It was a big day for the Food World with Cardinal Richelieu of France creating the first table knife in 1637. It was kind of difficult before that, there wasn't much elbow room when you had to use swords to cut your bread etc. Of Course Barrie has the distinction of having the Worlds biggest Butter Knife Holder down by the Bay. It's called the Spirit Catcher.
In 1787, a Fleet of 11 ships left Britain with 2 years of provisions and 759 convicts for a total of 1530 perps and peeps to colonize Australia.
In 1888 De Wolf Hopper first recited "Casey at the Bat"
A baseball team from the fictional town of Mudville losing by two runs with two outs in their last inning. Both the team and its fans can win "if only" they could somehow get "Mighty Casey" (Mudville's star player) up to bat. However, Casey was scheduled to be the fifth batter of the inning, and the first two batters (Cooney and Barrows) did not reach base. The next two batters (Flynn and Jimmy Blake) were perceived to be weak hitters with little chance of reaching base to allow Casey at the bat.
Surprisingly, Flynn hits a single, and Blake follows with a double (Flynn reaching third on the play). Both runners were now in scoring position and Casey represented the potential winning run. Casey is so sure of his abilities that he does not swing at the first two pitches, both strikes. On the last pitch, the overconfident Casey strikes out, ending the game and sending the crowd home unhappy.
Sounds a bit like the Blue Jays this season, although they did well yesterday.
in 1898 The Yukon Territory was organized with Dawson City as the Capital. and of course it was the hub of the Yukon Gold rush.
In 1917, three peasant children reported seeing the Blessed Virgin Mary near Fatima Portugal.
there were also other sightings around the same time.
in 1927, it was Black Friday on the Berlin Stock Exchange and 2 years later in 1929 there were a lot of JUMPY people and the first Jumper from the Statue of Liberty took a flyer from that location.
In 1935 Lawrence of Arabia fell off his motorcycle and died 6 days later. He was born in Wales in 1888 and did great work for the allies in the World War I. He lived among the ARABS fighting the Turks, living the life of a Bedouin, a Life where he could count on the Low Rents of Arabia. Several Months after leaving the RAF he was engaged in his favourite passion- riding his motor bike at speed. He had a specially tuned bike and he crashed it at 90 Miles per hour avoiding two boys who suddenly appeared before him. He was only 47 years old and maybe should have stuck to the Humps of the Camels for the Bumps of Arabia. He had quite the sense of Humour too, here's an example: A General," I can't make out whether you are bloody bad-mannered or just half-witted" in response from T.E. Lawrence "I have the same problem sir"
In 1942, a helicopter made the first cross-country flight. It was a Whirley-bird developed by Igor Sikorsky and of course it was one of his companies big ones that topped off the Toronto CN tower.
This picture shows a similar helicopter that made the flight in 1942 and the expression became THE WHIRLEY BIRD GETS THE WORM.
In 1950 The Diner's Club Issued its first Credit Cards. It was intended to pay restaurant bills. customer could eat with cash at any restaurant that would accept Diner's Club credit cards. It initially more of a charge card than a credit card since the customer had to repay the entire amount when Billed by the Diners Club. American Express issued their first credit card in 1958.
The Bank of America issued the BankAmericard (now VISA) later in 1958. Of course the credit crunch is very bad these days...Question: What's the difference between Investment Bankers and Midland SEA GULLS?...Answer....The SEA GULLS are still capable of making deposits on new BMW's.In 1965 "King of the Road" by Roger Miller was number one in the U.K. and the Rolling Stones were in the Studio recording "Satisfaction" Of course they are still touring around getting big bucks for their concerts. It's a special day today at MacDonalds...raising money selling Mic Jaggers. By the way Let's hear a little Roger Miller, this is not the original 45 hit version but it's cute and gives you some psychedelic colours at the same time. Where's my VW bus?
In 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded in St. Peters Square on this date. I was doing a Remote broadcast that day and it was a big Downer. " Hey the Pope was just shot but come on down and check out the great shirts and pants at......"
BIRTHDAY PEEPS FOR YOUR MONDAY ENJOYMENT
Bea Arthur (Maude & Golden Girls) 1922-2009. Mary Wells (My Guy) 1943-1992 and she died in a struggle with Throat Cancer. Richie Valens born in 1941 (died in the plane crash in 1959 of course., Steveland Morris (Stevie Wonder) is 63 today and there were a great bunch of his songs featured on the TV the last GLEE SHOW. If you get a chance to watch it do so. IT WAS FABULOUS.
Peter Gabriel (Genesis) was born on the same day as Stevie Wonder so he is 63 as well. Dennis Rodman is 52, Harvey Keitel is 74, Robert Pattinson (Vampire fame) is 27, Canadian Pop and Country singer going way back, Lucille Starr was born in St. Boniface Manitoba in 1938. I had forgotten how great she was,
Enjoy
by the way it was produced by Herb Alpert in 1964. I wish she was still touring, I would love to see her. I am getting very excited about the Patsy Cline Tribute show coming up at the end of the month in Midland. Lucille also toured with Bob Regan as The Canadian Sweethearts. Stephen Colbert is 49, Boxer Joe Lewis (1914-1981) Barry Zito is 35, PK Subban of the Habs is 24 today (he was drafted 42 selections after Patrick Kane in 2007).
and finally....I needed a Password featuring 8 characters, so I chose Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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