5-22-11

TODAY’s “Geez”:

1843 - 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon

1931 - Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida

1933 - Loch Ness Monster is 1st reportedly sighted by John Mackay

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Oops, I’m still here. Guess the whole ‘end of the world thing’ isn’t going to happen today.

It was a great day in Flag. I took a long walk this morning and passed several garage sales. Don’t know if it was spring cleaning or ‘the end is near’ sale. Many of the people who live in the streets near mine are the kind who like to stay off the grid as much as possible. Everyone I have talked to is nice, but rather odd. Not a problem, just an observation.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)

Who was the only member of M*A*S*H to have served in the Korean War?

Which Seinfeld star was the voice of Hugo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Which famous person appeared in an episode of Major Dad that marked the Marine Corp' 215th anniversary?

Which show was originally called These Friends of Mine?

What was the name of the Clampetts' banker in The Beverly Hillbillies?

Which sitcom was based on a show called Love American Style?

Which planet featured on Out Of This World?

Who was creator and executive producer of Murphy Brown?

Who played Debbie's brother-in-law in The Debbie Reynolds Show?

Who produced The Phi Slivers Show?

Other than Lurch, who did Ted Cassidy play in The Adams Family?

Detectives Al Burkhardt and Sandy Galloway were in which sitcom?

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

Hmmmmm…

++ Amount spent last year by the US Gov’t to simulate an attack by pot growers on the nation’s second largest dam: $500,000 (Glen Canyon Dam in AZ)

++  Number of licensed peyote dealers in the US: 3

The First Time…

Alexander Winton

 1903 --- set the 1st land speed record in car racing. Set at Daytona Beach, his speed was 68.18 mph.

1904 --- 1st American woman to win the ladies singles tennis championship at Wimbledon: May Sutton Brandy

1905 --- 1st "actual" British prime minister. Until the 18th century, the monarch's most senior minister could hold any of a number of titles; usually either First Lord, Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, or one of the Secretaries of State. During the late 18th Century, the term "prime minister" came to be used. In 1905, the title was officially recognized by King Edward VII: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

1906 --- 1st American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was for helping mediate an end the Russo-Japanese War: Theodore Roosevelt

Somewhat Useless Information…

++ Dewar had a hard time coming up with a name for his new snack until he drove past a billboard for the Twinkle Toes Shoes factory in St. Louis. A friend suggested the name “Twinkle Fingers”, and Dewar shortened it to Twinkies.

++ In 1986, Twinkies were a central figure in a political scandal known as “Twinkiegate“. 71-year-old George Belair, a Minneapolis City Council candidate was indicted for serving coffee, Kool-Aid, Twinkies and other sweets to court the senior citizen votes. This led to the passage of the Minnesota Campaign Act, more commonly known as Twinkies Law. Belair lost the election, and the charges against him were later dropped.

++ The White House put a Twinkie in their time capsule for the new millennium, as “an object of enduring American symbolism.”

Yeah, It Really Happened…

MORRISVILLE, Pa. - Police in Pennsylvania said they pulled over an ice cream truck driver accused of drunken driving and discovered a bottle of urine in the vehicle's freezer. The Middletown Township Police Department said Yassir Hassan, 46, was pulled over Friday in Morrisville after a motorist reported a Jack & Jill ice cream truck swerving on the road, WPVI-TV, Pittsburgh, reported Wednesday. Investigators said Hassan was visibly drunk and has several wine boxes inside his vehicle. They said they also discovered three plastic water bottles filled with urine and one of the bottles was discovered inside the ice cream freezer. Hassan was arrested and released pending a preliminary hearing on a driving under the influence charge.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Recently launched into the "real world" and shocked by the expenses that came with it, my brother was complaining about the high cost of auto insurance.

"If you got married," teased my dad, "the premium would be much lower."

My brother smiled and said, "Dad, that would be like buying an airline just to get free peanuts."

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue - Arthur Fields

Daybook Information

…Happening This Week:

21-28

Cover the Uninsured Week * National Safe Boating Week

«TODAY IS

Buy-A-Musical-Instrument Day

International Day for Biological Diversity

National Maritime Day

Neighbor Day National Maritime Day

Canada: Canadian Immigrants' Day 

Sri Lanka: National Heroes Day  

US: Rhode Island: Neighbor Day

Yemen: National Day

Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1926 - "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1

1967 - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," debuts on NET (now PBS)

1992 - Johnny Carson's final appearance as host of Tonight Show

…  IN ATHLETICS

1884 - 1-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters

1906 - 10th anniversary Olympic games close at Athens, Greece

…  IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1761 - 1st life insurance policy in US, issued in Phila

1803 - 1st public library opens (Connecticut)

1807 - Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Phila)

1892 - Dr Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube

1900 - Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative

1906 - Wright Brothers patents an aeroplane

1936 - Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland

1961 - 1st revolving restaurant (Top Of The Needle in Seattle), opens

…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1863 - As a part of the "Owens Valley War" in California, Paiute Chief Captain George arrives at Camp Independence. He tells the soldiers the Paiutes want peace. This effectively ends the war

1851 - As one of the last conflicts in the "Mariposa Indian Wars" in California, a large group of Yosemite Indians are captured at Lake Tenaija

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1455 - Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St Albans)

1840 - The transporting of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished

1939 - Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel"

1947 - "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece

1957 - South Africa gov’t approves race separation in universities

…  IN SCIENCE & RELIGION

1370 - Jews are expelled/massacred from Brussels Belgium

1570 - 1st atlas, with 70 maps, published

1819 - 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Ga)

1849 - Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device

1915 - Lassen Peak (Cascades—Brit. Columbia--erupts with a powerful force, and is the only mountain, other than Mount St. Helens, to erupt in the continental US during the 20th century

1927 - 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed

1990 - Microsoft releases Windows 3.0

…  IN US POLITICS

1807 - Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond Va (acquitted)

1856 - Violence in Senate, SC rep Brooks used a cane on Mass Sen Sumner

1863 - General Grant begins siege on Vicksburg

1953 - President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill

1964 - LBJ presents "Great Society"

1973 - President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS…

1844 - Mary Cassatt, US, Impressionist painter (Woman Bathing)

1859 - Arthur Conan Doyle, UK, author brought Sherlock Holmes to life twice

1813 - Richard Wagner, Leipsig Germany, composer (Ring, Flying Dutchman)

1922 - Quinn Martin, American television producer 

…ATHLETES

Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater turns 29

Rich Owens, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins) turns 39

…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Richard Benjamin, actor turns 73

Naomi Campbell, model turns 41

Sean Gunn, actor turns 37

1907 - Laurence Olivier, England, actor (Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer)

1910 - Johnny Olson, TV announcer (Price is Right)

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

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…POLITICIANS

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…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1920 - Thomas Gold, astronomer (proposed steady-state theory of universe)

Today’s Obits:

337 - Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies after long illness at 65

1859 - Ferdinand II, [Re Bomba], Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49

1885 - Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83

1997 - Alfred Hershey, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine dies at 89

1957 - Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies after prostate cancer surgery at 65

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

Who was the only member of M*A*S*H to have served in the Korean War?

Jamie Farr (Klinger)

Which Seinfeld star was the voice of Hugo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

Jason Alexander

Which famous person appeared in an episode of Major Dad that marked the Marine Corp' 215th anniversary?

Dan Quayle  [served only in Nat’l Guard and now lives in Paradise Valley, AZ)

Which show was originally called These Friends of Mine?

Ellen

What was the name of the Clampetts' banker in The Beverly Hillbillies?

Milburn Drysdale

Which sitcom was based on a show called Love American Style?

Happy Days (The pilot of Days was one of the segments)  

Which planet was featured on Out Of This World?

Anterias  

Who was creator and executive producer of Murphy Brown?

Diane English

Who played Debbie's brother-in-law in The Debbie Reynolds Show?

Tom Bosley

Who produced The Phi Slivers Show?

Nat Hiken

Other than Lurch, who did Ted Cassidy play in The Adams Family?

Thing (the Hand)

Detectives Al Burkhardt and Sandy Galloway were in which sitcom?

Pacific Station

Close Up Picture

…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW

5-21-11

TODAY’s “Geez”: 1927 - Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic

1932 - 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands

Free Rambling Thoughts…

I got out and ran errands today. No rain…a little wind…lots of clouds. Errands were successful. Now I’m ready for the weekend. It looked like rain most of the afternoon, but none came at my house.

I got the mailed packet for my Grand Canyon trip. What a time we are going to have. So much is packed into the time. Of course the river level will play a role in some of the adventure, just like it did in Borneo. We will also be going during the monsoon season of AZ, so that will add to the adventure. The brochure is not real clear on what happens if there is a big thunderstorm while we are on the river or while we are camping. The Borneo staff did a great job of working around the rainforest deluges we experienced, so I’m sure the Grand Canyon staff will be equally prepared.

I was born after Israel was made. I was taught in school to understand how the Nazi’s treated the Jews and why they needed their own country. I had  just graduated from HS when Israel had its 1967 war, increasing its country’s size substantially. I volunteered with many very liberal Jews to make the world a better place while I was in college.  It wasn’t until I visited Africa that I found there was another side to the story I had never heard. When Obama suggested that the 1967 boundaries be used in the next never-ending peace talks, Netanyahu blasted out that that was unacceptable. They met today face to face and in the after meeting press conference, Obama said that we are friends with Israel and as friends, sometimes we have disagreements. I hope that there can be peace, but until the Palestinians have their own country, I don’t see it happening. So much of the anger in that part of the world has to do with creation of a country on soil that had been shared for centuries. Obama is certainly moving in the right direction, listening to everybody and working for cooperation. This is one of the first times in a long time that the US has publically not been 100% Israel.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)

Who was Charlie Chaplin's final father in law?

Who became Ambassador to Ghana in 1974?

Who wrote the music for An American In Paris?

Who wrote "Honeysuckle Rose" ;and "Ain't Misbehavin"?

In 1998 Cristina Sanchez became the first woman to become what?

What was Paul Robeson's profession before he became a stage actor?

Who was nicknamed the "cowboy philosopher"?

Who protested about Michael Jackson during the Brit Awards in 1996?

Which British redhead did Paris Match sign as a regular writer in 1996?

How was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott better known?

Which blonde Texan has daughters Elizabeth and Georgia, and sons James and Gabriel?

 In 1997 who did Kelly Fisher claim she was engaged to when photos of him with someone else appeared in the papers?

 Which golfer won all the major world championships in 1953 despite a serious car crash in 1949?

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

Hmmmmm…

>  Fine in CA for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana: $100

>Fine for jaywalking in CA: $108

The First Time…

1901 --- 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She was aged 64 years at the time: Annie Taylor

1902 --- 1st woman in the British Empire to run for a national office. She ran for the Australian Senate when women there got the right to vote in all federal elections: Vida Goldstein

1902 --- 1st woman to be pictured on a US postage stamp. The 8-cent stamp was issued in November: Martha Washington

1903 --- 1st Tour de France winner: Maurice Garin of Italy

Somewhat Useless Information…

++ Twinkies were invented in 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression by James A. Dewar, a plant manager at Continental Baking Company (Hostess’ parent company).

++ The original Twinkies filling was a banana-flavored creme. However, during World War II, there was a shortage of bananas, so the filling was switched to vanilla.

++ There are 17 Hostess bakeries across the countries cranking out 500 million Twinkies every year. It takes 40,000 miles of plastic wrap a year to package them. At 150 Calorie a piece, all those Twinkies have the energy equivalent to nearly 51,500 barrels of crude oil.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  — A Louisville woman faces first-degree disorderly conduct and menacing charges after police said she took out a sword during an argument at a Pizza Hut.

According to an arrest report, Wynika Mason was causing trouble at the Pizza Hut on Seventh Street Road and police were called.

When police arrived, she began yelling at them, the report said.

Customers and employees were in the restaurant, and employees said they felt threatened by Mason’s behavior.

An employee told police Mason had a sword with her and began yelling and pulling it out of the scabbard, according to the police report. The report also stated Mason’s brother said he took the sword from her and put it in the car.

Officers were given consent to search the vehicle and found the sword on the driver’s seat.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

While I was dining out with my children, a friend of my neighbor, who recognized us, came over to our table, and we started talking.

He asked where my kids go to school. I told him we homeschooled them.

With a raised eyebrow, he asked if my husband is the sole breadwinner for our family.

I said, "No, I also work... but out of our home."

Then, noticing our two-month-old son, he mentioned that his daughter had just had a baby, and he wondered what hospital our son was born in.

"He was born at home," I answered.

The man looked at me and said, "You don't get out much, do you?"

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Whats in a Twinkie?

Daybook Information

…Happening This Week:

15-21

National Dog Bite Prevention Week * National New Friends, Old Friends Week * National Police Week * National Transportation Week * World Trade Week * EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week * American Craft Beer Week * National Bike to Work Week *

21-28

Cover the Uninsured Week

National Safe Boating Week

«TODAY IS

American Red Cross Founder's Day

Armed Forces Day

Gemini Begins

I Need A Patch For That Day

National Endangered Species Day 

National Memo Day

National Wait Staff Day

O.Henry Pun-off Day since 1977:

>The fattest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.

>A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it was a weapon of math disruption.

Preakness Stakes

Sister Maria Hummel Day

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development

Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1908 - 1st horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago

1966 - "Downtown" by Mrs Miller hits #82

1972 - Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal.

1979 - Elton John becomes 1st western rocker to perform live in USSR

1999 - All My Children star Susan Lucci finally wins a Daytime Emmy after being nominated 19 times

…  IN ATHLETICS

1881 - US Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms

1996 - Ken Griffey Jr, 26, is 8th youngest to hits 200 home runs

…  IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1602 - Martha's Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)

…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1832 - As a part of Black Hawk’s War, a group of approximately fifty Potawatomi attack a settlement on Indian Creek near modern Ottawa, Illinois. Fifteen settlers are killed in the fighting. This is often called the "Indian Creek Massacre."

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

 878 - Syracuse, Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily

1725 - The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky

1982 - British troops lands on Falkland Islands

…  IN SCIENCE & RELIGION

1804 - Lewis & Clark Expedition begins

1897 - Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time

1964 - 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)

1978 - 118 Unification church couples wed in England

…  IN US POLITICS

1832 - 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)

1856 - Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces

1941 - 1st US ship sunk by a U-boat (SS Robin Moore)

1954 - Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated

1970 - National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State U

1971 - National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga TN

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS…

1688 - Alexander Pope, England, poet 

…ATHLETES

1964 - Nancy Daus, American professional wrestler 

…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1917 - Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)

1924 - Peggy Cass, Boston MA, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame)

David Groh actor (Joe-Rhoda) turns 73

Leo [Gerard] Sayer singer turns 63

Mr T [Lawrence Tero]  actor turns 59

1904 - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1898 - Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)

…POLITICIANS

1951 Al Franken comedian/writer/actor/Senator turns turns 60

1944 Mary Robinson President of Republic of Ireland turns 67

…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1860 - Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)

1780 - Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse

1865 - C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages

Today’s Obits:

1542 - Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi River from fever at 45

2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor dies at 96

1992 - Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24 after being accidently shot (ave. life 50 years in captivity and 30 in wild)

1987 - Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies of lung cancer at 57

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

Who was Charlie Chaplin's final father in law?

Eugene O'Neill

Who became Ambassador to Ghana in 1974?

Shirley Temple Black

Who wrote the music for An American In Paris?

George Gershwin

Who wrote "Honeysuckle Rose" ;and "Ain't Misbehavin"?

Fats Waller

In 1998 Cristina Sanchez became the first woman to become what?

Matador

What was Paul Robeson's profession before he became a stage actor?

Lawyer

Who was nicknamed the "cowboy philosopher"?

Will Rogers

Who protested about Michael Jackson during the Brit Awards in 1996?

Jarvis Cocker, a musician

Which British redhead did Paris Match sign as a regular writer in 1996?

The Duchess of York

How was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott better known?

Jelly Roll Morton

Which blonde Texan has daughters Elizabeth and Georgia, and sons James and Gabriel?

Jerry Hall

In 1997 who did Kelly Fisher claim she was engaged to when photos of him with someone else appeared in the papers?

Dodi Fayed

Which golfer won all the major world championships in 1953 despite a serious car crash in 1949?

Ben Hogan

Close Up Picture

Tadpole

…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW

5-20-11

TODAY’s “Geez”: 1927 - At 7:40 AM, Lindbergh takes off from NY to cross Atlantic for Paris

1932 - Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Rain, a little snow, more rain, lots of wind…ahhh Spring in Flag.

Mary and I had lunch today. She is trying to plan for her time with her grandkids in Phx. Sounds like it will be quite a lot of time, if her son gets his way. Mary is working on cutting down the time, without much drama. That will be quite a task. She took a boat down the San Juan many years ago, and got real excited when she heard I was doing the Colorado. I see a similar trip for Mary and Mike in the next couple of years. She also brought pics of their balloon ride, and now I am excited about mine— over the migration in Africa and over a year away. The wind was blowing so we ate inside at the Sunflower Bread Company. They had the best bread I have eaten. They have a great soup and sandwich combo that is more than enough and all made with organic stuff—whatever that means in today’s world.

I mentioned a few weeks ago my concern about our parking permits to park at the complex. Since that time I have noticed something else. The road around the four building complex has ‘straight-in’ parking on both sides of the street. Most of the time, most residents can basically park right in front of their home with at least one of their vehicles. In the evening the parking closest to the units was always filled and the parking on the other side of the road was not filled until necessary. Times have changed. Now the parking on the other side of the road fills up before the parking in front of the units. I’m not sure if this change is connected to the stupid parking permits, but there certainly is a change. I parked on the other side during snow storms as it was easier to back in and pull out when the snow was more than two or three inches. I also noticed that I am more likely to park there now, even when the weather is good. When parked on the unit side of the road, it is pretty easy to ‘guess’ where someone lives. Parking on the other side makes it more difficult. I didn’t make any connection until I was parking this afternoon. We all have to make adjustments.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)

Who was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg?

Which film director wrote the screenplay for Patton?

Which composer was the musical director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1970?

How many wives had Humphrey Bogart had before Lauren Bacall?

Who in 1994 put an ad in The Times with Richard Gere to say their marriage was still strong?

Who did Mate Garcia marry in 1996 by pointing to his symbol?

Which perfume house did Madonna advertise in the late 1990s?

Who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment after an incident in a hotel in 1991?

Model Ms Bourret is usually known by her first name alone; what is it?

Which celebrity restaurants do Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger own?

Sir Magdi Yacoub became famous in which medical field?

Which Jackson brother has a name nearest the beginning of the alphabet?

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

Hmmmmm…

>Percentage of all Internet networks rerouted to a Chinese telecommunication company last spring:  15

>Minutes that US Government and military traffic passes through Chinese servers: 18

The First Time…

1st female Nobel Prize winners:

1903 ---Physics: Marie Sklodowska Curie

1905 ---Peace: Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner

1909 --- Literature: Selma Ottilia Lovisa LagerlØf

1911 --- Chemistry: Marie Sklodowska Curie

1947 --- Physiology & Medicine: Gerty Radnitz Cori

Somewhat Useless Information…

++ Wine grapes, oranges, figs and olives were first planted in North America by Father Junipero Sera in 1769. 

++ Dr. Joel Poinsett, the 1st US ambassador to Mexico, brought the poinsettia to US in 1828. The plant, called "flower of the blessed night" in Mexico was renamed in Poinsett's honor. 

++ Advertisements for coffee in London in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The FBI says an Ohio bank robbery suspect left authorities with good surveillance photos because he lowered his hood when an employee told him to.

Stampede!

FBI Special Agent Harry Trombitas says the man in his mid-20s entered a Columbus PNC Bank on Wednesday with his dark hood up, covering most of his face. Trombitas says in a statement that the bank has a "no hats, no hoods" policy, so a bank employee told the man to pull his hood down, and he complied.

The FBI says when the suspect got to the counter, he handed the teller a note saying he had a gun and to give him money or he would shoot. He fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Columbus police haven't announced an arrest.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Staring at an empty cage, a zoo visitor asks, "Where are all the monkeys?"

"It's mating season," the keeper replies. "They're inside."

"Do you think they'd come out for peanuts?"

"Probably not," answers the keeper.

"Why not?" persists the visitor.

"Would you?"

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Sulu, of Star Trek, speaks out

Daybook Information

…Happening This Week:

15-21

National Dog Bite Prevention Week * National New Friends, Old Friends Week * National Police Week * National Transportation Week * World Trade Week * EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week * American Craft Beer Week * National Bike to Work Week *

«TODAY IS

Eliza Doolittle Day

International Virtual Assistants Day

Mike, The Headless Chicken Day since 1945 when a chicken continued to peck after beheading

National Bike to Work Day

National Defense Transportation Day

Rhubarb Day

Weights & Measures Day

East Timor: Independence Day  

US: FL Teacher's Day

Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1916 - Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting

…  IN ATHLETICS

1900 - 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)

1922 - Babe Ruth & Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the NY lineup & go hitless

1948 - Cleve Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)

…  IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1310 - Shoes were made for both right & left feet

1639 - Dorchester Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes

1830 - 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American)

1861 - Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle

1874 - Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz

1959 - Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"

…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1493 - A civil war battle among the Cakchiquel (Kaqchikel) Maya takes place today in Guatemala

1702 - Franciscans have established the Mission of Santa Fe de Toluca at one of the largest Timucua villages in northern Florida. Apalachicola Indians fight a battle with Spanish and Mission Indians.

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1631 - The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War

1902 - Cuba gains independence from Spain

1954 - Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China

1963 - Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia

1980 - In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism

1985 - Israel exchanges 1,100+ Arab prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers

1985 - US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti

1989 - China declares martial law in Beijing

…  IN SCIENCE & RELIGION

1293 - Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed

1990 - Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space

…  IN US POLITICS

1861 - Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War

1861 - North Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union

1959 - Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship

1961 - White mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Alabama

1967 - 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam

1969 - US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam

1970 - 100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS…

1911 - Gardner Fox, American writer

…ATHLETES

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…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Cher Singer-actress is 65

Susan Cowsill of The Cowsills is 52  Her big hit

Joe Cocker Singer is 67

1919 - George Gobel, Chicago Ill, comedian/TV personality 

1959 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, American singer

Bronson Pinchot, Actor is 52

1908 - James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart, American actor

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1818 - William George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo)

…POLITICIANS

1768 - Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison, 1st lady (1809-17)

1915 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense

1899 - John M Harlan, Chicago, 91st Supreme Court justice (1955-71)

…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1851 - Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, US, nun/daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne

1918 - Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel laureate

Today’s Obits:

1732 - Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader dies at 56

1506 - Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55

2008 - Hamilton Jordan, Carter White House Chief of Staff dies of mesothelioma at 63

1989 - Gilda Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), dies of cancer at 42

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

Who was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg?

Woody Allen

Which film director wrote the screenplay for Patton?

Francis Ford Coppola

Which composer was the musical director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1970?

Leonard Bernstein

How many wives had Humphrey Bogart had before Lauren Bacall?

Three

Who in 1994 put an ad in The Times with Richard Gere to say their marriage was still strong?

Cindy Crawford

Who did Mate Garcia marry in 1996 by pointing to his symbol?

Prince

Which perfume house did Madonna advertise in the late 1990s?

Max Factor

Who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment after an incident in a hotel in 1991?

Paula Jones

Model Ms Bourret is usually known by her first name alone; what is it?

Caprice

Which celebrity restaurants do Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger own?

Planet Hollywood

Sir Magdi Yacoub became famous in which medical field?

Heart transplants

Which Jackson brother has a name nearest the beginning of the alphabet?

Jackie

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…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW