On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 31:
1345 Ferdinand I the wise one, king of Portugal (built navy)
1424 Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk king of Poland/Hungary
1620 John Evelyn British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)
1632 Jan Vermeer Holland, painter (Procuress, The Astronomer)
1740 William Paca US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1795 John Keats London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)
1815 Karl Weierstrass Germany, mathematician (theory of functions)
1825 Raleigh Edward Colston Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1826 Hugh Boyle Ewing Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1831 Daniel Butterfield Major General (Union volunteers)(Taps), died in 1901
1835 Adelbert Ames Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933
1835 J F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer German chemist (Nobel 1905
1860 Juliette Gordon Low Girl Scout founder
1887 Chiang Kai-shek Chekiang Province, China, pres of Nationalist China
1888 Sir George Hubert Wilkins Aust, polar explorer (Flying the Arctic)
1893 Sara Allgood Dublin Ireland, actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase)
1896 Ethel Waters Chester Pa, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather)
1902 Eduard Franz Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Zorro)
1902 Willie Shaw race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40)
1912 Dale Evans Uvalde Tx, cowgirl (Roy Rogers Show)
1920 Dick Francis Wales, jockey/novelist (Whip Hand, High Stakes)
1922 Barbara Bel Geddes NYC, actress (Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught)
1923 Hicks B Waldron Amsterdam NY, CEO (Avon)
1926 Shirley Dinsdale SF Calif, ventriloquist (Judy Splinters)
1930 Michael Collins Rome, Mjr Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11)
1931 Dan Rather Wharton Tx, news anchor (CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes)
1937 Michael Landon Forest Hills NY, actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven)
1937 Tom Paxton Chicago, folk singer/songwriter (Forest Lawn)
1942 David Ogden Stiers Peoria Ill, actor (Winchester-M*A*S*H, Doc)
1944 Kinky Friedman Palestine Tx, country rocker (Ride 'em Jewboy)
1944 Sally Kirkland NYC, actress (Anna, Sting, Pvt Benjamin, Big Bad Mama)
1947 Deidre Hall Milwaukee, actress (Days of our Life, Our House)
1947 Frank Shorter US, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
1949 Terrence W Wilcutt Russellville Ky, Major USMC/astronaut
1950 Jane Pauley Indianapolis Indiana, newscaster (Today, NBC Weekend)
1950 John Candy Ontario Canada, comedian (SCTV, Uncle Buck)
1960 Reza Pahlavi Iran, son of Shah of Iran
1961 Larry Mullen Jr drummer (U2-I Will Follow)
1964 Amanda Sandrelli Rome Italy, actress (The Key)
1968 Vanilla Ice [Robert Van Winkle], rapper (Ice Ice Baby)
The first time I came accross the name States Rights Gist in the Shelby Foote books, I re-read the sentence half a dozen times, thinking it was a misprint. Then a friend explained to me that in the 1820s-1840s sectionalism, federalism and polycentricism were on the minds of many folks, especially southerners.
Walter Brian Cisco recently published a full-leng biography on Wade Hampton and I was happy to see the box from the History Book Club on Friday. Cisco has also written a biography on Gist, titled States Rights Gist: A South Carolina General of the Civil War.
good post - thanks
You Can Help (Soldier's Family needs help!)
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2004/10/you_can_help.html ^
Posted on 10/31/2004 11:10:21 AM CST by hipaatwo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1263757/posts
Sergeant Joseph Bozik, an Airborne Soldier with the 118th MP Company (Airborne) from Ft. Bragg, was recently wounded. He has lost both legs and an arm from a landmine, is not not conscious and has many medical complications. On Monday, Sergeant Bozik will be flown into Walter Reed from Landstuhl (Germany).
Unfortunately, the family doesn't have enough money to maintain themselves in a hotel (let alone buy food) for an extended period. The Army paid for airfare for 2 family members and Soldiers' Angels paid for airfare for 2 two more. The Angels can cover hotel expenses for only three days. Fisher House is full so they have to stay at a hotel.
We need your help. You can donate directly to a fund set up to assist the family with caring for Joe. You can send donations to the address or call the phone number below.
SGT Bozik Fund c/o Centura Bank ATTN Aiko Raynor 14615 US HWY 17 PO BOX 74 HAMPSTEAD NC 28443
910 772 8930
/subtle hint
Kerry has raked in the endorsements of Osama bin Laden, Walter Cronkite, Helen Thomas, The China Daily Star, and Chelsea Hubbell-Clinton.
1950 Jane Pauley Indianapolis Indiana, newscaster leftist shill
from Sixteen Steps to Becoming a Better Communist
14. Throw out all clothing. The only approved state clothing are the uniform T-Shirts found at the State Store. We are all equal, and we must look that way.
This would explain why all the women in Cambridge in 1970 looked like John Lenin in their pocket T-shirts and round steel glasses.
The Wild Bird Center looks sensational--just need the signage to prevent avian injury, e.g., Birds Use Entrance At Left by Parking.
We've got a large contingent of Mourning Doves for the Defense of Marriage, altogether with hordes of House Finches, a squirrel and a skunk.
All by way of widescreen tv for nine cats.
The bin Laden tape in its entirety is a bleating boohoo complaining that "his terror organization has been hurt by the U.S. military's unrelenting manhunt for him and his cohorts on the Afghan-Pakistan border."
While Kerry and his stooges produce commercials to the effect that Bush's rush to war with sloppy planning has been a recruiting bonanza for bin Laden--
In my view, more a Roach Motel or Mosquito Magnet.