TODAY’s “Geez”: 1949 - West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
Free Rambling Thoughts…
A little more rain today…nice!
Gas prices going down a little….nice!
I guess Newt thinks that we have forgotten his political mess….NOT. Maybe the Republicans are just going to give up on the 2012 Election. It would seem to me that the GOP has no leadership. Back in the day, the leadership would have convinced him not to run. But they would have had Trump a non-news story too. Maybe the decline in education funding has them believing that not teaching social studies is good for America.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)
Which architect coined the term 'international style'?
Which monarch said, "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children?"
In whose play did Dustin Hoffman appear on Broadway in 1984?
What was the real name of the Pope who succeeded John Paul I?
In which city did the composer of The Entertainer chiefly perform?
How was actor William Beedle better known?
Which character name was shared by Gene Kelly in Singin' In The Rain and Ian McShane in Dallas?
What was Jack Kerouac's follow-up to The Town And The City?
In which town was Charles Hardin Holley born?
Who joined the American Ballet Theater in 1974 after appearing with the New York City Ballet?
Who became Nixon's national security adviser in 1969?
Who was mayor of New York from 1933 to 1945?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
>Maximum number of calries permitted under San Francisco law for restaurant meals to come with a free toy: 600
>Portion of the US population that will have diabetes by 2050, if current trends continue: 1/3
The First Time…
Hiram Revels 1870 --- 1st African American US Senator. He completed the term of Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, who had resigned to become president of the Confederacy.
Lucy Walker 1871 --- 1st woman to successfully climb the Matterhorn in Switzerland.
Victoria Woodhall 1872 --- 1st woman to run for President of the US.
Somewhat Useless Information…
***Elephants can drink 60 gallons of water per day and can feed for up to 16 hours a day.
*** Elephants sleep mostly standing. They usually only sleep four to five hours per night.
*** Female elephants have a gestation period of 22 months. They give birth to a single infant referred to as a calf.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
GREENWOOD, Ind. — An unusual crime has police searching for a suspect.
A surveillance camera at a Kroger in Greenwood caught a man stealing $700 worth of teeth whitener.
The suspect is Caucasian, 25 to 30 years old, 5-foot-10, 225 to 250 pounds, with brown hair.
He was wearing a long brown jacket over a No. 29 Indianapolis Colts jersey and blue jeans.
Detectives say the man left the Kroger store on Independence Drive in Greenwood with 15 packages of Crest White Strips.
Anyone who recognizes him should call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
A woman meant to call a record store, but dialed the wrong number and got a private home instead.
"Do you have 'Eyes of Blue' and 'A Love Supreme?'" she asked.
"Well, no," answered the puzzled homeowner. "But I have a wife and nine children."
"Is that a record?" the caller inquired, puzzled in her turn.
"I don't think so," replied the man, "but it's as close as I want to get."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
6-12 National Nurses Day and Week
7-15National Tourism Week:
8-14
National Hospital Week * National Nursing Home Week * Reading is Fun Week * Salute to Moms 35+ Week
9-15
National Return To Work Week * National Women's Health Week * National Etiquette Week * National Stuttering Awareness Week * Universal Family Week
«TODAY IS
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Hug Your Cat Day: (according to Purina)
Limerick Day
National Nutty Fudge Day
Limerick Day
National Nutty Fudge Day
Odometer Day
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1977 - 1st quadraphonic concert (Pink Floyd in London)
1982 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich)
1993 - Last broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
… IN ATHLETICS
1875 - 1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1777 - 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
1792 - Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1858 - Comanche Chief Iron Jacket (Po-hebitsquash) is killed in a fight with Texas Rangers on the Canadian River
1860 - A battle in the Paiute War takes place in Nevada at Big Bend in the valley of the Truckee River. Major William Ormsby’s Nevada militia are attacked by Paiutes under war Chief Numaga
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1870 - Manitoba becomes a province of Canada
1928 - Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy
1937 - Coronation of King George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey
1942 - 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz
1943 - German troops in Tunisia North Africa surrender
1997 - Russia & Chechnya sign peace deal after 400 years of conflict
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1908 - Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B Stubblefield
1926 - Airship Norge is 1st vessel to fly over North Pole
2008 - 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people
… IN US POLITICS
1780 - Charleston, SC falls to British (Revolutionary War)
1932 - Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell NJ
1949 - 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
1968 - "March of Poor" under Rev Abernathy reach Washington, DC
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
Burt Bacharach, Singer, songwriter, turns 83
1812 - Edward Lear, limerick writer, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
1907 - Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer (Enter the Saint)
…ATHLETES
Yogi Berra, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 86
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Stephen Baldwin, Actor, turns 45
Bruce Boxleitner, Actor, turns 61
Emilio Estevez, Actor, turns 49
Kim Fields, Actress ("The Facts of Life"), turns 42
1907 - Katharine Hepburn, Hartford CT, actress (Adam's Rib, On Golden Pond)
Ving Rhames, Actor, turns 52
1936 - Tom Snyder, American television personality
Vanessa Williams, Actress, turns 48
Steve Winwood, Rock musician (Traffic), turns 63
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1915 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics
1889 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank
1868 - Halsey William Wilson, US, publisher of reference books
…POLITICIANS
1918 - Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy
1918 - Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy
1850 - Henry Cabot Lodge American statesman; Massachusetts senator from 1893 to 1924
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1820 - Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
1910 - Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, British chemist (penicillin/B12/Nobel 1964)
Today’s Obits:
1962 - Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at 67
2001 - Perry Como, American singer dies at 89
1992 - Robert Reed, actor (Brady Bunch), dies of AIDs at 59
1864 - J E B Stuart, Confederate General, dies at 31
1641 - Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Which architect coined the term 'international style'?
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
Which monarch said, "The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children?"
Edward VIII
In whose play did Dustin Hoffman appear on Broadway in 1984?
Arthur Miller [played Willie in Death of a Salesman
What was the real name of the Pope who succeeded John Paul I?
Karol Wojtyla [Pope John Paul II]
In which city did the composer of The Entertainer chiefly perform?
Chicago [Scott Joplin]
How was actor William Beedle better known?
William Holden
Which character name was shared by Gene Kelly in Singin' In The Rain and Ian McShane in Dallas?
Don Lockwood
What was Jack Kerouac's follow-up to The Town And The City?
On The Road
In which town was Charles Hardin Holley born?
Lubbock, Texas (Buddy Holly).
Who joined the American Ballet Theater in 1974 after appearing with the New York City Ballet?
Gelsey Kirkland
Who became Nixon's national security adviser in 1969?
Henry Kissinger
Who was mayor of New York from 1933 to 1945?
Fiorello La Guardia
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
