Boomer's Buzz: Sunday, May 11, 2008

Posted May 11, 2008, 4:55 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, May 11, 2008. There are 234 days left in the year and 176 days left until Election Day.
Pic of the Day: Happy Mother's Day



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Then2Now, B. Obenchain, Linda, M. Smith, egr2fly, Julie Choo, Joseph Neo and Brangking! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Comedian Mort Sahl is 81. Rocker Eric Burdon is 67. Actress Frances Fisher is 56. Actor Boyd Gaines is 55. Country musician Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 53. Former MTV VJ Martha Quinn is 49. Country musician Tim Raybon is 45. Actress Natasha Richardson is 45. Country singer Keith West is 40.

On This Date:
In 1904: Surrealist artist Salvador Dali is born in Figueras, Spain.

In 1973: Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case are dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct.

In 1981: Reggae musician Bob Marley dies of cancer at age 36.

In 1985: A flash fire sweeps a jam-packed soccer stadium in Bradford, England, killing 55 people.

In 1997: The Deep Blue IBM computer defeats Garry Kasparov to win a six-game chess match between man and machine in New York.

Today's Thought:
"We see things not as they are, but as we are."
-- H. M. Tomlinson




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