Boomer's Buzz: Saturday, May 10, 2008

Posted May 10, 2008, 5:42 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Saturday, May 10, 2008. There are 235 days left in the year and 177 days left until Election Day.

Pic of the Day: WWII Women Pilots. You go girls.



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members katdean33 and Scott! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Sportscaster Pat Summerall is 79. Author Barbara Taylor Bradford is 76. R&B singer Henry Fambrough is 71. College basketball coach Jim Calhoun is 67. Actor David Clennon is 66. Writer and director Jim Abrahams is 65. Rock singer Dave Mason is 61. Singer Ron Banks is 58. Actress Victoria Rowell is 50. Rock singer Bono (U2) is 49. Model Linda Evangelista is 44. Actor Erik Palladino is 41.

On This Date:
In 1899: Actor-dancer Fred Astaire is born in Omaha, Neb.

In 1908: The first Mother's Day observance takes place during church services in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia. Thank you, Mom!

In 1924: J. Edgar Hoover becomes director of the FBI, a job he holds until his death in 1972.

In 1994: The state of Illinois executes convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy for the murders of 33 young men and boys.

In 2003: The New York Times announces that one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, has "committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud."

Today's Thought:
"The price of greatness is responsibility."
-- Winston Churchill



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