Interrogatories
We need a major scandal, celebrity or Republican, to fill the cable news hours. What would your favorite scandal look like? (h/t KelleyRN2 for the question)
What is the best dessert of all time?
What was the last foolhardy thing you did? (It doesn't have to be major.)
What's the most disgusting thing you've ever eaten (even just a taste)?
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On This Day
In 1677, Mary of England, daughter of Charles I, was married to William, Prince of Orange. They later reigned together as William and Mary.
In 1952 , the NSA was established.
In 1979, the US embassy in Tehran was invaded by a group of Iranians, mostly students. They took 90 hostages, 53 of them American.
In 1995, Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, was assassinated by an extremist Orthodox Israeli.
In 2008, American voters overwhelmingly elected a black man to the White House, causing exploded white people brains to be scattered across the country.
In 2008, Proposition H8 passed in California, revoking state recognition of LGBT marriages. Thankfully, the damage has since been reversed.
Born on This Day
1575 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (d. 1642)
1592 - Gerrit van Honthorst, Dutch painter (d. 1656), also known as Gherardo della Notte
1779 - Jan Willem Pieneman, Dutch painter (d. 1853)
1787 - Edmund Kean, English actor (d. 1833)
1836 - Eduardo Rosales, Spanish painter (d. 1873)
1837 - Egisto Sarri, Italian painter (d. 1901)
1868 – Carolina Otero, a.k.a. La Belle Otero, Spanish actress, singer and courtesan (d. 1965)
1872 - Ulisse Caputo, Italian painter (d. 1948)
1879 – Will Rogers, American humorist (d. 1935)
1907 - Henry Heerup, Danish artist (d. 1993)
1912 - Pauline Trigere, French fashion designer (d. 2002)
1916 – Walter Cronkite, American news broadcaster (d. 2009)
1918 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (d. 1994)
1926 - Albin Egger-Lienz, Austrian painter (b. 1868)
1930 – Doris Roberts, American actress
1937 – Loretta Swit, American actress
1940 – Delbert McClinton, American musician
1943 – Marlène Jobert, French actress
1946 – Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
1946 - Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1954 – Chris Difford, English musician and songwriter (Squeeze)
1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)
1956 – Tom Greenhalgh, multimedia artist and singer-songwriter known for his work with the Mekons
1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedian
1961 – Ralph Macchio, American actor
1974 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
Died on This Day
1709 - Barend Graat, Dutch painter and draftsman (b. 1628)
1740 - François Octavien, French painter (b. 1682)
1856 – Paul Delaroche, French painter (b. 1797)
1870 - Carl von Sales, Austrian painter (b. 1791)
1908 - Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter (b. 1883)
1932 - Belle Bennett, American actress (b. 1891)
1955 – Cy Young, American baseball player (b. 1867)
1967 - June Thorburn, English actress (b. 1931)
1968 – Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
1977 - Betty Balfour, British silent film star (b. 1903) See Tipple Jar
1994 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitar player MC5 (b. 1949)
2011 – Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer (b. 1919)
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