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TODAY’s “Geez”
1972 - Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)
1990 - 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US Open
1940 - Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
Free Rambling Thoughts…
A rainy day with lots of thunder and lightning. Fall is certainly in the air here. My downstairs windows are all closed, the upstairs windows are open about an inch. Not time for the furnace quite yet.
When I retired, I bought a cheap clock radio for my workroom. That way I could listen to NPR while on the computer without wasting bandwidth and slowing down my computer. Well yesterday, the light on the digital clock died. I thought there might be a brightness control, but alas, no such luck. I have a CD player/radio that I moved from the downstairs and am back in business. To make it even better, this one has a remote, so I can program stations and not have to use that silly old dial to find the station.
The weatherman sez it’s going to be wet here all weekend. I’m ready. I’ve got a lot to do inside…mostly in the various closets. So much stuff I never use but haven’t shared with others. Think it’s about time to help out Big Brothers and Big Sisters. This is the first place I have ever lived that doesn’t have a linen closet. So all my bedding is taking up bedroom closet space and they aren’t any too big. There must be a better way to store that stuff.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. What was Frank Serpicos' badge number?
2. What was the name of the Brooklyn bus driver created by Jackie Gleason on his Cavalcade of Stars Show?
3. Who was the cop hero of Dragnet?
4. In the Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Drooper?
5. In Mork and Mindy, what was Mindy's last name?
6. Who headed the Children's Television Workshop which pioneered Sesame Street?
7. In Sledge Hammer, what did the Inspector have on his car sticker?
8. What was the music for Dragnet and who wrote it?
9. How many Monkees were there?
10. Roger Davis took on the role of Hannibal Heyes in Alias smith & Jones after previously contributing to the show in which way?
11. In Fantasy Island what was Mr. Roarke's first assistant called?
12. In Baywatch, what was Mitch Bucannon's son called?
13. Which production company was set up by Lee Rich and Merv Adelson?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
Percentage of white American who own stocks, bonds, and mutual funds: 49
Of Black Americans: 23; of Hispanic Americans: 16
Somewhat Useless Information…
In 1941, General Mills introduced Cheerioats as "The breakfast food you've always wanted." Four years later, the name was changed to Cheerios.
Cap'n Crunch's full name is Horatio Q. Crunch. The character was invented in 1963, before the cereal was created. Cap'n Crunch was made in response to a survey of kids who said they hated soggy cereal.
Life cereal hit the market in 1961. The famous "Let Mikey try it" commercial aired from 1972 through '84. It was the longest-running commercial in television history.
In 1937, Wheaties held a contest for most popular baseball announcer. Ronald Reagan won the contest and a trip to California. While there, he was asked to do a screen test for Warner Bros., which kicked off his movie career.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes were accidentally invented in 1894 by Will Keith Kellogg. A Seventh-day Adventist and a vegetarian, Kellogg was looking for a way to improve the diets of vegetarian hospital patients. He dried softened wheat and it turned into thin flakes.
In 1910, W.K. Kellogg bought a full-page ad in Ladies' Home Journal announcing the first cereal premium, a book called "The Funny Jungleland Moving Pictures Book."
Yeah, It Really Happened…
BEMIDJI, Minn. -- The expense of replacing stolen signs popular with area vandals will not result in a name change for Stoner Avenue -- at least not immediately.
Minnesota Public Radio reports that the Bemidji City Council has put on hold plans to change the name of the street.
The situation is one that is easy to chuckle at, but the city's problem is a serious one in tight financial times. Some 15 street signs along Stoner Avenue disappear each year and city officials estimate they've probably spent close to $20,000 replacing the signs over the past decade.
Stoner, of course, is a popular term used to describe a drug-using slacker, and the culprits are probably teens who take the signs to hang in their bedrooms or garages.
At a public hearing this week Stoner Avenue residents convinced council members to table the issue, complaining that changing the name would be a hassle for the more than 40 property owners who live along the street.
Those residents would be forced to update their driver’s license and other important documents and databases.
The city agreed to explore options to make the signs less vulnerable to theft, including using different types of screws or using taller sign posts.
Some even support using video cameras to deter would-be sign thieves.
Stoner Avenue is named for Marcus Stoner, who surveyed much of the Bemidji area beginning in the late 1800s. Stoner was Bemidji's first city engineer and Beltrami County surveyor.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
Little Pete came home from the playground with a bloody nose, black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he’d been in a bad fight and lost. While his father was patching him up, he asked his son what happened.
“Well, Dad,” said Pete, “ I challenged Larry to a duel. And, you know, I gave him his choice of weapons.”
“Uh-huh,” said the father, “that seems fair.”
“I know, but I never thought he’d choose his sister!”
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
1-10
International Enthusiasm Week
4-10 National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week:
National Waffle Week Suicide Prevention Week 6-10 National Payroll Week:
Play Days 9-11Popeye Week
TODAY IS
- Farmers' Consumer Awareness Day
- National Lacemaking Day
- Swap Ideas Day
- (World) Suicide Prevention Day
IN ARTS
1955 - "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV
IN ATHLETICS
1918 - Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 [$35,880 in 2010US$] each to the winners & $1,000 [$14,352 in 2010US$] each for the losers
1927 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905
1972 - 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 HRs in 2 consecutive yrs
IN BUSINESS
1846 - Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
IN EDUCATION
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FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1683 - Susquehanna Chief Kekelappan sells William Penn half of his lands between the Susquehanna and the Delaware River.
IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1823 - Simon Bolivar named president of Peru
1882 - 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany
1964 - Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms
1967 - Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British & not Spanish
IN RELIGION
1349 - Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
IN SCIENCE
1846 - Elias Howe patents sewing machine
2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
IN US POLITICS
1608 - John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va
1776 - George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers
1913 - Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
1991 - Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination
ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
Gerry Conway, Marvel comics writer (Punisher)turns 59
Guy Ritchie, filmmaker turns 43
1914 - Robert Wise, director (Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story)
ATHLETES
1934 - Roger Maris, Yankee, HR champ (61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961)
Arnold Daniel Palmer, PGA golfer (1964 Masters) turns 82
Bob Lanier, NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) turns 63
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Colin Firth, actor (The Kings Speech) turns 51
Danny Hutton, Irish rock vocalist (Three Dog Night) turns 69
1915 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight)
Ryan Phillippe, actor turns 37
ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1934 - Charles Kuralt, newscaster (On the Road)
POLITICIANS
1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief in OKSCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits:
1851 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator of deaf dies of lung disease at 63
210 BC - Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China dies after taking mercury pill for immortality at 49
1997 - Burgess Meredith, actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky), dies at 88
1604 - William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator dies at 59
2007 - Jane Wyman, American actress dies at 90
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. What was Frank Serpicos' badge number?
a. 21049
2. What was the name of the Brooklyn bus driver created by Jackie Gleason on his Cavalcade of Stars Show?
a. Ralph Kramden
3. Who was the cop hero of Dragnet?
a. Sergeant Joe Friday
4. In the Banana Splits, what sort of animal was Drooper?
a. Lion
a. McConnell
6. Who headed the Children's Television Workshop which pioneered Sesame Street?
a. Joan Ganz Cooney
a. I Love Violence
8. What was the music for Dragnet and who wrote it?
9. How many Monkees were there?
a. Four: Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones
10. Roger Davis took on the role of Hannibal Heyes in Alias smith & Jones after previously contributing to the show in which way?
a. Narrator
a. Tattoo
a. Hobie
13. Which production company was set up by Lee Rich and Merv Adelson?
a. Lorimar
Close Up Picture
Label Maker
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] may not be totally accurate.
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