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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1925 - Mount Rushmore 1st proposed
¬ 1935 - Social Security Act becomes law
¬ 1959 - AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver & Houston
¬ 1964 - Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
I was just realizing today that it has been a couple of weeks since we haven’t had really bad wind. There was a period in June and July when I thought those 40-50mph winds would never stop. So glad they are no longer drying out the forest. So glad I can spend time outside without having to be blown around.
I spent some time on the brochure today. The pictures Greg sent are great. They are in ‘.tiff’ format and it took me some time to figure out how to stop my cropped photos from turning into a negative image…I sure don’t understand that format, but figured out how to make it do what I want it to do, and not what it wants to do.
How time flies. I saw several news stories on the building on the Berlin Wall last night and today. It’s been 50 years since it appeared, almost overnight. As a pre-teen I remember wondering how a wall could hold back people. Later, we saw the maze that was created. It was two walls with a ‘death strip’ between them. Guard Towers, bricks, wood, barbed wire, razor wire, and trenches. I still remember hearing of East Germans who were shot trying to get over the walls. Maybe I remember it so well because of our German Immigrant neighbors—Hans and Lilo--had relatives on both sides of the wall. Maybe it was the idea that a wall was separating families. Maybe it was the idea that a government would do such a thing. The wall lasted almost 30 years, but from what I read the reunited Germany is doing quite well on fronts.
Our local paper seems to be ignoring the Snow Bowl protests. The internet and Facebook seem to be the only places to find out what is happening. I called the editor, and he is out of town and not checking voice mail until the end of August. The assistant editor is around and I left him a message. A friend told me that paper has said it won’t cover anything until it ‘escalates to the next level.’ Wonder what that is? The next level was not the almost daily arrests of law abiding citizens. One of the Forest Service people was heard saying to an arrestee—‘When are you going to stop playing these games?’ Freedom of speech, the right to demonstrate, protecting your place of worship is not now, nor has it ever been a game of any kind. Ignorance and racism as well as ignoring the Bill of Rights are not now, nor have they ever been ‘games.’
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. Which US state gave its name to a musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein?
2. Who sculpted the statue of liberty?
3. "Honey, I just forgot to duck" were the words of which sportsman?
4. 1994 was the Chinese year of which creature?
5. What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Gibraltar?
6. If it is 9 a.m. in Nevada, what time is it in Utah?
7. In which country is Chernobyl, scene of a nuclear leak when it was still part of the USSR?
8. What was President Herbert Hoover's middle name?
9. Which Bob Dylan album featured Johnny Cash?
10. Which physicist was involved in the development of nuclear weapons in the USSR but became a dissident under Communist rule?
11. Which former Soviet Communist Party newspaper was re-launched as a tabloid in 1996?
12. In NYPD Blue who played Bobby Simone?
13. The hole in the ozone layer formed over which continent?
14. In which decade of the 20th century was the Buffalo nickel first minted?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Number of militias active in the US in 2007 and 2010 respectively: 43 ; 330
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ George Bush was the youngest navy pilot during World War II. He was 18.
¬ Edgar Allen Poe attended West Point Military Academy, but only for a few months. Poe arranged to be court-martialed and put together a list of violations so great that the court would not grant mercy. The secretary of war approved his discharge on Feb. 8, 1831.
¬ Around 1790 Joseph Bramah introduced a patent padlock and posted a bounty of 200 guineas to the first person to pick it. The prize went untouched for 40 years, until finally an American locksmith succeeded after a 16-day battle with the lock.
¬ Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, and Dwight D. Eisenhower were all painters. To Hitler goes a singular honor: his works are the only ones that have been subsequently faked.
¬ American author John Dos Passos was awarded a US patent for one of his inventions. In 1959 he granted a patent for a "toy pistol that blows soap bubbles."
¬ When John F. Kennedy graduated from high school, he was ranked 64th out of a class of 112 students. Even so, his classmates voted him "the most likely to succeed."
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
EASTERN CAPE, South Africa - A South African man thought by his family to have been dead only to wake up in a morgue has been discharged from the hospital, officials say.
The man woke up in an Eastern Cape mortuary Sunday, Primedia Broadcasting EyeWitness News reported. He was brought there by a private undertaker Saturday after his family thought he was dead because they couldn't wake him up. But the mortuary staff heard him screaming Sunday morning. He was found to be dehydrated and taken to a hospital for monitoring. He was released Monday. Health officials are calling for tighter regulation of the funeral industry, saying the undertakers should not have presumed the man was dead.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
A drunken man walked up to a parking meter and puts in some change. The meter goes up to sixty and he says, "Hey, I lost 100 pounds!"
Bonus
Doctor, you were right when you said you’d have me on my feet and walking in no time.
That’s good John; when did you start walking?
When I got your bill doctor, I had to sell my car to pay it.
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
8-14: Exercise With Your Child Week / Sturgis Rally
10-16: Elvis Week
14-20: National Resurrect Romance Week / National Aviation Week
‡ TODAY IS
¬ National Creamsicle Day
¬ National Navajo Code Talkers Day
¬ V-J Day (Victory In Japan: 1945)
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¬ Bahrain: Independence from Britian 1971
¬ China: Festival of Hungry Ghosts (ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm)
¬ Pakistan: Independence Day (1947 from Great Britian)‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.
1846 - Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance
· IN ATHLETICS
1919 - White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game
1920 - Olympic Games open in Antwerp
1932 - 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes
1936 - 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
1947 - Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000
1948 - 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain
1973 - Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Balt Colts
1990 - Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
· IN BUSINESS
1873 - "Field & Stream" begins publishing
1900 - 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht)
1967 - Radio Scotland & Radio Swinging Holland go off the air
· IN EDUCATION
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· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1559 - Tristan de Luna y Arellano has been appointed to establish Spanish settlements on Pensacola Bay by the Spanish Viceroy in Mexico. His expedition of thirteen ships, several priests, 500 soldiers, and 1000 settlers arrive in Pensacola Bay, in Florida. Much of the expedition is killed or starves because of a hurricane which strikes the area a few days later
1806 - Lewis and Clark first reach a Minnetaree and Mandan village
1842 - Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1281 - Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan
1762 - English fleet occupies Havana
1893 - France introduces motor vehicle registration
1900 - 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion
1969 - British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland
1976 - 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
· IN RELIGION
1248 - Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun completed today in 1880
· IN SCIENCE
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· IN US POLITICS
1765 - Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
1862 - Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president
1966 - 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1867 - John Galsworthy, England, author (Forsyte Saga-Nobel 1932)
Gary Larson, cartoonist (Far Side) turns 61
Danielle Steel, NYC, author (Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy) turns 64
· ATHLETES
Earvin "Magic"Johnson NBA Forward (LA Lakers/Olympic-gold-92) turns 52
Julius Jones, American football player turns 30
Mark Loretta, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers) turns 40
Leo Núñez, Dominican baseball player turns 28
Tim Tebow, American football player turns 24
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Catherine Bell actor turns 43
Emmanuelle Beart French actor turns 46
Halle Berry singer, actor turns 45
David Crosby, rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross) turns 70
Antonio Fargas, actor (Huggy Bear-Starsky & Hutch) turns 65
1926 - Alice Ghostley, actress (Bewitched, Designing Women)
Jackee [Harry], actress (Sandra-227) turns 54
Steve Martin actor, comedian turns 66
Susan Saint James, [Miller], actress (McMillian & Wife) turns 65
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1903 - John Ringling North, circus director (Ringling Bros)
1931 - Marylyn Roberts, librarian/founding member (WIC) turns 80
· POLITICIANS
--· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1851 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist
1916 - Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery (U of Glasgow)
1777 - Hans Christian Oersted, DAnish physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law)
‡ Today’s Obits:
1870 - David [James] Glasgow Farragut, admiral, dies of heart attack at 69
1951 - William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies at 88
1784 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter dies at 66
1982 - Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies of heart attack at 60
1999 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player dies at 81
1691 - Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel dies of apoplexy at 61
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. Which US state gave its name to a musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein?
a. Oklahoma
2. Who sculpted the statue of liberty?
a. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
3. "Honey, I just forgot to duck" were the words of which sportsman?
a. Jack Dempsy
4. 1994 was the Chinese year of which creature?
a. Dog
5. What are the international registration letters of a vehicle from Gibraltar?
a. GBZ
6. If it is 9 a.m. in Nevada, what time is it in Utah?
a. 10 a.m.
7. In which country is Chernobyl, scene of a nuclear leak when it was still part of the USSR?
a. Ukraine
8. What was President Herbert Hoover's middle name?
a. Clark
9. Which Bob Dylan album featured Johnny Cash?
a. Nashville Skyline
10. Which physicist was involved in the development of nuclear weapons in the USSR but became a dissident under Communist rule?
a. Andrei Sakharov
11. Which former Soviet Communist Party newspaper was re-launched as a tabloid in 1996?
a. Pravda
12. In NYPD Blue who played Bobby Simone?
a. Jimmy Smits
13. The hole in the ozone layer formed over which continent?
a. Antarctica
14. In which decade of the 20th century was the Buffalo nickel first minted?
a. 1910s
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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.
‡ AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW ‡
