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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Mar 15 2014 7:49 AM

  March 15

  76 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor   His wall still stands

  938 - Romanos II, Byzantine Emperor

  1275 - Margaret Plantagnet, English Princess

  1638 - Shunzhi, Emperor of China

  1767 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of USA , a very rough, tough SOB

  1878 - Reza shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran

  1887 - Marjorie Merriweather Post, Socialite

  1916 - Harry James, Trumpet player without =

  oh boy

  44 B.C. - Julius Caesar is stabbed around 30 times by a group of nobles including Brutus and Cassius...he is extremely dead.

  1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Weatern Hemisphere.

  1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd state

  It is Saturday, so play already

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sat, Mar 15 2014 12:26 PM

  15 March ...

  • Actress Eva Langoria is 39
  • Singer Bret Michaels is 51
  • Singer Sly Stone is 71
  • NFL Coach Mike Tomlen is 42
  • Model Fabio is 53 ... he once killed a bird using his nose ... while riding a new roller coaster at Magic Mountain theme park in Ca, a bird flew into Fabio's face.  Fabio's face was a bloody mess ... he survived the incident.  The bird, unfortunately, didn't fare as well
  • Actor Judd Hirsch is 79
  • Singer Mark Mcgrath is 46
  • Actor Joe E Ross (1914 - 1982) ... anyone remember "Car 54, Where Are You?"  
  • Director David Silverman is 57

  Have a great weekend everyone!

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Sat, Mar 15 2014 1:16 PM

  DaddysKat:

  Actor Joe E Ross (1914 - 1982) ... anyone remember "Car 54, Where Are You?"  

  Yes we do!  We all had some fun with it back in Nov. 2012,  Well before Kat's time on WGT.

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sat, Mar 15 2014 1:29 PM

  andyson:

  DaddysKat:

  Actor Joe E Ross (1914 - 1982) ... anyone remember "Car 54, Where Are You?"  

  Yes we do!  We all had some fun with it back in Nov. 2012,  Well before Kat's time on WGT.

  Very funny stuff, Andy!  When's the next Enquirer going to be published?

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Mar 16 2014 8:40 AM

  March 16

  1954 - Hollis Stacy, LPGA -Two US OPENS   'you go girl !'

  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 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 was greatly complimented in life by the delightful effervescence produced by his much younger wife, Dolly 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

  1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, (oh please spare me) Supreme Court Justice with a way worn-out welcome.

  Sweet Sunday to All...may you have the round you seek  

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sun, Mar 16 2014 12:31 PM

  16 March ...

  Notables:

  Thanks SP for leaving this "bone" behind ...

  Explorer Jim Bridger (1804 - 1881) ... for those of you in the US, if you ever drove down I-80, tip your hat to Jim Bridger for finding this pass.  Jim also ventured to Yellowstone" and the "Petrified Forest".  When he left the army after the war against Red Cloud, Jim would tell folks about his travels ... one of his stories was about the petrified forest, where petrified birds sat atop petrified trees and sang petrified songs!  My kind of stories ... would have loved to have heard some of his yarns!

  1830 - Scotland Yard is created as London's new police force.

  1881 - Barnum & Bailey Circus debuts

   

  Other birthdays today:

  • Actress Sierra Mcclain is 20
  • NBA Allstar Blake Griffin is 25
  • Actor Erik Estrada is 65
  • Actor Victor Garber is 65
  • Actor Alan Tudyk is 43
  • Actress Brooke Burns is 36
  • Actress Mercedes McCambridge (1916 - 2004)
  • Director Rupert Sanders is 43
  • Director Bernardo Bertolucci is 74
  • Actress Tarra Buck is 39
  • Actor Tim Kang is 41
  • Game Show Host Chuck Wollery is 73
  • Actress Monica Cruz is 37
  • Rugby Player Simon Zebo is 24
  • NFL Quarterback Rodney Peete is 48

  Have a wonderful Sunday, everyone!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Mar 17 2014 8:08 AM

  March 17

  1902 - Bobby Jones (please add your personal enlightenment)

  1231 - Emperor Shijo of Japan

  1473- James IV, King of Scots

  1685 - Jean-Marc Nattier  French Portrait Painter (Louis XV kept him busy) 

  1777 - Roger Taney, Chief Justice (Dred Scott decision)

  1787 - George Ohm, Ohm's Law

  1834 - Gottlieb Damler, 1st motorcycle

  1874 - Kincsem, The horse that never lost a race

  1895 - Shemp Howard, a real stooge

  Well, I teed off an Irish Coffee, 1st thing, to celebrate. Corned Beef in slow-cooker. Time now to see the new weekly stroke-play line up and wish you a fine St. Patricks Day.

  ...and for Sister Kat, much Prime Rib in lieu of bones

   

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Mon, Mar 17 2014 2:15 PM

  17 March,

  Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!  Whatever you choose to do today, please be safe!  By the way, the very first "official" St. Patrick's Day was in 1753!

  Notable Birthdays today:

   

  • Nat King Cole (1919 - 1965) ... what an awesome voice and wonderful performer!
  • Football great, Sammy Baugh (1914 - 2008)

   

  Actors birthdays:

   

  • Kurt Russell (great guy with a natural fade/slice) is 63
  • Rob Lowe is 50
  • Gary Sinise is 59
  • Patrick Duffy is 65

   

  I was looking for one special Nat King Cole tune ... ended up playing several.  Anyway, I decided finally (after listening to tunes for over an hour) ... hope you enjoy!

  Have a safe and happy St. Patrick's Day!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Mar 18 2014 7:30 AM

  March 18

  1496 - Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and Queen Consort of Louis XII of France

  1609 - Frederick III, King of Denmark & Norway

  1782 - John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson's VP

  1837 - Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President of USA

  1848 - Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. daughter of Queen Victoria

  1869 - Neville Chamberlain, Brittish Prime Minister

  1877 - Edgar Cayce, "The Sleeping Prophet" with over 100 books written about this amazing phychic, wilkipedia is enough of a beginning hook

  and of course, true things you can't make up...1920 - Eric Halsall, Sheepdog Trial Commentator...say what?

  and in 1766, Britain repealed the Stamp Act of 1765

  then in 1913, King George I of Greece became assassinated in Thessaloniki (where?)

  It is a lovely day to chase the white ball...bye

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Tue, Mar 18 2014 9:35 AM

  Great trivia question ... Name the only US President to be elected twice to the chair but never serve 2 consecutive terms of office?

  Edit:  Free sleeve of golf balls to the first person who can answer that question.  Hint:  He was born on 18 March.