Archive for April, 2008

On this day in history, in 1789, Fletcher Christian led the mutiny on the Bounty.

You can be sure that none of the men involved in this story were in need of Orovo detox anytime after this point in their lives.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease .

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On this day in 1900, Walter Lantz was born.

Yes, that’s the first cartoon to feature Woody Woodpecker. Walter Lantz was so lucky to have been a cartoonist at a time when business performance management software was not invented yet. Can you imagine the history of cartoons otherwise?

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He was born on this day in 1874. He died July 20, 1937.

His father was Italian, his mother was Irish. He was educated in Bologna and Florence, Italy.

He invented the first wireless telegraph in 1896. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909.

He’s probably most famous for the development of shortwave wireless communication.

Who was he?

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On this day in 1791, our nation’s 15th president was born. Can you name him?

He was born the child of Scottish Presbyterian parents and was educated at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

He served in the Pennsylvania legislature , the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate. He also served as Secretary of State under President James K. Polk.

Any idea yet?

He remains our nation’s only bachelor president. Who was he?

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On this day in 1956, the actress Grace Kelly woke up for the first time as the Princess of Monaco. She married Prince Rainier in a spectacular wedding the day before.

I once gave a lot of thought about traveling to Monaco. It was long after Princess Grace had died, but there are a few countries I have always wanted to see. Monaco, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Ireland, and New Zealand. The summer I was looking at traveling, I couldn’t find any cheap hotels that worked within my budget. Of course, that was 20 plus years ago.

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On this day in 1993, over 80 people died at the Mt. Carmel Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.

There are some who claim the government agents started the fire, and others that claim the Branch Davidians did it. I wonder if it’s possible if a canister of tear gas ignited because it got to close to a wall sconce or something?

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On this day in 1906, the earth shook in San Francisco.

I bet the owners of furniture stores and other household good stores were kept very busy for at least a year after the quake. Everything was basically destroyed so people had to start over with nothing. Once they got the buildings rebuilt, they had to furnish them all over again.

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On this day in 1912, the Titanic hit the iceberg that would sink her just three hours later.

They had everything on that ship. Beautiful women, expensive cigars, fine wines, silk bedding, and gold plated everything. To bad they couldn’t put the ship together correctly in the first place. It’s such a shame that so many people lost their lives that day.

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If you haven’t checked out the Library of Congress photostream on flickr, then you really are missing out.

Where else can you see photos of President Tafr being driven down the road?

I wonder if they had such a thing as a spy camera back then? If so, what did they take pictures of? Those are the images I want to see.

Have a great weekend!

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On this day in 1973, “The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia” hit number one. It was the only hit song from an awesome performer, Vicki Lawrence. Of course you know her as Thelma Harper from Mama’s Family.

What an amazing career she has had. She had an awesome voice that didn’t need the miracle of electronics to make it sound better. She is one of those people who can just sing.

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