Post by SHELBYSALEEN on Jan 5, 2008 6:24:24 GMT -5
simracer8 we hope that your day is great and the rest of the year even better than last.
TODAYS NASCAR BIRTHDAYS Dennis Connor
OTHER BIRTHDAYS TODAY
39 Marilyn Manson Rock singer
33 Warrick Dunn Football player
43 Ricky Paull Goldin Actor ("Guiding Light")
43 Vinnie Jones Actor
55 George Tenet Former CIA director
54 Alex English Basketball Hall of Famer
64 Ed Rendell Governor of Pennsylvania
62 Diane Keaton Actress
60 Ted Lange Actor ("The Love Boat")
59 George "Funky" Brown R&B musician (Kool and the Gang)
80 Walter F. Mondale Former vice president
76 Chuck Noll Hall of Fame football coach
On Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day. (Go to article.)
1781 A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va.
1925 Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in U.S. history.
1933 Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, died in Northampton, Mass., at age 60.
1943 Educator and scientist George Washington Carver died in Tuskegee, Ala., at age 81.
1949 In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the "Fair Deal."
1972 President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.
1973 Bruce Springsteen's debut album, "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.," was released.
2000 INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez "belongs with his father" and must be returned to Cuba.
2004 After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds
TODAYS NASCAR BIRTHDAYS Dennis Connor
OTHER BIRTHDAYS TODAY
39 Marilyn Manson Rock singer
33 Warrick Dunn Football player
43 Ricky Paull Goldin Actor ("Guiding Light")
43 Vinnie Jones Actor
55 George Tenet Former CIA director
54 Alex English Basketball Hall of Famer
64 Ed Rendell Governor of Pennsylvania
62 Diane Keaton Actress
60 Ted Lange Actor ("The Love Boat")
59 George "Funky" Brown R&B musician (Kool and the Gang)
80 Walter F. Mondale Former vice president
76 Chuck Noll Hall of Fame football coach
On Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford, head of the Ford Motor Company, introduced a minimum wage scale of $5 per day. (Go to article.)
1781 A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned Richmond, Va.
1925 Nellie T. Ross succeeded her late husband as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in U.S. history.
1933 Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, died in Northampton, Mass., at age 60.
1943 Educator and scientist George Washington Carver died in Tuskegee, Ala., at age 81.
1949 In his State of the Union address, President Harry S. Truman labeled his domestic program the "Fair Deal."
1972 President Richard Nixon ordered development of the space shuttle.
1973 Bruce Springsteen's debut album, "Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.," was released.
2000 INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez "belongs with his father" and must be returned to Cuba.
2004 After 14 years of denials, Pete Rose publicly admitted that he'd bet on baseball while manager of the Cincinnati Reds
