Good morning to all you good hearted, yet deplorable Dawgs…..Sunday….June 21st……..Today is National Turkey Lovers’ Day….Turkey is a year-round meat because of its versatility……Ground turkey, turkey tenderloin, turkey sausage, turkey bacon, and turkey deli sammiches are some of the more popular ways to enjoy this delicious meat…..And for dessert, Today is also Peaches and Crème Day……Take care fellow Dawgs……..
UGA SPORTS SPOTLIGHT:
I’m gonna mention a Dawg great in the UGA sports spotlight section this morning, just to make sure at least something Dawg is mentioned today in this “DAWGChat” forum…Today the Georgia Bulldog in the spotlight is former Dawg Golf Coach Howell T. Hollis………..
Howell T. Hollis (March 18, 1903 – March 11, 1991) from Buena Vista, GA, was a football player, baseball player, football and golf coach and administrator at the University of Georgia…….As the men's golf coach from 1946 – 1970 his teams won 13 Southeastern Conference championships………
Hollis was a three year football letterman for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1924-26 as a quarterback, placekicker and kick returner…….He lettered in baseball in 1925……He coached high school football 1927-36 (High School Coach at Buena Vista, Dahlonega, Greensboro, Newnan and Athens), and began his college coaching at Georgia in 1937 where he was freshman coach until 1942…….
Hollis served in the Navy during World War II…….After the war ended in 1945, he returned to coaching at the University of Georgia.......
He was named coach for the men's golf team in 1946 and remained in that capacity thru 1970 (25 years)……During his tenure, Hollis took 13 of his 25 teams to the NCAA Championships, which included eight top-10 finishes…….Hollis' Bulldog teams claimed 13 Southeastern Conference titles (1950, ’51, ‘52, ’57, ’58, ‘59, ’61. ’62, ’63, ’64, ‘65, ’69, ‘70), and he had 10 individual conference champions……The first of those, George Hamer, also won the NCAA Championship in 1946……
Hollis holds the NCAA record of producing an All American in Golf for 12 straight years………His golf teams had 8 NCAA Top 10 finishes….He coached 8 former PGA Players…..Plus, he had a Dual Match record of 268-58-7…….He compiled the best record in the history of SEC golf…..
Hollis also served Georgia athletics as business manager 1948-1968, assistant athletic director 1950-71, and acting athletic director March-November 1963…….
Hollis was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame on February 16, 1973……..The University hands out an award in his name every year to the golfer with the highest grade point average……..
Howell T. Hollis……….a DGD……….May he RIP……….
SOME “STUFF YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOU DON”T KNOW” AND SOME “STUFF YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED YOU DO KNOW”……
(by year/comments)
1547 Great fire in Moscow, 2K to 3K people killed
1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established at Jamestown
1684 King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
1734 In Montreal, New France (Quebec), black slave Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony
1749 Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded
1768 1st medical diploma in America is granted to Dr John Archer from the College of Philadelphia
1788 US Constitution comes into effect when New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify it
1805 Great Stone Face, or the Profile found in New Hampshire
1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church organizes (NYC)
1822 Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey and Peter Poyas arrested in South Carolina
1834 American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick patents the reaping machine
1858 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
1877 The Molly Maguires, ten Irish immigrants, are hanged at the Schuylkill County and Carbon County, Pennsylvania prisons
1879 Frank W. Woolworth opens his 1st successful "F. W. Woolworth Great Five Cent Store" on North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1879 Infielder William White plays one game for the Providence Grays with conjecture was the first African-American to play MLB even though he appeared Caucasian
1893 1st Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago's Columbian Exposition)
1898 US captures Guam from Spain during the Spanish-American War
1900 Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
1900 In the Philippines, General Arthur McArthur, US military governor of the Philippines, issues an amnesty proclamation to those Filipinos who will renounce the insurgent movement and accept US sovereignty
1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)
1904 The US Republican Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for President, but not without opposition from those whom he calls 'malefactors of great wealth'
1907 E W Scripps founded United Press
1913 Tiny Broadwick is 1st woman to parachute from an airplane
1915 The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens
1916 Mexican troops defeat US expeditionary force under Gen. Pershing
1917 Hawaiian Red Cross forms
1919 The German Navy, feeling betrayed by the terms of the Versailles Treaty, scuttles most of its ships interned at Great Britain's Scapa Flow Naval base in the Orkney Islands
1921 Jane Russell, American actress and leading sex symbol in 1940s-50s (The Outlaw), was born in Bemidji, Minnesota (d. 2011)
1932 German champion Max Schmeling loses heavyweight boxing titles in controversial split points decision to American Jack Sharkey in NYC, New York
1933 1st Great Lakes-to-Gulf of Mexico barge trip completed, New Orleans
1938 Baseball's Pinky Higgins gets 12th straight hit
1939 NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig's retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1940 The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia
1941 After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns
1942 129°F (54°C), Tirat Zevi, Israel (Asian record)
1942 Seinheuer throws female world record spear (47.24m)
1943 Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit; 30 dead
1944 Miguel Vicens, Spanish rocker (Los Bravos), born in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
1944 Ray Davies, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks), born in London
1945 US defeat Japanese forces on Okinawa
1946 10 die in fire at Baker Hotel, Dallas Texas
1946 Bill Veeck buys Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million
1946 Federal judge in Seattle rules that club doesn't have to play returning serviceman
1947 Joey Molland (guitarist, keyboardist for Badfinger) is born in Edge Hill, Liverpool, England.
1947 Meredith Baxter-Birney, American actress (Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie), was born in South Pasadena, California
1948 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced and 78's planned to be phased out (Dr Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records)
1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
1950 Joey Kramer, American hard rock drummer (Aerosmith), born in NYC, New York
1951 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Whitemarsh Valley CC: Patty Berg defeats Pat O'Sullivan, 2-up in the final
1952 LPGA Western Open Women's Golf, Skokie CC: Betsy Rawls defeats Betty Jameson, 1 up in the final
1954 John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0)
1956 Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
1956 German DR frees almost 19,000 prisoners
1957 Louis St. Laurent resigns as Prime Minister of Canada, ending the longest uninterrupted run at the federal level in Canadian history
1957 7th Berlin International Film Festival: "12 Angry Men" wins Golden Bear
1959 Kathy Mattea, country singer (18 Wheels and a Dozen Roses)
1959 Marcy Levy is born. She co-writes and sings on Eric Clapton's "Lay Down Sally," and later, using the name Marcella Detroit, becomes a member of Shakespear's Sister.
1960 German sprinter Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0)
1961 Bobby Vee records "Take Good Care Of My Baby."
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 75,190 m
1963 Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds John XXIII
1963 13th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Devil" and "Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai" win the Golden Bear (tie)
1964 Byron De La Beckwith arrested for the murder of civil rights activist Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later
1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH
1964 Three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, disappear after being released from a Mississippi jail, later found murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan
1964 Kari Kennell, American actress (Eric's Revenge) and Playboy playmate (Feb, 1988), was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1965 US Open Men's Golf, Bellerive CC: Gary Player of South Africa beats Australian Kel Nagle by 3 strokes in an 18-hole playoff to win his only US Open title; completes his career Grand Slam at age 29
1966 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", directed by Mike Nichols and based on the 1962 play of the same name, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is released (Academy Awards Best Actress 1967)
1966 Gretchen Carlson, American television commentator (Fox News) and 1989 Miss America, was born in Anoka, Minnesota
1968 Alison Camerota, American journalist, CNN Morning Anchor, was born
1968 US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren announces he will resign once a successor is found
1968 18th Berlin International Film Festival: "Who Saw Him Die?" wins the Golden Bear
1969 1st reported hearing of pirate radio WGHP (With God's Help Peace)
1969 John Pennel pole vaults world record (5.45 m)
1969 Zager & Evans release "In the Year 2525"
1970 US Open Men's Golf Hazeltine National GC: Englishman Tony Jacklin shoots sub-par in all 4 rounds on his way to a 7-stroke win ahead of Dave Hill
1970 FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Brazil and Pelé become first team and player to win World Cup 3 times, beating Italy, 4-1 in front of 107,412
1970 Detroit's Cesar Gutierrez goes 7-for-7 to tie a record set in 1892
1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana
1971 US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: Lee Trevino wins his 2nd Open by 3 strokes in a Monday 18-hole playoff with Jack Nicklaus
1971 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from pro baseball to play pro golf
1972 Billy Preston's "Outa-Space" is certified Gold.
1973 The band Bread, already having decided to break up, play their last live gig ever in Salt Lake City after one of its tour trucks flips over and destroys most of its gear.
1973 Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64
1974 24th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" wins the Golden Bear
1975 Ruffian leads all the way to win the Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont and clinch American thoroughbred racing's Triple Tiara for fillies
1975 Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together" hits #1 for the first of four weeks.
1976 Antonio Cochran was born, 7 year NFLer, Georgia Bulldog
1977 Former White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman enters prison
1981 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24,000
1981 US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: David Graham wins his second major title and becomes the first Australian to win the US Open, 3 strokes ahead of runners-up George Burns and Bill Rogers
1981 Walter Becker and Donald Fagen announce the split of Steely Dan and begin work on solo projects. They would re-form in 1993.
1982 John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity
1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
1984 Jujubee [Airline Inthyrath], American drag queen and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race), was born in Boston, Massachusetts
1985 American, Brazilian & West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele
1986 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson, signs 3-year contract to play baseball with the Kansas City Royals
1986 Heike Drechsler of East Germany long jumps 7.45 m (women's record)
1986 President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments
1987 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club: Scott Simpson passes and holds off 1982 champion Tom Watson on the Lake Course to win his only major title by 1 stroke
1987 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB
1987 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendant
1988 42nd NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Detroit Pistons, 4 games to 3
1988 The Rascals reunite onstage for the first time in eighteen years.
1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn US flag as a political expression
1989 Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
1990 7.7 Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits Iran; killing about 50,000
1990 Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham
1990 US House of Representatives votes 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass
1990 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"
1991 NY Islanders Denis Potvin and Mike Bossy are elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
1992 US Open Men's Golf, Pebble Beach GL: Perennial runner-up Tom Kite breaks through for his only major title, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Jeff Sluman
1993 STS-57 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1994 German tennis superstar Steffi Graf becomes first defending champion to lose in the 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to American Lorrie McNeal)
1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as NY Liberty beats LA Sparks
1998 US Open Men's Golf, Olympic Club, SF: Lee Janzen recovers from 7 stroke deficit to win his second Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart
1998 "Don't Be Cruel" 2nd studio album by Bobby Brown is released (Grammy Award Best Male R&B Vocal Performance 1990)
2000 Section 28 (outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom) is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote
2001 A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen
2001 Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is the 1st Hispanic woman to be honored on a US postage stamp
2001 Carroll O'Connor, American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), dies of a heart attack at 76
2002 Lennox Lewis retains boxing's WBC world Heavyweight crown with an eight round knockout over Mike Tyson
2003 "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" the 5th book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published worldwide in English
2004 SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight
2006 Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra
2008 Scott Kalitta, American drag racer died (b. 1962)
2012 Moody's downgrades 15 major banks in the UK, US, Canada and Europe
2012 A boat of 200 asylum seekers headed to Australia capsizes and 110 survivors are rescued
2012 Miami Heat win the (2012) 66th NBA finals after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 4 games to one
2015 US Open Men's Golf, Chambers Bay GC: Jordan Spieth (21) becomes youngest winner since 1923 by 1 shot from Dustin Johnson & Louis Oosthuizen
2015 Hackers ground 1400 passengers by attacking IT system at Warsaw Chopin airport in Poland
2015 94 people die & 45 are hospitalized after drinking moonshine in Mumbai, India
2017 In landmark case Israeli woman wins sexism case against airline El Al after asked to change seat away from a man
2018 Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), dies small intestine cancer of at 68
2018 EU imposes tariffs on US goods worth $3.2 billion in response to US tariffs
2018 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden becomes the second world leader to give birth in office, to a daughter
2018 Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is charged with fraud
2018 NBA Draft: Arizona center Deandre Ayton first pick by Phoenix Suns
2019 UK police called to house of leader contender Boris Johnson over alleged altercation with his girlfriend
…………….(to be continued……..see follow-up response)………….
