Marie Antoinette & Louis marry as teens. Considering what happened later another good arguement against marrying too young.
Start of Cultural Revolution. Another holocaust for China .All a big game so Mao Zedong could stay in power. A Chinese co-worker in Shenzhen had grandparents sent off to slave labor during it for no obvious reason .It was called 're-education '.
Janet Jackson .A cliche.
Django Reinhardt .New to me and great
Sammie Davis Jr . A big star and from what I read complicated guy .
IM Pei .Another immigrant who made it big in the USA
Wore my new dress to work , Kelly Green but a darker shade.
The orange cat is still coming around for food and I am still feeding her /him.
Was a rebel in high school and wish I had not ben that way .But a little bit of that came back today at work when I had to stop myself from shaking my head in disdain or laffing when my single female associate joyously talked about the grandiosity the majorette for her high school marching band .
Las Vegas founded. Anyone been there? Way out in the middle of nowhere , they used to test atomic bombs not far away .But thanks to old west laws that allowed gambling , the mafia looking for easy money ,and invention of the 707 jet airplane that brought people from all over it popped up and is a world of it's own .Horrible heat in the summer. Not surprising one of the sleaziest women I ever worked with in the hotel business moved there to be a cocktail waitress and married a much much older well off man in the gambling business .She didn't need the gambling tables to strike it rich
Mc Donalds. Inspiring & interesting story of it's start .How many of you here eat there at times?
Emily Dickinson .According to the ex she was a early giant in American literature .A pioneer for women writers
1948 Arab Israeli War . The official & pc view of it in the USA is the Arabs started it .My cousin's Palestinian immigrant in-laws have another take that involves the war being started by Europeans who showed up taking Palestine from the Palestinians that included many horrible actions . History depends on everyone's perception .
Jams Mason .Played good villains , just saw him on TCM Asia in NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Edward Hopper. Like the French impressionist his paintings were simple but classy .Always let you know what time of day it was.
Carlos Fuentes .Have read of him including in the Wall Street Journal how this major Mexican writer was offered a job in a tv commercial for a Mexican beer sold in the USA .He took it with a sense of humor
Trini Lopez.New to me. had some good songs on YouTube .
Civil Rights Movement. Lots of violence but a great thing for the USA & black people should be proud of the way they stood up and demanded change !
Thomas Gainsborough .New to me, pretty grandiose paintings.
George Lucas , Robert Zemickis .Hollywood royalty .Surely have 00's millions
Patrick Bruel . Know of him , small head . Likeable performer.
Mark Zuckerberg . The nerd who hit it rich !
Rita Hayworth .My one time bad girl now religious fanatic BF Leslie used to do a hysterical imitation of her from the movie GILDA
Frank Sinatra. Complicated guy , had to have much to do with him being bipolar .But one great thing about him was the way he stuck up for black performers in the 40's& 50's .Also backed President Kennedy in the 1960 election .Back home at the hotel where I worked we had an elderly couple who'd worked in Las Vegas and knew Frank Sinatra thru work .I remember them saying how he was big hearted & intense like a coiled spring .
Work .Included a not so friendly e-mail to a guy on my team in Shenzhen who has was lazy there and unlike the 6 other people with me has failed to get his report in !
I walked part of the way back home barefoot in the rain feeling young & free
Starting a new season of CALL THE MID - WIFE on Australian channel .
Harry Truman .One of my heroes. Like me always underestimated Truman however surprised everyone to their shock & awe President Roosevelt 's saw him as hick from backward Missouri however he soon made it obvious he was the boss. His secretary of stae thought he could push Truman aside and be the Democratic nominee in 1948 but was fired. The Republicans thought they wud win the 1948 election but it was Truman who won . Stalin wanted Western Europe thinking Truman wudn't know what to do however there was Truman with NATO & the Marshall Plan .General Mac Arthur who was as arrogant as they come tried to start World War Three but with no warning Truman fired him .Southern Democrats opposed to black people voting were blown away when Truman came out for civil rights & desegregated the military
Paul Gauguin .Great artist . Those impressionist painters gave the world some great art that never gets old.
Gustave Flaubert . The ex loved his MADAME BOVERY .
The Martinique volcano .Anyone I 've talked to who has been there loved Martinique ( no mention of the volcano ) but it is very expensive to get to.
Memorial Day has parades with flags & veterans but has become the day you honor everyone who you lost like parents, friends etc. Also the start of the summer with bar b ques and stores have sales.
I hope Americans visit the cemeteries in France since you wud hate to think those men are forgotten .
I noticed from British & French tv the ends of both world wars are big deals over there .Not so in the USA .That's wrong .The closest is Veterans Day on 11 November that ignores the end of World War One but instead is dedicated to honoring all that served .Government offices are closed , hourly paid employees get extra money but no big events occur.