Northern Dancer - Northern Dancer Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred thoroughbred racehorse. A bay colt born May 27, 1961, by Nearctic-Natalma, by Native Dancer. In 1952, Edward P. Taylor, Canadian business magnate and owner of Winfields Farm, had attended the December sale at Newmarket, England where he purchased Lady Angela, a mare in foal to Nearco. Two years later she was bred again with Nearco, producing a colt named Nearctic. From the first crop of Nearctic, Taylor bred Northern Dancer. - Northern Dancer - Breeder: E.P. Taylor Owner: E.P. Taylor Trainer: Horatio Luro Northern Dancer was ridden by Ron Turcotte in his first victory as a two-year-old. His best season came in 1964 at age 3 when, ridden by jockey Bill Hartack, he won the Flamingo, Florida Derby, Blue.
Kentucky Derby - Pilot 1948 Citation* 1949 Ponder 1950 Middleground 1951 Count Turf 1952 Hill Gail 1953 Dark Star 1954 Determine 1955 Swaps 1956 Needles 1957 Iron Liege 1958 Tim Tam 1959 Tomy Lee 1960 Venetian Way 1961 Carry Back 1962 Decidedly 1963 Chateaugay 1964 Northern Dancer 1965 Lucky Debonair 1966 Kauai King 1967 Proud Clarion 1968 Forward Pass++ 1969 Majestic Prince 1970 Dust Commander 1971 Canonero II 1972 Riva Ridge 1973 Secretariat* 1974 Cannonade 1975 Foolish Pleasure 1976 Bold Forbes 1977 Seattle Slew* 1978 Affirmed* 1979 Spectacular Bid 1980 Genuine Risk 1981 Pleasant Colony 1982 Gato del Sol 1983 Sunny's Halo 1984 Swale 1985 Spend a Buck 1986 Ferdinand 1987 Alysheba 1988 Winning Colors 1989 Sunday Silence 1990 Unbridled 1991 Strike the Gold 1992 Lil E. Tee 1993 Sea Hero 1994 Go for.
Kim Milford - stage actor. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, he grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago (Winnetka, Illinois), where he went to New Trier High School. His family includes some familiar names from the movie and art world, sister, actress Penelope Milford (Coming Home for which she got an Oscar nomination, Heathers, The Burning Bed) and brother, Doug Milford, now COO (?CEO) and Co-owner of Artsystems Art Management Software (artsystems.com), co-owned and operated Piezo Electric in the East Village, owned and ran the Milford Gallery in SoHo, and as Publisher at ArtNet Worldwide, he designed, produced, and led the creation of Artnet.com. The multi-talented Kim Milford was an actor-singer-songwriter-composer-dancer and first appeared in SummerStock Theatre in Chicago at age 10; at age 17 he was in the original staging of.
June 21 - years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. June 21 is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, so today is the day of the year with the longest hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere, and the shortest in the southern hemisphere. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and Observances Events 1665 - First soldiers of Le Régiment de Carignan-Salières arrive at Quebec Quebec to invade Iroquois territories. 1734 - In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured then hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand. 1749 - Halifax Nova Scotia founded. 1788 - New Hampshire ratifies the.
July 2 - and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator 1950 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France 1973 - James R. Schlesinger was sworn in as the 12th United States Secretary of Defense. 1976 - North and South Vietnam united to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 1982 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet. 1992 - Canadian Government closes Cdn$700m northern cod fishery for two years, to conserve stocks. Births 419 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (†455) 1644 - Abraham a Santa Clara, court vicar (†1709) 1714 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, composer (†1787) 1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, poet (†1803) 1821 - Sir Charles Tupper,.
Irish dance - foot movements of softshoe dances seem similar to Scottish country dancing, while some hardshoe dances more closely resemble flamenco style dancing. The movements and positions of hardshoe dancing are much more restrictive than those of the more fluid flamenco style, though, and hopping is far more prevalent. Unlike most softshoe dancing, hardshoe dancing involves rhythmic and very fast striking of the floor with the tips of the shoes. Three types of shoes are worn in competitive Irish dance: hardshoes and two kinds of softshoe. Legend has it that hardshoes were created in the 17th or 18th century by hammering nails into the soles of walking shoes. The hardshoe ("heavy shoe", "jig shoe") is often mistaken for a tap shoe, but the taps on the sole of the shoe are made of.
Horse-racing - dirt or grass, generally Thoroughbred racing; certain tracks also offer Quarterhorse racing and harness racing. Racing with other breeds, such as Arabian horse racing, is found on a limited basis. The high point of US horse racing is the Kentucky Derby which, together with the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes, form the Triple Crown. Betting on horse racing is usually sanctioned and regulated by state governments through legalized parimutuel gambling. Some of the world's most famous thoroughbred racehorses include: Affirmed Cigar Citation Count Fleet Forego Gallant Fox John Henry Man O' War Nijinsky II Northern Dancer Phar Lap Ruffian Seabiscuit Seattle Slew Secretariat Spectacular Bid War Admiral Whirlaway Brigadier Gerard Sunline Kelso In Australia the most famous horse is Phar Lap. However, this horse is from New Zealand, as was.
Horatio Luro - 1984, Horatio Luro trained 43 Stakes winners and 3 Champions, the most notable of which was Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, Northern Dancer. A 1989 book, The Grand Senor Horatio Luro by horse-racing author, Joe Hirsch, told his life story. He is a member of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. This is an article "stub.".
George Formby - music hall comedian of the same name. On the death of his father in 1921, Formby started his own music hall career. In 1924 he married dancer Beryl Ingham, who managed his career until her death in 1960. George Formby endeared himself to his audiences with his cheeky Lancashire humour and folksy Northern persona. In film and on stage, he generally adopted the character of an honest, good-hearted but accident-prone innocent. What made Formby stand-out, however, was his unique and often mimicked musical style. He sang comic songs, full of double-entendre, to his own accompaniment on the ukulele, for which he developed a catchy syncopated style which became his trademark. Some of his best-known songs were written by Noel Gay. For six years between 1934 and 1945 Formby was the top.
United States Coast Guard - current MCPO is, Frank A. Welch, who assumed this position in 2002. Chaplain of the Coast Guard Chief Administrative Law Judge Civil Rights Directorate Chief of Staff Acquisition Directorate Deepwater Directorate Chief Counsel Governmental and Public Affairs Directorate Human Resources Directorate Coast Guard Academy Coast Guard Institute Recruiting Reserve Affairs Marine Safety and Environmental Protection Directorate Operations Directorate Coast Guard Auxiliary. Each Coast Guard District has a Director of the Auxiliary (DIRAUX). The current Chief Director of the Auxiliary (CHDIRAUX) is Captain David B. Hill. Boating Safety Bridge Administration Law Enforcement National Response Center Navigation Center: The Navigation Center is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Search and Rescue Systems Directorate The Coast Guard is organized into districts, each responsible for a region of the nation's coastline: U.S. Coast Guard Districts District Region.
Grupo Bronco - Grupo Bronco Grupo Bronco was a Mexican northern regional music group. The members were Guadalupe Esparza, Ramiro Delgado, Jose Luis 'Choche' Villareal and Javier Villareal. They performed from 1982 to 1997. Bronco was formed in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, near Monterrey. Bronco reached international fame in 1993, when they acted in the Televisa soap opera, Dos Mujeres un Camino (Two Women, One Road), alongside Erik Estrada, Laura Leon, Lorena Herrera, Selena Quintanilla and Bibi Gaytan, among others. In addition to that, they performed the show's opening song, which was titled like the show. During that time also, their song Que no Quede Huella (May no Traces be Left) became a huge international hit. They went on tour after this, and their long schedule took them all over Mexico, to the United.
USS Austin (LPD-4) - amphibious training exercises, then returned to Norfolk for the holidays. She sailed on 8 January 1968 to carry naval personnel and equipment to Key West, Florida. After continuing on to Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, the ship arrived back in Norfolk on 25 January. During February, March, and April, she took part in several training exercises along the east coast. On [[13 May]], another cruise to the Caribbean began which included visits to Bermuda, Nassau, Bahamas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Key West, Florida. The vessel briefly returned to Norfolk on 3 June and then retraced her route to take part in Operation Race Run at Vieques Island. Austin was back in home port on 30 June and entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 19 July for an overhaul. Refresher training at.
USS Trenton (LPD-14) - across the Atlantic on 30 July. She reached Rota, Spain, on 10 August and, with the other units of PhibRon 4, was incorporated into the Sixth Fleet as Task Force (TF) 61. She spent the remainder of the year and most of the first month of 1973 in the Mediterranean Sea. During that six-month period, Trenton participated in six amphibious landing exercises (Phiblexes), most of which were conducted in cooperation with the military services of foreign nations. In September, she conducted a landing exercise at Timbakion, Crete, with units of the Italian Navy. Greek and Italian ships joined her later that month for Phiblex 3-73 conducted at Alexandroupolis, Greece. In mid-October, troops of the French Foreign Legion provided the opposition for a landing exercise at Corsica. Trenton visited Izmir, Turkey, in.
USS America (CV-66) - and Lt. (j.g.) Joseph E. Kain, Jr. (radar intercept officer), in an FT "Phantom" from VF-33 downed a MiG-21, 17 miles north west of Vinh, North Vietnam, for the ship's first MiG "kill" in the Vietnam War. America and her embarked air wing, CVW-6, would later be awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for their work during that time. Between line periods, America visited Hong Kong, Yokosuka and Subic Bay. With America's mission on "Yankee Station" nearing completion, she launched the last of her attack aircraft at 1030 on 29 October. The next day, she set sail for Subic Bay and the of offload of various "Yankee Station" assets. In addition, a heavy attack squadron, VAH-10, and an electronic countermeasures squadron, VA-130, departed the ship on 3 November as they bean a.
USS Wasp (CV-18) - planes. But for Lt. Col. Doolittle's Tokyo raid from Hornet (CV-8) on 18 April 1942 and the daring war patrols of Pacific Fleet submarines, this carrier foray was the United States Navy's closest approach to the Japanese home islands up to that point in the war. Beginning on the 12th, Formosa - next on the agenda - received three days of unwelcome attention from TF 38 planes. In response, the Japanese Navy made an all-out effort to protect that strategic island, even though doing so meant denuding its remaining carriers of aircraft. Yet, the attempt to thwart the ever advancing American Pacific Fleet was futile. At the end of a three-day air battle, Japan had lost more than 500 planes and 20-odd freighters. Many other merchant ships were damaged as were.
Deaths in 2003 - (80 years) 20 Roger Short, British diplomat, consul-general in Istanbul (58 years) 20 Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (58 years) 19 Ken Brett, former Major League Baseball player, brother of George Brett. (55 years) 18 Michael Kamen, composer 17 Arthur Conley, soul singer 17 Don Gibson, singer-songwriter 16 Bettina Goislard, UNHCR relief worker (29 years) 16 Fukuda, Arihiro, Japanese associate professor and author of Sovereignty and the Sword (39 years) 15 Ray Lewis, first Canadian-born black Olympic medalist 15 Mohamed Choukri, writer 15 Laurence Tisch, billionaire, head of Loews Corporation and CBS television network 15 Dorothy Loudon, actress 14 Gene Anthony Ray, actor and dancer 13 Kellie Waymire, actress (35 years) 13 Mitoyo Kawate, oldest person in the world (114 years) 12 Tony Thompson, drummer for The Power Station 12 Penny Singleton,.
1999 - PBS and Jerry Falwell. Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in actual events and in media over-reporting. January 1 - Euro currency introduced. January 1 - An avalanche destroys a school gymnasium during New Years' celebrations in Kangiqsualujjuaq in far northern Quebec, killing 9. January 4 - Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque killing 16 people injuring 25. January 6 - Bob Newhart receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. January 20 - The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet bars. January 21 - War on Drugs: In one of the one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States.
1993 - in all 50 United States states. January 19 - IBM announces a $4.97 billion loss for 1992 which is the largest single-year corporate loss in United States history. 19 January - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq refuses to allow UNSCOM inspectors to use its own aircraft to fly into Iraq, and begins military operations in the demilitarized zone between Iraq and Kuwait, and the northern No-Fly Zone. US forces fire approximately 40 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Baghdad factorys linked to Iraq's illegal nuclear weapons program. Iraq then informs UNSCOM that it will be able to resume its flights. January 20 - Bill Clinton succeeds George H. W. Bush as President of the United States of America. January 25 - A gunman kills two employees outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia January 26.
1969 - party on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. Mary Jo Kopechne, an aide who was in the car with him, dies in the incident July 20 - Apollo program: The human race, represented by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, lands on the Moon. Apollo 11 lifted off for the moon on July 16 and returned safely on July 24 July 25 - Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This was the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war July 30 - Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with US military commanders August 4 - Vietnam War:.
1991 - February 27 - Gulf War: Kuwait is liberated, and a ceasefire is declared, after 100 hours of ground fighting. Iraq accepts the terms of the ceasefire, which call for the country to disarm. March 3 - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers. March 9 - Massive demonstrations are held against Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade. Two people are killed and tanks are in the streets. March 10 - Gulf War: Operation Phase Echo - 540,000 American troops begin to leave the Persian Gulf. March 11 - A curfew is imposed on black townships in South Africa after fighting between rival political gangs killed 49. March 13 - The United States Department of Justice annouces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the.
