September 8 - Big Frog

Big Frog

Overheard

[D is reading Flaptastic: Let's Go!]
D: A train! Can you say 'train?'
W [shakes head]: Uh-uh.

This Day In History

1504

Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.

1755

Battle of Lake George.

1810

The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.

1892

The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.

1930

3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

1962

Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.

1966

The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.

1971

In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

1988

Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.

Famous Birthdays

1157

King Richard I of England (d. 1199)

1742

Ozias Humphrey, English artist (d. 1810)

1841

Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)

1922

Sid Caesar, American comedian

1925

Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)

1932

Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)

1950

Zachary Richard, American singer and songwriter

1956

Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach

1971

Martin Freeman, English actor