My #1 for November 20th
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Robert F. Kennedy
BaltimoreBob — 15 years ago(November 17, 2010 06:46 AM)
2007: 11/20/2007: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 7:57:01 AM
British Queen Marks Diamond Anniversary / By THOMAS WAGNER
Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British sovereign to celebrate
her diamond wedding anniversary, and more than 2,000 people attended
a thanksgiving service in her honor at Westminster Abbey.
Prince William marked the 60th wedding anniversary of his grandparents,
the queen, 81, and Prince Philip, 86, by giving a New Testament reading
from the Bible in their honor Monday.
Dame Judi Dench read a poem, "Diamond Anniversary,"
composed for the ceremony by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.
2010: 11/20/2010: Penn State vs Indiana at FEDEX Field in DC.
Game attended by Baltimore Bob &
Baltimore Bob previously attended 4 Eagles vs Redskins games (2001-2 2007-8)
& U2 Concert at Fedex.
Thru 2010: Baltimore Bobs Lifetime Penn State record is 20-4 & 11-1 at Happy Valley.
2010: Penn State 41-24 over Indiana.
The last time Indiana played in the DC area - 75 years ago this month:
November 9th 1935 Indiana wins 13-7 at Maryland.
My #1 Celebrity Birthday Person for November 20th is
Robert F. Kennedy (Would have been 85 in 2010) 1925 - Died age 42
Born 20 November 1925 - Brookline, Massachusetts
Date of death 6 June 1968 - Los Angeles, California. (assassination)
June 6 1968 was the day Baltimore Bob graduated from Garden Spot High School
in New Holland, Pa about 50 miles west of PHILADELPHIA, PA.
My last Birthday person(yesterday) was President James Garfield also killed by assassin.
Birth name: Robert Francis Kennedy / Nicknames: R.F.K & Bobby / Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Kennedy, Robert F(rancis) (192568) US politician, born in Brookline, MA,
the third son of Joseph Kennedy. Brother of President John F. Kennedy.
He studied at Harvard and at Virginia University Law School,
served at sea (19446) in World War 2, was admitted to the bar (1951),
and served on the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities (19579),
when he prosecuted several top union leaders.
An efficient manager of his brother John F Kennedy's presidential campaign, he was an
energetic attorney general (19614), notable in his dealings with civil rights problems.
He became senator for New York in 1965.
After winning the Californian Democratic presidential primary election,
he was shot at a hotel in Los Angeles.
His assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Jordanian-born immigrant,
was sentenced to the gas chamber in 1969, but was not executed.
Spouse: Ethel Kennedy (17 June 1950 - 6 June 1968) (his death) 11 children
Senator Robert F. Kennedy was born on November 20, 1925.
The RFK Bridge was dedicated in New York City yesterday, in his memory.
Hes also #1 today at this site: http://www.famousbirthdays.com/
Birthdays set for 2004
Austin Andrews (19) 1985- Born: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Producer and Director of 'Oblivion' (2004).
- Graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor's Degree in Film and Television (BFTV)
- from Bond University in Queensland, Australia.
- Writer & Director at age 21 of the movie Kite Circuit (2006).
Tra Thomas (30) 1974
Born: Deland, Florida / Birth Name: William Thomas III / Height: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
He was originally drafted by the Eagles 11th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft.
He made his first trip to the Pro Bowl following the 2001 season.
He was originally selected as the first alternate behind the Rams Orlando Pace (starter),
the Redskins Chris Samuels (starter) and the Bears James Williams (reserve).
When Pace withdrew from the game due to injury, Thomas filled in just days before the game.
He served as a tour guide for a child with cancer at a recent visit of the Eagles practice facility,
the NovaCare Complex, in March of 2002.
Where Are They Now: (November 2005) Offensive Lineman for The Philadelphia Eagles.
2009: Currently tied with Brian Dawkins as the longest tenured athlete in Philadelphia.
Baltimore Bob added Tra Thomas on Monday January 12th 2009.
3/1/2009: TRA became the longest TENURED Philly athlete when Brian Dawkins
signed with the Denver Broncos. Next longest Donovan McNabb born later this month.
3/9/2009(Baltimore Bobs ex 53rd Birthday): Career in Philly ends
American football offensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Footba1354ll League.
Current longest tenured athlete in Philly is
- Donovan McNabb (32/33 in 2009) 1976
- Born: 25 November 1976 Chicago, Illinois / Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
- #2 pick in the 1999 NFL Draft / Philadelphia Eagles starting QB (1999-present)
and/or (both played their first games in September 1999)
** Simon Gagn (29 in 2009) 1980
** Born: Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada / Height: 6' (1.83 m)
** Gagn was drafted 22nd overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)
Sav Roco (31) 1973
Born: Lakeside, Australia / Birth Name: Saverino Rocca / Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Free agent signed by the Eagles in 2007 who replaced Dirk Johnson.
All-round sportsperson who is currently an American football punter
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Joseph R. Biden (62) 1942
Born: Scranton, Pennsylvania / Birth name: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Son of a car dealer in Scranton, Pennsylvania / Survived a brain tumor.
Attended Syracuse University.
3rd youngest man elected Senator in U.S. history (weeks before his 30th birthday).
His wife was killed in a car crash around the same time.
Biden won the November 7, 1972 election in an upset by a margin of 3,162 votes.
On December 18, 1972 (Baltimore Bob was 22
& was just released from active duty in US Navy on 12/7/1972),
a few weeks after the election, Biden's wife and one-year-old daughter
were killed in an automobile accident while Christmas shopping in Hockessin, DE.
( Hockessin, DE located on Lancaster Pike/Rt 41 just west of Wilmington, DE )
Neilia Biden's station wagon was hit by a tractor-trailer as she pulled out
from an intersection; the truck driver was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Biden's two sons, Beau and Hunter, were critically injured in the accident,
but both eventually made full recoveries.
Biden considered resigning to care for them; he was persuaded not to by
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and others
and was sworn into office from one of their bedsides.
The accident left Biden filled with both anger and religious doubt:
Biden's Quote: "I liked to [walk around seedy neighborhoods] at night when
I thought there was a better chance of finding a fight I had not known I
was capable of such rage I felt God had played a horrible trick on me."
Baltimore Bob states "What about the TRICK that a Criminal
(1-20 year olds are Children & Baltimore Bob calls Child Abuse)
Coward American Society played on 2.1 million Americans by
sending them to Vietnam & killing almost 59,000 of them.
You can't blame GOD for anything but you can blame an ignorant
Coward American Society for allowing Vietnam to happen."
Spouse(s): Jill Jacobs (m. 1977)
Neilia Hunter (deceased; m. 19661972)
Children with Neilia: Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III (born 1969),
Robert Hunter (born 1970), and Naomi Christina (born 1971-1972).
Ashley Blazer Biden ?
U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1973 - present.
One of many a-h-o-l-e-s from the State of DE (DE=Dumb Ediots).
2008: New VP of the United States with Barack Obama as President.
Biden is the first Roman Catholic
and the first Delawarean to become Vice President of the United States.
Joseph R. Biden (1942) born exact same day as singer Norman Greenbaum (see below).
Norman Greenbaum (62) 1942
Born: Malden, Massachusetts.
Song "Spirit In The Sky" hit #3 on the U.S. charts in 1970 and went double-platinum.
It topped the charts in the UK.
SoundTrack: Many films used SPIRIT first with Montgolfier of Death (1986)
(writer: "SPIRIT IN THE SKY") (performer: "SPIRIT IN THE SKY")
Created his first group Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band in 1966
& they scored a minor mid-chart success with the offbeat novelty song
"The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" in 1966.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Greenbaum
Norman Greenbaum (1942) born exact same day USA VP Joseph R. Biden (see above).
Bob Einstein (64) 1940- Born: Los Angeles, California / Sometimes Credited As: Super Dave Osborne
- Son of Thelma Leeds and Harry ParkeWon, also known as Parkyakarkus.
- Brother of Albert Brooks.
- Movie debut at age 32 in Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) as Police Officer.
- Won an Emmy Award for writing on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour".
- 2008: Latest movie role at age 69 in beep Year (2009) (post-production) as Rick.
- Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith2000, pg. 151-152.
- New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387.
Dick Smothers (65) 1939
Born: NY, NY / One half of the comedy team 'The Smothers Brothers'.
Dick and his brother, Tom, were born on Governor's Island in New York Harbor.
Their father, who was stationed on the military base on that island,
moved his pregnant wife there to be close to him.
Attended San Jose State University in California.
Spouse: Denby Franklin (4 January 1997 - present)
Baltimore Bob has about 12 of the Pat Paulson Editorials which he sent in SASE
from their show Smothers Brothers Show, The (1965) TV Series.
Dicks favorite line to Tom was Mother always liked you best.
"The Smothers Brothers Show" as.Dick Smothers (32 episodes, 1965-1966).
2008: Three movie roles first with movie debut at age 50 in Speed Zone! (1989)
as Nelson van Sloan, then at age 55 in Casino (1995) as Senator then latest
at age 60 in The Debtors (1999).
Baltimore Bob while living in Southern CA late 1980's early 1990's would go to
a live Filming/Taping of 'Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The' (1988) TV Series.
Baltimore Bob also saw them perform live at Knotts Berry Farm.
Baltimore Bob again saw them live at The American Music Theatre in Lancaster, PA.
Baltimore Bob returned to The American Music Theatre in Lancaster, PA.
Richard Dawson (I) (72) 1932
Birth name: Colin Emm / Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Born: Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK / Nickname: Dickie
When he was 14, he joined the Mer
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BaltimoreBob — 15 years ago(November 17, 2010 06:48 AM)
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Dead Persons:
Robert F. Kennedy (Would have been 79) 1925 - see #1 for today
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Jim Garrison (I) (Would have been 83) 1921 - Died age 70
Born 20 November 1921 - Knoxville, Iowa
Date of death 21 October 1992 - New Orleans, Louisiana. (heart failure)
Birth name: Earling Carothers Garrison
Former F.B.I. agent / Fought as a pilot during the 2nd World War.
Jim Garrison is so far the only one to hold a trial in relation to the murder of USA
President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Jim Garrison was at the time a very skilled district attorney of New Orleans.
Three years later, he has a conversation with a governor, which arose his suspicion of the
whole affair, mainly the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald could hardly have been the lone assassin.
Links from Oswald lead to offices in New Orleans.
Garrison's investigations ended with the trial against Clay Shaw in 1967.
Shaw was acquitted, but the evidence against him presented by Garrison trembled USA,
and triggered a discussion about the assassin of Kennedy which is still at its peak now,
30 years later.
The focus of Garrison's evidence was to prove there was a conspiracy against JFK,
and that the investigations conducted by The Warren Commission were totally mistargeted.
This Mr. Garrisson did to the extreme.
An investigation in 1979 found that "there may well have been more than one assassin".
He appears very briefly in the Oscar winning film 'JFK' (1991) (about his own investigations),
as leader of the official investigation team, Earl Warren. Kevin Costner plays Jim Garrison..
Spouse: Elizabeth Garrison (19?? - 19??) 5 children
Children: Jasper, Virginia, Snapper, Elizabeth.
Louisiana State District Judge, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1978-91
Lost election in 1973 to Harry Connick, Sr,
as New Orleans Parish District Attorney New Orleans Parish District Attorney (1961-1973)
Former District Attorney from New Orleans.
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Alistair Cooke (Would have been 96) 1908 Died age 95
Born 20 November 1908 - Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Date of death 30 March 2004 - New York, New York.
Birth name: Alfred Alistair Cooke
A naturalised US citizen in 1941, he was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1973.
Spouses: Jane White Hawkes (1946 - 30 March 2004) (his death) 1 child
Ruth Emerson (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child
His 'Letter From America' radio broadcast to the UK (and the world via the BBC World Service)
ran from 1946-2004 making it the world's longest running speech radio show (58 years).
His 'Letter from America' began its thirteen week run on 24 March 1946.
It ended after 2869 letters in March 2004, weeks before Cooke's death.
British-born American journalist and broadcaster.
'Masterpiece Theatre' (1971) TV Series as Host (1971-1993).
He retired at the age of 95 years in 2004 due to failing health.
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Robert Armstrong (I) (Would have been 114) 1890 Died age 82
Born 20 November 1890 - Saginaw, Michigan.
Date of death 20 April 1973 - Santa Monica, California. (cancer)
Birth Name: Robert William Armstrong / Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Enlisted in the Army during WWI and was a private in the infantry.
Spouses: Louise de Bois (1 January 1939 - 20 April 1973) (his death)
Peggy Allenby (? - ?)
Jeanne Kent (? - ?)
1st movie role at age 37 in The Main Event (1927) as Red Lucas.
Movie role at age 43 in 'King Kong' (1933) as Carl Denham
aka Eighth Wonder of the World, The (1933) aka Eighth Wonder, The (1933).
Release Date: 7 April 1933 (USA).
Starred Fay Wray (age 26) as Ann Darrow and Bruce Cabot as John Driscoll.
Remade 42 years later with King Kong (1976)
aka "King Kong: The Legend Reborn" - USA (working title).
Starred Jeff Bridges as Jack Prescott, Charles Grodin as Fred Wilson & Jessica Lange as Dwan.
Remade again 29 years later King Kong (2005)
aka "Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World" - International (English title) (teaser title)
aka "Peter Jackson's King Kong" - USA (promotional title).
And they went back to the original names: Starred Naomi Watts (age 37) as Ann Darrow,
Jack Black as Carl Denham and Adrien Brody as Jack Driscoll.
Last movie role at age 74 in For Those Who Think Young (1964)
as Norman Armstrong (Cronin's business associate).
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Kenesaw M. Landis (Would have been 138) 1866 - Died age 78
Born 20 November 1866 - Millville, Ohio
Date of death 25 November 1944 - Chicago, Illinois. (coronary thrombosis)
Spouse: Winifred Reed (25 July 1895 - 25 November 1944) (his death) 2 children
Appointed first Commissioner of Baseball following 1919 World Series "Black Sox" scandal.
Term of office: 12 January 1921 through 25 Novembe1354r 1944 (died in office) / 23 years.
Restored Baseball's integrity by banning the Black Sox.
Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1944.
Celebrity Birthday
Baltimore Bob