Happy Birthday 6/14

Today is Flag Day!
There are 194 days until Xmas.
There are 7 days left until summer begins.

"Juno" Writer Diablo Cody - 33
Tennis Pro Steffi Graf - 42
Yasmine Bleeth - 43
Boy George - 50
Donald Trump - 65

1775 - THE U.S. ARMY WAS FOUNDED.

1942 - ANNE FRANK starts writing her diary. Her father gave her the diary two days earlier for her 13th birthday. Her family would go into hiding less than a month later . . . and be betrayed, captured and murdered by the Nazis two years later.

1942 - DISNEY releases "Bambi", traumatizing millions of children.

1971 - The FIRST HARD ROCK CAFE OPENED in London.

1976 - "The Gong Show" debuted on NBC and in syndication.

50 Best Final Movie Lines EVER!

The site Shortlist.com has put out a list of the 50 Best Final Lines In Movies. They don't appear to be in any particular order.

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!"- Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) Back to the Future WATCH

"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."- Rick (Humphrey Bogart) Casablanca WATCH

"You met me at a very strange time in my life."- The Narrator (Edward Norton) Fight Club WATCH

"Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you."- Neo (Keanu Reeves) The Matrix WATCH

"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner..."- Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) The Silence Of The Lambs

Click HERE for the full list.

Happy Birthday 6/13

Today is Weed Your Garden Day!
There are 195 days until Xmas.
There are 8 days left until summer begins.

MARY-KATE AND ASHLEY OLSEN - 25
Chris Evans the NEW "Captain America" - 30
Ethan Embry - 33
Steve-O - 37
Rivers Cuomo Weezer frontman - 41
ALLY SHEEDY - 49
ESPN's Hannah Storm - 49
Tim Allen - 58

1920 - For some reason, the U.S. Post Office Department ruled that CHILDREN may not be sent by PARCEL POST.

1922 - The LONGEST ATTACK OF HICCUPS began on this day . . . and lasted 69 YEARS. Charlie Osborne hiccupped over 435 MILLION times before it went away. He died just 11 months after his hiccups stopped in 1991 . . . at age 98.

1966 - Police became required to tell suspects THEIR RIGHTS because of the Supreme Court's decision in the Miranda v. Arizona case.

Happy Birthday 6/10

Today is Public Zoo Day! (First one opened in 1793)
There are 197 days until Xmas!
There are 10 days until Summer begins.

Elizabeth Hurley - 46
John Edwards - 58
Maurice Sendak author of "Where the Wild Things Are" - 83
Judy Garland - Would have been 89 - (1922 - 1969)

1935 - ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS was founded in Akron, Ohio, by William G. Wilson ("Bill W.") and Dr. Robert Smith ("Dr. Bob").

1943 - The BALLPOINT PEN was patented by Laszlo Biro of Budapest, Hungary.

1978 - AFFIRMED won the BELMONT STAKES, and captured horse racing's TRIPLE CROWN. Only 11 horses have ever done it and no horse has won the Triple Crown since then.

1994 - "Speed" was released . . . starring SANDRA BULLOCK and the multi-faceted acting skills of KEANU REEVES.

Metallicopoly

METALLICA is getting their own version of Monopoly. The game will be available beginning sometime next week on their website. Metallica isn't the first band to have its own Monopoly game. KISS has one, naturally, as well as The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Elvis Presley, the Grateful Dead among others. Check out the online store HERE

Happy Birthday 6/9

Today is Lost Sock Memorial day!
There are 198 days until Xmas!
There are 11 days until Summer begins.

NATALIE PORTMAN - 30
Matthew Bellamy - 33
Tedy Bruschi - 38
JOHNNY DEPP - 48
Michael J. Fox - 50
Donald Duck - 77
Les Paul - would have been 96 (1915 - 2009)

1790 - The FIRST BOOK was copyrighted in the U.S. . . . John Barry's "Philadelphia Spelling Book".

1934 - DONALD DUCK made his debut in Disney's "The Little Wise Hen". He wasn't wearing pants then, and he still isn't wearing 'em now.

1973 - SECRETARIAT won the BELMONT STAKES to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.