Post by SHELBYSALEEN on Mar 7, 2008 6:53:19 GMT -5
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OSR MEMBER ARTIE8. We hope your day is great and your pulls better.
You've been alive: 30 years, or 360 months, or 1565 weeks, or 10958 days
TODAYS NASCAR BIRTHDAYS 7 Janet Guthrie, Katelyn Benson
ALSO SHARING YOUR BITHDAY
78 Lord Snowdon Photographer, ex-husband of Princess Margaret
74 Willard Scott TV personality ("Today")
70 Janet Guthrie Auto racer
68 Daniel J. Travanti Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
66 Michael Eisner Former Walt Disney Co. CEO
65 Chris White Rock musician (The Zombies)
62 John Heard Actor
62 Peter Wolf Rock singer (J. Geils Band)
58 Franco Harris Football Hall of Famer
56 Ernie Isley R&B singer, musician (The Isley Brothers)
56 Lynn Swann Football Hall of Famer
52 Bryan Cranston Actor ("Malcolm in the Middle")
49 Donna Murphy Actress
48 Ivan Lendl Tennis Hall of Famer
45 Bill Brochtrup Actor
44 Denyce Graves Opera singer
44 Wanda Sykes Comedian
43 Taylor Dayne Rock singer
41 Randy Guss Rock musician (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
40 Jeff Kent Baseball player
37 Peter Sarsgaard Actor
34 Jenna Fischer ("The Office").
34 HuFerreira Rock singer (Tantric)
33 Audrey Marie Anderson Actress ("The Unit")
28 Laura Prepon Actress ("That 70s Show")
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1850 In a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.
1926 The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.
1945 U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, during World War II.
1965 State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Ala.
1975 The Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present.
1994 The Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that doesn't require permission from the copyright holder.
1996 Three U.S. servicemen were convicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl and sentenced by a Japanese court to up to seven years in prison.
1999 Movie director Stanley Kubrick died at age 70.
2003 A four-day walkout by Broadway musicians began, forcing nearly every Broadway musical to cancel performances.
2004 An investiture ceremony was held in Concord, N.H., for V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop.
2007 Sex offender John Evander Couey was found guilty in Miami of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive.
You've been alive: 30 years, or 360 months, or 1565 weeks, or 10958 days
TODAYS NASCAR BIRTHDAYS 7 Janet Guthrie, Katelyn Benson
ALSO SHARING YOUR BITHDAY
78 Lord Snowdon Photographer, ex-husband of Princess Margaret
74 Willard Scott TV personality ("Today")
70 Janet Guthrie Auto racer
68 Daniel J. Travanti Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
66 Michael Eisner Former Walt Disney Co. CEO
65 Chris White Rock musician (The Zombies)
62 John Heard Actor
62 Peter Wolf Rock singer (J. Geils Band)
58 Franco Harris Football Hall of Famer
56 Ernie Isley R&B singer, musician (The Isley Brothers)
56 Lynn Swann Football Hall of Famer
52 Bryan Cranston Actor ("Malcolm in the Middle")
49 Donna Murphy Actress
48 Ivan Lendl Tennis Hall of Famer
45 Bill Brochtrup Actor
44 Denyce Graves Opera singer
44 Wanda Sykes Comedian
43 Taylor Dayne Rock singer
41 Randy Guss Rock musician (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
40 Jeff Kent Baseball player
37 Peter Sarsgaard Actor
34 Jenna Fischer ("The Office").
34 HuFerreira Rock singer (Tantric)
33 Audrey Marie Anderson Actress ("The Unit")
28 Laura Prepon Actress ("That 70s Show")
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1850 In a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone.
1926 The first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversation took place, between New York City and London.
1945 U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany, during World War II.
1965 State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a a march by civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Ala.
1975 The Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present.
1994 The Supreme Court ruled that parodies that poke fun at an original work can be considered "fair use" that doesn't require permission from the copyright holder.
1996 Three U.S. servicemen were convicted in the rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl and sentenced by a Japanese court to up to seven years in prison.
1999 Movie director Stanley Kubrick died at age 70.
2003 A four-day walkout by Broadway musicians began, forcing nearly every Broadway musical to cancel performances.
2004 An investiture ceremony was held in Concord, N.H., for V. Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop.
2007 Sex offender John Evander Couey was found guilty in Miami of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive.
