--- Happy Birthday Lord Barthok Soc!Sound the trumpets! ------- Bring on the and .From Bosco the dragon and all of us at DreamLyrics, we hope you have a great birthday!
Lord Barthok Soc has been conspicuous lately by his absence and many of us wonder where he has been!
On this day in history...1675 - King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
1715 - A French manufacturer debuted the first folding umbrella.
1859 - Cornwall Railway opened across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.
1886 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter patented the gramophone. It was the first practical phonograph.
1932 - Al Capone entered the Atlanta Penitentiary federal prison for income-tax evasion.
1961 - Thirteen civil rights activists, dubbed "Freedom Riders," began a bus trip through the South.
1972 - The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
1991 - Phil Collins and Al Jarreau received Honorary Doctor of Music Degrees from Berklee College of Music during cermonies in Boston.
1999 - Several severe tornadoes hit the Midwest U.S. overnight. At least 45 people were killed.
2000 - Londeners elected their mayor for the first time.
Sharing his May 4th birthdate areHorace Mann 1796
Alice Pleasance Liddell 1852
Sidney Lamb 1929
Robin Cook 1940
Darryl Hunt 1950
Michael Barrymore 1952
Julian Barratt 1968
Laci Peterson 1975
Wes Butters 1979
Jorge Lorenzo 1987
So grab you a slice of this giant birthday cake and join Bosco the Dragon and me as we wish Lord Barthok Soc a wonderful birthday and hopes and wishes for many, many more down the road.
---- Happy Birthday, Lord Barthok Soc!!!