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…TODAY’s “Geez”…
- 1956 - Television is first broadcast in Australia
- 1850 - Great fire in San Francisco
- 1983 - Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America, first non-white
- 1683 - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria
…♪♪HaPpY BiRtHdAy to♪♪…
…Free Rambling Thoughts…
A
good day here in Flagstaff. I ran errands around town. Fall is certainly in the
air. Nights are in the high 30’s and days in the low 60’s. Windows are now
closed at night, opened in the afternoon. Still no furnace necessary.
My
brother’s 60th birthday is in October, and they are celebrating in
Mexico right after the first of the year. So looks like I’ll be headed
over/down there then. Should be a good time. Holy crap…just looked at possible
flights…$700-$1500…anywhere from 7 hours to 26 hours. This will certainly be an
adventure. I guess not a lot of people fly from Phoenix to Merida, Yucatan. One
of the cheaper flights has three stops in Mexico including Mexico City. Gotta
be an easier way. They fly from NYC to either Houston or Miami then to Merida.
None of the Expedia flights use either of those airports…so maybe I’ll fly to
NYC and just go with them. My only thought is that the 26 hr travel time must
include a burro ride or maybe in a bus. The flight to Ethiopia isn’t even
$1500. No matter what I do, I’ll need to
brush up on my HS Spanish. Donde esta el
baño? Me llamo Charlie….I’m in trouble….or maybe I’ll get a tablet that
translates so I can talk to the tablet, let the other person hear it in
Spanish, have them answer in Spanish and hear it in English. Mmmm…if only it
worked that well. With my luck it wouldn’t recognize Yucatan Spanish dialect.
I
am currently watching a beautiful sunset with huge billowing clouds of grey and
pink and white. Very cool to live in Flagstaff.
Interesting
T-Shirt:
…Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of
post)…
1. How long was the
longest filibuster on record, by South Carolina Republican Senator Strom
Thurmond?
2. What was the first
name of the reformer Wilberforce, the composer Walton, and the politician
Gladstone?
3.
What US politician
made claims of communist infiltration in the 1950s?
4.
What politician’s
spouse was found innocent of defrauding US banks in 1990?
5.
What presidential
candidate except for George Washington, to run unopposed?
6. Who was the future
senator that scored the only touchdown for Harvard when they played Yale in
1955?
7. What was the name of
the future politician the led the AFL in passing yards for the 1960s?
8. Who was the only
U.S. Senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?
9. Reports of an affair
with Donna Rice ended the presidential campaign of what Senator?
10.
What has been the
most common name for Popes through the millennium?
11.
Pope Clement VIII
officially recognized a beverage as a Christian drink in an edict issued in
1592. What was that beverage?
12.
Pope John Paul II
succeeded who as Pope?
13.
What was the name of
the Pope with died in 1978 after only 33 days in office?
14.
In the 20th century,
who has been Pope the longest?
… Wuzzles…
What concept or phrase does this
suggest?
…Hmmmmm…
Average
salary difference between a starting NY public school teacher and a first year
private lawyer in 1970: $2,000 (2010 USD-$ $11,103)
Difference
today: $106,000
…Somewhat Useless Information…
When
Bob Hope met Anthony Dominick Benedetto, he told him to change his name to Tony
Bennett. Anthony complied.
Stephen
Foster wrote a song about the Yazoo River, but his brother didn't like the name
Yazoo, claiming it wasn't very musical. Foster changed the name and published
the song as "Swanee River."
When
in the field, Confederate general Stonewall Jackson always carried three books:
the Bible, Webster's dictionary, and Napoleon's Maxims of War.
Robert
Moses, head of several municipal offices in New York City, was responsible for
planning many of the highways, parks, beaches, bridges and tunnels of NYC. He
himself never learned how to drive a car.
Council
Bluff, Iowa, was named for a meeting that took place there in 1804 between
members of the Lewis and Clark expedition and some Otoe Indians.
The
section of Paris known as the Latin Quarter got its name during the Middle Ages
when it was home to crowds of students who spent most of their time debating
various subjects in Latin.
…Yeah, It Really Happened…
Colorado
Springs, CO - A robbery went awry Thursday night at a Colorado Springs liquor
store when a robber waiting outside shot his accomplice, who had been locked
inside the shop by the owner, police said.
The
robber was trying to steal a bottle of liquor and leave, but the owner used a
remote to lock the door of the store near Delta Drive and Hancock Expressway on
the city's southeast side, police said.
The
shoplifter's accomplice shot at the door in an effort to free the trapped
robber, but ended up shooting his friend in the foot, police said.
Police
apprehended the wounded suspect, who was treated at a hospital for a
non-life-threatening injury. The second robber fled.
…Guffaw…or at least smile…
From
a passenger ship, everyone can see a bearded man on a small island who is
shouting and desperately waving his hands.
"Who
is it?" a passenger asks the captain.
"I've
no idea. Every year when we pass, he goes nuts."
…Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
…Daybook Information…
…Happening
This Week:
11-17
Balance
Awareness Week
National Assisted Living Week
12-17
Line
Dance Week
17-23
- Balance Awareness Week
- Constitution Week
- Deaf Awareness Week National Clean Hands Week National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week National Dog Week
- National Love Your Files Week
- National Singles Week
- Pollution Prevention Week
- Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
- Tolkien Week Turn Off Week
- Big Whopper Liar Day
- International Eat An Apple Day
- International Coastal Cleanup Day
- National Apple Dumpling Day
- Responsible Dog Ownership Day
- Saturday Puppy Mill Awareness Day
- VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day
~*~
- Angola: Day of the National Hero
- US: Citizenship Day
…Today’s Events...
IN
ARTS
1931 - 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor,
NYC), venture failed
IN
ATHLETICS
1920
- National Football League
organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join
1939
- Taisto Mäki (Finland) becomes
the first man to run the 10,000 meters in under 30 minutes, in a time of
29:52.6 : current recored 26:17.53 by Ethiopian Kenkenisa Bekele in
2005)
1947 - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year
by Sporting News
1988 - 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
1992
- NFL decides to suspend World
League Football
IN
BUSINESS
1819 - 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
IN
EDUCATION
642 - Arabs conquer Alexandria, library
destroyed
FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1778 - 1st treaty between the US & Indian
tribes signed (Fort Pitt)
IN
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1745 - Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under
Young Pretenders
1900
- Queen Victoria disbands British
parliament
1916
- World War I: Manfred von
Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German
Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France
IN
RELIGION
1562 - Council of Trente takes
ecclesiastical canon
IN
SCIENCE
1789 - William Herschel discovers Mimas,
satellite of Saturn
1975 - Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter
Enterprise (OV-101)
1989 - through 21st] Hurricane Hugo, kills 85
in Charleston SC
IN
US POLITICS
1947
- US Dept of Defense forms
1952 - "I am an American Day" &
"Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day"
1984, 1st black 1986 - US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
…Today’s Birthdays...
ARTISTS: (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1935 - Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest, Electric Kool Aid Acid Test)
ATHLETES
--
ENTERTAINERS
(ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1931 -Anne Bancroft, actor (The
Graduate…)
1938
- Paul Benedict, actor
(Harry-Jeffersons)
Bobby Lee, American comedian; Mad TV turns 39
1928
- Roddy McDowall, actor (Planet of
Apes, Lord Love a Duck)
Dustin Nguyen, actor (Harry-21 Jump Street) turns 49
1948 - John Ritter, actor (Jack-3's Company,
Hearts Afire)
Rita Rudner, comedienne (Funny People) turns 56
ENTREPRENEURS
& EDUCATORS
1900 - John Willard Marriott, American
hotelier
POLITICIAL
FIGURES
1907
- Warren E Burger, Supreme Court
chief justice
1819
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks, (D)
21st US VP; died in office
David H Souter, 107th Supreme Court Justice turns 72
SCIENTISTS
& THEOLOGISTS
--
Today’s Obits:
1984 - Richard Basehart, actor (Rage,
TV-Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), dies several strokes at 70
1823 - Abraham L Breguet, French clock
maker, dies at 76
1868 - Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne leader, killed at Battle of Beecher Island at 33
1652 - Bonaventura Elsevier, book
publisher/merchant, dies at about 69
1899 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American
industrialist dies at 57
1869 - Peter M Roget, England, lexographer
(Roget's Thesaurus), dies at 90
1858 - Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision
Supreme court), dies of TB at 63
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1.
How long was the
longest filibuster on record, by South Carolina Republican senator Strom
Thurmond?
a.
24 hours and 18
minutes
2.
What was the first
name of the reformer Wilberforce, the composer Walton, and the politician
Gladstone?
a.
William
3.
What US politician
made claims of communist infiltration in the 1950s?
a.
Joe McCarthy
4.
What politician’s
spouse was found innocent of defrauding US banks in 1990?
a.
Imelda Marcos
5.
What presidential
candidate except for George Washington, to run unopposed?
a.
James Monroe
6.
Who was the future
senator that scored the only touchdown for Harvard when they played Yale in
1955?
a.
Edward M. Kennedy
7.
What was the name of
the future politician the led the AFL in passing yards for the 1960s?
a.
Jack Kemp
8.
Who was the only
U.S. Senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?
a.
Andrew Jackson
9.
Reports of an affair
with Donna Rice ended the presidential campaign of what Senator?
a.
Senator Gary Hart
10.
What has been the
most common name for Popes through the millennium?
a.
John
11.
Pope Clement VIII
officially recognized a beverage as a Christian drink in an edict issued in
1592. What was that beverage?
a.
Coffee, which had
been introduced to Europe by Arab traders and was considered by many Roman
Catholics to be the wine of infidels
12.
Pope John Paul II
succeeded who as Pope?
a.
John Paul I
13.
What was the name of
the Pope with died in 1978 after only 33 days in office?
a.
John Paul I
14.
In the 20th century,
who has been Pope the longest?
a.
John Paul II
Wuzzle
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] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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