Hey, Froggers and Frogettes. Welcome to another beautiful Southern California Sunday. Looks to be nice today. Partly cloudy and 69. Increasing clouds for the week, and a good shot at rain by Tuesday and Wednesday. Lets hope for a lot of rain to help us with this drought. Here it is the final day of November 2014. Can you believe it? 32 days left of the year. It has gone by so fast. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Did you survive Black Friday okay? Good. Christmas is now 24 days away. Be sure to get your shopping done. And, by the way, its 14 days until my birthday. Cards and letters will be accepted. So what’s happening now. Its November 30, 2014. Some friends are celebrating their special day. Nicholas Nixon, Cadillac Jack and Lisa Stanley are all having birthday’s today. Mark Twain and Winston Churchill were also born on this date. If it is your birthday, have a wonderful day. Here are some others sharing your day… 538 - St Gregory of Tours, Auvergne, Gaul, chronicler/bishop (Historia Francorum), (d. 594) 1466 - Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral 1667 - Jonathan Swift, Dublin, satirist (Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal), (d. 1745) 1835 - Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn) 1874 - Winston Churchill, (C) British Prime Minister (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel 1953) 1915 - Walter Brown Brownie McGhee, Knoxville Tennessee, American blues singer/guitarist 1918 - Efren Zimbalist Jr, NYC, actor (77 Sunset Strip, FBI, Scruples) 1920 - Virginia Mayo, St Louis Mo, actress (Out of the Blue, White Heat) 1924 - Allan Sherman, parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Sherman 1924 - Shirley Chisholm, (Rep-D-NY) 1st black congresswoman/pres candidate 1926 - Richard Crenna, LA Cal, actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Crenna 1927 - Robert Guillaume, [Williams], St Louis Mo, actor (Benson, Soap) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Guillaume 1930 - G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy 1930 - William H Dana, Pasadena California, test pilot (X-15) (Not to be confused with the comedian Bill Dana) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Dana_(pilot) 1931 - Jack Sheldon, Jacksonville Fla, actor (Run Buddy Run, Merv Griffin Show) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheldon 1936 - Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book) 1937 - Paul Stookey, Balt, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song) 1937 - Ridley Scott, director (Alien, Blade Runner) 1937 - Record executive and producer Jimmy Bowen is born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. After starting in pop, he works for MCA, Elektra and Capitol, producing hits for George Strait, Reba McEntire, Eddie Rabbitt and Hank Williams Jr., among others 1945 - Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist (Deep Purple) 1950 - Kathryn Witt, Miami Fla, actress (Lenny, Pam-Flying High) 1950 - Margaret Whitton, Balt Md, actress (Good & Evil, Major League) 1952 - Mandy Patinkin, Chicago Il, actor/singer (Yentl, Alien Nation) 1954 - June Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-Im So excited) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Pointer 1954 - Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonetta_Stefanelli 1955 - Billy Idol, [William Broad], rocker (White Wedding) 1962 - Bo Jackson, baseball/football player (KC Royals, LA Raiders) 1965 - Ben Stiller, NYC, actor (Ben Stiller Show, Next of Kin, Cable Guy) 1969 - Larry Brown, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders) 1975 - Mindy McCready is born in Fort Myers, Florida. Her sassy, confident approach nets late-1990s hits with Ten Thousand Angels and Guys Do It All The Time. Personal issues lead to a downward spiral that culminates in suicide in 2013 (d. 2013) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_McCready 1978 - Clay Aiken, American singer 1982 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress 1985 - Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, American actress and model (The Big Band Theory) Now, let’s check out some things that happened on your special day… 306 - St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1872 - First international soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow) 1886 - The Folies Bergère stages its first revue. 1900 - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles 1900 - The First Isthmian Canal Commission, appointed by the President having examined possible routes for a canal, issues its report favoring that through Nicaragua over the Panama route 1902 - American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidys Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor. 1924 - 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC) 1954 - 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) 1956 - 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News) 1956 - Floyd Patterson KOs Archie Moore in 5 for heavyweight boxing title 1967 - Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower announce their engagement 1970 - George Harrison releases his triple album set All Things Must Pass” 1971 - TV movie Brians Song airs for 1st time on ABC-TV 1974 - Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) is discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopias Afar Depression. 1974 - John Denvers Back Home Again resides at #1 on the Billboard country singles chart 1983 - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) 1983 - Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hopelessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record 1986 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime 1990 - Garth Brooks receives the first of many multi-platinum certifications, as the No Fences album goes double-platinum 1994 - Beatles 1st album in 25 years, Live at the BBC, is released in Britain 1995 - Martina McBride joins the Grand Ole Opry during the taping of a CBS-TV special, Grand Ole Opry 70th Anniversary Celebration, at the Opry House 1995 - Official end of Operation Desert Storm. 1996 - Mark Wills marries Kelly Mangus near Atlanta, Georgia 1999 - British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europes largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world. 2000 - Two country artists are nominated in each of the three musical categories for the Peoples Choice Awards: Garth Brooks and George Strait, male nominees; Shania Twain and Faith Hill, female; and The Dixie Chicks and Alabama, band 2002 -These Days propels Rascal Flatts to its first #1 on the Billboard country singles chart 2004 - Longtime Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700 USD, televisions all-time biggest game show haul. 2009 - Sugarland performs Silent Night with Jennifer Hudson on a Christmas edition of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Tim McGraw joins Alicia Keys on John Lennons Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 2011- A Nashville judge rules Tim McGraw is free to record for a label other than Curb Records. Wife Faith Hill is in the courtroom for the decision Well, there it is. All the news for the final day of November. Now go out and have a wonderful day. Keep it here on K-Frog. And. be safe.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 14:42:58 +0000
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