22 Apr 07 - Sunday
SPC Marshall
1777 Henry Clay the great compromiser
19-- Mark Davis rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
1918 Robert Wadlow Alton IL, world's tallest man (8'11.1")
1923 Paula Fox US children's books author (Poor George)
1936 Glen Campbell Delight AR, actor/singer (Rhinestone Cowboy,
By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston, Wichita Lineman)
1937 Jack Nicholson Neptune NJ, actor (As Good As It Gets,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Shining)
1940 Peter Goldstein joint founder (Superdrug)
1946 Dectuplets Bacacay Brazil, 8 males & 2 females
1950 Peter Frampton Kent England, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive)
1961 Byron Allen Los Angeles CA, comedian (Real People, Byron Allen Show)
1370 Bastille begins being built in Paris France
1509 Henry VIII ascends to throne to become King of England
1793 President George Washington attends opening of Rickett's, 1st circus in US
1889 Oklahoma land rush officially starts; as many as nine out of ten of these settlers had jumped the gun, earning themselves the name "Sooners"
1898 1st Spanish-American War action USS Nashville, takes enemy ship
1906 New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls
1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
1915 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WWI
1955 Congress orders all US coins bear motto "In God We Trust"
1967 Tom Conway actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62
1969 1st human eye transplant performed
1970 1st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
1978 'The Blues Brothers' (Dan Akroyd and John Belushi) make their first appearance on Saturday Night Live
1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
1993 Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated in Washington DC
There's only two people in your life you should lie to...the police and your girlfriend.
Jack Nicholson
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