Happy Sunday !
July 13
100 BC - Julius Caesar ~ amazing to realize that after so many years & degrees of separation, he still, in some way, effects your life ~
1590 - Clement X ~ Pope
1608 - Ferninand III ~ King of Hungary - Emperor of Germany
1776 - Caroline of Baden ~ Queen of Bavaria
1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest ~ Slave trader & Grand Wizard of KKK
1864 - John Jacob Astor IV ~ $$$$$$$ & a boat rider...the Titanic..
~ Bye the Bye ~
1568 ~ Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to...{drum roll, please} to bottle BEER!
1787 ~ Congress establishes Northwest Territory sans slavery
1837 ~ Queen Victoria moves into Buckingham Palace...1st Monarch to do so
1865 ~ Horace Greeley advises "Go West, young man"
1958 ~ 13th US Womans Open belongs to the most pure golf swing of all time...Mickey Wright
1958 ~ 87th British 0pen at Royal Lytham is won by Peter Thompson
1962 ~ 91st British Open is won by the "King of Golf" at Royal Troon. Arnold Palmer rolls a 276....I so wish we had Troon at WGT
1968 ~ 97th British 0pen at Carnoustie is won by Gary Player with a 289
1974 ~ 103rd British 0pen returns to Lytham, and, again, Gary Player's 282 takes the Jug
!980 ~ At the 35th US Womans Open, the great Amy Alcott is Champion...I know her, have played with her several times, she has helped me with my swing, and she has the finest short game I have ever seen
~ See Ya ~