Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—July 23, 2014: Another meager day of holidays
but you are probably on vacation anyway and do not need the time off. Hope you
enjoy what is posted, along with the factoids and quote from Andrew Jackson
with a smile on your face and a penuche in your hand.
1.
National Hot Dog Day —celebrating
an iconic summertime food either at the beach, picnic or at a baseball game.
2. National
Vanilla Ice Cream Day—celebrating the most popular
ice cream of all time—enjoy!
3. Sorrow
on the Morrow Day—bemoaning the loss of actor Vic Morrow while after a helicopter
crashed on him on this day in 1983 while filming the movie The Twilight Zone.
4. Blue
Dress Day—celebrating not a get out the vote drive for Blue candidates
but rather the birthday 41 years ago on this date of the most famous wearer of
a blue dress ever Monica Lewinsky.
On this
day in:
a. 1903 the Ford Motor Company sold
its first car.
b. 1940 in a preview moment of what
we are seeing in Ukraine Secretary of State Welles issued a statement of non-recognition
over the Soviet Union annexing the Baltic Republics.
c. 1942 in a dark day for humanity
moment the death concentration camp Treblinka was opened—never again!
A suggestion to Kerry and his open mike as the Hamas rockets
continue to rain on Israel: “Thou shalt not be a victim, thou shalt not be a
perpetrator, but, above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.” Yehuda Bauer, noted
Holocaust historian
Please
enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
(if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com 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.
© July 23,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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