Good morning UJD, 911, and all you truly good yet deplorable Dawgs (you know who you are and who you ain’t)……Tis Friday, and I hope this finds all the good Dawgs feeling fine and ready for the weekend…….Remember what special day it is on Sunday……Moms are indeed special…….Their love for you is unmatched……Do yourself a favor and return the feelings.......You won’t regret it…..Take care my friends……
UGA SPORTS SPOTLIGHT:
I’m gonna mention a Dawg great in the UGA football spotlight section this morning, just to make sure at least something Dawg is mentioned today in this “DAWGChat” forum………Today’s DGD in the spotlight is former Dawg fullback Al Pollard…………
HIGH SCHOOL: Pollard led Central High School (Macon) to the 1972 GHSA Class AAA football championship game against Lakeside-Atlanta after transferring from Northeast prior to the start of his senior year……..During that season, he rushed for 1,229 yards, including 89 in the championship game in which Central lost 36-25………The week prior, in the state semifinals, he carried he ball 29 times for 126 yards, and the Chargers defeated top-ranked Moultrie 16-15 on penetration…….He was named Class AAA all-state first team that season……..
COLLEGE: Pollard was a three-year letterman at UGA and the starting fullback on the Bulldogs 1976 SEC championship team……..Head coach Vince Dooley calls Pollard the best blocking fullback he ever coached………In the Bulldogs SEC title-clinching victory against Auburn, he rushed for 158 yards on 27 carries, and in the following game against Georgia Tech he had a team-best 112 yards on 24 carries in a 13-10 win………
POST UGA: Pollard also has excelled as a coach. He led Jonesco Academy to the GISA Class AA baseball championship in 1984, and he duplicated that feat the following year at Robert Toombs…….In 2013, Al Pollard was inducted into the Macon Sports Hall of Fame along with Terry Fair and Mark Farriba (all three are UGA alums)……..Al Pollard is a DGD……..
SOME “DID YOU KNOW STUFF?” ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY:
479 years ago today, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his expedition discover the Mississippi River
236 years ago today, only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough, South Carolina)
228 years ago today, British Captain George Vancouver sights and names Mt Rainier, Washington
Also 228 years ago today, US establishes the military draft
226 years ago today, U.S. Post Office established
Also 226 years ago today, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was guillotined during the Reign of Terror
197 years ago today, "Home! Sweet Home!" by John Howard Payne is 1st sung in London
185 years ago today, 1st installment of Hans Christian Andersen "Fairy Tales" published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark
174 years ago today, 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto, Texas; future US President Zachary Taylor led the US forces
173 years ago today, Robert Thompson patents rubber tire
159 years ago today, Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederacy
156 years ago today, Civil War: Atlanta Campaign: Severe fighting near Dalton
143 years ago today, 1st Westminster Dog Show held
142 years ago today, 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
141 years ago today, George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile
134 years ago today, Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells the first Coca-Cola (contained cocaine)
120 years ago today, 250 grave robbers shot to death
119 years ago today, a British appointed commission estimates today that some 1,250,000 Indians (Country of India) have died of famine after a severe drought, lasting since 1899
118 years ago today, Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping out the city of Saint-Pierre, killing 40,000 and leaving only two survivors
108 years ago today, Film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded
101 years ago today, end of WWI; Remembrance Day founded
Also 101 years ago today, the U.S. Navy's first transatlantic flight took off with three Curtiss NC flying boats
99 years ago today, Sweden abolishes capital punishment
93 years ago today, French aviators, Charles Nungesser and François Coli, took off from Paris in their Levasseur PL.8 biplane in an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight…….Their disappearance remains a mystery……Charles Lindbergh succeeded two weeks later
84 years ago today, Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall………His wife faints when he returned to track
81 years ago today, electric starting gate was used for the first time.
78 years ago today, Aircraft carrier USS Lexington sunk by Japanese air attack in Coral Sea (the first U.S. aircraft carrier to be sunk during World War II)
Also 78 years ago today, 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund
75 years ago today, Nazi Germany Surrenders; World War II ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender; the United States and Canada celebrate Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day)
71 years ago today, West German constitution approved
70 years ago today, Chinese Military and Political Leader Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
69 years ago today, Dacron men's suits introduced
68 years ago today, Mad Magazine debuts
66 years ago today, 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29 m)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles, CA
64 years ago today, Alfred E. Neuman appeared on the cover of "Mad Magazine" for the first time
62 years ago today, US President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
Also 62 years ago today, US VP Richard Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru
Again 62 years ago today, "Dracula" film starring Christopher Lee as the eponymous vampire, directed by Terence Fisher is the first Hammar Horror film released
61 years ago today, 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore
Also 61 years ago today, Mike and Marian Ilitch founded "Little Caesars Pizza Treat"
59 years ago today, 1st practical sea water conversion plant-Freeport, Texas
Also 59 years ago today, New Yorkers selected a new name for their new National League baseball franchise…….They chose the Mets
57 years ago today, Sean Connery stars in his first Bond movie, “Dr. No”
55 years ago today, 1st shot put over 70' (Randy Matson 70' 7")
Also 55 years ago today, 17 year old Ronnie Van Zant is in the audience of a Rolling Stones Concert in Jacksonville, Florida…….He decides then and there that he wants to be a singer in a rock band…….He later forms the popular Band Lynyrd Skynyrd
Again 55 years ago today, "Count Me In" makes Gary Lewis and the Playboys the only American act in the US Top 10……..Their song is #2 behind the #1 hit song in America, "Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter" by Herman's Hermits
54 years ago today, last game at old Busch stadium, St Louis Card lose 10-5 to San Francisco; meanwhile over in Baltimore, Frank Robinson hits the only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park
53 years ago today, Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
50 years ago today, Beatles release "Let it Be" album
48 years ago today, Sabena aircraft at Lod International Airport, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
47 years ago today, The 10-week Wounded Knee occupation ended when members of the American Indian Movement surrendered
46 years ago today, 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
Also 46 years ago today, Canadian government of Pierre Trudeau falls
44 years ago today, The theme song from “Welcome Back, Kotter” by John Sebastian is the #1 song in America
Also 44 years ago today, the rollercoaster Revolution (roller coaster), the first steel coaster with a vertical flip, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain
42 years ago today, David Berkowitz (Son of Sam) admitted guilty to 6 son of Sam killings in court, he has also claimed responsibility for 2000 fires in a 4 year period under the alias of "The Phantom of the Bronx," it was revealed a diary found detailed 1,411 of the fires during this time period
40 years ago today, World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated
Also 40 years ago today, 1st non-stop trans-North American balloon flight departs Fort Baker, California. Maxie Anderson and son Kristian pilot the Kitty Hawk for five days
38 years ago today, the instrumental "Chariots Of Fire” was the #1 song in the US
36 years ago today, Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett first game in MLB, responds with 4 singles
Also 36 years ago today, the Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
Again 36 years ago today, Joanie (Erin Moran) and Chachi (Scott Baio) got married on ABC-TV's "Happy Days."
35 years ago today, 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, George Strait, and Reba McEntire were the big winners
Also 35 years ago today, "New Coke" was released to the public on the 99th anniversary of Coca-Cola
33 years ago today, Gary Hart quits US democratic presidential race due to affair with Donna Rice
Also 33 years ago today, the Loughgall ambush: The SAS kill 8 IRA members and 1 civilian, in Loughgall, Northern Ireland
32 years ago today, Stella Nickell is convicted on two counts of murder by a Seattle, Washington, jury…….She was the first person to be found guilty of violating the Federal Anti-Tampering Act after putting cyanide in Excedrin capsules in an effort to kill her husband
Also 32 years ago today, Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bentley on Varick St in New York City
31 years ago today, US space shuttle STS-30 lands
27 years ago today, Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
Also 27 years ago today, 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman & takes NYC subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride
26 years ago today, 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
Also 26 years ago today, President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people
Again 26 years ago today, Colorado Silver Bullets (all-female pro baseball team) 1st game
24 years ago today, New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game, beats Detroit Tigers 10-3
21 years ago today, Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college
19 years ago today, 36th Academy of Country Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill & Toby Keith are the big winners
12 years ago today, The Olympic torch reached the summit of Mount Everest after being carried up the mountain by the team Chinese climbers…….The team of climbers consisted of both men and women, and Tibetans and Han-Chinese……The feat of carrying the torch up the tallest peak was hoped to draw attention away from protests against the Beijing Olympics
10 years ago today, the last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process
Also 10 years ago today, Betty White becomes oldest “Saturday Night Live” host
8 years ago today, The Polar Music Prize is awarded to Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma
7 years ago today, Three months after $50 million in diamonds is stolen at the Brussels Airport, more than 24 people in France, Switzerland and Belgium were detained, and a significant stash of the diamonds and stash recovered
6 years ago today, NFL Draft: South Carolina outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney first pick by Houston Texans
4 years ago today, Sadiq Khan (L) is elected Mayor of London, - 1st Muslim mayor of a major Western city
One year ago today, the largest-ever wave at 23.8m recorded in the South Hemisphere at Campbell Island by New Zealand scientists
Also one year ago today, Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp signs new abortion law, the so-called "heart-beat bill" (comes into effect Jan 2020)
SOME FOLKS WHO DIED ON THIS DATE
George Dewey Hay, founder of Nashville's Grande Ole Opry radio program
Laverne Andrews, one of the Andrews Sisters singing group, famous for the songs "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"
Avery Brundage, longtime chairman of the International Olympic Committee
Mordecai Anielewicz, Jewish commander of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, suspected to have committed suicide at 24 rather than surrender to Nazi troops that had surrounded his command bunker
Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer (World F1 runner-up 1979; Ferrari), dies in a practice accident prior to Belgian GP
Neil Bogart, head of Casablanca Records which included such acts as KISS, Donna Summer and The Village People
Lila Bell Acheson, Co-founder of the magazine "Reader's Digest"
Pam Ewing, character on Dallas, is killed off the show (portrayed by Victoria Principal)
Eddy Arnold, Country music Hall of Fame—Member of Grand Ole Opry
Dana Plato, child star, Different Stroke
Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player, younger brother of Joe
George Peppard, actor ("Breakfast at Tiffany's"; A-Team)
Ernest Medina, American soldier and commanding officer of the unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre of 16 March 1968
Jim Fowler, Wildlife expert, appeared on and hosted the TV series "Wild Kingdom"
SOME FOLKS BORN ON THIS DATE:
Harry Truman, 33rd US President (D - 1945-53)
1919 Mordecai Anielewicz, Jewish commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising
David Attenborough, Naturalist, TV producer and host (BBC "Life" Series)
Don Rickles, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
Doug Atkins, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
Sonny Liston, American/World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Peter Benchley, American novelist (Jaws, The Deep)
Ricky Nelson, American teen idol, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
Cathryn "Toni" Tennille, American singer-songwriter, keyboardist (Captain & Tennille) and female Beach Boy
John Fred Gourrier, American rocker (Judy in Disguise With Glasses)
Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood [Euclid James Sherwood], American rock musician (Mothers Of Invention)
Daniel Ray "Danny" Whitten, American musician and songwriter (Crazy Horse, Rod Stewart- "I Don't Want To Talk About It"), born in Columbus, Georgia
Philip Bailey, Earth, Wind & Fire singer
Mike D'Antoni, American-Italian basketball guard and head coach (NBA Coach of the Year 2005, 17; Houston Rockets 2016-19; LA Lakers, NY Knicks, Phoenix)
Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
Stephen Furst, American actor (Flounder on Animal House)
Bill Cowher, American football coach (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Lovie Smith, American NFL coach
Ronnie Lott, College and Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back (10-time NFL Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 1981, 84, 88-89; SF 49ers)
Bill de Blasio, American politician and current NYC Mayor
Franklin Langham, Augusta, Georgia, Nike Tour golfer
Melissa Gilbert, American actress (Little House on the Prairie)
TODAY’S @$$HOLE OF THE DAY:
Got a few choices here today, as I usually do…….There’s David Berkowitz, the ole Son of Sam……..I’m gonna pass on him today, cause we got lots of “Sons of” on our candidate list…….Then there’s the 250 grave robbers……What????........It takes the lowest bottom dwellers to do that….I’m just surprised there were that many……and you know some got away…….you couldn’t pay me enough money to steal from the dead/rob graves.......They shot them anyway……Forgive me Lord, but good riddance……Then there’s Bill de Blasio, current NYC Mayor, that tall POS who evidently was a basketball failure somewhere along the way who failed miserably, but “rebounded” as a politician……..he’s an idiot, book it………And trust me, there are several others we could toss that AOTD crown upon their head and it would fit just right…….
I think we’ve passed on ole Brother Bill too many times, so let’s anoint Bill Clinton (Hillary Rodman’s extremely better half) as today’s AOTD……..Bill is a liar X a million billion to the trillionth power……Bill is an adulterer til the hose goes flat and quits flowin’.........That’s enough right there to shoot the @&%$#.....The man has dodge more bullets than Audie Murphy……Bill Clinton should have been a wrestler…….he goes down quite frequently, but you can never count him out……
So this one is for Paula Jones, Monica Lewinski, Gennifer Flowers, and “ALL” the others that got the shaft, but Bill didn’t exactly get the goldmine (refer to Hillary’s looks)…..Bill Clinton is the @$$Hole of the Day……..His punishment is a lifetime with a lying, egotistical, arrogant, disgusting, repulsive, swindling, deceitful POS old hag………
As always my good Dawg friends, I hope y’all have a Great Bulldawg Day…..Stay Safe…..help MAGA…….and God Bless…….
That's all Folks!!
