Best Wishes for a..

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Bill Cosby

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Did you know?

On the Cosby Show, the character Cliff Huxtable was

ranked first in TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest TV

Dads of All Time (20 June 2004 issue). 


Song for the Day:

Have a good one!

161

Today is the 161st day of the year.

Did you know?

There were 161 theatrical shorts of Tom & Jerry cartoons between the years of 1940 and 1967!

AND

161 kilometers is equal to approximately 100 miles?

AND

161 is the sum of five consecutive prime numbers (i.e., 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 = 161)

JUNE 10 is:

National Yo-Yo Day

 Yo Yo Ma

Today's Song:

 

301MLASP yrrejsselbdog

TGIF

Mine Eyes Have Seen ...

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On this date in history:  1968
Candidate for President, Robert F. Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan. He died the next day.

Who sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic at Robert F. Kennedy's Funeral?
a.  Rosemary Clooney
b.  Frank Sinatra
c.  Andy Williams
*answer below

Julia Ward Howe wrote the lyrics to the Battle Hymn of the Republic and it was first published in 1862.  Here she is at the age of 89.

Song for the Day:

Today's Cliche:

                   Have a nice day!

*c. Andy Williams

Nuts?

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Today is:
Old Maid's Day

in other news not fit to print ...

June 4th is also the birthday of:
Rosalind Russell who starred in Auntie Mame.
She was born in 1907.
Her parents named her Rosalind after:
a. a ship upon which they had traveled
b. her mother's maiden name
c. a Shakespearean character 
*answer below

Movie Trivia:
In the movie Auntie Mame, the technique Rosalind uses to interrupt and insult Mr. Babcock - "Nuts?" was previously used against her character "Sylvia Fowler" in The Women, after Sylvia's line, "I wouldn't dream of hurting Mary". 

Died on this Date:  2004
American Saxophone Player Steve Lacey

Today's Cliche:

Have a great Tuesday...


a. a ship upon which they had traveled

Cool as ...

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Birthday Pick:

1904 ~ Dr. Charles Richard Drew
What is Dr. Drew's claim to fame?
a.  He formulated the first birth control pill
b.  He was a pioneer in the blood bank process
c.   He invented the electrocardiogram 
*answer below

Did you know that June 3rd is:
National Repeat Day
National Repeat Day

Quote for the Day:

 If you don't say anything, you won't be 

called on to repeat it.

Calvin Coolidge

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What number president was Calvin Coolidge and in which state was he born?

a.  30th President from Vermont

b.  32nd President from Massachusetts 

c.  28th president from Ohio

**answer below

Trivia Tidbit:  Coolidge was the only U.S. President to date to be born on the fourth of July.

Today's Cliche:

Cool(idge) as a cucumber

Songs for the Day:

*b.  He was a pioneer in the blood bank  process
**a. 30th President from Vermont

Happy Sunday ...

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Birthday Pick:  1731
Martha Washington

Which of the following is Martha Washington?
a.

b.

c.

*answer below


Today's Quote:

"I am still determined to be cheerful

 and happy, in whatever situation I may

 be; for I have also learned from

 experience that the greater part of our

 happiness or misery depends upon our

 dispositions, and not upon our

 circumstances." ~ Martha Washington


Died on this Date:  2008

Bo Diddley

Song for the Day:

On this Date in History:  2004

Ken Jennings began his 74 game 

winning streak on Jeopardy.

I'll take American Treasure Tour for $800 Alex.

*a. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick  
b. Martha Washington

c. Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Habsburg