Cougar, puma, and mountain lion are all different names for the same animal.
1673 - Edmund Halley enters The Queen's College, Oxford, as an undergraduate
1929 - President Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war
1942 - Irving Berlin's musical "This is the Army" premieres in NYC
1958 - Ted Williams is fined $250 for spitting at Boston fans again
1965 - Bob Dylan release "Like a Rolling Stone"
1982 - "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 perfs
1803 - Alexander Jackson Davis, US, architect (gothic revivalist)
1858 - Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp Putsch 1920)
1916 - Bob Eberly, Mechanicsville NY, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band)
1927 - Wilfred Josephs, composer
1964 - Teri Schroeder, Newport Beach Ca, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13-1993)
1969 - Steve Jennings, Wash DC, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1846 - Louis Napoleon, French King of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67
1900 - Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59
1980 - Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
1995 - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist, dies at 64
1996 - Virginia Christine, actress (Mrs Olson), dies at 76
2012 - Sherman Hemsley, American Actor, dies from natural causes at 74
Gambling is extremely wide-spread in Finland with slot machines in almost every store… however, it’s monopolized and all profits go to charities (including the treatment of gambling addiction).
Snoop Dogg once tried to rent the entire country of Liechtenstein for a video shoot, and the main reason they said no is because he didn’t give them enough notice.
After learning of his parents tragic death due to carbon monoxide poisoning, Weird Al went on to perform and gave the reason that “since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well”
A retired teacher who had been struggling for breath for months was amazed when doctors told him there was a pea plant growing in his lung.
