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2009-05-17 
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Posted by Steve White 2009-05-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [23 views ]  Top

#1 "Nickolas Janopoparopolis?" "Do you mind if I just call you 'Nick'?"



Always the Pixie

Daily Gam Shot

Off stage she's a soccer mom from Tyler Texas.

Heal!

Aging gracefully (63)

She now plays Miss Daisy

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-17 01:07||   2009-05-17 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Bravo, Steve! You sure know how to pick 'em.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia  2009-05-17 01:16||   2009-05-17 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank Pappy, the lovely Ms. Duncan was his suggestion.
Posted by Steve White 2009-05-17 01:37||   2009-05-17 01:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Happy Birthday: May 17th.

Horace Elgin Dodge - died 1920 (52) ""Ram Tough!"

Maureen O'Sullivan - died 1998 (87) "Jane in Tarzan the Ape Man - Mia's Mom"

Dennis Hopper - 73 "Rebel Without a Cause - Easy Rider" (Now)

***NSFW***
Brigitte Nielsen - 46 "Tall Freaky 'Actress?'" (Now)

On this day in history: May 17th.
1792 – The New York Stock Exchange is formed.
1875 – Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
1943 – The United States Army contracts with the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School to develop the ENIAC.
1943 – The Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams.
1954 – The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
1970 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean.
1973 – Watergate scandal: Hearings begin in the United States Senate and are televised.
1974 – Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
1983 – Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
1987 – An Iraqi fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. warship USS Stark (FFG-31), killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
1995 – After 18 years as the mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac takes office as President of France.
2004 – Massachusetts becomes the first U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage
Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-05-17 01:55||   2009-05-17 01:55|| Front Page Top

#5 ...Miss Duncan has showed up a couple of times on 'Law and Order' as a thoroughly unpleasant lawyer - she could have made a hell of a comeback with that part.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2009-05-17 08:46||   2009-05-17 08:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Her eye tumor really derailed a promising career. I remember as a 6-year old that my parents really enjoyed her sitcom.

I could totally see her as a spitfire second lead in the old-style 40's-50's musicals, she sure had the talent.
Posted by ebrown2 2009-05-17 13:38||   2009-05-17 13:38|| Front Page Top

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