Boomer's Buzz: Monday, May 19, 2008

Posted May 19, 2008, 5:20 am in News by Growing Bolder


Today is Monday, May 19, 2008. There are 276 days left in the year and 218 days left until Election Day.

Pic of the Day: Has anyone seen dad? Sofa Camo.



Video of The Day: Umbilical Brothers



Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members jeto and Alicia! Click their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Broadcast journalist Jim Lehrer is 74. TV personality David Hartman is 73. Actor James Fox is 69. Actress Nancy Kwan is 69. Screenwriter Nora Ephron is 67. Actor Peter Mayhew ("Star Wars") is 64. Rock musician Pete Townshend is 63. Singer, actress and model Grace Jones is 56. Rocker Phil Rudd is 54. Actor Steven Ford is 52. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford ("Monk") is 38.

On This Date:
In 1921: Civil rights leader Malcolm X is born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb.

In 1935: T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," dies in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.

In 1962: Actress Marilyn Monroe performs a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy during a fund-raiser at New York's Madison Square Garden.

In 1992: Mary Jo Buttafuoco is shot and seriously wounded in Massapequa, N.Y., by her husband Joey's teenage lover, Amy Fisher.

In 1994: Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis dies in New York at age 64.

In 2005: "Revenge of the Sith," the final chapter of the "Star Wars" saga, opens in movie theaters.

Today's Thought:
"A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further then a great idea that inspires no one."
-- Mary Kay Ash



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