ON THIS DAY~APR 23 ST GEORGE'S FEAST DAY

 

 

 

     St George's Feast Day

 

The Crusaders from the 1300s told the story of Saint George. George used his magic sword to kill a dragon ... just in the nick of time to save the king’s daughter from being sacrificed to the fire-breathing beast. As the story goes, this dragon had an insatiable appetite and it was only through his deep faith that George was able to accomplish this deed.

Little factual information is known about Saint George other than his becoming a soldier and rising to a high rank under Diocletian. Because of his strong and open belief in Christianity, he was arrested, tortured and put to death at Nicomedia on this day in 303 A.D.

 

 

 

 

He was so revered by the Crusaders, that George was named Patron Saint of England in 1350 A.D. For many years, English soldiers wore the red cross of St. George on a white background as a badge; and it remains a part of the British Union flag.

The martyred hero is still honored throughout England on this day, Saint George Feast Day.

 

 

1564  William Shakespeare's Birth and Death

 

According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and three days was a customary amount of time to wait before baptizing a newborn. Shakespeare's date of death is conclusively known, however: it was April 23, 1616. He was 52 years old and had retired to Stratford three years before.

 

1900  The word, Hillbilly, was first used in print in an article in the New York Journal.

It was spelled a little differently, as the story said that a Hill-Billie was a “free and untrammelled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills.” The article continued that “he has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.”

 

1872  Charlotte E. Ray became the first black woman lawyer -- in ceremonies held in Washington, DC.

 

1956  Elvis Debuts In Vegas

Elvis makes his first appearance in Las Vegas on this day in 1956. The audience, mostly middle-aged, was so unimpressed with the rock and roll star that his two-week run was cancelled after only a week. Ironically, Las Vegas was the site of the star's comeback in the early 1970s.

 

1967  Soviet Cosmonaut Is Killed

On this day in 1967, Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov is killed when his parachute fails to deploy during his spacecraft’s landing. his day in 1967, Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov is killed when his parachute fails to deploy during his spacecraft’s landing.

 

1969  Sirhan Sirhan Receives Death Penalty

After being convicted in the assassination of politician Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to the death penalty. In 1972, Sirhan’s sentence was commuted to life in prison after California abolished the death penalty.

His requests for parole have been denied over a dozen times and he continues to serve his time in a California prison.

 

1985  The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, GA, made a showy, glitzy announcement that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula.

New Coke was called “the most significant soft drink development” in the company’s history. Yeah, well, so much for history. Fans of the original Coke were instrumental in bringing Classic Coke back. The way they did it was, actually, quite ingenious. They didn’t buy the new Coke and it turned out to be one of the biggest corporate flops ever.

 

1987  Chrysler Announces Lamborghini Purchase

The Chrysler Corporation announced its pending purchase of Lamborghini. Lamborghini had been through a tumultuous series of financial difficulties since its founder Ferrucio Lamborghini sold out of the company in 1974. The company had been owned by a group of Swiss businessmen who kept the Lamborghini name. Riding the sales of the Countache, the company's popular but impractical 1971 release, they stayed above water until 1978, when they were forced into bankruptcy. Lamborghini was purchased by the Mimran family, who owned the company until the mid-1980s. In the early 1980s, Lamborghini produced two new Countaches, the LP500 and the Quattrovalvole. Both cars enjoyed great success. The company's financial status rebounded, and its rebound sparked the attention of the Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler bought the company in 1987, and, in 1988, it released the final Lamborghini Countache, which it called the 25th Anniversary in recognition of the company's founding in 1963. The 25th Anniversary Countache was the most popular ever.

 

 

 

 

1982  Shirley (Jane) Temple Black  Child Actress: Little Miss Marker, Curly Top, Heidi, The Little Colonel, Poor Little Rich Girl, Wee Willie Winkie, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; U.S. Delegate to the United Nations and Chief of Protocol

1932  (Roy) Halston (Frowick)  Fashion Designer: created famous pillbox hat [1962] worn by Jackie Kennedy at JFK's inaugural; his designs set standard for American designers in 1970s; died Mar 26, 1990

1932  Roy Orbison  Singer: Only the Lonely, Running Scared, Oh, Pretty Woman, Crying, Dream Baby, It’s Over; died Dec 6, 1988

1939  David Birney  Actor: Oh, God! Book 2, Nightfall, Serpico [TV], St. Elsewhere, Great American TV Poll, Bridget Loves Bernie, Live Shot

1939  Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary II)  Actor: The Six Million Dollar Man, Big Valley, The Bionic Woman, The Covergirl Murders

1932  Sandra Dee (Alexandra Zuck)  Actress: A Summer Place, Gidget, Tammy and the Doctor; died Feb 20, 2005

1947  Bernadette Devlin (McAliskey)  Irish  Civil  Rights Leader

1949  Joyce DeWitt  Actress: Three’s Company

1957   Jan Hooks  Actress: Designing Women, Saturday Night Live, The Martin Short Show, The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour, A Dangerous Woman, Coneheads, Batman Returns, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

 

~YOU GOT IT~

 

 

 

 

Every time I look into your lovely eyes,
I see a love that money just cant buy.
One look from you, I drift away.
I pray that you are here to stay.

Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!

Every time I hold you I begin to understand,
Everything about you tells me Im your man.
I live my life to be with you.
No one can do the things you do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want
Anything you need
Anything at all

Im glad to give my love to you.
I know you feel the way I do.
Anything you want, you got it.
Anything you need, you got it.
Anything at all, you got it.
Baby!
Anything you want, you got it
Anything you need, you got it
Anything at all, you got it
Baby
Anything at all
Baby
You got it

 

 

 

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