9-25-11


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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .
1965 - 60 year old Satchel Paige of KC A's pitches 3 scoreless innings
1639 - 1st printing press in America
1926 - Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
1513 - Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st European to see Pacific Ocean
1867 - Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Wash DC

♪♪ HaPpY  BiRtHdAy to♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .
A nice day here in Flag. I usually don’t go cruising during the weekend…too many tourists on the main roads. Got a call from a Hopi friend, inviting me to Heritage Square for some Hopi dancing.  Over the past few years, the Hopi Tribe has bought up quite a bit of commercial property here in Flagstaff. I think it’s up to three strip malls and Heritage Square. Heritage Square is a meeting place, right in the middle of our small downtown. The dancers were good and the people watching seemed to enjoy them. Here is what I find odd: The Hopi are now major players in commercial property here in Flagstaff. The Hopi Tribe has requested several times that the Peaks not have artificial snow. Many in our little town refuse to listen to their requests. The townsfolk and tourist enjoy the Hopi Social Dances, but don’t see the Hopi as business people. Most people don’t even know that the Hopi tribe owns so much property in Flagstaff. So many will continue to enjoy the social dances and will be shocked when, and if, the Hopi use their business community power in Flag.

It’s less than a month until I head for Ethiopia. I keep watching the news and continue to hop that things remain calm in that part of Africa. Time to start laying out stuff I will need. Probably need to start taking some long, long walks to get ready. A big adventure awaits me in the land of the burnt face people.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .
1.      What nationality was Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone?
2.      At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, what kitchen invention took the top prize?
3.      In 1934 who invented a car that could carry eleven passengers, got 30 miles per gallon, and could do over 120 mph?
4.      A gibus would be worn on what part of the body?
5.      How often did Thomas Edison think he should come up with a new invention?
6.      What invention is Robert Oppenheimer remembered for?
7.      Pocket size radios were made possible by what invention developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1947?
8.      In which century was the shoe lace invented?
9.      What was invented by the Sumerians in 3500 B.C.?
10.   What was it that Edwin Budding invented that changed the face of English landscapes in the 1820s?
11.   Who invented the revolving door to keep cold air out of buildings in winter?
12.   What is Louis Armstrong credited with inventing?
13.   Thomas Edison announced the invention of the electric battery in what year?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase does this suggest?                           .

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .
Days after the hurricane that the White House authorized sending federal troops into New Orleans: 4 Days after Hurricane Katrina hit that Cheney’s office ordered an electric company to restore power to two oil pipelines: 1
Months before September 11, 2001, that Cheney’s Energy Task Force investigated Iraq’s oil resources: 6

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                  .
Mercury & Venus are the only planets in our solar system without moons. Saturn has the most moons, with more than twenty.
The planets make up only 0.135 % of the mass in our solar system. The Sun dominates, accounting for 99.86 % of the entire solar system's mass.
There are many theories about the birth of our solar system. The Tidal Theory (or Chamberlain-Moulton Theory) suggests that a passing star pulled dust and debris from the forming Sun, leaving a string of debris that eventually formed the planets.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                              .            
NEW YORK - The owner of the narrowest house in New York, measuring only 9 1/2-feet-wide, is listing the property for rent for $14,000 a month.
The Greenwich Village house, which was renovated after it was purchased for $2.175 million in 2010 and is now worth an estimated $4.3 million, was formerly home to celebrities including Cary Grant, Margaret Mead, Edna St. Vincent Millay and John Barrymore, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday, The 990-square-foot house includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms and four fireplaces. There is also a backyard garden shared with two neighboring townhouses.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .
Frank was madly in love with Susan, but couldn’t get up enough courage to pop the question face to face. Finally he decided to ask her on the telephone. “Darling! He blurted out, “Will you marry me?”
 “Of course, I will, you silly boy,” she replied, “Who’s speaking?”

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Daybook Information                                                                                    .
…Happening This Week:
24-10/1 
Banned Books Week 
Fall Astronomy Week

National Chimney Safety Week
National Keep Kids Creative Week


TODAY IS                                                                                                         .
Gold Star Mother's Day: Mothers who have lost sons or daughters in war
National Comic Book Day
National Museum Day
National One-Hit Wonder Day
World Ataxia Awareness Day: gross lack of coordination of muscle movements  
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Rwanda: Republic Day (1949)
Today’s Events                                                                                                .
ARTS
1979 - "Evita" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 1568 performances
ATHLETICS
1908 - Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
1934 - Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
1962 - Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title
1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54s
BUSINESS
1690 - Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston) newspaper, publish 1st & last edition
EDUCATION
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1714 - The five Iroquois Nations send the Governor of New York, a letter. They tell the Governor, that the Tuscaroras join the Iroquois Confederacy. Long ago, they had moved away. Now, they return.
1793 - Near Knoxville, Tennessee, a group of around 300 Chickamaugas, including Captain Bench, Doublehead and John Watts, attack Alexander Cavett's fort. Cavett, and three other men are guarding ten women and children. After a few Chickamaugas are killed, John Watts calls for a parley. He promises not to kill the settlers, if they surrender. Finding their situation hopeless, the settlers give up and open the fort. Against the wishes of Bench and Watts, Doublehead kills all of the settlers except one boy saved by Watts. The boy meets his own death a few days later by another angry Indian.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1829 - Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolívar
1990 - Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience
1996 - The last of the Magdalene Asylums closes in Ireland (since 1797 for ‘fallen’ Protestant women)
RELIGION
1962 - Black church is destroyed by fire in Macon Georgia
SCIENCE
2008 - China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.
US POLITICS
1775 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1789 - Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify: not approved: No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened—now 27th amendment and there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand)
1890 - Congress establishes Yosemite National Park
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed by a stroke
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as 1st female Supreme Court justice

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1897 - William Faulkner, author (Sound & Fury-Nobel 1949)
1879 - Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer and labor leader, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar
1930 - Shel Silverstein, American humorist and author
ATHLETES
Scottie Pippen, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls) turns 46
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Michael Douglas, actor tuns 67
Mark Hamill, actor, producer, writer turns 60
Catherine Zeta Jones, Welsh actress (Christopher Columbus) turns 42
Heather Locklear, actor turns 50
1926 - Aldo Ray, actor (God's Little Acre, Green Beret)
Will Smith, actor, rapper, director turns 43
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1764 - Fletcher Christian, English Bounty mutineer 
Cheryl Tiegs, model (Sports Illustrated) turns 64
Barbara Walters, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV) turns 80
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1738 - Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware

SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits                                                                                                  .
2005 - Don Adams, American actor and comedian dies at 82
1987 - Mary Astor, actress (Cynthia, Meet Me in St Louis, Fiesta), dies at 81
1991 - Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief of Lyon, dies of cancer at 77
1988 - Billy Carter, Pres Carter's brother Billy, dies of cancer at 51
1984 - Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden Planet, Mrs Miniver), dies at 87
1960 - Emily Post, etiquette expert, dies at 86

ANSWERS                                                                                                        .    
Trivia Quiz
1.      What nationality was Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone?
a.      Belgian
2.      At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, what kitchen invention took the top prize?
a.      The Dishwasher
3.      In 1934 who invented a car that could carry eleven passengers, got 30 miles per gallon, and could do over 120 mph?
a.      Buckminster Fuller
4.      A gibus would be worn on what part of the body?
a.      On his head - It is an opera hat named for its inventor, Antoine Gibus. It was a collapsible hat.
5.      How often did Thomas Edison think he should come up with a new invention?
a.      A minor invention every 10 days and a big think every six months or so.
6.      What invention is Robert Oppenheimer remembered for?
a.      Atomic Bomb
7.      Pocket size radios were made possible by what invention developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1947?
a.      Transistor
8.      In which century was the shoe lace invented?
a.      The eighteenth century
9.      What was invented by the Sumerians in 3500 B.C.?
a.      The plow
10.   What was it that Edwin Budding invented that changed the face of English landscapes in the 1820s?
a.      The lawn mower
11.   Who invented the revolving door to keep cold air out of buildings in winter?
a.      Theophilus Van Kannel
12.   What is Louis Armstrong credited with inventing?
a.      Scat singing
13.   Thomas Edison announced the invention of the electric battery in what year?
a.      1902

Wuzzle
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Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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