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• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Fri, Aug 8 2014 1:49 PM

  8 August,

  Sorry for my tardiness getting this posted today ... one of my old threads got resurrected by a troll.

  A very special birthday wish to Donald P. Bellisario, who turns 79 today.  I truly hope you a wonderful B-Day Don!

  Also born on the 8th is this extremely great actor ... Dustin Hoffman is 77 today.   He's brought us several great movies over his time ... Here are arguably 10 of his best ...

  I'm going to give Alexia Raye (19) a birthday wish ... she's just a web video star but very cool IMO.  Here's one of her first viral videos ... all about her.

  And Connie Stevens is 76 today.  Just one question to my FOP readers ... was this next song really a hit?  (OMFG!)  ... sorry FYP's ...

  It wasn't that long ago that I posted this guy's daughter's birthday.  Today, Mel Tillis celebrates his 82nd birthday.  He's such a "Coca Cola Cowboy" ... lol.

  Scott Stapp is 41 today.  He's the lead singer for the rock band "Creed".  I do like this song ...

  and Donny Most is 61 today.  Many of you remember him from the TV Series "Happy Days".  Here's a commercial I found of Donny when he was a FYP ...

  Another prominent actor in his day ... Rory Calhoun (1922 - 1999) was born on 8 August.  Here's an extremely dated trailer from a 50's movie starring Rory ...

  Have a great weekend everyone!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Aug 9 2014 9:09 AM

  SweetiePie:

  From the 7th ~1560 - Elizabeth Bathory ~ Hungarian Countess and...the most prolific female serial killer in history (Erzsebet)

  ~ I was only familier with this name on the fringe...after a little more of a peek, I would recommend some further study of her for anyone interested in the truly "Macabre". Could be as many as 650 torture killings of mostly younger girls. A British 'Black Metal' rock band named "Venom" recorded a song entitled "Countess Bathory" ~check it out, if you qualify~

  August 9

  1593 - Izaak Walton ~ England - biographer -Fisherman - writer "Compleat Angler"

  1648 - Johann Michael Bach ~ Arnstadt, Germany, Composer

  1669 - Eudoxia Lopukhina ~ Tsarina of Russia

  1776 - Amedeo Avogadro ~ Turn, Italy - 6.022x10^23     "Avogadro Law"....incidently, Avo is a cigar to adore... pricey, but sooo delightful...Dominican

  1723 - Grand Dutchess Alexandria Pavlona of Russia

  1809 - William Barret Travis ~ Commander at the battle of the Alamo

  1819 - William Morton ~ Dentist who used ether....how 'big' was that ? my, my

  1899 - Pamela Travers ~ Queensland, Australia writer of "Mary Poppins"

  ~ Bye the Bye ~

  48 BC ~ Caesars Civil War : Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar defeats Pompey; Pompey flees to Egypt

  378 ~ Battle of Adrianople - Goth Army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens

  1173 ~ Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins : it takes two centuries to complete

  1483 ~ Opening of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican

  1655 ~ Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell divides England into 11 districts

  1757 ~ English Fort William Henry, NY surrenders to French & Indian troops

  1815 ~ Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St. Helena

  1899 ~ Rudolf Diesel of Germany, patents the first diesel combustion engine

  ~ It's Saturday...goof off, and do as you please. Please ~

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• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sat, Aug 9 2014 4:04 PM

  9 August,

   

  A special birthday wish, along with a congratulations to the birthday boy, former Laker point-guard and now head coach of the New York Knicks, Derek Fisher, who turns 40 today!  I was so hoping to see him sitting alongside Byron Scott this year.  I'm wondering ... how many NBA fans remember this shot from D-Fish:

  Also today, Sam Elliott is 70 years old.  I loved him in Tombstone and even enjoyed his voice in the beef commercials.  But I really loved this last scene from "The Big Lebowski" ...

  Thomas Lennon (Jim Dangle from Reno 911) turns 44 today.  Here's a non Reno 911 clip I found with Thomas Lennon ...

  And for my last B-Day post for the 9th, back in 1963, singer Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012) was born.  Love her, hate her, think she got a bit whack on drugs ... she always had some extremely great vocal range.  Here's a song I'm sure many of you have heard before (I just hope I don't have to hear it again.  lol)  ...

   

  Have a great weekend everyone!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Aug 10 2014 9:24 AM

  DaddysKat:

  Also today, Sam Elliott is 70 years old.  I loved him in Tombstone

  Without doubt. He is a keeper. I really liked him in the movie "The Contender" with Jeff Bridges and Gary Oldham...Awesome move !

  August 10

  1267 King James II of Aragon

  1296 - John the blind ~ King of Bohemia ~ Count of Luxembourg

  1397 - Albert II of Germany ~ Holy Roman Emperor

  1520 - Madeleine de Valois ~ wife of James V of Scotland

  1652 - Peterus Scheemaekers ~ Flemish Sculpter of Tombstone

  1744 - Alexandrine - Jeanne d'Etiolles ( nicknamed "Fanfan") daughter of Madame de Pompador who was the Mistress of Louis XV and became the most powerful, influential, intelligent, industrous and famous woman in Paris at that time.

  1874 - Herbert Hoover ~ 31st President of the US...done in and bad rapped by a naughty Wall St.

  1898 - Jack Haley ~ The beloved Tin Man in the "Wizard of Oz"

  ~ Bye the Bye ~

    610 ~ In Islam, the traditional date of the "Laylat al-Qadr", when Muhammad began to receive the Qur'an.....ironically, years later, same day, Aesop, likewise began to receive his "Fables"

  1566 ~ Iconoclasm begins

  1759 ~ Carlos III becomes King of Spain

  1776 ~ Word of the Declaration of Independence reaches London

  1792 ~ Mobs in Paris attack the Palace of Louis XVI

  1866 ~ Trans-Atlantic Cable - US President James "Miss Nancy" Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria

  ~ It's the day of rest ~ 

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sun, Aug 10 2014 9:51 AM

  10 August,

  There's some really good birthdays to share today.  We'll start off with Antonio Banderas who turns 54 today.  Not only is he a good actor and dancer, but he's also a very good singer.  Check it out ...

  Suzanne Collins, author of "The Hunger Games" is 52 today.  Ever hear the phrase, "the book is better than the movie?"  That holds true with this trilogy as well.

  Angie Harmon is 42 today.  Here's a clip of her from the Conan show ...

  Eddie Fisher (1928 - 2010) was born on 10 August.  He was a very popular singer in the 50's and 60's.  I'm sure many of you that were around at that time remember this tune ...

  And another popular singer from that same era, Jimmy Dean (1928 - 2010).  He made so much money from this hit, that he started his own Sausage Factory ...

  And another popular singer in the 60's ... Bobby Hatfield (1940 - 2003) was also born on 10 Aug.  Some of you may not recognize the name, but I'm sure if you were around in the 60's you would recognize the group name ... The Righteous Brothers.  I remember this tune from "Top Gun" ...

  okay ... I'll admit it ... the lead on that song was more Bill Medley ... but here's another Righteous Brothers hit featuring Bobby Hatfield ...

  it's just that song was the most recorded song in the 20th century!

   

  And then there's the original "Tin Man" from the wizard of Oz ... Jack Haley (1898 - 1979).

  (I tend to find myself attracted to Wizard of Oz hybrids ... Tin Scarecrows ... no heart and no brain)

   

  Ronnie Spector turns 71 today.  She was better known in the 60's by the group name ... the Ronettes.  Here's one of their #1 hits back in the 60's ...

  And to all you guitar players out there ... today is Leo Fender's birthday (1909 - 1991), which brings up that age old debate .... who makes the better electric guitar, Fender or Gibson?

  If you like the old classic movies like I do, you might recognize this actress's name ... Norma Shearer (1902 - 1983)

  Another classic ... I'm guessing from the hair that this was late 60's or early 70's ... Tom Laughlin (1931 - 2013), better known as Billy Jack ... here's a clip from "The Trial of Billy Jack"

  Also today is Patti Austin's birthday ... she's 64 today.  Here's a clip of her singing, "How High The Moon"  ... 

  Have a great Sunday everyone!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Aug 11 2014 8:17 AM

  DaddysKat:

  If you like the old classic movies like I do, you might recognize this actress's name ... Norma Shearer (1902 - 1983)

  I do. Long live TCM...

  August 11

  1467 - Mary of York ~ English Princess

  1667 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici ~ Last of the Medici's

  ~ Bye the Bye ~

  1492 ~ Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI...the Borja Family name is loaded with much intrigue

  1772 ~ ERUPTION!!! 4,000' is blown off of Java....3,000 are dead

  1860 ~ 1st successful Silver Mill in US in Virginia City, Nevada...very cool little city to explore

  ~ Peace ~

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Aug 12 2014 10:28 AM

  August 12

  1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu ~ Japanese Shogun

  1629 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia

  1762 - King George IV of the United Kingdom

  1781 - Robert Mills ~ Architect of the Washington Monument

  1856 - "Diamond Jim" Brady ~ Financier

  1880 - Christy Matthewson ~ Early Baseball Great

  1881 - Cecil B deMille ~ Movie Maker guy

  ~ Bye the Bye ~

        3 ~ Venus & Jupiter in conjunction ~ Star of Bethlehem ?....nah, I think not. the Royal Astronomical Society reports that in March of 5 BC, a slow moving comet hung in the skies of  the Capricorn region for 70 days and would have been very visible in the skies over Persia...it would have been directly in front of the Magi during their journey...yah, I think so 

  1480 ~ Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam......

  1492 ~ Christopher Columbus arrives at the "New World"

  ~ Peace & Grace ~

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Aug 13 2014 9:52 AM

  Peek-a-Boo    225 spent - 140 to the good because it is....

  August 13

  1655 - Johann Denner ~ Invented the Clarinet

  1752 - Marie Caroline of Austria ~ Queen of the Two Sicilies

  1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen ~ Queen Consort of William IV of the UK

  1860 - Annie Oakley [Phoebe Ann Moses] ~ Sharpshooter...Sharpshooter? Ha - history cannot provide a better example,,,fact of life

  1895 - Bert Lahr ~ The iconic Lion of Oz

  1897 - Alfred Hitchcock ~ 'nuff said ? What is your favorite work of his ?

  ~ Bye the Bye ~

  3114 BC ~ Start of the Mayan Calendar....durn ! that's a long time ago...

  1521 ~ Spanish Conquistadors capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtemoc...this is the end of the Aztec Empire...forever

  1608 ~ John Smith's story of Jamestown's first days submitted for publication

  1732 ~ Voltaire's "Zaire" premiers in Paris

  1792 ~ Revolutionaries imprison French Royals, including Marie Antoinette....the end is near...the neck is very dear

  1869 ~ eArTHqUake !! yep, in Peru & Ecudor...it's a biggie...it whacks 25,000 in a jiffy

  ~ It's a good day to do good ~

   

• Yasch 310 Posts

  Wed, Aug 13 2014 10:37 AM

  SweetiePie:

  1897 - Alfred Hitchcock ~ 'nuff said ? What is your favorite work of his ?

  so many to choose from, I could only narrow it down to:

  Dial M for Murder

  Rear Window

  To Catch a Thief

  oddly enough, those all feature Grace Kelly, 'nuff said!

   

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Wed, Aug 13 2014 11:24 AM

  13 August,

  Gad's ... an hour to kill and I'm as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs!

  So, to get my mind of the upcoming game, here's my birthday post today (sorry for the last two days all ... a bit busy).

  A very special birthday for golf fans ... today is Ben Hogan's birthday (1912 - 1997)

  Fidel Castro is 88 ... he ain't dead yet?

  Danny Bonaduce is 55 today.  Here's an embarrassing clip I found ...

  Dan Fogelberg (1951 - 2007) was born on the 13th.  He's definitely a favorite singer ... and here's one of my favorite tunes of his ...

  A simply amazing Jazz Pianist ... George Shearing (1919 - 2011) was born on this date.  

  And Don Ho (1930 - 2007) was also born on 13 August ... it doesn't look like much has changed ....

  Country Singer Andy Griggs is 41 today ... here's a tune of his ...

  Gotta run!  Have a wonderful Hump day everyone!