A news tribute to my birthday!
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2004 8:31 am
This is me making fun of my so called "news fetish" by listing the important things that have occured in the news on March 25.... Which is also my birthday....enjoy!
Today is Thursday, March 25, the 85th day of 2004. There are 281 days left in the year.
On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
In 1634, Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore.
In 1894, Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government.
In 1911, in a tragedy that galvanized America's labor movement, 146 immigrant workers were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York.
In 1913, the home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
In 1947, a coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill., claimed 111 lives.
In 1954, RCA announced it had begun producing color television sets at its plant in Bloomington, Ind. (The sets, with 12 1/2-inch picture tubes, cost $1,000 each.)
In 1954, at the Academy Awards, "From Here to Eternity" won eight Oscars, including best picture, best director (Fred Zinnemann), best supporting actor (Frank Sinatra) and best supporting actress (Donna Reed). Audrey Hepburn won best actress for "Roman Holiday" and William Holden best actor for "Stalag 17."
In 1957, the Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community.
In 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness. (The nephew was beheaded the following June.)
In 1986, I was born!
In 1990, 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City.
Ten years ago: American troops completed their withdrawal from Somalia. The Senate approved a $1.51 trillion budget.
Five years ago: NATO aircraft and missiles blasted targets in Yugoslavia for a second night, directing much of their fire on Kosovo, where fighting raged between Serbs and ethnic Albanians. Alexei Yagudin won the men's title for the second time at the World Figure Skating Championships held in Helsinki, Finland.
One year ago: The Senate voted to slash President Bush's proposed $726 billion tax-cutting package in half, handing the president a defeat on the foundation of his plan to awaken the nation's slumbering economy. Former Waterbury, Conn., Mayor Philip Giordano was convicted by a federal jury of violating the civil rights of two preteen girls by sexually abusing them. (Giordano was later sentenced to 37 years in federal prison.)
Today's Birthdays
Modeling agency founder Eileen Ford is 82. Former astronaut James Lovell is 76. Movie reviewer Gene Shalit is 72. Feminist author Gloria Steinem is 70. Singer Anita Bryant is 64. Singer Aretha Franklin is 62. Actor Paul Michael Glaser is 61. Singer Elton John is 57. Actress Bonnie Bedelia is 56. Singer Nick Lowe is 55. Actress-comedian Mary Gross is 51. Actor James McDaniel is 46. Actor-writer-director John Stockwell is 43. Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton is 40. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 39. Singer-musician Jeff Healey is 38. Olympic bronze medal figure skater Debi Thomas is 37. Singer Melanie Blatt (All Saints) is 29.
Thought for Today
"Uninterpreted truth is as useless as buried gold." - Lytton Strachey, English biographer (1880-1932).
Today is Thursday, March 25, the 85th day of 2004. There are 281 days left in the year.
On March 25, 1965, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 marchers to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
In 1634, Maryland was founded by English colonists sent by the second Lord Baltimore.
In 1894, Jacob S. Coxey began leading an "army" of unemployed from Massillon, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., to demand help from the federal government.
In 1911, in a tragedy that galvanized America's labor movement, 146 immigrant workers were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York.
In 1913, the home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
In 1947, a coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill., claimed 111 lives.
In 1954, RCA announced it had begun producing color television sets at its plant in Bloomington, Ind. (The sets, with 12 1/2-inch picture tubes, cost $1,000 each.)
In 1954, at the Academy Awards, "From Here to Eternity" won eight Oscars, including best picture, best director (Fred Zinnemann), best supporting actor (Frank Sinatra) and best supporting actress (Donna Reed). Audrey Hepburn won best actress for "Roman Holiday" and William Holden best actor for "Stalag 17."
In 1957, the Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community.
In 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by a nephew with a history of mental illness. (The nephew was beheaded the following June.)
In 1986, I was born!
In 1990, 87 people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City.
Ten years ago: American troops completed their withdrawal from Somalia. The Senate approved a $1.51 trillion budget.
Five years ago: NATO aircraft and missiles blasted targets in Yugoslavia for a second night, directing much of their fire on Kosovo, where fighting raged between Serbs and ethnic Albanians. Alexei Yagudin won the men's title for the second time at the World Figure Skating Championships held in Helsinki, Finland.
One year ago: The Senate voted to slash President Bush's proposed $726 billion tax-cutting package in half, handing the president a defeat on the foundation of his plan to awaken the nation's slumbering economy. Former Waterbury, Conn., Mayor Philip Giordano was convicted by a federal jury of violating the civil rights of two preteen girls by sexually abusing them. (Giordano was later sentenced to 37 years in federal prison.)
Today's Birthdays
Modeling agency founder Eileen Ford is 82. Former astronaut James Lovell is 76. Movie reviewer Gene Shalit is 72. Feminist author Gloria Steinem is 70. Singer Anita Bryant is 64. Singer Aretha Franklin is 62. Actor Paul Michael Glaser is 61. Singer Elton John is 57. Actress Bonnie Bedelia is 56. Singer Nick Lowe is 55. Actress-comedian Mary Gross is 51. Actor James McDaniel is 46. Actor-writer-director John Stockwell is 43. Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton is 40. Actress Sarah Jessica Parker is 39. Singer-musician Jeff Healey is 38. Olympic bronze medal figure skater Debi Thomas is 37. Singer Melanie Blatt (All Saints) is 29.
Thought for Today
"Uninterpreted truth is as useless as buried gold." - Lytton Strachey, English biographer (1880-1932).
Can't wait to see you at Sanctus!!!