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  • andyson
    6,415 Posts
    Tue, Feb 3 2015 11:47 AM

    SweetiePie:
    1920 - Henry Heimlich ~ the "Heimlich Maneuver" ...  which he tried on his wife and found her `G-Spot`

    A better man than I.  All I've found is GSoup.

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Wed, Feb 4 2015 7:02 AM

    andyson:

    SweetiePie:
    1920 - Henry Heimlich ~ the "Heimlich Maneuver" ...  which he tried on his wife and found her `G-Spot`

    A better man than I.  All I've found is GSoup.

    Golly...it is a mystery. I tried to find mine once...I got really scared...I was all alone

    February 4

                                   ~ 1912 - Byron Nelson ~

    1746 - Tadeusz Kosciuszko ~ Polish, Lithuanian and American hero & General - he was a major help to the American cause

    1802 - Mark Hopkins ~ US Educator / Philosopher ~ plus a darn fine Hotel in 'Frisco'...very Tony indeed...however, I prefer the Fairmount across the street

    1902 - Charles Lindburgh

    1948 - Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier]

    ~ By the Bye ~

    1194 ~ 100,000 (it doesn't indicate 100,000 what) ransom is paid for King Richard I ~ House of Plantagenet ~

    1783 ~ EARTHQUAKE!!! yep, whacks 50,000 in Calabria, Italy

    1789 ~ 1st Electoral College chooses Washington & Adams

    1797 ~ EARTHQUAKE!!! yep, shakes the daylight out of 41,000 in Ecuador

    1976 ~ EARTHQUAKE!!! yep, jiggles the crap out of 22,778 in Guatemala & fine cigar producer Honduras

    1998 ~ EARTHQUAKE!!! yep, successfully nails 5,000 interesting goat farmers in Afghanistan 

    ~ Happy Day ~ 

     

     

  • hpurey
    11,505 Posts
    Wed, Feb 4 2015 7:58 AM

    SweetiePie:

    andyson:

    SweetiePie:
    1920 - Henry Heimlich ~ the "Heimlich Maneuver" ...  which he tried on his wife and found her `G-Spot`

    A better man than I.  All I've found is GSoup.

     

    Golly...it is a mystery. I tried to find mine once...I got really scared...I was all alone

    If this doesn't show how much fun the forums can be, I don't know what will!  ;-)

  • ZioMio
    4,680 Posts
    Wed, Feb 4 2015 8:03 AM

    SweetiePie:
    1948 - Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier]

  • Yasch
    310 Posts
    Thu, Feb 5 2015 12:05 AM

    1970 - David M G#########  

    that's me...a tip of the hat must also go out to my twin brother, who is not a member of WGT 

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Thu, Feb 5 2015 7:37 AM

    ~ It's a special for our own Yasch aka David M...yep, born 45 years ago today ;-}

    February 5

                               ~ 1966 - Jose Maria Olazabal - Spain ~

    1723 - John Witherspoon ~ Scotland ~ President of the College of New Jersey and signer of The Declaration of Independence 

    1784 - Nancy Hanks Lincoln ~ Mother of "Abe".... a name he hated

    1788 - Robert "Bobbie" Peal ~ British PM and founder of "Bobbies"

    1848 - Belle Starr [Myra Belle Shirley] ~ Wild West Outlaw

    1907 - Norton Simon of Simon & Schuster

    1934 - Hank Aaron

    1942 - Roger Staubach

    1944 - Al Kooper ~ The brain of the original B S & T's

    1969 - Bobby Brown ~ low life rap trash drug fiend with zero talent

    ~ By the Bye~

    1649 ~ Prince of Wales is proclaimed King Charles II of Great Britain by Parliment of Scotland ~ House of Stuart ~

    Charles II, first ruler of the restored monarchy, was very nearly the antithesis of the Puritan ideal; a charming hedonist with a laissez-faire approach to governance. He was often neglectful as a king, but he commanded great popular affection, and was in some ways the right man for the moment in British history.

    1818 ~ Jean-Baptiste Bernadette ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway

    ~ Good Tidings ~

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Fri, Feb 6 2015 5:54 AM

    February 6

    1665 - Anne Stuart ~ Queen of England ~ House of Stuart ~

    "Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs, came to the throne at age 37 but with little preparation. She won the affection of her subjects, however, by taking on her duties with a deep sense of obligation -- and by ruling over the advent of Great Britain as the most powerful nation in Europe"

    1748 - Adam Weishaupt ~ Founder of the Bavarian Illuminati

    1756 - Aaron Burr ~ 3rd VP ~ killed Alexander Hamilton in a dual

    1833 - J.E.B. Stuart ~ Confererate General

    1895 - George Herman " Babe" Ruth

    1897 - Louis Buchalter ~ Murder, Inc.

    1911 - Ronald Reagan ~ President

    1945 - Bob Marley (?)

    ~ By the Bye ~

    1685 ~ Duke of York becomes King James I of England & VII of Scotland upon the death of his brother Charles II

    1693 ~ Royal Charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA - Thomas Jefferson will go there

    1778 ~ Britain declares war on France

    1820 ~ US Population - 9,639,453 ~~ Negro - 1,771,656 

    "my great, great, great grandfather, on my father's side, is on this census. He is a 21 year old farmer. His name is Thomas M****

    1935 ~ Monopoly goes on sale

    1962 ~ Former President Eisenhower get a hole in one

    1971 ~ Alan Shepard hits a golf ball on the Moon

    ~ Grace to All ~

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Sun, Feb 8 2015 5:46 AM

    February 8

      412 - St Procius ~ Patriarch of Constantinople

    1291 - Afonso IV ~ King of Portugal

    1792 - Caroline Augusta of Bavaria ~ Queen of Hungary and Bohemia

    1820 - William Tecumpseh Sherman ~ Major General - one of the best - the troops called him "Cump"

    1828 - Jules Verne ~ France

    1920 - Lana Turner

    1925 - Jack Lemmon

    1931 - James Dean

    ~ By the Bye ~

    1575 ~ University of Leiden founded

    1622 ~ King James I ~ House of Stuart ~ disbands English Parliment

    1883 ~ Louis Waterman begins to invent the fountain pen...Waterman pens are very fine indeed but not equal to Mont Blanc

    1905 ~ CYCLONE!!! ~ yep, rolls big time in Tahiti -- takes out 10,000 natives

    1910 ~ Boy Scouts of America is incorporated....my three older brothers are all Eagle Scouts

    1926 ~ Walt Disney Studios begin

    ~ Peace & Grace ~

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Wed, Feb 11 2015 6:08 AM

    February 11

    1465 - Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII ~ House of Tudor ~

    1800 - Fox Talbot ~ Wiltshire, England ~ Photographic pioneer

    1812 - Alexander Stephens ~ Confederate VP

    1847 - Thomas Alva Edison ~ lit up your world

    1935 - Gene Vincent ~ Be-Bop-A-Lula

    1938 - Boris Pickett ~ Monster Mash

    1964 - Sarah Palin

    ~ By the Bye ~

    1814 ~ Norway's Independence Proclaimed

    1852 ~ 1st female toilet opens on Bedford Street in London

    ~ see ya ~

  • SweetiePie
    4,925 Posts
    Thu, Feb 12 2015 6:14 AM

    February 12

                                       ~ 1809 - Abraham Lincoln ~

    1074 - Conrad ~ King of Germany and Italy

    1211 - Henry VIII ~ Roman Catholic German King

    1775 - Louise Catherine Johnson Adams ~ 1st Lady wife of John Quincy Adams

    1809 - Charles Darwin ~ England

    1893 - Omar Bradley ~ General of the Army WWII

    1952 - Michael McDonald ~ a Doobie

    ~ By the Bye ~

    1502 ~ MUSLIMS in Granada are forced to convert to Catholicism...hey, it's a start, but as it has been said before "you can lead a horse to water....

    1554 ~ Lady Jane Grey ~ House of Tudor ~ Queen of England for nine days, is executed for treason...she is 16 years old

    Abruptly named Queen of England as part of a vain effort to bar the accession of the Catholic Mary Tudor, Lady Jane Grey was a pawn in the schemes of Edward VI and the Duke of Northumberland. Within two weeks of being proclaimed Queen, she was beheaded in the Tower 

    1771 ~ Gustav III becomes King of Sweden

    1850 ~ Original of Washington's Farewell Address manuscript sells for $2,300..mercy, what a durn bargain that was !

    ~ have fun ! ~

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