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Ancient Rome and America - Constitution Center
 Posted 3/9/2010 2:39:00 PM
Dr. Steve Frank, VP of Education & Exhibitions for the National Constitution Center. There is a new exhibit called Ancient Rome and America on display there now. It is a fascinating exhibit that shows many of the parallels between Roman Society with ours. The Founding Fathers were especially fascinated with Ancient Rome during it's Republic phase. This will give you an insight to some of the many great things Philly has to offer. Thanks for listening. Enjoy.
Markus
Rabbi's On This Day: Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Posted 3/9/2010 12:34:00 PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
Shannon Leto (drummer, 30 Seconds To Mars; older brother of frontman Jared Leto) (40)
Johnny Kelly (drummer, Type O Negative) (42)
Juliette Binoche (actress, The English Patient, Chocolat) (46)
Linda Fiorentino (actress, Men In Black, Dogma) (52)
Charles Gibson (anchor, ABC World News) (67)
Kato Kaelin (O.J. Simpson's famous houseguest) (51)
Emmanuel Lewis (actor, Webster) (39)
Chingy (rapper) (31)
ON THIS DAY:
1918 Author Mickey Spillane (I, The Jury, creator of Mike Hammer) is born.
1934 Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin is born. He becomes the first human to leave Earth and enter space. Gagarin dies in 1968.
1940 Actor Raul Julia (the Addams Family movies' Gomez) is born. He dies in 1994.
1964 The first Ford Mustang is produced.
1981 Dan Rather debuts as anchorman of the CBS Evening News.
1987 The Joshua Tree by U2 is released.
1992 The Manson Family, featuring Iggy ...
Rabbi's On This Day: Monday, March 8, 2010
Posted 3/8/2010 11:58:00 AM
Monday, March 8, 2010
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
Tom Chaplin (frontman, Keane) (31)
Andy Ross (guitarist, OK Go) (31)
Clive Burr (former drummer, Iron Maiden) (53)
James Van Der Beek (actor, Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues, Texas Rangers, The Rules Of Attraction) (33)
Freddie Prinze, Jr. (actor, I Know What You Did Last Summer, She's All That, Scooby Doo; son of Freddie Prinze; husband of Sarah Michelle Gellar) (34)
Camryn Manheim (actress, The Practice's Eleanor Frutt) (49)
Mickey Dolenz (singer, actor, the Monkees) (65)
ON THIS DAY:
1913 The Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes, after Congress is given the authority to do so under the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified one month earlier.
1918 Actor Alan Hale, Jr. (Gilligan's Island's Skipper Jonas Grumby) is born. He dies in 1990.
1960 The movie Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, opens.
1973 Paul & Linda ...
Rabbi's On This Day: Sunday, March 7, 2010
Posted 3/7/2010 12:00:00 PM
Sunday, March 7, 2010
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
Hugo Ferreira (lead singer, Tantric) (36)
Laura Prepon (actress, That '70s Show's Donna) (30)
Jenna Fischer (actress, "Pam" on The Office) (36)
Rachel Weisz (actress, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Constantine, Oscar winner for The Constant Gardener, The Fountain) (39)
Peter Sarsgaard (actor, Kinsey, Boys Don't Cry, Jarhead) (39)
Wanda Sykes (actress-comedienne, The Chris Rock Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm) (46)
Bret Easton Ellis (author, Less Than Zero, American Psycho, The Rules Of Attraction) (46)
Daniel J. Travanti (actor, Hill Street Blues' Captain Frank Furillo) (70)
Willard Scott (weatherman, the Today show) (76)
Michael Eisner (former Disney CEO and chairman) (68)
Franco Harris (Football Hall-Of-Famer) (60)
ON THIS DAY:
1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone.
1897 Dr. John Kellogg first serves corn flakes to his patients at the Kellogg Sanitarium.
1933 Parker Brothers invents the game of Monopoly. It goes into ...
Rabbi's On This Day: Saturday, March 6, 2010
Posted 3/6/2010 12:00:00 PM
Saturday, March 6, 2010
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
David Gilmour (singer-guitarist, Pink Floyd) (64)
Madonna Wayne Gacy (a.k.a. Stephen Bier, Jr.; former keyboardist for Marilyn Manson) (46)
Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal (basketball player) (38)
Tom Arnold (actor-comedian, Roseanne, True Lies, The Best Damn Sports Show Period; former husband of Roseanne Barr) (51)
Rob Reiner (actor and producer-director, All In The Family, This Is Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally..., A Few Good Men, Rumor Has It...) (63)
ON THIS DAY:
1475 Michelangelo is born.
1836 The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, falls to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
1906 Actor-comedian Lou Costello is born. He dies in 1959.
1923 Ed McMahon (former announcer, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Star Search) is born. He dies in June 2009.
1978 The Six Million Dollar Man's final episode airs on ABC.
1978 Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is shot and left partially paralyzed while ...
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