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OF THE DAY

July 22, 2024

QUOTE

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

Carl Sandburg

BIRTHDAYS

1925 – Joseph Sargent, Actor, director, and producer
1934 – Louise Fletcher, Actress
1947 – Albert Brooks, Actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Don Henley, Singer-songwriter and drummer
1955 – Willem Dafoe, Actor
1964 – David Spade, Actor, producer, and screenwriter

IN MEMORY

1832 – Napoleon II, French emperor
1934 – John Dillinger, Gangster
1967 – Carl Sandburg, Poet and historian
2008 – Estelle Getty, Actress

ON THIS DAY

1598 – William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, is entered on the Stationers’ Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers’ Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.
1793 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human to complete a transcontinental crossing of North America.
1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes “America the Beautiful” after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1894 – The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen.
1937 – The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.

OF THE DAY ARCHIVE

February 16, 2023

QUOTE

Don’t cling to fame. You’re just borrowing it. It’s like money. You’re going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.

Sonny Bono
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February 15, 2023

QUOTE

Using Viagra is like putting a new flagpole on a condemned building.

Harvey Korman
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February 14, 2023

QUOTE

I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.

Jack Benny
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February 12, 2023

QUOTE

The best thing about humor is that it shows people they are not alone.

Sid Caesar
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February 11, 2023

QUOTE

All you really have in the end are your stories.

Burt Reynolds
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February 10, 2023

QUOTE

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

Mark Spitz
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December 24, 2023

QUOTE

Laughter is the closest distance between two people.

Victor Borge
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December 22, 2023

QUOTE

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

George Eliot
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December 17, 2023

QUOTE

I found fame to be somewhat of a prison. The more famous you were, the smaller the cell that you had to live in.

Dave Madden
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December 7, 2022

QUOTE

If you can walk away from a landing, it’s a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it’s an outstanding landing.

Chuck Yeager
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September 8, 2023

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March 21, 2023

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January 9, 2022

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June 29, 2022

Camo Eggs

Nature does one heck of a job developing camouflage.  Can you spot the eggs?

June 26, 2022

Soaphole and Tim

With the last connection made and tested, Tim and Soaphole just have to do a little fill work and make the hookups to the cabin.

April 30, 2022

Cowboy in Crocs

All of us at Rock River Radio send out a Get Well Soon to Old G.H. in Kansas.  You got to have a lot of cowboy in you to be able to pull off wearing Crocs.