Good morning UJD, 911, and all you truly good yet deplorable Dawgs (you know who you are and who you ain’t)……Mother’s Day this Sunday….Don’t you dare forget……And it won’t hurt to buy a little something for your wife…..We’re closing in on another weekend….time is just flying by……Take care fellow Dawgs…..
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 Wide Receiver Gene Washington………..
Yesterday Tron Jackson was featured in the UGA Spotlight…….Tron was electrifying, and so was Gene Washington……Gene finished his UGA career with almost 2800 yards of total offense scoring 12 touchdowns……He’s another Dawg in that 2000 Yard Club……It was just Gene Washington being in the game and how he played that was so exciting to watch……While at UGA, Washington was recognized as one of the three fastest humans in the World……Yep he had World Class speed…….For those that doubt Gene Washington was Mr. Excitement, consider this…….He ended his UGA 4 year career with a 25.2 yards per reception average, setting a UGA record……I repeat, that’s in a career, a 4 season career (1973-1976), not one game or one season……That’s an amazing stat……His average gain every time he touched the football was the second most in UGA history when he graduated…….
Gene Washington is best known for being on the receiving end of the famous Appleby to Washington end-around pass that was the winning score against heavily favored Florida in 1975 in Jacksonville…..BTW, he went 3-1 vs the Gators…..For those reasons, he was inducted into the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame………Enjoy this little 2 minute video of Gene Washington……Tell me he wasn’t exciting to watch…..
One of only three of the first UGA football players since the 1940s to letter four consecutive seasons (along with Butch Box and Allan Leavitt in 1973-74-75-76)………In high school, Jackson ran the 100 yard dash in 9.2 seconds……He held the State Of South Carolina HS record and national HS record……He only ran track one meet at UGA, no preparation, but still ran a 9.5 100 to win the event……
SOME “DID YOU KNOW STUFF?” ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY:
302 years ago today, the city of New Orleans founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville
255 years ago today, HMS Victory launched; Admiral Nelson's flagship
231 years ago today, the first US Presidential inaugural ball (for George Washington in NYC)
220 years ago today, Indiana Territory organized
188 years ago today, Greece becomes independent
180 years ago today, Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, kills 317
173 years ago today, American Medical Association organizes (Philadelphia)
147 years ago today, US marines attack Panama
143 years ago today, Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper first uses term "Bullpen" to indicate foul territory
108 years ago today, the first time a machine gun was fired from a US airplane
Also 108 years ago today, Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after established by Joseph Pulitzer
106 years ago today, US Congress establishes Mother's Day
105 years ago today, RMS Lusitania sunk by German submarine off the southern coast of Ireland; 1198 lives lost
100 years ago today, USSR recognizes Georgia's independence
99 years ago today, over 5000 people have already starved to death in Ireland in 1921 and it many more will likely die
94 years ago today, a U.S. report showed that one-third of the nation's exports were motors
92 years ago today, the United Kingdom lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21
89 years ago today, a survey of Employers has revealed that those companies who are surviving since the stock market crash have drastically cut their work force and implemented wide ranging pay cuts among those employees who are still employed by up to 40% during the 1930s great depression
86 years ago today, World's largest pearl (6.4 kg) found at Palawan, Philippines
80 years ago today, Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister
79 years ago today, Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
78 years ago today, in the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attacked each other with carrier planes. It was the first time in the history of naval warfare where two enemy fleets fought without seeing each other
77 years ago today, Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched
75 years ago today, Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League
Also 75 years ago today, World War II: Unconditional German surrender to the Allies signed by General Alfred Jodl at Rheims
74 years ago today, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with around 20 employees
73 years ago today, "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
Also 73 years ago today, US WWII General Douglas MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
69 years ago today, the International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics
68 years ago today, the concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer
67 years ago today, LE Marron, in Chile, catches a record 537-kg swordfish
66 years ago today, US, Great Britain & France reject USSR membership of NATO
65 years ago today, USSR signs peace treaty with France & Great Britain
62 years ago today, US Air Force Major Howard Johnson sets world aircraft altitude record in a Lockhead F-104 Starfighter at 27,810 m
61 years ago today, "Roy Campanella Night" Largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers' Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition
60 years ago today, LA Dodger Norm Sherry's 11th HR wins the game for brother Larry Sherry
Also 60 years ago today, Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR
Again 60 years ago today, USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confesses to being a CIA spy
57 years ago today, Bruno Sammartino becomes WWF champ
54 years ago today, the Mamas & Papas’ song "Monday Monday" becomes the #1 hit song in the US
51 years ago today, The Who release "Pinball Wizard."
50 years ago today, "Long & Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last American release
49 years ago today, The Rolling Stones released "Brown Sugar"in the U.S. It was the first record on their own label, Rolling Stones Records
Also 49 years ago today, the Concorde, the worlds first faster than sound passenger plane, took off for a 75 minute publicity flight to Toulouse carrying the french president on board
47 years ago today, George Harrison releases "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)."
46 years ago today, Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)
45 years ago today, US President Gerald Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
43 years ago today, 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2
Also 43 years ago today, “Hotel California” by The Eagles was the #1 song in the US
38 years ago today, Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
Also 38 years ago today, IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
Again 38 years ago today, the first Men at Work album, Business as Usual, already a #1 hit in their native Australia, is finally released in America…..It will go to #1 in the US too
37 years ago today, August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
36 years ago today, $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
33 years ago today, Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on TV comedy "Cheers"
28 years ago today, Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes
Also 28 years ago today, Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
And again 28 years ago today, the space shuttle Endeavour, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
26 years ago today, Denver Nuggets become NBA's 1st #8 seed to beat a #1 seed (Seattle)
23 years ago today, a report released by the U.S. government said that Switzerland provided Nazi Germany with equipment and credit during World War II. Germany exchanged for gold what had been plundered or stolen. Switzerland did not comply with postwar agreements to return the gold
Also 23 years ago today, Science fiction film "The Fifth Element" written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich is released……..Then the most expensive European film ever made
22 years ago today, Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $US40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the then largest industrial merger in history
21 years ago today, Jury finds "The Jenny Jones Show" and Warner Bros. liable in death of Scott Amedure, after purposely deceiving Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a same-sex crush episode……..Schmitz later kills Amedure, jury awards Amedure's family $25 million
20 years ago today, Vladimir Putin becomes President of Russia
14 years ago today, 52nd British Academy Television Awards: "Help" Best Comedy, "Doctor Who" Best Drama
13 years ago today, rocker Sammy Hagar sells an 80% stake in his Cabo Wabo tequila company to Gruppo Campari for $80 million
9 years ago today, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", directed by Rob Marshall, starring Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz, premieres in - opening weekend makes $350.6 million
8 years ago today, Paeleoclimatological research claims dinosaur flatulence may have warmed the earth
7 years ago today, 8 people are killed and a dozen are injured after bear attacks in Orissa, India
Also 7 years ago today, Jolly Nero, an Italian cargo ship, crashes into the port of Genoa, killing seven people
Again 7 years ago today, the Dow Jones industrial average closed at 15,056.20. It was the first time it had closed over 15,000
5 years ago today, Underwater explorers discover a silver ingot of Captain William Kidd's treasure near Madagascar
Also 5 years ago today, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has been implicated in DeflateGate
3 years ago today, MTV becomes 1st major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories - Emma Watson best film actor, Millie Bobby Brown best TV actor
2 years ago today, Global tourism accounts for 8% of the world's carbon emissions according to a University of Sydney study
Also 2 years ago today, World Snooker Championship: Welshman Mark Williams wins beating John Higgins 18-16 in Sheffield and, as promised, does his press conference in the nude
And again 2 years ago today, Iran-Contra figure Oliver North announced as the new President of the US National Rifle Association
Once again 2 years ago today, Russia swears in Vladimir Putin for his fourth, six-year term as President
One year ago today, Turkish electoral body decides to re-run the Istanbul mayoral election, won by the opposition, amid worldwide criticism
Also one year ago today, Hackers seize control of the computer system of the US city of Baltimore, demanding a ransom in Bitcoins to unlock them
SOME FOLKS WHO DIED ON THIS DATE
James Nasmyth, Scottish engineer and inventor of the steam hammer
H. H. Holmes, American serial killer executed by hanging
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Sr., American businessman and sportsman (New York Central Railway), dies aboard the RMS Lusitania during World War I
Charles Frohman, American theatre producer (Peter Pan) dies aboard RMS Lusitania
Albert Anselmi, John Scalise, Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, three American gangsters, all murdered by Al Capone
Warner Baxter, American actor (In Old Arizona, Cisco Kid)
Lurleen Wallace, American politician, (46th Governor of Alabama) wife of George Wallace
Craig Wood, American golfer (US Masters, US Open 1941)
Eddie Rabbitt, American country singer (I Love a Rainy Night)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr, American actor and decorated naval officer (Ghost Story)
Seattle Slew, the first undefeated racehorse ever to win the U.S. Triple Crown
Jimmy Ellis, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion (1968-1970)
Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (British Open 1979, 84, 88, US Masters 1980, 83
SOME FOLKS BORN ON THIS DATE:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture, Swan Lake)
George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (In Old Santa Fe, El Paso)
Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80)
Gary Cooper, American actor (Sgt York, High Noon)
Edwin Land, American inventor of instant photography and co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation
David Tomlinson, British actor (Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Helter Skelter)
Darren McGavin, American actor (Murphy Brown, The Night Stalker, A Christmas Story)
Lewis "Lew" Anderson, American actor and musician (The Howdy Doody Show)
Anne Baxter, American actress, and singer (The Razor's Edge, All About Eve
Val Bisoglio, American actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME)
Babe Parilli, American football player (Kentucky Legend)
Honda Isiro, Japanese director of the Godzilla series movies
Johnny Unitas, NFL quarterback (Baltimore Colts, San Diego); one of the NFL great QBs
Janis Ian, rock vocalist (At 17, Society's Child)
Traci Lords, porn star actress, appeared in porn films at age 15, appeared in Penthouse Magazine
Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted)
Thelma Houston, singer
Chris White, English rocker (The Zombies)
Cornelius Bumpus, American saxophonist and keyboardist (Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
Bill Danoff, American vocalist (Starland Vocal Band)
Bill Kreutzmann, American rock drummer (Grateful Dead)
Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor
Tim Russert, American television journalist and host of NBC's Meet the Press
Owen Hart, Canadian-American professional wrestler
Robbie Knievel, the son of Evel Knievel--Robbie has forged a career on the same path
Alex Smith, American football player—NFL QB
TODAY’S @$$HOLE OF THE DAY:
Herman Webster Mudgett, aka Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or, more commonly known as H. H. Holmes, was an American serial killer……While he confessed to 27 murders, only nine could be confirmed…… Many of his victims were killed in an old hotel building which he owned, located about 3 miles west of the 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition…..It was often called the World's Fair Hotel (informally called "The Murder Castle")…….
Along with being a serial killer, Holmes was also a con artist and a bigamist, the subject of more than 50 lawsuits in Chicago alone…….H. H. Holmes was executed on May 7, 1896, nine days before his 35th birthday, for the murder of his friend and accomplice Benjamin Pitezel…….During his trial for the murder of Pitezel, Holmes confessed to many other killings…….. Some of his victims: Julia Smythe and daughter Pearl; Emeline Cigrande; Edna Van Tassel; Benjamin Pitezel; Minnie Williams;……..
H. H. Holmes was executed on May 7, 1896, nine days before his 35th birthday……He’s now burning in h@ll, like he should……..But on this 124th anniversary of that rope tightening up around his neck, allow me to anoint him @$$Hole of the Day…….Just another crazy SOB in this world, this one taking innocent lives for his pleasure……Read up on him sometimes—he’s both weird and crazy……He deserves to burn in h@ll………
As always my good Dawg friends, I hope y’all have a Great Bulldawg Day…..Stay Safe…..help MAGA…….and God Bless…….
