daily newspaper in England the "Daily Courant" is published

  ~ Kindness is Kool ~

  rev2015

• cappy11 1,173 Posts

  Wed, Mar 11 2015 9:34 AM

  ........ 'from the Penthouse to the Outhouse......" and the beat goes on.

   Have a Great Day SP

           CHEERS !!

               cap

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Mar 12 2015 8:00 AM

  SweetiePie:

  March 12

          ~ Thanks Cappy! incidently, that photo came from...who else? Andyson ~

                                    1963 - Paul Way, Brittish Golfer

  1479 - Giuliano de' Medici, Monarch of Florence

  1637 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England

  1672 - Richard Steele, Irish writer & politican...In a letter dated Aug 1707 Sir Richard, in a letter to future wife Mary Scurlock, wrote This:

  Madam,

  I lay down last night with yr Image in my thoufgts, and have awak'd this morning in the same contemplation. The pleasing Transport with which I'me delighted, has a sweetnesse in it attended with a Train of Ten thousand soft desires, anxieties, and cares; The day arises on my hopes with new Brightnesse; Youth Beauty and Innocence are the charming objects that Steal me from myself, and give me Joys above the reach of Ambition pride or Glory. Believe Me, Fair One, to throw myself at yr Feet is giving myself the highest blisse I know on Earth. Oh hasten Ye Minutes! bring on the happy Morning wherein to be ever her's will make me look down on Thrones!  Dear Molly I am tenderly, passionately, faithfully Thine, Richard Steele.

  1781 - Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden

  1788 - Pierre J David, French Sculptor

  1804 - Jane Appleton Pierce ~ 1st Lady

  1831 - Clement Studebaker ~ Pioneer of K00L CARS - very studly

  1922 - Jack Kerouac ~ Beat writer of nonsense -- heavily addicted to drink

  1928 - Edward Albee ~ gay writer of silly stuff

  1931 - "Buckwheat"

  1940 - Al Jarreau

  1947 - Mitt Romney ~ shoulda been but nah...stupid American voters screw-up Twice!!

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1365 ~ University of Vienna is founded

  1496 ~ JEWS are expelled from Syria....why is Syria still here? WHY?

  1850 ~ 1st US $20 GOLD PIECE issued -- BUY!! - BUY!! - BUY!! 

  2003 ~ Elizabeth Smart is FOUND!!!!!

  ~ have a lovely one with a smile ~

   rev2015

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Thu, Mar 12 2015 12:07 PM

  SweetiePie:

  1931 - "Buckwheat"

  LOL, One of the Little Rascals.   Famous for his "O-Tay!"  Here's Eddie Murphy doing a Buckwheat impersonation on SNL.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Mar 13 2015 9:25 AM

  SweetiePie:

  March 13

  Hi Andy....that Murphy/Buckwheat bit is treasure !

                                     ~ 1953 - Andy Bean - PGA ~

  1372 - Louis of Valois, brother of Charles VI of France

  1615 - Innocent XII (Antonio Pignatelli) Pope

  1741 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

  1798 - Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st Lady

  1855 - Percival "Percy" Lowell, Astronomer, predicted the discovery of Pluto

  1908 - Walter Annenberg ~ Publisher of TV Guide ~ Ambassador to Great Britian ~ and owner of a fine personal golf course at his home in Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), CA... if you would like to see it, go to Google maps and look for the corner of Frank Sinatra Drive & Bob Hope Drive....it would be a fine addition to WGT

  1911 - L. Ron Hubbard, A genuine space-case without =  ... a huckster

  1936 - Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck

  1938 - Joe Bellino, 1960 Heisman Trophy

  1939 - Neil Sedaka

  1950 - Dr. Charles Krauthammer ~ regardless of where or who, always the biggest brain in the room. Read his book "Things That Matter"

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1656 ~ JEWS are denied the right to build a Synagogue in New Amsterdam (NYC) obviously, with time, this has failed

  1781 ~ the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel

  1865 ~ Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers....how did that sales pitch go...what was the incentive ?

  1878 ~ Oxford University defeats Cambridge University in their 1st Golf Match

  1929 ~ That Bradford guy does something real good in Cricket (?)

  1961 ~ LANDSLIDE !!! yep, a naughty in USSR sends 145 Vodka Lovers off to Heaven...whoops, they aren't allowed to believe in any such likelihood

  1973 ~ Syria adopts a constitution....oh my, what a scream ;-}} 

  2008 ~ GOLD!!!! yep, it hits $1000 for the 1st time !!! it was a fine day to continue to BUY!! BUY!! yep saddle up and keep riding

   ~ oh...I heard that the better male golfers have stiff shafts, is this true? 

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Mar 16 2015 9:37 AM

  SweetiePie:

  March 16

            ~ 1954 - Hollis Stacy ~ Savanna, GA ~ Two US OPENS ~ 'you go girl !'

  1739 - George Clymer ~ US Merchant ~ Signer of The Declaration of Independence

  1750 - Caroline Lucrecia Herschel, 1st modern woman astronomer

  1751 - James Madison ~ President number 4 of the US

   Standing 5'3", meek, quiet, and studious. He has mistakenly been branded as sickly and physically weak. The fact is he was epileptic by nature; that is all. He dilligently scoured and studied every known civilization in History, focused upon the strengths, weaknesses, positives, negatives and causes of their ultimate and unanamous demises. With council from the best of minds available, he produced the Constitution of the United States. He is, without question, as important and great in American History, as Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. He was greatly complimented in life by the delightful effervescence produced by his much younger wife, Dolley, who served as White House Hostess for the widowed Thomas Jefferson before becoming 1st Lady. We owe them both.

  1911 - Dr. Josef Mengele ~ NAZI

  1912 - Patricia Nixon - 1st Lady

  1916 - Mercedes McCambridge, The demon voice of Linda Blair

  1920 - Dorothea Binz, NAZI

  1926 - Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)

  1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan ~ "one of a small handfull of democrats I admire"

  1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsberg ~ (oh please spare me) Supreme Court Justice with a way worn-out welcome...yet, I hope she can linger until after 2016

  ~ By the Bye ~

  597BC ~ Babylonians capture Jerusalem and Zedekiah is King .. 0h brother

  1690 ~ Louis XIV sends troops to Ireland

  1881 ~ Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts

  1941 ~ BLIZZARD !!! ~ yep, a grim, chilly cold one nails North Dakota and Minnesota and freeze dryes 60 folk

  ~ Peace ~  

  rev 2015