The Davesfunstuff Today in History CD Returns!

The Davesdatebook and Davesfunstuff CDs have returned as a TWO-CD set!

''The DFS Today in History/DFS Web Stuff'' TWO CD set contains Mega versions of ''Today in History'' and ''The Event Chronology'' as well as content from all of the active websites, plus stuff that used to be published on the web!

Purchasers of the 2-CD set get to join the private Today in History mailing list for celebrity birthday and event updates for one full year!

Don't be left out in the cold! Order the DFS Today in History CD NOW!

Please Click Here to Purchase the DFS 2-CD Set!

Today In History Basic Datebook-September 10th

For The Weekday Of: Wednesday in 2008, Thursday in 2009
Today in History Basic!
E-Mail: Add/Correct Facts!

People on September 10th: birthdates

Roy E. Jr. Ayers: 1940 (is 68 in 2008, 69 in 2009)
Jazz Pianist, Singer/Guitarist, R&B & Jazz vibraphonist
Barriemore Barlow: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Drummer, British, of Jethro Tull
Big Daddy Kane: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Rap Performer
Dennis Burkley: yr unknown
Actor, Texas Wheelers, Mary Hartman*2's Mac Slattery, Sanford's Cal
Kate Burton: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
TV Actress, Swiss, Richard's daughter
Chris Columbus: 1958 (is 50 in 2008, 51 in 2009)
Movie Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Home Alone
Carol Decker: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
Pop Singer, Songwriter, British, of T'Pau
Siobhan Fahey: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
Pop Singer, Songwriter, Irish, PRON:shih-bohn; of Bananarama, Shakespeare's Sister; Dave Stewart's wife
Jose Feliciano: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Foreign Singer, Guitarist, Actor, Songwriter, Puerto Rican, b. in Larez; Chico & The Man theme singer
Johnnie Fingers: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
New Wave Singer, Pianist, Irish, of The Boomtown Rats
Colin Firth: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Movie Actor, English, Shakespeare in Love, Bridget Jones Diary, The Importance of Being Ernest, Love Actually, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Nanny McPhee, The Last Legion
Brian Fitzpatrick: 1957 (is 51 in 2008, 52 in 2009)
Soap Actor, All My Children's Mitch Beck, Loving's Rick Alden
Rosie Flores: 1956 (is 52 in 2008, 53 in 2009)
Country Singer
Judy Geeson: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Actress, English
Bo Goldman: 1932 (is 76 in 2008, 77 in 2009)
Screen/Scriptwriter, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Melvin and Howard
Robin Goodridge: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Bush
Bruce Michael Hall: 1977 (is 31 in 2008, 32 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Passions' Reese, One Life to Live's Joey Buchanan
Michael Hall: 1976 (is 32 in 2008, 33 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Passions' Reese Durvee
Philip Baker Hall: 1931 (is 77 in 2008, 78 in 2009)
Actor
Danny Hutton: 1942 (is 66 in 2008, 67 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Singer, Irish, Songwriter, of Three Dog Night; some say b. 1946
Amy Irving: 1953 (is 55 in 2008, 56 in 2009)
Movie Actress, Carrie, The Competetion, Yentl, Crossing Delancey, Deconstructing Harry; Stephen Spielberg's ex-wife
Clark Johnson: 1954 (is 54 in 2008, 55 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, Director, Writer, Homicide: Life On The Street's Det. Meldrick Lewis
Henry Kerrey: 2001 (is 7 in 2008, 8 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Sarah Paley and Bob's son
Cynthia Kuralt: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
Journalist
Karl Lagerfeld: 1938 (is 70 in 2008, 71 in 2009)
Fashion Designer, German
Rudy Law: 2002 (is 6 in 2008, 7 in 2009)
Celebrity Son, Sadie Frost and Jade's son
Talulah Pine LeBon: 1994 (is 14 in 2008, 15 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Simon & Yasmin's daughter
Cynthia Lennon: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
Celebrity Relative, MaN: Powell; Julian's mother, John's ex-wife
Tom Ligon: 1945 (is 63 in 2008, 64 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Young and The Restless, Another World's Bailey Thompson, All My Children's Fred Lomax
Dave Lowry: 1960 (is 48 in 2008, 49 in 2009)
Alternative Rock Performer, front man of Cracker
Pat Mastelotto: 1955 (is 53 in 2008, 54 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Drummer, of Mr. Mister and sessionist for Vanity, Pointer Sisters and others
Greg Mullavey: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, Mary Hartman*2's Tom Hartman, Number 96, Rituals; Meredith MacRae's hubby
Bill O'Reilly: 1949 (is 59 in 2008, 60 in 2009)
TV Host, Inside Edition, Fox News, TV and radio host
Tommy Overstreet: 1937 (is 71 in 2008, 72 in 2009)
Country/Western Performer, Singer, Baritone
John Palmer: 1935 (is 73 in 2008, 74 in 2009)
Newscaster, Journalist, NBC News
Joe Perry: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
HALL OF FAMER, Heavy Metal Guitarst, Songwriter, of Aerosmith
Ryan Phillippe: 1974 (is 34 in 2008, 35 in 2009)
Movie/Soap Actor, One Life to Live's Billy Douglas, I Know What You Did Last Summer, 54, Days of Our Lives' Billy, Crash, Breach
Don Powell: 1950 (is 58 in 2008, 59 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Drummer, English, of Slade
Nina Repeta: yr unknown
Actress, Dawson's Creek's Bessie Potter
Alice Richmond: 2005 (is 3 in 2008, 4 in 2009)
Celebrity Daughter, Tina Fey and Jeff's daughter
Guy Ritchie: 1968 (is 40 in 2008, 41 in 2009)
Movie Director, Mr. Madonna
Johnathon Schaech: 1969 (is 39 in 2008, 40 in 2009)
TV/Movie Actor, That Thing You Do, Time of Your Life's Maguire
Bill Stevenson: 1963 (is 45 in 2008, 46 in 2009)
Punk Rock Performer, of Black Flag
Yma Sumac: 1927 (is 81 in 2008, 82 in 2009)?
Singer, RN:Emperatriz Chavarri Yma Sumac; b. 1922?; some say b. Sep 10, 1928 (is 80 in 2008)
Arthur Taxler: yr unknown
TV/Movie Actor, Midnight Caller's Lt. Carl Zymack
Barbara Treutelaar: yr unknown
Soap Actress, One Life to Live's ex-Didi O'Neill
Arthur Tripp: 1939 (is 69 in 2008, 70 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, NN:Artie; of Capt. Beefhart & His Magic Band, Mothers of Invention
Margaret Trudeau-Kemper: 1948 (is 60 in 2008, 61 in 2009)
Prime Minister, MN:Sinclair; former Canadian First Lady
Cheryl Ann Wilson: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Days of Our Lives' Megan Hathaway
Jacob Young: 1979 (is 29 in 2008, 30 in 2009)
Soap Actor, Bold and the Beautiful's Rick Forrester, General Hospital's Lucky Spencer, All My Children's J.R. Chandler
Chip Z'Nuff: 1964 (is 44 in 2008, 45 in 2009)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Enuff Z'Nuff
Miles Zuniga: 1966 (is 42 in 2008, 43 in 2009)
Modern Rock Singer, Musician, of Fastball

People on September 10th: birth anniversaries

Maxie Leroy "Max" Anderson: 1934?=d.Jun 27, 1983
Aviator, Balloonist who made the first transatlantic balloon flight; some say b. Sep 19, 1934
Adele Astaire: 1898=d.Jan 25, 1981 (was 82)
Dancer, MN:Marie; Fred's sister
Nicholas Biddle: 1750=d.Mar 7, 1778 (was 27)
Naval Officer, Captain in the Continental Army
Carter Braxton: 1736=d.Oct 10, 1797 (was 61)
Revolutionary, Statesman, Declaration of Independence signer
Roy Brown: 1925=d.May 25, 1981 (was 55)
Pianist, Soul Singer, Gospel Singer, Songwriter, Blues Singer, An originator of the New Orleans R&B sound
Alvin Childress: 1907=d.Apr 19, 1986 (was 78)
Actor, Amos & Andy's Amos Jones
Arthur Holly Compton: 1892=d.Mar 15, 1962 (was 69)
Scientist, Physician, Engineer, developed A-bomb, 1927 Nobel.
Cyril Connolly: 1903=d.Nov 26, 1974 (was 71)
Editor, Author, Journalist, Critic, English
Ian Fleming: 1888=d.Jan 1, 1969 (was 80)
Movie Actor, Australian, Dr. Watson in films; NOT the James Bond creator
Isaac Kauffman Funk: 1839=d.Apr 4, 1912 (was 72)
Publisher, Funk and Wagnalls; also a Lutheran minister, religious journalist, Prohibition Party publicist, and spelling reformer.
Kenneth Gidens: 1908=d.May 7, 1993 (was 84)
Businessperson, founder & owner Voice of America
Stephen Jay Gould: 1941=d.May 20, 2002 (was 60)
Author, Educator, Paleontologist; Zoologist
William Torrey Harris: 1835=d.Nov 5, 1909 (was 74)
Educator, Philosopher
James Keeler: 1857=d.Aug 12, 1900 (was 42)
Astronomer, Rings of Saturn discoverer; who confirmed that Saturn's ring system is not a solid unit but is composed of a vast swarm of tiny particles.
Charles Bishop Kuralt: 1934=d.Jul 4, 1997 (was 62)
Newscaster, Correspondent, Journalist, Author, b. in Wilmington, NC; CBS News, Sunday Morning
Cliff Leeman: 1913=d.1986
Jazz Performer, Drummer
Tommy Leonetti: 1929=d.Sep 15, 1979 (was 50)
Singer, Actor, Your Hit Parade underrated reg singer, Gomer Pyle USMC's Cpl. Nick Guccinello
Bessie Love: 1898=d.Apr 26, 1986 (was 87)
Movie Actress, RN:Juanita Horton
Carl Mosander: 1797=d.Oct 15, 1858 (was 61)
Chemist, Swedish, Mineralologist; whose work revealed the existence of numerous rare-earth elements with closely similar chemical properties.
Edmond O'Brien: 1915=d.May 9, 1985 (was 69)
TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director, b. in New York City; Long Hot Summer, The Barefoot Contessa, Johnny Midnight, Birdman of Alcatraz
Al Fuzzy Saint John: 1893=d.Jan 21, 1963 (was 69)
TV/Movie Actor, Lash of the West
Elsa Schiaparelli: 1890=d.Nov 13, 1973 (was 83)
Fashion Designer, Italian
Raymond Scott: 1908=d.Feb 8, 1994 (was 85)
Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Pianist, Quirky innovative music from radio jazz shows to Ren and Stimpy; Your Hit Parade reg; Dorothy Collins' hubby
Carl C. Van Doren: 1885=d.Jul 18, 1950 (was 64)
Educator, Critic, Biographer, Author, MN:Clinton
Franz Werfel: 1890=d.Aug 26, 1945 (was 54)
Novelist, Austrian
Joseph Wheeler: 1836=d.Jan 25, 1906 (was 69)
General, NN:Fighting Joe; a Confederate during the American Civil War
Sir Mortimer Wheeler: 1890=d.Jul 22, 1976 (was 85)
Scientist, Archaeologist, British, a great popularizer for his subject, particularly on TV.
Robert Wise: 1914=d.Sep 14, 2005 (was 91)
Movie Producer/Director, Editor, b. in Winchester, IN; West Side Story, Sound of Music, the Day the Earth Stood Still

People on September 10th: death anniversaries

Pepper Adams: 1986 (was 55)/b.Oct 8, 1930
Saxophonist, baritone sax
Pier Angeli: 1971 (was 39)/b.Jun 19, 1932
Movie Actress, Italian, Marisa Pavan's twin; RN:Anna Maria Pierangeli; some say 1933
Felix Bloch: 1983 (was 77)/b.Oct 23, 1905
Physicist, Swiss, nuclear physicist (Nobel 1952)
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown: 2005 (was 81)/b.Apr 18, 1924
Blues Singer, Pianist, Fiddler, Country Singer, Guitarist, Violinist, Drummer, Songwriter, made successful records with Roy Clark; NN:Texas Blues Guitarist
Leo Carrillo: 1961 (was 81)/b.Aug 6, 1880
TV/Movie Actor, Statesman, The Cisco Kid's Pancho; some say b. 1881
Nathan E. Cook: 1992 (was 106)/b.Oct 10, 1885
Hero, the last surviving U.S. veteran of the Spanish-American War of 1898
Bella Darvi: 1971 (was 41)/b.Oct 23, 1929
Actress, Polish, RN:Wegier Bayla
Charles Denner: 1995 (was 69)/b.May 29, 1926
Movie Actor, Polish
Joanne Dru: 1996 (was 73)/b.Jan 31, 1923
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Logan, WV; RLN:la Cock; Peter Marshall's sister; 40s & 50s film star; Dick Haymes', then John Ireland's wife; She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Red River; some say b. 1922
Jerome Hunsaker: 1984 (was 98)/b.Aug 26, 1886
Engineer, aeronautical; made major innovations in the design of lighter-than-air ships, seaplanes, and carrier-based aircraft.
Bobby Jordan: 1965 (was 42)/b.Apr 1, 1923
Actor, Dead-End kid
Alfredo Kraus: 1999 (was 71)/b.Nov 24, 1927
Opera Singer, Tenor, Spanish
Huey Pierce Long: 1935 (was 42)/b.Aug 30, 1893
Governor, Senator, NN:Kingfish of Louisiana politics
George Schaefer: 1997 (was 76)/b.Dec 16, 1920
Movie Director, the driving force behind more than 55 "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV dramas
Mark Tapscott: 1993 (was 68)/b.Dec 15, 1924
Soap Actor, Young and The Restless
Sir George Thomson: 1975 (was 83)/b.May 3, 1892
Physicist, British, demonstrated electron diffraction, 1937 Nobel.
Dalton Trumbo: 1976 (was 70)/b.Dec 9, 1905
Screen/Scriptwriter, Movie Director, one of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten
Letitia Christian Tyler: 1842 (was 51)/b.Nov 12, 1790
First Lady, John's wife #1
Mary Wollstonecraft: 1797 (was 38)/b.Apr 27, 1759
Writer, Feminist, Social Reformer, Author, English, MaLN: Godwin; of Frankstein
Jane Wyman: 2007 (was 93)/b.Jan 4, 1914
TV/Movie Actress, TV Hostess, b. in St. Joseph, Mo.; Johnny Belinda, Fireside Theater hostess, Falcon Crest's Angela Channing; Ronald Reagan's wife in 1940's, 2x Freddie Karger's wife; RN:Sarah Jane Fulks

Important: This is the short version of the 'This Day in Events History' section.

For a full list of events covering 27 categories including the Today in Music, Sports, and Entertainment subjects, please purchase the davesdatebook CD right here.

Please Click Here for information.

Thank you for your patronage.

General events on September 10th

In 1623, Lumber and furs are the first cargo to leave New Plymouth in North America for England.

...and at least 12 more under this category for DFS Today in History CD owners. Please click here to own one.

Government and Politics on September 10th

In 1608, 400 years ago, John Smith was elected the new president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia. The first president of the Virginia Colony, Edward M. Wingfield, is ousted from his position.

...and at least 31 more under this category for DFS Today in History CD owners. Please click here to own one.

War, Crime and Disaster events on September 10th

In 1565, Jean Ribault sets sail from Fort Caroline to destroy the Spanish settlement at St. Augustine, but his fleet is wrecked in a storm.

...and at least 34 more under this category for DFS Today in History CD owners. Please click here to own one.

Royalty and Religious events on September 10th

In 1547, The Scots were defeated by the English at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, Edinburgh. The battle was sparked by English demands that Edward VI, aged 10, should marry Mary Queen of Scots, aged 5.

...and at least 3 more under this category for DFS Today in History CD owners. Please click here to own one.

Human Achievement and Science events on September 10th

In 1224, The Franciscans (founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi) first arrived in England. They were originally called "Grey Friars" because of their gray habits. (The habit worn by modern Franciscans is brown.)

...and at least 9 more under this category for DFS Today in History CD owners. Please click here to own one.

Arts and Prose events on September 10th

In 1981, The painting "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso was returned to Spain. Painted in 1937, it had hung in New York since 1939 and commemorated the Nazi bombing of the Basque city-shrine of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso vowed it would not enter Spain until democracy was restored.

...and at least 1 more under this category for DFS Today in History CD owners. Please click here to own one.

Weird and Other events on September 10th

In 1927, an American meat packing plant announces that it has perfected a frankfurter with a zipper. Insert your own jokes here.

...and at least 2 more under this category for DFS Today in History CD owners. Please click here to own one.

Random Generated Jokes, Quotes, and Other Stuff!

Today's 'Confused-Us' Saying...
"don't judge a book by its movie."

Random Thought...
"If you're in jazz and more than ten people like you, you're labelled 'commercial'"

Another Random Thought...
"When I talk to myself, I'm talkin' to the wrong person"

And Another Random Thought...
"This phone is baroque; please call Bach later"

Still Another Random Thought...
"Firemen do it wearing rubber"

Yet Another Random Thought...
"Scrute the inscrutable, eff the ineffable"

Murphy's Law of the Day...
"Assumption is the mother of all screwups."

Computer Tagline...
"*Understand* my computer? We don't even talk anymore!"

Today's Steven Wright Joke...
"(Ad he did for a local student radio station:) Whenever I'm in Champaign, I listen to the great music on Rock 107, and when I'm out of town, they mail it to me..."

Today's 'You Might Be A Redneck If' (tm) Joke...
"You use your fishing license as a form of I.D."

Today's Sniglet(tm)...
"TOASTIPHOBIA n. Fear of putting a fork in the toaster even when it is unplugged because, somehow, the toaster "remembers.""

Today's Book Hype...
"Indiana Jones' Adventures: Darrin Rescue"

Today's Actual Headline...
"BANKRUPT ASSOCIATION TERMED IN POOR SHAPE "

Today's Signs You Are a Computer Addict...
"If you put your e-mail address in the upper left-hand corner of envelopes."

Today's Computer Glossary...
"Computer - A device designed to speed and automate errors"

Today's Daffynition...
"Catastrophe: Award given to the cat with the cutest buns."

Today's Einstein Quote...
"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others"

Today's Hannibal Lecter Joke...
"What do you call it when Hannibal Lecter eats Nick Nolte? Three-martini lunch."

Today's They Do It...
"Apologists do it orally"

Today's Old Never Die...
"OLD LASER PHYSICISTS never die, they just become incoherent"

Today's Mark Twain Quote...
"If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes"

Today's Oxymoron...
"Driving pleasure"

Today's Confused Us Quote...
"expert - anyone from out of town."

Today's Star Trek(tm) Tag...
"Mr. Spock wears vulcanized rubbers."

Today's Star Trek (tm) Quote...
It is the nature of our species to be free. -- Kirk, "Metamorphosis," stardate 3219.8.

Today's Star Trek TNG (tm) Quote...
I believe I have seen the Overseer. He is called the Picard. -- Star Trek. Liko, "Who Watches the Watchers"

Today in History Basic, Today in History, Davesfunstuff