Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Good Morning! Tuesday April 27, 2010

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. The forecast for today is "mostly" sunny to start and cloudy with showers by afternoon. So far it's gorgeous sunshine! It will be mid to upper 60s, much cooler than yesterday. I do hope we get some showers ... for all that it's been cloudy and windy, we've gotten barely a sprinkle or two of rain.
Last night I got one of the cabinets assembled! Yay! I have one more to go ... but may have to rest a night in between! LOL!
Tonight I will watch AI; and see how much I can get done. I have made a start on filling the two cabinets in place, so maybe I'll keep working on that. :)

Today is "Babe Ruth Day" ... "Matanzas Mule Day" ... "National Teach Children to Save Day" ... "Independence Day (Sierra Leone)" ... "Independence Day (Togo)".

Quotes of the Day:
"The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn."
-- David Russell

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
-- Mark Twain

Today in history:
In 1749, George Frideric Handel's "Fireworks Music" was first performed.

In 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven composed "Fur Elise."

In 1850, the American-owned steamship "The Atlantic" began regular trans-Atlantic passenger service. It was the first U.S. vessel to challenge what had been a British monopoly.

In 1897, Grant's Tomb was dedicated.

In 1937, the first Social Security payment was made in the United States.

Today's birthdays include
- Ottoman Empire Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1495
- English historian Edward Gibbon in 1737
- Philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft in 1759
- Samuel F.B. Morse, American artist and inventor of magnetic telegraphy, in 1791
- Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, in 1822
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev in 1891
- Wallace Carothers, inventor of nylon in 1896
- Baseball Hall of Fame member Rogers Hornsby in 1896
- Cartoonist Walter Lantz in 1899
- English poet C. Day Lewis in 1904
- Baseball Hall of Fame member Enos Slaughter in 1916
- Actor Jack Klugman in 1922
- Coretta Scott King, wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., in 1927
- Radio/TV host Casey Kasem in 1932
- Actress Sandy Dennis in 1937
- Champion bowler Earl Anthony in 1938
- Playwright August Wilson in 1945
- Rock musician Ace Frehley in 1951
- Pop singer Sheena Easton in 1959

Everyone have a Great Tuesday!

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