In 2001, Sunny with a high of 13 and Gas was in the neighbourhood of 80 cents per litre.
Anders Celsius, the inventor of the Centigrade Thermometer died in 1744. He proposed the Celsius temperature scale in a paper to the Royal Society of Sciences in Sweden where his thermometer was calibrated with a value of 100 degree for the freezing point of water and 0 degrees for the boiling point. In 1745, a year after his death the scale was reversed by Carl Linnaeus to facilitate more practical measurement. Anders called his scale centigrade (derived the Latin for "Hundred Steps"). For years it was simply referred to as the Swedish thermometer. Today we need Mother Nature to Hop up those steps and give us some warmer weather.
In 1792, a French highwayman became the first person to tryout the Guillotine and he became a drop in the bucket in France's history I guess that's where we got the expression that "heads will roll".
In 1901 New York State became the first place to require vehicle licences. There was a one dollar fee.
in 1916, the first convex mirror fishing Lure was created so the fish could maybe see their reflection and try to eat the other fish. Of course the female fish would look at the reflection and see if their scales needed moisturizer.
In 1940,Quebec women were allowed to vote and run for office in provincial elections, 22 years after they were granted the federal vote. Of course today they would have to vote in French.
In 1956 Elvis had his very first Number One song with Heartbreak Hotel. It was shortly after RCA bought his contract from Sam Philips for $35,000.
1959 on this date The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened to shipping and from that time on Canada has Shipped their Pants etc all over the world. To commenorate the event, Canada and the U.S. both issued a similar stamp. Some of the canadian issue got inverted resulting in this collector's dream.
1982 Britain recaptured the Falkland Islands from Argentina.
In 1985 Wayne Gretzky scored 7 goals in a Stanley cup game for the Oilers for a second time.
By the way this is International Lingerie Week.....take a MERRY WIDOW to Lunch.
BIRTHDAY PEEPS TODAY
Guglielmo Marconi was born in 1874 and had his hand in many pies including radio which of course led to TV which in term led Sesame street to call him GUGLI -ELMO.
Also born on this day Al Pacino who is 73, Renee Zellweger who is 44, Russia's great goaltender Vladislav Tretiak is 61, Talia Shire is 67, Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba is 68, Blues Singer Albert King born in 1924 (not related to BB King, by the way), The Great Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald "A Tisket, a Tasket" was born in 1918. Also born in 1599 Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan Lord Protector of England. and while we are over in Jolly Old England, William Roache who plays Ken Barlow on Coronation street is 81. He has of course been there since the start (1960) and for a long time was the only original cast member. The Actor who plays Dennis Tanner has returned.
A little Birdie also tells me my favourite Real Estate Person Vera Penny is blowing out some candles today.
and finally.....DEJA MOO.....is the feeling that you've heard this BULL before.
mornin everybody...mornin'
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