The Random Facts & Brain Droppings
July 16th
A day the world changed!
Rumour has it for the better!
Rumour has it for the better!
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If we all talked, acted, ate and believed in the same things… what would be the point? -lw |
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Happened
I was born.
1661 - The first banknotes in Europe are issued.
1782 – First performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Entfuhrung as dem Serail.
1750 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States.
1880 – Emily Stowe becomes the first female physician licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
1935 – The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City.
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game.
1951 – The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published.
(????) I am born.
1965 The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., dies in a plane crash.
Died
1981 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter.
1985 - Henrich Boll, German writer, Nobel Laureate.
1999 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American Publisher.
1999 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
2005 – Prince Gu of Korea.
2006 - Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American politician.
Born
1988 - Shoeless Joe Jackson.
1907 - Orville Redenbacher.
1907 - Barbara Stanwyck.
1911 - Ginger Rogers.
1919 – Choi Kyu-hah, 4th President of South Korea.
1943 – Jimmy Johnson.
1952 – Stewart Copeland (The Police).
(????) ME.
1963 – Pheobe Cates.
1965 – Claude Lemieux.
1967 – Will Ferrel.
1968 – Barry Sanders.
1971 – Corey Feldman
1983 – Duncan Keith.
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When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
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The minds of others are what destroy greatness.
-lw
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Be yourself, everyone else has already been taken.
-oscar wilde
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If it ends with a towel---it's not true love.
-lw
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Life is short---don’t always sit in the same seat.
-lw
I was born.
1661 - The first banknotes in Europe are issued.
1782 – First performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Entfuhrung as dem Serail.
1750 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States.
1880 – Emily Stowe becomes the first female physician licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
1935 – The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City.
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game.
1951 – The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger is published.
(????) I am born.
1965 The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., dies in a plane crash.
Died
1981 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter.
1985 - Henrich Boll, German writer, Nobel Laureate.
1999 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American Publisher.
1999 – Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
2005 – Prince Gu of Korea.
2006 - Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American politician.
Born
1988 - Shoeless Joe Jackson.
1907 - Orville Redenbacher.
1907 - Barbara Stanwyck.
1911 - Ginger Rogers.
1919 – Choi Kyu-hah, 4th President of South Korea.
1943 – Jimmy Johnson.
1952 – Stewart Copeland (The Police).
(????) ME.
1963 – Pheobe Cates.
1965 – Claude Lemieux.
1967 – Will Ferrel.
1968 – Barry Sanders.
1971 – Corey Feldman
1983 – Duncan Keith.
----------
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
----------
The minds of others are what destroy greatness.
-lw
----------
Be yourself, everyone else has already been taken.
-oscar wilde
----------
If it ends with a towel---it's not true love.
-lw
----------
Life is short---don’t always sit in the same seat.
-lw
99.7% of the photography and artwork are lindsay w. originals
created: february 10th 2012
©lindsay wincherauk 2012
created: february 10th 2012
©lindsay wincherauk 2012
