Unforgetable

A preacher from a local church heard the phone ring and picked it up. "St. Vincents Church, may I help you? he said. "yes, is Pastor Bob there?"  " Speaking" said Pastor Bob. "Yes, this is Agent Nickles from the IRS. Do you have a Bill Johnson in your congregation?" he asked. " Yes, may I ask Why?" 

"Did he donate $10,000 to your church?" After a brief silence the Pastor said, No but he will.

Today"s Pic Dump

    
Birthdays on October 9th

             1948 - Jackson Browne
1941 - Trent Lott
1940 - John Lennon
1938 - Heinz Fischer
            1547 - Miguel de Cervantes

Sunday Comics 

 

Today in History

Lead Story

    Che Guevara is executed, 1967

American Revolution

    Lord Dartmouth orders British officers to North Carolina, 1775

Automotive

    Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu, 1992

Civil War

    Union cavalry defeat Rebels at the Battle of Tom's Brook, 1864

Cold War

    Professional revolutionary "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia, 1967

Crime

    A Chicago bootlegger escapes from prison, 1942

Disaster

    Landslide kills thousands in Italy, 1963

General Interest

    Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts, 1635

    St. Paul's Cathedral bombed, 1940

    Oskar Schindler dies, 1974

    Sakharov wins Peace Prize, 1975

Hollywood

    Footloose, Steel Magnolias director Herbert Ross dies, 2001

Literary

    Miguel de Cervantes is baptized, 1547

Music

    Disco/Classical hybrid "A Fifth Of Beethoven" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts, 1976

Old West

    Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, 1936

Presidential

    President Grant announces death of former President Pierce, 1869

Sports

    The Gashouse Gang wins the World Series, 1934

Vietnam War

    The National Guard breaks up protests at home, 1969

    Khmer Republic proclaimed in Cambodia., 1970

World War I

    Belgrade falls to Austria-Hungary, 1915

World War II

    Churchill and Stalin confer, 1944

Blast from the Past

Some more funnies

 

Today's Quote

Maurice Chevalier

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

Maurice Chevalier

An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

Maurice Chevalier

If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.

Maurice Chevalier

The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.

Maurice Chevalier

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.

Maurice Chevalier

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least.
Maurice Chevalier

You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.
Maurice Chevalier

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