Today is my mom’s birthday! Here are some interesting things that happened throughout history on January 25 (most found on this site):
1533 – England’s King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)
1799 – 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont
1802 – Napoleon elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
1851 – Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women’s Rights Convention (Akron)
1870 – Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
1875 – Anti-slavery society forms (NY)
1881 – Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company
1915 – Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in SF
1937 – Soap opera “Guiding Light” premieres on radio (Granny would really like this one!)
1940 – Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
1949 – 1st Israeli election – Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party wins
1951 – Mama was born in Syracuse, NY (See what I did there? Anyone paying attention?)
1961 – Walt Disney’s “101 Dalmations” released
1964 – Beatles 1st U.S. #1, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (Cashbox) (And I really like this one!)
1970 – Robert Altman’s “M*A*S*H” premieres
1974 – Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
1980 – Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail and deported
1981 – 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in U.S.
1984 – We move to the house where Mama currently resides (Again, so clever.)
1985 – “We Are the World” is recorded
1988 – George Harrison releases “When We Was Fab”
Well, I think that’s enough; I better save some for next year! Happy birthday, Mama. I hope it’s a great one for you. And, to celebrate further, I thought you’d enjoy watching the trailer to one of your favorite movies!
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1-25-2009 at 01:09:16
Thank you for the recognition in your list of famous happenings on January 25.
Thank you to Gerty for the birthing and to my father for his part.
Thank you to Bob for making me a Shor and a mother.
Thank you to my wonderful children and my spectacular grandchildren.
I love you all.
I am looking forward to brunch with my babies. Now, as for the movie trailer …. we will talk about that later.
1-25-2009 at 02:41:19
Happy birthday to Mama! I like that you slipped her birth date into the list.
I’ve never heard of the movie before…and I am intrigued and frightened all at once.
1-25-2009 at 10:39:46
You’re welcome, Mama! I’m also looking forward to brunch, the best meal to eat out! We love brunch in this family, folks.
Liz, I can’t believe you never heard of The Bad Seed! Not only was it such a fantastic movie (of course I’m not being sarcastic), but the play was referenced in one of my favorite quotes from Cheers. And UH (my uncle who saw every movie) had told me that it was a classic. When it first came out, there was a disclaimer on the film telling people not to ruin the ending. And he said it was great! And he wasn’t being sarcastic. I think he meant for its time, really.
1-25-2009 at 18:00:32
Happy birthday, Mama! Brunch was delicious…and that movie trailer is fantastic!
1-26-2009 at 10:21:40
there was someone spectacular left off that thank you list mama. hope you had a fun birthday. what is up with that movie? didnt the home alone dude play in a movie with a similar title? was it based on this creepy movie? mama is this one of your favourite films? if so please explain.
1-26-2009 at 19:29:57
#1…if I know Mama well, and I think I do, you are included in her “thank you children” message. That is your distinction now. And Mama really does not like that movie…however, whenever it was on, we never turned it off. It did give us a good laugh, though.
1-27-2009 at 09:05:10
#1 b-i-l, I think McCulkin was in a movie called The Bad Son with Elijah Wood. Did you read my comment above about it being referred to on Cheers (by Rebecca and Lilith)? Anyway, I don’t know what Miriam’s talking about; Mama LOVES that movie!
1-30-2009 at 16:26:23
I think it’s The Good Son, and I am not able to italicize.
And I think my mother’s son-in-law meant someone “remarkable” was left off the list, which he wasn’t.
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