Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—August 23, 2015 Trust your weekend so far is a great one and as always I hope you enjoy Sunday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music videos by The Browns, a relevant quote by Simon Wiesenthal, looking forward to enjoying some sponge cake, 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 Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition—memorializing the causes and consequences of the transatlantic slave trade and celebrating its abolition.
1. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition—memorializing the causes and consequences of the transatlantic slave trade and celebrating its abolition.
2. European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Nazism and Stalinism (Black Ribbon Day)—honoring—honoring since 1999 in the countries of the European Union those innocent victims killed by the Nazis and the Soviets. 3. 1959 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1959 on a run of four weeks in that position The Three Bells by the Browns. Here is a link to The Browns performing The Three Bells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTkbj56bnYs
4. National Sponge Cake Day—great day to substitute sponge cake for biscuits in making a strawberry shortcake.
5. No Phoenix From The Ashes For This River Day—celebrating not the mythical bird who rose from its own ashes but the birthday on this day of River Phoenix an up and coming actor who died from a drug overdose on Halloween at the way too early age of 23.
On this day in:
a. 1839 the British captured Hong Kong as a base to prosecute the First Opium against China which lasted for three years and arose over China’s attempt to block the influx of opium into its country by the East Indian Trading Company and American merchants including Warren Delano, the grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
b. 1904 to the joys of motorists driving in winter snow conditions, the tire chain was patented.
c. 1948 the World Council of Churches was formed.
d. 1990 West Germany and East Germany announced that they would reunite on October 3, 1990.
e. 1991 Tim Berners-Lee opened the World Wide Web www to new users.
Reflections on Hitler and Stalin: “There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters.” Simon Wiesenthal, noted Austrian writer, Holocaust survivor and Nazi Hunter and if alive today would be outraged over the new Stalin of the Middle East, Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran and has path to the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
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