Mar 2

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1789 - Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances

1819 - US passed its 1st immigration law

1824 - Interstate commerce comes under federal control

1877 - Rutherford B Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory

1917 - Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted

1923 - Time magazine debuts

1970 - Supreme Court ruled draft evaders cannot be penalized after 5 years

1989 - The Navajo Code Talker Monument is erected.

1997 - Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple

♪Happy Birthday To: ♪                     

 

Free Rambling Thoughts   

A great lunch and nice presents…birthdays can be so much fun. I got a really cool oregano plant in a great stone pot, a bottle of chocolate wine, and cute cards. Lunch was really nice. We had really good food, good conversation, and a good time. 

Honestly, not everyone who lives in AZ is crazy. But we have more than our share in elected office. Crazy sheriff Joe, in trouble with the Justice Department, is now claiming that his volunteer posse has determined that Obama’s birth certificate does not pass his group’s authenticity check. Really?!? It’s national news today, but thankfully most are saying he is just playing politics since he is under investigation. I’m red-faced AGAIN in AZ.

Game   Center   (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with M-I and the second word starts with M-A, as in "Mix and Match." For example, for the clue "a day before St. Patrick's Day," you would say "mid-March."

1.      On coins, a ‘D’ for Denver, for example:
2.      A brand of orange juice:
3.      Agatha Christie sleuth:
4.      A near-sighted cartoon character:
5.      In the business hierarchy, those below the chief execs and the lowest execs:
6.      An apparatus at a dairy farm:
7.      Union of two people from different races or religions:
8.      Montana senator who was majority leader in the ‘60’s:
9.      Yankee for the 50’s/60’s who hit 536 home runs:
10.   Late service at Catholic church:
11.   On a road there might be on every 5280 feet:
12.   Denzel Washington film set in the deep South:
13.   Where the UN and Grand Central Station are located:
14.   An imp or little devil:

Wuzzles  What concept or phrase do these suggest?

Lifestyle  Substance     

Planet Earth—Mayan

Found on You Tube         

Dr. Seuss' The Lorax—original animation

Harper’s Index         

Date of which the Lake Erie Correctional Institution became the first US state prison sold to a private company: 8/13/2011

Joke-of-the-day

Little Johnny's class were on an outing to their local police station where they saw pictures, of the ten most wanted men, tacked to a bulletin board.
On the way out of the police station Little Johnny said to the officer, "it was so nice of you to put my daddy's picture up there."

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

You don't double a street's capacity by making it one way. You triple, even quadruple it.

Somewhat Useless Information    

The word "cotton" is an English version of the Arabic qutun or kutun, a generic term meaning fancy fabric. Back in the day, a popular name for cotton was "vegetable wool."

Cotton seeds are tough enough to survive travel across oceans on the wind, which explains why similar varieties can grow thousands of miles apart.

The Cotton Museum is a historical and cultural museum that opened in March 2006 on the former trading floor of the Memphis Cotton Exchange at 65 Union Avenue in downtown Memphis.

Cotton has been cultivated around the world for more than 5,000 years. Each country managed to develop similar tools to clean, prepare, spin, and weave it.Cotton is also a food crop. Cottonseed oil is used in margarine, salad dressing, as well as feed for livestock and poultry.

The cotton gin is where cotton fiber is separated from the cotton seed. The first step in the ginning process is when the cotton is vacuumed into tubes that carry it to a dryer to reduce moisture and improve the fiber quality.

Yeah, It Really Happened                 

STENUNGSUND, Sweden - A Swedish father who found a drunk man sleeping in his 3-year-old's bed said he only decided to call police after discovering the stranger had urinated. The Stenungsund man said he got up early Sunday to take care of his dog and his 3-year-old son soon came downstairs and said there was a "ghost" in his bed,
The Local reported Monday. The father said he discovered the drunk passed out in the bed. He told the newspaper Aftonbladet he considered handling the matter without police, but changed his mind when he saw the mystery man had urinated on the mattress. Police said the suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested on a trespassing charge. The father said he will now be locking the doors of his home at night.

Calendar Information        

…Happening This Week:

1-7

National Cheerleading Week

National Ghostwriters Week

National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week

Universal Human Beings Week

2-4

Festival of Owls Week

Today Is                                                                      

Dress in Blue Day

Dr. Seuss Day

Employee Appreciation Day

NEA's Read Across America Day

Old Stuff Day

Shabbat Across American/Canada [the biggest, boldest continent-wide event unifying Jewish communities across North America]

US: Texas: Independence Day (1836 from Mexico)

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1400’s

1498 - Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island

1700’s

1776 - Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston

1799 - Congress standardizes US weights & measures

1800’s

1807 - Congress bans slave trade effective January 1, 1808

1808 - The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh

1819 - Territory of Arkansas organized

1853 - Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory

1861 - Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington

1861 - US creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah territory

1867 - Congress created the Department of Education

1867-  An act is passed today which will purchase a reserve for SAUK and FOX of 4.5 square miles.

1876 - The Secretary of War is impeached for taking bribes to make political appointments.

1889 - Kansas passes 1st US antitrust

1899 - Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US)

1900’s

1903 - Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC

1925 - Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted

1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)

1933 - "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy NYC

1937 - Mexico nationalizes oil 1938 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (LA California)

1946 - Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam

1962 - JFK announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing

1976 - Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest

1977 - Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award

1978 - 1st broadcast of  "Dallas" on CBS TV

1983 - Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced

1990 - Greyhound Bus goes on strike

1994 - Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan

2000’s

2000 - Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet heads home after being told the UK would not extradite him on torture charges

2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins

2003 - The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-91) is 81

In their 50’s

Jon Bon Jovi, musician is 50

John Cowsill, rock drummer (Cowsills-Hair) is 56

Ken Salazar, American politician, Sec of Interior is 57

In their 40’s

Daniel Craig, actor is 44

Under 30 years old

Reggie Bush, American football player is 27

Remembered for being born on this day

Desi Arnaz, Santiago Cuba, actor (I Love Lucy) in 1917

Karen Carpenter, New Haven Ct, vocalist/drummer (We Only Just Begun) in 1950

John Jay Chapman, US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays) in 1862

Dr Seuss, [Theodor Geisel], children's author (Horton Hears a Who!) in 1904

Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) in 1793

Pius XII, [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope (1939-58) in 1876

Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist (Manhattan Project) in 1902

Today’s Obits                                                           

Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero dies at 107 in 1919

Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher, dies at 80 in 1994

Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 77 of Parkinson's in 1985

Randolph Scott, actor (Fort Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at 89 in 1987

Dusty Springfield, English singer dies of breast cancer at 59 in 1999

John Wesley, English founder of Methodism dies at 88 in 1791

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.      On coins, a ‘D’ for Denver, for example:
     a.      mint mark
2.      A brand of orange juice:
     a.      Minute Maid
3.      Agatha Christie sleuth:
     a.      Miss Maple
4.      A near-sighted cartoon character:
     a.      Mister Magoo
5.      In the business hierarchy, those below the chief execs and the lowest execs:
     a.      middle management
6.      An apparatus at a dairy farm:    
     a.      milking machine
7.      Union of two people from different races or religions:
     a.      mixed marriage
8.      Montana senator who was majority leader in the ‘60’s:
     a.      Mike Mansfield
9.      Yankee for the 50’s/60’s who hit 536 home runs:
     a.      Mickey Mantle
10.   Late service at Catholic church:
     a.      Midnight Mass
11.   On a road there might be on every 5280 feet:
     a.      mile marker
12.   Denzel Washington film set in the deep South:
     a.      Mississippi Masala
13.   Where the UN and Grand Central Station are located:
     a.      Midtown Manhattan
14.   An imp or little devil:
     a.      mischief maker

Wuzzle

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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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