TODAY’s “Geez”:
1843 - 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon
1931 - Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida
1933 - Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay
Free Rambling Thoughts…
Oops, I’m still here. Guess the whole ‘end of the world thing’ isn’t going to happen today.
It was a great day in Flag. I took a long walk this morning and passed several garage sales. Don’t know if it was spring cleaning or ‘the end is near’ sale. Many of the people who live in the streets near mine are the kind who like to stay off the grid as much as possible. Everyone I have talked to is nice, but rather odd. Not a problem, just an observation.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)
Who was the only member of M*A*S*H to have served in the Korean War?
Which Seinfeld star was the voice of Hugo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Which famous person appeared in an episode of Major Dad that marked the Marine Corp' 215th anniversary?
Which show was originally called These Friends of Mine?
What was the name of the Clampetts' banker in The Beverly Hillbillies?
Which sitcom was based on a show called Love American Style?
Which planet featured on Out Of This World?
Who was creator and executive producer of Murphy Brown?
Who played Debbie's brother-in-law in The Debbie Reynolds Show?
Who produced The Phi Slivers Show?
Other than Lurch, who did Ted Cassidy play in The Adams Family?
Detectives Al Burkhardt and Sandy Galloway were in which sitcom?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
++ Amount spent last year by the US Gov’t to simulate an attack by pot growers on the nation’s second largest dam: $500,000 (Glen Canyon Dam in AZ)
++ Number of licensed peyote dealers in the US: 3
The First Time…
Alexander Winton
1903 --- set the 1st land speed record in car racing. Set at Daytona Beach, his speed was 68.18 mph.
1904 --- 1st American woman to win the ladies singles tennis championship at Wimbledon: May Sutton Brandy
1905 --- 1st "actual" British prime minister. Until the 18th century, the monarch's most senior minister could hold any of a number of titles; usually either First Lord, Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, or one of the Secretaries of State. During the late 18th Century, the term "prime minister" came to be used. In 1905, the title was officially recognized by King Edward VII: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
1906 --- 1st American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was for helping mediate an end the Russo-Japanese War: Theodore Roosevelt
Somewhat Useless Information…
++ Dewar had a hard time coming up with a name for his new snack until he drove past a billboard for the Twinkle Toes Shoes factory in St. Louis. A friend suggested the name “Twinkle Fingers”, and Dewar shortened it to Twinkies.
++ In 1986, Twinkies were a central figure in a political scandal known as “Twinkiegate“. 71-year-old George Belair, a Minneapolis City Council candidate was indicted for serving coffee, Kool-Aid, Twinkies and other sweets to court the senior citizen votes. This led to the passage of the Minnesota Campaign Act, more commonly known as Twinkies Law. Belair lost the election, and the charges against him were later dropped.
++ The White House put a Twinkie in their time capsule for the new millennium, as “an object of enduring American symbolism.”
Yeah, It Really Happened…
MORRISVILLE, Pa. - Police in Pennsylvania said they pulled over an ice cream truck driver accused of drunken driving and discovered a bottle of urine in the vehicle's freezer. The Middletown Township Police Department said Yassir Hassan, 46, was pulled over Friday in Morrisville after a motorist reported a Jack & Jill ice cream truck swerving on the road, WPVI-TV, Pittsburgh, reported Wednesday. Investigators said Hassan was visibly drunk and has several wine boxes inside his vehicle. They said they also discovered three plastic water bottles filled with urine and one of the bottles was discovered inside the ice cream freezer. Hassan was arrested and released pending a preliminary hearing on a driving under the influence charge.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
Recently launched into the "real world" and shocked by the expenses that came with it, my brother was complaining about the high cost of auto insurance.
"If you got married," teased my dad, "the premium would be much lower."
My brother smiled and said, "Dad, that would be like buying an airline just to get free peanuts."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
21-28
Cover the Uninsured Week * National Safe Boating Week
«TODAY IS
Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day
International Day for Biological Diversity
National Maritime Day
Neighbor Day National Maritime Day
Canada: Canadian Immigrants' Day
Sri Lanka: National Heroes Day
US: Rhode Island: Neighbor Day
Yemen: National Day
Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1926 - "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1
1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS)
1992 - Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show
… IN ATHLETICS
1884 - 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
1906 - 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
… IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION
1761 - 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Phila
1803 - 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
1807 - Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Phila)
1892 - Dr Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube
1900 - Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative
1906 - Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane
1936 - Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland
1961 - 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1863 - As a part of the "Owens Valley War" in California, Paiute Chief Captain George arrives at Camp Independence. He tells the soldiers the Paiutes want peace. This effectively ends the war
1851 - As one of the last conflicts in the "Mariposa Indian Wars" in California, a large group of Yosemite Indians are captured at Lake Tenaija
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1455 - Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St Albans)
1840 - The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished
1939 - Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel"
1947 - "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece
1957 - South Africa gov’t approves race separation in universities
… IN SCIENCE & RELIGION
1370 - Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium
1570 - 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published
1819 - 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)
1849 - Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device
1915 - Lassen Peak (Cascades—Brit. Columbia--erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain, other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century
1927 - 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed
1990 - Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
… IN US POLITICS
1807 - Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Va (acquitted)
1856 - Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner
1863 - General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg
1953 - President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill
1964 - LBJ presents "Great Society"
1973 - President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1844 - Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing)
1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice
1813 - Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman)
1922 - Quinn Martin, American television producer
…ATHLETES
Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater turns 29
Rich Owens, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins) turns 39
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Richard Benjamin, actor turns 73
Naomi Campbell, model turns 41
Sean Gunn, actor turns 37
1907 - Laurence Olivier, England, actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer)
1910 - Johnny Olson, TV announcer (Price is Right)
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
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…POLITICIANS
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…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1920 - Thomas Gold, astronomer (proposed steady-state theory of universe)
Today’s Obits:
337 - Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies after long illness at 65
1859 - Ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49
1885 - Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83
1997 - Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine dies at 89
1957 - Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies after prostate cancer surgery at 65
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
Who was the only member of M*A*S*H to have served in the Korean War?
Jamie Farr (Klinger)
Which Seinfeld star was the voice of Hugo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
Jason Alexander
Which famous person appeared in an episode of Major Dad that marked the Marine Corp' 215th anniversary?
Dan Quayle [served only in Nat’l Guard and now lives in Paradise Valley, AZ)
Which show was originally called These Friends of Mine?
Ellen
What was the name of the Clampetts' banker in The Beverly Hillbillies?
Milburn Drysdale
Which sitcom was based on a show called Love American Style?
Happy Days (The pilot of Days was one of the segments)
Which planet was featured on Out Of This World?
Anterias
Who was creator and executive producer of Murphy Brown?
Diane English
Who played Debbie's brother-in-law in The Debbie Reynolds Show?
Tom Bosley
Who produced The Phi Slivers Show?
Nat Hiken
Other than Lurch, who did Ted Cassidy play in The Adams Family?
Thing (the Hand)
Detectives Al Burkhardt and Sandy Galloway were in which sitcom?
Pacific Station
Close Up Picture
…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
