DaddysKat:
Here's a great birthday song, sung by Jimmy and the birthday girl, Martina McBride, who turns 48 today ...
Two American Treasures, for sure....Good Morning, Sister Kat !
July 29
1166 - Henry II of Champagne ~ here only because it made me want a swig of Dom
1758 - Antonius van Gils ~ Dutch theoligist, here because he opposed the 'Enlightment' LMAO
1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville ~ Frenchie who wrote "Democracy in America"
1861 - Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt ~ 1st wife of Teddy
1883 - Benito Mussolini ~ Fascist Italian Dictator
1885 - Theda Bara ~ Early film actress
1892 - William Powell ~ Actor of fame
1905 - Clara Bow ~ Actress
1924 - Robert Horton ~ Actor
1924 - Elizabeth Short ~ "The Black Dahlia" whose nude body, cut entirely in half at the belly-button was found discarded in a vacant lot in LA....the murder was never solved...gristly photos of Miss Short; at the scene and at the morgue, are diplayed on google, if you wish to look...on an empty stomach
~ Bye the Bye ~
1567 ~ James VI is Crowned King of Scots
1609 ~ Samuel de Champlain kills two Iroquois Chiefs at Ticonderoga, NY setting the stage for French - Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years
1715 ~ HURRICANE !! 10 Spanish Treasure Galleons go down to Davey Jones locker off the Florida Coast....money honey, yummy
1751 ~ 1st World Title Prize Fight -- Englands Jack Stack dispatches Frenchie M Petit in 29 minutes
1783 ~ VOLCANO !! The Skaptar erupts with extreme prejudice on Iceland and whacks 9,000 unusual people who somehow delight in that climate...or did
1836 ~ Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris
1848 ~ Irish Potato Famine : Tipperary Revolt
1864 ~ Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested --- I really adore Belle Boyd...major moxie & spunk
1890 ~ Vincent van Gogh takes a revolver and puts a missle in his brain
1899 ~ Southern California Golf Association forms (SCGA)
~ Adios ~