Hey, guess what today's date is? 11/12/13 !!

[IslandRadio]

And, at 2:00 PM it will be 11/12/13 14:15

Anyway, I thought it was kind of neat

[Happy Gourmand]

Originally Posted by IslandRadio

And, at 2:00 PM it will be 11/12/13 14:15

Anyway, I thought it was kind of neat

and 16 seconds later is will be 11/12/13 14:15:16

[RLW]

I didn't guess that one, but I know what tomorrow is, it is my B-Day now guess the age. Now here is a clue. I was in this world 2 days after this happened "Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by RLW

I didn't guess that one, but I know what tomorrow is, it is my B-Day now guess the age. Now here is a clue. I was in this world 2 days after this happened "Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"

That would make you 75 years young!!

Happy Birthday RLW and many more to come!!!

Dan

[Pineedles]

Congratulations RLW! Three score and 15 is the new three score and 5.

[Steveo]

My wife and I got married on a Sunday, July 10th. I begged her to marry me on the Thursday before that Sunday. Why - because the date was 7/7/77, I thought it would bring us luck. But since we've been married for 36+ years I guess we didn't need it after all.

[IslandRadio]

Apparently some not insignificant number of people got married today for the same reason - lucky numbers!

[RLW]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

That would make you 75 years young!!

Happy Birthday RLW and many more to come!!!

Dan

You are very close. My source shows that she sang it for the first time in public was on November 11, 1939, which would have been 74 by my bad math. Corrections are more than welcome and thanks to those wishing me a Happy B-Day. Right now at this age and several years back a B-Day is like any other day and I'm just thankful to be here with my bride of 52 yrs.

[tis]

Happy Birthday, RLW!

[Slickcraft]

Hmmm, is a radio show singing in public? That was 1938. Anyway, happy birthday!

"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song.[1][2]

In 1938, with the rise of Adolf Hitler, Berlin, who was Jewish and a first-generation European immigrant, felt it was time to revive it as a "peace song," and it was introduced on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938, sung by Kate Smith on her radio show.[7] Berlin had made some minor changes; by this time, "to the right" might have been considered a call to the political right, so he substituted "through the night" instead. He also provided an introduction that is now rarely heard but which Smith always used: "While the storm clouds gather far across the sea / Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free / Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, / As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer." (In her first broadcast of the song, Kate Smith sang "that we're far from there" rather than "for a land so fair".)[4] This was changed when Berlin published the sheet music in March 1939.[4]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_America

[RLW]

Originally Posted by Slickcraft

Hmmm, is a radio show singing in public? That was 1938. Anyway, happy birthday!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_America

You could be right, but this is where I got the info.

Historical Events for November 1939
◀ Oct November Dec ▶
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30

Months in 1939: January February March April May June July August September October December

Events 1 - 39 of 39

1st - 1st animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed
1st - 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry
1st - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sertum laetitiae
3rd - Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in NYC
4th - 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland
4th - 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill
4th - US allows "cash & carry" arms sales during WW II
6th - WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st coml TV station, begins service
6th - WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, NY (CBS) 1st broadcast
6th - World War II: 'Sonderaktion Krakau' - a Nazi operation against academics in Kraków, Poland
8th - Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich
8th - H Lindsay & R Crouse' "Life with Father" premieres in NYC
9th - "Ninotchka," with Greta Garbo premieres
9th - Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron)
9th - Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents
11th - Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"
12th - Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David
14th - Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas Venezuela
15th - Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 15th - FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC
15th - Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
15th - Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check
16th - Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail
16th - German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland
17th - German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship

I cut it off at this point.

[riverat]

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Happy Birthday, RLW!

[BroadHopper]

Can't think of a better time to celebrate!

at 9:10 that morning it would be 9:10 11/12/13

[secondcurve]

Originally Posted by Steveo

My wife and I got married on a Sunday, July 10th. I begged her to marry me on the Thursday before that Sunday. Why - because the date was 7/7/77, I thought it would bring us luck. But since we've been married for 36+ years I guess we didn't need it after all.

On 7/77/77 I was 16 and and an assistant to a milk man delivering milk for Hood in the "projects" of somerville. It was a very hot day as I recall. I remember that I earned $5.00 for a 10-hour day. It is funny what you remember.

[Winnisquamguy]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Can't think of a better time to celebrate!

at 9:10 that morning it would be 9:10 11/12/13

(NECN: Jack Thurston, Essex Junction, Vt.) - A newborn in Vermont seems to have numbers on her side. Kassandra L. Mayhue arrived this week with a very unusual set of digits to describe her birth. "Her birthday will be very easy to remember," joked her mother, Nikki Mayhue.

The Mayhues welcomed Kassandra, or Kassie, on Nov. 12, 2013. That makes her an 11-12-13 baby.

"She did come the day before her due date," pointed out Kassandra's father, Chris Mayhue.

Adding to the sequential nature of the little girl's arrival was the time she entered the world: It was 9:10 a.m. That makes Kassie a 9-10-11-12-13 baby.

"She was actually looking like she'd be before that; before 9 o'clock," Chris Mayhue noted. "But she was stubborn, I guess, and waited until she ready."

And even more strange? Her weight: "Eight pounds, even," Nikki Mayhue said, smiling.

Those eight pounds mean Kassandra is actually an 8-9-10-11-12-13 girl. But there's even more. The baby's initials are KLM, which happen to be the 11th, 12th, and 13th letters of the alphabet. Those initials were planned well before Kassandra's arrival, Nikki Mayhue noted.

New England Cable News asked self-described medium and intuitive counselor Nan O'Brien about this set of circumstances.

"This is really a full alignment of energies coming together," she said. "She came in like gangbusters to make a difference in the world."

O'Brien told NECN she believes souls pick what time they arrive, so O'Brien said this was no coincidence. She added that she believes Kassandra appears destined to grow up to be the kind of woman who commands attention and who uses her positive voice to help others. "She's going to be something else, I can tell you that," O'Brien predicted.

For now, Nikki and Chris Mayhue are just glad Kassie's healthy. "It's been entertaining," Nikki Mayhue said of the numeric surprises that came with her new child.

The Mayhues said they are looking forward to counting all the future ways their 8-9-10-11-12-13 daughter turns out to be unique. "They're all special in their own ways," Nikki Mayhue said.

http://www.necn.com/11/14/13/Special...9&feedID=11110