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• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Feb 14 2014 7:19 AM

  February 14

  We have some Biggies Today

  1483 - Zahir-ud-din-Muhammad-Babur,Andian,Mughalistan  Founder of the Mughal dynasty

  1638 - Sybilla Schwartz, writer

  1670 - Georg G. Schutz, composer

  1679 - Georg Kauffman, composer

  1917 - Herbert Hauptman, crystallographer

  1932 - Alexander Kluge, writer

  1944 - Carl Bernstein - reporter

  And the Biggies are:

  1818 - The Very Great,  Frederick Douglas

  1923 - Jay ('OCanada) Herbert, 1960 PGA Champ

  1935 - Mickey Wright, LPGA     Many experts believe she had one of the most pure golf swings of all time

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Fri, Feb 14 2014 8:23 AM

  Happy Valentine's day, everyone!

  Also on 14 February,

  Jimmy Hoffa is 101

  Raymond Teller is 66

  The US State of Oregon is 155

  The US State of Arizona is 102

  Morehouse College is 147

  United Postal Service is 95

  The Canadian 5 cent Nickel is 93

  International Business Machines (IBM) is 90

  The first Microchip - developed by Texas Instruments, is 36

  Athletes:

  Jim Kelly (Payton Manning's hero and NFL Quarterback) is 54

  Drew Bledsoe (NFL QB) is 42

  Steve McNair (NFL QB) is 41

  Musicians:

  Rob Thomas is 42

  Havana Brown is 29

  Actors/Actresses:

  Florence Henderson is 80

  Tiffany Thornton is 28

  Simon Pegg is 44

  Jack Benny is 120  (he also has a statue in Quakes Stadium, and put "Cucamonga" on the map).

  Meg Tilly is 54

  Enrico Colantoni is 51

  Gregory Hines is 68

  Vic Morrow is 85

  Hugh Downs is 93

  and, in 1988, Gary Player wins the PGA Seniors Golf Championship.

   

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Feb 15 2014 8:03 AM

  February 15....already?

  1471 - Piero di Lorenzo de'Medici, Ruler of Florence

  1564 - Galileo Galilei, Astronomer    Piza, Italy...I give him a nod everytime I set up my Celestron 235mm SCT

  1705 - Charles Vanloo, French Painter, a GREAT ONE

  1710 - Louis XV,   Versailles, King of France who took on La Pompadour who was much brighter and interesting

  1726 - Abraham Clark, Signer of the Declaration of Independence from N.J.

  1797 - Henry Steinway, Piano Maker...still the very best...especially the older ones

  1809 - Cyrus McCormack, Invented the mechanical reaper

  1812 - Charles Tiffany, Jeweler...still in the Apple across from the park next to the Donald

  1858 - William Pickering, Astronomer ( 9th & 10th moons of Saturn)

  1877 - Louis Renalut , French auto executive

  1882 - John Barrymore, Actor and brother to Lionel & Ethel

   

• renniw52 5,385 Posts

  Sat, Feb 15 2014 12:31 PM

  Sean Eric Winner, my baby boy. All 280 lbs of him, 31 today. He was a pleasant surprise.. Had a daughter that was 12 and a son that was 9. Thought we were done. What a joy to have this kid in my life. He was a daddy's boy the second he saw daylight. He is still a member of WGT but has not played in forever. You can look him up under the name SeanTavis.

  Happy Birthday Bug.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Feb 15 2014 3:14 PM

  Way to go Papa Renni! The "done" thing is a funny-one. I was the youngest of five and my Mother would always say to my Father "Guess what?". I feel lucky that she said it that fifth and last time.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Feb 16 2014 6:06 AM

  February 16

  Well folks, I knew it would happen

  1032 - Yingzong, Emperor of China

  1942 - Kim Jong-il

  Perhaps D-Kat, Andyson or anyone in the know, can bail-out this odd day

• bypass07 1,360 Posts

  Sun, Feb 16 2014 10:35 AM

  Feb 14 the beginning of my 7th bonus year !! good luck to all battling disease !!

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sun, Feb 16 2014 12:35 PM

  SweetiePie:

  Perhaps D-Kat, Andyson or anyone in the know, can bail-out this odd day

  There's quite a few birthdays today ...

  Notables:

  Richard Ford (Author) is 70

  Sir Francis Galton (scientist) 1822 - 1911

  U.S. Silver Dollar is 136 today

  The American Society of Mechanical Engineers is 134 today.

  Actors/Actresses:

  Ice T is 56 today

  Sonny Bono (1935 - 1998)

  Levar Burton is 57

  Hugh Beaumont (1909 - 1982)

  Margaux Hemmingway (1954 - 1996)

  Athletes:

  John McEnroe (Pro Tennis) is 55

  Jerome Bettis (NFL running back) is 42

  Musicians:

  James Ingram is 58

  also on 16 February:

  600 AD - Pope Gregory the Great decrees "God Bless You" is the correct response to a sneeze

  1838 - US State Kentuky passes a law that permits women to attend school.

  1840 - Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antartica

  1852 - Studebaker Brothers Wagon Company (precursor to the Studebaker Auto Company) is founded.

  Edit:  I'm now "on Location" so I'm stuck using hotel internet.  The connection is a bit slow for internet golf ... but I sure can't complain about the view!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Mon, Feb 17 2014 7:08 AM

  February 17

  Presidents Day

  Oh really? Which one? William Henry Harrison? Maybe Chet Arthur? Perhaps James Buchanan (known as "Miss Nancy" & his cohort "Aunt Betsy")...Millard Fillmore? Which one? We have had only 7 or 8 worth mention. The current one I will celebrate his last day.

  Paris Hilton? "you can check in anytime you like and you can always leave"

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Mon, Feb 17 2014 11:15 AM

  17 February -

  One of the NBA greats celebrates his birthday today ... Michael Jordon is 51.

  Also in sports, Jim Brown (NFL runningback) is 78, NHL star Luc Robitaille is 48 and retired NFL football coach Buddy Ryan is 83.

  Actors and Actresses:

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt is 33;

  Larry the Cable Guy is 51;

  Denise Richards is 43;

  Lou Diamond Phillips is 52;

  Rene Russo is 60;

  Hal Holbrook is 89

  Jerry O'Connell is 40 (I know him best as the chubby kid in the movie, "Stand by Me".  He looks nothing like he did in his youth). ... and ...

  Mary Ann Mobley is 75

  Other notables:

  Sardines are first canned, 138 years ago.

  The Parent Teacher Association is 117 today.

  The magazine "Newsweek" is 81 today.  And ...

  The cartoon strip "Phantom" is 78

   

  On this date in history ...

  In 1801, the US House of Representatives break the Electoral College tie and choose Thomas Jefferson as President of the United States (def. Aaron Burr)