» Thursday http://www.etablog.com Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Thor’s Day November 12 http://www.etablog.com/anecdote-november-12-thors-day/ http://www.etablog.com/anecdote-november-12-thors-day/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:12 +0000 Mark F http://www.etablog.com/?p=571 Anecdote examples → ]]> On Thor's DayHere are just some anecdote samples for Thor’s Day or Thursday November 12th. As you may or may not know etaBlog aka Every Thursday Anecdotes releases an anecdote story or two each Thursday. Some of the anecdote samples are funny and some serious. We aim to make our site thought provoking and enjoyable. You can visit all of the Anecdote Categories by using the navigation links on the top of this page.

1877 – Moonlight Graham was born. He was an American Baseball player who “played” for the NY Giants. Zero at bats and zero total chances in the field, his first and last game were the same day.

1945 – Neil Young was born. Known for many rock classics including one of my favorites “Old Man” written in 1972.  Mr. Young turns 64 sorry for the pun.

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1963 – Baseball Player, Mark McGuire was born

1971 – Walt Disney opens Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

2009 – The 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter celebrates his 85th birthday, he was born in 1924.

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