Today is Sarawak Day, a public holiday in Malaysia. This day marks the start of the period of self-governance for Sarawak in 1963. On July 22nd 1963, Sarawak attained self-government from the British Empire. Sarawak only remained self-governing for less than two months until September 16th 1963, when it formed Malaysia together with North Borneo, Singapore and Malaya.
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Today is the birthday, in 1943, of Bobby Sherman who had a number of hits, including this one which you have probably forgotten…
Today is Belgian Independence Day. Independence Day celebrates the separation of Belgium from the Netherlands in 1831, as well as the formal establishment of the Kingdom.
New name for it?
Today is the birthday, in 1948, of Cat Stevens. He wrote ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’ covered by many artists including PP Arnold, Rod Stewart and Sheryl Crow. Stevens converted to the Muslim religion in 1977 changing his name to Yusef Islam. Here is one of his early hits.
Today is Sandinista Revolution Day in Nicaragua. This day commemorates the defeat of the Somoza dictatorship on this day in 1979. On July 19th 1979, Sandinista soldiers defeated the National Guard and toppled Somoza, who fled to Paraguay where he was assassinated in 1980.
Math…
Bada Bing!
The man that invented the Ferris Wheel never met the man that invented the Merry Go Round. They traveled in different circles.
I wish everything was as easy as getting fat.
Patriots! Arabic numerals are being taught in our schools!
ARABIC NUMERALS!
Having kids makes you realize how dumb your lies used to sound to your parents.
Wi-Fi went down 5 minutes ago, so I’m having to talk to my family. They seem like nice people.
The lord moves in mysterious ways but you don’t have to. Use your turn signal.
Fuel prices are so high, that I went to a car dealership and test drove three cars to run my errands.
New rule: You can’t tell me when life begins when you don’t even know when an election is over.
A small joy in my life is that my sister is dating a guy with the same name as her cat Nigel, and he hates we all call him human Nigel.
Today is the birthday, in 1944, of George Frayne (Commander Cody).
Today is Marine Day, a public holiday in Japan. Also known as Ocean Day, Sea Day or ‘Umi no hi’, it is a day for the island nation of Japan to show appreciation for the seas and oceans.
KFC
Today is the birthday, in 1939, of Dion Dimucci. He had this big hit in 1961 and a number of others later with the Belmonts and the Del Satins
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