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TODAY IS: Shopping Reminder Day: Just one month left ’til Christmas. Time to start shopping, if you haven’t already. It’s ALSO Tie one on day: recognizes this day annually on Thanksgiving eve in celebration of the humble apron and the spirit of women of earlier generations who have worn it.

BIRTHDAYS

Percy Sledge-69
Ben Stein-65
John Larroquette-62
Christina Applegate -38
Amy Grant-49

TODAY IN HISTORY

1817 1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
1867 Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
1884 John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts.
1949 “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” appears on the music charts and becomes the musical hit of the Christmas season. Although Gene Autry’s rendition is the most popular, 120 different versions of the song have been recorded, with nearly 20 million copies sold.
1963 JFK laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery,
1969 John Lennon returns his MBE medal to the Queen to protest Britain’s support for U.S. involvement in Vietnam, among other things. The other three Beatles kept their medals, which they received in 1965.
1973 The speed limit is dropped from 70 mph to 55 mph.
1977 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
1992 Whitney Houston’s first movie, “The Bodyguard,” opens.
1995 “Exhale (Shoop Shoop)” by Whitney Houston peaks at No. 1.

THANKSGIVING CALORIE COUNTING
Cornell researchers looked at recpipes from Better Homes and Gardens and determined that dishes from the 1950′s to 21st century; and found that calorie counts for five of the eight recipes actually dropped by almost a third. Even mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie are slimmer today.

CLOCK TOWER SEX
A couple in Sydney, Australia decided to have some “quality intimate time” in broad daylight in a clock tower above a busy junction in Sydney.. The couple shocked onlookers by getting down to business on the roof of one of the city’s landmarks in the middle of the afternoon. “From the looks of it, the couple did seem to know they could be seen and seemed completely unfazed.”

CHURCH THEFT
“Sorry but I’m poor. Forgive me Lord.” Those are the words left on a note left behind after the Berean Baptist Church in Ellenwood, GA. was broken into. Eexpensive equipment including microphones and a laptop containing important records were stolen over the weekend. Rev. Roger Davis joked he’s considering putting up a note of his own telling potential robbers to call him instead and the church will take up a collection for them.

WHY WEREN’T YOU IN SCHOOL
A 17-year-old boy skipped school to rob a bank and has been arrested after leaving fingerprints on the note he passed to the teller. The teller at Coastway Community Bank gave the boy money, but he didn’t have much time to spend it. He was caught on surveillance video and nabbed a short time later.

PINK RABBIT
Officers win Woodward , OK were called to a McDonalds after reports of a man in a rabbit costume was harrasing kids in a school bus. Sure enough they found, “a man in a Mazda convertible dressed in a rabbit suit.” He wasn’t arrested as police officers had not witnessed him harassing any of the students.”He hadn’t been drinking or anything, just acting goofy. It was just a young person being silly. I told him you need to act your age,” according to Lt. Monty Martin.

I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say, “Because it’s such a beautiful animal.” There you go.. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
~Ellen DeGeneres

USELESS TRIVIA

In the 1912 Stockholm Olympics electric timing devices and a public-address system were used for the first time.

Lou Gehrig was the first sports great to have his number retired by his team. The New York Yankees retired his No. 4 from play on July 4, 1939.

In the game of marbles you will find taws, bowlers, reelers and monnies. They are all slang for shooter marbles. Target marbles are known as ducks, stickers, dibs, hoodles, kimmies, immies, commies and mibs.

The first athlete to high jump over seven feet was American Charlie Dumas, in 1956.

If World War II had not intervened, the 1940 Olympic Games would have been held in Tokyo , Japan .

Basketball is the only major sport created in the U. S. that did not have roots in another sport.