Greetings!

Apologies for not sending out a newsletter this past week. My main computer—where I do all of my Bella work—died. The motherboard chose Friday morning to just stop working. I, of course, had no idea it was the motherboard until Sunday. So, needless to say the relaxing three-day weekend, here in the States, was not quite so relaxing! Michelle, however, offered to write the article for this week since I was having computer issues. So, do be sure to check it out! It’s what I was going to write on, anyway!

Here's the latest article from the Today in History site at BellaOnline.com.

Freddie Mercury of Queen
On September 5, 1946 the world received and incredible gift of music in the form of Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art17748.asp

Last week’s article was one of historic perspective, I suppose you could say…

I Have a Dream… (August 28, 1963)
Frederick Douglass began life as a slave. Through "forbidden" education, he was able to speak out for the abolition of slavery, giving Martin Luther King, Jr. the ability to have a dream, almost a century later. Now, less than 50 years after King's historic speech, Barack Obama will live the dream.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art23053.asp

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So, birthdays! Two weeks worth! Here we go…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
AUGUST 24
*William Wilberforce (1759)
*Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817)
*Yasser Arafat (1929)
*Steve Guttenberg (1958)
AUGUST 25
*Bret Harte (1836)
*Gene Simmons (1949)
*Tim Burton (1958)
*Jonathan Togo (1977)
AUGUST 26
*Antoine Lavoisier (1743)
*Mother Teresa (1910)
*Don LaFontaine (1940-September 1, 2008. RIP)
*Macaulay Culkin (1980)
AUGUST 27
*Ed Gien (1906)
*Lyndon B. Johnson (1908)
*Jeff Cook (1949)
*Paul Reubens (1952)
AUGUST 28
*Johan Wolfgang von Goethe (1747)
*Rick Rossovich (1957)
*Emma Samms (1960)
*Billy Boyd (1968)
AUGUST 29
*Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809)
*Ingrid Bergman (1915)
*Joel Schumacher (1939)
*Michael Jackson (1958)
AUGUST 30
*Tug McGraw (1944)
*Lewis Black (1948)
*Paul Oakenfold (1963)
*Cameron Diaz (1972)
AUGUST 31
*Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
*Maria Montessori (1870)
*Alma Mahler (1879)
*Buddy Hackett (1924)
SEPTEMBER 1
*Johann Pachelbel (1653)
*Engelbert Humperdinck (1854)
*Boxcar Willie (1931)
*Lily Tomlin (1939)
SEPTEMBER 2
*Roger Wolcott (1847)
*Christa McAuliffe (1948)
*Keanu Reeves (1964)
*Salma Hayek (1966)
SEPTEMBER 3
*Mort Walker (1923)
*Albert DeSalvo (1931)
*Charlie Sheen (1965)
*Jeremy Glick (1970)
SEPTEMBER 4
*William Lyons (1901)
*Mickey Cohen (1913)
*Paul Harvey (1918)
*Khandi Alexander (1957)
SEPTEMBER 5
*Jesse James (1847)
*Bob Newhart (1929)
*Michael Keaton (1951)
*Rose McGowan (1973)
SEPTEMBER 6
*Jo Ann Worley (1937)
*David Allen Coe (1939)
*Jeff Foxworthy (1958)
*Delores O’Riorden (1971)

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Christa Mackey, Today in History Editor
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