Happy # 92 Sophia Loren

Let me say Happy birthday to Sophia Loren.    She was born in Rome on this day in 1934 and looks great in her later years.  Her movies with Marcello Mastrionni were absolute classics.   They had great chemistry on screen!  Overall, one of the most beautiful women of the 20th century!   

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September 20, 1998: The Ripken streak ended after 2,632 games

It started on May 30, 1982 and it ended September 20, 1998.     Cal Ripken decided to take a night off.  He just went to the manager and said it's time and so the streak stopped.   Ripken retired after the 2001 season.

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Primaries and future elections plus Greenland

Maybe we should go back to the "vape-filled" rooms

Maybe we should go back to the "vape-filled" rooms:

We used to select candidates in smoke-filled rooms where mysterious men smoking cigars looked at candidates and picked one. 

We remember Joe Morgan (1943-2020)

We remember Joe Morgan, another member of The Baseball Hall of Fame.  He was born on this day in Bohnam, Texas and died in 2020.

Morgan broke with the expansion Houston Colt-45 in 1961 now the Astros.   He was traded to the Reds before the 1972 season and enjoyed incredible success:   MVP 1975 & 1976.    In 1990, Morgan was selected for The Hall of Fame:  2,517 hits, 1,650 runs scored, 268 home runs, 689 stolen bases and 1,865 walks!

Without question, one of the best second basemen in the game's history.  After baseball, he turned into a fabulous baseball TV analyst.   We will always his leadership role with The Big Red Machine.

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Happy # 86 Sylvia Tyson

We say happy birthday to Sylvia Tyson who was born in Ontario on this day in 1940.  

She was the other half of the wonderful Canadian duo "Ian & Sylvia".

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Happy # 86 Paul Williams, great songwriter

We remember Paul Williams who was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on this day in 1940. 

Paul Williams won "the lottery" when Richard Carpenter heard one of his songs.  Richard played it for Karen and we know the rest of the story.     

"We've only just begun" was The Carpenters' 2nd big song and included in their "Close to You" album.  It become The Carpenters' signature song and a very popular tune for newlyweds.

The Carpenters also recorded "Rainy Days and Mondays", a truly magnificent vocal performance by Karen Carpenter.

Three Dog Night kept the streak going with "An old fashioned love song", my favorite song by that group.

Last, but not least, Kermit the Frog also recorded one of Williams' songs.  It was "Rainbow connection".  

Enjoy them because they are wonderful songs from a great songwriter.

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Happy # 77 Twiggy

We say happy birthday to Twiggy, a face from the 1960's.   She was born Dana Lesley Hornby in England on this day in 1949.

As I recall, she was a famous model and became more than that.  

Does anyone remember that 1971 movie "Boy Friend"?  What about those TV appearances?

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We remember Mama Cass (1941-1974)

Ellen Naomi Cohen was born in Baltimore, Maryland on this day in 1941.   We remember her as Mama Cass of the Mamas & Papas.    

How about this little fact?  She and Jim Morrison attended George Washington High School in Virginia.   Wonder if they knew each other?

In the 1960’s, Cass joined John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Michelle Phillips and became The Mamas & Papas.   In 1968, Cass went solo and had some hits until her death in 1974.

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We remember David McCallum. (1933-2023)

We say happy birthday to David McCallum who was born in the UK on this day in 1933.  He died September 2023.

Many of us remember him as Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."

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