TODAY’s “Geez”: 1953 - Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
Free Rambling Thoughts…
Weatherman was right….very windy day….it was warm but no fun to be outside.
Our forest service and fire departments are busy. Three small fires in the forest, all human caused, were quickly contained. I can’t believe that people are so careless and unable to abide by the no campfire designation. Of course no one has any idea who started the fires, probably not even the idiots who did it. All were abandoned campfires.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
Who were defeated along with the Germans at El Alamein?
During World War I what kind of gas was used in the trenches?
What Operation was the codename for the D Day landings?
Which major weapon of war was used for the first time in 1916?
The Tamil Tigers were fighting for a separate state on which island?
Muhammad Ali refused to fight in which war?
War broke out in Biafra in the 60s when it broke away from which country?
Which "Lord" was executed for treason in 1946 for broadcasting Nazi propaganda?
During which war was OXFAM set up?
Which country pulled out of Vietnam in the 1950s?
In WWII who was in charge of the Afrika Korps?
The EOKA were a terrorist group operating on which island?
Which city was besieged by German troops for over 900 days in WWII?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
>Number of companies in which Senate Armed Services Committee staffers are prohibited from owning stock: 48,096
>Number for the Senators themselves: 0
The First Time…
1918 --- the world's 1st woman ambassador. She was appointed the Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland… Rosika Schwimmer
1919 --- 1st African American Editor of the Harvard Law Review…Charles Hamilton Houston
1920 --- 1st African American woman tennis champion in the US. She won the women's singles title at a tournament in Baltimore… Lucy Slowe
1920 --- 1st US woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics. (Margaret Abbott was awarded a porcelain bowl, not a gold medal, in 1900.)…Ethelda "Thel" Bleibtrey - swimmer
Somewhat Useless Information…
++In Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, you will find the site of the country's largest collection of life-sized troll sculptures. You can take a "Troll Stroll" down The Trollway, where you'll see these troll sculptures carved into trees along the town's main drag.
++The northern Wisconsin town of Mercer is home to the world's largest loon. A 16-foot-tall, 2,000-pound fiberglass water-fowl has stood on the lawn of the chamber of commerce since 1981.
++In Havre de Grace, Maryland, you'll find the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, home of the country's largest collection of wooden duck decoys, most carved between 1930 and 1990.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - Customs officials at a Washington-area airport say they arrested an Ethiopian with nearly 90 pounds of sheep meat in his suitcases. Agents at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia searched the luggage after the man admitted he had brought food into the country, the New York Daily News reported. But they weren't expecting meat cooked in a red gravy and divided into 15 plastic bags that weighed 88 pounds. "That's an awful lot of food product to stuff inside one's baggage," Christopher Hess, port director for the Port of Washington, said in a statement. Federal regulations say travelers can't bring animal products into the United States from countries known to harbor certain diseases, such as foot and mouth disease and swine fever, the Daily News said. Officials threw the meat into an incinerator but allowed the unnamed man make his connecting flight to Seattle.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
Knock-knock.
Who's there?
Dishes.
Dishes who?
Dishes the police! Come out with your hands up!
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
23-30
National Backyard Games Week * Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories * Old-Time Player Piano Week * Black Single Parents Week
«TODAY IS
End Of The Middle Ages Day or beginning of Renaissance in 1453
Indianapolis 500—100th this year
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Rogation Sunday-- a Roman Catholic ritual involving prayer and sacrifice for crops / compare to ancient Roman “Robigalia”
Rural Life Sunday Day
Wisconsin: Admission Day (30th state--1848)
Rhode Island: Ratification Day
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1630 - Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
1962 - Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"
… IN ATHLETICS
1911 - 1st running of Indianapolis 500
1977 - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
2001 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1900 - Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1943 - Meat & cheese rationed in US
1980 - 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
1986 - 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1876 - The Interior Department is told to cooperate with the War Department so the military can round up the "hostiles" whenever they may appear on a reservation or an agency.
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1453 - Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1733 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City
1974 - Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
1989 - Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1919 - Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster
… IN US POLITICS
1721 - South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1765 - Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1849 - Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"
1916 - Official flag of president of US adopted
1973 - Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles
2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1906 - T.H. White, British author
…ATHLETES
Charlie Hayes, 3rd baseman (Pitts Pirates, NY Yankees)turns 46
Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71) turns 72
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Annette Bening actor turns 53
Melissa Etheridge, US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough) turns 50
1903 - Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes], Kent England, entertainer
Adrian Paul actor turns 52
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
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…POLITICIANS
1736 - Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, (Sen-Mass), 35th Pres
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits:
1951 - Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59
2004 - Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor dies at 92
1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate dies at 89
2008 - Harvey Korman, American actor dies at 81
2010 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and director dies of prostate cancer at 74
1995 - Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Who were defeated along with the Germans at El Alamein?
Italians
During World War I what kind of gas was used in the trenches?
Mustard gas
What Operation was the codename for the D Day landings?
Overlord
Which major weapon of war was used for the first time in 1916?
Tank
The Tamil Tigers were fighting for a separate state on which island?
Sri Lanka
Muhammad Ali refused to fight in which war?
Vietnam
War broke out in Biafra in the 60s when it broke away from which country?
Nigeria
Which "Lord" was executed for treason in 1946 for broadcasting Nazi propaganda?
Lord Haw-Haw
During which war was OXFAM set up?
WWII
Which country pulled out of Vietnam in the 1950s?
France
In WWII who was in charge of the Afrika Korps?
Rommel
The EOKA were a terrorist group operating on which island?
Cyprus
Which city was besieged by German troops for over 900 days in WWII?
Leningrad
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
