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TODAY’s “Geez”
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1841 - Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei
(James Brooke appointed Rajah)
1935 - Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce
the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia,
Mississippi
♪♪ HaPpY BiRtHdAy to♪♪
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Free Rambling Thoughts
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The
first day of fall…really? Sure didn’t feel like it here in Flag. Not complainin’…just
saying.
My
brother is busy getting ready to open his showroom…things are coming together
nicely. So happy for him. He will be offering a ton of fascinating furniture.
Can’t wait till it is open. The pictures he sent me are exciting.
So
I waited all day for the satellite to fall from the sky. First, they said no
way would it hit the US, then it might hit the US, then it won’t hit the US…they
don’t seem to really know anything about where the 6-1/2 ton thing is going to
fall…or how big the pieces that make it to earth will be. Oh, well, glad I didn’t make news by being the
first to be injured by falling space ships. There is a lot of stuff up there,
so maybe next time. Wasn’t it Newton who
proved that whatever goes up has to come down?
Trivia Quiz…(answers at
the end of post) .
1.
Psychologist and
inventor William Mouton Marston created the famous comic book heroine Wonder
Woman. What machine did he invent?
2.
Necessity is the
mother of invention was suggested by whom?
3.
Helen Keller
dedicated her autobiography, The Story of My Life, to whom?
4.
Inventor Joseph
Arkwright was responsible for an important breakthrough in what industrial
process in 1768?
5.
Nobel Prize winning
inventor William Shockley, admitted that he had contributed his sperm to a
sperm bank in hopes of producing gifted children. What is he famous for
inventing?
6.
What was it that
Benjamin Holt invented that made farmers happy?
7.
Robert Stirling,
inventor of the Stirling Engine, had what occupation?
8.
Polio vaccine
inventor Dr. Jonas Salk came out of retirement in 1987 because of what disease?
9.
William James
Morrison, the inventor of the cotton candy machine, was a what?
10.
The crescograph,
invented by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, measures what?
11.
Who is credited with
inventing paper from bark and hemp in the second century?
12.
What inventor of
dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize, also invented what building material?
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase does this suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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- Number of John McCain’s Vietnamese torturers who publicly endorsed his candidacy: 1
- Number of anti-Zionist Orthodox rabbis who appeared at Iran’s conference to “discuss” the Holocaust December ‘08: 6
- Factor by which the number of Iraqis imprisoned exceeds the number at the time of the Abu Ghraib scandal: 2
- According to a study done by Yale University, the smell of a crayon ranks #18 on the list of most recognizable scents for adults.
- According to the U.S Census Bureau, 77 million children and adults were enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2009 from nursery school to college.
- Since 1903, more than 120 billion Crayola crayons have been sold. Every year Crayola manufactures 600 million colored pencils, 465 million markers, 110 million sticks of chalk and 1.5 million bottles of paint.
- Pencils can write just about anywhere - in zero gravity, upside down, and under water. The average pencil can write 45,000 words and draw a line 35 miles long. More than 2 billion pencils are used in the United States every year.
- SMART Technologies, the maker of the SMART board, says its whiteboards are used in more than 1.5 million K-12 classrooms and by more than 30 million students globally.
- The National Retail Federation (NRF) is forecasting total back-to-school (K-12) and back-to-college sales of $68.8 billion, an increase of 2.5 percent over last year.
Yeah, It Really Happened
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John
H. Gass filed suit against the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles for
revoking his driver’s license after its $1.5 million antiterrorism computerized
facial recognition system misidentified him as another driver.
Gass,
who drives for a living, said he had to spend 10 days dealing with bureaucratic
indifference to prove his identity and correct the error.
“There
are mistakes that can be made,” Registrar Rachel Kaprielian conceded but
insisted protecting the public far outweighs Gass’s or anyone’s inconvenience.
“A driver’s license is not a matter of civil rights.” Kaprielian reminded.
“It’s not a right. It’s a privilege.” (Boston Globe)
Guffaw…or at least smile .
An
Amish farmer is tending a field when he sees a man with teabags hanging from
his hat, near his pond. The man is scooping water out with his hand.
The
farmer says, "Trinken sie nicht das wasser, die kuhe unddie schweine haben
in ihm geschissen," which means, 'Don't drink the water, the cows and the
pigs use it as a toilet.'
The
Guy shouts back, "I'm a member of the Tea Party, and this is America... I
don't understand your gibberish so speak English, you moron!"
The
farmer says, "Use two hands, you'll get more."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I
found
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Daybook Information
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…Happening
This Week:
24-10/1
- Banned Books Week
- Fall Astronomy Week
- National Chimney Safety Week
- National Keep Kids Creative Week
TODAY IS
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- AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day
- Boys' and Girls' Club Day for Kids
- Family Health and Fitness Day USA
- Festival Of Latest Novelties
- Fish Amnesty Day Kids Day (Kiwanis Clubs)
- National Hunting and Fishing Day
- National Public Lands Day
- Punctuation Day
- R.E.A.D. (Reading Education Assistance Dogs)in America Day
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- Cambodia: Constitutional Declaration Day (1993)
- Guinea-Bissau: Independence Day (1973 from Portugal)
- South Africa: Heritage Day
Today’s Events
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IN
ARTS
1968 - "60 Minutes" premieres on
CBS-TV
IN
ATHLETICS
1853 - 1st round-the-world trip by yacht
(Cornelius Vanderbilt)
1895 - 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on
a bicycle (took 15 months)
1982 - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
1988
- Carl Lewis runs world record
100m (9.92 sec)
1988
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets
heptathlon woman's record (7,291)
IN
BUSINESS
1924 - Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport
IN
EDUCATION
--
FOR
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1819
- Lewis Cass negotiates a treaty
(7 stat. 203) for the United States with the Chippewas. For $1000 a year, the services of a
blacksmith, and provisions, the Chippewa give up a large section of land. 1853 - Command of Fort Phantom Hill, north of
Abilene, Texas, changes hands from Lieutenant Colonel Carlos A. Waite to Major
H.H. Sibley. The fort is often visited by the local Comanches,
Lipan-Apaches, Kiowas andKickapoos.
IN
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1625 - Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico
IN
RELIGION
--
IN
SCIENCE
1657 - 1st autopsy & coroner's jury
verdict is recorded in state of Maryland
1952
- Underwater volcano explodes
under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5
1960
- USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear
power aircraft carrier, launches
1990
- Periodic Great White Spot
observed on Saturn
IN
US POLITICS
1789 - Congress creates Post Office
1789
- President George Washington
appointed John Jay the 1st Chief Justice
1955
- Pres Eisenhower suffers a heart
attack on vacation in Denver
1969
- Trial of "Chicago 8"
(protesters at Dem Natl Conv) begins
1976
- Newspaper heiress Patricia
Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery.
Today’s Birthdays
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ARTISTS: (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Great
Gatsby)
1936 - Jim Henson, Greenville Miss, muppeteer
(Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
ATHLETES
"Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pitts
Steelers), Coke spokesman turns 65
1921 - Jim McKay, sportscaster (ABC's Wide
World of Sports)
ENTERTAINERS
(ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1948
- Phil Hartman, Brantford Ontario,
actor (SNL, Peewee's Playhouse)
1912 - Don Porter, actor (Russ
Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show)
Kevin Sorbo, actor turns 53
Anson Williams, actor (Happy Days) turns 62
ENTREPRENEURS
& EDUCATORS
--
POLITICIAL
FIGURES
1902
- Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian
politician, religious figure, and political leader of the 1979 Iranian
Revolution
SCIENTISTS
& THEOLOGISTS
--
Today’s Obits
.
1991
- Theodore Geisel, children's author (Dr Seuss), dies of cancer at 87
ANSWERS
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Trivia Quiz
1.
Psychologist and
inventor William Mouton Marston created the famous comic book heroine Wonder
Woman. What machine did he invent?
a.
Polygraph, or lie
detector machine
2.
Necessity is the
mother of invention was suggested by whom?
a.
Ovid
3.
Helen Keller
dedicated her autobiography, The Story of My Life, to whom?
a.
The great inventor
Alexander Graham Bell, who considered himself first and foremost a teacher of
the deaf
4.
Inventor Joseph
Arkwright was responsible for an important breakthrough in what industrial
process in 1768?
a.
Spinning Cotton
5.
Nobel Prize winning
inventor William Shockley, admitted that he had contributed his sperm to a
sperm bank in hopes of producing gifted children. What is he famous for
inventing?
a.
Transistor
6.
What was it that
Benjamin Holt invented that made farmers happy?
a.
Tractor
7.
Robert Stirling,
inventor of the Stirling Engine, had what occupation?
a.
Priest
8.
Polio vaccine
inventor Dr. Jonas Salk came out of retirement in 1987 because of what disease?
a.
AIDS
9.
William James
Morrison, the inventor of the cotton candy machine, was a what?
a.
Dentist
10.
The crescograph,
invented by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose, measures what?
a.
Plant movements
11.
Who is credited with
inventing paper from bark and hemp in the second century?
a.
Ts'ai Lun
12.
What inventor of
dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize, also invented what building material?
a.
Plywood
Wuzzle
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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