The newsletter for the active Venice-Marina Rotarian

     November 19, 2002

   

                                                           THE MESH

    

     From the desk of the Editor

       

I was at last week's meeting held at Venice High School and was glad to see the support of so many club members for the ""Awards of Excellence" community luncheon.  From the looks of the names mentioned in the program as contributors we have a lot to be proud of as a group for providing an ongoing incentive to the students of Venice High.  The program was late getting started and unfortunately I had to "scoot" before it really got started.  I am sure you can get a full report of what went on at this week's meeting.  All I can say is that Pres. Willie looked very presidential and I hope that JR got over his heartburn.

 

Don't miss out on this weeks meeting, the card draw is for big bucks and there is only a dozen or so cards left so your odds are good.

The invocation will be by Tony Medley and the Raffle prizes will be provided by Christopher McDowell.

 

    Letters to the Editor

 

The Chamber of Commerce annual Holiday Mixer will be held in the rooftop Bay
View Room at the Marina Beach Marriott Hotel from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 12th.  Admission is $10 with 100 percent of the proceeds
going to two local charities, the Computer Access Learning Center and Rose
Vista.  The holiday mixer always boasts excellent food and unique and
exciting raffle prizes.

Dave Voss

 

     Editor's note

I haven't been getting much feed back or input for our Mesh.  Except for Dave's note about the Chamber Mixer I didn't get anything from anyone to send out.  So, just to give you something to read, here is some stuff that happened on this day through out history:

 

Birthdates which occurred on November 19:

 

1600 Charles I king of England (1625-49); executed by Parliament

1752 George Rogers Clark frontier military leader in Revolutionary War

1770 Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen Copenhagen Denmark, sculptor (Dying Lion)

1805 Ferdinand de Lesseps France, diplomat (built Suez Canal)

1831 James A Garfield 20th President (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)

1859 Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)

1888 Jose Raul Capablanca Cuba, world chess champion (1921-27)

1899 Allen Tate US, poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems)

1899 Howard Thurman famous African

19-- Matt Sorum rock drummer (Guns 'n' Roses-Sweet Child of Mine)

1904 Nancy Carroll NYC, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family)

1905 Tommy Dorsey Mahanoy Plane PA, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)

1917 Indira Gandhi Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84)

1919 Alan Young England, actor (Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed)

1919 George Fenneman Peking China, TV announcer (You Bet Your Life)

1921 Roy Campanella Brooklyn Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55)

1926 Jeane J Kirkpatrick US ambassador to UN (R)

1933 Larry King radio talk show host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show)

1935 John F Welch Jr Salem MA, CEO (GE)

1936 Dick Cavett Kearney NB, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)

1938 Ted Turner broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup

1939 Garrick Utley Chicago IL, newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend)

1941 Dan Haggerty Hollywood CA, actor (Grizzly Adams)

1942 Calvin Klein fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans)

1947 Bob Boone San Diego, catcher (Phillies, Angels)

1949 Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore) NFL receiver (Minnesota Vikings)/sportscaster

1949 Mickey Lee Davis Jr Tennessee, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)

1954 Kathleen Quinlan Mill Valley Cal, actress (Rose Garden, Twilight Zone)

1956 Glynis O'Connor NYC, actress (California Dreaming, Ode to Billy Joe)

1956 Scott Jacoby Chicago IL, actor (Bad Ronald, Return to Horror High)

1957 Kathy Sanborn WBL guard (NY Stars)

1957 Otis J Anderson NFL running back (NY Giants, 1990 Superbowl MVP)

1957 Sharon Farrah WBL guard (NY Stars)

1960 "Lovely" Elizabeth Frankfurt KY, WWF's 1st lady of wrestling

1961 Meg Ryan Bethel CT, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)

1962 Jodie Foster Bronx NYC, actress (Taxi Driver, Accused)

1963 Justine Greiner Boston MA, playmate (February, 1984)

1963 Terry Farrell Cedar Rapids Iowa, actress (Laurie-Paper Dolls)

1969 Sarka Lukesov  1st playmate in Czechoslovkian Playboy (May, 1991)

 

 

Deaths which occurred on November 19:

 

1828 Franz Schubert Austrian composer, died

1887 Emma Lazarus US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38

1915 Joe Hill Labor leader, executed for murder

1971 Bill Stern sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64

1983 Peter Coffield Illinois, actor (Kevin-W.E.B.), dies at 37

1985 Stepin Fetchit 1st black star, dies of pneumonia at 83

1988 Christine Onassis heiress, dies of heart failure at 37

 

   On this day...

 

461 St Hilary begins his reign as Catholic Pope

498 Anastasius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1493 Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage

1644 1st Protestant ministry society in New England

1794 Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain

1863 Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score & 7 years..."

1874 William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding the city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years'

imprisonment

1879 National Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter

1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)

1896 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire" (BG)

1903 Carrie Nation attempts to address the Senate

1906 London selected to host 1908 Olympics

1919 US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations

1932 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game

1939 Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship

1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front

1947 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar

1949 Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco

1951 Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday

1959 Ford cancels the Edsel

1961 Houston George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)

1963 Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal

1968 Army coup seizes power in Mali

1969 Apollo 12's Conrad & Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon

1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal state historical landmark

1971 Fort Wilderness opens

1976 George Harrison releases "This Song"

1977 Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders

1977 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel

1979 Chuck Berry released from prison on income tax evasion

1980 CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jeans ad featuring Brooke Shields

1985 President Reagan & Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time

1988 LA Law's Corbin Bernsen marries actress Amanda Pays

1989 US beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifying for the 1990 world soccer cup finals. It was US' 1st qualification since 1950

1990 Greyhound files reorganization plan so they can be traded publicly

1990 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages

1994 First National Lottery draw in England

 

Holidays

 

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

 

Mali : Liberation Day

Monaco : Monegasque National Day

Puerto Rico : Discovery Day (1493)

United Arab Emirates : Pilgrimage

US : Equal Opportunity Day

US : National Children's Book Week Begins - - - - - ( Monday )