Posted in Daniel's Almanac on April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, deaths, and historic dates Daniel highlighted on his show Saturday. Daniel gets his almanac data from Scope Systems.
Birthdays:
1770 William Wordsworth England, poet laureate (The Prelude)
1860 W K Kellogg a real corn flake
1890 Marjory Stoneman Douglas environmentalist (1st Lady of Everglades)
1893 Allan W Dulles US diplomat/CIA head 1953-61 (Germany’s Underground)
1897 Walter Winchell [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on April 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays and historic dates Daniel highlighted on his show Saturday.
Historic:
1492 Queen Isabella of Castilia & Ferdinand of Aragon expels Jews
1889 300 meter Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution)
1923 1st dance marathon-NYC-Alma Cummings sets record of 27 hours
1943 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical “Oklahoma!” opens on Broadway
1945 Tennessee Williams’ “Glass Menagerie” premieres [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Birthdays:
1855 Andrew W Mellon founder (Mellon Bank)/US Secretary of Treasury
1887 Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle Smith Center KS, actor (Keystone comedies)
1895 Arthur Murray dancer (Arthur Murray’s Dance Party)
1902 Thomas E Dewey Ohio, 1st Catholic Presidential candidate 1944, 1948 (R)
1906 John Cameron Swayze news correspondant, [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on March 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Birthdays:
1777 Roger Brooke Taney Calvert MD, 5th Chief Justice (Dred Scott decision)
1895 Shemp Howard [Samuel Horwitz] Brooklyn NY, comedian/actor (3 Stooges, Bank Dick)
1899 Gloria Swanson Chicago IL, actress (Sadie Thompson, Killer Bees)
1902 Bobby Jones Jr Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930)
1910 [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on March 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Birthdays:
1888 Barry Fitzgerald Dublin Ireland, actor (Academy Award-Going My Way)
1891 Sam Jaffe New York NY, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)
1916 James Herriot Scotland, writer (All Creatures Great & Small)
1918 Heywood Hale Broun journalist
1923 Ara Parseghian football coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame)
1928 James [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on March 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today. I’m pretty sure Daniel gets his Saturday almanac info from Scope Systems. Surf on over there to check it out.
Birthdays:
1853 Vincent Van Gogh Dutch painter
1872 Wee Willie Keeler outfielder (Baltimore Orioles); hit .432 in 1897
1831 George M Pullman inventor (railway sleeping [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on February 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Birthdays:
Winslow Homer – American landscape painter and printmaker, most famous for his marine subjects (Feb 24, 1836 – Sep 29, 1910)
Honus Wagner – Nicknamed “Honus” and “The Flying Dutchman”, is considered one of the greatest players in the history of major [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on February 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Birthdays:
Frederick Douglass – American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer (Feb 17, 1818 – Feb 20, 1895)
Aaron Montgomery Ward – American businessman notable for the invention of mail order (Feb 17, 1844 – Dec 7, 1913)
Friedrich Alfred Krupp – German arms [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on February 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Birthdays:
Boris Pasternak – Russian poeat and author, wrote the novel Doctor Zhivago. (Feb 10, 1890 – May 30, 1960)
Alan Hale Sr. – American movie actor and director, best known for his many supporting character roles, in particular as frequent sidekick of [...]
Posted in Daniel's Almanac on February 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here are the birthdays, historic dates, and deaths Daniel highlighted on his show today.
Birthdays:
Charles the VI, King of France was born (1368 – ???)
Horace Greeley – founder of the Republican Party (Feb 3, 1811 – Nov 29, 1872)
Gertrude Stein – American writer (Feb 3, 1874 – Jul 27, 1946)
Norman Rockwell – American painter [...]
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