Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—October 23, 2014: Trust your Thursday is
proving to be a great one and that you are able to view the partial solar
eclipse at 3:30 this afternoon and as always enjoy the holidays and
observances, factoids and quote from the Greek poet Archilochus, with a smile
on your sunscreened face, looking forward to a slice of Boston cream pie,
blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want
to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know that the
Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price
tailored to the event and the recipient.
1. Mole Day—celebrated, since 1991 by
chemists and chemistry students between 6.02 A.M. and 6.02 P.M. with 6.02 x 10/23
representing Avogrados number, the number of particles in a mole, one the seven
base systems of international measurements.
2. International iPod Day—celebrating the
release of the first iPod on this day in 2001 and the beginning of the end of
CD players.
3. Swallows Leave San Juan Capistrano Day—honoring
that swallows’ rite of passage, the day they leave to return to their summer
homes in Argentina, 6,000 miles away.
4. Partial Solar Eclipse Day—celebrating one of the amazing bits of
celestial viewing a partial solar eclipse, visible today in California and the West
Coast at 3:30 P.M.
5. National
Boston Cream Pie Day—celebrating another great desert treat best eaten as
opposed to thrown.
On this day
in
a. 1850 the first National Women’s Rights Convention began in Worcester,
Massachusetts.
b. 1946 the first meeting of the U.N. General Assembly occurred in an
auditorium in Flushing, Queens in New York City.
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c. 1983 in Beirut the U.S.
Marines Barracks was hit by a suicide bomber in a truck, killing 241 Marines.
d. 2002 40 armed Chechen terrorists
seized the Dubrovka Theater in Moscow, holding over 700 theater goers
hostage; Russian security forces two days later stormed the building, killing
all terrorists but in the assault over 130 civilians lost their lives.
Reflections on today’s partial solar eclipse: “"Nothing
can be surprising any more or impossible or miraculous, now that Zeus, father
of the Olympians has made night out of noonday, hiding the bright sunlight,
and . . . fear has come upon mankind. After this, men can believe anything,
expect anything. Don't any of you be surprised in future if land beasts
change places with dolphins and go to live in their salty pastures, and get
to like the sounding waves of the sea more than the land, while the dolphins
prefer the mountains." May refer to a total
solar eclipse of 6 April 648 B.C. Archilochus, Greek poet (c680-640 B.C.)
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