That Rucker dude is pretty darn good...but I never understood the "hoopla" surrounding the 'Blowfish' thing.
Happy Day to Israel
1316 - Charles IV ~ King of Bohemia & Holy Roman Emperor
1553 - Margaret of Valois ~ wife of Henry IV
1686 - Daniel Fahrenheit ~ invented the thermometer
1710 - Adolph Frederik ~ King of Sweden
1727 - Thomas Gainsborough ~ English Painter without equal ( my opinion ) While "Blue Boy" is his most famous work, and a visit to the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA will, perhaps, show why...as you enter the grand gallery there, your eyes will pop out of your head as you gaze at a room full of Gainsborough & Joshua Reynolds masterpieces dominated by Jonathan Buttall ~ the "Blue Boy". However, my favorite Gainsborough is "Portrait of Mrs. Siddons", who was, in her time, the greatest, most famous actress in the history of Drury Lane...many would say of all time. Certainly equal to, perhaps better than, the great Meryle Streep...But this is about Gainsbourgh, not them.
1771 - Robert Owen ~ England Factory Owner & Socialist....W0W! Someone please help my little brain and explain to me how it mixed?...how it went?
1881 - Ed Walsh ~ American Baseball Pitcher with a lifetime ERA of 1.82...not bad
1883 - Julian Eltinge ~ Greatest Female Impersonator...maybe like Hillery
Plus other bon mots
in 1643, Louis XIV became King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. He became known as the "Sun King" because he ruled everything under the sun. Gotta love Royalty...just as Jefferson did
in 1796, English physician Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter
in 1804, the Lewis & Clark expedition to explore the unknown Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest, left camp near present-day Hartford, Illinois...to compare this mind-numbing expedition to something of today, it would be equal to man's trip to the moon...really, fact of life
also, I pray Sister Kat will provide a little cream for all
~ SP ~