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Today’s “Geez” .
1871 - National
Rifle Association organized (NYC)
1947 - John Steinbeck's
novel "Pearl" published
1947 - Un-American
Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of
their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
1948 - Ireland votes
for independence from UK
1963 - 1st live
murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪ .
Free Rambling Thoughts .
I got the pie baked…so I’m
ready for Thanksgiving. Good times, good friends, good food. I hope everyone is
ready.
NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers
at the end of post) .
Think
of five words related to a given category whose first letters spell out
"court." For example, if the category was girls' names, the answers
could be (C)onnie, (O)lga, (U)ma, (R)achel and (T)ina.
This
puzzle has many answers—the ones at the bottom are just a sample
1. US state
2. Magazines with 1
million+ circulation
3. ___ House:
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase do these suggest? .
Rules of Thumb .
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- Subtract five from the age of a child to determine his or her grade in school. Conversely, add five to the grade of a child to determine his or her age. A fourth grader, for instance, is usually nine years old.
Hmmmmm
.
- Rank of “don’t know”, “none” and “Bill O’Reilly”, respectively, among America’s most trusted political journalists: 1. 2. 3
Somewhat Useless
Information .
- If the earth were the size of an apple, it would feel as smooth as a billiard ball.
- Traditionally, the third wedding anniversary is called the leather anniversary.
- The opposite sides of Las Vegas-standard dice always add up to seven.
- The football huddle was first used in the 19th century by a team at a college for the deaf.
- The whip was the first man-made invention to break the sound barrier.
- Margaret Thatcher held the office of prime minister of Great Britain longer than any other person in the 20th century.
Yeah, It Really Happened .
VALLEJO, Calif. - Police
in California said three would-be carjackers were foiled because the vehicle
they targeted had a manual transmission. Vallejo police said the men, at least
two of them armed with handguns, approached a man in front of his home around
7:10 p.m. Saturday while he was unloading groceries from his car, the Vallejo
Times-Herald reported Monday. Police said the attackers, each around 20 years
old, forced the man to the ground and took the keys to his car, then fled after
discovering they were unable to operate the stick shift.
Guffaw…or at least smile .
Ladies and Gentlemen,
hobos and tramps, cross eyed mosquitoes and bow legged ants, I stand before you
yet sit right beside you to tell you a story I know nothing about. Admission is
free; so pay at the door pull up a seat sit on the floor. One sunny day in the
middle of the night to dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each
other drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise,
he went and killed those two dead boys. A blind man saw it all looking threw a
knot in a brick wall, while talking to his wife on a disconnected telephone. If
you don't believe this lie is true ask the other blind man he saw it too. He
lives in a two-story house on a vacant lot.
Searchin’ “You Tube” I
found .
Daybook Information .
…Happening This Week:
18-24
National
Farm-City Week
20-26
Better
Conversation Week
Church/State
Separation Week
National
Bible Week
National
Family Week
National
Game & Puzzle Week
Today Is .
Celebrate
Your Unique Talent Day
Thanksgiving
Day or National Day of Mourning
Turkey-free
Thanksgiving
Use
Even If Seal Is Broken Day
~*~
Today’s Events
.
Arts
1859 - Charles
Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
Athletes
1957 - Cleve Browns'
fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
1960 - Wilt
Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
1991 - Monica Seles,
sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year
Business
1869 - American
Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
1971 - Dan
"DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
Education
--
Indigenous People
1713: Father Junipero
Serra is born. During his lifetime he establishes many of the missions in
California
1812: As a young boy,
Spemicalawba (called Captain Logan or High Horn), is captured by General James
Logan. General Logan raises him until he is returned to the Shawnee during a
prisoner exchange. Tecumseh's nephew, he tries to temper Tecumseh's feelings
toward the Europeans. Spemicalawba scouts for the Americans during the war of
1812. He is killed on this date during a scouting expedition. Buried with
military honors, Logansport, Indiana is named after him.
Politics [International]
1655 - English Lord
Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans
1995 - Ireland votes
to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
Politics [US]
1896 - 1st US
absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
1932 - In
Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known
as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens
1954 - Air Force
One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
1964 - For 1st time
since 1800, residents of Wash DC permitted to vote
1969 - Lt William L
Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March
1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1979 - US admits
troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
1993 - Brady bill
passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales
Religion
--
Science
1434 - Thames River
freezes
1715 - Thames River
freezes
1874 - Joseph F
Glidden patents barbed wire
1903 - Clyde Coleman
of NYC patents automobile electric starter
Today’s Birthdays .
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
1925 - William F.
Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review,
Firing Line)
1888 - Dale
Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends & Influence People)
1826 - Collodi,
[Carlo Lorenzini], Italian author (Pinocchio)
1864 - Henri
de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (At the Moulin Rouge)
Athletes
--
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
1917 - Howard
Duff, actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing)
Katherine Heigl, actor
is 33
Dwight Schultz, actor
(A-Team) is 64
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1853 - Bat
Masterson, American gunfighter
Political Figures
1921 - John V
Lindsay, (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73)
1784 - Zachary
Taylor, (Whig) 12th Pres (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850)
Scientists & Theologists
--
Today’s Obits
.
1807 - Joseph
Brant, Mohawk leader dies at 65
1991 - Freddie
Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
2005 - Pat
Morita, American actor (Karate Kid…) dies at 73
1963 - Lee
Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby
1980 - George
Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
Answers
.
NPR Sunday Puzzle
US state: CN, OK, UT, RI,
TX
Magazines Cosmo, Oprah, Us
Weekly, Reader’s Digest, Time
___ House: Court, Out, Upper; Ranch, Tea
Wuzzle
Stepchildren
A bull in a china shop
Geography lessons
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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