Wednesday 1st August 2012 Bangla Desh

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- Let us never forget!
The world hasn’t just become wicked…it’s always been wicked. The prize doesn’t always go to the most deserving.

Irena Sendler
Died 12 May 2008 (aged 98)
Warsaw , Poland

During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a plumbing/sewer specialist.

She had an ‘ulterior motive’.

She KNEW what the Nazis’ plans were for the Jews (being German).

Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger children).

She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.

The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the infants’ noises.

During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 children/infants.

She was caught, and the Nazi’s broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely.

Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents who may have survived it and to re-unite the families.

Most had been gassed. Those children she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.

She was not selected.

President Obama won one year before becoming President for his work as a community organizer for ACORN

and

Al Gore won also — for a slide show on Global Warming.

In MEMORIAM – 63 YEARS LATER

We’re doing our small part by forwarding this message.

I hope you’ll consider doing the same…

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.

This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!

Now, more than ever, with Iran and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be ‘a myth’.

It’s imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.

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1498 – Christopher Columbus landed on “Isla Santa” (Venezuela). He was certainly having a long voyage

1619 – The first black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, VA. The numbers have certainly grown over the years!

1774 – Oxygen was isolated from air successfully by chemist Carl Wilhelm and scientist Joseph Priestly. Clever stuff

1779 – Francis Scott Key was born. He was an American composer, attorney, poet, and social worker. He was the composer of the poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” which later became known as the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Good tune

1790 – The first U.S. census was completed with a total population of 3,929,214 recorded. The areas included were the present states of Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia-These numbers have also grown a bit

1818 – Maria Mitchell was born. She was the first female professional astronomer and the first women to be elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Well done

1834 – Slavery was outlawed in the British empire with an emancipation bill. Congratulations and thanks to William Wiberforce

1873 – Andrew S. Hallidie successfully tested a cable car. The design was done for San Francisco, CA. Now that doesn’t surprise me

1876 – Colorado became the 38th state to join the United States.

1893 – Shredded wheat was patented by Henry Perky and William Ford.  What about Pinky?

1894 – The first Sino-Japanese War erupted. The dispute was over control of Korea. Japan was a force to be reckoned with

1914 – Germany declared war on Russia at the beginning of World War I. Oh Dear

1936 – Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic games as they opened in Berlin. This was a sham and he was pretty annoyed when Jesse Owen spoiled his ideas about the Aryan race

1943 – Several deaths occurred in a race-related riot in Harlem, New York City. Bad

1944 – In Warsaw, Poland, an uprising against Nazi occupation began. The revolt continued until October 2 when Polish forces surrendered.  This was on a DVD which showed the bravery of the Poles

1953 – The first aluminum-faced building was completed. It was the first of this type in America. Good

1956 – The Social Security Act was amended to provide benefits to disabled workers aged 50-64 and disabled adult children. Good

1957 – The North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) was created by the United States and Canada. Good

1966 – Fifteen people were shot and killed and 31 others were injured by Charles Joseph Whitman from a tower at the University of Texas at Austin. Whitman was killed in the tower. These nutcases seem to come along in numbers in July

1973 – The movie “American Graffiti” opened. Good movie

1975 – The Helsinki accords pledged the signatory nations to respect human rights.Good

1991 – Actress Hedy Lamar, 77, was arrested for shoplifting in Florida. How sad

2006 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro turned over absolute power when he gave his brother Raul authority while he underwent an intestinal surgery. It was no more than you’d expect

1960, Aretha Franklin made her first recordings for CBS Records. I first liked her Atlantic release I never loved a man the way that I loved you

1963, The first ‘Beatles Monthly’ was published. A magazine devoted to the group, it continued until 1969 and at its peak was selling over 350,000 copies a month.  We’re in the money
1964, US singer Johnny Burnette was killed in a boating accident on Clear Lake California, aged 30. 1961 US No.8 & UK No.3 single ‘Your Sixteen’. I loved him singing Dreaming

1964, The Beatles scored their fifth US No.1 single in seven months when ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ went to the top of the charts. The group had now spent seventeen weeks at the No.1 position in this year. They were phenomenal in the true sense of the word
1965, Marianne Faithfull collapsed during a concert in Morecambe England and was forced to cancel all forthcoming engagements. She had a lovely voice and was a girlfriend of Mick Jagger
1965, During a UK tour, The Rolling Stones appeared at the London Palladium supported by The Walker Brothers, The Fourmost, Steampacket featuring Rod Stewart and Sugar Pie Desanto with The Shevelles.Sounds like a great evening

1969, The three day US Atlantic City Pop Festival took place with BB King, Janis Joplin, Santana, Joni Mitchell, Three Dog Night, Dr John, Procol Harum, Arthur Brown, Little Richard and Canned Heat. night I would have loved this 
1970, The film ‘Performance’ featuring Mick Jagger in his acting debut, had its UK premiere in London.  It was worth a try
1971, The Concert For Bangla Desh, organised by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangla Desh took place at New York’s Madison Sq Garden. Featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar and members from Badfinger. Harrison had to shell out his own money to maintain the fund after legal problems froze all proceeds. The triple album release (the second in a row by Harrison), hit number 1 in the UK and No.2 in the US and received the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.  Let’s not forget that George Harrison started these great events and was never really given the credit he deserved
1981, Australian singer Rick Springfield started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Jessie’s Girl’, a No.43 hit in the UK. Rick had played Noah Drake in the TV show ‘General Hospital’.I like this song.

1981, Welsh singer Shakin’ Stevens had his second UK No.1 single with his version of the Frankie Vaughan 1956 No.2 hit ‘Green Door’.Shakey,as he was known,  was a massive hit in the UK and he should have been big in the USA

1987, Eurythmics Dave Stewart married ex Bananarama member Siobham Fahey.
1987, Los Lobos were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with their version of the Ritchie Valens song ‘La Bamba’ also a No.1 hit in the US. The song was the title track from the film based on Ritchie Valens who died in the same plane crash the killed Buddy Holly.They did a nice version of this and it is still popular today

1987, MTV Europe was launched, the first video played being ‘Money For Nothing’ by Dire Straits which contained the appropriate line ‘I Want My MTV’.Great track to start a great concept

1988, Pink Floyd appeared at Main Road Football ground in Manchester, England, tickets cost £15.00.  Great gig
1990, UB40 were deported from the Seychelles after police discovered marijuana in their hotel rooms. Not musicians with drugs?
1998, The Spice Girls scored their seventh UK No.1 single with ‘Viva Forever’. Not a favourite of mine
1999, Ronan Keating scored his first UK No.1 solo single with ‘When You Say Nothing At All’.  Great song and really good singer
2000, Madonna’s forthcoming single ‘Music’ had its release date brought forward by two weeks after the track was made available as an illegal MP3 file on the Internet. The power of the web!
. 2002, A new book ‘Show the Girl the Door’ written by a former tour manager disclosed some strange demands by female acts. It revealed that Shania Twain would travel with a sniffer dog in case of bombs. Jennifer Lopez liked her dressing room to be all white, including carpets flowers and furniture. Cher would have high security rooms for her wigs. Janet Jackson would have a full medical team on standby including a doctor nurse and throat specialist and Britney Spears would demand her favourite Gummie Bear soft sweets.  How the other half lives
2004, Red Hot Chili Peppers went to No.1 on the UK album chart with ‘Live In Hyde Park’, the bands second UK No.1. Good band
2007, Eminem’s publishing company were seeking more than $75,000 (£36,900) for copyright infringement and unfair competition against computer firm Apple for allegedly selling his music on iTunes without permission. Apple were paying Eminem’s record label for each download – but Eight Mile Style argued it had not approved the deal. It’s all about the money
2007, Prince kicked off a series of 21 sold out UK shows at London’s O2 arena. Tickets for the events cost £31.21 – the same figure used by the singer to name his album, website and perfume. After completing the 21 nights the Jehovah’s Witness was planning to take time out to study the Bible.  He is a very interesting man

2007, John Lennon’s “granny” sunglasses were snapped up by a British collector at auction. The sunglasses, from one of the last Beatles concerts, were expected to fetch around £1m, but auction bosses refused to say what the actual figure was. Lennon gave the gold-rimmed glasses to his Japanese interpreter in Tokyo in 1966, and the translator removed the lenses when Lennon died.   Amazing!

Born on this day

1898,  Morris Stoloff, arranger, (1956 US No.1 & UK No.7 single ‘Moonglow and Theme From Picnic’, arranged film music including ‘Lawrence Of Arabia’). Died 6th April 1980.
1942,Jerry Garcia, guitar, vocals, The Grateful Dead, (1970 UK No.69 and US No.127 album, ‘Workingman’s Dead’). Garcia died from a drugs-related heart attack on 9th August 1995.
1946, , Boz Burrell, Bad Company, (1974 UK No.15 & US No.5 single ‘Can’t Get Enough’). Member of King Crimson.
 1947, Born on this day, Rick Anderson bass, The Tubes, (1977 UK No.28 single ‘White Punks On Dope’, 1983 US No.10 single ‘She’s A Beauty’). 1947, Born on this day, Ricky Coonce, Grass Roots, (1968 US No.5 single ‘Midnight Confessions’, plus 13 other US Top 40 singles). 1951, Born on this day, Tommy Bolin, guitarist. Joined Deep Purple in 1975, member of Zephyr and The James Gang. Bolin died of a heroin overdose on 4th December 1976. 1953, Born on this day, Robert Cray, singer, Blues guitarist, (1987 UK No.50 single ‘Right Next Door, Because Of Me’). 1959, Born on this day, Joe Elliott, vocals, Def Leppard, (1987 UK No.6 single ‘Animal’ 1987 world wide No.1 album ‘Hysteria’1988 US No.1 single ‘Love Bites’). 1960, Born on this day, Chuck D, (Carlton Ridenhour), Public Enemy, (1988 UK No.18 single ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’). 1960, Born on this day, Suzi Gardner, guitar, vocals, L7, (1992 UK No. 21 single ‘Pretend We’re Dead’). 1963, Born on this day, Coolio, (Artis Ivey Jr), 1995 US & UK No.1 single ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’. 1964, Born on this day, Adam Duritz, Counting Crows (1994 UK No.28 single ‘Mr Jones’ 1996 US No.1 album ‘Recovering The Satellites’).

Born on this day