Good morning! It's a wonderful Saturday morning! It's August already (where has the year gone???), and will be typically hot and humid. We may even have another round of storms. Yesterday afternoon storms moved across, and dumped a LOT of rain. I later heard news reports of wind damage, but there was none where I live or work. It's overcast right now ... a good day for sleeping in! :) OK, I didn't sleep *this* late! LOL! I've gotten laundry and dishes done, and mopped the kitchen (twice. yep, it was that bad! LOL!) ... trying to get things done before it gets too hot. I have a huge "to do" list; but I am taking out a chunk of the afternoon for a birthday party! If I don't finish my list - there's always next weekend! LOL!
oday is "Girlfriend's Day" ... "National Mustard Day" ... "Respect for Parents Day" ... "Rounds Resounding Day" ... "Anniversary - MTV" ... "Anniversary - World Wide Web" ... "Admission Day (Colorado)" ... "Emancipation Day (Trinidad, Tobago)" ... "Abolition of Slavery Day (Jamaica)" ... "Independence Day (Benin)".
Quotes of the Day:
"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."
-- James Thurber
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."
-- William James
Today in history:
In 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus set foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela.
In 1790, the first U.S. census showed a population of 3,929,214 people in 17 states.
In 1831, the London Bridge opened.
In 1907, an Aeronautical Division was added to the Army Signals Corps, and this forerunner of the U.S. Air Force bought its first airplane, a craft built by the Wright brothers.
In 1981, MTV premiered with the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star."
In 1994, Lisa Marie Presley confirmed rumors that she had married pop star Michael Jackson May 26 in the Dominican Republic.
Today's birthdays include
- Claudius I, born in 10 B.C.
- French naturalist Jean Baptiste Lamarck, known for his theory of evolution, in 1744
- Explorer William Clark in 1770
- Francis Scott Key, composer of The Star-Spangled Banner, in 1779
- Lawyer and writer Richard Henry Dana Jr., author of Two Years Before the Mast, in 1815
- Author Herman Melville (Moby Dick) in 1819
- Actor Arthur Hill in 1922
- Actor Geoffrey Holder in 1930
- Comic actor Dom DeLuise in 1933
- French fashion designer Yves St. Laurent in 1936
- Jerry Garcia, co-founder of the Grateful Dead rock group, in 1942
- Actress Tempestt Bledsoe in 1973
Everyone have a Great Saturday!
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