Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s son, Justin Trudeau, was recently elected Leader of the federal Liberal Party, roughly 29 years after his father announced his resignation as leader of the Liberals.
Justin Boots is a division of Justin Brands, which in turn is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. In 1972, one of Berkshire Hathaway’s earliest non-textile purchases was a chocolate manufacturing company called See’s Chocolates. See’s was located in South San Francisco at the time but is now HQ’d in Los Angeles.
Gary Trudeau based the Doonesburry character “B.D.” on Brian Dowling, who was quarterback at Yale during Tuudeau’s time there as an undergraduate.
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In play: Justin Boots is a division of Justin Brands, which in turn is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. In 1972, one of Berkshire Hathaway’s earliest non-textile purchases was a chocolate manufacturing company called See’s Chocolates. See’s was located in South San Francisco at the time but is now HQ’d in Los Angeles.
Warren Buffett (cousin of Jimmy Buffett) controls conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which when he bought it was a textile manufacturing firm based in the old whaling port of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
New Bedford, Mass. is having a 50’s night on July 18th. It’ll be hosted by Joe Jesus.
On July 18, 1955 the first Disneyland theme park, in Anaheim, California, officially opens to the public.
The 2002 Anaheim Angels won their first-ever World Series. A pivotal moment was in Game Six when, with one out in the 7th inning and the Giants leading 5-0, Giants manager pulled starter Russ Ortiz for a reliever. As Ortiz left the mound, Baker, in an inexplicable breach of etiquette, handed Ortiz (what Baker thought, obviously, would be) the “game ball”. The Angels came back and beat the Giants in that game, and they won Game 7 handily.
This moment still pains Giants fans. Still.
Ramón Ortiz of the Angels (not to be confused with Russ) won Game 3 of that 2002 World Series.
Game 4 of the 1971 World Series marked the first night game in Series history.
Game of Thrones, now in its third season on HBO, is based on George R.R. Martin’s book series (now projected to go to seven books) A Song of Ice and Fire. Martin is also an executive producer for the show, and writes an occasional episode.
Brett Favre has thrown more TD passes, 508, than any other NFL player.
Brett Favre has thrown more interceptions, 336, than any other NFL player.
TD is a Canadian bank now doing business in the United States, with Jack McCoy occasionally shilling for it on tv. “TD” is short for “Toronto-Dominion”. The bank was formed from the merger of the Bank of Toronto and the Dominion Bank. The Bank of Toronto was the plaintiff in an early landmark constitutional law case, decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which interpreted the provincial power of direct taxation. Their Lordships found that the Bank was liable to pay the provincial tax.
Toronto is North America’s fifth-largest city, after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.
The former Toronto SkyDome was opened in 1989 for the MLB Toronto Blue Jays’s and CFL’s Toronto Argonauts’s home games. It was renamed to Rogers Centre in 2006 when Rogers Communications, Inc. bought the facility. Rogers Communications didn’t just buy the naming rights, they bought the whole building. They bought the Blue Jays, too.
(Comment: how’s that for “all in”?)
There are still four original members performing in the rock band Chicago: pianist/vocalist Robert Lamm, an the entire horn section: Jimmy Pankow, Lee Loughnane and Walt PArazaider.
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The former Toronto SkyDome was opened in 1989 for the MLB Toronto Blue Jays’s and CFL’s Toronto Argonauts’s home games. It was renamed to Rogers Centre in 2006 when Rogers Communications, Inc. bought the facility. Rogers Communications didn’t just buy the naming rights, they bought the whole building. They bought the Blue Jays, too.
SkyDome was the site of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 1989 Grey Cup victory, which many consider the best Grey Cup game of all time.
With the score tied at 40-40 and less than a minute on the clock, Riders QB Kent Austin engineered a 48 yard drive to get the Riders into field goal position on the 23 yard line.
The Ti-Cats called a time-out, to put psychological pressure on the kicker, Dave Ridgeway. However, the Saskatchewan holder, Glen Suitor, spent the time-out chatting to Ridegway, pointing out a pretty girl in the stands, and asking Ridgeway what he thought of her.
With play blown in, Bob Poley, a home-grown Saskatchewan good ol’boy, snapped the ball to Suitor; Suitor pinned it; Ridgeway, the Robokicker, kicked it through the uprights, and the Riders had the Grey Cup, 43-40.
Joe Kapp is the only player to quarterback in the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Grey Cup.
Susan Cooper won the Newbery Medal for her 1975 novel, The Grey King.