Did you know who's birthday is today, Oct 28

Did you know who was Born today?

1974 Joaquin Phoenix - actor

1967 Julia Roberts - actress

1962 Daphne Zuniga - actress

1961 Bob Melvin - Seattle Mariners manager (2003, 2004 seasons)

1955 Bill Gates - Microsoft founder and CEO

1952 Annie Potts - actress

1949 Bruce Jenner - 1976 Olympic gold medalist, sportscaster

1948 Rick Reynolds - guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)

1948 Telma Hopkins - actress, singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)

1945 Wayne Fontana - singer (The Mindbenders)

1944 Dennis Franz - actor

1941 Hank Marvin - lead guitarist (The Shadows)

1939 Jane Alexander - actress

1937 Lenny Wilkens - basketball player, coach

1937 Charlie Daniels - singer, guitarist, fiddler

1934 Jim Beatty - first to break the 4-minute mile

1929 Joan Plowright - actress, wife of actor Lawrence Olivier

1926 Bowie Kuhn - baseball commissioner

1914 Jonas Salk - polio vaccine discoverer

1907 Edith Head - costume designer

1902 Elsa Lanchester - actress, wife of actor Charles Laughton

1896 Howard Hanson - composer

1846 Georges Escoffier - gourmet chef

1842 Anna Dickinson - women's rights advocate

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Did you know who was the first black player to play NHL hockey?

Did you know the first African-American to break the color barrier in Sports?




Major league baseball player: Jackie Robinson, 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers.














Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Jackie Robinson, 1962















NFL quarterback: Willie Thrower, 1953.


















NFL football coach: Fritz Pollard, 1922–1937.


















Golf champion: Tiger Woods, 1997, won the Masters golf tournament.

















NHL hockey player: Willie O'Ree, 1958, Boston


















World cycling champion: Marshall W. "Major" Taylor, 1899.












Tennis champion: Althea Gibson became the first black person to play in and win Wimbledon and the United States national tennis championship. She won both tournaments twice, in 1957and 1958. In all, Gibson won 56 tournaments, including five Grand Slam singles events. The first black male champion was Arthur Ashe who won the 1968 U.S. Open, the 1970 Australian Open, and the 1975 Wimbledon championship.












Heavyweight boxing champion: Jack Johnson, 1908.

















Olympic medalist (Summer games): George Poage, 1904, won two bronze medals in the 200 m hurdles and 400 m hurdles.













Olympic gold medalist (Summer games): John Baxter "Doc" Taylor, 1908, won a gold medal as part of the 4 x 400 m relay team.











Olympic gold medalist (Summer games; individual): DeHart Hubbard, 1924, for the long jump;













The first woman was Alice Coachman, who won the high jump in 1948.














Olympic medalist (Winter games): Debi Thomas, 1988, won the bronze in figure skating.
















Olympic gold medalist (Winter games): Vonetta Flowers, 2002, bobsled.











Olympic gold medalist (Winter games; individual): Shani Davis, 2006, 1,000 m speedskating.

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Did you know who's birthday is today, Oct 27

Did you know who was on Oct 27:
1967 Scott Weiland - singer (Stone Temple Pilots)

1958 Simon LeBon - singer (Duran Duran)

1952 Roberto Benigni - actor, director

1951 Jayne Kennedy - TV reporter

1949 Jack Daniels - guitarist, singer (Highway 101)

1942 Lee Greenwood - singer (God Bless the USA)

1939 John Cleese - actor, comedian

1933 Floyd Cramer - pianist

1928 Kyle Rote - football player, sportscaster

1924 Ruby Dee - actress

1922 Ralph Kiner - baseball player

1920 Nanette Fabray - actress

1914 Dylan Thomas - poet, playwright

1910 Fred De Cordova - producer, director

1858 Theodore Roosevelt - 26th US president (1901-09)

1782 Nicolo Paganini - violinist

1728 James Cook - British explorer

Did you know who's birthday is today, Oct 24?

Did you know who was born today?

1980 Monica - singer

1979 Ben Gillies - drummer (Silverchair)

1962 B.D. Wong - actor

1948 Dale 'Buffin' Griffin - rock drummer (Mott the Hoople)

1947 Kevin Kline - actor (Oscar® winner, 1988)

1946 Jerry Edmonton - drummer (Steppenwolf)

1939 F. Murray Abraham - actor (Oscar® winner, 1984)

1937 Santo Farina - steel guitarist (Santo and Johnny)

1936 Bill Wyman (William George Perks) - bassist (The Rolling Stones)

1936 David Nelson - actor, brother of singer Ricky Nelson

1930 The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) - singer

1923 Denise Levertov - poet

1911 Sonny Terry - singer, harmonica player

1904 Moss Hart - playwright, director

1900 Preston Foster - actor

1891 Molina Trujillo - President of the Dominican Republic

1855 James Sherman - 27th US Vice President (1909-12)

Did you know about zero tolerance

I recentely had a technical problem with a company so I called to resolve the issue. After several minutes of conversation with the customer service representive I found out this person was not able to help me. So I asked her name again and wrote it down and asked to speak to her supervisor. Ofcourse she went own to explain that her supervisor was going to say exactly what she die... I kindly reminded that person that her supervisor does not answer to her but she answers to him... So could I please speak to him. Now the reason that I ask to speak to the supervisor, was because I was following the chain of command. Which is what you should do anytime you have a question comment or concern in regards to a issue or complaint with any company! Now the supervisor came on the phone and was the absoulte rudest person that I had ever talked to in my life, who claimed that she was a Manager. She told me what she was not going to do anything and she did not care... I went on to tell her that if she did not believe nothing else that she should believe that I was going to call to report her because how she acted was not a good representation of that company... She was proud to give me her name and a number to call, saying that she ran her department and no one was over her. So, I called the number and it was the wrong number but they transfered me right back to her same department. So I started explaining the issue to another supervisor that had just happened to field my call. As he listened to me explain my problem he stated that he was very sorry, then he looked at the call log. The next comment that he made surprised me... that person was nothing more than a supervisor like him. He asked me to hold on a minute while he found his manager. Now when the manager came to the phone, he explained that he was briefely brieded on what had happened by the supervisor and he asked me to explain what happen in my own words. So I explained to him in great detail what had happened, he appoligize and helped me reolve the issue that I was having. Now before the manager got off the phone he said that the situation that happened with that supervisor would be taken care of immediately. So now here is where we get to zero tolerance... Because that person was rude to me that was unexceptable and was grounds for termination! The company pulled the call records and listen to the call and immediately fired that person on the spot...

Please always remember that every company has a protocal that they must follow. If you are not happy with the actions of any individual within a company you have a right to follow the chain of command.

Did you know who's birthday is today, Oct 23?

Did You know who was Born today?

1968 Junior Bryant - fiddler, singer (Ricochet)

1966 David Thomas - R&B singer (Take 6)

1966 Brian Nevin - drummer (Big Head Todd and the Monsters)

1962 Doug Flutie - NFL quarterback

1959 'Weird' Al Yankovic - parody singer

1954 Dwight Yoakam - singer, songwriter

1947 Greg Ridley - bassist (Spooky Tooth)

1942 Michael Crichton - author, film director

1940 Pelé - all-time soccer great

1935 Chi-Chi Rodriguez - golf champ

1925
Johnny Carson - comedian, TV host



1918 James Daly - actor

1906 Gertrude Ederle - first woman to swim English channel