Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not—October 15, 2015 Trust your
Thursday is proving to be a great one
and if in Southern California you have found ways to beat the heat; as always I
hope you enjoy Thursday’s holidays and observances, factoids of
interest, a music video by The Beatles,
a relevant quote from Jim Webb, looking forward to a serving of roast
pheasant, 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. Global Handwashing Day—promoting awareness of a surefire way to minimize the spread of disease—washing one’s hands.
1. Global Handwashing Day—promoting awareness of a surefire way to minimize the spread of disease—washing one’s hands.
2. National White Cane Safety Day—created by a
joint resolution of Congress in 1964 to promote the accomplishments of blind
and visually impaired persons easily recognizable by their use of a long white
cane.
3. 1965 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1965 on a
run of 4 weeks in that position Yesterday by The Beatles. Here
is a link to the very young Fab Four,The Beatles, performing Yesterday:
4.
National Roast Pheasant Day—celebrating a great tasting fowl and the exercise
associated therewith if trooping through the fields with shotgun at the ready
with a trusty bird dog pointing out where pheasant may be concealed.
5. Marshall Your Pennies—celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1943 of Penny Marshall of Laverne and Shirley fame
who achieved success as a director and who became the first director of a film
directed by a female to gross over 100 million dollars which is an awful lot of
pennies.
On this day
in:
a. 1878 the Edison Electric Light Company began operations.
b. 1904
Russian Baltic Fleet sets sail from Estonia heading to Port Arthur in the
Pacific and its almost total destruction by the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese
War.
c. 1956
Fortran the first modern computer language was released to the software coding
public.
d. 1966 Huey
P. Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party.
e. 1969 the Moratorium to End the War in
Vietnam was held in Washington, D.C. and in cities across the land. Over
2,000,000 citizens demonstrated to no immediate avail as the end of the war
along with the Nixon Presidency was still some four years in the future along
with thousands of additional lives lost and bodies maimed and wounded.
Reflections on two
generations: “World War II brought
the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.” Jim Webb former Secretary of the Navy and
currently a candidate for President of the United States on the Democratic
ticket.
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