12-12-11


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Todays Geez
  • 1098 - 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
  • 1792 - In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
  • 1911 - Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India
  • 1948 - Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre - 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
  • 1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped
  • 1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
  • 1973 - San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC)
  • 1997 - Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
  • 2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                        
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
Cards and Broncos both win…amazing. I got to watch the Cards game, but living in AZ, no Denver game on TV. A win is a win…no matter how it is achieved.

The news about our weather is exciting…a foot of snow in the next few days. I guess I’m ready. I have plenty to do at home, and don’t have to do a lot of shopping for the holidays…so bring it on.

NPR Sunday Puzzle (answers at the end of post)
You are given an item in an unnamed category and must name something else in the category. The answer must start with the first two letters in the clue, only reversed. For example, given "orchid," the answer would be "rose" (the category being flowers).
1.     Angola:
2.     Royals:
3.     Zechariah:
4.     Macbeth:

Wuzzles  What concept or phrase do these suggest?
   
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
  • Three out of five people hang up on answering machines.

Hmmmmm           
Amount FEMA is demanding from natural disaster claiments to whom it mistakenly gave funding: $21,908,141
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • The author of the Book of Revelation calls himself "John". He gives his account of a vision describing the end of the world.
  • With only 13 verses, 2 John is the shortest book in the New Testament, or the Bible for that matter.
  • Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Malta.

Yeah, It Really Happened                 
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Police in Florida said they were searching for a man who wore a Chewbacca mask when he and a pair of young men were involved in a shooting. West Palm Beach Police said they responded to a report of a shooting Nov. 30 and a woman who witnessed the incident said the Chewbacca-masked shooter was driving a car with two men -- later identified as Jodeci Lamar Window, 19, and Mario Johnson, 21 -- when they pulled up to a home and began shooting at Kyle Roney, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Thursday. The witness said Roney, who was on the front stairs of a home and was not injured, is suspected by a local gang of being involved in a drug theft. Police said Roney did not cooperate with the investigation. The woman said the shooters drove off when a man she identified as "Saint" returned fire. The witness picked Window and Johnson, who were not masked, out of a photo lineup. They were arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

A Laff or at least smile     
One friend to another, “My new horse is very well-mannered.”
 “That’s nice.”
 “Yes, isn’t it? Every time we come to a jump he stops and lets me go first!”

Bonus:
A man mentioned to his landlord about the tenants in the apartment over his.
“Many a night they stamp on the floor and shout till midnight.”
When the landlord asked if it bothered him, he replied, “Not really, for I usually stay up and practice my trumpet till about that time most every night anyway.”

Found on YouTube          

Speech from "Brian's Song"


Daybook Information        
Happening This Week:
6-12 
  • National Handwashing Awareness Week 
10-17
  • Human Rights Week 
Today Is                                                                       
  • Ding A Ling Day
  • Gingerbread House Day
  • Poinsettia Day

 
  • Kenya: Independence Day  [1963 form UK—Br. East Africa]
Today’s Events                                                              
Arts
1900 - National Negro Anthem,"Lift Every Voice & Sing" , composed
1913 - "Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
Athletes
1930 - Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1965 - Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
1976 - QB Joe Namath last game as a NY Jet
1987 - Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
1992 - NY Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
Business
1878 - Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"
1946 - Tide detergent introduced
Education
1913 - Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
Indigenous People
1729 – The Yazoo will attack French Fort St. Pierre in southern Louisiana. The Yazoo have joined the Natchez in their fight against the French. They will kill all 17 of the soldiers at the fort. They give the women and children to the Chickasaw as slaves.
Politics [International]
1822 - Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
1858 - 1st Canadian coins circulated (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent & 20 cent)
1946 - UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
1959 - UN Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established
1988 - PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
Politics [US]
1787 - Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
1800 - Washington DC established as capital of US
1906 - Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish gov’t member, appointed Sec of Commerce
Religion
1917 - Rev Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb
Science
1953 - Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (Madame Bovary)
Athletes
Orlando Brown, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens) is 41
Cathy Rigby,gymnast (Olympic-4th-1968) is 59
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
Bob Barker, game show emcee (Price is Right) is 88
Kirk Cameron, actor (Mike-Growing Pains, Teen Wolf II) is 41
1913 - Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires-- Chattanooga Choo-Choo )
1893 - Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romanian/US actor (10 Commandments)
1915 - Frank Sinatra, vocalist/actor (old blue eyes)
Connie Francis, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are) is 73
Dionne Warwick, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose) is 71
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1859 - Edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
1805 - Henry Wells, founder (American Express Co & Wells Fargo & Co)
Political Figures
1745 - John Jay, diplomat/governor (NY)
1924 - Edward I Koch, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court) is 87
Scientists & Theologians
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Today’s Obits                                                           
1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
2006 - Peter Boyle, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond) dies of heart disease at 71
1889 - Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77
1976 - Jack Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She), dies in fire at 49
1600 - John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies at 85
1939 - Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, Robin Hood), dies of heart attack at 56
2008 - Van Johnson, American actor dies at 92
1985 - Ian Stewart, Scottish musician, co-founder of Rolling Stones dies of heart attack at 47
2007 - Ike Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner dies at 76
1998 - Mo Udall, American politician dies at 76
Answers                                                                                                                                            
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     Angola: Namibia (African countries)
2.     Royals: Orioles (Baseball Teams)
3.     Zechariah: Ezekiel or Ezra (Books of Old Testament)
4.     Macbeth: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare plays)

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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