Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb 9, 2010

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Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Abita’s Purple Haze Beer 2 toast 2 writer Alice Walker (The Color Purple) born 2day in 1944.

 

Valentine’s Day is Sunday, February 14th! Our Balloon Bouquets are fun and festive treat for your special someone!   

 

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1773 – William Henry Harrison born…to be the 9th U.S. President.

1867 – Nebraska became the 37th United State…go Corn huskers!

1870 – The U.S. Weather Bureau was established.

1895 – William G. Morgan introduced Mintonette, a sporty game we now know as Volleyball…Spike!

1909 – Brazilian actress Carmen Miranda born…to wear fruit on her head?

1928 – Journalist Roger Mudd born.

1942 – Singer, songwriter Carole King born…to weave a beautiful “Tapestry” album!

1944 – Writer Alice Walker born…to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her book “The Color Purple”.

1949 – Actress Judith Light born…with “One Life to Live” and know “Who’s The Boss” on “Law and Order, SVU”?

1952 – MLB’s Mookie Wilson born…in Center Field with the NY Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays?

1959 – The Coasters song “Charlie Brown” peaked at #2.

1963 – Country singer Travis Tritt born…with the “Best of Intentions”?

1964 – The Beatles made their 1st appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

 

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb 8, 2010

Btms^ for Monday, Feb. 8th. Here’s to today not being “another Manic Monday”!

 

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Abita TurboDog Beer from Abita Springs, Louisiana, 2 toast 2  NOLA Saints on their Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts last night in Miami! Who Dat indeed! 

 

Valentine’s Day is this Sunday, Feb. 14th! From world-class chocolates and a great array of Valentine’s cards that say it all, to champagne and sparkling wines, Liquor Barn loves St. Valentine’s Day!

 

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1693 – The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia was granted a charter…by King William III and Queen Mary II.

1828 – French author Jules Verne born…”Twenty Leagues Under the Sea” to go “Around the World in 80 Days” and take “A Journey to the Center of the Earth”?

1910 – The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated by William D. Boyce…Scouts honor!

1918 – The Stars and Stripes newspaper was 1st published.

1922 – The first radio in the White House was tuned in, and turned up by President Warren G. Harding?  

1925 – Actor Jack Lemmon born…”Missing” to “The Odd Couple” of “Grumpy Old Men” in “The Apartment” during  “Days of Wine and Roses” because “Some Like it Hot”?

1931 – Actor James Dean born…a “Giant” in “East of Eden” to be a “Rebel Without a Cause”?

1932 – Music composer, conductor John Williams born…to score it big in films such as “Jaws” , ”E.T”, “Star Wars” and “Superman”.

1940 – Journalist Ted Koppel born…late at night on “Nightline”?

1941 – Actor Nick Nolte born…”Down and Out in Beverly Hills” to be both “Rich Man/Poor Man” and “The Prince of Tides”?

1953 – Actress Mary Steenburgen born…”Goin’ South” to ”Cross Creek” in “Philadelphia” with “Joan of Arcadia”?

1955 – American author, lawyer John Grisham born…in “A Painted House” to be “The Rainmaker” with “The Firm”, “The Client” and “The Pelican Brief”?

 

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb. 7, 2010

Btms^ for Super Sunday, Feb. 7th!

All Liquor Barns are open today from 1pm to 9pm for all your football party needs!

Drinks 4Cast 4 2Day: Super Sunday Cheers to NOLA Saints with Abita Brewing (Louisiana) beers and to the INDY Colts with 3 Floyds (Indiana) beers…Just some of the 800 brews we have 4 U @ The Barns!

Y Celebrate 2Day?

On this date in…

2010 – The New Orleans Saints take on the Indianapolis Colts at the Super Bowl today in Miami.

1478 – Statesman, author Sir Thomas More born…to be a saint and coin the phrase “Utopia”.

1804 – American manufacturer John Deere born…to invent the 1st successful steel plow because ”Nothing runs like a Deere”!

1812 – British novelist Charles Dickens born…with “Great Expectations” at “Bleak House” to tell “A Tale of Two Cities” about “Oliver Twist” and “Little Dorrit”?

1935 – The board game “Monopoly” was invented…with a hotel on the Boardwalk?

1940 – “Pinocchio” Walt Disney’s 2nd full length animated movie premiered in NYC.

1960 – Actor James Spader born…to keep “Boston Legal” with “sex, lies, and videotape”?

1962 – Singer, songwriter Garth Brooks born…”If Tomorrow Never Comes he still has “Friends in Low Places” so “We Shall Be Free”!

1962 – Actor, comedian Eddie Izzard born…”Dressed to Kill” with “The Riches”?

1968 – Comedian, actor Chris Rock born…on “Saturday Night Live”?

1978 – Actor Ashton Kutcher born…knowing “What Happens in Vegas” on “That 70’s Show” is ”A Lot Like Love” to “The Guardian”!

1985 – “New York, New York” became the official anthem for NYC.

1987 – Madonna’s “Open Your Heart” hit #1.

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb 6, 2010

Btms^ for Saturday, Feb. 6

 

Liquor Barns will be open Super Sunday from 1 pm to 9 pm for all your football party needs!

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Jamaican Red Stripe Beer 2 celebrate singer Bob Marley, born 2day in 1945. 

 

Y Celebrate 2Day?

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1788 – Massachusetts became the 6th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1895 – Baseball great Babe Ruth born…the “Bambino” and the “Sultan of Swat”!

1911 – Actor, politician Ronald Reagan born…to be the 40th U.S. President.

1921 – The film “The Kid” starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan was released.

1932 – French film director Francois Truffaut born…to survive “The 400 Blows” and “Fahrenheit 451″ with “Jules and Jim” near “The Last Metro” during “Day for Night”. As an actor, he played a pivotal role in Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”.

1940 – Journalist, writer Tom Brokaw born…to be part of “The Greatest Generation” on NBC’s Today Show and the Nightly News.

1945 – Singer, songwriter Bob Marley born…to have “One Love” and to “Stir it Up” with the Wailers.

1949 – Irish film director Jim Sheridan born…”In the Name of the Father” with “One Left Foot”?

1950 – Singer Natalie Cole born…to be “Unforgettable” in a “Pink Cadillac”?

1962 – Axl Rose born…in “Paradise City” with a “Sweet Child ‘o Mine” in the cold “November Rain”? “Welcome to the Jungle” of Guns N’ Roses!

1965 – The Righteous Brothers hit #1 with their song “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling”.

 

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Y Party 2Day! Feb 5, 2010

Btms^ for Friday, February 5. TGIF!

 

Join Liquor Barn 2Nite @ Brown-Forman’s ART AFTER DARK at the Speed Museum in Louisville, starting @ 7 p.m. For more info, go to www.speedmuseum.org

 

All Liquor Barns will be open this Super Sunday from 1 pm to 9 pm for all of your Bowl needs and wants! Reserve and order your Kegs and Party Trays 2Day! 

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Absolut Citron Martini with a twist, 2 celebrate French auto pioneer Albert Citroen, born 2day in 1878.

 

Y Party 2Day?

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1784 – Nancy Hanks Lincoln was born…to be Abe Lincoln’s Mom!

1878 – Andre Citroen was born…to found the Citroen Automobile Company in France in 1919.

1887 – Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Otello premiered at La Scala, in Milan, Italy…Bravo!

1914 – Writer William S. Burroughs was born…to have a “Naked Lunch”?

1919 – United Artists was founded in Hollywood by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith.

1934 – MLB great Henry “Hank” Aaron was born…to be a Brewer and a Brave and hit a record 755 Home Runs!

1938 – Playwright, screenwriter John Guare was born…”Six Degrees of Separation” away from “The House of Blue Leaves” in “Atlantic City”?

1942 – NFL’s Roger Staubach was born…a Cowboy Quarterback?

1948 – Writer, director, actor Christopher Guest born…to be “Best in Show” with his brilliant “mockumentaries”: “This is Spinal Tap”, “A Mighty Wind” and “Waiting for Guffman”!

1962 – Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh born…to have “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” as a “Single White Female”?

1964 – Actress Laura Linney born…in “Love Actually” along the ”Mystic River” to tell “Tales of the City” about “John Adams”?

1973 – The comic strip “Hagar the Horrible” premiered.

1989 - NBA’s Kareem Abdul-Jabar became the first NBA player to score an astounding 38,000 points…cheers to his Sky Hook!

1991 – Singer, songwriter, artist Joni Mitchell was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame.

 

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb 4, 2010

Btms^ for Thursday, February 4…it’s Friday Eve!

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Sauza Gold Tequila, 2 toast 2 “The Golden Boy” boxer Oscar de la Hoya, born 2day in 1973.

 

Y Celebrate 2Day?

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1789 – George Washington was unanimously elected the 1st U.S. President by the US Electoral College.

1825 – Construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal was OK’d by the Ohio Legislature.

1902 – Charles Lindberg was born…to be the 1st to pilot a plane across the Atlantic, from Long Island, New York to Paris, France in 1927.

1912 – Golfer Byron Nelson born…to love birdies and eagles!

1913 – Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks born…to keep her rightful seat on the #2857 bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

1921 – Women’s Rights activist, writer Betty Friedan born…to be a co-founder of NOW.

1936 – Comedian David Brenner born…to be the most frequent guest on “The Tonight Show” with 158 appearances.

1946 – Garson Kanin’s play “Born Yesterday” premiered in NYC.

1948 – Rocker ”Alice Cooper” born….as Vincent Furnier, while “School’s Out”?

1957 – The 1st portable, electric typewriter was sold.

1959 – Lawrence Taylor born…to be a “Giant” of a linebacker in the NFL.

1960 – Composer, playwright Jonathan Larson born….to posthumously win the Tony and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for “RENT”. RENT ran from April 1996 to September 2008, making it NYC’s 7th longest-running musical.

1962 – Singer, songwriter Clint Black born…to be a “Better Man” while he’s “Killin’ Time” with actress/wife Lisa Hartman Black? 

1971 – Comedian, actor Rob Corddry born…to be a Correspondent on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”.

1973 – Boxer Oscar de la Hoya born…to be “The Golden Boy” and bring home an Olympic gold medal from Barcelona!

 

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb 3, 2010

Btms^ for Wednesday, February 3.  Over the hump day!

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Four Roses Bourbon w/ 2 reasons to celebrate: Gertrude Stein’s birthday (1874) and the premiere of Tennessee Williams’ play “The Rose Tattoo” (1951.)

 

Y Celebrate?

On this day in…

 

1690 – The 1st paper money in America was printed, by the colony of Massachusetts.

1809 – Felix Mendelssohn born…to compose!

1811- Journalist Horace Greeley born…to “Go west young man!”

1834 – Wake Forest University was established.

1870 – The 15th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting the US Government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race or color.

1874 – Writer Gertrude Stein born…where “There is no there there” but where a “Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.”?

1876 – Albert Spalding started his sporting goods company…he shoots, he scores!

1894 – Artist Norman Rockwell born…to illustrate the “Saturday Evening Post”.

1907 – Author James Michener born…in “Hawaii”?

1920 – Dr. Henry Heimlich born…to make his maneuver!

1940 – Former NFL QB Fran Tarkenton born…to be a Minnesota Viking?

1943 – Actress Blythe Danner born…to “Meet the Parents” in a “Huff” with “The Great Santini” and “The Prince of Tides”?

1945 –  Former NFL QB Bob Griese born…to be a Miami Dolphin?

1951 – Playwright Tennessee Williams’ “The Rose Tattoo” premiered in NYC.

1956 – Actor Nathan Lane born…in “The Birdcage” to be one of “The Producers”?

1965 – Actress Maura Tierney born…live on “NewsRadio” in the “E.R”?

1967 – Jimi Hendrix recorded “Purple Haze”.

1969 – South African golfer Retief Goosen born…to be on par!

1976 – Actress Isla Fisher born…to be a “Wedding Crasher” and to profess her ”Confessions of a Shopaholic”?

1979 – The Village People’s song “YMCA” hit #2 on the charts. “It’s fun to stay at the…”

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb 2, 2010

Btms^ for Tuesday, February 2 – Happy Groundhog Day!

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Celebrate Groundhog Day 2Day with Woodchuck Cider!

(Different names for the same animal, scientific named “Marmota Monax”.)

 

 

 

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1653 – New Amsterdam, later renamed the city of New York, was incorporated.

1790 – The U.S. Supreme Court convened for the 1st time.

1861 – Solomon Guggenheim born…to be an art collector and philanthropist. NYC’s Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is named for him.

1882 – Author James Joyce born…in Ireland.

1882 – The 1st Groundhog Day was observed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

1895 – Football’s George Halas born…to co-found the NFL, and be known as “Papa Bear” for his 63 years as owner of the Chicago Bears, 40 as a coach, and 324 career wins.

1897 – Hotelier Howard Johnson was born.

1905 – Russian writer Ayn Rand was born…and “Atlas Shrugged” at “The Fountainhead”?

1922 – “Ulysses” by James Joyce was published…Phew, and what a full day it was!

1926 – Stage actress, singer Elaine Stritch born…to always be in great “Company”!

1931 – Author Judith Viorist born…along with “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”!

1937 – Political humorist Tommy Smothers born.

1940 – Frank Sinatra made his debut with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra.

1942 – Singer, songwriter Graham Nash was born…to “Teach Your Children” about “Woodstock” and to see the “Southern Cross” for the 1st time, with his friends David Crosby and Stephen Stills, (and Neil Young, sometimes!)

1948 – Food Network Chef Ina Garten born…to be the “Barefoot Contessa”.

1964 – “G.I. Joe” the original boy toy soldier, premiered.

1972 – Playwright Tom Stoppard’s “Jumpers” premiered in London.

1973 – “The Midnight Special” rock show debuted on TV.

1974 – Barbra Steisand’s song “The Way We Were” hit #1.

1977 – Colombia singer Shakira born…her “Hips Don’t Lie!”

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Y Celebrate 2day Feb 1, 2010

Btms^ for Monday, February 1st

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Che Gaucho Malbec 2 celebrate film director John Ford, born 2day in 1894.

 

Y Celebrate 2Day?

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1884 – The 1st volume (from A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.

1894 – Film director, producer John Ford was born…”The Quite Man” in a “Stagecoach” with “The Searchers” to taste “The Grapes of Wrath” from “How Green Was My Valley”?

1896 – The opera “La Boheme” premiered in Turin, Italy.

1901 – Actor Clark Gable born…to “Run Silent, Run Deep” and be “Gone With the Wind” with “The Misfits” because “It Happened One Night”?

1902 – Poet, writer Langston Hughes born…”Not Without Laughter”.

1920 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police began operations.

1937 – Singer, brother Don Everly was born…in Muhlenberg County, KY to “Wake Up, Little Susie”?

1949 – The first single 45 r.p.m. record was released by RCA.

1964 – English actor Linus Roache was born…to keep “Law and Order” as A.D.A. Michael Cutter.

1964 – The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” hit #1.

1969 – Drummer Pat Wilson was born…to keep the beat for “Weezer”!

1971 – Actor Michael C. Hall born…”Six Feet Under” in “Dexter”?

 

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Jan 31, 2010

Btms^ for Sunday, January 31.

 

All Liquor Barns are open from 1 pm to 9 pm today!

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Coffee with Kahlua, a perfect “Start-me-up” on this snow white Sunday!

 

 

Next Sunday is Super Bowl!  

 

Y Celebrate 2Day?

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1797 – Austrian Franz Shubert born…to compose hundreds of lieders (art songs).

1872 – Writer Zane Grey born…”Riders of the Purple Sage” and a “Lone Star Ranger”.

1881 – Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova born…on pointe as “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Dying Swan”?

1901 – Playwright Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” opened, at the Moscow Art Theatre.

1902 – Actress Tallulah Bankhead born…by “The Skin of Our Teeth” in a “Lifeboat” with the “Little Foxes”?

1915 – Trappist monk Thomas Merton born…to reside at the Abbey of Gethsemane, KY, and to lead a “Contemplative Life” of “The Seven Storey Mountain”.

1919 – Jackie Robinson born…to be the first African American MLB player, with the Dodgers. In 1997, MLB honored him by retiring his number 42 for all time.

1921 – Actress, singer Carol Channing born…to be the matchmaker in “Hello, Dolly” because “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”?

1923 – Writer Norman Mailer born…among “The Naked and the Dead”?

1930 – 3M began marketing “Scotch Tape”.

1936 - ”The Green Hornet” radio show first aired, in Detroit.

1937 - Phillip Glass born…to compose for dance, the theatre, and for film.

1959 – Australian actor Anthony LaPaglia born…”Without A Trace”?

1970 – British actress Minnie Driver born…with a “Circle of Friends” to go “Good Will Hunting” with “The Riches”?

1973 – Aussie actress Portia de Rossi born…under “Arrested Development” with “Ally McBeal” to be “Better Off Ted”?

1975 – Barry Manilow’s song “Mandy” went gold.

1981 – “The Tide is Right” by Blondie hit #1.

1981 – Singer, actor Justin Timberlake born…’N Sync to “Cry Me a River” and bring “SexyBack”?

 

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