Good Thursday morning .. and another terrific day is on the way, - TopicsExpress



          

Good Thursday morning .. and another terrific day is on the way, just like yesterday. Tigers need their bats to heat up .. pitching is ok, but hitting went south. Its August 7th, lets look back .. 1782, President Washington ordered the creation of the purple heart .. 1789, the U.S. War Department was established .. 1888, the revolving door was patented .. 1947, the wooden raft Kon-Tiki completed its 4300 mile-101 day journey .. 1957, a young Paul Anka appears on Bandstand singing Diana .. 1963, Beach Party premiers .. 1966, race riots began in Lansing .. 1970, Christine McVie joins Fleetwood Mac .. 1974, French stuntman Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers .. 1974, the Tigers released veterans Norm Cash and Jim Northrup .. and in 1987, Frankie & Annette appear together again in Back to the Beach. People born August 7th were Mata Hari in 1976 .. Billie Burke (the good witch) in 1884 .. cartoonist Rudolph Ising in 03 .. Ralph Bunche in 04 .. Warren Covington in 21 ..Everly Brothers songwriter Felice Bryant in 25 .. Stan Freberg in 26 .. Carl Switzer (Alfalfa) in 27 .. Don Larson in 29 .. Herb Reed of the Platters in 31 .. Charles Pope of the Tams in 36 .. Ron Holden in 39 .. B.J. Thomas and Garrison Keillor in 42 .. Kerry Chater of the Union Gap in 45 .. Rodney Crowell in 50 . bassist Andy Fraser of Free in 52 .. former Tiger Steve Kemp in 54 .. Wayne Knight (Newman) in 55 .. David Duchovny in 60 .. Charlize Theron in 75 .. Mike Trout and Sidney Crosby in 87. People we lost August 7th were Oliver Hardy in 57 .. Little Esther Phillips in 84 .. firefighter Red Adair in 04 .. and ABCs Peter Jennings in 05. Tigers lose 5-1 last night (no hitting) .. Rick Porcello goes for win #14 this afternoon .. Kansas City now 3 1/2 back of the Tigers .. Hawaiin residents and tourists nervous as Hurricane Iselle is set to arrive tonight .. the National Guard stops their sponsorship of Dale Earnhardt, Jrs car, due to cost. 80 yesterday, same today, then 83 tomorrow. A perfect summer day in store .. get out and enjoy it.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 11:43:56 +0000

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