11-17-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .

1936 - Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio

1968 - NBC cuts to show "Heidi," misses Raider's rally to beat Jets, 43-32

1889 - Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & SF

1997 - In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants)

1855 - David Livingstone becomes the first European to see  Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .

Great day in Flag, warm, little wind, and sunny.

Got up and out and about early this morning. Errands all finished by 9:30a. Still have two malaria pills left….my PCP is very cautious. After hearing about the how serious malaria can be I’m glad he is.

During my trip, AZ kept itself in the news, as usual. This time the governor fired the chair of the redistricting committee. So much for a non-political committee. Hard to tell what will happen next, but setting up congressional districts should be a priority for the candidates that will be running for state and national office. Amazing to live in AZ for sure.

I sent some video to Al, our DVD maker from the trip. I tried a new service, Dropbox, which lets you put any size file in the cloud, and then send the link to anyone. Got a note from him that he got it and Dropbox worked. Cool. It’s a free program and sure makes life easier. Gotta thank Kim Komando, the internet computer guru for telling me about the program. I haven’t joined her club, but get her free daily emails and she has introduced me to some great stuff. She is also on national radio. All her links are safe. If you want to check out her emails, just Google Kim Komando and go from there. Sign up for the free e-mail and I guarantee, you will learn something every day about computing.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .

1.     The generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of a computer are called what?

2.    Which computer language is an acronym of the name of the world's first computer programmer?

3.    What letter is between Q and E on a computer keyboard?

4.    In computer lingo what is a MUD?

5.    What kind of fruit was used to name a computer in 1984?

6.    In what field of study are the terms CPU, PC, and VDU used?

7.    From what source did William Henry Gates III amass his fortune?

8.    Charlie the pet dog was replace by what in the remake of the Absent-minded Professor called "Flubber" in 1997?

9.    What did Charles Babbage invent when he designed his analytical engine in 1833?

10.  Movie maker George Lucas Filed a law suit against President Ronald Reagan to get him to stop referring to an outer space computer controlled defense system as what?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?                           .

NEW: Rules of Thumb                                                                          .

• Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
• A watermelon is ripe when you hear "punk" rather than "pank" or "pink" when you tap it with your finger.

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .

• Percentage of Americans who believe Soama bin Laden was greeted by 72 virgins in heaven, according to a Fox News survery: 3
• Percentage who believe he met a ‘more negative end’: 80

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                     .

• Author L. Frank Baum's "The Wonderful World of Oz," on which the 1939 movie is based, was first published in 1900. By the time of the film's release, more than 3 million copies were in print. There are 13 sequels.
• In Baum's book, the ruby slippers are silver. They were changed to red to show up better in Technicolor.
• In the book, Oz is portrayed as much more of a real land, rather than a dreamscape populated with versions of Dorothy's Kansas family and friends.
• Wicked Witch Margaret Hamilton loved children and even worked as a kindergarten teacher prior to acting. She was sad that children were afraid of her because of the film and even appeared on the "Mister Rogers" show in the 1975-76 season to explain how what was on screen wasn't real.
• The Tin Man was originally played by famed actor Buddy Ebsen. But Ebsen became sick ten days into the shoot due to the aluminum powder makeup he had to wear. He was replaced by Jack Haley, but some of Ebsen's original vocals can still be heard during group songs.
• Judy Garland's ruby slippers are among the most valuable movie memorabilia. Five pairs are known to exist. One pair sold for $666,000 at an auction in 2000.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                               .            

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A man caused more than $2,000 in damage to a Charlotte, N.C., hotel after discovering he had run out of toilet paper in his room, police say.

Police say between late Sunday and early Monday at the Charlottetown Manor, Dereck MacDonald, 43, became very upset upon discovering he ran out of toilet paper, The Charlotte Observer reported. MacDonald allegedly walked into a vacant room at the hotel and clogged the toilet, causing water damage to the room, a police report states.

"The suspect then went back to his room and damaged additional property by physical force," the report says. MacDonald reportedly caused more than $2,000 in damage in the two rooms combined. Police arrested the man and charged him with injury to personal property.

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .

A while back there was an opening in the CIA for an assassin. These highly classified positions are extremely difficult to fill, requiring an extensive background check, training, and testing before candidates are even considered for the position. After reviewing several applicants and completing all the checks and training, the field was narrowed to the three most promising candidates. The day came for the final test, which would determine which of equally qualified candidates, would get the job.

 The final candidates consisted of two men and one woman. The men administering the test took the first candidate, a man, down a corridor to a closed door and handed him a gun saying, "We must be completely assured that you will complete your assignments and follow instructions regardless of the circumstances. Inside this room you will find your wife, seated in a chair. Take this gun and kill her." The man, looking completely shocked said, "You can't be serious! I could never kill my wife." The CIA man said, "Well, then, you're obviously not the man for the job. Take your wife and go home." They brought the next candidate in, the other man, and repeated the instructions. This man took the gun, walked into the room and closed the door. However, after five minutes of silence, the door opened and the man handed the CIA tester the gun, saying, "I just couldn't do it. I couldn't kill my wife. I tried to pull the trigger but I just couldn't do it." The CIA man said, "Well, then, you're obviously not the man for the job. Take your wife and go home."

 Then they brought the woman down the corridor to the closed door, handed her a gun, and said, "We must be completely assured that you will complete your assignments and follow instructions regardless of the circumstances. Inside this room you will find your husband, seated in a chair. Take this gun and kill him." The woman took the gun, walked into the room, and before the door closed all the way, the CIA men heard the gun start firing. One shot after another, for thirteen shots, the noise continued. Then all hell broke loose. For the next several minutes, the men heard screaming, cursing, furniture crashing and banging on the walls; then suddenly, silence. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "You guys didn't tell me the gun was loaded with blanks! I had to beat him to death with the chair!"

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow

Celtic Woman - Over the rainbow

Daybook Information                                                                                    .

…Happening This Week:

13-19 American Education Week

Geography Awareness Week National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week

National Global Entrepreneurship Week

TODAY IS                                                                                                         .

• Guinness World Record Day
• Homemade Bread Day
• GIS Day (Geographic Information Systems)
• Great American Smokeout National Unfriend Day
• Take A Hike Day

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• Anniversary - Suez Canal [1869 the ceremonial opening of the canal]

 Today’s Events                                                                                                .

ARTS

1876 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March made its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception by the Russian people

1947 - The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath

ATHLETICS

1884 - Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"

1894 - Daily Racing Form founded

1926 - NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Tor St Pats 4-1

1940 - Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane

BUSINESS

1853 - Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections

1913 - Panama Canal opens

2004 - Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation

EDUCATION

1827 - The Delta Phi fraternity, America's oldest continuous social fraternity, was founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1764: Part of Pontiac's army surrenders at the Muskingham River.

1938: An election is authorized to approve a Constitution and By-Laws for the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town of the Creek Indian Nation of the State of Oklahoma by Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior. The election is held on December 27, 1938

POLITICS [International]

1292 - (O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland

1603 - English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason

1933 - United States recognizes Soviet Union, opens trade

2005 - Italy's choice of national anthem, Il Canto degli Italiani, becomes official in law for the first time, almost 60 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the republic

POLITICS [US]

1800 - Congress held 1st session in Wash DC in incomplete Capitol building

1800 - John Adams is 1st pres to move into the White House

1856 - On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase

1962 - Pres Kennedy dedicates Dulles Intl Airport outside Wash DC

1973 - Pres Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their pres is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"

1993 - US House of Representatives approve Nafta

RELIGION

1278 - 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins

1785 - Church of England organizes in New England

SCIENCE

1798 - -21) Snow storms in New England, 100s die

1913 - 1st US dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct

1966 – Leonid’s meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)

1970 - Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse

2006 - Official naming of element 111, Roentgenium (Rg)

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .

ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)

1942 - Martin Scorsese, director (Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ)

1901 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian acting coach/actor

ATHLETES

1930 - Bob Mathias, American decathlete (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)

Tom Seaver, baseball player is 67

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Danny DeVito, actor is 67

Daisy Fuentes, VJ is 45 (might be 40 or anywhere inbetween)

Gordon Lightfoot, Ontario Canada, folksinger (Sundown) is 73

1925 - Rock Hudson, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)

Lauren Hutton, actor is 68

Lorne Michaels, [Lipowitz], comedian (SNL) is 67

William R. Moses, actor is 52

RuPaul, drag queen/model/actor (RuPaul Show) is 51

ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS

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POLITICIAL FIGURES

1502 - Atahualpa, last emperor of the Inca 

SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS

1685 - Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer

1790 - August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician---Mobius strip 

Today’s Obits                                                                 

1720 - Calico Jack, English pirate hung at 37

1917 - F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77

1558 - Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies of cancer or influenza at 42

1978 - James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80

ANSWERS                                                                            

Trivia Quiz

1.     The generic term for the mechanical, electrical and electronic components of a computer are called what?

a.    Hardware.

2.    Which computer language is an acronym of the name of the world's first computer programmer?

a.    ADA.

3.    What letter is between Q and E on a computer keyboard?

a.    W.

4.    In computer lingo what is a MUD?

a.    Multi User Computer Game.

5.    What kind of fruit was used to name a computer in 1984?

a.    Apple.

6.    In what field of study are the terms CPU, PC, and VDU used?

a.    Computer Science.

7.    From what source did William Henry Gates III amass his fortune?

a.    Computer software.

8.    Charlie the pet dog was replace by what in the remake of the Absent-minded Professor called "Flubber" in 1997?

a.    Weebo, the computer.

9.    What did Charles Babbage invent when he designed his analytical engine in 1833?

a.    Computer.

10.  Movie maker George Lucas Filed a law suit against President Ronald Reagan to get him to stop referring to an outer space computer controlled defense system as what?

a.    Star Wars.

Wuzzle

Transcript

Counties

His days are numbered

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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11-16-11

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TODAY’s “Geez”                                                                                            .

1908 - Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera

1824 - NY City's Fifth Avenue opens for business

1938 - LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland

1939 - Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail

1945 - UNESCO is founded

1962 - Kuwait adopts constitution (1st, Islamic Constitution)

1965 - Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Prototype Community of Tomorrow

1982 - Agreement reached ending 57 day football strike

♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪                                                                   .                     

Free Rambling Thoughts                                                                              .

So the cable guy arrives about 9am. He says, let me guess—ch 223 and 112 don’t work. Turns out he has been making calls for two weeks, ever since they went to the new system. I was not ready to hear that the problem was a ‘dirty’ line or a dirty connector. Turns out dirty is cable speak for interference coming into the line. Flagstaff has two really powerful radio stations that are interfering with those two channels. It seems that the old cable company hasn’t done much upgrading in years and the new company spent $10million in Flagstaff to upgrade. He was able to ‘clean’ the ‘dirty’ whatever in about 15 minutes and everything is working fine. Turns out I was lucky as some of the houses have to be rewired. Glad I don’t have to deal with that.

Got a call from my friend Mary today. She is back from Oregon and her 99 year old mom’s funeral. She is in good spirits and I’m sure the reality hasn’t completely hit her yet. She did say that she was able to talk to her mom several times and that all her brothers and sisters were there for a few days before the passing. Family is so important at these times.

My brother is working long hard hours getting his showroom ready for the opening. He called to let me know he got the late present. Good to hear he liked the little basket and the coffee. Ethiopia has very colorful artwork and is not very expensive. Bartering is becoming easier, but I still let Hamdy do most of it. He helped all of us get good deals. As long as the customer is happy, it’s OK with me. After all the stops on all my trips, the tour guide and the merchant always shake hands and exchange a little local currency for bringing in the ‘rich’ Americans. It all works.

It was a nice day and I had windows open for a little while. I didn’t run any errands but worked on the stack of mail. Not very exciting.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)                                                 .

1.     Portugal is bordered by only want country, what is it?

2.    Which country is responsible for the world's India ink was developed in what country?

3.    What country did 153 of the first 400 Nobel Prize-winning scientists call home?

4.    What country first came up with windmills?

5.    A patent on polyester was patented first in what country?

6.    The world’s first mid air collision took place over what country?

7.    Eddy Grant, musician, comes from what country?

8.    Roxette, a pop music duo, came from which European country?

9.    Celine Deion was born in what North American Country?

10.  What floral symbol do the country of Peru and the state of Kansas have in common?

11.   What country has a volcano called Okinawa?

12.  Lesotho is a southern African Kingdom surround by which country?

13.  In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs?

Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest?                           .

NEW: Rules of Thumb                                                                          .

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

• When placed in a bowl of water, a fresh egg will sink and lie on its side. An egg that's not fresh but still edible will sink and stand partially erect on its tapered end. A rotten egg will float.

Hmmmmm                                                                                                       .

Members of Malaysia’s Obedient Wives Club, which encourages woment to be ‘good sex workers’ to their husbands: 1,050

Somewhat Useless Information                                                                     .

• Chocolate was introduced into the United States in 1765 when cocoa beans were brought from the West Indies to Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• Cocoa butter is the natural fat of the cocoa bean. It has a delicate chocolate aroma, but is very bitter tasting. It is used to give body, smoothness, and flavor to eating chocolate.
• Cultivation of cacao trees can occur only in tropical climates, 20 degrees north or south of the equator. Principal growing areas include West Africa, Brazil, Ecuador and the Indies.
• German chocolate cake did not originate in Germany. In 1852, Sam German developed a sweet baking bar for Baker's Chocolate Co. The product was named in honor of him -- Baker's German's Sweet Chocolate.
• In 1900, Queen Victoria sent her New Year's greetings to the British troops stationed in South Africa during the Boer War in the form of a specially molded chocolate bar.
• The world's first chocolate candy was produced in 1828 by Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. Van Houten. He pressed the fat from roasted cacao beans to produce cocoa butter, to which he added cocoa powder and sugar.

Yeah, It Really Happened                                                                               .            

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - An Illinois man who dressed up in tribute to his favorite hip-hop dance crew was asked to stop by police who said some "find mimes disconcerting." Sorin Dumitru, 19, who is from Romania and lives in Buffalo Grove, said he donned white gloves and a white mask for his street dancing Tuesday in tribute to San Diego dance group Jabbawockeez, which won the first season of "America's Best Dance Crew" in 2008, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

Police arrived at about 5:30 p.m. and told him they had been called by concerned residents who were not used to seeing street dancers in the residential area. Some of the callers had mistaken him for a mime due to his garb and officers said "some residents apparently find mimes disconcerting."

"He could have stayed, but more than likely we would have been deluged with phone calls," Cmdr. Jim Newton said. "We didn't force him to leave."

Dumitru said he agreed to stop his performance, but he is still planning to dance on the sidewalks provided he can get out earlier in the day. "I enjoy myself and the people who walk around and see me enjoy it," he said. "I like dancing very much and it was relaxing time after work."

Guffaw…or at least smile                                                                               .

After every flight, pilots fill out a form called a gripe sheet, which conveys to the mechanics problems encountered with the aircraft during the flight that need repair or correction. The mechanics read and correct the problem, and then respond in writing on the lower half of the form what remedial action was taken, and the pilot reviews the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews and engineers lack a sense of humor!

 Here are some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems as submitted by Qantas pilots and the solution recorded by maintenance engineers.

(P = the problem logged by the pilot.)

(S = the solution and action taken by the engineers.)

 P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.

 S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

 P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.

 S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

 P: Something loose in cockpit.

 S: Something tightened in cockpit.

 P: Dead bugs on windshield.

 S: Live bugs on back-order.

 P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.

 S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

 P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.

 S: Evidence removed.

 P: DME volume unbelievably loud.

 S: DME volume set to more believable level.

 P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.

 S: That's what they're there for.

 P: IFF inoperative.

 S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

 P: Suspected crack in windshield.

 S: Suspect you're right.

 P: Number 3 engine missing.

 S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

 P: Aircraft handles funny.

 S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

 P: Target radar hums.

 S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

 P: Mouse in cockpit.

 S: Cat installed.

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found                                                                        .     

Bill Russell Highlights

Daybook Information                                                                                    .

…Happening This Week:

7-13

Dear Santa Letter Week 

National Young Reader's Week

Pursuit of Happiness Week

World Kindness Week  13-19 American Education Week Geography Awareness Week National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week

National Global Entrepreneurship Week

TODAY IS                                                                                                         .

Button Day

International Day for Tolerance

National Educational Support Professionals Day

Prematurity Awareness Day (half a million babies are born too soon in the United States…March of Dimes)

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Estonia: Day of National Rebirth (1988 Declaration of Sovereignty-became independent from the Soviet Union in 1991)

US: Oklahoma Admission Day (46^th state in 1907)

Today’s Events                                                                                                .

ARTS

1849 - A Russian court sentences Fyodor Dostoevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.

1955 - Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry"

1981 - Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch)

ATHLETICS

1926 - NY Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0

1955 - 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell)

1957 - Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Phila 111-89

1962 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 73 points vs NY Knicks

BUSINESS

1914 - Federal Reserve System formally opens

EDUCATION

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1764 - Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac

POLITICS [International]

1885 - Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba", Louis Riel is executed for treason

1936 - German air force begins bombing of Madrid

1950 - Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops

1988 - Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years

POLITICS [US]

1676 - 1st colonial prison organized, Nantucket 

1776 - 1st gun salute - for US Andrea Doria at Ft St Eustatius

1973 - Pres Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline

2000 - Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War

RELIGION

1925 - American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY)

1989 - 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops

SCIENCE

1875 - William Bonwill, patents dental mallet to impact gold into cavities

1901 - 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds

1920 - 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn

Today’s Birthdays                                                                                          .

ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)

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ATHLETES

Dwight Gooden, pitcher (NY Yankees, NY Mets) is 47

Terry Labonte, American NASCAR driver is 55

Bruce Irons, American surfer is 32

ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Lisa Bonet, Cosby show actor is 44

Clu Gulager, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man) is 83

Marg Helgenberger, actress (China Beach) is 53

David Leisure, actor is 61

Dean McDermott, actor is45

1908 - Burgess Meredith, actor (Mr Novak, Penguin-Batman, Rocky)

1933 - Guy Stockwell, actor (Chris-Adventures in Paradise)

ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS

Frank Milton "Pete" Higgins II, VP (Microsoft Desktop) is 54

POLITICIAL FIGURES

1836 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king

1905 - Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden

Ann Dore McLaughlin, US Secretary of Labor (1987-89 ) is 70

SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits                                                                 .

1939 - Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court Justice dies at 73

1806 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio dies at 52

1978 - Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75

2006 - Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate dies at 94

1960 - Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies of heart attack at 59

1981 - William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), bleeds to death after fall at 63

1961 - Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79

1950 - Bob Smith, American doctor, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous dies of cancer at 71

ANSWERS                                                                            

Trivia Quiz

1.     Portugal is bordered by only want country, what is it?

a.     Spain.

2.    Which country is responsible for the world's India ink was developed in what country?

a.     China.

3.    What country did 153 of the first 400 Nobel Prize-winning scientists call home?

a.     The United States.

4.    What country first came up with windmills?

a.     It was Iran in A.D. 644 for grinding grain.

5.    A patent on polyester was patented first in what country?

a.     Britain.

6.    The world’s first mid air collision took place over what country?

a.     Austria.

7.    Eddy Grant comes from what country?

a.     Guyana.

8.    Roxette came from which European country?

A: Sweden.

9.    Celine Deion was born in what North American Country?

a.     Canada.

10.  What floral symbol do the country of Peru and the state of Kansas have in common?

a.     The sunflower.

11.   What country has a volcano called Okinawa?

a.     Japan.

12.  Lesotho is a southern African Kingdom surround by which country?

a.     South Africa.

13.  In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs?

a.     Madagascar.

Wuzzle

Forgotten

A big party

Crooked politicians

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.

§     AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW     §