The FReeper Foxhole Profiles The Remount in Italy and the Cavalry's Return - November 21st, 2003

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[snippy_about_it]

Good morning feather. Good tagline today, I like it!

[snippy_about_it]

Awwww. They are so adorable. My dogs have always loved to play in the snow, I expect most do!

They have grown fast and are looking good. Thanks for sharing.

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on November 21:
1495 John Bale England, bishop/anti-catholic playwright (Kynge Johan)
1694 Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet], France, thinker
1785 William Beaumont surgeon (studied digestion)
1787 Sir Samuel Cunard founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line)
1817 Richard B Garnett Brig Gen, killed during Pickett's charge
1854 Benedict XV 258th Roman Catholic pope (1914-22)
1863 Arthur Quiller-Couch editor (Oxford Book of English Verse)
1904 Coleman Hawkins virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
1907 Charles Korvin Piestany Hungary, actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools)
1907 Jim Bishop author (The Day Lincoln was Shot)
1908 Franz Pfnor Germany, slalom (Olympic-gold-1936)
1912 Eleanor Powell Springfield MA, actress/tap dancer (Broadway Melody)
1916 Sid Luckman NFL QB (Chicago Bears)
1920 Ralph Meeker actor (Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker)
1920 Stan Musial outfielder (St Louis Cardinal, 7 times NL bat champ)
1921 Vivian Blaine Newark NJ, actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy)
1927 Joseph Campanella NYC, actor (Dr Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix)
1932 Jim Ringo NFL center (Green Bay, Philadelphia)
1933 Henry Hartsfield Jr Birmingham AL, astro (STS-4, STS 41-D, STS 61A)
1933 Jean Shepard Pauls Valley OK, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1934 Laurence Luckinbill Fort Smith Ark, actor (Delphi Bureau, Ike)
1936 James De Preist Philadelphia PA, conductor (Mitropolos 1964)
1937 Marlo Thomas Detroit MI, actress,[Mrs Phil Donahue](That Girl!, Jenny)
1939 Richard Lenz Springfield IL, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John)
1940 Natalia Maskarova Lenningrad, ballerina (Kirov) defected 1970
1941 Juliet Mills London England, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII)
1943 Larry Mahan Oregon, rodeo champ (1967-70)
1944 Earl "the Pearl" Monroe Philadelphia PA, NGA Guard (NY Knicks, Baltimore Bullets)
1945 Goldie Hawn Takoma Park MD, actress (Laugh-in, Private Benjamin)
1950 Alberto Juantorena Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1976)
1950 Livingston Taylor Boston, rocker (I Will be in Love With You)
1952 Deborah Shelton Wash DC, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double)
1952 Lorna Luft Scarsdale NY, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are-1980)
1953 Tina Brown journalist publisher (Tatler)
1956 Terri Welles Santa Monica Ca, playmate of the year (Dec, 1980)
1963 Nicollette Sheridan Worthing England, actress (Paige-Knots Landing)
1964 Marjorie Judith Vincent Oak Park IL, Miss America (1991)
1975 Cherie Johnson Pittsburgh PA, actress (Cherie-Punky Brewster)

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Deaths which occurred on November 21:
1555 Georgius Agricola mineralogist, dies in Germany at 61
1624 Jakob Bohme German philosophical mystic, dies
1817 Richard B Garnett killed during Pickett's Charge, Brig Gen
1899 Garret Augustus Hobart 24th VP, died
1916 Franz Josef of Austria, dies
1941 Juanita Spellini first woman executed in California
1958 Mel Ott NY Giant baseball star (1926-1947), dies at 49
1959 Max Baer US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49
1981 Harry Von Zell TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 75
1982 Lee Patrick actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon), dies at 75
1987 James E Folsom (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
1991 David "Sonny" Werblin AFL owner (NY Jets), dies at 81

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1964 NIPPER DAVID---ATLANTA GA.
1965 TOMS DENNIS L.---ROCK MN.
[FELL OFF SHIP?]
1967 REYNOLDS DAVID R.---BUFFALO NY.
1972 STAFFORD RONALD D.---OXFORD NE.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

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On this day...
235 St Anterus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
496 St Gelasius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1620 Leaders of the Mayflower expedition frame the "Mayflower Compact," designed to bolster unity among the settlers
1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia
1783 Pilstre de Rozier & Marquis d'Arlandes make 1st free balloon flight
1787 Andrew Jackson admitted to the bar
1789 North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state
1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered (I didn't it was lost)
1802 nothing happened.
1818 Russia's Czar Alexander I petitions for a Jewish state in Palestine
1824 1st Jewish Reform congregation established, Charleston, SC
1837 Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times
1847 Steamer "Phoenix" is lost on Lake Michigan, kills 200
1871 Moses Gale patents a cigar lighter
1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention
1895 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)
1902 1st night football game, Philadelphia Athletics beats Kanaweola AC, 39-0
1925 Red Grange plays final Univ of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears
1933 1st US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service
1934 Yanks buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco Seals
1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1945 General Motors workers go on strike
1946 Harry Truman becomes 1st US President to travel in a submerged sub
1952 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
1959 Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)
1967 Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
1968 Supremes & Temptations release "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
1970 NY Knicks 1st game against Cleveland Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG
1971 NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1975 Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped
1977 1st flight of the Concorde (London to New York)
1980 Dallas' "Who Shot JR?" episode (Kristen) gets a 53.3 rating
1980 Fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84
1980 Gene Michaels replaces Dick Howser as Yankee's 25th manager
1980 John & Yoko pose nude for photographer Allan Tannenbaum
1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 & stays for 10 weeks
1986 The Justice Department begins an inquiry into the National Security Council into what will become known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
1990 Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years for security law violations
1990 Signing of Declaration of "End of Cold war" in Paris
1992 Oregon Sen Bob Packwood issues apology for unwelcome sexual advances
1995 China jailed well-known dissident Wei Jing-sheng and charged him with trying to overthrow the government.
2000 In a setback for George W. Bush, the Florida Supreme Court granted Al Gore's request to keep the presidential recounts going; Democrats were jubilant, Republicans bitter and angry.

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Day of Lulkukan (Mayan holiday).
North Carolina : Ratification Day (1789)
US : National Children's Book Week Begins (Monday)
US : Farm City Week Begins
International Doll Collectors Month

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Religious Observances
Orthodox : Feast of St Michael the Archangel (11/8 OS)
RC : Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Religious History
1638 A General Assembly at Glasgow abolished the episcopal form of church government, adopted the presbyterian form in its place, and gave final constitution to the Church of Scotland.
1852 Union Institute was chartered by the Methodists in Randolph County, NC. Renamed Trinity College in 1859, the campus moved to Durham in 1892. Tobacco magnate James B. Duke endowed the school with $40 million in 1924, upon which its name was changed to Duke University.
1907 Birth of Jim Bishop, American journalist. He gave new life to great historical moments through his "day" books, including his 1957 chronicle of "The Day Christ Died."
1943 German theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: 'A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes...and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.'
1948 The Sunday morning religious program "Lamp Unto My Feet" first aired over CBS television. It became one of TV's longest_running network shows, and aired through January 1979.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Thought for the day :
"Even if there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit"

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Word for the day...
shin
Function: noun
A device for finding furniture in the dark.

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Murphys Law of the day...(Captain Penny's Law)
You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool MOM.

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What I learned while looking for something else #56,813...
Lee Harvey Oswald's cadaver tag sold at an auction for $6,600 in 1992.

[SCDogPapa]

Mornin' Snippy,,,Mornin'Sam!

Horse and Mule Bump!

Cavalry units, either fourlegged, air or mechanized, always worked pretty well. I know war was bad on the humans, but it was terrible for the animals. They made bigger targets and could not shoot back.

BTW,,,please tell me it's FRIDAY!!!

[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Snip & Sam~

These "off the front" historical threads are so enjoyable and informative.

The Italian always set a much higher price than he expected to get.

. . . and so began the term "horse-trader". ;o)

[w_over_w]

1967 Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet

That's gotta be a lot of damn string!

[Valin]

Almost 28,019 feet.:-)
I do sometiimes wonder how people get these ideas. I'm not saying it's a bad thing but it does make me wonder

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Snippy. Good topic for a thread. most people don't realize how much horses were used in WWII. The Germans were heavily horse dependant for their supply trains and artillery.

[SAMWolf]

Morning E.G.C. Rain again today but supposed to be clear tomorrow.

[SAMWolf]

16 degrees with 20 mph winds and blowing snow

BRRRRRRRR! I don't miss that at all.

[SAMWolf]

Hi Mayor.

[SAMWolf]

Morning aomagrat.

USS Utah lies on her side near the place she sank at about 0810 Dec 7, 1941

[SAMWolf]

Hi Manna!

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for sharing your Dad's story about his experiences in Italy. We thank him for his service.

Knowing the way the Army works, I'm not surprised that your dad was assigned to handle mules. They have a strange way of thbinking when assigning people to jobs some times.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Samwise. I haven't thought about Francis in a long time.

[SAMWolf]

Hi Feather.

[SAMWolf]

AWWWWWWWW! They grow up way tooooo fast.

[colorado tanker]

IT'S FRIDAY!

[SAMWolf]

1877 Tom Edison announces his "talking machine" invention

I'm sure glad they decided to call it the "light bulb" instead. ;-)

[colorado tanker]

Nice read. The terrain on the Afghan-Pak border looks like they could use a little cavalry over there.

There is some nice horse soldier memorabilia at the Fort Robinson, Nebraska, museum. I may be wrong, but I believe that was the last post with active horse units. I was intrigued by the horse operating room and table - like nothing I've seen before. The table was very stout and shaped like a horse on it's side. The instruments were "super sized" too.