Picture of the Day and Birthdays for August 1

Posted July 31, 2008, 7:06 pm by Growing Bolder

Today is Friday, Aug. 1, the 214th day of 2008. There are 152 days left in the year. 48 years ago today, Chubby Checker's "The Twist" was released inspiring the dance craze of the 1960s.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Geoffrey Holder is 78. Cartoonist Tom Wilson ("Ziggy") is 77. Singer Ramblin' Jack Elliott is 77. Actor-comedian Dom DeLuise is 75. Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, R-N.Y., is 71. Golfer Nancy Lopez is 56. Singer Michael Penn is 50. Singer Joe Elliott of Def Leppard is 49. Rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy is 48. Rapper Coolio is 45. Singer Adam Duritz of Counting Crows is 44. Movie Director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty") is 43. Country singer George Ducas is 42.

Picture of the Day:
The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills between 30 and 50 meters high. They are covered with grass, which turns chocolate brown in the dry season, hence their name. Up to this day, geologists have not reached consensus on how they where formed.