TODAY’s “Geez”: 1927 - Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
1932 - 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands
Free Rambling Thoughts…
I got out and ran errands today. No rain…a little wind…lots of clouds. Errands were successful. Now I’m ready for the weekend. It looked like rain most of the afternoon, but none came at my house.
I got the mailed packet for my Grand Canyon trip. What a time we are going to have. So much is packed into the time. Of course the river level will play a role in some of the adventure, just like it did in Borneo. We will also be going during the monsoon season of AZ, so that will add to the adventure. The brochure is not real clear on what happens if there is a big thunderstorm while we are on the river or while we are camping. The Borneo staff did a great job of working around the rainforest deluges we experienced, so I’m sure the Grand Canyon staff will be equally prepared.
I was born after Israel was made. I was taught in school to understand how the Nazi’s treated the Jews and why they needed their own country. I had just graduated from HS when Israel had its 1967 war, increasing its country’s size substantially. I volunteered with many very liberal Jews to make the world a better place while I was in college. It wasn’t until I visited Africa that I found there was another side to the story I had never heard. When Obama suggested that the 1967 boundaries be used in the next never-ending peace talks, Netanyahu blasted out that that was unacceptable. They met today face to face and in the after meeting press conference, Obama said that we are friends with Israel and as friends, sometimes we have disagreements. I hope that there can be peace, but until the Palestinians have their own country, I don’t see it happening. So much of the anger in that part of the world has to do with creation of a country on soil that had been shared for centuries. Obama is certainly moving in the right direction, listening to everybody and working for cooperation. This is one of the first times in a long time that the US has publically not been 100% Israel.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)
Who was Charlie Chaplin's final father in law?
Who became Ambassador to Ghana in 1974?
Who wrote the music for An American In Paris?
Who wrote "Honeysuckle Rose" ;and "Ain't Misbehavin"?
In 1998 Cristina Sanchez became the first woman to become what?
What was Paul Robeson's profession before he became a stage actor?
Who was nicknamed the "cowboy philosopher"?
Who protested about Michael Jackson during the Brit Awards in 1996?
Which British redhead did Paris Match sign as a regular writer in 1996?
How was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott better known?
Which blonde Texan has daughters Elizabeth and Georgia, and sons James and Gabriel?
In 1997 who did Kelly Fisher claim she was engaged to when photos of him with someone else appeared in the papers?
Which golfer won all the major world championships in 1953 despite a serious car crash in 1949?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
> Fine in CA for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana: $100
>Fine for jaywalking in CA: $108
The First Time…
1901 --- 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She was aged 64 years at the time: Annie Taylor
1902 --- 1st woman in the British Empire to run for a national office. She ran for the Australian Senate when women there got the right to vote in all federal elections: Vida Goldstein
1902 --- 1st woman to be pictured on a US postage stamp. The 8-cent stamp was issued in November: Martha Washington
1903 --- 1st Tour de France winner: Maurice Garin of Italy
Somewhat Useless Information…
++ Twinkies were invented in 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression by James A. Dewar, a plant manager at Continental Baking Company (Hostess’ parent company).
++ The original Twinkies filling was a banana-flavored creme. However, during World War II, there was a shortage of bananas, so the filling was switched to vanilla.
++ There are 17 Hostess bakeries across the countries cranking out 500 million Twinkies every year. It takes 40,000 miles of plastic wrap a year to package them. At 150 Calorie a piece, all those Twinkies have the energy equivalent to nearly 51,500 barrels of crude oil.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville woman faces first-degree disorderly conduct and menacing charges after police said she took out a sword during an argument at a Pizza Hut.
According to an arrest report, Wynika Mason was causing trouble at the Pizza Hut on Seventh Street Road and police were called.
When police arrived, she began yelling at them, the report said.
Customers and employees were in the restaurant, and employees said they felt threatened by Mason’s behavior.
An employee told police Mason had a sword with her and began yelling and pulling it out of the scabbard, according to the police report. The report also stated Mason’s brother said he took the sword from her and put it in the car.
Officers were given consent to search the vehicle and found the sword on the driver’s seat.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
While I was dining out with my children, a friend of my neighbor, who recognized us, came over to our table, and we started talking.
He asked where my kids go to school. I told him we homeschooled them.
With a raised eyebrow, he asked if my husband is the sole breadwinner for our family.
I said, "No, I also work... but out of our home."
Then, noticing our two-month-old son, he mentioned that his daughter had just had a baby, and he wondered what hospital our son was born in.
"He was born at home," I answered.
The man looked at me and said, "You don't get out much, do you?"
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
15-21
National Dog Bite Prevention Week * National New Friends, Old Friends Week * National Police Week * National Transportation Week * World Trade Week * EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week * American Craft Beer Week * National Bike to Work Week *
21-28
Cover the Uninsured Week
National Safe Boating Week
«TODAY IS
American Red Cross Founder's Day
Armed Forces Day
Gemini Begins
I Need A Patch For That Day
National Endangered Species Day
National Memo Day
National Wait Staff Day
O.Henry Pun-off Day since 1977:
>The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
>A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.
Preakness Stakes
Sister Maria Hummel Day
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1908 - 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
1972 - Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal.
1979 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR
1999 - All My Children star Susan Lucci finally wins a Daytime Emmy after being nominated 19 times
… IN ATHLETICS
1881 - US Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms
1996 - Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1602 - Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1832 - As a part of Black Hawk’s War, a group of approximately fifty Potawatomi attack a settlement on Indian Creek near modern Ottawa, Illinois. Fifteen settlers are killed in the fighting. This is often called the "Indian Creek Massacre."
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
878 - Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily
1725 - The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky
1982 - British troops lands on Falkland Islands
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1804 - Lewis & Clark Expedition begins
1897 - Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time
1964 - 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
1978 - 118 Unification church couples wed in England
… IN US POLITICS
1832 - 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)
1856 - Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1941 - 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)
1954 - Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
1970 - National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U
1971 - National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga TN
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1688 - Alexander Pope, England, poet
…ATHLETES
1964 - Nancy Daus, American professional wrestler
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1917 - Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)
1924 - Peggy Cass, Boston MA, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame)
David Groh actor (Joe-Rhoda) turns 73
Leo [Gerard] Sayer singer turns 63
Mr T [Lawrence Tero] actor turns 59
1904 - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1898 - Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
…POLITICIANS
1951 Al Franken comedian/writer/actor/Senator turns turns 60
1944 Mary Robinson President of Republic of Ireland turns 67
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1860 - Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)
1780 - Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
1865 - C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages
Today’s Obits:
1542 - Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi River from fever at 45
2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor dies at 96
1992 - Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24 after being accidently shot (ave. life 50 years in captivity and 30 in wild)
1987 - Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies of lung cancer at 57
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Who was Charlie Chaplin's final father in law?
Eugene O'Neill
Who became Ambassador to Ghana in 1974?
Shirley Temple Black
Who wrote the music for An American In Paris?
George Gershwin
Who wrote "Honeysuckle Rose" ;and "Ain't Misbehavin"?
Fats Waller
In 1998 Cristina Sanchez became the first woman to become what?
Matador
What was Paul Robeson's profession before he became a stage actor?
Lawyer
Who was nicknamed the "cowboy philosopher"?
Will Rogers
Who protested about Michael Jackson during the Brit Awards in 1996?
Jarvis Cocker, a musician
Which British redhead did Paris Match sign as a regular writer in 1996?
The Duchess of York
How was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott better known?
Jelly Roll Morton
Which blonde Texan has daughters Elizabeth and Georgia, and sons James and Gabriel?
Jerry Hall
In 1997 who did Kelly Fisher claim she was engaged to when photos of him with someone else appeared in the papers?
Dodi Fayed
Which golfer won all the major world championships in 1953 despite a serious car crash in 1949?
Ben Hogan
Close Up Picture
Tadpole
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
