Interrogatories
Did you have have to wear braces? If so, was your school one of the ones where braces were cool, or not?
Do you have any techniques for falling asleep when sleep eludes you?
Are you mechanically or technically inclined? Did you ever take things apart to see how they worked? If so, were you able to successfully reassemble such things?
Do you like the sound of motorcycle or other engines?
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On This Day
In 1888, the Washington Monument was officially opened to the public.
In 1967, revolutionary Che Guevara was executed in Bolivia.
In 1981, France abolished capital punishment.
In 1986, the musical version of Phantom of the Opera premiered in London.
In 1995, the Amtrak train, Sunset Limited, which runs between NOLA and L.A., was derailed by terrorists who shifted the rails out of position (while at the same time keeping the wires that would have detected it intact). Four identical notes were found at the scene that implicated a right wing group who claimed the incident was revenge for Waco.
Born on This Day
1805 - August Anton Tischbein, German painter (d. 1867)
1833 - Felix Schlesinger, German genre painter (d. 1910)
1840 – Simeon Solomon, English painter (d. 1905)
1848 - Frank Duveneck, painter (d. 1919)
1859 – Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (d. 1935)
1874 – Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (d. 1947)
1890 – Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (d. 1944) At one time she faked her own kidnaping, a most engaging tale.
1900 – Joseph Friedman, American inventor, inventor the bendy straw (d. 1982)
1900 – Alastair Sim, Scottish actor (d. 1976)
1907 – Jacques Tati, French director and producer (d. 1982)
1911 – Joe Rosenthal, American photographer (d. 2006)
1918 – Lila Kedrova, Russian actress (d. 2000)
1920 – Yusef Lateef, American musician, composer, and educator
1933 – Judy Tyler, American actress (d. 1957)
1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Beatles) (also See Tipple Jar)
1944 – John Entwistle, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Who) (d. 2002)
1948 – Jackson Browne, German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Dave Samuels, American vibraphone player (Caribbean Jazz Project)
1954 – Scott Bakula, American actor
1954 – James Fearnley, English musician and songwriter (The Pogues and The Nips)
1964 – Guillermo del Toro, Mexican director
1969 – PJ Harvey, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975 – Sean Lennon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
Died on This Day
1047 – Pope Clement II (b. 1005)
1537 - Hans Cranach, German painter (b. 1513)
1729 – Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (b. 1654)
1841 - Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect, painter, and stage designer (b. 1781)
1886 - José Casado del Alisal, Spanish painter (b. 1832)
1894 - Norbert Goeneutte, French painter (b. 1854)
1907 - William Lindsay Windus, English painter (b. 1822)
1808 – John Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
1935 - Archibald Thorburn, British painter who specialized in birds (b. 1860)
1941 – Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
1955 - Alice Joyce, silent film actress (b. 1890)
1956 – Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
1972 – Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
1974 – Oskar Schindler, Austro-Hungarian businessman (b. 1908)
1978 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
1999 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
2005 – Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (b. 1913)
Today is
World Post Day
Submarine-Hoagy-Hero-Grinder Day
Moldy Cheese Day
National Dessert Day
Curious Events Day
Fire Prevention Day
Emergency Nurses Day
International Top Spinning Day