August 19 History International Humanitarian Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—August 19, 2015 Trust your Hump Day is proving to be a great one and as always I hope you enjoy Wednesday’s holidays and observances,  factoids of interest, a music video by Bill Haley and His Comets, a relevant quote by Bette Davis, looking forward to enjoying your favorite potato dish, blessed with a positive attitude 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. International Humanitarian Day—a UN observance honoring the victims of those brave souls who died advancing humanitarian causes around the globe.                        

       2. National Aviation Day—proclaimed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939 to honor the accomplishments of American aviation appropriately designated on the birthday of Orville Wright.                                         

       3. 1955 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1955 on a run of eight weeks in that position Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets.  Here is a link to Bill Haley and His Comets performing the iconic Rock Around the Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgdufzXvjqw

      4. National Potato Day—celebrating the over 45 billion pounds of potatoes harvested and consumed in the U.S. from chips to baked potatoes. 

      5. Hale Hale The Dogg Is No Longer Here—noting on this day in 1969 the birthday of Nate Dogg (aka the Alaskanpoet Nathaniel Hale) an American rapper who like so many rappers abused drugs and ran afoul with the law numerous times and died at an early age of 41.

On this day in:                                           

       a. 1812 the USS Constitution, still in service today with the U.S. Navy, defeated the HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, earning the name “Old Ironsides” as the British cannon balls bounced harmlessly of her sides.    

     b. 1848 the New York Herald broke the news that gold had been discovered in California, prompting the California Gold Rush.    

       c. 1909 the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened.

       d. 1934 the first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio.

      e. 2010 the last U.S. combat brigades left Iraq followed by Obama’s fatal mistake of withdrawing  all U.S. troops on December 14, 2011, creating the vacuum that allowed ISIS to flow in and create the chaos we now face.

Reflections on potatoes on this national day to honor them: “To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. Bette Davis, noted film actress

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