Country music legend Marty Robbins was also a NASCAR driver. He began driving in the NASCAR Cup Series circuit (which was then known as the Grand National Division) in 1966, using his earnings from his music career to fund his racing. Robbins’ schedule, as a a touring and recording musician, did not permit him to race full-time, but he did compete in 35 races from 1966 through 1982, with six top-ten finishes. His final race was the Atlanta Journal 500 in November, 1982, just a month before he died from heart disease.
Pop singer Don Cherry hit the charts in 1955 with his song “Band of Gold” hitting Number 4 on the Charts. Five years later, Cherry was in contention to win the 1960 U.S. Open Golf title before eventually finishing tied for ninth along with Ben Hogan, four strokes behind winner Arnold Palmer.
A maraschino cherry is preserved and sweetened cherry, made from one of a number of light-colored sweet cherry varieties. They are made by first being soaked in a brine solution containing sulfur dioxide and calcium chloride to bleach and preserve the fruit, and then are soaked in food coloring and sugar syrup.
Don Cherry lost his long-time gig on Coach’s Corner on Hockey Night in Canada, after saying that immigrants, “you people”, don’t wear Remembrance poppies in November.
When Adolph Hitler outlawed Freemasonry in Germany, members went from wearing the traditional square and compass to wearing forget-me-nots instead. To this day the forget-me-not is a symbol of German Freemasonry and for those that know the story, it has become a symbol worldwide.
U.S. presidents George Washington, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Warren Harding, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald Ford are all known to have been Freemasons.
William Howard Taft is the only person to have served both as President of the United States and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
However, contrary to popular legend, there is no evidence to suggest that the portly Taft ever actually became stuck in the White House’s bathtub.
John Rutledge held the post of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for the shortest time in it’s history. He was appointed as a recess appointment by George Washington and took the oath of office on August 12th, 1795 while Congress was not in session. Upon the Congress returning, they rejected his appointment and he was out of the position on December 28th of the same year, a period of 138 days.
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the first Supreme Court, with six Justices. In 1801, the number of justices was reduced to five, but it was soon changed back to six. In 1807, the number was increased to seven; in 1837, increased to nine; and in 1863, the number was briefly set at ten. The number was reduced back to nine in 1869, and it has remained at that figure ever since.
The Supreme Court of Canada was established in 1875, eight years after the passage of the Constitution Act, 1867.
George Selkirk was one of the few players to play in five straight World Series, as the Yankees right fielder. He hit only 107 home runs in his career, but in 1936, he became the first Canadian to homer in a World Series.
Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway after being marooned by his captain on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean. He actually had asked off the vessel, as he thought it un-seaworthy, and the Captain, much to Selkirk’s surprise, marooned him. Selkirk was correct, the ship later foundered and endured a harsh captivity by the Spanish.
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, established a Scottish settlement in the Red River area (now Manitoba), in the early 1800s, to try to provide an outlet for Scottish crofters who were forced off their land in the Highland Clearances.
George Henry Thomas, a former instructor at West Point, was one of the highest-ranked Virginians in the U.S. Army to remain loyal to the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. By the end of the war he was a major general and the highest-ranked Southerner in the entire Army. He died in 1870 in San Francisco, never having written his memoirs, which later had the unfortunate effect of leaving him somewhat more obscure than most of the successful generals of the war.
When George III died in 1820, the colonial Legislature of Lower Canada was dissolved under the doctrine of the demise of the Crown. It had been recently elected and sat for a total of ten days.
The Madness of King George is a 1994 film, adapted from the 1991 play The Madness of George III. Both works depict the latter portion of the reign of King George III of Great Britain, his deteriorating mental health, and the Regency Crisis of 1788-89.
Nigel Hawthorne portrayed George III in both the play and the film – he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for the film (and was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), and the Olivier Award for Best Actor for the play.
The “III” was dropped from the movie title because there was a concern that people would consider the movie to be the third in a series and they hadn’t seen The Madness of King George and The Madness of King George Returns.
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(Also known as The Madness of King George II: Electric Boogaloo 
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George Hamilton IV had a brief career as a teen heartthrob, makint the chartts with “A Rose and a Baby Ruth” He then switched to country, and appeared as a regular on Grand Ole Opry for over 50 years. The “IV” was part of his legal birth name.
The Rose Bowl football game, which is usually played in California, was moved this year to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, due to COVID-19 Restrictions. This is not the first time the Bowl game has been moved from California, in 1942 the Bowl was played in Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina due to concerns about World War II.