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