Boomer's Buzz: Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Posted April 8, 2008, 4:58 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Tuesday, April 8, 2008. There are 267 days left in the year and 209 days left until Election Day.


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

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Former first lady Betty Ford is 90. Comedian Shecky Greene is 82. Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh is 71. Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Anan is 70. R&B singer J.J. Jackson is 67. Singer Peggy Lennon is 67. Actor Stuart Pankin is 62. Rock musician Steve Howe is 61. Director John Madden is 59. Rock musician Mel Schacher is 57. Baseball hall-of-famer Gary Carter is 54. Actor John Schneider ("Dukes of Hazzard") is 48. Guns n' Roses musician Izzy Stradlin is 46. Rapper Biz Markie is 44. Actress Patricia Arquette is 40.

On This Date:
In 1952: President Harry S. Truman seizes the steel industry to avert a nationwide strike.

In 1964: The Supremes record their first No. 1 single "Where Did Our Love Go."

In 1973: Artist Pablo Picasso dieds at his home near Mougins, France, at age 91.

In 1974: Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record.

In 1975: Frank Robinson manages the Cleveland Indians in his first game as Major League Baseball's first African American manager.

In 1989: David Hirsch, 26, replaces 59-year-old Dick Clark on American Bandstand. His debut also marks Bandstand's move to the USA cable network from national syndication. Clark had been the host of the program for 33 years.

In 1994: Rock musician Kurt Cobain of Nirvana is found dead in Seattle of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; he was 27.

Today's Thought:
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments."
-- Jim Rohn



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