Interrogatories
Where were you when you heard about the planes hitting the towers?
How susceptible are you to link bait? Link bait is those links you find at the bottom or sides of some websites that try to lure you in with salacious headlines. (As an example, the site I am on now has "Senior Citizens Over 50 May Qualify to Get $20,500 this Year" and "Sandra Bullock's Leather Outfit is Still Bringing the Heat" as examples. Wait - 50 is senior????)
Have you ever walked out of a movie before? Which one(s)?
It's Make Your Bed Day. Do you make your bed every day?
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On This Day
In 1609, all Moriscos (Muslims of Moorish descent who had converted to Christianity) were expelled from Spain.
In 1609, indigenous peoples living on the Isle of Manhattan discovered a shipful of undocumented foreign busybodies led by a dude named Henry Hudson.
In 1789, Alexander Hamilton became the first Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1939, polite, peace-loving Canada declared war on Germany.
In 1941, Charles Lindbergh made a speech denouncing the British, Roosevelt, and Jews for seeking war with Germany.
In 1961, the World Wildlife Fund was founded.
In 1972, BART, San Francisco's heavy rail and subway system began operations.
In 2001, Al Qaeda minions attacked the U.S. by flying hijacked passenger planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane was brought down by passengers.
In 2012, the drama of the first day of what shall always be known as BENGHAZI!!!!!! unfolded.
Born on This Day
1636 - Giovanni Maria Viani, Italian painter (d. 1700)
1641 - Gérard de Lairesse, Dutch Baroque painter (d. 1711)
1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish explorer (d. 1806)
1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (d. 1888)
1829 - Thomas Hill, American landscape painter (d. 1908)
1843 - Georges Jules Victor Clairin, French painter (d. 1919)
1854 - Hippolyte Petitjean, French painter (d. 1929)
1862 – Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (d. 1910)
1862 – O. Henry, American author (d. 1910)
1871 - Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, Spanish painter (d. 1959)
1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)
1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
1917 – Jessica Mitford, English author and journalist (d. 1996)
1923 – Betsy Drake, French-American actress, one-time wife of Cary Grant. See Tipple Jar
1940 – Brian De Palma, American director
1940 – Theodore Olson, conservative American lawyer (Prop. 8!). Also husband of Barbara Olson, who was a passenger on flight 77, the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. Happy birthday indeed.
1942 – Lola Falana, American singer, actress, and dancer
1943 – Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead, and Rhythm Devils)
1945 – Leo Kottke, American guitarist
1946 – Dennis Tufano, American singer (The Buckinghams)
1948 – John Martyn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1957 – Jon Moss, English drummer (Culture Club)
1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress
1965 – Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
1971 – Markos Moulitsas, founder of some penny-ante blog that nobody ever heard of. ;-)
1977 – Ludacris, American rapper, producer, and actor, founded Disturbing tha Peace Records
1977 – Jonny Buckland, English guitarist (Coldplay)
1981 – Charles Kelley, American singer-songwriter (Lady Antebellum)
1981 – Dylan Klebold, American student and murderer, conducted the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
Died on This Day
1161 – Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1661 - Jan Fyt, Flemish painter (b. 1611)
1725 - Giuseppe Gambarini, Italian painter (b. 1680)
1807 - Pierre Antoine Demachy, French historical painter (b. 1723)
1851 – Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (b. 1794)
1891 - Théodule Augustin Ribot, French Realist painter (b. 1823)
1893 - Adolphe Yvon, French painter of battles (b. 1817)
1899 - Filippo Palizzi, Italian painter (b. 1818)
1903 - Antonio Rotta, Italian painter (b. 1828)
1915 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1843)
1934 - Francois Barraud, painter (b. 1899)
1959 – Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
1971 – Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician (b. 1894)
1972 – Max Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1883)
1973 – Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1915)
1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley & The Wailers) (b. 1944)
1994 – Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)
2009 – Larry Gelbart, American screenwriter (b. 1928)
2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)
Today is
Emergency Number Day
Patriot Day
National Hot Cross Bun Day
No News is Good News Day
Make Your Bed Day