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TODAY’s “Geez”
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1965
- 60 year old Satchel Paige of KC
A's pitches 3 scoreless innings
1639 - 1st printing press in America
1926
- Henry Ford announces 8 hour,
5-day work week
1513 - Vasco Nunez de Balboa is 1st
European to see Pacific Ocean
1867 - Congress creates 1st all-black
university, Howard U in Wash DC
♪♪ HaPpY BiRtHdAy to♪♪
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Free Rambling Thoughts
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A
nice day here in Flag. I usually don’t go cruising during the weekend…too many
tourists on the main roads. Got a call from a Hopi friend, inviting me to
Heritage Square for some Hopi dancing. Over
the past few years, the Hopi Tribe has bought up quite a bit of commercial
property here in Flagstaff. I think it’s up to three strip malls and Heritage
Square. Heritage Square is a meeting place, right in the middle of our small
downtown. The dancers were good and the people watching seemed to enjoy them.
Here is what I find odd: The Hopi are now major players in commercial property
here in Flagstaff. The Hopi Tribe has requested several times that the Peaks
not have artificial snow. Many in our little town refuse to listen to their
requests. The townsfolk and tourist enjoy the Hopi Social Dances, but don’t see
the Hopi as business people. Most people don’t even know that the Hopi tribe
owns so much property in Flagstaff. So many will continue to enjoy the social
dances and will be shocked when, and if, the Hopi use their business community
power in Flag.
It’s
less than a month until I head for Ethiopia. I keep watching the news and
continue to hop that things remain calm in that part of Africa. Time to start
laying out stuff I will need. Probably need to start taking some long, long
walks to get ready. A big adventure awaits me in the land of the burnt face
people.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at
the end of post) .
1.
What nationality was
Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone?
2.
At the 1893 Chicago
World's Fair, what kitchen invention took the top prize?
3.
In 1934 who invented
a car that could carry eleven passengers, got 30 miles per gallon, and could do
over 120 mph?
4.
A gibus would be
worn on what part of the body?
5.
How often did Thomas
Edison think he should come up with a new invention?
6.
What invention is
Robert Oppenheimer remembered for?
7.
Pocket size radios
were made possible by what invention developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories
in 1947?
8.
In which century was
the shoe lace invented?
9.
What was invented by
the Sumerians in 3500 B.C.?
10.
What was it that
Edwin Budding invented that changed the face of English landscapes in the
1820s?
11.
Who invented the
revolving door to keep cold air out of buildings in winter?
12.
What is Louis
Armstrong credited with inventing?
13.
Thomas Edison
announced the invention of the electric battery in what year?
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase does this suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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Days after
the hurricane that the White House authorized sending federal troops into New
Orleans: 4 Days after Hurricane Katrina hit that Cheney’s
office ordered an electric company to restore power to two oil pipelines: 1
Months
before September 11, 2001, that Cheney’s Energy Task Force
investigated Iraq’s oil resources: 6
Somewhat Useless
Information
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Mercury
& Venus are the only planets in our solar system without moons. Saturn has
the most moons, with more than twenty.
The
planets make up only 0.135 % of the mass in our solar system. The Sun
dominates, accounting for 99.86 % of the entire solar system's mass.
There
are many theories about the birth of our solar system. The Tidal Theory (or
Chamberlain-Moulton Theory) suggests that a passing star pulled dust and debris
from the forming Sun, leaving a string of debris that eventually formed the
planets.
Yeah, It Really Happened
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NEW
YORK - The owner of the narrowest house in New York, measuring only 9
1/2-feet-wide, is listing the property for rent for $14,000 a month.
The
Greenwich Village house, which was renovated after it was purchased for $2.175
million in 2010 and is now worth an estimated $4.3 million, was formerly home
to celebrities including Cary Grant, Margaret Mead, Edna St. Vincent Millay and
John Barrymore, the New York Daily News reported Wednesday, The 990-square-foot
house includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms and four fireplaces. There is also
a backyard garden shared with two neighboring townhouses.
Guffaw…or at least smile .
Frank
was madly in love with Susan, but couldn’t get up enough courage to pop the
question face to face. Finally he decided to ask her on the telephone.
“Darling! He blurted out, “Will you marry me?”
“Of course, I will, you silly boy,” she
replied, “Who’s speaking?”
Searchin’ “You Tube” I
found
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Daybook Information
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…Happening
This Week:
24-10/1
Banned
Books Week
Fall Astronomy Week
National
Chimney Safety Week
National Keep Kids Creative Week
TODAY IS
.
Gold
Star Mother's Day: Mothers who have lost sons or daughters in war
National
Comic Book Day
National
Museum Day
National
One-Hit Wonder Day
World
Ataxia Awareness Day: gross lack of
coordination of muscle movements
~*~
Rwanda:
Republic Day (1949)
Today’s Events
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ARTS
1979 - "Evita" opens at Broadway
Theater NYC for 1568 performances
ATHLETICS
1908 - Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher
to throw doubleheader shutout
1934
- Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th
consecutive game
1962
- Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson
in 1st round for heavyweight title
1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic
record 100m in 10.54s
BUSINESS
1690 - Publick Occurrences, 1st US (Boston)
newspaper, publish 1st & last edition
EDUCATION
--
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1714 - The five Iroquois Nations send the Governor
of New York, a letter. They tell the Governor, that the Tuscaroras join the
Iroquois Confederacy. Long ago, they had moved away. Now, they return.
1793 - Near Knoxville, Tennessee, a group of around
300 Chickamaugas, including Captain Bench, Doublehead and John Watts, attack
Alexander Cavett's fort. Cavett, and three other men are guarding ten women and
children. After a few Chickamaugas are killed, John Watts calls for a parley.
He promises not to kill the settlers, if they surrender. Finding their
situation hopeless, the settlers give up and open the fort. Against the wishes
of Bench and Watts, Doublehead kills all of the settlers except one boy saved
by Watts. The boy meets his own death a few days later by another angry Indian.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1829 - Failed assassination attempt on Simon
Bolívar
1990
- Saddam Hussein warns that US
will repeat Vietnam experience
1996 - The last of the Magdalene Asylums
closes in Ireland (since 1797 for ‘fallen’ Protestant women)
RELIGION
1962 - Black church is destroyed by fire in
Macon Georgia
SCIENCE
2008 - China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou
7.
US POLITICS
1775 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan
Allen captured
1789 - Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of
12 will ratify: not approved: No law, varying the compensation for the services
of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of
Representatives shall have intervened—now 27th amendment and there
shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand)
1890 - Congress establishes Yosemite National
Park
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed
by a stroke
1981
- Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as
1st female Supreme Court justice
Today’s Birthdays
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ARTISTS: (AUTHORS,
COMPOSERS,…)
1897
- William Faulkner, author (Sound
& Fury-Nobel 1949)
1879
- Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer
and labor leader, Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar
1930
- Shel Silverstein, American
humorist and author
ATHLETES
Scottie Pippen, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls) turns 46
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Michael Douglas, actor tuns 67
Mark Hamill, actor, producer, writer turns 60
Catherine Zeta Jones, Welsh actress (Christopher
Columbus) turns 42
Heather Locklear, actor turns 50
1926 - Aldo Ray, actor (God's Little Acre,
Green Beret)
Will Smith, actor, rapper, director turns 43
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1764 - Fletcher Christian, English Bounty
mutineer
Cheryl Tiegs, model (Sports Illustrated) turns 64
Barbara Walters, newscaster (Today, 20/20, ABC-TV) turns
80
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1738 - Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits
.
2005 - Don Adams, American actor and comedian dies
at 82
1987
- Mary Astor, actress (Cynthia,
Meet Me in St Louis, Fiesta), dies at 81
1991 - Klaus Barbie, Gestapo chief of Lyon,
dies of cancer at 77
1988 - Billy Carter, Pres Carter's brother
Billy, dies of cancer at 51
1984 - Walter Pidgeon, actor (Forbidden
Planet, Mrs Miniver), dies at 87
1960 - Emily Post, etiquette expert, dies at
86
ANSWERS
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Trivia Quiz
1.
What nationality was
Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone?
a.
Belgian
2.
At the 1893 Chicago
World's Fair, what kitchen invention took the top prize?
a.
The Dishwasher
3.
In 1934 who invented
a car that could carry eleven passengers, got 30 miles per gallon, and could do
over 120 mph?
a.
Buckminster Fuller
4.
A gibus would be
worn on what part of the body?
a.
On his head - It is
an opera hat named for its inventor, Antoine Gibus. It was a collapsible hat.
5.
How often did Thomas
Edison think he should come up with a new invention?
a.
A minor invention
every 10 days and a big think every six months or so.
6.
What invention is
Robert Oppenheimer remembered for?
a.
Atomic Bomb
7.
Pocket size radios
were made possible by what invention developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories
in 1947?
a.
Transistor
8.
In which century was
the shoe lace invented?
a.
The eighteenth
century
9.
What was invented by
the Sumerians in 3500 B.C.?
a.
The plow
10.
What was it that
Edwin Budding invented that changed the face of English landscapes in the
1820s?
a.
The lawn mower
11.
Who invented the
revolving door to keep cold air out of buildings in winter?
a.
Theophilus Van
Kannel
12.
What is Louis
Armstrong credited with inventing?
13.
Thomas Edison
announced the invention of the electric battery in what year?
a.
1902
Wuzzle
Repairs
All out of balloons
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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