Good morning to all you good hearted, yet deplorable Dawgs…..Thursday….June 11th…….. Couple of delicacies today……Today is National Corn on the Cob Day……tender kernel ears, buttered up, touch of salt and pepper, yum yum……Today is also German Chocolate Cake Day……Now that’s a winner…….Take care folks.……..
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 Lineman Herb St John………
Herb St. John
January 17, 1926 - 2011
From: Perry, GA
Year Inducted into Georgia Sports Hall of Fame: 2008
Football
· Only one of two Bulldog football players to earn all-SEC honors in all four years of his career (1944-1947)
· First team All-American on the 1946 SEC championship team
· Selected into the University of Georgia's Circle of Honor (2004)
· Signed by Branch Rickey to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All America Football Conference (1948)
· All-state tackle for Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville, FL (1942-1943)
He was the High School football coach at Perry when I was playing football at Washington County in the mid 1960s…….Then, years later, our crowd tail-gated in the railroad parking lot at UGA football games……Coach St John tailgated near us at the home games……He was a gentleman every time I talked with him…..
Herb St John…….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)
1742 Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove
1770 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
1776 Continental Congress creates committee (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence
1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound, BC
1788 Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska
1793 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick
1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded
1825 The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City
1837 The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans
1864 The Battle of Trevilian Station, the bloodiest and largest all-cavalry battle of the American Civil War, begins in Louisa County, Virginia
1864 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf, in San Francisco, washed away in storm
1870 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam
1876 Republicans pick Rutherford B. Hayes as US presidental candidate
1878 DC is given a new government by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974)
1891 Puerto Rican flag adopted
1895 Charles Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile
1898 Spain declares War against US--1st US Marines (600) land at Guantanamo, Cuba during the Spanish-American War
1901 Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand
1903 British Open Men's Golf, Prestwick GC: Harry Vardon wins his 4th Open title by 6 strokes from younger brother Tom Vardon
1905 Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)
1920 Republicans nominate Warren G. Harding for US president
1927 Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross
1928 Alfred Hitchcock's film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," (or "The Lodger") is released
1934 Disarmament conference in Geneva fails
1935 Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey
1936 Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia
1938 US Open Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Ralph Guldahl wins back-to-back Open titles, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Dick Metz
1938 French Championships Men's Tennis: American Don Budge beats Roderich Menzel of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 for the 2nd leg of his Grand Slam
1939 King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party
1940 Joey Dee of Joey Dee and the Starliters is born Joseph DiNicola in Passaic, New Jersey.
1940 Italy declares war on Allies
1944 15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas
1947 Glenn Leonard of The Temptations is born in Washington, DC.
1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends in US (began May 28, 1942)
1949 Frank Beard, beardless drummer for ZZ Top, was born in Frankston, Texas
1949 US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Cary Middlecoff wins the first of his 2 Open titles, 1 stroke ahead of Clayton Heafner and Sam Snead
1950 50th US Open Men's Golf, Merion GC: 16 months after being severely injured in an auto accident, Ben Hogan beats Lloyd Mangrum by 4 shots and George Fazio by 6 in an 18-hole playoff; the "Miracle at Merion"
1951 NY Times reports the NYC subway will auction off things found
1953 "Amos 'n Andy" TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
1955 1st magnesium jet airplane flies
1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues)
1959 Saunders-Roe SR.N1, the first practical hovercraft, performs its first public flight
1959 Charlie Sifford becomes the 1st African American to play in a US Golf Open
1962 Brothers John and Clarence Anglin and fellow inmate Frank Morris escape from Alcatraz Island prison, the only ones to do so
1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama
1963 US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act"
1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
1964 Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Do
1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
1966 Donovan becomes the first rock star busted for drugs by the newly vigilant London drug squad.
1966 The Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black," featuring Brian Jones on sitar, hits #1 in America.
1966 "(I'm A) Road Runner" by Jr Walker & The All-Stars peaks at #20
1966 "I Am A Rock" by Simon & Garfunkel peaks at #3 in the USA
1966 "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hits #1 in UK
1966 Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig with Big Brother and Holding Company (San Francisco)
1967 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drive a Ford to victory in Le Mans
1967 Race riot in Tampa, Florida; National Guard mobilizes
1971 US & Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan
1971 US ends ban on China trade
1972 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Pleasant Valley CC: Kathy Ahern wins her only major title, by 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Jane Blalock
1974 Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Washington
1974 Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief
1975 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield
1976 The Carpenters release A Kind Of Hush.
1976 Wild Cherry release "Play That Funky Music."
1977 KC and the Sunshine Band's "I'm Your Boogie Man" hits #1.
1977 ELO releases "Telephone Line"
1977 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet riding Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6
1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World
1978 LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Jack Nicklaus GC: Nancy Lopez wins by 6 strokes from fellow American Amy Alcott
1978 Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24½ hrs of hula-hoop
1978 French Open Men's Tennis: Sweden's Björn Borg wins his 3rd French title; beats Guillermo Vilas of Argentina 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1979 Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months
1979 John Wayne [Marion Mitchell Morrison], American actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies of stomach cancer at 72
1979 French Open Men's Tennis: Björn Borg wins 2nd of 4 straight French titles and 6 overall; beats Victor Pecci of Paraguay 6-3, 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
1981 Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude Golbaf earthquake in Iran, kills at least 2,000
1982 Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1982 "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore, is released
1983 "My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5
1983 Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab
1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1984 US Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally
1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term
1988 Galina Chistyakova of USSR sets long jump woman's record (24"8½")
1989 French Open Men's Tennis: American Michael Chang wins lone career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; at 17 years, 110 days, becomes youngest male to win a Grand Slam singles title title
1989 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Sawgrass: Orville Moody wins by 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Charles Coody
1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitutional
1990 UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)
1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all three ex-NY Yankees)
1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0
1991 Natalie Cole releases "Unforgettable...with Love", covering her father's standards, (Grammy Album of the Year)
1992 Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group
1992 Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame
1992 US Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0
1993 "Jurassic Park", directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million
1994 Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, & 8' high in Jacksonville, Fl Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn
1996 Bob Dole, (Sen-R-KS), resigns from US senate to run for president
1996 Exxon states that it will begin work on its $15-billion Sakhalin I oil and natural gas development in Russia's Far East
1998 Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
2001 Saudi Arabia seizes ownership, effective June 7, of the 1.6-million-barrels-per-day IPSA pipeline that had carried Iraqi crude oil to the Saudi Red Sea port of Mu'jiz prior to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
2001 Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing aged 33
2002 Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress
2002 "American Idol" created by Simon Fuller with judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson premieres on Fox
2003 David Brinkley, American NBC news anchor (The Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 82
2004 Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Phoebe
2004 Ronald Reagan's funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.
2006 60th Tony Awards: Jersey Boys & The History Boys win
2006 French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal of Spain wins his 2nd straight French title; beats Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6
2009 Texas mother hit by lightning while standing in her kitchen in her Texas home. Witnesses say lightning came through a light fixture, struck her chest and exited her foot. Survived after three days in hospital.
2009 The World Health Organization declares H1N1 swine flu to be a global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years
2012 The Nobel Prize is reduced by 20% to prevent any future undermining of capital
2012 Stanley Cup Final, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA : LA Kings defeat New Jersey Devils, 6-1 for 4-2 series win; first SC title in Kings' 45-year history
2012 US territory Puerto Rico votes to become a US State
2015 Dusty Rhodes [Virgil Riley Runnels Jr.], American professional wrestler (WWE), dies at 69
2015 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer (Nashville on the Road), dies at 81
2017 Japan passes law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate
2017 71st Tony Awards: "Dear Evan Hansen" best musical, "Oslo" best play
2017 Stanley Cup Final, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Nashville Predators, 2-0 for 4-2 series win; Penguins back-to-back champions
2017 Puerto Rico votes overwhelming in favor of statehood in a status referendum with 97% in favor despite a low turnout of 23%
2018 72nd Tony Awards: "The Band's Visit" best musical, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" best play
2018 Net neutrality is officially repealed by The Federal Communications Commission in the US
2018 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez accepts migrant rescue ship Aquarius with 629 people on board after Italy refuses it
2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces plan to ban single-use plastics by 2021
2019 WHO confirms first case of Ebola virus in Uganda, spread from outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
2019 "The New York Times" reveals an estimated 500,000 song titles, including masters of Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, lost in 2008 warehouse fire on Universal backlot in Los Angeles
2019 Toy Story 4 directed by Josh Cooley with the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen has its world premiere
******(to be continued…….see follow-up response page)******
