Muhammed Ali ............a fellow Louisvillian ! Have driven by his parents's house many times.
The local hero who everyone wants to identify with .Growing up in a mostly black neighborhood found about 50% of all Louisville's black people say they knew him / were related to him / and even with a few who claimed they taught him everything he knew about boxing/how their aunt mother cousin etc almost married him Much less with white people but still there. A friend was married to a police who told everyone how his father had been a police car partner of the white cop who early on discovered Ali's talents and got his career going.
Despite being religious he was a well known horn dog .
When Ali died the town was flooded with celebrities from all over the world. The hotel where I worked had 100 % occupancy that week-end .Things were very busy around the clock .I walked in the hotel bar finding Angelina Jolie ( she adds new meaning to the word anorexia) & her entourage there then when leaving passing Sylvester Stallone & his people coming in.
1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 21⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
Muhammed Ali ............a fellow Louisvillian ! Have driven by his parents's house many times.
The local hero who everyone wants to identify with .Growing up in a mostly black neighborhood found about 50% of all Louisville's black people say they knew him / were related to him / and even with a few who claimed they taught him everything he knew about boxing/how their aunt mother cousin etc almost married him Much less with white people but still there. A friend was married to a police who told everyone how his father had been a police car partner of the white cop who early on discovered Ali's talents and got his career going.
Despite being religious he was a well known horn dog .
When Ali died the town was flooded with celebrities from all over the world. The hotel where I worked had 100 % occupancy that week-end .Things were very busy around the clock .I walked in the hotel bar finding Angelina Jolie ( she adds new meaning to the word anorexia) & her entourage there then when leaving passing Sylvester Stallone & his people coming in.
Horn dog is new to me too, Moi!
Means a horny guy wo always has sex on his mind .They will happily buy you drinks in a bar but you have to put up with their abounding sexual energy complete with commentary & underlying frustration .But not Ali when it came to frustration , despite always being on the prowl he always had women chasing after him .
2022 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles
2022 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles
There is a lot to be said for being part of a group, and the support and friendship that is gained from this.
1499 – The citizens of Lisbon celebrate the triumphal return of the explorer Vasco de Gama, completing his two-year journey around the Cape of Good Hope to India
2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
2017 – Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
A goddess who the UK government should build monuments too and give all kinds of honors .Make her b'day a national holiday , maybe make her a baroness give some royal title .
Moi sees a definite connection between her independent & smart Mrs Peel character on THE AVENGERS and the rise of modern feminism.
Moi, the series was also broadcast on French TV ("Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir") and I loved her too : she was smart and clever , sense of humour, and elegant (dresses and suits were designed by Pierre Cardin) and "sexy", too ! I remember being very disappointed when another actress replaced her. Beyond recognition, but just as talented she was as the sinister Mrs Danvers in a 1997 TVversion of "Rebecca", winning an Emmy. In the biography, I see she also performed as "Colette", the French writer, on stage (1982)and I'm sure she was perfect ! Great lady !
Mohamed Ali - I remember my dad watching the boxing when I was a kid, he was quite the show man.
1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) - I have stood on that very spot where they set sail
Loved Diana Rigg in the Avengers
Just been watching the new Netflix series called spy ops, which featured this event - 001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
There is a lot to be said for being part of a group, and the support and friendship that is gained from this.
1973 – A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
2001 – The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,996 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
2011 – A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.
The coup in Chile was mentioned on the BBC news last night due to disturbances there yesterday on the anniversary. Very sad! Thinking of everyone affected by 9/11 today. The years pass but they will never be forgotten!