Happy Birthdays and On this Day in history

--Sam Rockwell - 41  ("Charlie's Angels", "Matchstick Men", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and CIA agent-slash-game show mogul Chuck Barris in "Confessions of A Dangerous Mind".)

--Kevin Jonas - 22  (The oldest and least dreamy of the Jonas Brothers.  "Camp Rock" superstar Joe is 19 and their young leader Nick is only 16. )

--RYAN Adams - 35  (Singer who HATES it when people request "Summer of '69".  He's RYAN Adams, not BRYAN Adams . . . and he's an important "artiste".  AND he used to nail Parker Posey.  STFU.)

--BRYAN ADAMS!!! - 50  ("Summer Of '69"!!!  SCREW RYAN ADAMS!!!)  (???)

--Johnny Damon - 36  (Formerly hirsute Boston Red Sox superstar . . . now a clean-cut New York Yankee who never should have left Boston.)

--Jonny Greenwood - 38  (Radiohead's guitar, organ and synth MASTER.)

--Jennifer & Heather Kinley - 39  (The Kinleys.)

 --Famke Janssen - 44  (Gorgeous minx from "X-Men" and "Nip / Tuck".  She was also Michael Douglas' hot wife in "Don't Say a Word" . . . and Jon Favreau's stripper-slash-whore girlfriend in "Made".)

-Tatum O'Neal - 46  (Former child star . . . former Mrs. John McEnroe . . . former junkie.  Still love the crack.  Just LOVES it!!!)  (--Tatum was also the youngest Oscar winner EVER.  She was 10 when she won Best Supporting Actress for "Paper Moon" in 1974.)
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Tilda Swinton - 49  (The White Witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia" . . . and the angel Gabriel in "Constantine".)

--Robert Patrick - 51  (The evil T-1000 in "T2".  He's also the ONLY actor who's been killed on-screen by all three PLANET HOLLYWOOD founders:  Bruce Willis in "Die Hard 2", Sylvester Stallone in "Cop Land" and Arnold in "T2".)

--Bill Walton - 57  (Brilliant basketball announcer with the fire down below.)

--Peter Noone - 62  (Lead singer of Herman's Hermits.)

 --Sam Shepard - 66  (Mr. Jessica Lange.  He played Ryan Gosling's dad in "The Notebook" and Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff".)

-ART GARFUNKEL . . . AND HIS DELICIOUS JEW-FRO!!! - 68

--Ike Turner - Would have been 77 - (1931 - 2007)  (Biggest hit:  "Proud Mary".)

-Roy Rogers - (1911 - 1998)

1872 - SUSAN B. ANTHONY was FINED $100 FOR VOTING in a presidential election.  She voted for Ulysses S. Grant, who won . . . and she never paid the fine.  Women weren't legally allowed to vote until 1920. 

1895 - George B. Selden of Rochester, New York, received the first U.S. PATENT for an AUTOMOBILE.  He later sold the rights . . . for $200,000.

1911 - Calbraith Rodgers completed THE FIRST U.S. COAST-TO-COAST FLIGHT in a Wright bi-plane.  It took him 49 days, because he crashed 19 times.  He had a train follow him with spare parts so when something went wrong, he could patch it up and keep flying.   

1935 - The game MONOPOLY was introduced by the Parker Brothers Company.  (--You can see some interesting facts about Monopoly here:  http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/monopoly/default.cfm?page=Entertainment/funfacts.)

1940 - PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT won an unprecedented THIRD term in office.  After his FOURTH term, a Constitutional Amendment was passed limiting presidents to two terms.

1955 - THE FIRST FM-STEREO BROADCAST WAS MADE. 

1974 - For some reason, Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, becoming the FIRST WOMAN to win a gubernatorial office WITHOUT succeeding her husband.  (--Yeah, so thanks for Sarah Palin, Ella.)  (???)

1977 - GEORGE W. BUSH married the naughty LAURA WELCH.  Today is their 31st Wedding Anniversary.

1994 - At age 45, GEORGE FOREMAN became boxing's OLDEST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP . . . by knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight.

1999 - VAN HALEN FIRED GARY CHERONE.  As if it was HIS fault.  (???)

--Sam Rockwell - 41  ("Charlie's Angels", "Matchstick Men", "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and CIA agent-slash-game show mogul Chuck Barris in "Confessions of A Dangerous Mind".)

--Kevin Jonas - 22  (The oldest and least dreamy of the Jonas Brothers.  "Camp Rock" superstar Joe is 19 and their young leader Nick is only 16. )

--RYAN Adams - 35  (Singer who HATES it when people request "Summer of '69".  He's RYAN Adams, not BRYAN Adams . . . and he's an important "artiste".  AND he used to nail Parker Posey.  STFU.)

--BRYAN ADAMS!!! - 50  ("Summer Of '69"!!!  SCREW RYAN ADAMS!!!)  (???)

--Johnny Damon - 36  (Formerly hirsute Boston Red Sox superstar . . . now a clean-cut New York Yankee who never should have left Boston.)

--Jonny Greenwood - 38  (Radiohead's guitar, organ and synth MASTER.)

--Jennifer & Heather Kinley - 39  (The Kinleys.)

 --Famke Janssen - 44  (Gorgeous minx from "X-Men" and "Nip / Tuck".  She was also Michael Douglas' hot wife in "Don't Say a Word" . . . and Jon Favreau's stripper-slash-whore girlfriend in "Made".)

-Tatum O'Neal - 46  (Former child star . . . former Mrs. John McEnroe . . . former junkie.  Still love the crack.  Just LOVES it!!!)  (--Tatum was also the youngest Oscar winner EVER.  She was 10 when she won Best Supporting Actress for "Paper Moon" in 1974.)
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Tilda Swinton - 49  (The White Witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia" . . . and the angel Gabriel in "Constantine".)

--Robert Patrick - 51  (The evil T-1000 in "T2".  He's also the ONLY actor who's been killed on-screen by all three PLANET HOLLYWOOD founders:  Bruce Willis in "Die Hard 2", Sylvester Stallone in "Cop Land" and Arnold in "T2".)

--Bill Walton - 57  (Brilliant basketball announcer with the fire down below.)

--Peter Noone - 62  (Lead singer of Herman's Hermits.)

 --Sam Shepard - 66  (Mr. Jessica Lange.  He played Ryan Gosling's dad in "The Notebook" and Chuck Yeager in "The Right Stuff".)

-ART GARFUNKEL . . . AND HIS DELICIOUS JEW-FRO!!! - 68

--Ike Turner - Would have been 77 - (1931 - 2007)  (Biggest hit:  "Proud Mary".)

-Roy Rogers - (1911 - 1998)

1872 - SUSAN B. ANTHONY was FINED $100 FOR VOTING in a presidential election.  She voted for Ulysses S. Grant, who won . . . and she never paid the fine.  Women weren't legally allowed to vote until 1920. 

1895 - George B. Selden of Rochester, New York, received the first U.S. PATENT for an AUTOMOBILE.  He later sold the rights . . . for $200,000.

1911 - Calbraith Rodgers completed THE FIRST U.S. COAST-TO-COAST FLIGHT in a Wright bi-plane.  It took him 49 days, because he crashed 19 times.  He had a train follow him with spare parts so when something went wrong, he could patch it up and keep flying.   

1935 - The game MONOPOLY was introduced by the Parker Brothers Company.  (--You can see some interesting facts about Monopoly here:  http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/monopoly/default.cfm?page=Entertainment/funfacts.)

1940 - PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT won an unprecedented THIRD term in office.  After his FOURTH term, a Constitutional Amendment was passed limiting presidents to two terms.

1955 - THE FIRST FM-STEREO BROADCAST WAS MADE. 

1974 - For some reason, Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, becoming the FIRST WOMAN to win a gubernatorial office WITHOUT succeeding her husband.  (--Yeah, so thanks for Sarah Palin, Ella.)  (???)

1977 - GEORGE W. BUSH married the naughty LAURA WELCH.  Today is their 31st Wedding Anniversary.

1994 - At age 45, GEORGE FOREMAN became boxing's OLDEST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP . . . by knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight.

1999 - VAN HALEN FIRED GARY CHERONE.  As if it was HIS fault.  (???)