Ø TODAY’s “Geez”:
· 1219 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the world - and flag of Denmark. According to legend, fell from the sky during the Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes' luck
· 1934 - Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated
· 1955 - The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack
· 1967 - Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill
Ø Free Rambling Thoughts…
I was able to find some great sales on shirts today. Then I picked up some color for my outdoor flowerpots. Nice day and not a lot of wind. The current fire in Eastern AZ and now Western NM has become the largest fire in AZ history. They caught the guy who started the previous largest fire, so there is hope that they will catch the crazy who started this one.
NCLB got another blow today. Only 12% of graduating seniors have a basic proficiency in American History. A couple of the tests will be in the trivia section for the next few days. They tested 4th graders, 8th graders, and seniors. Of course American History is not part of any of the proficiencies necessary to be proficient in NCLB, which means it just isn’t taught that much. As we have seen the past few years, many politicians, on both sides, make up history and make up facts. This is no way to continue a democracy.
Ø Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. A consequence of Prohibition was
A) the failure of the Republicans in the 1928 presidential election
B) the growth of organized crime
C) the turning of public attention to pressing international issues
D) widespread popular support for further moral reform
2. North Korea was helped by this ally during the Korean War:
A) Japan
B) The Philippines
C) Hong Kong
D) China
3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's goal in supporting the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 was to
A) Encourage Japanese Americans to relocate voluntarily
B) Use foreign investment as a way of stimulating the American economy
C) Maintain an isolationist stance by providing only limited aid to both sides of the European conflict
D) Assist Britain's war effort without violating United States neutrality laws
4. Before the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese broke free from this colonizer:
A) Britain
B) China
C) France
D) Russia
5. What main factors contributed to the growth of suburbs?
A) Increases in automobile ownership
B) The building of a modern highway system
C) Tax deductions for mortgage interest
D) All of the above
6. In the 1970's the United States economy was directly affected by
A) a sharp increase in the price of oil
B) an increase in the cost of solar energy
C) an overall decline in international trade
D) a rapid decline in prices of consumer goods
7. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact are best described as two
A) Organizations founded by the European Economic Community to promote trade between Europe and the United States
B) Treaties negotiated between the allies and the Central Powers at Versailles after the First World War
C)Bodies established by the United Nations to promote peace within multiethnic European countries such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
D) Military organizations made up, respectively, of the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War
Ø Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Ø Hmmmmm…
· Chance that a US $100 bill is currently held outside the country: 1 in 2
Ø Somewhat Useless Information…
· The Baccalaureate Ceremony origin is said to go back to 1432. The first Baccalaureate Ceremony commenced at Oxford University. At that time each student was required to deliver a sermon in Latin as part of his academic applications.
· What we call today a "cap," which is worn by students and faculty in some cases, used to be called a “hood." The "hood" is believed to be dated back to the Celtic Groups. At that time in history only the Druid priests wore capes with hoods, symbolizing their superiority and higher intelligence. Today, the "hood" or "cap" is used to identify the student's academic institution and degree.
· "Pomp and Circumstance" was composed by Sir Edward Elgar (b. 6/2/1857 d. 2/26/1934). It was first performed on October 19, 1901 in Liverpool, England.
Ø Yeah, It Really Happened…
EDEN, N.C. — An Eden woman stole a home pregnancy test and three water guns from the Walmart store in Eden on June 7, police said.
Police said Amber Shaquille Duncan also made off with a can of cashews, a box of fruit snacks, a pack of water balloons and a box of granola bars.
The stolen items were worth $39.63, police said.
Duncan also had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court on a charge of resisting a public officer.
Ø Guffaw…or at least smile…
Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
Only in America... are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
Only in America... do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
Only in America... do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet Coke.
Only in America... do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the pens to the counters.
Only in America... do they leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
Only in America... do they use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so they won't miss a call from someone they didn't want to talk to in the first place.
Only in America... do they buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
Only in America... do they use the word "politics" to describe the process so well; "Poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures".
Only in America... do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering
Ø Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
First Motion Picture Horse, 1878
Ø Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
10-17
· Superman Week
· Nursing Assistants Week
12-18
· National Flag Week
· Men's Health Week
14-20
· Universal Father's Week
· US Open Golf Championship
Ø TODAY IS
Lunar Eclipse
Native American Citizenship Day
Nature Photography Day
Magna Carta Day
Smile Power Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Arkansas: Admission Day (1836 as 25th state)
Ø Today’s Events:
… IN ARTS
1878 - 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground
1963 - "Sukiyaki" hits #1
1965 - Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone"
… IN ATHLETICS
1928 - Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th & final time
1951 - Joe Louis scored his last knockout victory
… IN BUSINESS
1851 - Jacob Fussell, Baltimore dairyman, sets up 1st ice-cream factory
1911 - Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated
1943 - Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms
… IN EDUCATION
1877 - Henry O Flipper becomes 1st black graduate at West Point
1916 - Boys Scouts of America forms
1962 - Students for a Democratic Society complete the Port Huron Statement
… FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1873 - Sioux attack Fort Abraham Lincoln, in central North Dakota, again. The garrison repels them
1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens
… IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1094 - Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar [El Cid] occupies Valencia on the Moren
1215 - King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, England
1908 - World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam
… IN RELIGION
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… IN SCIENCE
1844 - Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
1869 - Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY
1876 - Tsunami's after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000
… IN US POLITICS
1775 - George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
1804 - 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president
1864 - Robert E Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) becomes a military cemetery
1898 - US marines attack Spanish off Guantánamo Cuba
1924 - J Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
1982 - Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1994 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
… ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS…
1888 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)
…ATHLETES
Wade Boggs, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman (AL bat champ 1985-88) turns 53
…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Brett Butler, comedian (Grace Under Fire) turns 54
Courteney Cox actress turns 47
Ice Cube [O'Shea Jackson], rap singer/actor (Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda) turns 42
1921 - Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty)
Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque NM, actor (Doogie Howser MD, How I Met Your Mother) turns 38
Helen Hunt actress turns 48
1937 - Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
1917 - Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Black Lash, Lash of the West)
1941 - Harry Nilsson, singer/guitarist (Midnight Cowboy)
Leah Remini actress turns 41
1949 - Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern
… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], Surabaya Indonesia, auth (Happy Hooker) turns 68
…POLITICIANS
Mario M Cuomo, (Gov-D-NY, 1982-94) turns 79
1767 - Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of Pres Andrew Jackson
…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1902 - Erik H Erickson, psychologist (Existentionalist)
Ø Today’s Obits:
1993 - John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), dies at 76
2003 - Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor dies at 92
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78
1989 - Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies of cancer at 54
1849 - James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849), dies of cholera at 53
1965 - E. A. Speiser, American Bible scholar dies at 63
1381 - Wat Tyler, leader of English Peasants' Revolt, beheaded at 50
1984 - Meredith Willson, composer (Music Man), dies at 82
Ø ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. A consequence of Prohibition was
B) the growth of organized crime
2. North Korea was helped by this ally during the Korean War:
D) China
3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's goal in supporting the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 was to
D) Assist Britain's war effort without violating United States neutrality laws
4. Before the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese broke free from this colonizer:
C) France
5. What main factors contributed to the growth of suburbs?
D) All of the above
6. In the 1970's the United States economy was directly affected by
A) a sharp increase in the price of oil
7. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Pact are best described as two
D) Military organizations made up, respectively, of the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War
Close Up Picture
Geode
Ø …AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW
