7-29-11

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‡     TODAY’s “Geez”:

¬ 1783 - Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000

¬ 1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police

¬ 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England

¬ 1921 - New rules of language assumed (equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium)

¬ 1928 - Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released

¬ 1945 - After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed & sunk by a Japanese submarine

‡     Free Rambling Thoughts…

A day of on and off showers in our little town. Overcast most of the day. The rain showers were gentle enough and long enough to give our land a good soaking. Sadly that also set up flash flood warnings for those below the burn area. Monsoons are great for everyone else.

My sore feet healing quite nicely. The cream is doing a great job. I only took one pain pill today and it lasted all day and into the night. So nice to be able to walk again, still a little slow on steps but no longer do have to do both feet on each step. The human body is amazing and while age seems to slow the healing process, it is still able to heal given enough time.

Tomorrow I’m doing lunch with Cheryl as Mary is still in Portland, enjoying her time with at the beach with her friends and family. It will be nice to share our two weeks adventures. Cheryl will have great stories of Michigan with her sisters and grandkids. Quite an adventure since the grandkids had never met that side of the family. She also drove, so I’m sure two teens added a lot to the many long hours inside her Rav.

I paid some bills on line today and discovered that my very first SS check was deposited on the 5^th of July. I had been told it would be deposited on the 3^rd Wednesday of the month, so that was a nice surprise. I sure hope Congress stops the politics and does something to prevent a default. I’m not sure what they are doing, and hear about a stop in SS checks, a stop in paying the troops, and furlough for many government employees. Haven’t heard about a stop in Civil Service Retirement checks, but am sure that is also on the table. I’m sure it is all political and they will do something. The sad part is the new Tea Party group don’t seem to have learned that the government ship is not a row boat that can turn on a dime. I heard today that while the politicians seem to think the Dept. of Treasury will have to determine who gets paid and who doesn’t. The problem is Treasury, part of the Executive Branch, doesn’t have that power, only the Legislative Branch has that power. Hmmm.

‡     Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      Who became the youngest head of state of a republic in 1994?

2.      What was the name of the judge in the Louise Woodward trial?

3.      Who became a Prime Minister at the age of 78 in 1994?

4.      Which prominent Nigerian writer was executed in 1996?

5.      What was the name of the car in which Andy Green broke the land speed record in 1997?

6.      Which 90’s European Prime Minister has had the most wives?

7.      Where is Pavarotti's War Child concert held annually?

8.      In which city did Princess Diana have her last meeting with Mother Teresa?

9.      What was the most expensive film to debut on cable television?

10.   Which Kennedy was due to marry when John F Kennedy Jr's plane crashed on its way to the wedding?

11.   Who was expelled from the US with the closure of his Oregon commune and died in 1990?

12.   In what year did the USSR pull out of Hungary?

13.   Who led the rival Christian forces in Beirut in the early 1990s?

‡     Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

‡     Hmmmmm…

¬ Number of different Halloween costumes a San Diego company markets for sale as ‘sassy and sexy’--51

‡     Somewhat Useless Information…

¬ Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged. Cellophane was invented in 1908 by a Swiss chemist named Jacques Brandenburger who was trying to make a stainproof tablecloth and ended up with cellophane instead.

¬ Big Ben is not a clock. It is a bell located in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London. It weighs 13 1/2 tons, is nine feet in diameter, and stands at 7 1/2 feet tall. The bell was installed a little over a hundred years ago, in 1859.

¬ The story of the little Dutch boy who placed his finger in a dike to save a town from a flood is an American invention. It was never heard of in Holland before the 20th century.

¬ The Tower of London is not one particular tower, but a group of buildings covering 13 acres along the north bank of the Thames River. The central "White Tower," built in 1078 and used as a fortress, a royal residence, and finally as a prison, is the "tower" of which the English so often spoke in horror.

¬ The Pyramids of Egypt were not among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, although the Sphinx was. The other six wonders were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the lighthouse at Pharos, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Temple of Diana at Ephesus.

¬ Saint Joan of Arc was not French. She was born in 1412 in Domremy, which at the time was an autonomous state outside the jurisdiction of the French monarchy.

‡     Yeah, It Really Happened…

ST. ANDREWS, Prince Edward Island - A Canadian man was charged with assault after he allegedly shoved a sheriff's car off his property with a forklift, police said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wilfred Doyle, 45, of St. Andrews was charged with mischief and obstructing a police officer, as well as assault with a deadly weapon, after the run-in at his home last week. The Mounties told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. the law enforcement officer went to Doyle's place on Prince Edward Island to serve him a court order. Doyle turned the routine process into a confrontation when he fired up his tractor, which was equipped with a forklift, and pushed the car out of his yard. Doyle was released after spending a night in jail.

‡     Guffaw…or at least smile…

Glen, why do you always get so dirty? asked the teacher.

Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are. He replied.

‡     Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

 Vincent Van Gogh Paintings

 

‡     Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

¬29-31 Garlic Days

       World Lumberjack Championships

‡     TODAY IS

¬ Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day: a day to buy cheese for your mousetrap.

¬ Lasagna Day

¬ Lumberjack Day

¬ Rain Day

¬ NASA Anniversary – 50 years old today

¬ National Talk in An Elevator Day

¬ System Administrator Appreciation Day

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‡     Today’s Events:

·        IN ARTS

1938 - Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears

1957 - Jack Paar's Tonight show premieres

1965 - Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends

·        IN ATHLETICS

1874 - Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court

1899 - 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY

1948 - King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London

1950 - Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run

1995 - Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis

·        IN BUSINESS

1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

1844 - NY Yacht Club forms

1987 - Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia

·        IN EDUCATION

1585 - Friese academy opens

1773 - 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH

1786 - 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette

1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States

·        FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1706 - Spaniard Juan de Uribarri is leading twenty soldiers, twelve settlers and 200 Indian allies from Santa Fe to rescue a band of enslaved Indians held by the Cuartelejo Apaches in what is now eastern Colorado. They cross the Arkansas River near present day Pueblo, Colorado

1837 - Henry Dodge, representing the United States, and the Chippewa Indians sign a treaty (7 Stat., 536.) at St. Peters, Wisconsin. The Chippewas trade large land holdings for $9,500 immediately, $19,000 worth of supplies, and a release from their debts.

·        IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1565 - Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley

1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling

1588 - Attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders

1858 - US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan

1920 - Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders

1949 - Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends

1981 - Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer

·        IN RELIGION

1974 - Episcopal Church ordained female priests

·        IN SCIENCE

1715 - 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane

1927 - 1st iron lung installed (Bellevue hospital, NY)

1938 - Olympic National Park forms

1956 - Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record)

1965 - Gemini 5 returned after 12d 7h 11m 53s

1969 - Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars

·        IN US POLITICS

1676 - Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians

1975 - Ford became 1st US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz

Birthday Pictures return tomorrow

·        ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

Ken Burns, epic documentary maker (Civil War, Baseball) turns 58

1878 - Don Marquis, American author 

Marilyn Tucker Quayle, novelist/wife of Vice President Dan Quayle turns 62

1869 - Booth Tarkington, novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons)

1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America)

·        ATHLETES

Steve Wojciechowski, pitcher (Oakland A's) turns 41

·        ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Stephen Dorff actor turns 38

Robert Fuller, actor (Laramie, Wagon Train) turns 78

Tim Gunn designer, TV host turns 58

Robert Horton, actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena) turns 87

Martina McBride, singer turns 45

Alexandra Paul , actor turns 48

·        ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1801 - George Bradshaw, English publisher 

1907 - Melvin Mouron Belli, lawyer (SF's "King of Torts")

1938 - Peter Jennings, Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News)

·        POLITICIANS

Elizabeth Hanford Dole, US Secretary of Transportation (1983-87) turns 75

1861 - Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt

1905 - Dag Hammarskjoeld, 2nd UN Sect-General (1953-61) (Nobel 1961)

1883 - Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator

·        SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1871 - [Gregory Efimovich] Rasputin, mad Russian monk

‡     Today’s Obits:

1974 - Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas & Papas), chokes to death in London at 32

1857 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer des at 83

1596 - Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84

1983 - Raymond Massey, actor (Dr Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86

1960 - Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon & Shuster), dies of heart attack at 61

2007 - Tom Snyder, American television personality dies of leukemia at 71

1890 - Vincent Van Gogh, painter, suicide at 37

‡     ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

1.      Who became the youngest head of state of a republic in 1994?

a.      Yaya Jammeh of the Gambia at age 29

2.      What was the name of the judge in the Louise Woodward trial?

a.      Hiller Zobl

3.      Who became a Prime Minister at the age of 78 in 1994?

a.      Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka

4.      Which prominent Nigerian writer was executed in 1996?

a.      Ken Saro Wiwa

5.      What was the name of the car in which Andy Green broke the land speed record in 1997?

a.      Thrust

6.      Which 90’s European Prime Minister has had the most wives?

a.      Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, married 4 times—first three ended in divorce.

7.      Where is Pavarotti's War Child concert held annually?

a.      Modena, Italy

8.      In which city did Princess Diana have her last meeting with Mother Teresa?

a.      New York

9.      What was the most expensive film to debut on cable television?

a.      Lolita

10.   Which Kennedy was due to marry when John F Kennedy Jr's plane crashed on its way to the wedding?

a.      Rory, youngest of Robert and Ethel’s eleven children

11.   Who was expelled from the US with the closure of his Oregon commune and died in 1990?

a.      Bhagwan Rajneesh

12.   In what year did the USSR pull out of Hungary?

a.      1990

13.   Who led the rival Christian forces in Beirut in the early 1990s?

a.      Michel Aoun & Samir Geagea

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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] may not be totally accurate.

‡     AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW     ‡

7-27-11

Ø  TODAY’s “Geez”:

·        1858 - 1st use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by

·        1900 - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut

·        1914 - Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)

·        1915 - 10,000 blacks march on 5th Ave (NYC) protesting lynchings

·        1933 - 1st singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee), NYC

Ø  Free Rambling Thoughts…

I had the most amazing trip down the Grand Canyon. I’ll be adding the trip to my other blog within the next few weeks. I’ll post the link here when it is completed. That blog will include pictures.

In the mean time, here is a little preview. The trip was 13 days down the canyon from Lee’s Ferry to Diamond Point, on the Hualapai Rez, about 20 miles from Peach Springs. We traveled down about 240 miles of the 277 mile canyon. We had 5 inflatable rafts, four for passengers and one for food and tents. We were also able to ride on the historic ‘Sandra’, the last wood boat built by Norm Nevilles in 1947. Greg Rieff, who is Norm’s grandson and Sandra’s son, was one of the rowers. Another rower was Cliff Ghiglieri, son of author Michael—author of several Grand Canyon Books including ‘First through the Grand Canyon’. Another rower was Kate who with her boyfriend build those small dory boats up in Colorado. John was our trip leader and lives in Flag. Aminity and her boyfriend Omar were also rowers. Isaac and Tom were our food and tent carriers for the second half of the trip while Rachel and Clint did the upper half of the trip. Six of us did the whole trip; six did the upper half and then hiked out from Phantom Ranch. We picked up eight at Phantom for the lower half of the trip. The river was running high and the whitewater was outstanding. We had been warned to about high temps, but only had two really hot days. We had been warned about monsoons, but it only rained the last night. It rained from about 4pm until dawn and that was the only night we needed a tent. We had a stop for a hike every day. I took a few, but really don’t like climbing on rocks with undefined trails so did not do all the hikes. Even so I had an amazing trip. The night of the rain, I picked up ‘jungle rot’ on my feet. Soaking in water with grape seed extract relieved much of the pain. Today I headed for the walk-in clinic in Flagstaff for some foot cream and pain pills. It only hurts when I attempt to walk, and should clear up within a week. Right now I have a new appreciation for anyone with pain when walking. I am currently walking as little as possible, and when I do, I walk like a 90 year old—slow, small waddling steps, and mucho pain. I still haven’t shaved, so I’m sure I look like a street person who is looking for great sympathy. I’ll be shaving tonight as the pain has decreased enough that I can stand at the mirror long enough to shave.

I certainly could have taken some electronics on the trip, to use around camp (a digital camera and iPod) but am really glad I went techo-free for the trip. When I left, the news was all about the debt ceiling. When I got back, the news is still all about the debt ceiling. When I left there were lots of politicians in DC with no real statesmen except the President. When I returned, no one has magically become a statesman. I’m sure much more happened without me listening to or reading about it. Glad I missed all daily turmoil.

Minus the jungle rot, I would encourage everyone to consider a river trip down the canyon. The motorized trip is done in six days, the row or dory trips at 13 days. Of course there are shorter day trips, but it takes several days to understand why the Grand Canyon is in fact ‘grand’. Thank you to Teddy Roosevelt for starting the process of protecting this natural wonder in 1906 and to Congress and President Wilson who finally made it the 17^th National Park in 1919. The battles to keep the Grand Canyon continue today and will probably never end. Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam certainly made it a different canyon than early explorers and early indigenous people knew, and took away some of the canyon’s magnificence. What we have today is still a very Grand canyon.

Ø  Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

1.      Which David headed the cult which staged a 1993 mass suicide in Waco?

2.      Who attained the highest altitude for a woman astronaut in 1993?

3.      Who won Miss World the first time it was held in India?

4.      Who won Taiwan's first democratic Presidential election?

5.      Where was the UN Earth summit held in 1992?

6.      What number TWA flight exploded shortly after take-off in July 1996?

7.      What was the name of the mother of the Iowa septuplets born in 1997?

8.      Which Terry was released as hostage in Lebanon on 4 Dec 1991?

9.      Where in the USA was there a total eclipse in 1991?

10.   What was O J Simpson driving in the famous police chase?

11.   What was the name of the rocket that was launched containing Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry's ashes?

12.   Who went on trial for the Oklahoma bombing after Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the crime?

Ø  Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)

Ø  Hmmmmm…

·        Inches by which the average width of a seat in the US performing arts theater has increased since 1990: 1

Ø  Somewhat Useless Information…

·        The first pawn shops emerged in ancient China more than 3,000 years ago.

·        Today, there are more than 12,000 pawn shops operating in the United States alone.

·        The symbol of the pawnbroker is three spheres suspended from a bar. Some connect this symbol to the Medici Family --legend has it that one of the Medicis working for Emperor Charles the Great killed a giant with three sacks of rocks. The three balls or globes later became part of their family crest, and ultimately, the sign of pawnbroking.

·        Saint Nicolas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers; the symbolism of the three balls or spheres associated with pawnbrokers has also been connected with his gift of three bags of coins to the three daughters of a poor man so that they could marry.

·        It is estimated that approximately 25 million Americans do not have a bank checking account. Pawn shops serve this population by offering a source of short-term loans.

·        More than 70 percent of all items pawned today are reclaimed. The average loan granted for a pawned item is $75.

Ø  Yeah, It Really Happened…

San Bernardino, CA-- A man who grew up and lived in a small community in the San Bernardino Mountains of California. One afternoon the man, Allen Kephart, was driving along a mountain road near his home when he allegedly blew a stop sign.

A sheriff's deputy attempted to stop Kephart who ignored the deputy for an entire half mile. We don't know why Kephart didn't stop immediately, perhaps because he was on a winding mountain road, but in less than a mile he pulled safely into a gas station on the side of the road.

It was at that point that the deputy yanked him out of his vehicle and threw him to the ground where his face hit the pavement. Kephart attempted to rise, perhaps because he was dazed, or perhaps to turn onto his back, but the deputy, seeing no other alternative, tasered him.

In short order another deputy arrived and they continued to subdue Kephart with their tasers five times, at least. When the deputies discovered he was unresponsive they took him to the hospital where he died.

He had no police record.

Ø  Guffaw…or at least smile…

Three mice are sitting around drinking and boasting about their strengths. The first mouse says "Mouse traps, Ha! I do pushups with the bar". The second mouse pulls a pill from his pocket, swallows it, and says with a grin "D-Con Rat Poison". The third mouse finishes his drink, slams his glass on the table and starts to leave. The first mouse says, "Where do you think you're going?”

 "Time to go home and chase the cat”

Bonus

After a lady’s car had leaked motor oil on her cement driveway, she bought a large bag of cat litter to soak it up. It worked so well, that she went back to the store to get another bag to finish the job. The clerk remembered her. Looking thoughtfully at her purchase, he said, “Lady, if that were my cat, I’d put him outside!”

Ø  Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest - Flute Duet / Flute Solo

Ø  Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

…

Ø  TODAY IS

·        National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day

·        Take Your Pants For A Walk Day

·        Walk on Stilts Day

·        Peru: National Day: Independence from Spain, 1821

Ø  Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1994 - Last steel beam is placed on Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

…  IN ATHLETICS

1928 - 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam

1931 - White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12

1993 - Mariner Ken Griffey Jr is 3rd to hit HRs in 8 straight games

…  IN BUSINESS

1586 - The first potato arrives in Britain

1945 - US Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Bldg, 14 die

1977 - 1st oil through the TransAlaska Pipeline System reach Valdez, Alaska

… IN EDUCATION

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…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1862 - Fort Bowie is established in the Apache Pass, in southeastern Arizona, by members of Brigadier General James Charlatan's California volunteers

1872 - Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzie and twelve officers 272 enlisted men and twenty Tonkawa scouts begin an extended patrol of the area surrounding the Texas Panhandle.

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1148 - Crusaders attack Damascus

1540 - English King Henry VIII marries Catharine Howard, his 5th wife

1976 - 8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die)

1988 - Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson

2005 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year long armed campaign in Northern Ireland

… IN RELIGION

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…  IN SCIENCE

1741 - Capt Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska

1851 - Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph

…  IN US POLITICS

1868 - 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves

1931 - Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem

1959 - Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress

1965 - LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS

Jim Davis, cartoonist (Garfield) turns 66

1866 - Beatrix Potter, England, children's author (Tale of Peter Rabbit)

…ATHLETES

Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971) turns 62

…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1892 - Joe E Brown, comedian 

1949 - Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers)

Georgia Engel actress turns 63

Sally Struthers actress (Gloria-All in the Family) turns 63

1901 - Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams, My Time Is Your Time)

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

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…POLITICIANS

1929 - Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis,  1st lady 

…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1859 - Balington Booth, founder (Volunteers of America)

Ø  Today’s Obits:

1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65

2004 - Francis Crick, English molecular biologist, Nobel laureate dies at 88

2003 - Lady Valerie Goulding, Irish politician and activist dies at 85

1982 - George Kleinsinger, US composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68

1937 - Joseph Lee, father of Playgrounds movement, dies at 75

1985 - Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54

1994 - Colin Turnbull, anthropologist, dies of AIDS at 69

1794 - Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, Fr revolutionary, guillotined at 36

Ø  ANSWERS:

Ø  Trivia Quiz

1.      Which David headed the cult which staged a 1993 mass suicide in Waco?

a.      Koresh

2.      Who attained the highest altitude for a woman astronaut in 1993?

a.      Kathryn Thornton

3.      Who won Miss World the first time it was held in India?

a.      Irene Skliva

4.      Who won Taiwan's first democratic Presidential election?

a.      Lee Teng-Hui

5.      Where was the UN Earth summit held in 1992?

a.      Rio

6.      What number TWA flight exploded shortly after take-off in July 1996?

a.      800

7.      What was the name of the mother of the Iowa septuplets born in 1997?

a.      Bobbi McCaughey

8.      Which Terry was released as hostage in Lebanon on 4 Dec 1991?

a.      Anderson

9.      Where in the USA was there a total eclipse in 1991?

a.      Hawaii

10.   What was O J Simpson driving in the famous police chase?

a.      Ford Bronco

11.   What was the name of the rocket that was launched containing Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry's ashes?

a.      Pegasus

12.   Who went on trial for the Oklahoma bombing after Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the crime?

a.      Terry Nichols

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Ø  …AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW