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TODAY’s “Geez”
1963 - CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1965 - Jerry Lewis' 1st Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York
1993 - Day of Peace in South Africa
Free Rambling Thoughts…
We had lunch downtown today. A great patio on Beaver Street. Good food, good conversation. Mary had lots of pictures of her mom’s 99th birthday. Cheryl is heading out to CA to get a grandkid fix before they start school. Mary also had a great reunion with the Gonzaga group that she went to Italy with….as a sophomore in college. Back in those days it only cost an extra S500 to do the Italy semester. Today, Gonzaga is $45K for tuition/semester. I checked it out and NAU is now about $4300 for tuition/semester. Times have really changed. Sure glad I’m not trying to put kids through college.
The call-in talk show was good today. Greg did a great job talking about the Sandra. I was the first caller after he finished. I got to put in a couple of good comments and answer some questions. Two people from the June trip also called in later. The moderators seemed impressed about the history, Greg, and of course the callers—LOL. Glad he was able to tell the history and restoration. Turns out the show is also on the internet, so who knows who was listening. Lots of good free publicity for oar trips from Canyoneers.
The County Fair is this weekend. Cheryl and Mary are going tomorrow. I think I’ll wait until Saturday so I can see the bagpipers play on the main stage. It’s a nice fair, but not one I could spend two different days walking around. I may change my mind tomorrow morning but doubt it.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. What is Oprah Winfrey's real name?
2. What star sign is "Gladys Knight?
3. Discovered in the 30s, Jonker and President Vargas were types of what?
4. Where were murdering sisters Delfina & Maria de Jesus Gonzales from?
5. Who has been Pope the longest in the 20th century?
6. How was film director Emil Anton Bundmann better known?
7. Who directed the classic movie High Noon?
8. Which Pope died in 1978 after a mere 33 days in office?
9. The Sicilian Specialist by Norman Lewis is a thinly disguised fictional account of which assassination plot?
10. In which state is Temple University?
11. Which astronaut said, "Four days vacation and see the world?"
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
Estimated number of ‘behavior-detection officers’ employed by the Transportatoin Security Administraton: 2800
Somewhat Useless Information…
In 1889, the first public coin telephone was installed by inventor William Gray at a bank in Hartford, Conn. It was a "postpay" machine (coins were deposited after the call was placed). Gray's previous claim to fame was inventing the inflatable chest protector for baseball.
In 1898, the Western Electric No. 5 Coin Collector, the first automatic "prepay" station, went into use in Chicago. The depositing of coins before placing a call would gradually become the norm in pay phones until the introduction of "dial tone first" service in 1966.
In 1905, the first outdoor Bell System coin telephone was installed on a Cincinnati street. At first, people were reluctant about using it to make private calls in a public area.
In 1964, when the U.S. Treasury Department decided to change the metallic composition of U.S. coins, it consulted with Bell Laboratories to ensure the new coins would still function properly in pay phones.
"Dial tone first" service was introduced in 1966 in Hartford, Conn. This essentially turned coin phones into emergency call stations because such calls could be made without first depositing coins.
In 1977, "automatic coin telephone service" was introduced in Phoenix, Ariz. This allowed most pay telephone calls, including long-distance, to be made without operator assistance. A computer-controlled synthesized voice gave customers the necessary instructions.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
CALOUNDRA, Australia - An Australian man says he accidentally threw out $50,000 worth of his wife's gold jewelry recently in an attempt to fool any would-be robbers.
The Queensland man -- who gave only his first name, Geoffrey -- hid the family's gold collection in garbage bags after his GPS navigation system and keys were recently stolen, The Courier-Mail in Brisbane reported in its Tuesday edition.
"I had this great idea to split the gold into three rubbish bags so if the thieves did come in they're not going to find it," Geoffrey said.
The valuable trash bags, however, ended up in the local landfill last week when the man's children cleaned house in anticipation of an upcoming move. The Sunshine Coast Regional Council said that while it sympathizes with the family's loss, searching the landfill, which takes in about 1,400 tons of waste each week, would be next to impossible.
"To locate the lost items, this decaying compacted waste would need to be systemically excavated and sorted mechanically by the contractor," a council spokesman said.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
A Charlotte, North Carolina man, having purchased a case of rare, very expensive cigars, insured them against .... get this .... fire.
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of fabulous cigars, and having yet to make a single premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated that he had lost the cigars in "a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in a normal fashion.
The man sued ... and won!! In delivering his ruling, the judge stated that since the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable, and also guaranteed that it would insure the cigars against fire, without defining what it considered to be "unacceptable fire," it was obligated to compensate the insured for his loss. Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the judge's ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in "the fires."
After the man cashed his check, however, the insurance company had him arrested... on 24 counts of arson! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used as evidence against him, the man was convicted of intentionally burning the rare cigars and sentenced to 24 consecutive one year terms.
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
1-7
Self-University Week
1-10
International Enthusiasm Week
TODAY IS
- Bison-ten Yell Day: Honoring the “bicentennial” of the birth of Bison-Ten-Yell, imaginary inventor of a set of 10 battle yells as signals, based on the traditional memory aid system eventually adopted by football players.
- National Beheading Day
- National Lazy Mom's Day
- V-J Day II: signing of the surrender document
- Vietnam: Independence Day (1945 from France)
Today’s Events:
IN ARTS
IN ATHLETICS
1919 - National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series
1965 - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR
IN BUSINESS
1666 - Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1897 - McCall-magazine 1st published
IN EDUCATION
1963 - Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1779 - General John Sullivan, and his force of 4,500 men continue their attacks on Indians in New York who he suspects are British Allies. His forces level Catherine's Town
1862 - Santee Sioux engage in another fight in the Minnesota Uprising. Called the "Birch Coulee Battle," it happens three miles north of Morton, Minnesota. The Minnesota forces are led by Major Joseph Brown. TheSioux are led by Big Eagle, Mankato, and Red Legs. The army has been on a burial detail. At dawn, the Sioux attack. The soldiers lose thirteen killed and forty-seven wounded
IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1743 - England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms
1752 - Last Julian calender day in US & England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1792 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers
IN RELIGION
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IN SCIENCE
1859 - Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
IN US POLITICS
1789 - US Treasury Department established by Congress
1885 - In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town
1937 - US Housing Authority created by National Housing Act
1958 - U.S. Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a mission. All crew lost.
ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1917 - Cleveland Amory, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)
1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly )
ATHLETES
Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX) turns 63
Jimmy Connors, tennis (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82) turns 59
Lennox Lewis, London England, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ) turns 46
1850 - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company
Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner turns 74
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Rosalind Ashford, rock vocalist (Martha Reeve & Vandellas) turns 68
Robert Lee Dickey (James of James & Bobby Purify), US singer (I'm Your Puppet ) turns 72
Mark Harmon, actor (Dr Caldwell-St Elsewhere, NCIS) turns 60
Salma Hayek, actress (Desparado) turns 43
Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed) turns 47
Joe Simon, US singer (Power of Love) turns 68
ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1810 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian
Robert Shapiro, lawyer turns 69
POLITICIANS
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SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits:
2005 - Bob Denver, American actor (Gilligan’s Island) dies of throat cancer at 70
1768 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician dies at 65
2001 - Troy Donahue, American actor dies of heart attack at 65
2006 - Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman dies at 76
1973 - John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81
1962 - William Wilkerson, Founder of the Hollywood Reporter, The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas and nightclubs such as Ciro's dies of heart attack at 72
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. What is Oprah Winfrey's real name?
a. Oprah Winfrey
2. What star sign is Gladys Knight?
a. Gemini
3. Discovered in the 30s, Jonker and President Vargas were types of what?
a. Diamonds
4. Where were murdering sisters Delfina & Maria de Jesus Gonzales from?
a. Mexico—killing about 90 prostitutes and johns in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s
5. Who has been Pope the longest in the 20th century?
a. John Paul II: 26 years, 5 months and 18 days(#2)…longest reigning: Pius IX (1846–1878): 31 years, 7 months and 23 days
6. How was film director Emil Anton Bundmann better known?
a. Anthony Mann directed over 30 flims including: El Cid (1961) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
7. Who directed the classic movie High Noon?
a. Fred Zinnemann
8. Which Pope died in 1978 after a mere 33 days in office?
a. John Paul I: for 33 calendar days (#10): shortest: Urban VII (15–27 September 1590): reigned for 13 calendar days, died before coronation
9. The Sicilian Specialist by Norman Lewis is a thinly disguised fictional account of which assassination plot?
a. J F Kennedy
10. In which state is Temple University?
a. Pennsylvania
11. Which astronaut said, "Four days vacation and see the world?"
a. Jim Lovell (Gemini 4, 7, 10, 12: Apollo 8, 13)
Close Up Picture
Hoist
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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