Full Name: Rodney George Laver
Profession: Tennis Player
Biography: Laver is regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all-time and certainly the best left-hander. As the only person to win the coveted Grand Slam twice (1963, 1969), his 200 singles titles are the most in tennis history.
He excelled on all of the court surfaces: grass, clay, hard, carpet and wood/parquet resulting in 11 Grand Slam singles titles, although he was banned from playing those tournaments for the 5 years prior to the Open Era Read More...
Events in Samoan History 1889-03-15 6 US & German warships sunk by a typhoon in Apia harbour, Samoa, 200 die 1892-07-04 Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, so that year there were 367 days in this country, with two occurrences of Monday, July 4 1899-12-02 US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them 1900-01-16 The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands 1900-01-16 The US gains control over Tutuila in Samoa and several smaller Pacific islands 1904-07-16 Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs 1914-08-29 New Zealand forces capture German Samoa 1962-01-01 Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes co-chief of Western Samoa 1963-04-05 Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa 1972-12-19 Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, southeast of Samoa 1976-12-15 Samoa becomes a member of the UN 2009-09-29 An 8. Read More...
Sonic is selling mozzarella sticks for less than a dollar all day. On Wednesday, the fast-food chain is slashing the price on four-piece orders of mozzarella sticks to 99 cents all day. Typically, a four-piece mozzarella stick would cost about $2.50. There isn't much fine print or work you have to do to get the mozz sticks. The $0.99 price tag doesn't include tax, and the deal isn't applicable if you're trying to cash in on other promotions, but other than that, the 99 cent mozzarella sticks should be available until supplies run out. Read More...
