Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—June 10, 2014: Meager day for
holidays—enough to make one drown one’s frustrations in copious amounts of iced
tea. Hope
you enjoy the holidays, factoids, and
quote.
1. Alcoholics Anonymous Founders Day—celebrating
the formation of Alcoholics Anonymous by Doctor Bob and Bill Wilson in Akron,
Ohio on June 10, 1935 and the millions of alcoholics who have as a result
managed to stay sober.
2. Iced Tea
Day—honoring the popularization of iced tea at the 1904 St. Louis World’s
Fair—great drink on a hot day and if we are in climate change trend, suspect a
lot more iced tea will be consumed although in a Catch-22 the more ice made the
more carbon realized into the atmosphere.
3. National Herb and
Spice Day—honoring the herbs and spices without which our food would be
bland and tasteless as could possibly be.
4. National Call of the Wild Day---celebrating
not Jack London but the birthday of Charles Burnett, aka the “Howlin’ Wolf,” one
of the great jazz singers of of the 20th Century.
On this
day in:
a. 1854 the first class of midshipman graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy.
b. 1944 at the tender age of 15 Joe Nuxhall, the youngest ever player in the
Major Leagues, pitched less than one inning giving up two hits and five runs
and walking five batters.
c. 1963 the Equal Pay Act was signed
into law by President Kennedy in order to eliminate wage disparity based on sex—listening
to Blues campaigning for election and reelection and you would think the law
never existed.
A useful sailor’s prayer
in times of adversity: "God grant
me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is
hopeless.” Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and commander in chief of all Allied air, land
and sea forces in the Pacific during World War II
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for poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The
Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be
of interest.
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© June 10,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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