August 3 History International Assistance Dog Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—August 3, 2015 Trust your weekend was a great one and your batteries have been fully recharged to meet whatever issues that are facing you for the week and as always, I hope you enjoy Monday’s holidays and observances,  factoids of interest, a music video by the Carpenters, a relevant quote from Senator Vest, looking forward to enjoying a large slice of a chilled watermelon, 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 Assistance Dog Day—celebrating the great service seeing eye and comfort dogs provide for their two legged friends that have physical and emotional challenges.                                                    

       2. Apocalypse Day—celebrating since 1940 the birthday of one of the great actors in our time Martin Sheen who with Marlin Brando starred in one of the classic films of all time Apocalypse Now.                                                         

       3. 1970 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1970 on a four week run in that position  Close to You by that great brother and sister duo the Carpenters one of whom the sister died far, far too early from aneorexia .  Here is a link to the Carpenters performing In Close to You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU

      4. National Watermelon Day—celebrating another great way to beat the summer heat ge it with seeds or seedless.  

      5. Leave Your Heart In San Francisco—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1926 of the long term icon singer Tony Bennet.

On this day in:                                           

       a. 1852 in what was probably the first sporting intercollegiate sporting event, Harvard University beat Yale in a rowing contest.  

       b. 1900 the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded.

       c. 1946 Whittaker Chambers accused Alger Hiss of being a member of the communist party.   

       d. 1977 Tandy Corporation introduced the TRS-80 one of the first mass produced personal computers.   

       e. 2004 the pedestal of the Statute of Liberty reopened after being closed as a result of the 911 attacks.  

Reflections on man’s best and most loyal friend:   “The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only to be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.” Senator George Graham Vest 

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