March 14 history White Day(Japan)

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—March 14, 2015 Trust you survived any fears emanating from Friday the 13^th and your weekend is off to a great start. In the lead after leaving the Huslia checkpoint on the Yukon 478 miles from the start with a 43 minute lead over Mitch Seavey is Aliy Zirkle. DeeDee Jenrove, the youthful 61 year old who has raced the Iditarod 33 times has dropped back to eleventh and Cindy Abbott has climbed up to 73^rd. Check out the Motel 6 accommodations for the dogs at the Huslia checkpoint; no TV but the straw looks very pleasing after a day of pulling a sled.

                                                                 

                                            

As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids of interest and a relevant quote from Frank Borman, enjoying a some potato chips, blessed  with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.

       1. National Pi Day—commemorating the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter which starts out as 3.14 and continues into the trillions upon trillions digits.

       2. White Day (Japan)—commemorating since 1978 a concept of what is good for the goose on Valentines’ Day is good for the gander on this day in which women who have received Valentines’ Day gifts give chocolates to the men who sent them gifts.

       3. 1981 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1981, as part of a 1 week run 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton, a legendary songwriter and country western singer with numerous Grammies and over 100 million records sold in her career.   
        4. National Potato Chip Day—great snack that has been with us since created by George Crum, a half black, half Native American cook at Moon’s Lake House, Sarasota Springs, New York on August 24, 1853.
        5. Mooning Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1928 of Frank Borman commander of Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon.                                                                                                         
On this day in
     a. 1794 Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin.   
     b. 1910 the Lakeview Gusher Number One, near Taft, CA vented into the atmosphere and continued to do so for 18 months spilling 8 million barrels of oil.
     c. 1942 Doctor John Bumstead and Doctor Orvan Hess became the first to successfully treat a patient suffering from streptococcal septicemia with penicillin produced in the U.S.  
     d. 1994 Linus 1.0.0 was released.
     e. 1995 Norman Thagard become the first American astronaut to be launched into space by a Russian launch vehicle; sadly given the demise of the Shuttle program he was not the last American astronaut hitchhiker.  
Reflections on Earth from a lunar perspective being a Good Samaritan: “When you are finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you are going to get a concept that maybe this really is one world and why in hell can we not learn to live together like decent people.” Frank Borman Astute words but not listened to by large segments of the Earth’s population.

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