Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day In History December 31, 2013

Ridley's Believe It Or Not--December 31, 2013:  New Year's Eve and if a Scot like my mother, you would be celebrating the first day of Hogmanay ( Auld Year's Night) and if a procrastinator having delayed making your New Year's resolutions, celebrating Make Up Your Mind Day; and on this day in 1891 New York's immigration depot was opened on Ellis Island; in 1907 the first New Year's Eve celebration was held in Time's Square; in 1967 the Youth International Party, aka "Yippies" was founded (probably as a result of too much celebrating); and in 1991 the Soviet Union was officially dissolved (thank you President Reagan).

          In a texting, shortened communication world, here is the briefest and worthiest  resolution list of them all: “Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.” -- Goran Persson, former Swedish Prime Minister and crusader in the fight against intolerance.

           A New Year's Eve Wish

           In the list of resolutions on New Year's Eve, here is one to put on top

           Celebrate, but if drinking--a cab or the car keys into another's hands drop

           Party hearty, but do not drink and then leave to drive

           Too much at risk, too many dreams to try and not to survive

           So on this day on December 31, 2014 for Ridley's Believe It Or Not

            "A first, on this day in 2013, the number of DUIs--nada, squat, zilch, zip, zero, naught."

           © December 18, 2013 Michael P. Ridley, aka the Alaskanpoet

HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR GO CARDINAL IN THE ROSE BOWL!   

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