History Day.......

Would YOU let this man tell your fortune?? Not me, thanks. He looks like a whacked out serial killer...BUT, it's Nostradamus. He was born today in 1503 and wrote 10 books of prophecies that some people claim have actually predicted the future......I'm not so sure. I've read him and seems to me you can interpret what he said a zillion different ways. But let's hear it for a guy who managed to find a bit of immortality!

1798, David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and bolt machine--oh and the screw, too. (Figures a man would find a way to patent a screw)

1819, Alabama was welcomed into the Union. Now lets all sing a chorus of Sweet Home Alabama to celebrate!

1902, the Silverton set sail from San Francisco on its trip to lay the first telephone cable between San Francisco and Hawaii

1911, after several unsuccessful expeditions to find the South Pole, Roald Amundsen and four companions made the discovery today. (Hmm. Wouldn't walking South do that for you? Or is it North?)

1944 Elizabeth Taylor starred in the movie National Velvet--a girl and her horse.

1953, a 19 year old Sandy Koufax was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers

1968 Marvin Gaye was number one on the charts with I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE--(and now we're all humming it!)

1996, the disabled freighter Bright Field rammed a crowded New Orleans riverfront mall. Thanks to the quick thinking of the ship's pilot, no one was killed.

Okay guys....let me have it! What have you got?

posted by Maureen Child @ 1:58 AM