Family Ties, Elvis, Bond, Charlie & Baseball

WELCOME
Here we go with a few more trivia facts and stories.  Today we have a
little bit of everything. Will be back On Friday (July 29) with the
next edition "For Baseball Fans Only".


BORN ON THE EXACT SAME DAY - THE KEATONS !!
In my last blog I used the above subject for the world of baseball, but it
also applies elsewhere.   Remember the 1980's TV Series "Family Ties"?
The actors that played  Steven (Michael Gross) and Elyse (Meredith
Baxter-Birney), the parents of Alex, Mallory, Jennifer and Andrew,
were born on the exact same day, June 22, 1947.  Here are a few
more members of the club.

President George W. Bush and Sylvester Stallone(July 6, 1946)
Coach Mike Ditka and Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald(October 18, 1939)
Hockey greats  Mario Lemieux and Patrick Roy (October 5, 1965)
Actors Edward Norton and Christian Slater (August 18, 1969)
Princess Diana and Olympian Carl Lewis(July 1, 1961)
Movie Critic Roger Ebert and Beatle Paul McCartney (June 18, 1942)



ELVIS AND THE COLONEL
During the entire time he lived in America Elvis Presley's manager,
"Colonel" Tom Parker, was an illegal alien.   He was born in 1909 as
Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk in The Netherlands.  He came to America
permanently at the age of 20 and never left and never obtained citizenship.
Although Elvis served in Germany while in the Army he never performed
overseas because Mr Parker would not be able to obtain a passport.
Elvis' only performance outside of the US were several concerts in Canada
back when a passport was not need to enter that country.  Until the day
he died in 1997 Andreas Cornelius feared deportation.


SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED
Ian Fleming, author of the entire James Bond series of novels, also wrote
the children's story "Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang".  Go Figure !!!


SURFIN'  U.S.A.
In 1969 the Beach Boys released their 20th Album and titled it 20/20.  If you
look at Side A you will see that the 2nd cut is a song titled "I Can Hear Music"
written by Phil Spector.   If you look at Side B you will see that the 4th cut is
a song titled "Never Learn Not To Love" written by Charles Manson.  Yes,
that Charles Manson.  It makes we wonder where they send the royalty
checks since both of these men are currently incarcarated for murder charges
in  California Penatentaries.


MY FAVORITE BASEBALL TRADE
During the 1962 season the New York Mets were in need of a catcher and
obtained Harry Chiti from the Cleveland Indians for the usual  "player to
be named later".  At the end of  the season the Mets honored their obligation
and sent the Indians the player they owed them.  They sent them Harry Chiti.
The man was traded for himself !!!


Please Note:   All of my baseball  notes are from my unpublished book
"1,001 Baseball Trivia Facts, Oddities, Lists, Records And Other Vital
Information You Can Use To Impress Others".

Thanks Again
Richard