Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!fergus.mystery.com!gabe From: poorgabriel@mystery.com Newsgroups: alt.happy.birthday.to.me,alt.astrology,alt.fan.jai-maharaj,alt.astrology.metapsych Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- May 18 Followup-To: poster Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 04:01:20 -0000 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <10aj2kgq0cn545b@corp.supernews.com> Originator: gabe@fergus.mystery.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 44 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu alt.happy.birthday.to.me:6185 alt.astrology:542753 alt.fan.jai-maharaj:238007 alt.astrology.metapsych:165039 Interesting things that happened May 18th: Birthdays on this date: In 1850 Oliver Heaviside, physicist who predicted the existence of the ionosphere (used to reflect radio waves) In 1872 Bertand Russell (in England), mathematician, philsopher In 1898 Frank Capra, director In 1902 Meredith Willson, musician-composer (The Music Man) In 1913 Perry Como, singer In 1917 Dame Margot Fonteyn In 1918 Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtela), church leader In 1930 Pernell Roberts, actor (Bonanza; Trapper John, M.D.) In 1946 Reggie Jackson, baseball superstar In 1952 George Strait Events worth noting: + Visit Your Relatives Day In 1804 Napoleon became Emperor of France. In 1830 Edwin Budding of England signs an agreement for manufacture of his invention, the lawn mower. Saturdays are destroyed forever. In 1897 NY Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game. In 1899 World Good-Will Day. In 1917 US passes Selective Service act. In 1933 TVA Act signed by President Roosevelt. In 1951 United Nations moved into its New York City headquarters. In 1953 First woman pilot faster than speed of sound - Jacqueline Cochran. In 1969 Apollo 10 is launched. In 1980 Mount St. Helens blew its top in Washington State. And remember ... National Bike Month School Principals' Month = = = To get back issues, send "get pga pga.MMDD" (where MMDD is something like 0317) in a message to majordomo@ml.mystery.com. -- ------- ------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - - - - - - - Although efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy of this information, several errors have been found in the past. Don't place any bets on the basis of what you find here. -- Gabe .