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This Day in History...Oct 20th

Started by OspreyGirl at 2009/10/20 08:35AM
Latest post: 2009/10/20 10:32AM, Views: 29, Replies: 3
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#1   2009/10/20 08:35AM
This Day in History...Oct 20th
OspreyGirl
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Subbing for my girl ChyChy65--get well soon doll!

This day in history:

1803 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.


1931 - Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Okla.


1944 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after he'd said, "I shall return."


1947 - The House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the motion picture industry.


1964 - Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, died at age 90 in New York City.


1967 - Seven of 18 defendants were convicted in Mississippi of violating the civil rights of three young men who were murdered while trying to help blacks register to vote in 1964.


1968 - Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.


1977 - Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Miss.


1979 - The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated in Boston.


1992 - In the first World Series game to be played outside the United States, the host Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2.


2000 - Egyptian-born Ali Mohamed, a U.S. citizen who'd served in the Army, pleaded guilty in New York to helping plan the deadly U.S. embassy bombings in Africa in 1998 that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.


2004 - A U.S. Army staff sergeant, Ivan "Chip" Frederick, pleaded guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. (He was sentenced to eight years in prison.)


Birthdays:


77 -- William Christopher
Actor ("M.A.S.H.")


72 -- Wanda Jackson
Rockabilly singer


72 -- Juan Marichal
Baseball Hall of Famer


63 -- Elfriede Jelinek
Nobel Prize-winning author


59 -- Tom Petty
Rock singer, musician


57 -- Melanie Mayron
Actress


57 -- William "Rusty" Russ
Actor


54 -- Sheldon Whitehouse
U.S. senator, D-R.I.


52 -- Hilda Solis
Secretary of Labor


51 -- Viggo Mortensen
Actor


45 -- David Ryan
Rock musician


45 -- Jim Sonefeld
Rock musician (Hootie & The Blowfish)


42 -- Doug Eldridge
Rock musician (Oleander)

38 -- Snoop Dogg
Rapper


38 -- Dannii Minogue
Rock singer


33 -- Jeff Loberg
Country musician


30 -- John Krasinski
Actor ("The Office")


24 -- Jennifer Nicole Freeman
Actress ("My Wife and Kids")

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#2   2009/10/20 08:41AM
Re: This Day in History...Oct 20th
OspreyGirl
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Music hits from 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999--

1969:

1. Aquarius, Fifth Dimension
2. Sugar and Spice, Archies
3. I Can't Get Next to You, Temptations
4. Honky Tonk Women, Rolling Stones
5. Build Me Up Buttercup, Foundations
6. Dizzy, Tommy Roe
7. Hot Fun In the Summertime, Sly and The Family Stone
8. (It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall In Love Again, Tom Jones
9. Everyday People, Sly and The Family Stone
10. Get Together, Youngbloods


1979:

1. My Sharona, The Knack
2. Bad Girls, Donna Summer
3. Le Freak, Chic
4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Rod Stewart
5. Reunited, Peaches and Herb
6. I Will Survive, Gloria Gaynor
7. Hot Stuff, Donna Summer
8. Y.M.C.A., Village People
9. "Ring My Bell", Anita Ward
10. Sad Eyes, Robert John


1989:

1. Look Away, Chicago
2. My Prerogative, Bobby Brown
3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
4. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
5. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
6. Cold Hearted, Paula Abdul
7. Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
8. Girl You Know Its True, Milli Vanilli
9. Baby, I Love Your Way / Freebird, Will To Power
10. Giving You the Best That I Got, Anita Baker


1999:

1. Believe, Cher
2. No Scrubs, TLC
3. Angel of Mine, Monica
4. Heartbreak Hotel, Whitney Houston
5. ...Baby One More Time, Britney Spears
6. Kiss Me, Sixpence None The Richer
7. Genie In a Bottle, Christina Aguilera
8. Every Morning, Sugar Ray
9. Nobody's Supposed to Be Here, Deborah Cox
10. Livin' la Vida Loca, Ricky Martin


#3   2009/10/20 08:55AM
Re: This Day in History...Oct 20th
OspreyGirl
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Tripping through the decades--let's sing for our girl Chy!

Sometimes I'm right then I can be wrong, my own beliefs are in my song, a butcher, a banker, a drummer, and then, makes no difference what group I'm in...IIIIIII am everyday people!...yeah, yeahhhh... ((Sly Stone/Everyday People))

BREAK OUT THE DISCO GEAR!

It's fun to stay at the YYYYY, M-C-A...it's fun to stay at the YYYYYYY, M-C-AAAAA...you can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal, you can do whatever you feeeeellll...
((YMCA/Village People))

SLOW 80s SONG MOMENT!

Evvvvvvery rose has its thorn....just like evvvery night has its dawwwnnnn...just like every cowboy, sings his sad, sad song, everrrryyy roseee has its thorn...yea it does ((Poison/Every Rose Has Its Thorn))

AND LET'S SHAKE YOUR BON BONS!

Upside, inside out...she's livin la vida loca, she'll push and pull you down, livin la vida loca, her lips are devil red and her skin's the color mocha...she will wear you out, livin la vida loca...COME ON!

#4   2009/10/20 10:32AM
Re: This Day in History...Oct 20th
dcorn
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you have done a great job with your sub work!

i have not heard anything from her yet. maybe she will e-amil when she gets back to the hotel , sure they will stay another night......

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