Monday, December 31, 2007

Today in History

Happy Birthday Cindy and Cade!

Birthdays:

1930 Roy E Disney CEO (Disney)

1943 Jim Croce Philadelphia PA, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown) 1945 Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers) 1945 Rod Stewart London England, singer (Maggie Mae)

1949 George Foreman Marshall TX, world heavyweight boxing champ

1953 Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn NY, singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot)

1958 Shawn Colvin singer/guitarist

1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US

1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce

1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel"

1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and r&b charts, #2 on the pop chart

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