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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1638 - 1st
permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1797 - The
Mohawk treaty is signed at Albany today by 5 Indians, including Joseph Brandt.
All of their lands in New York are ceded for $1000
1848 - Niagara
Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1867
- Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1961 - 23rd
Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres
1973
- US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
2010 - Two
female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning
rush hour, killing 40
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Free Rambling Thoughts
Ah, the
allergist says that since the med I take when I have a swelling, and it works,
he doesn’t need to see for a year. Still no one knows why I swell up, just that
I do. I really want it to just stop, but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards.
Bummer.
My tax guy
was happy to see me, I dropped off all the paperwork, and he will call me when
it’s ready. No rush, as long as I have it posted by the deadline. I just hate
to sit there while he goes through all those papers. He knows that, so our
meeting was all of 20 minutes. While I did have lots of capital gains, I can
only hope for the best.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every
answer is the name of a popular magazine. Name the title of the magazine from
the anagram. For example, given "weird," the answer would be
"Wired."
1.
Item:
2.
Laurel:
3.
Adrape:
4.
Queries:
5.
Ten four:
6.
Sharper:
7.
Brooked:
8.
Entraps:
9.
Senesce:
10.
Modern tort: ( 2 words)
Wuzzles What concept or phrase do these suggest?
Lifestyle Substance
Planet Earth—
Found on You Tube
Pearl Bailey on "What's My Line?"
Harper’s Index
Last year in which the US government did not ‘do everything wrong’ according to Ron Paul: 1987, or maybe 1988
Joke-of-the-day
A juggler,
driving to his next performance, is stopped by the police. "What are those
machetes doing in your car?" asks the cop.
"I
juggle them in my act."
"Oh,
yeah? Says the doubtful cop. "Let's see you do it.” The juggler gets out
and starts tossing and catching the knives. Another man driving by slows down
to watch.
"Wow" says the passer-by. "I'm
glad I quit drinking. Look at the test they're giving now!
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
When raindrops hit your windshield faster than you can count them, it's time to knock off work for the day.
Somewhat Useless
Information
Before
writing the screenplay for 'Dr. Strangelove' as a satire, Stanley Kubrick studied
over forty military and political research books. He decided that a
"serious treatment" of the subject of war would skim over his more
salient points. He then decided to try to "treat the story as a nightmare
comedy."
Because of
its depiction of teenage violence, 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971)
became one of the most controversial films of the decade, and part of an
ongoing debate about violence in cinema.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
WEST
COVINA, Calif. - Police in Southern California said a medical marijuana
delivery man told them he was robbed by two people dressed as ninjas. West
Covina police said the man, who is in his 40s, told investigators he was
returning to his vehicle after making a delivery shortly before 10 p.m. Friday
when "he was approached by two subjects in ninja costumes who chased him
with batons," the San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune reported Monday.
"The victim said he was scared and he dropped a bag with some marijuana
and money. The suspects took it," police Lt. Alan Henley said. Police said
they had no reports of other recent crimes in which perpetrators were dressed
as ninjas.
Calendar Information
…Happening This Week:
25-31
Consider Christianity Week:
Passiontide (3/25-4/7)
National Conference on Family Literacy
Pediatric Nurse Practioner Week
Root Canal Awareness Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
National Cleaning Week
Today Is
Knights of Columbus Founders Day
National Mom & Pop Business Owner's Day
Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
Texas Loves The Children Day
Mule Day
Festival Of Smoke and Mirrors Day
Madagascar: Commemoration Day (those who
died in the rebellion of 1947 against French colonization)
Taiwan: Youth Day
Today’s Other Events
1500’s
1549 - The
city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded
1600’s
1676: As a
part of King Philip's War, a band of Narraganset will attack Providence, Rhode
Island All but one of the settlers will retreat to the garrison. The remaining
settler will be killed. Many of the other structures in the village will be
burned to the ground.
1700’s
1798 - Republic
of Switzerland forms
1800’s
1804 - Thousands
of Whites massacred in Haiti
1806 - Construction
is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road,
becoming the first United States federal highway
1897 - Japan
adopts Gold Standard
1900’s
1932 - Jack
Benny debuts on radio, on Ed Sullivan's New York interview program
1961
- After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1962
- Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
1971 - 1st
Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1984 - NFL
Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
1989
- I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
2000’s
2004 - Bulgaria,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full
members
2004
- The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban
smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
Today’s Birthdays
In their 70’s
Nancy
Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature) is 73
In their 60’s
Eric
Idle comedian/actor (Monty Python) will be 69
Vangelis, [Papathanasiou],
composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire) is 69
In their 50’s
Earl
Campbell, NFL running back (Houston, New Orleans, 1977 Heisman) is 57
Kurt
Thomas, US, gymnist (Olympics), actor (Gymkata) is 56
In their 40’s
Lucy
Lawless New Zealand actress and singer will be 44
Elle
MacPherson Austrailian super model and actress (Sirens) is 48
In their 30’s
Jennifer
Capriati, tennis pro (Oly-gold-92)is 36
Remembered for being
born on this day
Pearl
Bailey, Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly) in 1918
Billy
Carter, Plains Georgia, brother of Pres Carter in 1937
James E
Casey, founder (United Parcel Service) in 1888
Edwin
Drake, drilled 1st productive US oil well in 1819
Man O'War,
racehorse (winner of 20 out of 21 races & $249,465) in 1917
Eugene J
McCarthy, Watkins Minn, (Sen-D-Minn, pres candidate 1968) in 1916
Dennis
O'Keefe, Fort Madison IA, actor/dir (T-Men, Fighting Seabees) in 1908
Karen Anne
Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient (right to die case)
John
Tyler, Va, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845) in 1790
Sam
Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart) in 1918
Isaac
Mayer Wise, rabbi/founder (American Hebrew Congregations) I 1819
Cy [Denton
True] Young, Gilmore Ohio, pitcher (511 wins, 1890-1911) in 1867
Today’s Obits
John Jacob
Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 in 1848
Maurice
Jarre, French composer dies at 85 in 2009
Charles
Wesley, hymn writer, dies in 1788
Answers
Brain Game
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Item:
a.
Time
2.
Laurel:
a.
Allure
3.
Adrape:
a.
Parade
4.
Queries:
a.
Esquire
5.
Ten four:
a.
Fortune
6.
Sharper:
a.
Harpers
7.
Brooked:
a.
Red Book
8.
Entraps:
a.
Parents
9.
Senesce:
10.
Essence
11.
Modern tort: ( 2 words)
a.
Motor Trend
Wuzzle
- Love triangle
- Cincinnati
- Shady deal
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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