Good morning, everyone, wake up slowly - and welcome to the Sunday Morning Reader's Rant
Maybe, if he's feeling well enough, the Pastor might even stop by.
Oh, there's some chai further down if you'd like.
1754 Louis XVI Versailles, king of France (1774-92); guillotined
16 October 1793
I don't know; I think he might have been better off with a nice 3-piece suit...1785 Oliver Hazard Perry Commander and naval hero for the US in the War of 1812. He died on this day as well, 34 years later.
1912 Gene Kelly Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way) Forget “Singing in the Rain,” how about “It's Always Fair Weather?” The tap dancing on roller skates stars at about 2:30.
1913 Bob Crosby Spokane Wa, Bing's brother, orch leader (Bob Crosby Show)
1926 Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina dies in NY at 31 -- It was a dirty job but someone has to do it. Click to see him in action!
1927 Sacco and Vanzetti executed
To this day, people review this case. It is possible that one of the men was guilty; almost certain that both were not.
On 15th April, 1920, Frederick Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli, in South Braintree, were shot dead while carrying two boxes containing the payroll of a shoe factory. After the two robbers took the $15,000 they got into a car containing several other men and were driven away.
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Several eyewitnesses claimed that the robbers looked Italian. A large number of Italian immigrants were questioned but eventually the authorities decided to charge Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco with the murders. Although the two men did not have criminal records, it was argued that they had committed the robbery to acquire funds for their anarchist political campaign.
The story is long and complex and the truth has been lost in the confusion. What
is known is that Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty as much of being Italian immigrants with the wrong politics, as they were of the robbery.
On August 23, 1977, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis signed a proclamation declaring, "Any stigma and disgrace should be forever removed from the names of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. We are not here to say whether these men are guilty or innocent. We are here to say that the high standards of justice, which we in Massachusetts take such pride in, failed Sacco and Vanzetti." (from various web sites)
1932 Mark Russell Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People)
1934 Barbara Eden Tucson Az, actress (Dream of Jeannie, Amazing Dobermans)
and the chai I promised...
1940 Richard Sanders Harrisburg Pa, actor
(Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
1947 Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert
“Though conceding that Miss Truman was "extremely attractive," Paul Hume, the[Washington] "Post's" music critic, stated bluntly that "Miss Truman cannot sing very well" and "has not improved" over the years.
Mr Hume:
I've just read your lousy review of Margaret's concert. I've come to the conclusion that you are an "eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay
It seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful. When you write such poppy-cock as was in the back section of the paper you work for it shows conclusively that you're off the beam and at least four of your ulcers are at work.
Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below!
Pegler, a gutter snipe, is a gentleman alongside you. I hope you'll accept that statement as a worse insult than a reflection on your ancestry
H.S.T.
1947 Keith Moon rocker (True Story of 200 Motels)
1949 Shelley Long Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
1951 Queen Noor of Jordan
Noor was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby - born, raised and educated in the United States. When she married, she became the fourth and final wife of King Hussein of Jordan. Her autobiography is a great read.
1960 Oscar Hammerstein II Broadway librettist, dies at 65
1970 River Phoenix Madras Ore, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me)
1989 Yusef Hawkins
was shot to death on August 23 in Bensonhurst, a heavily Italian American working-class neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Hawkins and three friends were attacked by a crowd of 10 to 30 white youths, with at least seven of them wielding baseball bats. One, armed with a handgun, shot Hawkins twice in the chest, killing him.
Hawkins had gone to Bensonhurst that night with his three friends to inquire about a used 1982 Pontiac automobile that was for sale. The group's attackers had been lying in wait for black or Hispanic youths they believed were dating a white neighborhood girl. Police later said Hawkins was not involved with the girl. - from Wiki
1963 Beatles release "She Loves You" in the UK
1968 Ringo quits the Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily (wise young man!)
Hanging Lake, Glenwood Canyon, Colorado
“The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.” - Paula Poundstone
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