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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 2:41 AM

  A Big One to my Oldest Brother Michael Vincent M....hits the big 40 today !! I Love You Mickey !  Lily 

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 8:46 AM

                                                      Yom Kippur

                           The Jewish Day of Atonement   begins at sunset

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 9:42 AM

  October 3

  1728 - Charles Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont ~ French spy / transvestite

  1790 - John Ross ~ Chief of the Cherokee Nation

  1797 - Leopold II ~ Grand Duke of Tuscany

  1959 - Fred Couples

  1962 - Tommy " Big Tom-Tom " Lee ~ Motley Crue

  1969 - Gwen Stefani ~ No Doubt

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 1:23 PM

  10 - 3

  " By the Bye "

  2333BC ~ The State of Gojoseon ( Korea ) is founded

  52BC ~ Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to Julius Caesar at the Battle of Alesia

  42BC ~ First Battle of Philippi <>  Mark Antony & Octavian vs Cassius & Brutus...the assassins of Julius Caesar

  ~ AD .......

• overtheedge 5,885 Posts

  Fri, Oct 3 2014 3:20 PM

  You're running solo SP which btw you are doing fantastic but missing D'Kat and her cool to funny to classic MV's  :< ) 

  Keep it up SP. Very cool thread. edge

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Oct 4 2014 7:32 AM

  overtheedge:

  You're running solo SP which btw you are doing fantastic but missing D'Kat and her cool to funny to classic MV's  :< ) 

  Keep it up SP. Very cool thread. edge

  Thank you....In talking with Miss D-Kat, she has, of late, a great many things on her plate keeping her unable to devote the time and research required to present her selections of wonderful music. She is quite knowledgable and is gifted with great ears and ability to share gems covering the past 100 years. I suspect she will pop in from time to time ;-}

  *October 3 ( I got intruded upon & missed these for yesterday) 

  1691 ~ English & Dutch army occupies Limerick, Ireland....ah yes, the Limerick.....Ok, here is one: " there was a man named McSweeny who spilled some gin on his weenie, just to be couth he added vermouth and slipped his girlfriend a martini

  1791 ~ George Washington proclaims 1st National Thanksgiving Day on November 26

  1849 ~ Edgar Allen Poe is found delirous in a gutter in Baltimore

  1863 ~ Abraham Lincoln designates last thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day

  1974 ~ Ted Bundy victim Nancy Wilcox disappears

  1995 ~ OJ is found not guilty

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Oct 4 2014 7:32 AM

  overtheedge:

  You're running solo SP which btw you are doing fantastic but missing D'Kat and her cool to funny to classic MV's  :< ) 

  Keep it up SP. Very cool thread. edge

  Thank you....In talking with Miss D-Kat, she has, of late, a great many things on her plate keeping her unable to devote the time and research required to present her selections of wonderful music. She is quite knowledgable and is gifted with great ears and ability to share gems covering the past 100 years. I suspect she will pop in from time to time ;-}

  *October 3 ( I got intruded upon & missed these for yesterday) 

  1691 ~ English & Dutch army occupies Limerick, Ireland....ah yes, the Limerick.....Ok, here is one: " there was a man named McSweeny who spilled some gin on his weenie, just to be couth he added vermouth and slipped his girlfriend a martini

  1791 ~ George Washington proclaims 1st National Thanksgiving Day on November 26

  1849 ~ Edgar Allen Poe is found delirous in a gutter in Baltimore

  1863 ~ Abraham Lincoln designates last thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day

  1974 ~ Ted Bundy victim Nancy Wilcox disappears

  1995 ~ OJ is found not guilty

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Oct 5 2014 9:14 AM

  October 5

  1641 - Francoise-Athenais, marquise de Montespau ~ mistress of King Louis XIV

  1658 - Mary of Modena ~ queen of James II <> House of Stuart <> Last of the Catholic Kings 

  1713 - Denis Diderot ~ enlightenment philosopher ~ encyclopedie

  1717 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nasle ~ duchess de Chateauroux ~ mistress of King Louis XV

  1829 - Chester A Arthur ~ 21st POTUS

  1902 - Ray Kroc ~ McDonalds biggie

  1907 - Mrs. Miller ~ singer....a funny singer

  1963 - Laura Davies

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1450 ~ Jews are expelled from lower Bavaria by order of Ludwig X

  1568 ~ Conferance of York begins : Trial of Mary Stuart <> House of Tudor <>

  1582 ~ Gregorian Calendar is introduced

  1796 ~ Spain declares war on France

  1864 ~ cYcL0nE !!!  wipes out most of Calcutta...about 60,000 hit the deck

  1875 ~ Palace Hotel opens on Market St. in Frisco

  1892 ~ The Dalton Gang gets whacked in a shoot-out in Coffeyville, Kansas...the bank is still there

  1900 ~ Harry Vardon takes the 6th US Open

  1916 ~ Soldier Adolf Hitler is injured...only :-{

  ~ ah yes, Football day ~

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Oct 7 2014 7:54 AM

  0h My ! We have diddled away 285 days....only 85 are left

  October 7

  1573 - William Laud ~ English archbishop of Canterbury

  1589 - Maria Magdalena of Austria ~ Grand Duchess of Tuscany

  1728 - Caesar Rodney ~ Delaware Judge - signer of The Declaration of Independence

  1748 - Charles XIII ~ King of Sweden

  1885 - Niels Bohr ~ Denmark Physicist who expanded Quantum Physics

  1888 - henry wallace | founder of progressive party   :-{

  1896 - elijah muhammad | US leader of nation of islam  :-{

  1900 - heinrich himmler | nazi head of gestapo  :-{

  1905 - Andy Devine ~ Actor

  1943 - Oliver North  ;-}

  1952 - vladimir putin |   :-{

  ~ Peace & Grace ~

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Oct 9 2014 8:23 AM

  October 9

  1201 - Robert de Sorbon ~ Founder of Sorbonne University in Paris

  1261 - Dionysius ~ King of Portugal

  1328 - King Peter I of Cyprus

  1782 - Lewis Cass ~ Politics....you should see his picture (maybe Andy can)

  1903 - Walter O'Malley ~ Owner of the Dodgers

  1925 - Johnny Stompanato ~ Mobster and boyfriend of Lana Turner who was stabbed dead by Turner's daughter....also, Stompanato was once disarmed then knocked out cold on his `ass by actor Sean Connery  ;-}

  1966 - David Cameron ~ Prime Minister

  1970 - Annika Sorenstam ~ The Great

  ~ By the Bye ~ 

    768 ~ Charlemagne & brother Carleman I are crowned King of the Franks (best hot dogs you ever saw)

  1514 ~ Mary Tudor, the 18 year old sister of Henry VIII, became the Queen consort of France by marriage to 52 year old King Louis XII who dropped dead three months later

  1701 ~ Collegiate School of Ct. (Yale) is chartered in New Haven

  1776 ~ Spanish missionaries settle in present day 'Frisco'

  1855 ~ Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor

  1888 ~ Washington Monument opens doors to the public

  1909 ~ Ty Cobb steals homeplate in the World Series

  1915 ~ Woodrow Wilson attends the World Series

  1921 ~ Babe Ruth's 1st World Series Home Run

  ~ Hope your day is blessed ~