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Today’s “Geez”
1823 - President
James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
1845 - Manifest
Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United
States should aggressively expand into the West
1899 - US &
Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1901 - Gillette
patents 1st disposable razor; begins selling safety razor blades
1932 - "Adv of
Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
1952 - 1st human
birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, CO)
1974 - Cowhide,
rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
2001 - Enron files
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪
Free Rambling Thoughts
What a busy day…SNOW,
SNOW, SNOW. It has snowed on and off most of the day. Only enough sticks to
make a mess. I-40 and I-17 and 89-A were all closed for at least part of the
day due to accidents. I don’t think there were any major injuries. Sounds like
this will continue through the weekend. And our highs will be in the high 20’s
to low 30’s. A winter wonderland has descended on our little town. We may get
up to a foot by the time it’s over.
I posted three videos
and my other blog…the trip one. I still have some more videos to make but my
video editor isn’t working. I’ll get that fixed during this snow storm…I hope.
I emailed everybody who might be interested but if you didn’t get the email…check
out Charlie’s Adventures.
There is a link at the bottom to my slide shows. I have gotten some nice
comments for those who have seen it.
NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers
at the end of post)
Each answer is a pair of homophones, which are
words that sound alike but are spelled differently. You are given two words:
One would precede one of the homophones, the other would follow the other, to
complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example, given the words
"hay" and "jumper," the answer would be "bale" as
in "hay bale" and "bail" as in "bail jumper."
1.
Chow___,
___ attraction:
2.
Twenty
four ___, ___ stick:
3.
Debt
___, ___ wax:
4.
Honeymoon
___, ___ tooth:
5.
Anchors
___, ___ game:
6.
Paper
___, ___ beer:
7.
White
___, ___watchman:
8.
Track___,
___ thermometer:
9.
Marine
___, ___sample:
10. 800lb ___, ___ warfare:
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- You can quickly calculate the number of years it will take for a population to double by dividing the number 72 by the population's growth rate.
Hmmmmm
- Portion of Americans who feel ‘less safe’ since the death of bin Laden: 14
Somewhat Useless Information
- Christmas trees have been sold commercially in the United States since about 1850.
- More than 2,000 trees are usually planted per acre. On an average 1,000-1,500 of these trees will survive.
- Since 1966, the National Christmas Tree Association has given a Christmas tree to the President and first family.
- The first Christmas tree retail lot in the United States was started in 1851 in New York by Mark Carr.
- President Coolidge started the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the White House lawn in 1923.
- Thomas Edison's assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea of electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882.
Yeah, It Really Happened
LUBBOCK, Texas -
Firefighters in Texas said they rescued a man who became stuck in his chimney
after locking his keys inside of his home. Robert Loveless, deputy fire marshal
for the Lubbock Fire Department, said the 22-year-old man, whose name was not released,
attempted to enter his home through the chimney early Monday while his wife and
child waited outside, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Tuesday. The man
became stuck in the flu and his wife called 911 just prior to 1:30 a.m.,
Loveless said. He said firefighters lowered a rope down the chimney and pulled
the man back up to the roof. The deputy chief cautioned against attempting to
enter a home through a chimney. "Even if you would fit down the chimney
flue, getting pass the damper assembly is -- I can't see anybody getting past
that,"
Guffaw…or at least smile
After a quarrel, a wife
said to her husband, "You know, I was a fool when I married you."
And the husband replied,
"Yes, dear, but I was in love and didn't notice it."
~*~Bonus
One day in New York
City, a banker was driving his new Jaguar down the streets. He parked it and
opened the door to get out. Suddenly a taxi went by and ripped the door off.
The driver reported this to a nearby police officer.
The officer saw the
whole thing and said "You bankers are so involved in your possessions. You
didn't even notice that your arm was ripped off as well"
The banker stared at
where his arm used to be and said "OH NO! My new Rolex is gone too!"
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found
Senator Joe McCarthy Response To Censure
Joe Mccarthy speech
Daybook Information
…Happening This Week:
1-7
Cookie Cutter Week
Tolerance Week
Recipe Greetings for The Holidays Week
Today Is
International Day
for the Abolition of Slavery Day
National Fritters
Day
National Mutt Day
Science Fiction Day
Special Education
Day
~*~
Today’s Events
Arts
1867 - In a New York
City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in
the United States
1933 - Fred
Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady", released
1978 - Neil Diamond
& Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
Athletes
1951 - Philadelphia
sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing
1973 - US Air Arena
opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
1981 - Fernando
Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
Business
1816 - 1st savings
bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
1927 - 1st Model A
Fords sold for $385 [US2010 $:
4,791.09]
1941 - Largest
roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
Education
1409 - The
University of Leipzig opens
Indigenous People
1761: No land grants for
Indian lands in British territories now be made without the Crown's approval.
1794: A treaty is
concluded today with the Oneida, Tuscarora, and Stockbridge Indians, at Oneida,
New York. The treaty is a gesture of thanks for the tribes help during the
Revolutionary war. They will receive $5000 [US2010 $63,265.02] for damages suffered during the war. Grist and
saw mills will be built, and salary for their workers will be provided for
three years. They will receive $1000 [US2010 $12,653.00] to build a church. No
further claims will be made by the tribes. The treaty is signed by Thomas
Pickering for the United States, and by 11 Indians.
Politics [International]
1802 - English sell
Suriname to Dutch
1804 - Napoleon
Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris
1961 - Fidel Castro
declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1971 - Abu Dhabi,
Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
Politics [US]
1954 - US Senate
censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate
into dishonor & disrepute"
1970 - Environmental
Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus)
1979 - Crowds attack
US embassy at Tripoli Libya
Religion
1697 - St Paul's
Cathedral opens in London
Science
1929 - 1st skull of
Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
1934 - 5.08-m
(200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
1957 - 1st US large
scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport PA)
1982 - 1st permanent
artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney
Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
Today’s Birthdays
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
--
Athletes
Monica Seles, Novi Sad
Yugoslavia, tennis star (US Open 1992) is 38
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
Steven Bauer, actor is 55
Cathy Lee Crosby, actress
(Coach, That's Incredible) is 67
1922 - Leo V Gordon,
actor (Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War)
Lucy Liu, actor is 43
Britney Spears, singer,
actor is 30
1917 - Ezra Stone,
US, actor/producer (Henry Aldrich)
1914 - Ray Walston, ,
actor (My Favorite Martian)
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1777 - Henry Doeff,
colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)
1863 - Charles
Ringling, American circus owner
Stone Phillips, news
host (NBC Dateline) is 57
Political Figures
1924 - Alexander
Haig Jr, US Sec of State (1981-82)/General
Edwin Meese III, US
attorney General (1985-88) is 80
Scientists & Theologians
1885 - George Minot,
American physician, worked on anemia (Nobel 1934)
Today’s Obits
1986 - Desi Arnaz,
actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies of cancer at 69
1859 - John Brown,
US abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59
1990 - Aaron
Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90
1990 - Robert
Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
1982 - Marty
Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies of heart attack at 49
1814 - Marquis de
Sade, writer, dies at 74
1993 - Pablo Escobar
Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44
1981 - Wallace
K[irkman] Harrison, US architect (UN), dies at 86
2008 - Odetta,
American singer ("Glory Halleluja") dies at 78
1694 - Pierre Paul
Puget, French artist dies at 72
1936 - John
Ringling, American circus owner dies with $311 in bank at 70
1995 - Roxie Roker,
actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies of breast cancer at 66
1963 - Sabu Sabu,
actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
1967 - Francis J
"Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78
2009 - Eric
Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) dies of
cancer at 64
Answers
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Chow___,
___ attraction: mein, main
2.
Twenty
four ___, ___ stick: carat, carrot
3.
Debt
___, ___ wax: ceiling, sealing
4.
Honeymoon
___, ___ tooth: suite, sweet
5.
Anchors
___, ___ game: aweigh, away
6.
Paper
___, ___ beer: route root
7.
White
___, ___watchman: knight, night
8.
Track___,
___ thermometer: meet, meat
9.
Marine
___, ___sample: corps, core
10. 800lb ___, ___ warfare: gorilla, guerilla
Wuzzle
Just below average
Slanted opinion
Tyrants
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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