Danville High School class of 1944

Dick Van Dyke is 87 today. He is scheduled to receive the
The Life Achievement Award at the annual Screen Actors
Guild Awards ceremony in January 2013. 

     
              This CBS sitcom aired from 1961 to 1966.

George Harrison (L) meets with President Gerald Ford after accepting
the invitation of the Presidents son Jack to attend lunch at the White
House.

Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero) is still active
as a recording and performing artist.

Francis recorded “Lipstick on your Collar” on 15 April 1959 in a session 
at Metropolitan Studio (NYC). It was produced and conducted by Ray 
Ellis with veteran guitarist George Barnes contributing the solo to the 
the track.

George Barnes on the guitar

Stamp issued on 10-01-1995

1901

The comic strip"The Katzenjammer Kids" (Hans and Fritz), created by Rudolph
Dirks and drawn by Harold H. Knerr first appeared in the American Humorist,
the Sunday supplement of the New York Journal.  

Dirks was the first cartoonist to express dialogue in comic characters through
the use of thought balloons.

The Katzenjammer Kids was later renamed “The Captain and the Kids’ because
of anti-German sentiment during World War l. It is still distributed by King Features, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication and the longest-running ever.

 
German immigrant Rudolph Dirks

 
Alliteration date

December, 12, 2012 or 12-12-12 is the last repetitive date for some time. The next
won’t be until January 1, 2101, or 01-01-01.

Many people have planned events such as weddings and other special activities to
help celebrate this unique, once in a lifetime date. Many expectant parents also
hope to deliver their baby on this day.