5-30-11

TODAY’s “Geez”: 1937 - Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Flag has had 60mph wind gusts since early afternoon. Glad I didn’t have to be out in it. I even had to close all the windows, not because of the wind, but because of the noise. I did take a walk this morning before the wind started. Then stayed inside and did laundry this afternoon. We have a lot of elementary aged kids at the complex, and none of them were outside this afternoon. I’m sure some are off with family for the long weekend, but quite a few were out this morning, and then disappeared.

My parents called today ‘Decoration Day’. It was officially known as ‘Memorial Day’, but for them it was always the older name. The tradition of placing flowers and/or flags on graves of soldiers dates back to the end of the Civil War. Ladies placed flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers. Many Southern states still celebrate a separate holiday to honor the Confederate soldiers. It is time that our nation recognizes that the wounds of war, any war, are deep and don’t heal with time. So today, I will stop and remember the soldiers who have given everything to make our country what it is today. I will also hope that sometime in my lifetime, it won’t be necessary to fight a war for any reason. A time it won’t be necessary for any young person in any country to die fighting for their homeland.

Tonight is the PBS Memorial Day Concert. Can’t miss that. It is always good patriotic music and nice to recognize our fallen soldiers.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

What is the northeastern most state of the USA?

In which state is the Cumberland plateau?

Where is the lowest point of the western hemisphere?

What divides Alaska from the rest of the USA?

The Missouri joins the Mississippi just north of which city?

On which Hawaiian island is Honolulu?

In Nevada which mineral production exceeds that of oil?

Which is the only US state to have been an independent republic?

Which New York island was originally called Gibbet Island?

Where is the Sears Tower?

In which state are the Ozark Mountains?

Where is the Apalachicola National Forest?

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

Hmmmmm…

>Chances that a female West Point cadet was a victim of ‘unwanted sexual contact’ last year: 1 in 10

>Percentage of victims who reported such incidents: 14

>Percentage who said they ‘took care of it’ themselves: 65

The First Time…

1921 --- 1st US African American female pilot, but earned her license in France. Was killed April 30, 1926, in a flying accident… Bessie Coleman

1921 --- 1st Miss America. She was 16 and 30-25-32… Margaret Gorman

1923 --- 1st American to swim across the English Channel… Henry Sullivan

Somewhat Useless Information…

++twenty-eight million Americans use indoor tanning booths every year.

++In the last thirty years, the per capita rate in America for melanoma has increased by 100%.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

GRAYSLAKE, Ill. - Police in a Chicago suburb said they arrested a woman accused of biting several packages of beef jerky and returning them to a store shelf. Grayslake police said Wendy Staples, 50, refused to pay for the jerky after a Dollar General store manager observed her biting through the plastic of the packages and putting them back on the shelf, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday. Sgt. Scott Heimos said Staples allegedly pushed the manager in the chest when she was asked to leave. He said Staples claimed to be a law enforcement officer during her arrest. "We know she's not, because we've dealt with her before," Heimos said. Staples was charged with criminal damage to property, battery and criminal trespass. She was released on $1,500 bond. Heimos said investigators do not know the motive behind the jerky-biting.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class. She came to the part of the story where Chicken Little tried to warn the farmer. She read, ".... and so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling!"

The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that farmer said?"

One little girl raised her hand and said, "I think he said: 'Holy Mackerel! A talking chicken!'"

The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

U.S. Armed Forces Songs

"Son of a Soldier" A Military Tribute

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

23-30

National Backyard Games Week * Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories * Old-Time Player Piano Week * Black Single Parents Week

«TODAY IS

My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Day

Memorial Day

Prayer for Peace Memorial Day

Loomis Day for the inventor of wireless telegraphy

Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1980 - Turner's painting "Juliet & Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million

…  IN ATHLETICS

1925 - Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy

1935 - Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies

1967 - Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles

1982 - Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds

…  IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1783 - Benjamin Tower of Philadelphia  publishes 1st daily newspaper in US

…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1650 - An ordinance is passed against the making of counterfeit, or "fake," wampum by the Directors of the Council of the New Netherlands. European manufacturers are producing the fakes, which are being used to pay Indians.

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1431 - Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal

1539 - Spanish explorer Fernando de Soto discovers Florida

1967 - Biafra declares independence from Nigeria

…  IN SCIENCE & RELIGION

1821 - James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose

1848 - William G Young patents ice cream freezer

1998 - A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing up to 5,000

…  IN US POLITICS

1806 - Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy

1848 - Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million

1854 - Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created

1901 - Memorial Day 1st officially observed in US

1908 - 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved

1991 - Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS…

1846 - Peter Carl Fabergé, Russian goldsmith and jeweler 

1908 - Mel[vin J] Blanc, voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig)

…ATHLETES

Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears) turns 68

…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1909 - Benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing)

Wynonna, [Christina Judd], singer (Judds-Why Not Me) turns 47

1945 - Meredith MacRae, actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons)

Michael J Pollard, actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne) turns 72

Clint Walker, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen) turns 84

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

1918 - Bob Evans, American restaurateur “farm-fresh goodness”

…POLITICIANS

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…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

1902 - Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist

1916 - Joseph W Kennedy, scientist (1 of 4 discoverers of plutonium)

1926 - Christine Jorgensen, pioneer transsexual

Today’s Obits:

1431 - Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint burned at stake at 19

1548 - Juan Diego (Cuauhtlatoatzin) is the Nahua who saw the apparition of the Virgin Mary on a hill called Tepeyacac in Mexico dies at 74

1593 - Christopher Marlowe, Brit dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), murdered at 29

1971 - Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46

1960 - Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies of lung cancer at 70

1640 - Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, dies of gout at 62

1778 - Voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 83

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

What is the northeastern most state of the USA?

Maine

In which state is the Cumberland plateau?

 Alabama

Where is the lowest point of the western hemisphere?

Death Valley, California

What divides Alaska from the rest of the USA?

 British Columbia

The Missouri joins the Mississippi just north of which city?

St. Louis

On which Hawaiian island is Honolulu?

Oahu

In Nevada which mineral production exceeds that of oil?

Gold

Which is the only US state to have been an independent republic?

Texas

Which New York island was originally called Gibbet Island?

Ellis Island

Where is the Sears Tower?

Chicago

In which state are the Ozark Mountains?

Arkansas

Where is the Apalachicola National Forest?

Florida

Close Up Picture

Toadstool

Publish Post

…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW

5-29-11

TODAY’s “Geez”: 1953 - Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Weatherman was right….very windy day….it was warm but no fun to be outside.

Our forest service and fire departments are busy. Three small fires in the forest, all human caused, were quickly contained. I can’t believe that people are so careless and unable to abide by the no campfire designation. Of course no one has any idea who started the fires, probably not even the idiots who did it. All were abandoned campfires.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)

Who were defeated along with the Germans at El Alamein?

During World War I what kind of gas was used in the trenches?

What Operation was the codename for the D Day landings?

Which major weapon of war was used for the first time in 1916?

The Tamil Tigers were fighting for a separate state on which island?

Muhammad Ali refused to fight in which war?

War broke out in Biafra in the 60s when it broke away from which country?

Which "Lord" was executed for treason in 1946 for broadcasting Nazi propaganda?

During which war was OXFAM set up?

Which country pulled out of Vietnam in the 1950s?

In WWII who was in charge of the Afrika Korps?

The EOKA were a terrorist group operating on which island?

Which city was besieged by German troops for over 900 days in WWII?

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

Hmmmmm…

>Number of companies in which Senate Armed Services Committee staffers are prohibited from owning stock: 48,096

>Number for the Senators themselves: 0

The First Time…

1918 --- the world's 1st woman ambassador. She was appointed the Hungarian ambassador to Switzerland… Rosika Schwimmer

1919 --- 1st African American Editor of the Harvard Law Review…Charles Hamilton Houston

1920 --- 1st African American woman tennis champion in the US. She won the women's singles title at a tournament in Baltimore… Lucy Slowe

1920 --- 1st US woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics. (Margaret Abbott was awarded a porcelain bowl, not a gold medal, in 1900.)…Ethelda "Thel" Bleibtrey - swimmer

Somewhat Useless Information…

++In Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, you will find the site of the country's largest collection of life-sized troll sculptures. You can take a "Troll Stroll" down The Trollway, where you'll see these troll sculptures carved into trees along the town's main drag.

++The northern Wisconsin town of Mercer is home to the world's largest loon. A 16-foot-tall, 2,000-pound fiberglass water-fowl has stood on the lawn of the chamber of commerce since 1981.

++In Havre de Grace, Maryland, you'll find the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum, home of the country's largest collection of wooden duck decoys, most carved between 1930 and 1990.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - Customs officials at a Washington-area airport say they arrested an Ethiopian with nearly 90 pounds of sheep meat in his suitcases. Agents at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia searched the luggage after the man admitted he had brought food into the country, the New York Daily News reported. But they weren't expecting meat cooked in a red gravy and divided into 15 plastic bags that weighed 88 pounds. "That's an awful lot of food product to stuff inside one's baggage," Christopher Hess, port director for the Port of Washington, said in a statement. Federal regulations say travelers can't bring animal products into the United States from countries known to harbor certain diseases, such as foot and mouth disease and swine fever, the Daily News said. Officials threw the meat into an incinerator but allowed the unnamed man make his connecting flight to Seattle.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

Knock-knock.

Who's there?

Dishes.

Dishes who?

Dishes the police! Come out with your hands up!

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Rationing During WWII

Daybook Information…

…Happening This Week:

23-30

National Backyard Games Week * Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories * Old-Time Player Piano Week * Black Single Parents Week

«TODAY IS

End Of The Middle Ages Day or beginning of Renaissance in 1453

Indianapolis 500—100^th this year

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

Rogation Sunday-- a Roman Catholic ritual involving prayer and sacrifice for crops / compare to ancient Roman “Robigalia”

Rural Life Sunday Day

Wisconsin: Admission Day (30^th state--1848)

Rhode Island: Ratification Day  

Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1630 - Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"

1962 - Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"

…  IN ATHLETICS

1911 - 1st running of Indianapolis 500

1977 - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500

2001 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments

…  IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1900 - Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co

1943 - Meat & cheese rationed in US

1980 - 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate

1986 - 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia

…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1876 - The Interior Department is told to cooperate with the War Department so the military can round up the "hostiles" whenever they may appear on a reservation or an agency.

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1453 - Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire

1733 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City

1974 - Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster

1989 - Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty

…  IN SCIENCE & RELIGION

1919 - Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster

…  IN US POLITICS

1721 - South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony

1765 - Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"

1849 - Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"

1916 - Official flag of president of US adopted

1973 - Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles 

2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS…

1906 - T.H. White, British author 

…ATHLETES

Charlie Hayes, 3rd baseman (Pitts Pirates, NY Yankees)turns 46

Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71) turns 72

…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

Annette Bening actor turns 53

Melissa Etheridge, US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough) turns 50

1903 - Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes], Kent England, entertainer 

Adrian Paul actor turns 52

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

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…POLITICIANS

1736 - Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"

1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, (Sen-Mass), 35th Pres 

…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits:

1951 - Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59

2004 - Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor dies at 92

1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate dies at 89

2008 - Harvey Korman, American actor dies at 81

2010 - Dennis Hopper, American actor and director dies of prostate cancer at 74

1995 - Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

Who were defeated along with the Germans at El Alamein?

Italians

During World War I what kind of gas was used in the trenches?

Mustard gas

What Operation was the codename for the D Day landings?

Overlord

Which major weapon of war was used for the first time in 1916?

Tank

The Tamil Tigers were fighting for a separate state on which island?

 Sri Lanka

Muhammad Ali refused to fight in which war?

Vietnam

War broke out in Biafra in the 60s when it broke away from which country?

Nigeria

Which "Lord" was executed for treason in 1946 for broadcasting Nazi propaganda?

Lord Haw-Haw  

During which war was OXFAM set up?

WWII

Which country pulled out of Vietnam in the 1950s?

France

In WWII who was in charge of the Afrika Korps?

Rommel

The EOKA were a terrorist group operating on which island?

Cyprus

Which city was besieged by German troops for over 900 days in WWII?

Leningrad

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5-28-11

TODAY’s “Geez”: 1892 - Sierra Club forms by John Muir in SF, for conservation of nature

1934 - Near Callander, Ontario, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Olivia and Elzire Dionne

Free Rambling Thoughts…

Memorial Day weekend is beginning. I ran some errands and did not enjoy the heavy traffic. I opened the paper and found that it will be windy today and worse on Saturday, and still worse on Sunday. Most of the weekend will be Red Flag days. Then I got on that there internet thing and found that after 54 years, there will be no horse races in Flag over the Independence Day weekend. I took Martha to pick up her truck, and that went well. A few hours later she posted that her cell phone had died. After a little techy work she found that the battery had gotten wet with possibly coffee. It is an early model Nokia and has probably really really died.

More on the horse races…each year it is a three or four day event, depending on when the 4^th falls. I have gone every year since 1971 when I came to AZ. I never spend a lot of money, but do make some bets. I have watched the admission go from $1 to $8 over the years and I still go. Some days I leave a few dollars ahead, some days not. Their website states that last year the event brought in about $1mllion to the hotels, restaurants, and local businesses. In these tough economic times it would seem that someone would step up to help the city or the county (who has always sponsored the races) with the seed money needed. Tourists need something to keep them near Flagstaff during their visit. I’m sure many of the visitors are horse owners, trainers, and state wide bettors who enjoy walking around downtown—and spending money before and after the races. Parks and Rec have already announced they will refund the box seat tickets already purchased. That sounds pretty final. Sad to see a tradition stop.

Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of psot)

What was the number of the British Armored Division known as The Desert Rats?

Which US general along with Schwarzkopf was leader in the Gulf War?

How long did the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 last?

Who, during the Vietnam War, was known as Hanoi Jane?

Which breakaway Russian republic had Grozny as its capital?

Where did Nazi leader Rudolf Hess crash land in 1941?

Which county's "Spring" was halted by the arrival of Soviet tanks in 1968?

Where was the Bay of Pigs whose invasion sparked a world crisis in the 60s?

Where did the Enola Gay drop a devastating bomb in WWII?

In which county is Passschendaele, scene of battle in WWI?

The Taliban are a guerrilla group in which country?

Whose forces were defeated at the Battle of Midway in 1942?

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

Hmmmmm…

++ Price of a cup of Ice Cream at the Ice Pack, an Iranian-owned dessert franchise, in Baghdad: $2.50

++ Price for a hamburger at the Freedom Restaurant in the Green Zone: $3

The First Time…

1917 --- 1st female Yeoman (F) in the US Navy… Loretta Walsh

1917 --- 1st Pulitzer Winners

       Biography: Laura E. Richards, H. Elliott, and Florence Hall

       History: Jean Jules Jusserand

       Reporting: Herbert B. Swope

1921 ---1st female Pulitzer Winners

      Fiction: Edith Wharton for "The Age of Innocence."

 1923 ---1st female Pulitzer Winners

      Poetry: Edna St. Vincent Millay for "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver."

 1983 ---1st female Pulitzer Winners

      Music: Ellen Taafe Zwilich

Somewhat Useless Information…

++Queen Victoria is the longest serving British monarch ever at 63 years, seven months. Her reign ended upon her death in 1901.

++The monarch married Prince Albert of Germany on February 10, 1940. He was her first cousin and was one of the only socially acceptable suitors in the world. She could not marry anyone of even a slightly lower social status.

++Victoria and Albert had nine children. Most of them married into Europe's royal family. She is still known as the Grandmother of Europe. 

++Victoria was the only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of George III. Her father died almost immediately after her birth thus she became heir to the throne because the three uncles who were ahead of her in succession - George IV, Frederick Duke of York, and William IV - had no legitimate children who survived.

++Queen Victoria was the first monarch to travel by train. The progress in transportation allowed she and Prince Albert to travel extensively throughout the Empire. Her first train trip was in 1842.

++The current monarch, Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip are both great-great grandchildren of Queen Victoria.

Yeah, It Really Happened…

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An Indiana couple discovered a receipt that may have blown 525 miles from Joplin, Mo., to their porch — the longest recorded journey of debris from a tornado.

Tia Fritz contacted Ernest Agee, a Purdue University professor of earth and atmospheric sciences and tornado expert, when she and her husband discovered a receipt dated May 13 from Joplin Tire on the porch of their Royal Center, Indiana, home on Wednesday (May 25). Royal Center is in north central Indiana about 45 miles from Lafayette.

"This paper traveled more than twice as far as the longest distance recorded for debris from a storm," said Agee, who now has the receipt. "The previous record was a cancelled check that traveled 210 miles after the 1915 tornado in Great Bend, Kansas.

The distance paper travels is directly proportional to the intensity of the tornado. This paper's journey is a testament to the strength of the EF5 tornado that struck Joplin and what that city went through."

In order to reach Indiana, the receipt, which was folded into one-quarter of its original size, would have to have been sucked into the tornado and then carried by the jet stream for 12.5 hours, according to Agee's estimates using wind speeds and the distance traveled. It is not known exactly how long the receipt was on the porch before it was discovered.

The devastating tornado destroyed nearly one-third of Joplin and killed more than 132 people in the city of more than 50,000. The tornado is considered the deadliest to hit the United States in 65 years.

Guffaw…or at least smile…

A woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist, "Paint me with diamond rings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets, a ruby broach, and gold Rolex."

"But you are not wearing any of those things," he replied.

"I know," she said. "It's in case I should die before my husband. I'm sure he will remarry right away, and I want his new wife to go crazy looking for the jewelry."

Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

Gary Stewart She's Acting Single

T-Bone Walker w/ Jazz At The Philharmonic - Live in UK 1966

Daybook Information

…Happening This Week:

21-28

Cover the Uninsured Week * National Safe Boating Week

23-30

National Backyard Games Week  * Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories * Old-Time Player Piano Week * Black Single Parents Week

«TODAY IS

Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day (ARMAD)

International Jazz Day

Julia Pierpont Day: established by the state of West Virginia, Marion County and the city of Fairmont to honor Julia Pierpont, the wife of Fairmont's Francis H. Pierpont, the Governor of Restored Virginia (1861-68) and "The Father of West Virginia." Pierpont Community & Technical College was named in honor of Francis H. Pierpont

National Hamburger Day

Sierra Club Day Slugs

Return from Capistrano Day

Azerbaijan: Day of the Republic 

Ethiopia: National Day  

Today’s Events:

…  IN ARTS

1929 - 1st all color talking picture "On With the Show" exhibited (NYC)

…  IN ATHLETICS

1742 - 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)

1946 - 1st night game at Yankee stadium (Senators 2, Yanks 1)

1951 - After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st major league home run

1962 - Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio

1978 - Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times

…  IN BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1818 - 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched

1930 - The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.

1937 - Golden Gate Bridge in SF opens to vehicular traffic

1970 - The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel

1987 - 60th Natl Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci

1992 - 65th National Spelling Bee: Amanda Goad wins spelling lyceum

…  FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1830 - Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie

…  IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

1952 - The women of Greece are given the right to vote.

1961 - Amnesty Intl founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)

1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa

…  IN SCIENCE & RELIGION

585 BC - A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. 

1664 - 1st Baptist Church organizes (Boston)

1959 - Monkeys Able & Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission

1963 - Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed and Estimated 22,000 die in another cyclone in Bay of Bengal (India)

…  IN US POLITICS

1754 - George Washington defeats French & Indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)

1774 - 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)

1851 - Sojourner Truth attends Women's Rights Convention

1923 - US unemployment has nearly ended

1972 - White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Natl HQ at Watergate

… ARTISTS:  AUTHORS:  COMPOSERS…

1779 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet

…ATHLETES

1888 - James Francis Thorpe (Wa-Tho-Huk, translated to Bright Path), decathelete (Olympic-gold-1912)

Jerry West,  NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960) turns 73

…ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)

1945-Gary Stewart, country singer (She's Actin' Single)

1910 - T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)

… ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS

Carroll Baker, Penn, actress (Andy Warhol's Bad, Babydoll, Harlow) turns 80

John Fogerty, rock vocals (Creedence Clearwater Revival) turns 66

1915 - Joseph Greenberg, American linguist

…POLITICIANS

Rudy Giuliani, (Mayor NYC) turns 67

…SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS

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Today’s Obits:

2010 - Gary Coleman, American actor dies after a fall at 42

1996 - Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies of heart attack at 66

1998 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor, comedian murdered at 50

1971 - Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies in private plane crash at 46

1843 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84

ANSWERS:

Trivia Quiz

What was the number of the British Armored Division known as The Desert Rats?

7th

Which US general along with Schwarzkopf was leader in the Gulf War?

Powell  

How long did the Arab-Israeli War of 1967 last?

Six days

Who, during the Vietnam War, was known as Hanoi Jane?

Jane Fonda

Which breakaway Russian republic had Grozny as its capital?

 Chechnya

Where did Nazi leader Rudolf Hess crash land in 1941?

Scotland

Which county's "Spring" was halted by the arrival of Soviet tanks in 1968?

Czechoslovakia

Where was the Bay of Pigs whose invasion sparked a world crisis in the 60s?

Cuba

Where did the Enola Gay drop a devastating bomb in WWII?

Hiroshima

In which county is Passschendaele, scene of battle in WWI?

Belgium

The Taliban are a guerrilla group in which country?

Afghanistan

Whose forces were defeated at the Battle of Midway in 1942?

Japan

Close Up Picture

Auto Repair Manual

…AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW