February 17, 2020 - What happened on that day?
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222314)
United States
February 17, 2020 3:56pm CST
Presidents' Day
National Champion Crab Races Day
1867 - The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1933 - Newsweek Magazine is published for the first time.
1972 - Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle surpass Ford's Model T.
1941 - Gene Pitney was born. He was an American singer, songwriter, musician and sound engineer. One of the 1960s hits that he wrote was "He's a Rebel" by the Crystals. Some of his most memorable songs: Town Without PIty, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and Only Love Can Break a Heart. In 2002 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He died in 2006.
1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips was born. He is a Filipino-American actor and film director. His breakthrough role was as Ritchie Valens in La Bamba. For Stand and Deliver he was nominated for a Golden Globe and won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male.
Photo Credit: Pixabay
7 people like this
7 responses
@AmbiePam (120701)
• United States
17 Feb 20
@LindaOHio At first I thought he was Mexican, then later I thought he was Native American. I have always liked him; he is underrated.
1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
17 Feb 20
Me neither. I thought he was Mexican or something like that.
1 person likes this
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Feb 20
He is now playing in a new show on TV called Prodigal Son.
Created by Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver. With Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Halston Sage, Aurora Perrineau. Malcolm Bright, one of the best criminal psychologists around, uses his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes.
2 people like this
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Feb 20
@LindaOHio No problem. I watched this show a few times but could never really get into it.
1 person likes this
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
17 Feb 20
Lou Diamond Phillips is currently a regular on the TV series "Prodigal Son."
1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
3 Nov 23
Ha ha about the Crab Races. I was surprised to see that Phillips was Filipino too. Because of La Bamba I suppose.
1 person likes this
@porwest (112844)
• United States
3 Nov 23
@LindaOHio Yeah. I mean, come on. Granted, there ARE a lot of ties between Mexicans and Filipinos, and I forget why. But do you ever notice Filipinos mostly have Mexican last names? It's true.
Of course, in the case of Phillips, his real name is Upchurch. But he was born from an American Marine Corp father and a Filipino mother.
1 person likes this
