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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Nov 29 2014 8:13 AM

  DaddysKat:

  Singer Randy Newman

  "I Love LA" I love that song!

  November 29

  1338 - Lional of Antwerp ~ 1st Duke of Clarence ~ son of Edward III

                                  <> House of Plantagenet <>

  1803 - Christian Doppler ~ Austria ~ Physicist ~ Doppler effect

  1832 - Louise May Alcott ~ American Author of Little Women

  1898 - C S Lewis ~ Belfast ~ Sci-fi Author

  1927 - Don January ~ PGA

  ~ By the Bye ~

    526 ~ EARTHQUAKE!! in Syria takes out 250,000 rag-jobs

  1349 ~ Jews of Augsburg massacred

  1775 ~ Sir Thomas Ray invents INVIsible in``

  1781 ~ crew of Slave boat "ZONG" murder 142 African slaves dumped into sea in order to claim insurance

  1825 ~ "Barber of Seville" premiers in NYC

  1890 ~ 1st Army - Navy football game

  1948 ~ "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" debut on TV

  ~ see ya ~

   

   

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Nov 30 2014 6:06 AM

  November 30

  1373 - Ferdinand I, the Righteous ~ King of Aragon & Sicily

  1427 - Kazimerz IV ~ King of Poland

  1508 - Andrea Palladio ~ Architech

  Thomas Jefferson was devoted to the design of Palladio. It is evident in Jefferson's Montecello, University of Virginia, the Virginia State Capitol, and Poplar Forrest.

  1667 - Jonathan Swift ~ Dublin ~ Gulliver's Travals

  1699 - Christian VI ~ King of Norway / Denmark

  1810 - Oliver Winchester ~ rifle maker

  1835 - Mark Twain

  1874 - Winston Churchill

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1731 ~ EARTHQUAKE !! in Beijing whacks 100,000 peasants

  1838 ~ Mexico declares WAR on France :- }}}}

  1938 ~ Germany bans Jews being lawyers

  ~ Peace ~

• donsprintr 2,063 Posts

  Mon, Dec 1 2014 4:53 AM

  December 1-1885

  Dr. Pepper first served ... :-)

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Dec 1 2014 5:52 AM

  donsprintr:

  December 1-1885

  Dr. Pepper first served ... :-)

  Ah yes, Don...Dr Pepper ! It is a special beverage unlike any other. But as far as I know, it doesn't mix well with any alcohol I know of ;-}

  Also on December 1

                                      ~ 1939 - Lee Buck Trevino ~

  1081 - Louis VI of France

  1671 - Francisco Stradivari ~ Italy ~ the violin

  1726 - Oliver Wolcott ~ a judge ~ signer of The Declaration of Independence

  1899 - Robert Welch ~ founder of the John Birch Sociaty

  1911 - Walter Alston ~ a Dodger

  1933 - Lou Rawls

  1940 - Richard Pryor

  1949 - Pablo Escobar

  ~ Bye the Bye ~

  1420 ~ Henry V of England enters Paris

  1742 ~ Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia

  1768 ~ The Slave ship Fredensburg sinks off Tromoy in Norway

  1835 ~ Hans Christian Anderson publishes 1st book of `fairy tales

  1878 ~ The White House gets 1st telephone

  1891 ~ James Naismith invents "Basketball"

  1917 ~ Boys Town founded by Father Flanagan

  ~ oh my... it is December ~

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Dec 2 2014 6:32 AM

  December 2

  1694 - William Shirley ~ Colonial Governor of Massachusetts

  1859 - Georges Seurat ~ Paris ~ post-impressionist painter

  1863 - Charles Ringling ~ American Circus owner

  1939 - harry reid :-{{{

  1946 - Gianni Versace

  1981 - Britney Spears

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1697 ~ St. Paul's Cathedral designed by Sir Christopher Wren is consecrated for use after the destruction of the previous building by the Great Fire of London

  1804 ~ Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France

  1812 ~ The great James Madison is re-elected POTUS

  1823 ~ The "Monroe Doctrine" is declared

  1840 ~ William Henry Harrison is elected POTUS # 9....he has about a month to live

  1845 ~ "Manifest Destiny" is announced to Congress by President James K. Polk

  ~ ENJOY ~ 

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Dec 3 2014 5:21 AM

  December 3

  1368 - Charles VI [the well beloved] ~ King of France

  1755 - Gilbert Stuart ~ US Portrait painter ~ did a nice one of Washington

  1826 - George McClellan ~ The pompous, arrogant, conceited, short little SOB Civil War General who wouldn't fight....called Lincoln a "baboon"....

  1927 - Andy Williams

  1948 - Ozzy Osbourne ~ whoo-hoo ! how bout a little "Thunder Underground"

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1685 ~ Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm

  1828 ~ Andrew Jackson elected POTUS #7

  1910 ~ Neon lights first displayed...in Paris

  1931 ~ Alka Seltzer is for sale

  ~ Peace ~

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Wed, Dec 3 2014 8:06 AM

  3 December ...

  Ozzy Osbourne is 66 today ...

  Andy Grammer is 31 ...

  and Andy Williams was born on the 3rd (1927) ...

  Natalia is 34 today ...

  Montell Jordan is 46 ...

   

  Spent a good 30 minutes on Andy Williams ... man he had a lot of good songs.  Who knew?

   

  Have a pleasant Hump Day e-1!

   

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Wed, Dec 3 2014 9:19 AM

  DaddysKat:

  Have a pleasant Hump Day e-1!

  I know one dog that will.......and one that won't!

  

  ;-)

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Thu, Dec 4 2014 2:17 AM

  andyson:

  DaddysKat:

  Have a pleasant Hump Day e-1!

  I know one dog that will.......and one that won't!

  

  ;-)

  ROFLMFAO!

  Classic professor!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Dec 4 2014 8:00 AM

  DaddysKat:

  andyson:

  DaddysKat:

  Have a pleasant Hump Day e-1!

  I know one dog that will.......and one that won't!

  

  ;-)

  ROFLMFAO!

  Classic professor!

  So.......well....ya you betcha...I'm glad my little Maltese "Sophie" wasn't around

  December 4

  1711 - Barbara of Portugal ~ Queen of Spain

  1795 - Thomas Carlyle ~ Scotland ~ Historian

  1840 - Crazy Horse ~ Oglala Sioux Chief ~ did the job on Custer

  1861 - Lillian Russell ~ American singer & actress of tremendous fame

  1892 - Francisco Franco ~ Spanish General & Dictator

  1914 - Claude Renoir ~ French cinematographer

  1935 - Robert Vesco ~ financier/fugitive

  1940 - Gary Gilmore ~ murderer

  1944 - Dennis Wilson ~ Beach Boy drummer who drowned drunk

  1949 - Jeff Bridges ~ a Premier Actor

  ~ By the Bye ~

  1259 ~ Treaty of Paris - Engilsh King Henry III & French King Louis IX

  1655 ~ Middleburg Netherlands forbids building of Synagogue

  1676 ~ Battle of Lund - Danes vs Swedes

  1783 ~ General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunces Tavern NYC..it's still there

  1816 ~ James Monroe elected POTUS # 5

  1843 ~ manila paper patented

  1844 ~ James K Polk elected POTUS # 11

  1875 ~ "Boss" Tweed escapes from jail

  1931 ~ Frankenstein opens

  ~ Well, you know what Kat calls Thursday..I wonder what Andy will do with it ~