1. Russian Cosmonaut Day—celebrating
Yuri Gagarin’s orbit into and return from space on April 12, 1961, the first
human to do so.
2. Big Wind Day—commemorating the highest wind
speed on the planet recorded by a human—231 mph on April 12, 1934 recorded at
the Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire. That incredible speed was
elapsed on April 10, 1996 as recorded by an automatic recording at Barrow Island,
Australia on April 10, 1996 at 253 mph during Cyclone Olivia. If speed would be
measured by hot air content, those records would be broken daily in the halls
of Congress and the W.H.
3. D.E.A.R Day (Drop Everything and Read)—celebrating
a great concept and in dealing with issues raising children most likely more
effective than D.A.R.E. and observed on April 12, the birthday of Beverly
Cleary, one of America’s most successful authors of children’s books.
4. National Grilled
Cheese Sandwich Day—if
concerned about dropping bits of cheese fondue on the carpet yesterday, another
delicious and not as messy holiday to observe.
5. National Licorice Day—a first on Ridley’s Believe It or Not—a
twofer culinary holiday and celebrating a really chewy holiday to sink your
teeth into.
On this day in:
a. 1955 the Salk Polio Vaccine was declared
safe and effective, the first step is ending the scourge of this really
frightening and crippling disease that attacked without warning.
b. 1981 20 years to the day
after Yuri Gagarin’s first manned flight into space, the first
Shuttle—Columbia—was launched into orbit and then later to return and land.
c. 1994 in yet another reason
why Dick the Butcher was right, two immigration lawyers, Lawrence Canter and
Martha Siegel created the first commercial Usenet spam. Sadly after the
proverbial internet advertising horse had left the barn, Canter was disbarred
for illegal advertising.
At least Spam in a can can be eaten as
opposed to spam in an e-can that is toxic to your e-health: “The Orwellian vision was about state-sponsored surveillance. Now
it's not just the state, it's your nosy neighbor, your ex-spouse and people who
want to spam you.” Howard Rheingold, noted American teacher, critic and writer,
often commenting on the social implications of communication systems.
Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost
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Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below.
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for poems on the Mustangs going to the Dance with a losing
record; to honor Cindy Abbott, a half blind 54 year old mother suffering from a
rare disease who competed in last year's Iditarod until forced out with a
broken pelvis after 600 miles; on Bode Miller and the human spirit; for Cupid
on Valentine's Day; to honor Cory Remsburg to join a great collection of
my poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times for poems on the
Congressman McAllister on camera kissing passionately his female staffer; the
death of Pastor Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church; Obama's
"sanctions" compared to Rolling Thunder 49 years ago: Mustangs
advance in the Dance to await the Shockers; Russian Roulette with Putin; EPA's
war against a Wyoming family; on Jolly's upset win over Sink in the House's
13th District of Florida; China's red line on war in Korea; the banning the
wearing of the American flag on Cinco de Mayo to join numerous other comments
on news events always in rhyme of course.
©April 12, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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