Boomer's Buzz: Monday, May 12, 2008

Posted May 12, 2008, 4:23 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Monday, May 12, 2008. There are 233 days left in the year and 175 days left until Election Day.
Pic of the Day: San Francisco 1846




Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra is 83. Critic John Simon is 83. Singer Burt Bacharach is 80. Talk show host Tom Snyder is 72. Comedian George Carlin is 71. Actress Millie Perkins is 70. Country singer Billy Swan is 66. Actress Linda Dano is 65. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 60. Rocker Steve Winwood is 60. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 58. Rock singer Billy Squier is 58. Country singer Kix Brooks (Brooks and Dunn) is 53. Actress Kim Greist is 50. Actor Emilio Estevez is 46. Actress April Grace is 46. Actress Vanessa Williams is 45.

On This Date:
In 1820: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, is born in Florence, Italy.

In 1972: The album "Exile on Main St." by the Rolling Stones is released.

In 2002: Jimmy Carter becomes the first present or former U.S. president to visit Cuba since Fidel Castro seized power in 1959.

In 2003: Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers brought the Texas House to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.

Today's Thought:
"People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to."
-- George E. Allen




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