Re: Happy Birthday

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Apr 27 2016 7:42 AM

  drmoose:

  TYVM, SP, I am most humbly honored.

  Doc :)

  My pleasure Doc.

  YaHoo it's April 27

  1791 - Samuel Morse ~ Inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code...slightly important

  1822 - Ulysses S Grant ~ Known as Sam, became our 18th President mostly by virtue of his excellent leadership as Union General during the Civil War. It took President Lincoln several tries to find a serious General suited to win the war and keep America as one union. He found the right guy in Grant. A leader who would totally "fight" He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.

  1896 - Rogers Hornsby ~ The early, excellent 2nd basesman of the St. Louis Cardinals.A serious baseball card to own. 

  1899 - Leo Diegel ~ The two time PGA Champion born in Detroit.

  ~ L ~

   

  
  

• cappy11 1,173 Posts

  Wed, Apr 27 2016 10:14 AM

  Lily,

  Good to see this thread back......it was missed and to that I say Welcome Back.  Hope you are feeling good and getting better everyday.

           Hugs n Kisses

                  cap

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Apr 27 2016 10:34 AM

  cappy11:

  Lily,

  Good to see this thread back......it was missed and to that I say Welcome Back.  Hope you are feeling good and getting better everyday.

           Hugs n Kisses

                  cap

  That is way kind cap, way kind. I feel great, and I appreciate feeling great like never before. That, and of course still being alive ;-}

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Apr 28 2016 4:09 AM

  What ? 2 days 'til May Day ? Groovy

  April 28 

  32 - Marcus Salviis Otho ~ Emperor of Rome ( Holy Mackerel !. But not a very famous one)

  1442 - Edward IV ~ House of Lancaster and York ~ King of England

  A cursory look at English royal history might lead one to believe that Edward IV was just another player in the Wars of the Roses, a pawn like his predecessor, Henry VI, or a power broker who had his brief period of supremacy. But Edward IV was much more than that. Altogether, he ruled for more than 20 years, and over the course of his two reigns he emerged as a strong, skilled, and sagacious King.

  1758 - James Monroe ~ 5th President of the United States, last of the Jeffersonians.

  1878 - Lionel Barrymore ~ By far the best of this iconic family of actors.

  ~ L ~                                                                                                                                                                                     

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Apr 29 2016 9:20 AM

  SweetiePie:

  What ? 2 days 'til May Day ? Groovy

  April 28 

  32 - Marcus Salviis Otho ~ Emperor of Rome ( Holy Mackerel !. But not a very famous one)

  1442 - Edward IV ~ House of Lancaster and York ~ King of England

  A cursory look at English royal history might lead one to believe that Edward IV was just another player in the Wars of the Roses, a pawn like his predecessor, Henry VI, or a power broker who had his brief period of supremacy. But Edward IV was much more than that. Altogether, he ruled for more than 20 years, and over the course of his two reigns he emerged as a strong, skilled, and sagacious King.

  1758 - James Monroe ~ 5th President of the United States, last of the Jeffersonians.

  1878 - Lionel Barrymore ~ By far the best of this iconic family of actors.

  ~ L ~                                                                                                                                                                                     

  April 29

  1863 - William Randolph Hearst ~ Newspaper magnate, owner, builder of "The Hearst Castle" up north near San Luis Obispo...a must visit if in California

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Apr 30 2016 8:15 AM

  April 30

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Sat, Apr 30 2016 8:38 AM

  SweetiePie:

  April 30

  Cynthia Wesley 

  Cynthia Wesley was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 30, 1949. On September 15, 1963, the 14-year-old Wesley and three other young girls were killed in a church bombing perpetrated by members of the Ku Klux Klan. This crime marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Three men responsible for the terrorist act were brought to justice between 1977 and 2002.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Apr 30 2016 9:32 AM

  ZioMio:

  SweetiePie:

  April 30

   

  Cynthia Wesley 

  Cynthia Wesley was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 30, 1949. On September 15, 1963, the 14-year-old Wesley and three other young girls were killed in a church bombing perpetrated by members of the Ku Klux Klan. This crime marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Three men responsible for the terrorist act were brought to justice between 1977 and 2002.

   

  Very nice addition Zio. History has many tragic events that are un-necessary and confusing... Out of step with life and living.

   1235 - Phillip III ~ King of France, somewhat obscure

  1662 - Mary II ~ House of Stuart ~ Queen of England 

                          Co-Ruler with William III

  William III & Mary II came to power in the Glorious Revolution, a bloodless Protestant coup against the determinedly Catholic James II; their accession as co-rulers ensured that England would remain a Protestant nation. Though Mary was much loved, William, who functioned as ruler before and after Mary's death, lacked personal charm and met with a great deal of criticism. Regardless, the two of them ensured stability and continuity at a crucial time. They are the same William and Mary who have a college in Williamsburg, VA in their names...the college that Thomas Jefferson attended. 

  1877 - Alice B. Toklas ~ Gertrude Stein's lover girl.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, May 1 2016 8:44 AM

  Lovely May 

  May 1

  1769 - Arthur Wellesley ~ Duke of Wellington ~ British Prime Minister ~ born in Dublin Ireland  

  1852 - Calamity Jane ( Martha Jane Canary ) ~ Frontierwoman, side-kick of Wild Bill Hickok, born in Missouri 

  ~ L ~

• WigerToods2010 8,445 Posts

  Sun, May 1 2016 9:30 AM

  May 1st

  

  1950 ~ On this day Gwendolyn Brooks (1917 - 2000) became the first African-American woman to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize (for poetry).