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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
Happy 86th, Jan Merlin.

Gosh, were have you seen him recently?

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Originally posted by jkt:
Gosh, were have you seen him recently?

Mission Hills.

Happy 268th, Thomas Jefferson!

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

Happy 122nd, Charlie Chaplin! The greatest filmmaker ever!

Happy 101, Norman Corwin! You're the same number as the freeway today!

Hall of Famer and eloquent orator, Yogi Berra ~ "86" today!

"Yogisms"
"It ain't over 'til it's over"
"Never answer an anonymous letter"
"I usually take a two hour nap from one to four"
"It's deja vu all over again"
"When you come to a fork in the road....Take it"
"I didn't really say everything I said "
Yogi on the 1969 NY Mets....."Overwhelming underdogs!"
When asked what time is was......"You mean now?"
"I want to thank you for making this day necessary"
On why NY lost the 1960 series to Pittsburgh: "We made too many wrong mistakes."
"You can observe a lot by watching."
"The future ain't what it used to be."
"It gets late early out here."
"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."
"If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them."
"90% of the game is half mental."
On why he no longer went to Ruggeri's, a St. Louis restaurant: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
On being the guest of honor at an awards banquet: "Thank you for making this day necessary."

Geore Lucas

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Originally posted by jkt:
Geore Lucas

He just hasn't been the same since he dropped that extra "g".

Born 1856: L. Frank Baum

(His home was behind the 1919 Hollywood restaurant Musso & Frank's; a frequent haunt of one Ray Douglas Bradbury)

Baum's grand-nephew tells the story that after his passing his widow was found burning his papers in the backyard incinerator. The books were on bookstore shelves what use were his papers...or so she thought?

Taj Mahal! Ageless Artist!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...a3keU&feature=fvwrel

Today was the birth anniversary of my dad and also Dennis Hopper.

Born 1768: Dolley Madison (U.S. First Lady and introduced ice cream to the White House)

Born 1946: Cher

Born 1944: Joe Cocker

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...introduced ice cream to the White House...

Ice cream, this is the White House. White House, meet ice cream.

Mmmmm, ice cream.

Born 1904: Fats Waller

Born 1917: Raymond Burr

Born 1941: Bob Dylan (musician)

S E V E N T Y years old!!!!!