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• On Aug. 2, 1876, “Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the American West, is murdered in a saloon in Deadwood, S.D., by a gunslinger named Jack McCall. According to legend, Hickok held a pair of black aces and eights when he died, a poker combination that has since been known as the “Dead Man’s Hand.” • On July 27, 1921, at the University of Toronto, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin -- a hormone they believe could prevent diabetes -- for the first time. • On July 28, 1932, during the Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover orders the U.S. Army under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to use force to evict the Bonus Marchers from the nation’s capital. The group of some 1,000 unemployed World War I veterans was seeking cash payments for their veterans’ bonus certificates. • On Aug. 1, 1942, Grateful Dead singer Jerry Garcia is born in San Francisco. At age 15, he traded a birthday gift from his mother -- an accordion -- for an electric guitar and was soon playing in San Francisco coffeehouses. The Grateful Dead’s only Top 10 hit was “Touch of Grey” in 1987. • On July 29, 1958, the U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s activities in space. NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I. • On July 30, 1976, singing star and radio personality Kate Smith makes her last public appearance. She sang her trademark number, “God Bless America,” on a TV program honoring the U.S. Bicentennial. Smith launched her first radio show in 1931. She died in 1986. • On July 31, 1990, Nolan Ryan wins the 300th game of his career, leading the Texas Rangers to an 11-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Ryan believed that pitching power comes from the legs, not the arms, and he ran every day. He pitched for 27 years in the big leagues, with the Mets, Angels, Astros and Rangers.
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WEEKLY FUNNIES
By Samantha Weaver • It was French playwright Albert Guinon who made the following sage observation: “When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong -or absolutely right.” • If you’re like the average man, you have roughly 15,000 whiskers on your face. (Yes, that pun was intended.) • Several months ago, The Baltimore Sun reported this stranger-than-fiction truecrime story: A robber tried to use a sawedoff shotgun to hold up a man named Roland Scott. Incensed, Scott wrestled the gun away from the would-be thief and ordered the man to hand over his own money and take off his clothes. After the robber complied, Scott started beating the man with the butt of the weapon. During the beating, the shotgun went off, fatally shooting Scott in the stomach. • That loose debris floating around up in space is actually traveling at about 44,000 miles per second. • Every July 4 weekend, the town of Austin, Minn., hosts the SPAM Cookoff, featuring such delicacies as SPAM pizza, SPAM kabobs, SPAM Caesar salad, SPAM spring rolls, SPAM mousse, SPAM strudel and, yes, SPAM cheesecake. • If you happen to live near railroad tracks, you probably aren’t too thrilled with all the noise. Look on the bright side, though: You probably have a better-than-average garden. It seems that the vibrations from passing trains help plants to thrive. • During a portion of the 19th century, the country of Switzerland changed its capital every two years. • What do President Andrew Jackson, inventor Guglielmo Marconi, composer Irving Berlin, author Beatrix Potter and outlaws Jesse James and Butch Cassidy have in common? None of these famous personages had any formal schooling. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
Thought for the Day: “The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.” -- Quentin Crisp
Truths from Children • No matter how hard you try, you can’t baptise cats. • When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don’t let her brush your hair. • If your sister hits you, don’t hit her back. They always catch the second person. • Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. • You can’t trust dogs to watch your food. • Don’t sneeze when someone is cutting your hair. • Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time. • You can’t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk. • Don’t wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. • The best place to be when you’re sad is Grandpa’s lap. One day a father gets off of work and on his way home he remembers that it’s his daughter’s birthday. He pulls over to a toy store and asks the salesperson, “How much is the Barbie that’s on display?” The salesperson answers, “Which one? We have:Work out Barbie for $19.95, Shopping Barbie for $19.95, Beach Barbie for $19.95, Disco Barbie for $19.95, Divorced Barbie for $200.00” The amazed father asks: “What? Why is the Divorced Barbie $200.00 and the others only $19.95?” The salesperson answers, “Sir, ‘Divorced Barbie’ is a complete set. She comes with: Ken’s Car, Ken’s House, Ken’s Dog, Ken’s Children, Ken’s Boat, Ken’s Furniture, and Ken’s Computer.” One day a 12-year-old boy was walking down the street when a car pulled up beside him and the driver lowered a window. “I’ll give you a large bag of M&Ms if you get in the car,” said the driver. “No way! Get lost!” replied the boy. “How about a bag of M&Ms and 10 dollars?” the driver asked. “I said no way,” replied the boy. “What about a bag of M&Ms and 50 dollars?” asked the driver. “No, I’m not getting in the car,” answered the boy. “Okay, I’ll give you a bag of M&Ms and 100 dollars,” the driver offered. “No!” replied the boy. “What will it take to get you in the car?” asked the driver. The boy replied, “Listen, Dad. You bought the Volvo--you live with it!” The teacher asked one of her young students if he knew his numbers.“Yes,” he said. “I do. My father taught me.” “Good. What comes after three.” “Four,” answers the boy. “What comes after six?” “Seven.” “Very good,” says the teacher. “Your dad did a good job. What comes after ten?” “A jack,” says the little boy.
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Arriving home from work at my usual hour of 5 p.m., I discovered that it had not been one of my wife’s better days. Nothing I said or did seemed to be right. By 7 p.m., things had not changed, so I suggested I go outside, pretend I had just gotten home, and start all over again. My wife agreed.I went outside, came back in and, with a big smile, announced, “Honey, I’m home!” “And just where have you been?” she replied sharply. “It’s after seven o’clock!” A young woman brings home her fiancée to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother tells her father to find out about the young man. The father invites the fiancée to his study for a drink. “So what are your plans?” the father asks the young man. “I am studying to be a minister,” he replies. “A minister. Hmmm,” the father says. “Admirable, but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter to live in?” “I will study,” the young man replies, “and God will provide for us.” “And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring?” asks the father. “I will concentrate on my studies,” the young man replies, “God will provide for us.” “And children?” asks the father. “How will you support children?” “Don’t worry, sir, God will provide,” replies the fiancée. Later, the mother asks, “How did it go, Honey?” The father answers, “He has no job and no plans, but the good news is he thinks I’m God.” A boy and his father are playing with toy cars, the father has the police car and pretends to pull over the car that the boy is playing with. “Do you have a drivers license?” asks the father. “No,” says the boy. “Are you resisting arrest?” the father asks. The boy hesitates before he says, “No ... I’m not sleepy yet.” There were four 80 year old men playing golf. One complained the hills were too high. The second complained the bunkers were too deep. The third said the holes were too wide. The fourth one said “Shut up! At least we’re still on the right side of the grass!”
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