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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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28 - 3/1 |
Isra Al Mi'Raj Carnival 28-3/1 |
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National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link |
Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Snow slowly
melting.
Last night
was a great discussion. We had 3 new couples attend along with our regulars.
The meeting usually about 9pm after 2-hour discussion. We agreed that there
needs to be more media attention to demographics. Someone needs to be in the
media and make demographics an interesting topic. It is so much more than
numbers. Last night we didn’t end until 10. I’ll miss the next meeting as I
will hopefully be in Tahiti.
I was
pleased to see that the Dept. of Interior is working hard to get rid of geographic
terms that are derogatory terms. There are almost 700 place designations that
are derogatory to various cultures. The most common is the term ‘squ*w’, which
refers to female genitalia. We all remember the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squ*w
Valley, CA. It will soon be known as ‘Palisades Tahoe’. Lots more will be
changing too. About time.
Today is my birthday.
I’ll be having lunch with some friends and enjoying the day. No candles as it
would definitely be a fire hazard.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
If Apple
made a car what would be missing?
Windows
Trivia
Q: Of What
Tribe Was Boadicea the Head?
Q: In Which
City Was John F Kennedy Assassinated?
Q: Of which
ship was Miles Standish captain?
Q: Which US
state in 1907 was the last to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
Iceni: in ancient Britain, a tribe that occupied the territory of present-day
Norfolk and Suffolk and, under its queen Boudicca (Boadicea), revolted against
Roman rule.
Answer 2:
Dallas
Answer 3:
The Mayflower
Answer4:
Oklahoma
Historical Events
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1066 –
Westminster Abbey opened
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1525 – Aztec
king Cuauhtémoc was executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
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1784 – John
Wesley chartered the first Methodist Church in the United States.
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1844 – The
USS Princeton exploded while demonstrating a gun, killing five people, and
injuring many more.
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1854 – The
Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. It was primarily anti-slavery
people.
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1885 – The
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) was incorporated in New
York, as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone.
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1935 –
Wallace Carothers discovered Nylon while working at DuPont.
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1947 – The
228 Incident in Taiwan resulted in protests and rioting. Between 10,000 and
20,000 people were killed.
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1953 –
Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H.C. Crick
announced that they had found the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule
containing human genes.
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1983 – CBS
sitcom M*A*S*H ended after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half-hour
episode watched by 77% of the television viewing audience.
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2002 –
Sotheby’s auction house announced that Peter Paul Reubens was the creator of
the painting The Massacre of the Innocents, not Jan van den Hoecke as
previously believed.
W
2013 – Pope
Benedict XVI resigned as the pope of the Catholic Church – the first pope to do
so since 1415.
Birthdays Today
@93 – Linus Carl Pauling, American chemist and
biochemist (d. 1994)
@90 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor (d. 2021)
@81 – Milton Caniff, American cartoonist [Steve
Canyon] (d. 1988)
74 – Bernadette
Peters, American actress, singer
69 – Paul Krugman,
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
67 – Gilbert
Gottfried, American comedian and actor
@65 – Charles ‘Bubba’ Smith, American football player
and actor (d. 2011; CTE)
65 – John Turturro,
American actor
@62 – Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (d.
1977; aneurysm)
61 – Rae Dawn
Chong, Canadian-American actress
46 – Ali Larter,
American actress
45 – Jason Aldean,
American singer-songwriter
@41 – Benjamin ‘Bugsy’ Siegel, American gangster (d.
1947; shot)
