TODAY’s “Geez”: 1817 - Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital) in Philadelphia
1911 - Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act
Free Rambling Thoughts…
A good day to be outside, so I took advantage. I checked Home Depot, but they still don’t have the color I want for my front area. They are getting a closer to my needs, so I’m sure they will have something during the upcoming week. When they get good stuff, I will also check our local Warner’s Nursery. They have good stuff, but more expensive than others. I just don’t usually see paying more for color that only lasts one year.
If the weather holds tomorrow, I’ll be washing the windows. If not, I’m not sure what is on the horizon. No matter what the weather, I will find something to do.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)
Which French novelist played in goal for Algeria?
Whose autobiographical novel was called The Enormous Room?
Which British novelist said, "Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac?"
Which novelist was the cousin of actor Christopher Lee?
How was H H Munro better known?
What was DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover originally to have been called?
What was the subject of Ralph Nader's Unsafe At Any Speed?
Who left an unfinished work called Cantos?
Which book had the longest stay on the New York Times paperback bestsellers list?
Which country banned Black Beauty for its supposed racist title?
What was the first book in the Goosebumps series?
Which children's author's autobiography was called Boy?
What is the first name of P G Wodehouse's character Cheesewright?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
>Factor by which Joe DiMaggio’s 1950 salary exceeded the mean US family income: 26
>Factor by which Derek Jeter’s 2010 salary did: 288
The First Time…
1886 --- world's 1st chess champion: Wilhelm Steinitz
1887 --- 1st woman US mayor. (Argonia, KS). She won by a two-thirds majority but didn't even know she was in the running until she went into the voting booth. Her name was submitted by the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She died at the age of 101 in 1961: Susanna M. Salter
1887 --- 1st Jewish ambassador from US. (Ambassador to Turkey): Oscar Straus
1889 --- 1st US Secretary of Agriculture: Norman Coleman
Somewhat Useless Information…
…Heat waves are one of the most lethal types of weather phenomena, claiming an average of 1,000 lives in America's fifteen largest cities each year.
…The 1988 heat wave and drought across the eastern United States cost the country $61.6 billion in damages and caused an estimated 5,000-10,000 deaths.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
WANTAGH, N.Y. - New York park police said a wetsuit-clad man who showed up at a beach after spending three days on a raft was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon. Gary Smith of Wantagh said he was at Jones Beach State Park at about 6:15 a.m. Tuesday when he spotted Pablo Perez, 47, wandering near the boardwalk, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
"He was easily 6-3 and over 300 pounds," Smith said. "I asked him where he came from, and he said he'd been out on a raft for the last three days. He told me he was fishing and that his raft was tied to another boat and became detached and he drifted out to sea."
Police said they cut a .25-caliber semiautomatic, which was loaded and unlicensed, out of Perez's wetsuit. He was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon and taken to a hospital to receive treatment for dehydration and exhaustion. Investigators found a 9-foot raft nearby where Perez was first spotted, police said. State Park Police Chief Richard O'Donnell said officers are still investigating the "very unusual incident."
Guffaw…or at least smile…
The old man had died. A wonderful funeral was in progress and the town’s preacher talked at length of the good traits of the deceased, what an honest man he was, and what a loving husband and kind father he was.
Finally, the widow leaned over and whispered to one of her children, “Go up there and take a look in the coffin and see if that’s your pa.”
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
9-15
National Return To Work Week * National Women's Health Week * National Etiquette Week * National Stuttering Awareness Week * Universal Family Week
15-21
National Dog Bite Prevention Week * National New Friends, Old Friends Week * National Police Week * National Transportation Week * World Trade Week * EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week * American Craft Beer Week * National Bike to Work Week
«TODAY IS
Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season begins
International Day of Families
National Chocolate Chip Day
National Pizza Party Day
National Safety Dose Day
NASCAR Day
Nylon Stockings Day
Peace Officer Memorial Day
Straw Hat Day
UN International Day of Families
Japan: Hollyhock Festival (Aoi Matsuri )
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1928 - Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance
1963 - Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
… IN ATHLETICS
1912 - Ty Cobb rushes a heckler at a NY Highlander game & is suspended
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1718 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
1915 - A T & T becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders
1940 - McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California
1989 - Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1716 - French commander Bienville send three Natchez Indians to their village to bring back the head of a Chief, Oyelape, who ordered the killings of five Frenchmen. Bienville holds several other Natchez as hostages. From "friendly" Tonica Indians, Bienville learns that the Natchez are planning an attack on his makeshift fort on an island in the Mississippi River.
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1536 - Anna Boleyn & Lord Rochford accused of adultery/incest
1701 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins
1902 - Portugal bankrupt by revolt in Angola
1948 - Hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1957 - 18,000 people at Madison Sq Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
… IN US POLITICS
1602 - Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
1672 - 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts
1862 - Department of Agriculture created
1869 - National Woman Suffrage Assn forms
1933 - 1st voice amplification system to be used in US Senate
1969 - Associate Justice Abe Fortas resigns from Supreme Court
1972 - George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Md
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1808 - Michael Balfe Irish singer and composer; wrote "The Bohemian Girl"
1856 - Lyman Frank Baum, NY, children's book author (Wizard of Oz)
1887 - Edwin Muir Scottish poet, literary critic and translator
…ATHLETES
George Brett, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 58
Justin Morneau, Baseball player, turns 30
Emmitt Smith, Football Hall of Famer, turns 42
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Actress, turns 75
1918 - Eddy Arnold, Henderson TN, country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)
1905 - Joseph Cotten, Virginia, actor (3rd Man, Airport 77, Hearse)
Trini Lopez, Singer, turns 74
1909 - James Mason, England, actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News, turns 71
1889 - Bessie Hillman, founder (Almalgamated Clothing Workers of America)
1915 - Paul A Samuelson, economist (1970 Nobel, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal)
…POLITICIANS
Madeleine Albright, Former secretary of state, turns 74
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of health and human services, turns 63
1910 - Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1949-65)
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1859 - Pierre Curie, France, physicist (Nobel 1903)
1914 - Tenzing Norgay Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer; ascended Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 or possibly May 29
1817 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer
Today’s Obits:
2003 - June Carter Cash, American musician and singer dies at 74
1886 - Emily Dickinson, US poet, dies of Bright’s Disease at 55
2007 - Jerry Falwell, American evangelist dies of heart attack at 74
1591 - Dimitri Ivanovitch, Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Which French novelist played in goal for Algeria?
Albert Camus
Whose autobiographical novel was called The Enormous Room?
e e cummings
Which British novelist said, "Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac?"
Graham Greene
Which novelist was the cousin of actor Christopher Lee?
Ian Fleming
How was H H Munro better known?
Saki
What was DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover originally to have been called?
Tenderness
What was the subject of Ralph Nader's Unsafe At Any Speed?
Poor car standards
Who left an unfinished work called Cantos?
Ezra Pound
Which book had the longest stay on the New York Times paperback bestsellers list?
A Life Less Ordinary (M Scott Peck).
Which country banned Black Beauty for its supposed racist title?
Namibia
What was the first book in the Goosebumps series?
Welcome To Dead House
Which children's author's autobiography was called Boy?
Ronald Dahl
What is the first name of P G Wodehouse's character Cheesewright?
Stilton
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
