March 2 History Read Across America Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—March 2, 2015 Trust your weekend was a great one and your Monday also and you are anxiously awaiting the start of the start of the Iditarod in 7 days (when it starts properly befitting my Alaskan heritage and homage to the Last Great Race on Earth I will post daily race standings). As always, I  hope you enjoy the meager holidays and observances, factoids and a relevant quote by Charlene, Princess of Monaco with a smile on your face, enjoying a slice of banana cream pie, 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. Texas Independence Day--commemorating the execution by 56 Texans of the Texas Declaration of Independence on this day in 1836 severing relations with Mexico.
       2. Read Across America Day—created by the National Education Association to promote reading on this day which is also the birthday of Dr. Seuss.  
       3. 1970 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1970, as part of a 6 week run Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel.
        4. National Banana Cream Pie Day—shades of Soupy Sales and the joy of seeing some hit in the face with a banana cream pie.

        5. We’ve Only Just Begun Day—commemorating the birthday on this day in 1950 of a great singer and drummer, Karen Carpenter, who died far too early of heart failure due to anorexia nervosa at the age of 32.                                                    

On this day in
     a. 1807 Congress enacted legislation prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States.   
     b. 1903 the Martha Washington Hotel opened in New York City, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.    
     c. 1983 compact discs and players went on sale for the first time in the United States.  
     d. 1989 in a move to preserve the ozone in the upper atmosphere 12 European Community nations agreed to ban the production of chlorofluorocarbons by the end of the century.      
     e. 1998 data from the Galileo space probe indicated that Jupiter’s moon Europa has an ocean covered by a thick crust of ice.                                               

Reflections on the ozone layer: “What’s happening to our world? Imagine the year 2000 and our ozone layer has vanished. The earth has a fever and what will you do about it?” Charlene, Princess of Monaco

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