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That’s an original one!!!
No kidding!!!
Gives you confidence!! ( Not the sign but what is behind this signboard)
in disguise?
Brilliant!!!
Now isn’t that a notice you’d like to put outside your gate???
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Updated January 2, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Jan. 3, 1959, President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the Union as the 49th state.
On Jan. 3, 1793, Lucretia Mott, an early proponent of the women’s rights movement in America, was born. Following her death on Nov. 11, 1880, her obituary appeared in The Times.
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1521 Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. 1777 Gen. George Washington’s army routed the British in the Battle of Princeton, N.J. 1868 The Meiji Restoration re-established the authority of Japan’s emperor and heralded the fall of the military rulers known as shoguns. 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. 1938 The March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized. 1961 The United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba. 1967 Jack Ruby, the man who fatally shot accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died in a Dallas hospital. 1990 Ousted Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces, 10 days after taking refuge in the Vatican’s diplomatic mission in Panama City. 2000 The last new daily “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles Schulz ran in 2,600 newspapers. 2004 NASA’s Mars rover, Spirit, touched down on the red planet. 2006 Lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy, mail fraud and tax evasion and agreed to cooperate in investigations of corruption in Congress. 2009 After seven days of pummeling the Gaza Strip from the air, Israel launched a ground offensive. Current Birthdays
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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning turns 31 years old today.
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Rock musician Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills and Nash) turns 67 years old today.
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1926 George Martin, Record producer, turns 86 1930 Robert Loggia, Actor, turns 82 1932 Dabney Coleman, Actor, turns 80 1939 Bobby Hull, Hockey Hall of Famer, turns 73 1946 John Paul Jones, Rock musician (Led Zeppelin), turns 66 1950 Victoria Principal, Actress (“Dallas”), turns 62 1956 Mel Gibson, Actor, director, turns 56 1968 Shannon Sturges, Actress, turns 44 1975 Danica McKellar, Actress (“The Wonder Years”), turns 37
Historic Birthdays
Lucretia Mott 1/3/1793 – 11/11/1880 Early proponent of the American women’s rights movement.Go to obituary »
86 Heinrich Wilheim von Gerstenberg 1/3/1737 – 11/1/1823
German theorist of Sturm & Drang literary movement82 Robert Whitehead 1/3/1823 – 11/14/1905
British engineer, invented the modern torpedo49 Father Damien 1/3/1840 – 4/15/1889
Belgian missionary to Hawaiian lepers71 Sir Henry Alfred Lytton 1/3/1865 – 8/15/1936
English Gilbert and Sullivan star84 Clement Attlee 1/3/1883 – 10/8/1967
English prime minister (1945-51)81 J. R. R. Tolkien 1/3/1892 – 9/2/1973
English novelist and scholar84 T. Claude Ryan 1/3/1898 – 9/11/1982
American aircraft manufacturer; designed the Spirit of St Louis62 Dinh Diem Ngo 1/3/1901 – 11/2/1963
South Vietnamese president (1955-63)86 Boris Kochno 1/3/1904 – 1/8/1990
Russian-born French ballet librettist22 Morten Nielsen 1/3/1922 – 8/29/1944
Danish poet & resistance fighter
Another simple yet effective menu for New Year’s Day included: Fried Fish, Rasam, Rice, Green Peas-Red Beets-Blue Cheese-Asian Slaw Salad, Blackeyed Peas Subzi, Garlic Bread, and Sparkling Grape Juice. Dessert was Sooji Kesari Halwa. This menu was rivaled only by the company around the table!
Updated January 1, 2012, 1:28 pm
On Jan. 2, 1905, Japanese Gen. Nogi received from Russian Gen. Stoessel at 9 o’clock P.M. a letter formally offering to surrender, ending the Russo-Japanese War.
On Jan. 2, 1920, Isaac Asimov, the immensely popular science fiction writer, was born. Following his death on April 6, 1992, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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1492 The leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain surrendered to Spanish forces loyal to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I. 1788 Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. 1900 Secretary of State John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to prompt trade with China. 1935 Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. (He was found guilty and executed.) 1965 The New York Jets signed University of Alabama quarterback Joe Namath for a reported $400,000. 1974 President Richard Nixon signed legislation requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph. 1981 Police in Sheffield, England, arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the “Yorkshire Ripper,” the serial killer of 13 women. 1991 Sharon Pratt Dixon was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first African-American woman to head a city of Washington’s size and prominence. 2006 A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia trapped 13 miners underground for more than 40 hours; only one survived. 2008 Oil prices soared to $100 a barrel for the first time. Current Birthdays
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Actress Kate Bosworth turns 29 years old today.
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Actor Dax Shepard turns 37 years old today.
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1940 Jim Bakker, Former TV evangelist, turns 72 1942 Dennis Hastert, Former House speaker, turns 70 1947 Jack Hanna, TV host, turns 65 1967 Tia Carrere, Actress, turns 45 1968 Cuba Gooding Jr., Actor, turns 44 1969 Christy Turlington, Model, turns 43 1971 Taye Diggs, Actor, turns 41 1976 Paz Vega, Actress, turns 36
Historic Birthdays
Isaac Asimov 1/2/1920 – 4/6/1992 American science fiction author.Go to obituary »
32 James Wolfe 1/2/1727 – 9/13/1759
English general who captured Quebec67 Johann Daniel Titius 1/2/1729 – 12/11/1796
Prussian astronomer and physicist66 Rudolf Clausius 1/2/1822 – 8/24/1888
German mathematical physicist66 Justin Winsor 1/2/1831 – 10/22/1897
American librarian and historian68 Ernst Barlach 1/2/1870 – 10/24/1938
German sculpture and playwright58/59 Tex Rickard 1/2/1870/71 – 1/6/1929
American fight promoter and gambler79 Albert Coombs Barnes 1/2/1872 – 7/24/1951
American inventor and art collector24 Saint Theresa of Lisieux 1/2/1873 – 9/30/1897
French Carmelite nun53 Count Folke Bernadotte 1/2/1895 – 9/17/1948
Swedish diplomat, humanitarian75 Sally Rand 1/2/1904 – 8/31/1979
American actress and fan dancer
A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July —
Children three that nestle near,
Eager eye and willing ear
Pleased a simple tale to hear —
Long has paled that sunny sky:
Echoes fade and memories die:
Autumn frosts have slain July.
Still she haunts me, phantomwise
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.
Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear,
Lovingly shall nestle near.
In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream —
Lingering in the golden gleam —
Life, what is it but a dream?
