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My birthday
You were born on a Friday.
Your star sign is Libra.
The season was Autumn.
You are 35 years, 7 months, 22 days old.*
It is 131 days until your next Birthday.*
You are 13,018 days old.*
You are approximately 312,447 hours old.*
You are approximately 1,124,810,706 seconds old.*
Birthdays
Eddie Rickenbacker 1890
Juan Peron 1895
Billy Conn 1917
Rona Barrett 1936
Fred Stolle 1938
Paul Hogan 1939
David Carradine 1940
Fred Cash (The Impressions) 1940
Jesse Jackson 1941
George Bellamy (The Tornados) 1941
Buzz Clifford 1942
R.L. Stine 1943
Chevy Chase 1943
Susan Raye 1944
Tony Wilson (Hot Chocolate) 1947
Sarah Purcell 1948
Brian Glenwright 1949
Sigourney Weaver 1949
Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) 1949
Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang) 1950
Johnny Cummings (Ramones) 1951
Ricky Lee Phelps (Brother Phelps) 1953
Michael Dudikoff 1954
Darrell Hammond 1955
Stephanie Zimbalist 1956
Mitch Marine (Tripping Daisy) 1961
Steve Perry (Cherry Poppin' Daddies) 1963
C.J. Ward (The Ramones) 1965
Teddy Riley 1966
Emily Proctor 1968
Matt Damon 1970
Kristanna Loken 1979
Byron Reeder (Mista) 1979
Nick Cannon 1980
Angus T. Jones 1993
World History
1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago broke out destroying about 17,450 buildings. About 250 people were killed and 90,000 were left homeless.
1871 - Peshtigo, WI, was destroyed by a forest fire. Over 1,100 people were killed by the fire that eventually burned across 6 counties.
1895 - The Berliner Gramophone Company was founded in Philadelphia, PA.
1904 - "Little Johnny Jones" opened in Hartford, CT.
1915 - During World War I, the Battle of Loos concluded.
1918 - U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France. York had originally tried to avoid being drafted as a conscientious objector. After this event his was promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
1919 - The first transcontinental air race in the U.S. began.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
1935 - "The O'Neills" debuted on CBS radio.
1938 - The cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" portrayed Norman Rockwell.
1944 - "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS radio.
1945 - U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb.
1950 - U.N. forces crossed into North Korea from South Korea.
1952 - "The Complete Book of Etiquette" was published for the first time.
1956 - Donald James Larsen (New York Yankees) pitched the first perfect game in the history of the World Series.
1957 - Jack Soble, a confessed Soviet spy, was sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage.
1957 - The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
1966 - The U.S. Government declares that LSD is dangerous and an illegal substance.
1970 - Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature.
1979 - "Sugar Babies" opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway.
1981 - U.S. President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon to the White House. The group was preparing to leave for Egypt to attend the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
1982 - In Poland, all labor organizations, including Solidarity, were banned.
1991 - A slave burial site was found by construction workers in lower Manhattan. The "Negro Burial Ground" had been closed in 1790. Over a dozen skeletons were found.
1993 - The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.
1996 - Pope John Paul II underwent a successful operation to remove his inflamed appendix.
1998 - Taliban forces attacked Iranian border posts. Iran said that three border posts were destroyed before the Taliban forces were forced to retreat. The Taliban of Afghanistan denied the event occurred.
1998 - Canada and Netherlands were voted into the U.N. Security Council.
2001 - Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania, was sworn in as director of the new U.S. department of Homeland Security.
2001 - Rush Limbaugh announced to his listeners that he was totally deaf in his left ear and had only partial hearing in his right ear. The condition had happened in a three month period.
2001 - Two Russian cosmonauts made the first spacewalk to be conducted outside of the international space station without a shuttle present.
2002 - A federal judge approved U.S. President George W. Bush's request to reopen West Coast ports, to end a caustic 10-day labor lockout. The lockout was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion a day.
2003 - China announced that it would have a human crew orbit the Earth briefly on October 15.
2003 - Vietnam and the United States reached a tentative agreement that would allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War.
2003 - It was announced that Vivendi Universal and General Electric Co. had reached an agreement to merge. The name for the combined company was NBC Universal.
2003 - Siegfried Fischbacher and his manager announced that the "Siegfried and Roy" show at the Mirage was canceled permanently. It was also said that if Roy Horn survived, after a tiger attack on October 3, the duo would continue to work together.
2004 - The first-ever direct presidential elections were held in Afghanistan.
2004 - At Alderson Federal Prison Camp, WV, Martha Stewart began her five-month prison sentence. The sentence was imposed for Stewart lying about a stock sale.
Music History
1585 - Composer Heinrich Schutz was born.
1870 - Composer Louis Vierne was born.
1892 - Sergei Rachmaninoff performed "Prelude in C-sharp Minor" publicly for the first time in Moscow.
1904 - "Little Johnny Jones" opened in Hartford, CT.
1935 - Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard were married.
1941 - The Benny Goodman Orchestra recorded "Buckle Down Winsocki", with Tom Dix as featured vocalist.
1956 - The show "Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent" debuted.
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song "Great Balls Of Fire."
1968 - Cass Elliot debuted as a solo act in Las Vegas, NV. She cancelled the two-week gig after one show because of tonsillitis and lack of rehearsal.
1971 - "Imagine" was recorded by John Lennon.
1977 - Billy Joel released his album "The Stranger."
1980 - Bob Marley collapsed onstage during a show in Pittsburgh, PA. It was the last show he would ever perform. He died seven months later of cancer.
1980 - Prince released the album "Dirty Mind".
1984 - Anne Murray won the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Award for "A Little Good News". Murray was the first woman to achieve this award.
1987 - Chuck Berry was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1987 - The Chuck Berry biographical film "Hail, Hail Rock & Roll" premiered.
1988 - Keith Richards appeared as a musical guest on "Saturday Night Live."
1992 - The U.S. Postal Service announced the commemorative stamp booklet that would include Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter, Dinah Washington, and Otis Redding.
1994 - "Elvis Aaron Presley - The Tribute" was aired as a pay-per-view special.
1996 - Jimmy Chamberlin, formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins, pled guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with the heroin related death of Jonathan Melvin.
2001 - Liza Minnelli performed at the White House at a Columbus Day celebration.
2004 - Beanie Sigel was sentenced to a year in federal prison on a gun-possession charge that stemmed from a traffic stop in 2002.
2004 - It was announced that all legal documents for Britney Spears' marriage to dancer Kevin Federline had been filed. The marriage had taken place on September 18, 2004.
Friday, October 08, 1971
Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct 8 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Oct 8 - John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
Top Songs for 1971
Knock Three Times by Dawn Maggie May by Rod Stewart
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees
Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone
It's Too Late by Carole King
One Bad Apple by Osmonds
Brand New Key by Melanie
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher Go
Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
US President
Richard M. Nixon
US Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew
1971 Prices
Bread: $0.25/loaf
Milk: $1.32/gal
Eggs: $1.18/doz
Car: $3,742
Gas: $0.36/gal
House: $28,300
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $11,583/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 890
Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: The French Connection
Directed By William Friedkin
Best Actor: Gene Hackman in The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Klute
People born on October 8
1971 - Boomer [Norman] Ellison, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers)
On TV in 1971
The Ed Sullivan Show
Adam-12
The Brady Bunch
The Carol Burnett Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
All in the Family
Hawaii Five-0
Mission: Impossible
Columbo
Gunsmoke
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Hogan's Heroes Bonanza
Green Acres
Bewitched
The Odd Couple
Hot New Toys in 1971
Mastermind
Stay Alive
Kicktail Skateboard
Split-Level Aggravation
Top Books in 1971
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Cromer Byars A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Events and birthdays around the world on this day...
In 1604 The supernova called Kepler's nova is first sighted.
In 1869 J. Frank Duryea, with his brother, invented first auto built and operated in the US.
In 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born.
In 1890 Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator, born.
In 1895 Juan Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 1973-74), born.
In 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, movie director, born.
In 1906 Karl Nessler demonstrates the first 'permanent wave' for hair, in London.
In 1918 Sgt. Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans.
In 1920 Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer (Dune), born.
In 1935 Ozzie and Harriet Nelson married.
In 1940 David Carradine, actor (Kung fu, Death Race 2000), born.
In 1943 Chevy Chase, comedian, actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack), born.
In 1944 Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debut on CBS radio.
In 1945 President Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada.
In 1949 Sigourney Weaver (in Los Angeles), actor (Aliens, GhostBusters), born.
In 1951 Johnny Ramone, rock guitarist, born.
In 1962 N. Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party.
In 1970 Soviet author Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit.
In 1978 Kenneth Warby sets world speed record on water (514 kph).
In 1981 Pres. Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon before their trip to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral.
In 1995 OJ Simpson acquitted for double murder of his Ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
You were born on a Friday.
Your star sign is Libra.
The season was Autumn.
You are 35 years, 7 months, 22 days old.*
It is 131 days until your next Birthday.*
You are 13,018 days old.*
You are approximately 312,447 hours old.*
You are approximately 1,124,810,706 seconds old.*
Birthdays
Eddie Rickenbacker 1890
Juan Peron 1895
Billy Conn 1917
Rona Barrett 1936
Fred Stolle 1938
Paul Hogan 1939
David Carradine 1940
Fred Cash (The Impressions) 1940
Jesse Jackson 1941
George Bellamy (The Tornados) 1941
Buzz Clifford 1942
R.L. Stine 1943
Chevy Chase 1943
Susan Raye 1944
Tony Wilson (Hot Chocolate) 1947
Sarah Purcell 1948
Brian Glenwright 1949
Sigourney Weaver 1949
Hamish Stuart (Average White Band) 1949
Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & the Gang) 1950
Johnny Cummings (Ramones) 1951
Ricky Lee Phelps (Brother Phelps) 1953
Michael Dudikoff 1954
Darrell Hammond 1955
Stephanie Zimbalist 1956
Mitch Marine (Tripping Daisy) 1961
Steve Perry (Cherry Poppin' Daddies) 1963
C.J. Ward (The Ramones) 1965
Teddy Riley 1966
Emily Proctor 1968
Matt Damon 1970
Kristanna Loken 1979
Byron Reeder (Mista) 1979
Nick Cannon 1980
Angus T. Jones 1993
World History
1871 - The Great Fire of Chicago broke out destroying about 17,450 buildings. About 250 people were killed and 90,000 were left homeless.
1871 - Peshtigo, WI, was destroyed by a forest fire. Over 1,100 people were killed by the fire that eventually burned across 6 counties.
1895 - The Berliner Gramophone Company was founded in Philadelphia, PA.
1904 - "Little Johnny Jones" opened in Hartford, CT.
1915 - During World War I, the Battle of Loos concluded.
1918 - U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 in the Argonne Forest in France. York had originally tried to avoid being drafted as a conscientious objector. After this event his was promoted to sergeant and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
1919 - The first transcontinental air race in the U.S. began.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh.
1935 - "The O'Neills" debuted on CBS radio.
1938 - The cover of "The Saturday Evening Post" portrayed Norman Rockwell.
1944 - "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debuted on CBS radio.
1945 - U.S. President Truman announced that only Britain and Canada would be given the secret to the atomic bomb.
1950 - U.N. forces crossed into North Korea from South Korea.
1952 - "The Complete Book of Etiquette" was published for the first time.
1956 - Donald James Larsen (New York Yankees) pitched the first perfect game in the history of the World Series.
1957 - Jack Soble, a confessed Soviet spy, was sentenced to seven years in prison for espionage.
1957 - The Brooklyn Baseball Club announced that it had accepted a deal to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles.
1966 - The U.S. Government declares that LSD is dangerous and an illegal substance.
1970 - Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize for literature.
1979 - "Sugar Babies" opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on Broadway.
1981 - U.S. President Reagan greeted former Presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon to the White House. The group was preparing to leave for Egypt to attend the funeral of Anwar Sadat.
1982 - In Poland, all labor organizations, including Solidarity, were banned.
1991 - A slave burial site was found by construction workers in lower Manhattan. The "Negro Burial Ground" had been closed in 1790. Over a dozen skeletons were found.
1993 - The U.S. government issued a report absolving the FBI of any wrongdoing in its final assault in Waco, TX, on the Branch Davidian compound. The fire that ended the siege killed as many as 85 people.
1996 - Pope John Paul II underwent a successful operation to remove his inflamed appendix.
1998 - Taliban forces attacked Iranian border posts. Iran said that three border posts were destroyed before the Taliban forces were forced to retreat. The Taliban of Afghanistan denied the event occurred.
1998 - Canada and Netherlands were voted into the U.N. Security Council.
2001 - Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania, was sworn in as director of the new U.S. department of Homeland Security.
2001 - Rush Limbaugh announced to his listeners that he was totally deaf in his left ear and had only partial hearing in his right ear. The condition had happened in a three month period.
2001 - Two Russian cosmonauts made the first spacewalk to be conducted outside of the international space station without a shuttle present.
2002 - A federal judge approved U.S. President George W. Bush's request to reopen West Coast ports, to end a caustic 10-day labor lockout. The lockout was costing the U.S. economy an estimated $1 billion to $2 billion a day.
2003 - China announced that it would have a human crew orbit the Earth briefly on October 15.
2003 - Vietnam and the United States reached a tentative agreement that would allow the first commercial flights between the two countries since the end of the Vietnam War.
2003 - It was announced that Vivendi Universal and General Electric Co. had reached an agreement to merge. The name for the combined company was NBC Universal.
2003 - Siegfried Fischbacher and his manager announced that the "Siegfried and Roy" show at the Mirage was canceled permanently. It was also said that if Roy Horn survived, after a tiger attack on October 3, the duo would continue to work together.
2004 - The first-ever direct presidential elections were held in Afghanistan.
2004 - At Alderson Federal Prison Camp, WV, Martha Stewart began her five-month prison sentence. The sentence was imposed for Stewart lying about a stock sale.
Music History
1585 - Composer Heinrich Schutz was born.
1870 - Composer Louis Vierne was born.
1892 - Sergei Rachmaninoff performed "Prelude in C-sharp Minor" publicly for the first time in Moscow.
1904 - "Little Johnny Jones" opened in Hartford, CT.
1935 - Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard were married.
1941 - The Benny Goodman Orchestra recorded "Buckle Down Winsocki", with Tom Dix as featured vocalist.
1956 - The show "Lawrence Welk's Top Tunes and New Talent" debuted.
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis recorded the song "Great Balls Of Fire."
1968 - Cass Elliot debuted as a solo act in Las Vegas, NV. She cancelled the two-week gig after one show because of tonsillitis and lack of rehearsal.
1971 - "Imagine" was recorded by John Lennon.
1977 - Billy Joel released his album "The Stranger."
1980 - Bob Marley collapsed onstage during a show in Pittsburgh, PA. It was the last show he would ever perform. He died seven months later of cancer.
1980 - Prince released the album "Dirty Mind".
1984 - Anne Murray won the Country Music Association's Album of the Year Award for "A Little Good News". Murray was the first woman to achieve this award.
1987 - Chuck Berry was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1987 - The Chuck Berry biographical film "Hail, Hail Rock & Roll" premiered.
1988 - Keith Richards appeared as a musical guest on "Saturday Night Live."
1992 - The U.S. Postal Service announced the commemorative stamp booklet that would include Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Clyde McPhatter, Dinah Washington, and Otis Redding.
1994 - "Elvis Aaron Presley - The Tribute" was aired as a pay-per-view special.
1996 - Jimmy Chamberlin, formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins, pled guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with the heroin related death of Jonathan Melvin.
2001 - Liza Minnelli performed at the White House at a Columbus Day celebration.
2004 - Beanie Sigel was sentenced to a year in federal prison on a gun-possession charge that stemmed from a traffic stop in 2002.
2004 - It was announced that all legal documents for Britney Spears' marriage to dancer Kevin Federline had been filed. The marriage had taken place on September 18, 2004.
Friday, October 08, 1971
Top News Headlines This Week:
Oct 8 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Oct 8 - John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
Top Songs for 1971
Knock Three Times by Dawn Maggie May by Rod Stewart
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by Bee Gees
Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone
It's Too Late by Carole King
One Bad Apple by Osmonds
Brand New Key by Melanie
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves by Cher Go
Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
US President
Richard M. Nixon
US Vice President
Spiro T. Agnew
1971 Prices
Bread: $0.25/loaf
Milk: $1.32/gal
Eggs: $1.18/doz
Car: $3,742
Gas: $0.36/gal
House: $28,300
Stamp: $0.08/ea
Avg Income: $11,583/yr
Min Wage: $1.60/hr
DOW Avg: 890
Academy Award Winners
Best Picture: The French Connection
Directed By William Friedkin
Best Actor: Gene Hackman in The French Connection
Best Actress: Jane Fonda in Klute
People born on October 8
1971 - Boomer [Norman] Ellison, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers)
On TV in 1971
The Ed Sullivan Show
Adam-12
The Brady Bunch
The Carol Burnett Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
All in the Family
Hawaii Five-0
Mission: Impossible
Columbo
Gunsmoke
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Hogan's Heroes Bonanza
Green Acres
Bewitched
The Odd Couple
Hot New Toys in 1971
Mastermind
Stay Alive
Kicktail Skateboard
Split-Level Aggravation
Top Books in 1971
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Cromer Byars A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Events and birthdays around the world on this day...
In 1604 The supernova called Kepler's nova is first sighted.
In 1869 J. Frank Duryea, with his brother, invented first auto built and operated in the US.
In 1873 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born.
In 1890 Eddie Rickenbacker, aviator, born.
In 1895 Juan Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 1973-74), born.
In 1897 Rouben Mamoulian, movie director, born.
In 1906 Karl Nessler demonstrates the first 'permanent wave' for hair, in London.
In 1918 Sgt. Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans.
In 1920 Frank Herbert, sci-fi writer (Dune), born.
In 1935 Ozzie and Harriet Nelson married.
In 1940 David Carradine, actor (Kung fu, Death Race 2000), born.
In 1943 Chevy Chase, comedian, actor (SNL, Vacation, Fletch, Caddyshack), born.
In 1944 Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet debut on CBS radio.
In 1945 President Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada.
In 1949 Sigourney Weaver (in Los Angeles), actor (Aliens, GhostBusters), born.
In 1951 Johnny Ramone, rock guitarist, born.
In 1962 N. Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party.
In 1970 Soviet author Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit.
In 1978 Kenneth Warby sets world speed record on water (514 kph).
In 1981 Pres. Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R. Ford and Richard Nixon before their trip to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral.
In 1995 OJ Simpson acquitted for double murder of his Ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
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