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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
NOSTRADAMUS DAY
Michel de Notredame was destined to tell the world about its destiny. He was born on this day in 1503 at St. Remy, Provence, France. We know him as Nostradamus, author of ten books of prophecies, titled Centuries (Volumes I-X), that many still believe foretold the future. He was a physician, an astrologer and a clairvoyant.
Nostradamus’ famous astrological predictions were written in rhyming quatrains (four-line poems) and, according to many readers of our time, accurately predicted the Great London Fire in 1666, Spain’s Civil War, and a Hitler who would lead Germany into war. He even correctly predicted his own death on July 2, 1566.
Acclaimed today as one of the most accurate seers in the history of the world, he wrote in code, since in his day, if he was found out, he would have been considered a sorcerer and would probably have been burned at the stake. He used symbolism, metaphors, and added and deleted letters to make his writings even more obscure. Most were written in French, although Nostradamus, an educated man, would also use Italian, Greek and Latin. What if something got lost in the translation?
Since none of us really knows, nor do we know what his code was, nor which calendar Nostradamus was using, we can only try to make events fit into the 942 quatrains. That’s a lot of history and a lot of destiny to prove. Is it fact or fancy?
Events December 14
1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and bolt machine, and the screw, too!
1819 - The 22nd entry into the United States of America, Alabama, was officially admitted on this day. Deep in the “Heart of Dixie,” (one of the state’s nicknames), Alabama was first inhabited by the Creek Indians (Alabama means ‘tribal town’), then explored by the Spanish, settled by the French, and then controlled by the British. The region was ceded to the U.S. following the American Revolution. The Confederacy was founded in Alabama; the state flag still bears a resemblance to the Confederate Battle Flag. Alabama’s motto, Audemus jura nostra defendere – We Dare Defend Our Rights - has been taken very seriously throughout the state’s history, especially in the 1950s and 1960s , as it was the site of landmark civil rights actions. The state tree, pinus palustris or Southern longleaf pine; and the camellia, the state flower, are plentiful throughout the state, as is the state Bird , the yellowhammer, which is also the state’s other nickname. Julia S. Tutwiler (lyrics) and Edna G. Gussen (music) wrote the state song named after the state. No, the title is not, Yellowhammer or Tribal Town. It’s just plain, Alabama. No kidding. But for some reason, we can’t recall ever hearing the band Alabama sing Alabama.
1902 - The Silverton set sail from the Bay Area. The ship was about to lay the first telephone cable between San Francisco and Honolulu. The project was completed by January 1, 1903.
1911 - After centuries of unsuccessful expeditions in search of the South Pole, Roald Amundsen and four companions made the discovery this day.
1928 - America’s original Funny Girl, Fanny Brice, recorded If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain), a song from the play, My Man -- on Victor Records.
1934 - The first streamlined locomotive, nicknamed the Commodore Vanderbilt, was introduced by the New York Central Railroad. The locomotive was quite impressive: 228 tons and 4,075 horsepower. The 'bathtub' shroud that gave the Commodore Vanderbilt its streamlined appearance was designed by the Case School of Science in Cleveland, Ohio. After an October 1945 collision with a truck at a grade crossing, all the streamlining was removed.
1936 - You Can’t Take It with You opened at the Booth Theatre in New York City.
1941 - U.S. Marines continued to make their stand in the battle for Wake Island.
1944 - MGM released the movie National Velvet. Elizabeth Taylor starred as Velvet Brown.
1945 - Josef Kramer, known as the ‘Beast of Belsen’, and ten others were hanged in Hamelin for crimes committed at the Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps during WWII.
1952 - Eighty-four Korean Communist prisoners interned on Pongam Island were killed during a riot after attempting to escape.
1953 - Fred Allen returned from semiretirement to narrate Prokofiev’s classic, Peter and the Wolf, on the Bell Telephone Hour on NBC radio.
1953 - Sandy Koufax, age 19, was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. The kid reportedly had played no more than 20 games of baseball in his entire life. In the next 12 seasons, Koufax posted 167 wins, 87 losses and 2,396 strikeouts, becoming a baseball legend!
1959 - U.S. Air Force Captain J.B. Jordan climbed to an altitude of 103,395 feet in an F-104C. Jordan set a world altitude record of 103,395 feet (31,514m).
1963 - Singer Dinah Washington died in Detroit at 39 years of age. She popularized many, many great songs, including What a Diff’rence a Day Makes, Unforgettable, and several hits with Brook Benton (Baby [You’ve Got What it Takes" and A Rockin’ Good Way [To Mess Around and Fall in Love]).
1968 - Marvin Gaye was number one in the U.S. with I Heard It Through the Grapevine. The smash was stuck at the top of the charts all the way through Jan 1969. It turned out to be Gaye’s biggest hit.
1968 - Iron Butterfly struck gold with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey, don’t you know that I love you? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby, don’t you know that I’ll always be true?”
1970 - George Harrison received a gold record for his single, My Sweet Lord.
1970 - Golfing great Lee Trevino had won only two tournaments during the year; but became the top golf money-winner with $157,037 in earnings for the year.
1973 - Jerry Quarry defeated Ernie Shavers in 2 minutes, 21 seconds of the first round of their heavyweight boxing match in New York. Quarry broke his hand in the short fight and failed miserably at a later comeback attempt.
1977 - Saturday Night Fever premiered in New York City. The movie fueled the disco craze and the soundtrack became one of the biggest selling albums of all time.
1981 - Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.
1983 - The musical biography of Peggy Lee opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City. The show was titled Peg You say you are not familiar with this gem? The reason could be that the show Closed three days later after only five performances.
1984 - The Cotton Club opened around the U.S. There were nine classic songs by Duke Ellington on the soundtrack of the movie.
1985 - America’s winningest high school football coach called it quits this day. Gordon Wood, 71, of Brownwood High School in Central Texas retired after 43 years. Wood sported a career record of 405 wins, 88 losses and 12 ties. The football stadium at Brownwood High has since been rebuilt and named for him.
1989 - Opposition leader Patricio Aylwin Azócar was elected president in Chile’s first free election since 1970.
1989 - Nobel Peace laureate (1975) Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.
1992 - Easing a 17-year trade embargo, the United States allowed its companies to sign contracts in Vietnam.
1993 - Actress Myrna Loy died in New York at the age of 88. Loy acted in over 120 movies, but was probably best known as Nora Charles in the Thin Man film series (with William Powell).
1994 - Former Arkansas Governor Orval E. Faubus died. He was 84 years old. In 1957, his refusal to let nine black students into Little Rock’s Central High School forced U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to send in federal troops.
1995 - Documents related to the peace agreement which was initialed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 were signed in Paris on this day. The agreement is known as the Dayton Peace Accords.
1996 - The disabled freighter Bright Field rammed a crowded New Orleans riverfront mall on the Mississippi River. Quick action by the vessel’s pilot may have averted disaster. The pilot sent off a last-second warning blast of the horn and tried to redirect the ship by dropping an anchor. The ship slammed bow-first into the busy riverfront shopping complex, injuring dozens of people, but no one was killed.
1997 - An Italian team of astronomers witnessed the brightest explosion ever detected in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away.
1999 - U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a fund of $5.2 billion for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers. The breakthrough in the months-long negotiations came after the German government raised its offer to $2.6 billion, equaling the amount already pledged by industry to compensate those forced to work for Hitler's war machine.
2000 - The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
2001 - Movies opening in U.S. theatres: Not Another Teen Movie, with Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Eric Christian Olsen and Deon Richmond; Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Michael Irby, Michael Wright, Rita Moreno and Jaime Sanchez; The Royal Tenenbaums, with Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel and Owen Wilson; Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor and Cameron Diaz.
2001 - U.S. Marines moved into Kandahar, Afghanistan to take control of the airport that was once the Taliban’s political and spiritual base. The marines carefully picked through unexploded weaponry and debris left by the Taliban.
2002 - The Norwegian cargo ship Tricolor, carrying 2,862 BMWs, Volvos and Saabs, sank after colliding with the Bahamas-registered Kariba cargo ship in the English Channel.
2003 - Actress Jeanne Crain died in Santa Barbara, California. She was 78 years old. Crain appeared in dozens of films and TV shows.
2003 - Venice threw a party to celebrate the reopening of La Fenice, following a $90-million restoration (the theatre had burned down in 1996). The gala concert drew the Italian president, European royalty and many of Italy’s glitterati.
2004 - U.S. President George Bush (II) awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor to General Tommy Franks, Paul Bremer, and George Tenet, for their efforts in the war in Iraq. Franks oversaw combat in Afghanistan and the initial invasion of Iraq. Bremer was the top civilian U.S. official in Iraq after the U.S. invasion, overseeing the transfer of power to an interim Iraqi government. Bush credited former CIA Director Tenet as “one of the first to recognize and address the threat to America from radical networks.”
2005 - King Kong opened in U.S. theatres. The acton adventure thriller stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Colin Hanks, Kyle Chandler, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Evan Parke, John Sumner, Richard Kavanagh, Craig Hall and Lobo Chan. The screenplay by Peter Jackson (also the director), Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens is based on the original story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace, which became the classic 1933 RKO Radio Pictures film.
2005 - U.S. President George Bush (II) said that the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was the result of “faulty intelligence”; he said he accepted responsibility for the decision, but maintained that it was justified...
2006 - Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegün died at 83 years of age. The music magnate was chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum -- and was inducted into the hall himself in 1987. Ertegün helped shape the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and many others.
2007 - It was debut day in the U.S. for: Alvin and the Chipmunks, featuring Jason Lee and Cameron Richardson; I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith and Charlie Tahan; The Kite Runner, with Wali Razaqi, Saïd Taghmaoui, Shaun Toub and Nasser Memarzia; and Look, with Rhys Coiro, Hayes MacArthur, Giuseppe Andrews, Spencer Redford, Jennifer Fontaine, Heather Hogan and Jamie McShane.
2007 - New Jersey became the first U.S. state to require flu shots for its preschool chidren. Vaccines were made available for free for low-income families, and private insurers were to cover the cost for others.
2008 - Eva Habil became Egypt’s first female mayor. The Christian lawyer, beat five male candidates, including her younger brother, to become mayor of the predominantly Coptic Christian town of Komboha (in southern Egypt).
2009 - Citigroup Inc. said it was repaying the $20 billion in bailout money it received from the U.S., freeing the banking giant from the close scrutiny and restrictions that came with the rescue program. And Wells Fargo announced plans to sell $10.4 billion in new stock to help repay all $25 billion in bailout aid it received.
2009 - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that polio had re-emerged in several African countries where it had been eradicated. Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria are among the countries that have seen an increase in polio, due mainly to a lack of immunizations, WHO said.
Birthdays December 14
1503 - Nostradamus (Michel de Notredame)
physician, an astrologer and a clairvoyant, author; died July 2, 1566; see Nostradamus Day [above]
1896 - James Doolittle
aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General: awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII; died Sep 27, 1993
1897 - Margaret Chase Smith
politician: 1st woman elected to both houses of U.S. Congress; died May 29, 1995
1902 - Billy Burke
golf champion: North & South Open champion [1928], US Open [1931], U.S. Ryder Cup team [1931]; died Apr 19, 1972
1908 - Morey Amsterdam
comedian, actor: The **** Van Dyke Show; radio: NBC Monitor; died Oct 27, 1996
1911 - Spike Jones
musician: drummer; band leader: City Slickers: Cocktails for Two, Der Fuhrer’s Face; died May 1, 1965
1913 - Dan Dailey
singer, dancer, actor: When My Baby Smiles at Me, State Fair, There’s No Business like Show Business; died Oct 16, 1978
1918 - James T. Aubrey
movie/TV executive: president: MGM, CBS; died Sep 3, 1994
1920 - Clark Terry
musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones
1922 - Don Hewitt
Emmy Award-winning producer: Coverage of Martin Luther King Assassination and Aftermath/CBS News Special Reports and Broadcasts [1969], The Selling of Colonel Herbert/60 Minutes [1973], 60 Minutes [1973]; died Aug 19, 2009
1932 - Abbe Lane (Abigail Francine Lassman)
singer, glamour actress: Americano; photographed in bathtub filled with coffee [50s]; bandleader Xavier Cugat’s ex
1932 - Charlie Rich
‘The Silver Fox’: Grammy Award-winning singer: Behind Closed Doors [1973]; Lonely Weekends, The Most Beautiful Girl; died July 25, 1995
1935 - Lee Remick
actress: Bridge to Silence, The Omen, QB VII, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Tempest, Days of Wine and Roses, Anatomy of a Murder, The Long, Hot Summer; died July 2, 1991
1938 - Hal Williams
actor: Sanford and Son, 227, Snow 2: Brain Freeze, The West Side Waltz, Guess Who, Percy & Thunder, Don’t Look Back: The Story of Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige, Roots: The Next Generations
1939 - Frank St. Marseille
hockey: NHL: SL Blues, LA Kings
1944 - James Sutorius
actor: Dynasty, The Andros Targets, The Bob Crane Show, On Wings of Eagles, A Question of Love
1946 - Jane Birkin
actress: French Intrigue, La Belle Noiseise, Le Petit Amour, Evil Under the Sun, Death on the Nile, Catherine & Co., Romance of a Horsethief, Blowup
1946 - Patty (Anna Marie) Duke
Academy Award-winning actress: The Miracle Worker [1962]; Emmy: Captains and the Kings [1976-1977]
1946 - Pat McCauley
musician: keyboards: group: Them
1946 - Joyce Vincent Wilson
singer: group: Tony Orlando and Dawn: Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Candida, Knock Three Times
1947 - Tom Jenkins
golf: champ: PGA: IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic [1975]; Champions Tour: seven wins
1948 - Jon Staggers
football: Green Bay Packers
1948 - Dee Wallace-Stone
actress: The Frighteners, Temptress, The Road Home, My Family Treasure, I’m Dangerous Tonight, Popcorn, Miracle Down Under, Critters, Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home, Skeezer, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Howling, 10, The Hills Have Eyes, Together We Stand, The New Lassie
1948 - Cliff Williams
musician: bass: group: AC/DC: Highway to Hell, Wall All Over You, Shot Down in Flames, Get It Hot, Dirty Deeds Done Cheap, Rocker
1949 - Bill (William Joseph) Buckner
baseball: LA Dodgers [World Series: 1974], Chicago Cubs [NL batting champ: 1980/all-star: 1981], Boston Red Sox [World Series: 1986], California Angels, KC Royals
1949 - Stan Smith
International Tennis Hall of Famer: Amateur US Open Champ [1969], US Open Men’s Singles Champ [1971], Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champ [1972]
1949 - Cliff Williams
musician: guitar: group: AC/DC: LPs: Powerage, Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, For Those about to Rock, Fly on the Wall, Who Made Who, Blow Up Your Video
1954 - James Horan
actor: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Van Helsing, Gods and Generals, Enterprise: Broken Bow, The Black Rose, Club Wild Side, The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1958 - Mike Scott
musician: guitar, singer: group: The Waterboys
1960 - Don Franklin
actor: Hair Show, Anna’s Dream, Between the Sheets, Asteroid, Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story, The Big Picture, Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
1962 - Ginger Lynn Allen
actress: X-rated films: Too Naughty to Say No, On Golden Blonde, The Night of Loving Dangerously, Bound and Gagged: A Love Story, Ginger Snacks, Older Women, Hotter Sex, It’s a Vivid Girl Reunion
1963 - Cynthia Gibb
actress: Gypsy, Death Warrant, Malone, Jack’s Back, Youngblood, Modern Girls, Stardust Memories, Madman of the People, Fame
1964 - Rebecca Gibney
actress: Halifax f.p
1965 - Craig Biggio
baseball [outfield, catcher, second base]: Houston Astros
1965 - Ken Hill
baseball [pitcher]: St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Anaheim Angels, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1965 - Ted Raimi
actor: The Grudge, Pledge of Allegiance, Spider-Man series, The Attic Expeditions, For Love of the Game, Iggy Vile M.D
1966 - Tim Skold
musician: guitar, synthesizer; singer: group: Marilyn Manson: The Love Song, Mobscene, The Fight Song, Tainted Love, The Dope Show, Disposable Teens, Sweet Dreams [Are Made of This]
1968 - Noelle Beck
actress: Loving, My Sexiest Mistake, The Substitute, 919 Fifth Avenue, Love on the Run, Fletch Lives
1970 - Brad Banta
football [tight end]: USC; NFL: Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills
1979 - Sophie Monk
singer: group: Bardot: Madrague, Poison, Maria Ninguem; solo: Inside Outside, Get the Music On, One Breath Away
Chart Toppers December 14
1949Mule Train - Frankie Laine
I Can Dream, Can’t I? - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Jack Leonard)
Don’t Cry, Joe - The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra (vocal: Betty Brewer)
Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1958To Know Him, is to Love Him - The Teddy Bears
Beep Beep - The Playmates
Problems - The Everly Brothers
City Lights - Ray Price
1967Daydream Believer - The Monkees
The Rain, the Park and Other Things - The Cowsills
I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick
It’s the Little Things - Sonny James
1976Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
The Rubberband Man - Spinners
Love So Right - Bee Gees
Thinkin’ of a Rendezvous - Johnny Duncan
1985Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy
Nobody Falls like a Fool - Earl Thomas Conley
1994On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men
Here Comes the Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze
Another Night - Real McCoy
If You’ve Got Love - John Michael Montgomery
2003Hey Ya! - Outkast
Suga Suga - Baby Bash featuring Frankie J
It’s My Life - No Doubt
I Love This Bar - Toby Keith
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Chart Topper December 14th, 1985...Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
NOSTRADAMUS DAY
Michel de Notredame was destined to tell the world about its destiny. He was born on this day in 1503 at St. Remy, Provence, France. We know him as Nostradamus, author of ten books of prophecies, titled Centuries (Volumes I-X), that many still believe foretold the future. He was a physician, an astrologer and a clairvoyant.
Nostradamus’ famous astrological predictions were written in rhyming quatrains (four-line poems) and, according to many readers of our time, accurately predicted the Great London Fire in 1666, Spain’s Civil War, and a Hitler who would lead Germany into war. He even correctly predicted his own death on July 2, 1566.
Acclaimed today as one of the most accurate seers in the history of the world, he wrote in code, since in his day, if he was found out, he would have been considered a sorcerer and would probably have been burned at the stake. He used symbolism, metaphors, and added and deleted letters to make his writings even more obscure. Most were written in French, although Nostradamus, an educated man, would also use Italian, Greek and Latin. What if something got lost in the translation?
Since none of us really knows, nor do we know what his code was, nor which calendar Nostradamus was using, we can only try to make events fit into the 942 quatrains. That’s a lot of history and a lot of destiny to prove. Is it fact or fancy?
Events December 14
1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and bolt machine, and the screw, too!
1819 - The 22nd entry into the United States of America, Alabama, was officially admitted on this day. Deep in the “Heart of Dixie,” (one of the state’s nicknames), Alabama was first inhabited by the Creek Indians (Alabama means ‘tribal town’), then explored by the Spanish, settled by the French, and then controlled by the British. The region was ceded to the U.S. following the American Revolution. The Confederacy was founded in Alabama; the state flag still bears a resemblance to the Confederate Battle Flag. Alabama’s motto, Audemus jura nostra defendere – We Dare Defend Our Rights - has been taken very seriously throughout the state’s history, especially in the 1950s and 1960s , as it was the site of landmark civil rights actions. The state tree, pinus palustris or Southern longleaf pine; and the camellia, the state flower, are plentiful throughout the state, as is the state Bird , the yellowhammer, which is also the state’s other nickname. Julia S. Tutwiler (lyrics) and Edna G. Gussen (music) wrote the state song named after the state. No, the title is not, Yellowhammer or Tribal Town. It’s just plain, Alabama. No kidding. But for some reason, we can’t recall ever hearing the band Alabama sing Alabama.
1902 - The Silverton set sail from the Bay Area. The ship was about to lay the first telephone cable between San Francisco and Honolulu. The project was completed by January 1, 1903.
1911 - After centuries of unsuccessful expeditions in search of the South Pole, Roald Amundsen and four companions made the discovery this day.
1928 - America’s original Funny Girl, Fanny Brice, recorded If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain), a song from the play, My Man -- on Victor Records.
1934 - The first streamlined locomotive, nicknamed the Commodore Vanderbilt, was introduced by the New York Central Railroad. The locomotive was quite impressive: 228 tons and 4,075 horsepower. The 'bathtub' shroud that gave the Commodore Vanderbilt its streamlined appearance was designed by the Case School of Science in Cleveland, Ohio. After an October 1945 collision with a truck at a grade crossing, all the streamlining was removed.
1936 - You Can’t Take It with You opened at the Booth Theatre in New York City.
1941 - U.S. Marines continued to make their stand in the battle for Wake Island.
1944 - MGM released the movie National Velvet. Elizabeth Taylor starred as Velvet Brown.
1945 - Josef Kramer, known as the ‘Beast of Belsen’, and ten others were hanged in Hamelin for crimes committed at the Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps during WWII.
1952 - Eighty-four Korean Communist prisoners interned on Pongam Island were killed during a riot after attempting to escape.
1953 - Fred Allen returned from semiretirement to narrate Prokofiev’s classic, Peter and the Wolf, on the Bell Telephone Hour on NBC radio.
1953 - Sandy Koufax, age 19, was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers. The kid reportedly had played no more than 20 games of baseball in his entire life. In the next 12 seasons, Koufax posted 167 wins, 87 losses and 2,396 strikeouts, becoming a baseball legend!
1959 - U.S. Air Force Captain J.B. Jordan climbed to an altitude of 103,395 feet in an F-104C. Jordan set a world altitude record of 103,395 feet (31,514m).
1963 - Singer Dinah Washington died in Detroit at 39 years of age. She popularized many, many great songs, including What a Diff’rence a Day Makes, Unforgettable, and several hits with Brook Benton (Baby [You’ve Got What it Takes" and A Rockin’ Good Way [To Mess Around and Fall in Love]).
1968 - Marvin Gaye was number one in the U.S. with I Heard It Through the Grapevine. The smash was stuck at the top of the charts all the way through Jan 1969. It turned out to be Gaye’s biggest hit.
1968 - Iron Butterfly struck gold with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey, don’t you know that I love you? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby, don’t you know that I’ll always be true?”
1970 - George Harrison received a gold record for his single, My Sweet Lord.
1970 - Golfing great Lee Trevino had won only two tournaments during the year; but became the top golf money-winner with $157,037 in earnings for the year.
1973 - Jerry Quarry defeated Ernie Shavers in 2 minutes, 21 seconds of the first round of their heavyweight boxing match in New York. Quarry broke his hand in the short fight and failed miserably at a later comeback attempt.
1977 - Saturday Night Fever premiered in New York City. The movie fueled the disco craze and the soundtrack became one of the biggest selling albums of all time.
1981 - Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War.
1983 - The musical biography of Peggy Lee opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City. The show was titled Peg You say you are not familiar with this gem? The reason could be that the show Closed three days later after only five performances.
1984 - The Cotton Club opened around the U.S. There were nine classic songs by Duke Ellington on the soundtrack of the movie.
1985 - America’s winningest high school football coach called it quits this day. Gordon Wood, 71, of Brownwood High School in Central Texas retired after 43 years. Wood sported a career record of 405 wins, 88 losses and 12 ties. The football stadium at Brownwood High has since been rebuilt and named for him.
1989 - Opposition leader Patricio Aylwin Azócar was elected president in Chile’s first free election since 1970.
1989 - Nobel Peace laureate (1975) Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.
1992 - Easing a 17-year trade embargo, the United States allowed its companies to sign contracts in Vietnam.
1993 - Actress Myrna Loy died in New York at the age of 88. Loy acted in over 120 movies, but was probably best known as Nora Charles in the Thin Man film series (with William Powell).
1994 - Former Arkansas Governor Orval E. Faubus died. He was 84 years old. In 1957, his refusal to let nine black students into Little Rock’s Central High School forced U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to send in federal troops.
1995 - Documents related to the peace agreement which was initialed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio on November 21, 1995 were signed in Paris on this day. The agreement is known as the Dayton Peace Accords.
1996 - The disabled freighter Bright Field rammed a crowded New Orleans riverfront mall on the Mississippi River. Quick action by the vessel’s pilot may have averted disaster. The pilot sent off a last-second warning blast of the horn and tried to redirect the ship by dropping an anchor. The ship slammed bow-first into the busy riverfront shopping complex, injuring dozens of people, but no one was killed.
1997 - An Italian team of astronomers witnessed the brightest explosion ever detected in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away.
1999 - U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a fund of $5.2 billion for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers. The breakthrough in the months-long negotiations came after the German government raised its offer to $2.6 billion, equaling the amount already pledged by industry to compensate those forced to work for Hitler's war machine.
2000 - The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
2001 - Movies opening in U.S. theatres: Not Another Teen Movie, with Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Mia Kirshner, Eric Christian Olsen and Deon Richmond; Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez, Michael Irby, Michael Wright, Rita Moreno and Jaime Sanchez; The Royal Tenenbaums, with Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel and Owen Wilson; Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor and Cameron Diaz.
2001 - U.S. Marines moved into Kandahar, Afghanistan to take control of the airport that was once the Taliban’s political and spiritual base. The marines carefully picked through unexploded weaponry and debris left by the Taliban.
2002 - The Norwegian cargo ship Tricolor, carrying 2,862 BMWs, Volvos and Saabs, sank after colliding with the Bahamas-registered Kariba cargo ship in the English Channel.
2003 - Actress Jeanne Crain died in Santa Barbara, California. She was 78 years old. Crain appeared in dozens of films and TV shows.
2003 - Venice threw a party to celebrate the reopening of La Fenice, following a $90-million restoration (the theatre had burned down in 1996). The gala concert drew the Italian president, European royalty and many of Italy’s glitterati.
2004 - U.S. President George Bush (II) awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor to General Tommy Franks, Paul Bremer, and George Tenet, for their efforts in the war in Iraq. Franks oversaw combat in Afghanistan and the initial invasion of Iraq. Bremer was the top civilian U.S. official in Iraq after the U.S. invasion, overseeing the transfer of power to an interim Iraqi government. Bush credited former CIA Director Tenet as “one of the first to recognize and address the threat to America from radical networks.”
2005 - King Kong opened in U.S. theatres. The acton adventure thriller stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Andy Serkis, Colin Hanks, Kyle Chandler, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Evan Parke, John Sumner, Richard Kavanagh, Craig Hall and Lobo Chan. The screenplay by Peter Jackson (also the director), Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens is based on the original story by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace, which became the classic 1933 RKO Radio Pictures film.
2005 - U.S. President George Bush (II) said that the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was the result of “faulty intelligence”; he said he accepted responsibility for the decision, but maintained that it was justified...
2006 - Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegün died at 83 years of age. The music magnate was chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum -- and was inducted into the hall himself in 1987. Ertegün helped shape the careers of John Coltrane, Ray Charles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and many others.
2007 - It was debut day in the U.S. for: Alvin and the Chipmunks, featuring Jason Lee and Cameron Richardson; I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith and Charlie Tahan; The Kite Runner, with Wali Razaqi, Saïd Taghmaoui, Shaun Toub and Nasser Memarzia; and Look, with Rhys Coiro, Hayes MacArthur, Giuseppe Andrews, Spencer Redford, Jennifer Fontaine, Heather Hogan and Jamie McShane.
2007 - New Jersey became the first U.S. state to require flu shots for its preschool chidren. Vaccines were made available for free for low-income families, and private insurers were to cover the cost for others.
2008 - Eva Habil became Egypt’s first female mayor. The Christian lawyer, beat five male candidates, including her younger brother, to become mayor of the predominantly Coptic Christian town of Komboha (in southern Egypt).
2009 - Citigroup Inc. said it was repaying the $20 billion in bailout money it received from the U.S., freeing the banking giant from the close scrutiny and restrictions that came with the rescue program. And Wells Fargo announced plans to sell $10.4 billion in new stock to help repay all $25 billion in bailout aid it received.
2009 - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that polio had re-emerged in several African countries where it had been eradicated. Angola, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria are among the countries that have seen an increase in polio, due mainly to a lack of immunizations, WHO said.
Birthdays December 14
1503 - Nostradamus (Michel de Notredame)
physician, an astrologer and a clairvoyant, author; died July 2, 1566; see Nostradamus Day [above]
1896 - James Doolittle
aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General: awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII; died Sep 27, 1993
1897 - Margaret Chase Smith
politician: 1st woman elected to both houses of U.S. Congress; died May 29, 1995
1902 - Billy Burke
golf champion: North & South Open champion [1928], US Open [1931], U.S. Ryder Cup team [1931]; died Apr 19, 1972
1908 - Morey Amsterdam
comedian, actor: The **** Van Dyke Show; radio: NBC Monitor; died Oct 27, 1996
1911 - Spike Jones
musician: drummer; band leader: City Slickers: Cocktails for Two, Der Fuhrer’s Face; died May 1, 1965
1913 - Dan Dailey
singer, dancer, actor: When My Baby Smiles at Me, State Fair, There’s No Business like Show Business; died Oct 16, 1978
1918 - James T. Aubrey
movie/TV executive: president: MGM, CBS; died Sep 3, 1994
1920 - Clark Terry
musician: trumpet, flugelhorn: with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones
1922 - Don Hewitt
Emmy Award-winning producer: Coverage of Martin Luther King Assassination and Aftermath/CBS News Special Reports and Broadcasts [1969], The Selling of Colonel Herbert/60 Minutes [1973], 60 Minutes [1973]; died Aug 19, 2009
1932 - Abbe Lane (Abigail Francine Lassman)
singer, glamour actress: Americano; photographed in bathtub filled with coffee [50s]; bandleader Xavier Cugat’s ex
1932 - Charlie Rich
‘The Silver Fox’: Grammy Award-winning singer: Behind Closed Doors [1973]; Lonely Weekends, The Most Beautiful Girl; died July 25, 1995
1935 - Lee Remick
actress: Bridge to Silence, The Omen, QB VII, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Tempest, Days of Wine and Roses, Anatomy of a Murder, The Long, Hot Summer; died July 2, 1991
1938 - Hal Williams
actor: Sanford and Son, 227, Snow 2: Brain Freeze, The West Side Waltz, Guess Who, Percy & Thunder, Don’t Look Back: The Story of Leroy ‘Satchel’ Paige, Roots: The Next Generations
1939 - Frank St. Marseille
hockey: NHL: SL Blues, LA Kings
1944 - James Sutorius
actor: Dynasty, The Andros Targets, The Bob Crane Show, On Wings of Eagles, A Question of Love
1946 - Jane Birkin
actress: French Intrigue, La Belle Noiseise, Le Petit Amour, Evil Under the Sun, Death on the Nile, Catherine & Co., Romance of a Horsethief, Blowup
1946 - Patty (Anna Marie) Duke
Academy Award-winning actress: The Miracle Worker [1962]; Emmy: Captains and the Kings [1976-1977]
1946 - Pat McCauley
musician: keyboards: group: Them
1946 - Joyce Vincent Wilson
singer: group: Tony Orlando and Dawn: Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree, Candida, Knock Three Times
1947 - Tom Jenkins
golf: champ: PGA: IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic [1975]; Champions Tour: seven wins
1948 - Jon Staggers
football: Green Bay Packers
1948 - Dee Wallace-Stone
actress: The Frighteners, Temptress, The Road Home, My Family Treasure, I’m Dangerous Tonight, Popcorn, Miracle Down Under, Critters, Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home, Skeezer, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Howling, 10, The Hills Have Eyes, Together We Stand, The New Lassie
1948 - Cliff Williams
musician: bass: group: AC/DC: Highway to Hell, Wall All Over You, Shot Down in Flames, Get It Hot, Dirty Deeds Done Cheap, Rocker
1949 - Bill (William Joseph) Buckner
baseball: LA Dodgers [World Series: 1974], Chicago Cubs [NL batting champ: 1980/all-star: 1981], Boston Red Sox [World Series: 1986], California Angels, KC Royals
1949 - Stan Smith
International Tennis Hall of Famer: Amateur US Open Champ [1969], US Open Men’s Singles Champ [1971], Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champ [1972]
1949 - Cliff Williams
musician: guitar: group: AC/DC: LPs: Powerage, Highway to Hell, Back in Black, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, For Those about to Rock, Fly on the Wall, Who Made Who, Blow Up Your Video
1954 - James Horan
actor: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Van Helsing, Gods and Generals, Enterprise: Broken Bow, The Black Rose, Club Wild Side, The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
1958 - Mike Scott
musician: guitar, singer: group: The Waterboys
1960 - Don Franklin
actor: Hair Show, Anna’s Dream, Between the Sheets, Asteroid, Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story, The Big Picture, Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
1962 - Ginger Lynn Allen
actress: X-rated films: Too Naughty to Say No, On Golden Blonde, The Night of Loving Dangerously, Bound and Gagged: A Love Story, Ginger Snacks, Older Women, Hotter Sex, It’s a Vivid Girl Reunion
1963 - Cynthia Gibb
actress: Gypsy, Death Warrant, Malone, Jack’s Back, Youngblood, Modern Girls, Stardust Memories, Madman of the People, Fame
1964 - Rebecca Gibney
actress: Halifax f.p
1965 - Craig Biggio
baseball [outfield, catcher, second base]: Houston Astros
1965 - Ken Hill
baseball [pitcher]: St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, Anaheim Angels, Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
1965 - Ted Raimi
actor: The Grudge, Pledge of Allegiance, Spider-Man series, The Attic Expeditions, For Love of the Game, Iggy Vile M.D
1966 - Tim Skold
musician: guitar, synthesizer; singer: group: Marilyn Manson: The Love Song, Mobscene, The Fight Song, Tainted Love, The Dope Show, Disposable Teens, Sweet Dreams [Are Made of This]
1968 - Noelle Beck
actress: Loving, My Sexiest Mistake, The Substitute, 919 Fifth Avenue, Love on the Run, Fletch Lives
1970 - Brad Banta
football [tight end]: USC; NFL: Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets, Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills
1979 - Sophie Monk
singer: group: Bardot: Madrague, Poison, Maria Ninguem; solo: Inside Outside, Get the Music On, One Breath Away
Chart Toppers December 14
1949Mule Train - Frankie Laine
I Can Dream, Can’t I? - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Jack Leonard)
Don’t Cry, Joe - The Gordon Jenkins Orchestra (vocal: Betty Brewer)
Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford
1958To Know Him, is to Love Him - The Teddy Bears
Beep Beep - The Playmates
Problems - The Everly Brothers
City Lights - Ray Price
1967Daydream Believer - The Monkees
The Rain, the Park and Other Things - The Cowsills
I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick
It’s the Little Things - Sonny James
1976Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
The Rubberband Man - Spinners
Love So Right - Bee Gees
Thinkin’ of a Rendezvous - Johnny Duncan
1985Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Party All the Time - Eddie Murphy
Nobody Falls like a Fool - Earl Thomas Conley
1994On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men
Here Comes the Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze
Another Night - Real McCoy
If You’ve Got Love - John Michael Montgomery
2003Hey Ya! - Outkast
Suga Suga - Baby Bash featuring Frankie J
It’s My Life - No Doubt
I Love This Bar - Toby Keith
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Chart Topper December 14th, 1985...Broken Wings - Mr. Mister
