If you want me to tell you the future… I can only tell you this.  History repeats itself.  So then.  Let’s talk about this day of ours.   This April 5th.  A couple of my friends were born on this day.  These two guys are as different as night and day.   Happy Birthday, you Aries’ Boys.

But back to April 5.  What a day in history.    Now.. not so long ago… many of you were knocking back Green Beer to celebrate the day that St. Paddy drove those snakes out of Ireland.  Well low and behold.  What goes up, must come down.  Today is the day that St. Patrick returned to Ireland as a missionary bishop.  The year was 456.  I think that means he started wearing one of those big hats on his head.

And… speaking of Big Heads.  On this day, in 1722 – Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island.   Now those are some big stone heads.  Mysterious heads.  Out in the middle of nowhere…. heads.

Seventy years later…. The first W stamped a big No Can Do.  Yep.  In 1792 , George Washington cast first presidential veto.  I’m not sure what he didn’t approve of… but he did not.

Since we are on the letter W.  She traced it again and again on Helen Keller’s hand.  Of course… it was  Anne Sullivan in 1887, who taught  “water” to a blind, deaf, mute woman.  Wonderful.  And then she said…. “Can you hear me now?”

Not so very long ago…. we said…..Roll ‘Em….  In 1923 …. those rubber heads at the Firestone Company finally put their inflatable tires into production.  They cushioned your car ride… less shaking and bumping.

And… speaking of shaking and bumping … The year was 1954…. and Elvis Presley recorded his debut single “That’s All Right”…..  back when he was cute.  And looked good shaking and bumping.

So as you can see… April 5th is a busy dang day on the history slate.  I’m not sure how these things could ever repeat themselves…. but stranger things have happened I’ll tell you.  Look at Easter Island.

“History doesn’t repeat itself – at best it sometimes rhymes” – Mark Twain

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