BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
DATE: January 1, 2011
TITLE: Happy New Year
January 1 is …First Foot Day and Z Day
Yesterday was: December 31 is … Unlucky Day.
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The former Prime Minister of Israel was found guilty of rape. The former President of the United States would never stand trial for a crime let alone be convicted. It takes all kind to run aworld, I guess that’s why there is chocolate and vanilla.
You better hurry. Today is a great day to buy my book. It makes a great gift for anyone including, yourself. Buy it while you still have money. Be one of the first on your block to own and read Holmes the Ripper.
I think I will make a few predictions for 2011. These are just my thoughts. I have no inside information or scientific basis for them, just 56 years of experience.
1. One of the Rolling Stones will die… you pick which one.
2. The stock market will rise 10 to 13% for the year from today’s value.
3. Brett Favre will retire, really.
4. The Blackhawks will not repeat but will go to the Stanley Cup Final.
5. The Cubs will not make the playoffs.
6. The White Sox will play in the American League Championship Series.
7. I will have a child graduate from Law School.
8. I will have a child get married in June.
9. The Tea Party will be the punch line to a cocktail party joke by 12-31-11.
10. WikiLeaks will be a faint memory by 12-31-11.
11. True Grit will win four Oscars.
12. Larry King will pass away in 2011.
13. Sarah Palin will announce she is not running for President in 2012.
14. I will publish at least one book in 2011.
15. The Republican candidate for President will be a current sitting governor not from the south.
16. The Congress taking over in 2011 will spend most of its time undoing what the last Congress did. It will be one of the least productive Congress’s in memory
Events from January 1 throughout history
1751 - The world’s most celebrated holiday, New Year’s Day, has been observed on this day in most English-speaking countries since 1751 when the British calendar act was passed. Before that, folks wished everyone a Happy New Year on March 25, to coincide, approximately, with the beginning of spring.
1764 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played for the Royal Family at Versailles in France this day. In fact, he was even given the honor of standing behind the Queen at dinner. Not odd, really -- for Mozart was only eight years old.
1890 - The very first Tournament of Roses Parade was staged in Pasadena, California. Horse-drawn carriages decorated in flowers made up the parade.
1892 - Ellis Island opened this day to begin the processing of what would amount to more than 20 million immigrants to the United States. The immigration center was also used as a deportation station, and later, a Coast Guard Station, and then, a national park. Ellis Island is now a museum.
1898 - Happy birthday Big Apple. The five boroughs of New York became the city of New York this day. It was called ‘the consolidation’ and the five boroughs were fused into a single, powerful city.
1902 - The very first Rose Bowl collegiate football game was played in Pasadena this day. Michigan trounced the Stanford Cardinal, 49-0. It would be 14 years before another Rose Bowl game was held. One is being held today, in fact; following the Tournament of Roses Parade; where all floats in the parade are created using only flowers, fronds, leaves and seeds. You’re probably watching it on TV right now if you didn’t camp out in Pasadena overnight.
1923 - The very first radio broadcast of the Rose Bowl was beamed in Los Angeles over KHJ radio -- some 42 years before 93/KHJ became Boss Radio.
1924 – At five seconds past midnight, while the shouts of Happy New Year were still ringing out, Robert N. Cronk entered the world in Savannah, Georgia. Cronk was the first person to be born in the United States that year. He spent his adult years, at least 36 of them in government service and as a private pilot. Cronk added to his 15 minutes of fame by composing music, penning stories and poems, and entertaining country music fans for nine years as a disc jockey by the name of Bob Norwood (primarily on WQIK in Jacksonville, Florida.) Think about this – when Bob was born, there weren’t any radio deejays.
1937 - The First Cotton Bowl football game was played in Dallas, TX. Texas Christian (T.C.U.) beat Marquette, 16-6.
1953 - A sad day in country music, as the legendary Hank Williams died at the young age of 29. You may recall or even be able to sing along with some of the songs Hank wrote or co-wrote: "Cold, Cold Heart", "Half as Much", "Jambalaya", "Your Cheatin’ Heart", "Hey, Good Lookin", "I’m So Lonesome I Could Die", "Why Don’t You Love Me" (Hank’s own recording of this song climbed the charts in 1976, 23 years after his death) and "I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive" -- which, ironically, became a hit not too long after he was found dead in the back seat of his chauffeured limousine. Undisputedly, the biggest star in the history of country music, Hank Williams’ legacy is being carried on by his son, Hank Williams, Jr.
1967 - In his annual New Year’s column of predictions, the great Criswell wrote that there would be a one-week war with Egypt and Russia against Israel. War broke out in the Mideast that June: The Arab-Israeli 6-Day War. His column also stated that actress Jayne Mansfield would die in that year. She did.
1968 - Criswell was at it again, predicting that a black civil rights leader would be assassinated before October. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot in April.
1968 - A group known as The Blue Velvets decided to change its name this day and it’s a good thing they did. The new name soon became a national pop music favorite as Creedence Clearwater Revival climbed to stardom.
Notable births on January 1st:
1
1735 - Paul Revere
silversmith, patriot: “The British are coming!”, member of Sons of Liberty and participant in Boston Tea Party; died May 10, 1818
1735 - Paul Revere
silversmith, patriot: “The British are coming!”, member of Sons of Liberty and participant in Boston Tea Party; died May 10, 1818
1752 - Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom)
flagmaker from Philadelphia, legendary folklore says she sewed the first American flag; died Jan 30, 1836
1942 - Country Joe McDonaldflagmaker from Philadelphia, legendary folklore says she sewed the first American flag; died Jan 30, 1836
singer: group: Country Joe & the Fish: The F-I-S-H Cheer from Woodstock. “Give me an F…”
1955 - (Dewey) La Marr Hoyt
baseball: pitcher: Chicago White Sox [Cy Young Award: 1983]; San Diego Padres. Drugs sure can kill a career.
Notable events on January 1:
1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)
1995 Raman Lamba & Ravi Sehgal score 464 for 1st wicket for Delhi
1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin
Chart Toppers – January 1, through the years.
1945
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Because You’re Mine - Mario Lanza
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
1961
Are You Lonesome To-night? - Elvis Presley
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
Stormy - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
1977
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Sweet Dreams - Emmylou Harris
1985 - Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Why Not Me - The Judds
Don’t Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
There Goes that Song Again - Russ Morgan
I’m Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You - Tex Ritter
1953
Why Don’t You Believe Me - Joni James
Because You’re Mine - Mario Lanza
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como
Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
1961
Are You Lonesome To-night? - Elvis Presley
Wonderland by Night - Bert Kaempfert
Exodus - Ferrante & Teicher
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
1969
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder
Stormy - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
1977
Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show) - Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
Sweet Dreams - Emmylou Harris
1985 - Like a Virgin - Madonna
The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
Why Not Me - The Judds
HAPPY NEW YEAR IN 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
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