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Today’s Historical Highlights
1643: Louis XIV becomes king of France
1767: British government disbands Americans import duty
on tea1787: Delegates gather in
Phila to draw up US constitution
1804: Lewis & Clark set
out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
1853: Gail Borden patents her
process for condensed milk
1878: Vaseline is 1st sold
(registered trademark for petroleum jelly)
1904: 1st Olympics in US are
held (St
Louis)
1949: Harry Truman signs bill establishing
a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
1963: Kuwait is 111th member
of the United Nations
1973: Skylab launched, 1st Space Station
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Free Rambling
Thoughts
A little windy today, but still a nice day.
Had a great conversation with my brother. He’s in Denver, with some friends and
suffering from the same bug Laura had in Mexico. Getting better. Today is a
party for one our good friends, Katherine, who is turning 60. Sorry I’m there
with them.
All the talk shows were abuzz
with Obama’s Same Sex Marriage announcement. Geez. We are supposed to have
separation of church and state. None of the churches pay any taxes on their
land, their wealth, or their contributions. Contributors even get a deduction
on income tax. Now, the most conservative churches aren’t happy with all those
perks and want to determine non-believer’s lives. No state that has approved or
voted on same sex marriage has ever had anything about requiring any church to
perform a marriage ceremony. Roman Catholics won’t allow divorced people to
marry in the church and I’m sure other churches have their own ‘rules’ about
which people can marry…like a couple of two different religious belief systems.
The various laws for same sex marriage are asking only for civil marriage. So
here’s my proposal to the churches…you start paying taxes on all the dollars
collected and on all your land and buildings and then you can propose laws for
all of this country. Until that time, keep your beliefs out of non-believer’s
lives.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up
picture of what?
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NPR Sunday Puzzle
For each category, name
something in that category starting with each of the letters L – I - G – H – T.
For example, if the category were chemical elements, you might say: Lead, Iron,
Gold, Helium and Tin. Many other answers are possible.
1.
US states:
2.
US Holidays/Days of observance:
3.
Words related to weather:
4.
Colleges/Univ. without a state in the name:
Riddle of the day
He who has it doesn't tell it. He who takes it doesn't know it. He who knows it doesn't want it. What is it?
Anagram: unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s Index
Amount the Defense
Department has requested for new Gray Eagle and Reaper Drones and parts in
2012: $1,908,600,000
Found on You Tube
Robert Stack 1999 Interview
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
This young man was elated when he turned eighteen in a state where curfew is 11:00 p.m. for anyone under seventeen years of age. He told his Dad how happy he was that now he could stay out until 3:00 a.m. if he wanted.
“Yes you can stay out as late as you want, but the car is under seventeen and it has to be in the garage by eleven.” His father said.
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
The lawn is too wet to mow until all the puddles evaporate from the asphalt driveway.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
York County, Neb. - A Nebraska entrepreneur who had his first name legally changed to Tyrannosaurus Rex said he wanted the new moniker for the "name recognition."
Tyrannosaurus Rex Joseph Gold, 23, of York, who started the day Monday as Tyler Gold, told Judge Alan Gless in York County District Court he was not trying to hide from creditors or law enforcement by changing his name, the York News-Times reported Tuesday. Gold's official filing with the court said he wanted to change his name "because the [new name] is cooler. Also, as an entrepreneur, name recognition is important and the new name is more recognizable."
Gless said he allowed the name change because Gold went through all the proper steps in the process, including formal filing with the court and notice publication.
Somewhat Useless
Information
In 2000, Gao Xingjian, author of Soul Mountain and The Other Shore, became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His novels and plays have been banned in China since 1986.
Ba! Ba! Black Sheep was one of several working titles Margaret Mitchell used for her most famous novel, Gone With the Wind. She also considered the titles Tote the Weary Load, Bugles Sang True, Not In Our Stars, and Tomorrow is Another Day
Raskolnikov is the student in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment who commits a cold-blooded murder and afterwards, tormented by his own conscience, seeks sympathy from a prostitute.
Calendar Information
…Happening This Week:
10-16
Universal Family Week
12-19
National Tourism Week
National Nursing Home Week
Reading is Fun Week
Salute to Moms 35+ Week
National Return To Work Week
National Women's Health Week
American Craft Beer Week
National Bike to Work Week
National Etiquette Week
National Hospital Week
Today Is
International Migratory Bird Day
Jamestown Founding Day
National Dance Like A Chicken Day
National Women's Check-up Day
Mothers At The Wall Day
The Stars and Stripes Forever Day
Underground America Day
National Windmill Day (Netherlands)
Today’s Other Events
1600’s
1607: 1st permanent English
settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va
1700’s
1702: Swedish troops under
King Charles XII occupy Warsaw
1741: According to some
sources, a land cession agreement is reached by representatives of the British
in New York and the Seneca.
1796: 1st smallpox inoculation
administered, by Edward Jenner
1800’s
1880: Lemhi Chief Tendoy and
several others sign an agreement to leave the Lemhi Reservation in Idaho. The
agree to go to Fort Hall. It will be nine years before Congress approves the
agreement. The Lemhi will not actually move until 1909
1894: Fire in Boston bleachers
spreads to
170 adjoining buildings
1900’s
1908: 1st passenger flight in
an airplane
1940: Nazi bombs Rotterdam
(600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany
1948: Israel declares
independence from under British administration; Israeli Radio Station Kol
Yisrael's 1st broadcast
1955: Warsaw Pact is signed by
the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary,
Poland & Romania
1960: USSR launch 1st
(unmanned) space capsule
1961: Bus with 1st group of
Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama
1969: Abortion &
contraception legalized in Canada
1986: Reggie
Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place 1987: Colt
revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000
1991: World's Largest Burrito
created at 1,126 lbs
1995: Dalai Lama proclaims
6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd
most sr spiritual leader
1998: Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC
(commercials are $2M for 30 seconds)
2000’s
2005: Pope Benedict XVI
observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the
road to canonization into sainthood
2005: The former USS
America (CV-66), a decommissioned super carrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean
after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be
disposed of as a target in a military exercise.
Today’s Birthdays
Remembered for being born on this day
Daniel Gabriel
Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) in 1686
Thomas Gainsborough,
English painter (Blue Boy), baptized in 1727
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In their 70’s
In their 60’s
In their 50’s
Tim Roth, London England,
actor (Reservoir Dogs, Vincent & Theo) is 51
In their 40’s
Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
(Elizabeth, Galadriel-The Lord of the Rings) is 43
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Under 30 years old
Miranda Cosgrove,
Nickelodeon actress is 19
Mark Zuckerberg, White
Plains, New York, American internet entrepreneur and founder of Facebook
is 28
Today’s Obits
Lyle Alzado, NFL defense
linesman (Raiders), dies of steroid use in 1992 at 43
Hugh Beaumont, actor
(Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies of heart attack in 1982 at 73
Harry Blackstone Jr,
magician, dies of cancer in 1997 at 62
Rita Hayworth (Margarita
Carmen Cansino), actress, dies of Alzheimer's disease in 1987 at 68
Henry John Heinz, founder
of the H. J. Heinz Company dies in 1919 at 74
Henri La Fontaine,
Belgian Nobel Peace Prize laureate dies in 1943 at 89
Robert Stack, American
actor dies in 2003 at 84
Answers
Brain Game: Close Up
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Phone Cord
Riddle of the day
Counterfeit Money
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
US states: Louisiana, Indiana, Georgia, Hawaii, Texas
2.
US Holidays/Days of observance: Labor Day, Independence Day, Groundhog Day,
Halloween, Thanksgiving
3.
Words related to weather: lightning, ice, gale, hail, thunder
4.
Colleges/Univ. without a state in the name: Loyola, Iona, Georgetown, Harvard,
Tulane
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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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