Saturday in the park .. I think it was the fourth of July ...Good - TopicsExpress



          

Saturday in the park .. I think it was the fourth of July ...Good Friday morning .. Happy 4th of July .. Happy Birthday America .. time to celebrate wherever you may be today, although folks along the Eastern seaboard are going through really rough weather from Hurricane Arthur. July 4th .. lets take a look back .. 1776, independence from Britain was declared, and the USA was born .. 1881, Tuskegee Institute opened .. 1888, the first rodeo took place in Prescott, Arizona .. 1895, America the Beautiful was first published .. 1939, a grateful ballplayer said he was the luckiest man on the face of the earth, as Lou Gehrig Day was held at Yankee Stadium .. 1964, the Beach Boys hit #1 for the first time with I Get Around .. 1966, the Freedom of Information Act went into effect .. 1970, American Top 40 with Casey Kasem made its debut .. 1980, the Beach Boys concert in Washington DC drew a half-million fans .. and in 1997, the Pathfinder landed on Mars. Folks born on the 4th of July include Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1804 ..Stephen Foster in 1826 .. Mitch Miller in 11 .. Tokyo Rose in 16 .. Ann Landers & Abigail Van Buren in 18 .. Eva Marie Saint in 24 .. Gina Lollobrigida, and Neil Simon in 27 .. Raiders owner Al Davis in 29 .. George Steinbrenner in 30 .. Bill Withers in 38 .. Al Wilson of Canned Heat, and Geraldo Rivera in 43 ..drummer Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind & Fire in 51 .. John Waite of the Babys in 55 and Malia Obama in 98. People we lost on the 4th of July include Thomas Jefferson and John Adams in 1826 .. James Monroe in 1831 .. Marie Curie in 34 ... Eva Gabor (Green Acres) in 95 .. Charles Kuralt in 97 .. Barry White in 03 .. Bill Pinkney of the Drifters in 07 .. Drake Levin of Paul Reveres Raiders, Allen Klein, and Steve McNair in 09. Tigers on a roll, an 8-1 beating of Tampa Bay last night, as VMart, Kinsler and Torii Hunter homer .. game 2 tonight, with Drew Smyly on the mound .. Hurricane Arthur makes landfall in North Carolina with 100 mph winds, and will brush Cape Cod tonight .. huge dust storm in Phoenix closes the city down for a while .. the 99th Nathans hot dog eating contest happens today on Coney Island .. NASCAR qualifying at Daytona today .. with the Firecracker 250 Nationwide race at 730 tonight .. and for west coast friends, if youre planning on chicken on the grill, make sure its NOT from Foster Farms. Nice day on tap .. sunshine and 78 today, 82 tomorrow .. have a safe and great 4th of July !.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:50:55 +0000

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