TRIVIA
While on a walk across America to prove that people are basically good, Fred Turner was robbed and pushed off a bridge. He said he'll try again someday.
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WORD FOR TODAY
allocate
Verb
Distribute for a particular purpose.
Synonyms
allot - assign - apportion - appropriate
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HISTORICAL EVENT
On May 13, 1985 Police Burned Down a Philadelphia Neighborhood. Eleven people were killed and more than 60 homes were destroyed as a result of the police bombing the heavily-armed home of the radical group "MOVE." The police were attempting to end a two-day siege.
Bea Arthur was an American actress, comedienne, and singer whose career spanned seven decades. Arthur achieved fame as the character Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms All in the Family and Maude, and as Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls, winning Emmy Awards for both roles.
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and was a child prodigy who developed into one of the most creative musical figures of the late 20th century. Blind since shortly after birth, Wonder signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of eleven and continues to perform and record for Motown to this day. Among Wonder's best known works are singles such as "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and "I Just Called to Say I Love You".
Stephen Tyrone Colbert
(born May 13, 1964)
(born May 13, 1964)
Stephen Colbert is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.
Joe Louis
(May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981)
(May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981)
Joe Louis (born Joseph Louis Barrow) was an American professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from 1937 to 1949. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis helped elevate boxing from a nadir in popularity in the post-Jack Dempsey era by establishing a reputation as an honest, hardworking fighter at a time when the sport was dominated by gambling interests.
Louis' championship reign lasted 140 consecutive months, during which he participated in 26 championship fights; a 27th fight, against Ezzard Charles, was a challenge to Charles' Heavyweight title and so is not included in Louis' reign. All in all, Joe was victorious in 25 successful title defenses, a record for the heavyweight division. In 2005, Louis was ranked as the #1 heavyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization, and was ranked #1 on The Ring's list of the 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time.
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"The career of J.M. Barrie shows how useless schools of journalism or literature are to produce the real writing man or woman."
--The Writer's Almanac
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