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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, May 22 2014 3:06 AM

  Dougie4042:

  1849 – Future U. S. President Abraham Lincoln is issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U.S. President to ever hold a patent

  Very interesting, to me. A floatation device designed for river boats to move in shallow water. And then the puzzle. In the 1840's Lincoln was a busy lawyer representing river boat lawsuits & even represented some RR bridge concerns that filed suit against river boat bridge damage. I wonder exactly what brought forward his patent idea.

  I also must thank Mantis for the Corr bit...she is a fine one

  And the Sister Kat - Fats Waller Show...really great, really cool...

• WigerToods2010 8,447 Posts

  Thu, May 22 2014 3:46 AM

  SweetiePie:

  in 1873, Levi Strauss patents his jeans

  ^^^ From an earlier post... it really should have been posted now.... reply #501!

  :O)

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, May 22 2014 8:57 AM

  WigerToods2010:

  SweetiePie:

  in 1873, Levi Strauss patents his jeans

  ^^^ From an earlier post... it really should have been posted now.... reply #501!

  :O)

  G0TTA LOVE 501's !

  May 22

  1622 - Louis de Buade de Frontanc ~ Governor of New France

  1715 - Francois-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis ~ French Statesman / Cardinal

  1724 - Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne ~ French Explorer

  1759 - Gervais-Francois Cauperin ~ Composer

  1770 - Princess Elizabeth of The United Kingdom

  1813 - Richard Wagner ~ Composer

  1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle ~ brought Sherlock Holmes to life

                   ~ a lotta Frenchies ~

  In 334 BC, The Macedonian Army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Granices

  in 760, 14th recorded passage of Halley's Comet

  in 137o, Jews are expelled and massacred from Brussels

  in 1455, Opening Battle in Englands 30 year War of the Roses

  in 1807, Aaron Burr is tried for treason

  in 1843, !st Wagon Train of 1,000+ leave Missouri for Oregon

  in 1868, The Great Train Robbery when 7 men nailed $98,000 in CA$H!!

  in 1884, a 1-armed pitcher, Hugh Daily fans 13 hitters

  in 1897. Blackwell Tunnel opens under the Thames

  ~ see ya later alligators ~

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Thu, May 22 2014 10:13 PM

  edit:  23 May (didn't look at the date ... must have been on Central time zone still)

  One of my favorite female sax players ... Mindi Abair is 44 today

  Notables:

  • Singer Jewel is 39
  • Singer Maxwell is 40
  • Rosemary Clooney (George's Aunt) ... (1928 - 2002)
  • Composer William Stromberg is 49
  • Singer Scatman Crothers (1910 - 1986)
  • Composer Artie Shaw (1910 - 2004)
  • Screenwriter Guinevere Turner is 45
  • Singer Helen O'Connell (1920 - 1993)
  • Singer Heidi Range is 30

  Actors/Actresses:

  • Drew Carey is 55
  • Kelly Monaco is 37
  • Melissa McBride is 48
  • Joan Collins is 80
  • Linden Ashby is 53
  • Linda Diane Thompson is 63
  • Betty Garrett (1919 - 2011)
  • Libby Holman (1904 - 1971)
  • John Payne (1912 - 1989)
  • Lauren Chapin is 68

  Today's tribute videos ...

  Mindi's best known as an Alto Sax player, but here's one of her numbers on the Soprano ... Sure puts Kenny G to shame IMO ...

  Edit:  Looks like I missed the 22nd ... oops!

  Have a wonderful POETS day all!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, May 24 2014 8:11 AM

  Playing Pauma Valley

  May 24

  1753 - Oliver Cromwell ~ Decorated Black Solder who served with Washington

  1819 - Victoria Alexandrine ~ Queen of Great Britain

  1866 - Armando Frid ~ Died in 1990 at 124

  also

  in 1775, John Hancock becomes President of the Continental Congress...for me, he was the beginning of my passion for History. At age 8, my Father had me practice the reproduction of his signature with a Xmas gift, a Mont Blanc. I can still forge the signature to perfection and I still use the Mont Blanc.

  in 1798, the Irish Rebellion against British Rule begins

  in 1844, Samuel Morse taps out "what hath God wrought"...the 1st telegraph

  in 1890, Geo Train & Sam Wall circle Earth (Tacoma to Tacoma) in 67 days. A record

  in 1899, !st Auto Repair Shop opens

  ~ Happy Saturday ~

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, May 25 2014 7:19 AM

  May 25

  1048 - Emperor Shenzeng of China

  1661 - Claude Buffier ~ French Historian/Philosopher

  1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ Philosopher

  1846 - Princess Helena of the UK

  1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson ~ Actor

  1898 - Bennett Cerf ~ Publisher & "What's My Line"

  1898 - Gene Tunney ~ World Heavyweight Champion

  ~ not to forget ~

  in 1241, 1st attack on Jew community of Frankfort

  in 1521, Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther

  in 1720, The ship "Le Grande St Antoine" reaches Marseille bringing a plague to Europe that kills 100,000

  in 1784, Jews are expelled from Warsaw

  in 1787, The Constitutional Convention opens in Philly ~ George Washington presiding

  in 1870, Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec

  in 1887, A gas lamp at the Paris Opera catches fire and roasts 200

  ...and bringing up the rear, in 1895, Oscar Wilde is sentenced to 2 years of Hard Labor for being a Sodomite

  See ya

   

• duffer19 3,670 Posts

  Sun, May 25 2014 7:23 AM

  Sir Ian McKellan - my fav wizard of all time :)

  1. Born: May 25, 1939 (age 75), Burnley, United Kingdom

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sun, May 25 2014 11:00 AM

  To those of you living in the USA, I hope you're having a very safe and happy Memorial Day. Let's not forget to pay tribute to those that paid the ultimate sacrifice to keep us free.

  25 May,

  Today's tributes ...

  • Singer Jessi Colter is 71
  • Singer Tom T. Hall is 78

  Notables:

  • Singer Lauryn Hill is 39
  • Songwriter Adam Gontier is 36
  • Director Frank Oz is 70
  • Singer John William (Paul) Weller is 56
  • Guitarist Joe King is 34
  • Songwriter Hal David (1921 - 2012)

  Actors/Actresses:

  • Mike Myers is 51
  • Cillian Murphy is 38
  • Dixie Carter (1939 - 2010)
  • Ray Stevenson is 50
  • Monica Keena is 35
  • Ethan Suplee is 38
  • Connie Sellecca is 59
  • Karen Valentine is 67
  • Corbin Allred is 35
  • Jeanne Crain (1925 - 2003)
  • Steven Krueger is 24

  Tribute Videos ...

  I wonder ... did Jessi write this in Waylon's honor ...

  In honor of the most consumed alcoholic beverage on Memorial Day weekend, here's a song by Tom T. Hall ...

  Stay safe everyone!  Happy Memorial Day!

• duffer19 3,670 Posts

  Sun, May 25 2014 12:32 PM

  gosh - haven't heard Jessi & that song since i was a kid livin in the projects.  Mom would play that till the needle wore out

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, May 26 2014 9:06 AM

  DaddysKat:

  In honor of the most consumed alcoholic beverage on Memorial Day weekend, here's a song by Tom T. Hall ...

  Well, Dear Sister, I avoid beer...and run freely toward ALE...Ah! Strong ALE!

  May 26

  1478 - Clement VIII ~ Pope [Giulio de' Medici]

  1759 - Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin ~ Anglo - Irish feminist and writer. Her daughter, Mary eloped with poet Shelly and was the author of 'Frankenstein'. I have a nice love letter from Wollstonecraft to Godwin. dated Oct 4, 1796, but am too lazy to type it for you.

  1863 - Robert Fitzsimmons ~ Boxing Champion

  1867 - Mary Teck ~ Wife of George V of the UK

  1877 - i$aDoRa Duncan ~ San Francisco ~ way ahead of time with regard to American free form dance interpretation, along with many, many other things. I am not too lazy to type a love letter of hers for you now. It is addressed to Gordon Craig, an English actor and stage designer. it is dated around March, 1905....

                                                                                                               Waves!

  Darling - It is about 3 o'clock - I have been sitting up writing the Marvellous Book ! Had a wonderful torrent of ideas falling over each other - Don't know if they are of any worth.

  Astounding what I feel when you are not here - become suddenly very severe - don't care for Eating or sleeping but filled with lovely feelings and twice as sensitive to sounds lights colors etc. It's all a matter of magnetic forces - Same things that keep the Earth Cirlling about the sun in constant rhythmetical waves of attraction & repulsion making the Complete Harmony - Wonderful.

  Aren't we wonderful -

  Love     Love     Love     Love     Love

  Waves - love waves -

  I've been writing about dance waves sound waves light waves -

  all the same - How many thousand miles an hour do light & sound travel - So quick travel never-ceasing love waves from me to you - and from you to me - Distance doesn't matter because the supply is never ceasing - Only the near touch is something too and I want that. Living with you makes me feel so Strong I think I could easily own the Earth -

  Isn't it beautiful.

  The transfusion.

  I am filled with Force

  It is You -

     Good Night

              Love -

                 Your

                   Isa Dora

  1886 - Al Jolson

  ~ other stuff ~

  in 1637, Battle of Pequot at Mystic, Conn kills 500 Indians

  in 1647, Alse Young is executed by rope as a "WiTch" in Hartford, Conn

  in 1781, Bank of America incorporated in 'Philly'

  in 1798, British kill 500 Irish at Battle of Tara

  in 1805, Lewis & Clark first see the Rocky Mountains

  in 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte is Crowned King of Italy

  in 1868, President Andrew Johnson escapes impeachment by 1 stinking vote. He was, nevertheless, way, way better than the current POTUS. Way better.

  in 1869, Boston University is chartered

  in 1896, The Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II is crowned...but wait. Is Putin next?

  and, yesterday, ~ SP ~ three jiggled the 18th hole at Pauma Valley from 10 feet for an 80

  We must honor many today