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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1869 - 1st voyage down Colorado River
¬ 1953 - Calif introduces sales tax (for education)
¬ 1957 - 1st commercial building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
¬ 1957 - US & Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
¬ 1960 - Chubby Checker releases "The Twist"
¬ 1972 - 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
I had a well deserved lazy day today. I stayed up late last night watching movies. Then slept in until 7am. I only did a cursory check of mail for bills. The rest will wait till tomorrow. I caught up on my recorded shows and kicked it all day. I’m really into the USA and TNT series that last for a few months, and come back in a few months later.
Jeannie called and all seems to be well with her. She is still raising her grandkids and seems to be enjoying it. She is selling or transferring her house in Tuba to a relative, since she says she has no desire to return to Tuba to live. She’s always been a city Native and I was amazed at how many years she stayed in Tuba working. She is one of the most caring people I know, always helping those with less—and believe me she doesn’t have very much. She is happy and that is what is important.
I’ve heard ‘there’s an app for that’ for some time. Today I saw an ad for the iPad that shows a man talking to his iPad and an instant voice translation into another language for the person he is talking to understand. I’m sure it is not as good as it looks, but what a concept. I remember when the ‘big deal’ in commercials was to scan a document and have it on your computer in less than a minute, ready to add to or change. A few years later, it still had a lot of problems and it I think it took longer to get rid of all the ‘garbage’ than it would have taken to simply type the page again. I’m sure that the iPad app has it’s drawbacks. I also don’t know if I could stand in a foreign country, with an iPad talking to the Natives. But I never expected to be answering e-mail on a river in Borneo. Technology is so amazing—when it works or when it opens new possibilities.
A couple of showers wet the streets at my house, but it did rain hard in other parts of Flag. Keep them monsoons coming.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
News Stories Trivia - John Scopes, Insulin, hostages, Spirit of St. Louis, Ku Klux Klan, Microwave ovens, the Gold standard and more
1. Who revived the Ku Klux Klan in 1915?
2. Which two Canadians discovered insulin taken from pigs could help diabetics?
3. Which boat capsized in the 1997 Vendee Globe round the world race?
4. Who is credited with inventing the microwave when a chocolate bar melted in his pocket when he was standing in front of a magnetron?
5. Rudolf Nureyev took citizenship of which country in 1982?
6. Who was President when the USA went formally onto the gold standard?
7. In which city were the "Chariots OF Fire" Olympic Games?
8. Who took the world land speed record in 1903?
9. Why was John Scopes brought to trial in Tennessee in 1925?
10. In which two events did Mildred "Babe" Didrikson win gold a the 1932 L A Olympics?
11. Who were the two women hostages held in the US Embassy in Tehran in 1980-81?
12. Who was the first black guest to be invited to dine at the White House?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬Number of states that have more pigs than people: 5 [Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, and South Dakota]
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ Coffee was the top agricultural export for twelve countries in 2004, and it was the world's seventh-largest legal agricultural export by value in 2005.
¬ "El Tosto," the first electric toaster, was most likely invented in 1905, when inventor Albert Marsh developed the Nichrome wire, making the toaster possible
¬ The average cell phone has 100 times as much bacteria as a toilet seat.
¬ There are 70,000 E.coli infections every year in the US. Beef and fecal matter are two of the major sources.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
NEWARK, Ohio - An Ohio woman said a picture taken with her deceased father's open casket forming the "I" in an "O-H-I-O" cheer is a tribute to his love for the Buckeyes. Juli Miracle, who arranged for the picture to be taken after the July 1 death of her father, Roy Miracle, said the picture was a tribute to her father's fun-loving ways and his love for Ohio State University, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch reported Thursday. "I didn't do it for anybody but Dad and I," Juli Miracle said of the picture, which quickly spread across the Internet.
"To me, it was the best honor and tribute to do for him and OSU."
The Rev. Mark Chow, who presided over the funeral at First United Methodist Church in Newark, said the photo was a fitting tribute to Roy Miracle. "He was a fun-loving man who loved to tease," Chow said.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
While walking to the ninth hole, one psychiatrist said to his colleague, “would you believe that yesterday I had a patient who claimed he heard music every time he put on his hat?”
“Really? What did you do?”
The psychiatrist answered, “I took it away and removed the band.”
Bonus:
A guy walks into a bar. He says to the bartender "I'd like a Whiskey Sour." The bartender replies "How do you make that?"
The guy says "You put in whiskey to make it strong, water to make it weak, lemon to make it sour and sugar to make it sweat. You mix it all together and you say 'Here's to you' and then you drink it yourself."
The bartender says "That's not a drink! That's a contradiction!"
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
1-7: Exhibitor Appreciation Week / Psychic Week / National Fraud Awareness Week / Simplify Your Life Week / Single Working Women's Week / World Breastfeeding Week
‡ THIS MONTH IS
· American Adventures Month
· American Indian Heritage Month
· Black Business Month
· Cataract Awareness Month
· Celery, Fennel and Cactus Month Link
· Children's Eye Health & Safety Month
· Children's Vision & Learning Month
· Get Ready for Kindergarten Month
· Golf Month Link
· Happiness Happens Month
· Motorsports Awareness Month
· Mushroom and Onion Month
· National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
· National Immunization Awareness Month
· National Panini Month
· National Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
· National Runaway Prevention Month
· National Truancy Prevention Month
· National Water Quality Month
· National Win With Civility Month
· Neurosurgery Outreach Month
· Orange and Papaya Month
· Pedestrian Safety Month
· Psoriasis Awareness Month
· What Will Be Your Legacy Month
‡ TODAY IS
¬ Girlfriend's Day
¬ National Minority Donor Awareness Day
¬ Ramadan (Islamic)
¬ Respect for Parents Day
¬ Rounds Resounding Day
¬ Spiderman Day
¬ US Air Force Day
¬ World Wide Web Day
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¬ Bahamas, Trinidad, Tobago: Emancipation Day
¬ Benin: Independence Day (1960 from France)
¬ Jamaica: Abolition of Slavery Day (1834)
¬ Jamaica: Independence Day (1962 from UK)
¬ US: Colorado: Admission Day (1876—38th state)
¬ Zambia: Youth Day
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1927 - Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards
1981 - MTV premieres at 12:01 AM
· IN ATHLETICS
1716 - 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea)
1928 - Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 & is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace
1936 - Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
1976 - 21st Olympic games close at Montreal Canada
1982 - Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives
1993 - Reggie Jackson enshrined in Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY
· IN BUSINESS
1901 - Burial within SF City limits prohibited
1941 - The first Jeep is produced
· IN EDUCATION
1911 - Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point
1944 - Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested
· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1735 - An agreement covering "amity and commerce" is reached by representatives of the British in New York, and Western Abenaki, Housatonic, Mohegan and Scaghticoke Indians
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic
1291 - Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Independence)
1498 - Christopher Columbus lands on "Isla Santa" (Venezuela)
1780 - Sweden declares neutrality
1834 - Slavery abolished throughout the British Empire
· IN RELIGION
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· IN SCIENCE
1785 - Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet
1793 - France becomes 1st country to use the metric system
· IN US POLITICS
1619 - 1st black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia
1790 - 1st US census (population of 3,939,214; 697,624 are slaves)
1794 - Whiskey Rebellion begins1831 - London Bridge opens to traffic
1867 - Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)
1881 - US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay
1946 - Pres Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
1950 - Territory of Guam created
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1819 - Herman Melville, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
1911 - Jackie Ormes, First African-American cartoonist
· ATHLETES
Darryl Hall, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers) turns 45
Nancy Lopez, professional golfer turns 59
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Tempestt Bledsoe actor (Cosby Show) turns 38
1924 - Yvonne DeCarlo, actress (10 Commandments, Lily-Munsters)
1933-Dom DeLuise comedian
1942 - Jerry Garcia, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1837 - Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones), American labor organizer
· POLITICIANS
--· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1770 - William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1889 - John F Mahoney, developed penicillin treatment of syphilis
1818 - Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
1626 - Sabbatai Zevi, Montenegrin rabbi, kabbalist, and founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement
‡ Today’s Obits:
1589 - Jacques Clément, French assassin of Henry III of France killed by Royal attendants at 22
1917 - Frank Little, American labor organizer lynched at 38
2007 - Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer dies at 75
1977 - Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies as pilot of helicopter at 47
1714 - Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies of gout at about 49
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. Who revived the Ku Klux Klan in 1915?
a. William Simmonds
2. Which two Canadians discovered insulin taken from pigs could help diabetics?
a. Frederick Banting & Charles Best
3. Which boat capsized in the 1997 Vendee Globe round the world race?
a. Exide Challenger
4. Who is credited with inventing the microwave when a chocolate bar melted in his pocket when he was standing in front of a magnetron?
a. Percy LeBaron Spencer
5. Rudolf Nureyev took citizenship of which country in 1982?
a. Austria
6. Who was President when the USA went formally onto the gold standard?
a. McKinley
7. In which city were the "Chariots OF Fire" Olympic Games?
a. Paris
8. Who took the world land speed record in 1903?
a. Henry Ford—91.7mph
9. Why was John Scopes brought to trial in Tennessee in 1925?
a. Teaching about evolution
10. In which two events did Mildred "Babe" Didrikson win gold a the 1932 L A Olympics?
a. Hurdles and javelin
11. Who were the two women hostages held in the US Embassy in Tehran in 1980-81?
a. Kathryn Koob—NGO director & Elizabeth Ann Swift—Chief of Political Section of US Embassy
12. Who was the first black guest to be invited to dine at the White House?
a. Booker T Washington
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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] may not be totally accurate.
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