Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. There are some lingering clouds from last night's storms, but they'll move out this morning; I'm already seeing bright spots out the window. It will "only" go to mid 60s today ... right where it's "supposed" to be! :) The storms moved through, thunder and lightening in the middle of the night, and lots of lovely rain. I sure hope it's washed away some of that pollen.
Last night I was - I confess - lazy. I watched 3 favorite shows ... none of them reruns! Tonight I'll try to make up for it, as I have a very long to-do list for the weekend; and it starts tonight!
Today is "Jenkins's Ear Day" ... "National Cherish an Antique Day" ... "Winston Churchill Day" ... "Martyr's Day (Tunisia)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore."
-- Ogden Nash
"Never eat more than you can lift."
-- Miss Piggy
"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself."
-- Christine Bovee
Today in history:
In 1413, Henry V crowned king of England.
In 1816, the first all-black U.S. religious denomination, the AME church, was organized in Philadelphia.
In 1939, on Easter Sunday, African-American contralto Marian Anderson gave a free open-air concert before more than 75,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
In 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration introduced America's first astronauts to the public. The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully selected from a group of 32 candidates to take part in Project Mercury.
In 1963, by an act of the U.S. Congress, British statesman Winston Churchill became an honorary U.S. citizen.
In 1967, the first Boeing 737 took its maiden flight.
In 1965, the Astrodome opened in Houston for the first indoor baseball game.
In 2005, Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, married Camilla Parker Bowles, his long-time companion, at Windsor Castle. She took the title duchess of Cornwall.
Today's birthdays include
- my brother HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT!!
- French poet Charles Baudelaire in 1821
- Comic actor W.C. Fields in 1879
- Actor/singer Paul Robeson in 1898
- Football Hall of Fame member Curly Lambeau in 1903
- Birth control pill inventor Gregory Pincus in 1903
- Actor Ward Bond in 1903
- Former U.S. Sen. James William Fulbright, D-Ark., in 1905
- Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner in 1926
- Singer/songwriter Tom Lehrer in 1928
- Rock 'n' roll pioneer Carl Perkins in 1932
- Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo in 1933
- Comedian Avery Schreiber in 1935
- Actress Michael Learned in 1939
- Journalist Peter Gammons in 1945
- Actor Dennis Quaid in 1954
- Golf Hall of Fame member Seve Ballesteros in 1957
- Model Paulina Porizkova in 1965
- Actress Cynthia Nixon in 1966
- Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam in 1979
- Actress Kristen Stewart in 1990
Everyone have a Great Friday!
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