Friday Follies....
They say it's your BIRTHDAY...
Well, it might not be "mine", but as for the Missus...it's HERS.
Another year gone by, or as my dad used to say..."just another day".
We're going to dive into the Wikipedia today to see what all has taken place on this day.
Today's most notable stuff...
*** IN WORLD EVENTS:
524 – Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians.
841 – Battle of Fontenay.
1530 – At the Diet of Augsburg the Augsburg Confession is presented to the Holy Roman Emperor by the Lutheran princes and Electors of Germany.
1678 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy.
1741 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned King of Hungary.
1786 – Gavriil Pribylov discovers St. George Island of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.
1788 – Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
1906 – Pittsburgh millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
1913 – American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913. 1935 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Colombia are established.
1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated the first President of Ireland.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins.
1947 – The Diary of Anne Frank is published.
1948 – The Berlin airlift begins.
1949 – Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
1967 – First live global satellite television programme – Our World
1975 – Emergency declared in India – The Emergency (India).
1975 – Mozambique achieves independence.
1976 – Missouri Governor Christopher S. Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused the Latter Day Saints.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1982 – Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.
1993 – Kim Campbell is chosen as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
1996 – The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen. 1997 – An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station, Mir.
1997 – The Soufrière Hills volcano in Montserrat erupts resulting in the deaths of 19 people. 1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
2006 – Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier, is kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists in a cross-border raid from the Gaza Strip
*** BIRTHS OF NOTE:
1886 – Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Force commander (d. 1950)
1903 – George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair), British writer (d. 1950)
1924 – Sidney Lumet, American film director
1925 – June Lockhart, American actress
1930 – George Murdock, American actor
1939 – Harold Melvin, American musician (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) (d. 1997)
1945 – Carly Simon, American singer
1946 – Ian McDonald, English musician (King Crimson, Foreigner)
1947 – Jimmie Walker, American actor (Good Times)
1956 – Anthony Bourdain, chef and author
1963 – George Michael, British musician
1975 – Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
1979 – Richard Hughes, Scottish footballer
1980 – Nozomi Takeuchi, Japanese actress
*** DEATHS OF NOTE:
1767 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (b. 1681)
1876 – George Armstrong Custer, U.S. Army officer (b. 1839)
1876 – Thomas Custer, brother of George A. Custer & 2-time Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1845)
1876 – Boston Custer, brother of George A. Custer (b. 1848)
1876 – James C. Calhoun, brother-in-law of George Armstrong Custer and U.S. soldier (b. 1845)
1876 – Myles Keogh, U.S. soldier and Irish soldier of fortune (b. 1840)
1916 – Thomas Eakins, American artist (b. 1844)
1976 – Johnny Mercer, American songwriter (b. 1909)
1984 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926)
1997 – Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer (b. 1910)
2003 – Lester Maddox, American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (b. 1915)
2005 – John Fiedler, American actor (b. 1925)
2009 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (b. 1947)
2009 – Michael Jackson, American singer, pop icon and humanitarian (b. 1958) *** HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES:
Arbor Day (Philippines)
Christian Feast Day
Eurosia
Prosper of Aquitaine
Prosper of Reggio
William of Montevergine
Flag Day (LGBT)
Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Mozambique from Portugal in 1975.
National Catfish Day (United States)
Statehood Day (Croatia)
Statehood Day (Slovenia)
Statehood Day (Virginia)
*** Today is also LEON day (which is NOEL spelled backwards), and that means only SIX shopping MONTHS until Christmas!
*** BARBED WIRE was also patented on this day in 1867.
*** In 1945, the United Nations was founded (and we all know how well THAT'S been working out).
*** Today is the first day (of three) of the SONIC BLOOM FESTIVAL in Bellvue, Colorado.
*** Also the Georgetown Music Fest in Seattle (avoid the crime if you can).
*** Tonight at the Hollywood Bowl is the GREASE sing-along.
*** Summerfest 2010 begins in Milwaukee, WI.
*** In 1951, the FIRST COLOR broadcast by a network (CBS) happened, and while color TV sets were not readily available, 40,000 people DID see the broadcast.
*** The last 1956 Packard was produced, marking the end of production at Packard's Connor Avenue plant in Detroit Michigan. Packard would continue to manufacture cars in South Bend, Indiana, until 1958, but for those familiar with Packard the last 1956 is considered the last true Packard car.
So, ALL this stuff happened on the exact SAME day of the year that my WIFE was born...Yowzah!
Seems a lot of people were pretty dang busy...must have been that solstice a few days prior.
All I know, is that I'll be baking Sweetie a chocolate layer cake today, and making her scallops over spaghetti for dinner (with a week-old vintage bottle of Coca-Cola, no doubt).
It's just something I like to do for her...
Lord knows she has her hands full at times living with ME...LOL!
(I can be a tad on the difficult side, especially when I suffer from inanimate objects that develop a mind of their own, or something decides to disappear from our house when I just saw it 5 minutes ago)
So here's to "her" day...she worked hard for it.

(as did her Mom...for a few hours, and that was at the start of this whole thing...we won't get into growing up, will we?)
And, as a dear friend of mine said to me almost 18 years ago...
"Lordy, Lordy...look who's Forty!"
Ah, it's only a number, right?
(Just wait until she gets to be MY age...LOL)
Have yourselves a great weekend, be well, make a difference to someone (I know I will today), and as always...
Stay safe out there, America.