Feb 6

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1820 - 1st organized emigration of blacks back to Africa (NY to Sierra Leone)

1832 - 1st appearance of cholera at Edinburgh, Scotland

1899 - Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate

1932 - 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport)

1933 - 20th Amendment goes into effect: Pres term begins in Jan not March

1935 - "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time

♪Happy Birthday To: ♪                     

 

Free Rambling Thoughts   

A great Super Bowl Sunday…I’m doing this before the Super Bowl, so I can enjoy the game.  Everything is ready. Hope you all enjoyed the game.

Game   Center   (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game

 NPR Sunday Puzzle

A "dactyl" is a metrical foot in three syllables, accented on the first syllable, like "Anderson." Every answer is the name of a famous person whose full name is a double dactyl, like "Pamela Anderson."

1.     BH: President between Cleveland’s two terms:

2.     AL: Star of Murder she wrote:

3.     CA: Jazz  saxophonist:

4.     ED: A comedienne with her own talk show:

5.     PB: Director of ‘Last Picture Show:

6.     GS: Co-anchor of Good Morning America:

7.     LO: Noted Shakespearean Actor:

8.     LB: Classical composer:

9.     SR: Russian Composer:

10.  AK: Heroine of Tolstoy novel:

11.  SRR: middleweight boxer:

Wuzzles  What concept or phrase do these suggest?

Lifestyle  Substance     

AZ Centennial – Feb 14:  Did you know?…

How did Bullhead City, AZ get its name?

Hardyville would be resurrected as Bullhead City with the construction of Davis Dam between 1942 and 1953. The dam was originally called Bullhead Dam after Bull's Head Rock, a well-known landmark along the Colorado River. Bullhead City became the headquarters for the construction project.

How did Flagstaff, AZ get its name?

In 1855, Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale surveyed a road from the Rio Grande in New Mexico to Fort Tejon in California, and camped near the current location of Flagstaff. The lieutenant had his men cut the limbs from a straight Ponderosa Pine tree in order to fly the United States flag.

Daffynitions: :-)

HANGING — A suspended sentenceLIGHTHEADED — Halo effect

Found on You Tube         

Beach Boys - I Get Around
Beach Boys - Surfin' USA

Beach Boys - Barbara Ann

Harper’s Index         

Average lag, in months, between economic recovery and employment recover after the nine previous recessions: 10

Joke-of-the-day

His pediatrician asked six-year-old Johnny, who watched a good many TV, adds, just to make conversation. Johnny, if you found a couple of dollars and had to spend them, what would you buy?” 

“A box of Tampax,” he replied without hesitation. 

“Tampax?” said the doctor. “What would you do with that?” 

“Well,” said Johnny, “I do not know exactly, but it’s sure worth two dollars. With tampax, it says on TV, you can go swimming, go horseback riding, and also go skating, any time you want to.”

Planet Earth

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

When cellaring a wine, add about 1 year of aging time for every 2 degrees the cellar averages below 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

Somewhat Useless Information   

The Cure for Insomnia (1987) is the longest movie ever made at a total running time of 85 hours (5,220 min) . It premiered in its entirety at The School Of The Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois from January 31 to February 3, 1987, in one continuous showing.

The Incredibles  was the first movie by Pixar to receive a rating higher than G in the United States. It received a PG rating.

The cost of obtaining the rights to the soundtrack (approx. US$27,000) for Kevin Smith's  “Clerks” outweighed the entire production costs for this film (approx. US$26,800) - a first in motion picture history.

Yeah, It Really Happened                 

LOS ANGELES - Police in Los Angeles were looking for Catwoman and two sidekicks Thursday after Jack Sparrow was assaulted in a fight among people dressed as movie characters. The costumed characters pose for pictures with tourists on Hollywood Boulevard and expect to be paid for the service, the Los Angeles Times reported. Local ordinances bar them from asking directly for money, although they are permitted to accept tips. In recent months, SpongeBob Squarepants and Spider-Man have both been arrested after altercations. Police Officer Norma Eisenman said Thursday's fracas played out in front of an audience of tourists. The injured man, dressed as the lead pirate in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, was not seriously hurt. Catwoman, an alien and another pirate took off before police arrived, and officers fanned out to look for them.

Calendar Information        

…Happening This Week:

1-7

International Snow Sculpting Week

Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend

Women's Heart Week

5-11

Boy Scout Anniversary Week
Children's Authors &amp

Illustrators Week

Jump Your Significant Jerk Week

Freelance Writers Appreciation Week

International Coaching Week

Just Say No to PowerPoint Week

Publicity for Profit Week

World Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
International Networking WeekInternational Friendship Week
National Green Week
National School Counseling Week

Today Is                                                                      

Lame Duck Day

New Zealand: Waitangi Day (The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on 6 February 1840, in a marquee erected in the grounds of James Busby's house (now known as the Treaty house) at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. The Treaty made New Zealand a part of the British Empire, guaranteed Māori rights to their land and gave Māori the rights of British subjects.)

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1500’s

1508 - Maximilian I crowned Holy Roman Emperor

1600’s

1693 - Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

1700’s

1788 - Mass becomes 6th state to ratify constitution

1800’s

1820 - The first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society started a settlement in present-day Liberia.

1869 - Harper's Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers

1891 - 1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)

1900’s

1911 - 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, AZ

1933 - Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami) 112' ocean wave observed near Manila

1935 - 1st election to allow women to vote in Turkey

1959 - 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM

1964 - France & Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel

1968 - 10th Winter Olympic games opens in Grenoble, France

1971 - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)

1974 - US House of Reps begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon

1987 - No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings

1989 - Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish government

1992 - The Saami people of the Nordic countries have an official day celebrating their existence

1995 - Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days

1998 - Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport

2000’s

2005 - Super Bowl XXXIX, the New England Patriots win 24-21 over the Philadelphia Eagles

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 90’s

Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress (Queen of Outer Space) is 93

In their 80’s

Rip Torn, actor (Coma, Summer Rental, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) is 81

Mamie Van Doren, actor, model is 81

In their 70’s

Tom Brokaw, news anchor (NBC Nightly News) is 72

Mike Farrell, actor (BJ Honeycutt-M*A*S*H, Battered) is 73

In their 60’s

Natalie Cole, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy) is 62

Fabian Forte, vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger) is 69

In their 50’s

Axl Rose, [William Bailey], vocalist (Guns & Roses) is 50

Robert Townsend, actor is 55

Remembered for being born on this day

Aaron Burr, 3rd US VP, dueler in 1756

Bob Marley, Jamacian reggae musician and singer-songwriter (Whalers-No Woman) in 1945

Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist (Dr Faustus) in 1564

Ronald Reagan, 40th pres / actor (Bedtime for Bonzo) in 1911

Anne Stuart, Queen of England (1702-14) in 1665

Today’s Obits                                                           

Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49 in 1993

Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88 in 1994

George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies of heart attack/lung cancer at 56 in 1952

Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74 in 1996

Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79 in 1991

Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51in 1998

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     BH: President between Cleveland’s two terms: Benjamin Harrison

2.     AL: Star of Murder she wrote: Angela Lansbury

3.     CA: Jazz  saxophonist: "Cannonball" Adderley

4.     ED: A comedienne with her own talk show: Ellen DeGeneres

5.     PB: Director of ‘Last Picture Show: Peter Bogdanovich

6.     GS: Co-anchor of Good Morning America: George Stephanopoulos

7.     LO: Noted Shakespearean Actor: Lawrence Oliver

8.     LB: Classical composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

9.     SR: Russian Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninoff

10.  AK: Heroine of Tolstoy novel: Anna Karenina

11.  SRR: middleweight boxer: Sugar Ray Robinson

Wuzzle

• Three D movies
• Feeling under the weather
• typewritten

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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