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Monday, September 29, 2008
Did you know we had the biggest stock market drop in history?
Did you know we had the biggest stock market drop in history? 777.67 points
Did you know that today's one day loss was (1.2 million).
Did you know that for the bill for the blil out to pass, that they needed 232 votes?
Did you know that Y N NV
Democrats 140 95
Republicans 65 133 1
Total 205 228 1
Did you know that In 2008, U.S. Stock market has declined 4.2 Trillion.
Did you know that
1000 thousands = 1 million , 1, 000, 000
1000 millions = 1 billion, 1,000,000,000
1000 billions = 1 trillion, 1,000,000,000,000
So now the blame game of why the bill did not get signed is the issue. The key is this callus throwing away of money to bail out the government is asking for trouble that we don't need. The mismanagement of money created this problem, so why are we going to let them jump out of the pan into the fire?
Missing 3 year old
Did You know who's birthday is today? Sept 29
Born today:
1970 Emily Lloyd - actress
1963 Les Claypool - rock bassist (Primus)
1958 Andrew Dice Clay - comedian, actor
1956 Sebastian Coe - runner (set world record for 800 meters)
1948 Bryant Gumbel - TV host, actor
1948 Mark Farner - guitarist, singer (Grand Funk Railroad)
1948 Mike Pinera - guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
1944 Mike Post - movie and TV theme composer
1943 Lech Walesa - Polish leader
1942 Jean-Luc Ponty - jazz violinist
1942 Ian McShane - actor
1942 Madeline Kahn - actress
1939 Larry Linville - actor (M*A*S*H)
1935 Jerry Lee Lewis - singer, pianist
1931 Anita Ekberg - actress
1923 Bum Phillips - Houston Oilers football coach
1916 Trevor Howard - actor
1913 Stanley Kramer - film director
1908 Greer Garson - actress (Oscar® winner, 1942)
1907 Gene Autry - cowboy actor, singer
1547 Miguel de Cervantes - author
Did you know on this day in times the headlines for today was:
2003 US president George W. Bush signs the Do Not Call Registry into law. (photo credit: Tyndale House)
1995 The defense rests, sending the O.J. Simpson murder trial to the jury.
1988 The NASA space shuttle Discovery lifts off, the first shuttle flight following the Challenger disaster.
1986 Olympic gold-medal winning gymnast, Mary Lou Retton, retires from competition.
1982 Over 250,000 bottles of Tylenol brand pain reliever are voluntarily recalled, following the poisoning death of seven people from cyanide-laced capsules in tampered packages.
1978 Pope John Paul I is found dead in his Vatican apartment, just over a month after becoming head of the Roman Catholic Church.
1977 Muhammad Ali becomes the world heavyweight boxing champ, beating Ernie Shavers at Madison Square Garden.
1962 The Broadway production of My Fair Lady closes, after a run of over 6 years.
1943 The US and Italy sign an armistice, during WWII.
1930 Singer/actor Bing Crosby marries Dixie Lee.
1930 Lowell Thomas makes his news anchor debut on CBS radio.
1829 Scotland Yard police, the 'Bobbies', make their first appearance on the streets of London.
1789 US president George Washington signs the first federal appropriations act.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Did You know who's birthday is today? Sept 28
1975 Mandy Barnett - country singer
1967 Mira Sorvino - actress
1967 Moon Unit Zappa - actress
1964 Janeane Garofalo - comedienne, actress
1954 Steve Largent - Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver, Us Senator (Oklahoma)
1947 Jeffrey Jones - actor
1946 Helen Shapiro - singer, actress
1941 Charley Taylor - football player
1938 Ben E. King - singer
1935 Bruce Crampton - golfer
1934 Brigitte Bardot - actress
1923 William Windom - actor
1919 Tom Harmon - football player, sportscaster
1916 Peter Finch - actor (Oscar® winner, 1976)
1909 Al Capp - Li'l Abner cartoonist
1905 Max Schmeling - heavyweight boxing champ
1902 Ed Sullivan - TV host, newspaper columnist
1901 William S. Paley - founded CBS network
1856 Kate Smith-Wiggin - author
Things that happened on this day in history...
In the headlines today:
2004 A redesigned US $50 bill, incorporating a host of anti-counterfeiting measures, goes into circulation.
1990 The exiled Kuwaiti emir visits US president George Bush, and complains of numerous hostilities by Iraqi forces.
1989 Ex-Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos dies in Hawaii at age 72.
1960 Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
1955 The first color TV broadcast of a World Series baseball game is made by NBC.
1950 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
1924 A pair of US Army airplanes land in Seattle, Washington, after an historic, 175-day, round-the-world flight.
1920 Eight Chicago White Sox baseball players are indicted for taking part in the 'Black Sox' gambling scandal, where Chicago intentionally lost to Cincinnati during the 1919 World Series.
1892 The first night football game is played.
1787 Congress votes to send the newly completed US Constitution to the individual states for approval.
1781 US troops, with help from French warships, begin the battle of Yorktown Heights, VA, during the American Revolution.
1542 Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California.
1066 William the Conqueror and the Normans invade England.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Did You know who's birthday is today? Sept 27
1984 Avril Lavigne - singer (Color Me Badd)
1972 Gwyneth Paltrow - actress
1970 Mark Calderon - singer (Color Me Badd)
1958 Shaun Cassidy - singer, actor; son of actress Shirley Jones
1953 Greg Ham - horn player, keyboardist (Men at Work)
1949 Mike Schmidt - baseball player
1949 Robb Weller - TV host
1947 Meat Loaf - singer, actor
1943 Randy Bachman - guitarist, singer (Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who)
1941 Don Nix - sax player (Mar-Keys, Booker T and the MG's, Memphis Horns)
1939 Kathy Whitworth - golf champ
1934 Wilford Brimley - actor
1934 Greg Morris - actor (Mission: Impossible)
1934 Dick Schaap - sportscaster
1933 Kathleen Nolan - actress
1926 Jayne Meadows - actress
1922 Arthur Penn - movie director
1920 William Conrad - actor
1919 Johnny Pesky - baseball player
1898 Vincent Youmans - composer
1840 Thomas Nast - political cartoonist
1722 Samuel Adams - American patriot, Massachusetts governor
did you know that Paul Newman Died
Did you know that Paul Newman died at 83? Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.
The Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool was a racecar driver, political activist, and philanthropist. Newman's face appeared, on everything from movie posters to bottles of salad dressing. As of May 2007, he hade made donations that had exceeded $220 million.
Newman had appeared in over 50 films and had won these awards.
Academy Awards
Honorary Award
For his "many and memorable and compelling screen performances" (1986)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
For his charity work (1994)
Golden Globe Awards
New Star of the Year — Actor
The Silver Chalice (1957)
Henrietta Award
World Film Favorite — Male (1964; 1966)
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Lifetime Achievement (1984)
Other
Newman won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for The Long, Hot Summer and the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Nobody's Fool.
In 1968, Newman was named "Man of the Year" by Harvard University's performance group, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Newman Day has been celebrated at Kenyon College, Bates College, Princeton University, and other American colleges since the 1970s.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato Jr set to go to trial
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"Sopranos" actor Lillo Brancato Jr. is set to go to trial next month in the death of an off-duty New York police officer.
A judge ruled Friday that Brancato and co-defendant Steven Armento would be tried separately. Prosecutors wanted them tried together. Authorities say they broke into an apartment to look for prescription drugs in 2005. Officer Daniel Enchautegui confronted them and was killed in a shootout. Armento is accused of firing the fatal shot.