Thursday, February 9, 2012

National Toothache Day

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It occurs each year on this day which is the feast of St. Apollonia Day

st apollonia

She is the patron saint of dentists and toothaches.  If you’re just dying to find out how she received this distinction, click below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Apollonia

Also Read in the Bathtub Day

bathtub reading

Apparently, whoever was in the other tub went out to get Cialis.

history 101 2

1971: Pitcher Satchel Paige became the first Negro League player elected the baseball Hall of Fame.

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1964: In their first live American TV appearance, a new group from England drew 73.7-million viewers to The Ed Sullivan Show. They were paid $2,400 to sing 5 songs including this one "I Want To Hold Your Hand."

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comes from a group which became known as the oldest most experienced “overnight successes” in the rock era.  They formed in Dayton in 1959 as Greg Webster and the Ohio Untouchables. In the beginning they provided back up vocals for a group called the Falcons whose lead singer was a 19 year old named Wilson Pickett. Over time they made some personnel changes and a name change as well. They kept at it doing local gigs and in the 70s adopted a funky style inspired by Sly and the Family Stone and eventually they became an overnight success which was underscored when they reached number one during this week in 1975 with this: Fire by the Ohio Players.

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