MOTHER'S
DAY TRIVIA
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The
mother who gave birth to the most children was the wife
of Russian Feodor Vassilyev. Her 69 children included 16
pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of
quadruplets.
SOURCE: "1997 Guinness Book of World Records"
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"Happy
Days," starring 1950s mom Marion Cunningham, started
as a pilot segment on "Love, American Style."
The episode was about a family getting their first TV
set.
SOURCE: Total Television
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Olive
May Osmond is mother to musical siblings made famous by
"The Osmond Family Show." The performing
brothers and one sister include: Donny, Marie, Alan,
Wayne, Jay, Merrill, and Jimmy. Donny and Marie also had
(and have) their own show.
SOURCE: Total Television
Mother Jane Jetson's voice was provided by Penny
Singleton for "The Jetsons," while Jean Vander
Pyl portrayed mama Wilma Flintstone in "The
Flintstones."
SOURCE: Total Television
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On July 18, 1994, 63-year-old Rossanna Della Corte of
Canino, Italy, became the oldest woman to give birth.
SOURCE: "1997 Guinness Book of World Records"
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Lucy gave birth to Little Ricky during the January 19,
1953, episode of "I Love Lucy." Lucille Ball
gave birth to son Desi Arnaz IV on the exact same day.
SOURCE: Total Television
In 1992, Dan Quayle said he considered the unwed mother
played by Candice Bergen on "Murphy Brown" an
example of Hollywood irresponsibility.
SOURCE: CNN
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The first woman to give birth in an airplane was Mrs.
T.W. Evans on October 28,1929, over Miami.
SOURCE: "Famous First Facts"
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Previously, Mother's Day was marked by a special church
service at which members of the congregation wore white
carnations.
SOURCE: "The Folklore of American Holidays"
The first Mother's Day was celebrated only in
Philadelphia on May 10, 1908.
SOURCE: "Famous First Facts"
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Stereotypical mom June Cleaver first appeared in
households in "Leave it to Beaver" on October
4, 1957.
SOURCE: Total Television
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President Clinton's father was killed in a car accident
before he was born, leaving his mother, Virginia, to
raise him alone until she remarried four years after his
birth.
SOURCE: "1998 NYT Almanac"
The first woman to give birth in the White House was
Martha Randolf, daughter of President Thomas Jefferson,
on January 17, 1806.
SOURCE: "Famous First Facts"
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Mother's Day was declared a national holiday in 1914 by
presidential proclamation. It was conceived by Anne M.
Jarvis of Philadelphia in 1907 after the death of her
mother.
SOURCE: "The Folklore of American Holidays"
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Augusta Bunge became a
great-great-great-great-grandmother at age 109 on January
21, 1989.
SOURCE: "1997 Guinness Book of World Records"
Mother-in-Law Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in
October. It was started in 1934 by a newspaper editor in
Amarillo, Texas.
SOURCE: "Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of
the World Dictionary"
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The first televised birth was on December 2, 1952, by KOA
in Denver. Lillian Kerr had a Cesarean section as part of
the "March of Medicine" program.
SOURCE: "Famous First Facts"
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In 1907, Russian writer Maxim Gorky penned
"Mother," later considered the first work of
socialist realism.
SOURCE: "Our Times, The Illustrated History of the
20th Century"
Other things that "MOM" stands for
-Manned Orbiting Mission (NASA)
-Man-on-the-move (military slang)
-Microsoft Office Manager (Microsoft)
-Middle of the Month
-Milk of Magnesia
-Minutes of Meeting
SOURCE: "Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations
Dictionary"
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The painting commonly known as "Whistler's
Mother" is actually called "Arrangement in Grey
and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother."
SOURCE: Various
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