February 26 History National Pistachio Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—February 26, 2015 Trust your Thursday is off to a great start and you are anxiously awaiting the start of the Iditarod in 11 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 relevant quotes by Ronald Reagan with a smile on your face, enjoying a handful of pistachios, 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. Liberation Day—celebrating in Kuwait since February 26, 1991 the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq’s illegal occupation by Operation Desert Storm.
       2. Levi Strauss Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1829 of Levi Strauss who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans and is still going strong today.
       3. 1968 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1968, as part of a 5 week run with a million records sold Love Is Blue by the Paul Mauriat, a French conductor of the Le Grande Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, best known for the easy listening genre.
        4. National Pistachio Day—great way to gobble up some tasty protein.
        5. Be Happy Not Miserable Day—commemorating the birthday of the writer many have called the greatest writer in French history, Victor Hugo, famous for such novels as Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame and poetry anthologies such Les Compliations and La Legrande des Siecles.                                                    
On this day in
     a. 1815 Napoleon escaped from exile on the island of Elba bring Europe into war which culminated in his defeat at Waterloo by the combined forces of Great Britain, Prussia and Russia. 
     b. 1909 Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process was shown to the public at the Palace Theatre in London. .  
     c. 1935 Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration at Daventry which led to the development of radar, without which Great Britain most likely would have the lost the Battle of Britain.
     d. 1987 the Tower Commission charged with investigating the Iran-Contra Affair rebuked President Reagan for failing to have controlled his security staff.      
     e. 1993 in another radical Islamic terrorist act, a truck bomb went off in the parking garage of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, killing six and injuring approximately 1,000 people. .                                                          
Reflections on how a leader mans up to when he was wrong and deceiving of the American people, something our current President is psychologically incapable of doing.

“In spite of the wildly speculative and false stories of arms for hostages and alleged ransom payments, we did not—repeat, did not—trade weapons or anything else for hostages, nor will we." Ronald Reagan, denying the Iran-Contra Affair, November 1986

"A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not." - Ronald Reagan, admitting the Iran-Contra Affair, March 1987

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February 25 history National Clam Chowder Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—February 25, 2015 Trust your Hump Day is off to a great start in 12 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 relevant quote by George Harrison with a smile on your face, enjoying a margarita, 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. Plum Blossom Day—celebrated at the Kitano-Tenman gu shrine built in 947 at Kyoto, Japan to appease the angry spirit of the bureaucrat, scholar and poet Sugawara no Michizane, who had been exiled as a result of political maneuvers of his enemies in the Fujiwara clan. 

       2. Yellow Ribbon Day—celebrated in the Philippines and commemorating a peaceful, nonviolent protests that led to the removal in 1986 of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda and her collection of over one thousand pairs of shoes.

       3. 1967 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1967, as part of a 2 week run but a million records sold Kind of a Drag by the Buckinghams, an American sunshine pop band that was one of the first rock bands in the 60’s to institute the practice of meet and greets for their fans after concerts, a practice which the groupies attending must have loved.

        4. National Clam Chowder Day—great way to warm one’s soul during a cold winter day; if you are making New England clam chowder, go easy on the potatoes, heavy on the clams, don’t forget the bacon and sauté the minced onions. If you prefer Manhattan clam chowder go to any Enterprise Seafood Company Restaurant.

        5. Here Comes the Sun Day—commemorating not the appearance of the warming sun that snow weary New Englanders anxiously await but rather the birthday on this day in 1943 of the lead guitarist of the Beatles, George Harrison, who like so many smokers before him and sadly after, died way too early of lung cancer at the age of 58.                                                    

On this day in
     a. 1836 Samuel Colt received a patent for his revolving cylinder pistol.  
     b. 1870 Hiram Rhodes Revels, an African American and Republican, was sworn in as a Senator from Mississippi, the first African American to serve in Congress.   
     c. 1928 Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. was issued the first television broadcast by the Federal Radio Commission.
     d. 1956 Nikita Khrushchev in a speech before the Politburo denounced the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin, a speech that could never have been made while Stalin was alive.     
     e. 1987 SMU’s football program was given the death sentence by the NCAA for having a slush fund dating back to 1981 to funnel illegal payments to its football players.                                                           
Reflections on the here and now: “It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.”  George Harrison Wise words but often very hard to follow.  
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February 24 History Dragobete

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—February 24, 2015 Trust your Taco or better yet Popeye’s two piece $1.29 Tuesday is off to a great start and you are still anxiously awaiting the start of the Iditarod in 13 days (when it starts properly befitting my Alaskan heritage and homage to the Last Great Race on Earth I will post daily standings). As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and relevant quote by Admiral Nimitz with a smile on your face, enjoying a margarita, 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. Dragobete—celebrated in Romania to mark the end of winter and the beginning of spring; known as “the day the birds are betrothed” to build their nests and mate—an avian Valentines’ Day if you will. So if you missed out on Valentines’ Day, another chance.

       2. Museum Advocacy Day—celebrating a day to advocate continued funding of museums and to charge up your advocacy batteries, try to spend some time there today; if we do not preserve our past, we dilute the present and impair our future.

       3. 1966 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1965, as part of a 1 week run These Boots Are Made For Walking by Nancy Sinatra.

        4. National Tortilla Chip Day—great way to utilize any surplus avocadoes or salsa by uniting them with tortilla chips.

        5. No Excuse Day—commemorating the birthday of a great entrepreneur with a marketing slogan of “Just do it,” Phil Knight, born on this day in 1938 and co-founder of Nike.                                               

On this day in
     a. 1868 President Andrew Johnson became the first president to be impeached; he failed to be convicted by one vote. President Clinton over one hundred years later having been the second president to be impeached easily avoided a guilty verdict due to unanimous Democratic support.   
     b. 1917 the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain received a copy of the Zimmerman telegram to Mexico in which Germany pledged to insure Mexico the return of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico if it would declare war on the U.S. This was the straw that broke Wilson’s back on avoiding involvement in World War I and less than two months later he appeared before Congress to seek a declaration of war against Germany. 
     c. 1920 in a dark day for humanity the Nazi party was founded.   
     d. 1983 in a better late than never moment a special commission of the Congress released a report condemning the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II—really a sad moment in American history.    
     e. 1989 in a moment that should bring into clear focus why our values of free expression are diametrically opposed to Islam, Ayatollah Khomeini  announced a $3 million bounty for the execution of Salman Rushdie, the author of the Satanic Verses; at least the Nazis only burned books not the living authors while these fanatics as Charlie Hebdo shows want to kill the authors.
Reflections on why we must never, ever not subject the federal government to the utmost critical review of its actions: “The Japanese race is an enemy race and while many second and third generation Japanese born on United States soil possessed of U.S. citizenship have become “Americanized” the racial strains are undiluted. It then follows that along the vital Pacific Coast over 112,000 potential enemies, of Japanese extraction, are at large today. There are indications that these were organized and ready for concerted action at a favorable opportunity. The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken...” —  DeWitt’s Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, 1942, and the government’s brief to the Supreme Court defending Ex. Order 9066. What makes the stain on this country’s reputation due to internment even darker is the fact that the sons of these wrongfully interned citizens serving in the 442^nd Regimental Combat in Europe won 21 Medals of Honor and the unit was the most decorated unit in the U.S. Army.  
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February 23 History Curling Is Cool Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—February 23, 2015 Trust your weekend was a great one and the Academy Awards did not disappoint you and you are still anxiously awaiting the start of the Iditarod in 14 days (when it starts properly befitting my Alaskan heritage and homage to the Last Great Race on Earth I will post daily standings). As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and relevant quote by Admiral Nimitz with a smile on your face, enjoying a margarita, 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. Terminalia—celebrated in ancient Rome to honor Terminus, the god of boundaries which then related to properties but day should be observed by Putin as he eyes more Ukraine and perhaps the Baltic Republics and definitely should be honored by humans in establishing their own personal boundaries.
       2. Curling Is Cool Day—where else can you combine the indoor pastime of bar shuffleboard with honing your sweeping skills—great Olympic sport that could put our professional indoor hockey rinks to use during the hockey off season.
       3. 1965 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1965, as part of a 2 week run but a million records sold This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis and the Playboys; a short lived 60’s band led by the son of Jerry Lewis that started playing at of all places, Disneyland.
        4. National Banana Bread Day—great way to utilize the too many bananas purchased at Trader Joes’ bargain price of 19 cents each and toasted with melted butter a great taste treat.

        5. Sing With Don’t Talk To The Hand Day—commemorating, with apologies to Terminator III, the birthday on this day in 1685 of George Frederic Handel, noted 18^th Century composer, probably best known for The Messiah.

On this day in

     a. 1455 the Gutenberg Bible was printed, the first book with moveable print moving the dissemination of ideas from the snail crawl of the copying quill to an exponential increase and fueling the need for literacy.

     b. 1836 the battle at the Alamo commenced. 

    c. 1903 Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay in perpetuity to the United States; since Obama wants to close Gitmo be wary that our nominal lease payment will not be made so the Cubans could cancel the lease.

     d. 1927 President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Radio Communications Act which created the Radio Communications Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) to regulate radio.

     e. 1945 in a moment that will cause the Marine Corps to live forever, the U.S. Marines with a Navy corpsman plant the American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima; honor while you can the few, the proud, the U.S. Marines who served in World War II and without the fear of immediate passing the U.S. Marines who have served and continue to serve this country thereafter.    

                                                                              

                                                 

Reflections on why we must never, ever not support the U.S. Marines: “Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, US Navy, 16 March 1945.  

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February 22 History World Thinking Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—February 22, 2015 Trust your weekend is off to a fine start and you are looking forward to viewing the Academy Awards this evening and anxiously awaiting the start of the Iditarod in 15 days (when it starts properly befitting my Alaskan heritage and homage to the Last Great Race on Earth I will post daily standings). As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and relevant quote by George Washington with a smile on your face, enjoying a margarita, 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. Celebrity Day (Church of Scientology)—celebrating the opening of the Celebrity Center International in Los Angeles on this day in 1970, which, in the Church's words, is "dedicated to the rehabilitation of the culture through art."
       2. World Thinking Day—celebrated worldwide by Girl Scouts and Guides since 1926 to promote awareness of the goals of scouting and the empowerment of girls to accomplish their goals.
       3. 1964 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1964, as part of a 7 week run I Want to Hold Your Hand by the Beatles.
        4. National Margarita Day—if you did not have a reason to head to Mexico to escape the bitter cold, here is another more compelling reason by celebrating the day at a warm beach in Cabo, sipping a margarita and watching the sunset.
        5. White Men Don’t Need to Jump to Dunk  Day—commemorating the birthday on this day in 1918 of Robert Wadlow, who at his death in 1940 from a parasitic infection stood at 8 feet 11 ½  inches, the tallest man in the world and weighing over 400 pounds.
                                                                           

                                                         

On this day in
     a. 1732 George Washington was born.
     b. 1959 Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500; the race is in the news because of NASCAR’s suspending indefinitely of Kurt Busch for domestic violence.  
     c. 1974 in an eerie and unpublicized precursor to 911, Samuel Byck tried to highjack a commercial airliner while at the gate and to have it flown into the White House in an attempt to assassinate Richard Nixon; fortunately he failed but killed three people including himself.
     d. 1980 at Lake Placid in the Winter Olympics the U.S. Hockey Team accomplished thee Miracle on Ice upsetting the Soviets 4-3 in the semi finals to advance to the finals which they won.   
     e. 1983 the notorious musical Moose Murders opened on Broadway at the Eugene O’Neill Theater and closed the same day. 
Reflections on an idea that Obama needs to heed: “Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.”  George Washington Wise words to heed as the Administration continues to dither in formulating a strategy against radical Islam as the map of the Middle East, Africa and Asia shown on TV is being to look like an outbreak of measles on a child’s body. Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join 155 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not  Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times
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February 20 History World Social Justice Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—February 20, 2015 Trust your Thursday is off to a fine start and you are anxiously awaiting the start of the Iditarod in 17 days. As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and relevant quote by Emo Phillips with a smile on your face, enjoying a slice of cherry 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. World Social Justice Day—celebrating an observance promulgated by the UN General Assembly to promote social justice but burdened by the fuzzy ideas of redistributing wealth and income which are killers of economic development.
       2.  National Handcuff Day—celebrating on this date in 1912 that US Patent Office’s issuance of patent 1,017,955 to George A. Carney for a "swinging bow ratchet - type" adjustable handcuff, making it easier for police to restrain criminals.
       3. 1962 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1962, as part of a three week runs Duke of Earl,  by Gene Chandler; the song sold a million copies in less than a month, prompting Chandler to outfit himself as an English nobleman and go by the stage name of “the Duke of Earl.”
        4. National Cherry Pie Day—the perfect end to a hard day of work—a slice of cherry pie, probably America’s favorite, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

        5. Smile Day—commemorating the birthday on this day in 1902 of the most famous landscape photographer in history, Ansell Adams, whose black-and-white photographs of the American West, have been widely reproduced. He helped create the Zone System, a technique that figured out the optimal film exposure and development.

On this day in

     a. 1792 the Postal Service Act creating the U.S. Post Office was signed into law by George Washington; internet notwithstanding it is still limping along today although running huge deficits.

     b. 1872 the Metropolitan Museum of Art was opened in New York City.

     c. 1877 Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake premiered at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
     d. 1931 the U.S. Congress authorized the construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
     e. 1962 aboard Friendship 7 John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth; he later became the oldest man to go into space on a Space Shuttle mission. 
Reflections on the Russians and the Post Office. “The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks.” Emo Phillips, noted American entertainer and comedian. Watching Putin dealing with Obama, I fear the Russians have lost their incompetence, at least in the foreign policy arena.
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February 19 History Tet

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—February 19, 2015 Trust your Thursday is off to a fine start and you are anxiously awaiting the start of the Iditarod in 18 days. As always, I  hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids and relevant quote by Robert Elegant with a smile on your face, enjoying a chocolate mint, 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. Tết—celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Year of the Sheep); if in Orange County, California, Little Saigon is the place to be.
       2.  Prevent Plagiarism Day, an annual observance that raises awareness about high tech cheating with the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. Very risky if one gets caught as Montana Senator John Walsh found out when allegations that his Master’s thesis was a work of plagiarism and he would forced to drop out of his reelection bid in 2014.

       3. 1961 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song on this day in 1961 as part of a two week run was Calcutta  by Lawrence Welk band leader who hosted the Lawrence Welk Show for 31 years and pioneered the music genre “champagne music.”

        4. National Chocolate Mint Day—the perfect end to a hard day of the road when your hotel provides a turn down service topped with one of these juicy morsels.
        5. Deflation Not Your Friend Day—commemorating not the decrease in commodity prices like oil but the birthday on this day in 1959 of Roger Goddell, the current commissioner of the NFL that has been rocked by drug abuse, concussion scandals, abuse of women and deflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game this year. 
On this day in
     a. 1847 the first group of rescuers reached the trapped Donner Party snow bound in the Sierra Nevadas and resorting to cannibalism to survive.
     b. 1953 in a blow to the freedom of expression most Americans hold dear, Georgia established the first censorship board in the nation.
     c. 1963 Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique was published, galvanizing the feminist movement in this country.
     d. 1976 in a better late than never moment, Executive Order 9066 which led to the forced relocation of Japanese-American citizens during World War II was rescinded by President Gerald Ford. 
Reflections on a Tet that occurred in South Vietnam in 1968 that changed the course of history and the “support” for the Vietnam War: "For the first time in modern history, the outcome of a war was determined not on the battlefield but on the printed page and, above all, on the television screen."  Robert Elegant, reporter for  the Los Angeles Times. Now it is the television screen and the social media.
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