Good Wednesday morning .. and finally .. sunshine .. no more rain. Time to dry out. Its August 13th, lets see what made the headlines back in the day .. 1889, the coin-operated telephone was patented .. 1934, The Prisoners Song became the first country song to hit #1 .. 1934, Lil Abner debuts in the comics .. 1942, Bambi premiered .. 1952, Big Mama Thornton recorded the original Hound Dog .. 1959, Bobby Darin signed a 6-year, one million dollar deal with Paramount Pictures .. 1961, Berlin was divided, as East Germany sealed its border .. 1963, the 4 Seasons sued Vee Jay Records for non-payment of royalties, and signed with Phillips Records, starting the downfall of Vee Jay .. 1977, Bachman-Turner Overdrive disbanded .. 1990, Curtis Mayfield was paralyzed from the neck down, when a lighting tower tell on him in Brooklyn .. 1994, terrorist Carlos the Jackal was captured .. and in 2003, much of the northeast, including New York Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto and Ottawa went dark in a massive power failure, affecting 50 million people. Folks born August 13th were Annie Oakley in 1860 .. Bert Lahr (the cowardly lion) in 1895 ..Alfred Hitchcock in 1899 .. Ben Hogan in 12 .. George Shearing in 19 .. Fidel Castro in 26 .. Don Ho (Tiny Bubbles) in 30 .. Dave Baby Cortez in 38 .. John Stokes of the Bachelors in 40 .. Dan Fogelberg in 51 .. John Slattery (Mad Men) in 52 .. Danny Bonaduce in 59 .. and weatherman Sam Champion in 61. We lost many August 13th, including Florence Nightingale in 10 .. H.G. Wells in 46 .. Joe Hinton in 68 .. King Curtis in 71 .. Joe Tex in 82 ...J. Willard Mariott (the hotel dude) in 85 .. Mickey Mantle in 95 .. Ed Townsend in 03 .. Julia Child in 04 .. Francine Barker (Peaches of Peaches & Herb) in 05 .. Helen Gurley Brown (Cosmo) in 12 . and Tompall Glaser in 13. Tigers could have regained 1st place with a win, but not last night .. back at Comerica Park for 2 with the Pirates, as newcomer Buck Farmer goes for the Tigers tonight .. Ziggy Ansah back practicing with the Lions, as they get ready to take on the Oakland Raiders out west .. Greg Monroe stays with the Pistons one more year .. former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer now officially owns the L.A. Clippers .. NASCAR arrives in Michigan .. No Mega-Millions winner last night, as jackpot rises to $144 million .. Spatz Bakery in Saginaw out of business temporarily, as rain caves in their roof .. tragically, a 100 year-old Warren woman drowns in her basement in the Detroit floods, some expressways still closed there .. concerts tonight include Jeff Daniels and the Ben Daniels Band at the State Theater in Bay City. 76 yesterday, rain finally outta here .. sunny and 78 today, 73 tomorrow. Enjoy !
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:49:23 +0000
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