Pele ~ ‘The Brazilian God’
Posted October 23, 2008 
Comments(0) Happy Birthday Pelé ~ 68 today!
Thomas Edison lit us up!
Posted October 21, 2008 Comments(0) 
Thomas Edison lit us up with a workable electric light in his workshop on this day in 1879!
Now John Gormley wants us to embrace those new fangled CFL bulbs.
Thanks Mr. Edison and good night!
Nuala O’Faolain – a light extinguished
Posted May 10, 2008 Comments(6) Nuala Ó Faoláin (1942-2008)
Journalist and author Nuala O’Faolain died last night at the Blackrock Hospice in Dublin.
She was 66 years old.
Happy birthday Coca Cola!
Posted May 8, 2008 Comments(2) 
Coca Cola first saw the light of day on the 8th of May 1886.
It was invented by a chemist called John Stith (Styth) Pemberton.
Shirley Temple is 80 – how time flies!
Posted April 23, 2008 Comments(2) Today is Shirley Temple’s birthday. Enjoy the video!
Happy birthday Shirley! 
Arfur – Minder’s car dealer is 82 today!
Posted April 22, 2008 Comments(2) 
Happy birthday Arfur (George Cole)!
Ratzinger – 3 years on and?
Posted April 19, 2008 Comments(1) 
Today (the 19th of April) is the third anniversary of Joseph Ratzinger becoming Pope Benedict XVI.
He is fulfilling his duty as caretaker Pope well!
Good man Herr Ratzinger.
The Irish Republic was proclaimed on this day!
Posted April 18, 2008 Comments(0) 
The Irish Free State became a fully independent republic on the 18th of April 1949.
Happy birthday Hibernia.
1964 Ford Mustang born today!
Posted April 17, 2008 Comments(0) 
The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model on this day in 1964.
Happy Birthday horsey ……….. yeeeeeeeeeeeeee haw!
Happy Birthday Samuel!
Posted April 13, 2008 Comments(0) Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
Samuel Beckett – author, critic and playwright. He won the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature.
He was born in Dublin on the 13th of April 1906.
Happy birthday and Rest In Peace Samuel.
