--- Happy Birthday Matioki!Sound the trumpets! ------- Bring on the and .From Bosco the dragon and all of us at DreamLyrics, we hope you have a great birthday!
Matioki currently... hmmm... Matioki hasn't been around lately and has been greatly missed!
On this day in history...1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance.
1529 - Babur defeated the Afghan Chiefs in the Battle of Ghagra, India.
1682 - King Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles, France.
1851 - The mechanical refrigerator was patented by Dr. John Gorrie.
1851 - Linus Yale patented the clock-type lock.
1889 - The Universal Exposition opened in Paris, France, marking the dedication of the Eiffel Tower. Also at the exposition was the first automobile in Paris, the Mercedes-Benz.
1937 - The German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people (of the 97 on board) were killed.
1941 - Joseph Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership.
1954 - British runner Roger Banister broke the four minute mile.
1960 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
1981 - A jury of international architects and sculptors unanimously selected Maya Ying Lin's entry for the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1994 - The Chunnel officially opened. The tunnel under the English Channel links England and France.
Sharing his May 6th birthdate areMaximilien Robespierre 1758
Sigmund Freud 1856
Robert E. Peary 1856
Rabindranath Tagore 1861
Rudolph Valentino 1895
Orson Welles 1915
Bob Seger 1945
Jimmie Dale Gilmore 1945
Mary MacGregor 1948
Tony Blair 1953
George Clooney 1961
Lori Singer 1962
So grab you a slice of this giant birthday cake and join Bosco the Dragon and me as we wish Matioki a wonderful birthday and hopes and wishes for many, many more down the road.
---- Happy Birthday, Matioki!!!