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Today’s “Geez“
- 1098 - 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria
- 1792 - In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
- 1911 - Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India
- 1948 - Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali Massacre - 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
- 1963 - Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped
- 1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
- 1973 - San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC)
- 1997 - Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
- 2000 - The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
♪♪ Happy Birthday
To:♪♪
Free Rambling
Thoughts
Cards and Broncos both
win…amazing. I got to watch the Cards game, but living in AZ, no Denver game on
TV. A win is a win…no matter how it is achieved.
The news about our
weather is exciting…a foot of snow in the next few days. I guess I’m ready. I
have plenty to do at home, and don’t have to do a lot of shopping for the
holidays…so bring it on.
NPR Sunday
Puzzle (answers
at the end of post)
You are given an
item in an unnamed category and must name something else in the category. The
answer must start with the first two letters in the clue, only reversed. For
example, given "orchid," the answer would be "rose" (the
category being flowers).
1.
Angola:
2.
Royals:
3.
Zechariah:
4.
Macbeth:
Wuzzles What concept or
phrase do these suggest?
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
- Three out of five people hang up on answering machines.
Hmmmmm
Amount FEMA is demanding
from natural disaster claiments to whom it mistakenly gave funding: $21,908,141
Somewhat Useless Information
- The author of the Book of Revelation calls himself "John". He gives his account of a vision describing the end of the world.
- With only 13 verses, 2 John is the shortest book in the New Testament, or the Bible for that matter.
- Paul was shipwrecked on the island of Malta.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -
Police in Florida said they were searching for a man who wore a Chewbacca mask
when he and a pair of young men were involved in a shooting. West Palm Beach
Police said they responded to a report of a shooting Nov. 30 and a woman who
witnessed the incident said the Chewbacca-masked shooter was driving a car with
two men -- later identified as Jodeci Lamar Window, 19, and Mario Johnson, 21
-- when they pulled up to a home and began shooting at Kyle Roney, the South
Florida Sun Sentinel reported Thursday. The witness said Roney, who was on the
front stairs of a home and was not injured, is suspected by a local gang of
being involved in a drug theft. Police said Roney did not cooperate with the
investigation. The woman said the shooters drove off when a man she identified
as "Saint" returned fire. The witness picked Window and Johnson, who
were not masked, out of a photo lineup. They were arrested and charged with
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
A Laff or at
least smile
One friend to another,
“My new horse is very well-mannered.”
“That’s nice.”
“Yes, isn’t it? Every time we come to a jump
he stops and lets me go first!”
Bonus:
A man mentioned to his
landlord about the tenants in the apartment over his.
“Many a night they stamp
on the floor and shout till midnight.”
When the landlord asked
if it bothered him, he replied, “Not really, for I usually stay up and practice
my trumpet till about that time most every night anyway.”
Found on YouTube
Speech from "Brian's Song"
Daybook
Information
…Happening This Week:
6-12
- National Handwashing Awareness Week
- Human Rights Week
- Ding A Ling Day
- Gingerbread House Day
- Poinsettia Day
- Kenya: Independence Day [1963 form UK—Br. East Africa]
Today’s Events
Arts
1900 - National
Negro Anthem,"Lift Every Voice & Sing" , composed
1913 - "Mona
Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
Athletes
1930 - Baseball
changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1965 - Gale Sayers
of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
1976 - QB Joe Namath
last game as a NY Jet
1987 - Mookie
Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
1992 - NY Giants
lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
Business
1878 - Joseph
Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"
1946 - Tide
detergent introduced
Education
1913 - Hebrew
language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
Indigenous People
1729 – The Yazoo will
attack French Fort St. Pierre in southern Louisiana. The Yazoo have joined the
Natchez in their fight against the French. They will kill all 17 of the
soldiers at the fort. They give the women and children to the Chickasaw as
slaves.
Politics [International]
1822 - Mexico
officially recognized as an independent nation by US
1858 - 1st Canadian
coins circulated (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent & 20 cent)
1946 - UN accepts 6
Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
1959 - UN Committee
on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established
1988 - PLO leader
Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
Politics [US]
1787 - Pennsylvania
becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution
1800 - Washington DC
established as capital of US
1906 - Oscar Straus,
1st Jewish gov’t member, appointed Sec of Commerce
Religion
1917 - Rev Edward
Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb
Science
1953 - Chuck Yeager
reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
Today’s Birthdays
Artists: [Authors,
Composers]
1821 - Gustave
Flaubert, French novelist (Madame Bovary)
Athletes
Orlando Brown, NFL
tackle (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens) is 41
Entertainers [Actors,
Singers…]
Bob Barker, game show
emcee (Price is Right) is 88
1913 - Hal
Dickinson, singer (Modernaires-- Chattanooga Choo-Choo )
1893 - Edward
G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romanian/US actor (10 Commandments)
1915 - Frank
Sinatra, vocalist/actor (old blue eyes)
Entrepreneurs &
Educators
1859 - Edward
Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
1805 - Henry
Wells, founder (American Express Co & Wells Fargo & Co)
Political Figures
1745 - John
Jay, diplomat/governor (NY)
1924 - Edward
I Koch, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court) is 87
Scientists &
Theologians
--
Today’s Obits
1968 - Tallulah
Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65
2006 - Peter Boyle,
American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond) dies of heart disease at 71
1889 - Robert
Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77
1976 - Jack
Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She), dies in fire at 49
1600 - John
Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies at 85
1939 - Douglas
Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, Robin Hood), dies of heart attack at 56
2008 - Van Johnson,
American actor dies at 92
1985 - Ian Stewart,
Scottish musician, co-founder of Rolling Stones dies of heart attack at 47
2007 - Ike
Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner dies at 76
1998 - Mo Udall,
American politician dies at 76
Answers
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Angola:
Namibia (African countries)
2.
Royals:
Orioles (Baseball Teams)
3.
Zechariah:
Ezekiel or Ezra (Books of Old Testament)
4.
Macbeth:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare plays)
Wuzzle
A cut above the rest
America needs me
No two ways about it
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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