Wednesday, February 27, 2008

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

In 1827, New Orleans held their first Mardi Gras.
People born on this date;
1902: John Steinbeck, author
1932: Liz Taylor
1934: Ralph Nader
1940: Howard Hesseman - who will always be rmembered in the Elliott
house as 'Dr' Johnny Fever from WKRP In Cincinnati.
People who died on this date:
2003: Fred Rogers; "Hi, boys and girls - welcome to my neighborhood"
2002: Spike Milligan: Was a famous bandleader who's orchestra used non-instruments
alongside real instruments to bring humor to music.
1993: Lillian Gish, who was a movie star long,long,long ago - she died 8 months
short of her 100th birthday!!
1977: John Dickson Carr: Once famous writer of mystery and supernatural tales;
I used to read quite a bit of his stuff back in my teenage days. Really quite good,
but seemed to disappear from bookstores after the 70s.

 

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