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TODAY’s “Geez”
1716 - 1st US lighthouse built (Boston)
1899 - Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated milk
1901 - Pres William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY
1939 - South Africa declares war on Nazi-Germany
1954 - US plane shot down above Siberia
1963 - Historian Lee Allen says Indians-Senators game is 100,000th in history
1972 - Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre
1991 - The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed Leningrad in 1924
Free Rambling Thoughts…
What a cool day in Flagstaff. Warm and nice in the morning, nice afternoon gentle showers, evening has more showers. We need the moisture, and a great way to end Labor Day.
My friend Martha has received word that her second book is about to be published. It is a biography of her search for her biological parents. More when it is available. Right now, I’m just getting her website ready. I’ve got a few ideas, but need to let them play out a little before I show them to anyone. She is getting excited about it all, and that excitement is contagious.
It is a little scary as I have two projects going at the same time…the brochure for Greg and the web site for Martha. I’m supposed to be retired. Then on Saturday I got a jury summons for 90 days starting October 1st. I really don’t mind doing jury duty, but will have to let them know I will be out of the country during part of that time. Not real sure how they will deal with that. I sent the form in before I knew the final dates of my trip, so we’ll see what happens. If I get called while in Ethiopia, maybe they will do a video link…LOL.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. What was the first city to be leveled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb?
2. What high-level computer language was named after a French mathematician and philosopher?
3. What Mercury astronaut had a pulse rate of 170 at lift-off-John Glenn, Alan Shepard or Gus Grissom?
4. What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1176?
5. What creature proved to be much faster than a horse in a 1927 race in Sydney, Australia?
6. What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?
7. What organ of a buffalo did Plains Indians use to make yellow paint?
8. What optical aids was nearsighted model Grace Robin the first to show off in 1930?
9. What creature's fossilized leg bone did John Horner discover red blood cells in, in 1993?
10. What sticky sweetener was traditionally used as an antiseptic ointment for cuts and burns?
11. What computer was introduced in 1984 Super Bowl ads?
12. What male body part did Mademoiselle magazine find to be the favorite of most women?
13. What planet is named after the Greek god who personified the sky?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
Chances that a US job created last year was in a low wage industy: 1 in 2
Somewhat Useless Information…
- Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, a Carpenters and Joiners Union secretary, was the first to propose a day to honor workers. However, others believe that it was Matthew Maguire, a machinist in Paterson, N.J., who proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.
- Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday of September every year since President Grover Cleveland declared that day Labor Day in 1894.
- In many countries, Labor Day is celebrated as May Day or International Workers Day (May 1), which was originally spawned by Europe's proletariat movement.
- The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take was outlined in the first proposal of the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.
- Oregon was the first, then Colorado, New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey followed as the first states to declare Labor Day a state holiday.
- The first Labor Day celebration in the United States can be traced to New York City's Union Square on Sept. 5, 1882. It was designed as a way to appease city workers after numerous strikes and in some cases even violence.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
BUCHAREST, Romania — There was no sign of Dracula, but students in Transylvania did get a visit from dozens of bats that flapped through their classroom.
The students at Csiky Gergely high school in the western Romanian city of Arad were about to take an exam Friday morning when they found bats flying around the room. Others appeared to be sleeping with their wings spread out on the floor.
School official Mirela Aldescu told Romanian daily Adevarul that the creatures had probably flown in overnight through open windows. She says that rather than disturb them they took the exam in another classroom.
Transylvania was home to Vlad the Impaler, the 15th-century ruler who inspired Bram Stoker's "Dracula," which has spawned dozens of movies and superstition about garlic, holy water — and vampire bats.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
A panda bear walks into a bar and orders a sandwich. The waiter brings him the sandwich. The panda bear eats it, pulls out a pistol, kills the waiter, and gets up and starts to walk out.
The bartender yells for him to stop. The panda bear asks, "What do you want?"
The bartender replies, "First you come in here, order food, kill my waiter, then try to go without paying for your food."
The panda bear turns around and says, "Hey! I'm a Panda. Look it up!"
The bartender goes into the back room and looks up panda bear in the encyclopedia, which read: "Panda: a bear-like marsupial originating in Asian regions. Known largely for it's stark black and white coloring. Eats shoots and leaves."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
1-7
Self-University Week
1-10 International Enthusiasm Week
4-10 National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week:
National Waffle Week Suicide Prevention Week6-10
National Payroll Week:
Play Days TODAY IS
- Another Look Unlimited Day: encourages you to take another look through what you’re getting rid of to identify things which could be donated to charity, given to friends, or recycled in another way
- Fight Procrastination Day
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- Bulgaria: Unification Day (Eastern Rumelia and Bulgaria in 1885)
- Pakistan: Defense of Pakistan Day (its military and people stood united in 1965 in defense of Pakistan against invasion from India) Swaziland: Independence Day (1968 for UK)
Today’s Events:
IN ARTS
1984 - Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow
IN ATHLETICS
1975 - Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum in New York City during the US Open
1995 - Cal Ripken Jr breaks Gehrig's record, plays in 2,131 straight games
IN BUSINESS
1819 - Thomas Blanchard patents lathe
1869 - 1st westbound train arrives in SF
IN EDUCATION
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FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1839 - Cherokee Nation forms
IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1622 - Spanish silver fleet disappears off Florida Keys; 1,000s die
1715 - Pro-James III-uprising in Scotland
1886 - Queen Victoria establishes Distinguished Service Order (DSO) award
1938 - Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen
1948 - Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands
1970 - Palestinians seize 3 jetliners
1997 - Princess Diana's funeral
IN RELIGION
1986 - Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed
IN SCIENCE
1913 - 1st aircraft to loop the loop (Adolphe Pégoud-France)
IN US POLITICS
1628 - Puritans land at Salem, from Mass Bay Colony, witches soon to settle
1866 - Frederick Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention
ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1805 - Horatio Greenough, US, neo-classical sculptor/writer (Form & Function)
ATHLETES
Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player turns 33
1907 - John A Kelly, US marathon runner (Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991)
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1881 - Leo Carrillo, actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid)
Jane Curtin, actor, comedienne turns 64
Jeff Foxworthy, comedian turns 53
Swoosie Kurtz, actor turns 67
Rosie Perez, actor turns 47
Jo Anne Worley, comedienne turns 74
ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1860 - Jane Addams, US, pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931)
Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist turns 49
POLITICIANS
1757 - Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionarySCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1711 - Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church
Today’s Obits:
1981 - Christy Brown, Irish author (My Left Foot) dies of cerebral palsy at 49
1903 - Charles Ammi Cutter, US bibliographer, dies at 66
1990 - Tom Fogerty, rocker (Creedence Clearwater), dies of tuberculosis at 48
1948 - Gerrit H Kersten, vicar/founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66
1987 - Quinn Martin, American television producer with at least one show on for record 21 straight years dies of heart failure at 65
2008 - Anita Page, silent film vixen, last living attendee of the 1st Annual Academy Awards, dies at 98
2007 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor dies of pancreatic cancer at 72
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. What was the first city to be leveled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb?
a. Nagasaki
2. What high-level computer language was named after a French mathematician and philosopher?
a. PASCAL—originally used for Gaming and early Apple computers
3. What Mercury astronaut had a pulse rate of 170 at lift-off-John Glenn, Alan Shepard or Gus Grissom?
a. Gus Grissom
4. What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1176?
a. A submarine
5. What creature proved to be much faster than a horse in a 1927 race in Sydney, Australia?
a. The Kangaroo
6. What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?
a. Uranium
7. What organ of a buffalo did Plains Indians use to make yellow paint?
a. The gallbladder
8. What optical aids was nearsighted model Grace Robin the first to show off in 1930?
a. Contact lenses
9. What creature's fossilized leg bone did John Horner discover red blood cells in, in 1993?
a. A tyrannosaurus rex's
10. What sticky sweetener was traditionally used as an antiseptic ointment for cuts and burns?
a. Honey
11. What computer was introduced in 1984 Super Bowl ads?
a. The Macintosh
12. What male body part did Mademoiselle magazine find to be the favorite of most women?
a. Eyes
13. What planet is named after the Greek god who personified the sky?
a. Uranus
Close Up Picture
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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