Interrogatories
Mother's Day has just come and gone. How many of you still have living parents? For the orphans among us, what do you miss the most about either parent?
It's National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. Do you make your own from scratch, use Bisquick, or break open one of those "cans"?
How long does it usually take you to get moving in the morning?
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On This Day
In 1787, delegates convened a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox. Jenny McCarthy was not there to stop him.
In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition set off from St. Louis to explore the Louisiana Territory.
In 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis.
In 1948, Israel was declared to be an independent state and a provisional government was established.
Born on This Day
1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
![The evil twin assured her sister she would not hurt her again if she would just hold still. photo ThomasGainsborough.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/ThomasGainsborough.jpg)
1860 - Bruno Liljefors, Swedish wildlife painter (d. 1939)
![Are you sure it's May? photo BrunoLiljefors.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/BrunoLiljefors.jpg)
1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain of the RMS Carpathia (d. 1940)
1885 – Otto Klemperer, German conductor (d. 1973)
1897 – Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997) (See Tipple Jar, too)
![I always iron my ironing board cover, don't you? photo BillieDove.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/BillieDove.jpg)
1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentine painter, illustrator and engraver (d. 1981)
![When her friend said he had to leave right away or he'd turn into a pumpkin, she didn't think he meant it literally. photo AntonioBerni.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/AntonioBerni.jpg)
1919 - Paul Aïzpiri, French born painter
![Harlequin Romance. photo PaulAiumlzpiri.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/PaulAiumlzpiri.jpg)
1925 – Oona O'Neill, Bermudian-Swiss wife of Charlie Chaplin (d. 1991)
1928 – Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (d. 2000)
1932 - Robert Bechtle, American photorealist painter
![Suddenly Charles isn't so sure he is watering the right lawn. photo RobertBechtle.gif](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/RobertBechtle.gif)
1933 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1936 – Charlie Gracie, American singer and musician
1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician (Cream, Blues Incorporated, etc.)
1943 – Derek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
1944 – Gene Cornish, American musician (The Young Rascals)
1944 – George Lucas, American director
1951 – Robert Zemeckis, American director
1952 – David Byrne, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)
1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director
1962 – Ian Astbury, English singer-songwriter and musician (The Cult)
1966 – Mike Inez, American musician and songwriter (Alice in Chains)
1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
1971 – Sofia Coppola, American director
1982 – BeardyMan, English beat-boxer and musician
1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur, founder of Facebook
Died on This Day
1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1626 - Cristoforo Roncalli, Italian painter and draftsman (b. 1552)
![Listen, cherub, if you put that thing on my head you'll get this feather up your ass! photo CristoforoRoncalli.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/CristoforoRoncalli.jpg)
1643 – Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
1666 - Joost Cornelisz Droogsloot, Dutch painter (b. 1586)
![So that is who has been getting into the booze and hash supply! photo JoostCorneliszDroogsloot.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/JoostCorneliszDroogsloot.jpg)
1847 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
1891 - Johan Conrad Greive, Dutch painter, draftsman, and printmaker (b. 1837)
![Your too-pretty to be Dutch landscape pic of the day. photo JohanConradGreive.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/JohanConradGreive.jpg)
1905 - Jan Evert Morel the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1835)
![Your probably Dutch but still pretty landscape of the day. photo JanEvertMoreltheyounger.jpg](http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i311/paulath/Anchor%20Pics%206/JanEvertMoreltheyounger.jpg)
1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, and essayist (b. 1849)
1925 – H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
1931 – David Belasco, American producer, director, and playwright (b. 1853)
1931 – Denys Finch Hatton, English hunter (b. 1887)
1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian painter (b. 1884)
1969 – Enid Bennett, Australian actress (b. 1893)
1970 – Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
1976 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (The Yardbirds and Armageddon) (b. 1943)
1987 – Rita Hayworth, American dancer and film actress (b. 1918)
1993 – William Randolph Hearst Jr., American newspaper magnate (b. 1908)
1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
2003 – Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
Today is
National Dance Like a Chicken Day
Underground America Day
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day