Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day In History: October 2015

Saturday, October 31, 2015

October 31 History Halloween

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 31, 2015, 447 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Halloween is proving to be great one and your favorite college teams will be victorious today; as always I hope you enjoy Saturday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Barbara Streisand, a relevant quote from Rosecrans Baldwin, looking forward to handing out copious amounts of treats to the ghosts and goblins knocking on your door tonight, 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. World Savings Day—celebrating since 1924 the importance of savings, a habit which unfortunately many in this country are failing in meeting the need to put away sufficient dollars for retirement.

2. Samhain—celebrating in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Mann the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the darker half of the season (winter).

3. 1980 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1980 on a run of three week in that position Woman In Love by Barbara Streisand. Here is a link to Barbara Streisand performing Woman In Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KJ60uJZ3-Q

4. National Trick Or Treat For UNICEF Day—celebrated since 1950 by kids across the nation armed with UNICEF collection boxes to collect funds as opposed to only candy to aid UNICEF’s programs to better the lives of children around the world.

5. Candy Is Always The Preferred Treat On Halloween Day—celebrating not the dentists’ annuity due to the huge amount of candy collected on this Halloween but the birthday on this day in 1950 of John Candy, a great comedian who was very overweight and who died way too early at the age of 43 of a heart attack.

On this day in:

a. 1913 the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway starting in Times Square and ending in Lincoln Park San Francisco opened for traffic.

b. 1941 Mt. Rushmore was completed after 14 years of work.

c. 1984 India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh security guards which prompted riots throughout India in protest and the deaths of over 10,000 Sikhs.

d. 2000 the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 calling for parties in any conflict to protect women’s rights and prevent gender based discrimination.

e. 2011 in the Earth is becoming a much more crowded space the population of humans reached seven billion people.

Reflections on Halloween: “The great thing about candy is that it can't be spoiled by the adult world. Candy is innocent. And all Halloween candy pales next to candy corn, if only because candy corn used to appear, like the Great Pumpkin, solely on Halloween.” Rosecrans Baldwin, noted young American author and found of the online magazine, Morning News

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Friday, October 30, 2015

October 30 History Mischief Night

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 30,, 2015, 448 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Friday is proving to be great one; as always I hope you enjoy Friday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by M, a relevant quote from Nat Turner, looking forward to a serving of candy corn, 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 Orthopedic Nurses Day—celebrating the contributions of the true professionals that enable the two legged gods to persevere while performing their surgical miracles.

2. Mischief Night—celebrating or bemoaning in certain parts but not all of the United State the dark side of Halloween the commission of pranks and minor vandalisms as opposed to treats that children like most about Halloween.

3. 1979 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1979 on a brief run of one week in that position Pop Musik by M. Here is a link to M performing Pop Musik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avvh5H-EPWU

4. National Candy Corn Day—celebrating that the undisputed king of the Halloween Trick or Treat bag to the tune of 15 million pounds purchased in the days leading up to Halloween.

5. Queen for Life Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1939 of Grace Slick, noted female singer for the Jefferson Airplane and dubbed the Acid Queen for her psychedelic rock songs.

On this day in:

a. 1831 Nat Turner, an escaped slave and leader of the bloodiest slave rebellion in the United States was captured in Southampton County, Virginia. He was tried and hanged 12 days later.

b. 1925 John Bogie Laird created Britain’s first television transmitter.

c. 1938 Orson Wells broadcast over the radio War of the Worlds creating panic among the audiences who listened to it and assumed the earth was being invaded by invaders from Mars.

d. 1995 Quebec voters elected by a very narrow margin to remain a province of Canada.

e. 2014 Sweden became the first nation in the European Union to recognize the state of Palestine.

Reflections from Nat Turner before his execution: “All my time not devoted to my master's service was spent either in prayer, or in making experiments in casting different things in moulds made of earth, in attempting to make paper, gunpowder, and many other experiments, that, although I could not perfect, yet convinced me of its practicability if I had the means.” Nat Turner

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

October 29 History National Cat Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 29, 2015, 449 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Thursday is proving to be great one with fresh cat liter in your pet’s kitty box; as always I hope you enjoy Thursday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Anne Murray, a relevant quote from Peter Drucker, looking forward to a serving of oatmeal, 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 Internet Day—celebrating the momentous occasion when on this day in 1969, Charley Kline, a student at UCLA transmitted from his computer to another computer located at the Stanford Research Institute the first electronic message over the internet.

2. National Cat Day—celebrating those independent felines domesticated over 12,000 years ago and indispensable to control rats and mice that are found in over a third of households in the U.S. today.

3. 1978 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1978 on a brief

run of one week in that position You Needed Me by Anne Murray. Here is a link to Anne Murray performing You Needed Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6nfpxZ2Nz4

4. National Oatmeal Day—celebrating that great way to start your day, especially when topped with fruit.

5. Great Land, Great Canvass Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1942 of the iconic American painter Bob Ross and former host of the Joy of Painting who spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force before becoming a painter and was fortunate enough to be stationed at Elmendorf Air Force Base outside of Fairbanks and was exposed to the Alaskan landscape which became a recurring theme of his artistic style. Sadly, his brush was taken away from him at the age of 52 due to lymphoma.

On this day in:

a. 1863 18 nations meet in Geneva to form the International Red Cross

b. 1921 Harvard University suffered an upset in football by Centre College 6-0, ending its 25 game winning streak.

c. 1960 Cassius Clay won his first professional fight and shortly thereafter changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

d. 1971 guitarist Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident near Macon, Georgia.

e. 2012 Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast killing 286 and causing $70 billion in property damage.

Reflections on the internet first used on this day in 1969: “The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.” Peter Drucker, noted author and business professor

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

October 27 History World Audio Visual Heritage Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 27, 2015, 451 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Tuesday is proving to be great one and you are looking forward to enjoying a cheap taco or better yet a leg and thigh at Popeyes for only $1.49; as always I hope you enjoy Tuesday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Debby Boone, a relevant quote from Wallis Simpson, looking forward to a serving of potatoes, 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. World Day Of Audiovisual Heritage—celebrating since 2005 a UNESCO observance promoting awareness of audiovisual materials and the need to preserve them.

2. Slvia Plath Day—celebrating a great poet who sadly after only 30 years on this planet committed suicide.

3. 1977 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1977 on a long

run of 10 weeks in that position You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone. Here is a link to Debby Boone performing You Light Up My Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b07-yKnKRMQ

4. National Potato Day—celebrating that great tuber which is enjoyed in many forms from chips to fries to baked and due to a failure in Ireland blessed us with a huge migration of Irish.

5. No Dominion Day—celebrating not the status of Canada or New Zealand but rather the birthday of the noted Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (“And death shall have no dominion”) on this day in 1914 who died way too early at the young age of 39 due to excessive drinking.

On this day in:

a. 1838 Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs issued an executive order which required Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.

b. 1904 the first underground subway line in New York City commenced operations.

c. 1936 Wallis Simpson filed for divorce which would enable her to marry King Edward VIII which resulted in his abdicating his throne.

d. 1964 Ronald Reagan launched his political career by delivering a speech in support of the candidacy of Barry Goldwater—great speech but did not stop the LBJ landslide that crushed Goldwater’s election bid.

e. 1981 in a major oops moment a Soviet Union submarine U-137 ran aground in Sweden.

Reflections love versus throne: “I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it." Wallis Simpson.

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Monday, October 26, 2015

October 26 History National Mule Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 26, 2015, 452 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Monday is proving to be great one and your favorite pro teams won; as always I hope you enjoy Sunday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Chicago, a relevant quote from Peter Stark, looking forward to a slice of pumpkin pie, 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. National Mule Day—celebrating the contributions of that unique union of a horse and a donkey.

2. Angram Day (Nauru)—celebrated on this very small nation in the South Pacific to observe the birth of a child to bring the population up to 1500, considered the minimum to continue the sustainability of a race.

3. 1976 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1976 on a

run of 2 weeks in that position If You Leave Me Now by Chicago. Here is a link to Chicago performing If You Leave Me Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MikRS_EEGcQ

4. National Pumpkin Day—celebrating the great icon of Halloween and the ingredients of a very great pie for Thanksgiving.

5. Go Slime A Salmon Day—celebrating or bemoaning the birthday on this day in 1947 of Hillary Clinton whose only real exposure to the mere mortals’ private sector was working if a salmon processing factory in Alaska—to bad she did not meet and marry a captain of a fishing boat to marry instead of Bill Clinton.

On this day in:

a. 1775 the King George III went before Parliament to declare that the American colonies were in rebellion and to seek authorization to employ military force to quell the rebellion.

b. 1905 Sweden accepted the independence of Norway.

c. 1940 the premier fighter plane of WWII, the P-51 Mustang, made its first flight to the ultimate dismay of the Luftwaffe pilots who would meet it and quickly die over the skies of Europe.

d. 1984 Stephanie Beauclair (“Baby Fae”) received a transplanted heart from a baboon—sadly she died three weeks later.

e. 2001 the Patriot Act was enacted into law.

Reflections on the Patriot Act: “Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.” Peter Stark

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

October 25 History International Artist Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 25, 2015, 453 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Sunday is proving to be great start for the weekend and your favorite college teams won as will your favorite pro teams; as always I hope you enjoy Sunday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Neil Sedaka, a relevant quote from Pablo Picasso, hoping that you do not have to endure some greasy food, 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 Artist Day—celebrating the contributions of artists in all media to our cultural and emotional enjoyment.

2. Mother In-Law Day—celebrated on the fourth Sunday in October to honor those women who sadly are the subject of jokes and scorn but in reality can be a very positive force especially if close enough to babysit the children.

3. 1975 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1975 on a

run of 3 weeks in that position Bad Blood by Neil Sedaka. Here is a link to Neil Sedaka performing Bad Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTTVx--i3m0

4. National Greasy Food Day—celebrating or if more of a health nut, bemoaning, the prevalence of greasy foods in our diet although the pendulum against low fat is swing back to favor bacon and butter and whole milk.

5. Roses Are Red Violets Are Blue Day—celebrating not that trite poem, the birthday on this day in 1881 of iconic Pablo Picasso appropriately celebrated on this International Artist Day and who went through several artistic periods in his long artistic career including the Blue Period and Red Period.

On this day in:

a. 1854 in one of the more boneheaded example of military leadership at the Battle of Bacaclava in the Crimean War sent the Light Brigade into massed Russian cannon to their slaughter.

b. 1962 UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson in a meeting of the UN Security Council displays photos showing the existence of Soviet missiles in Cuba exposing Soviet lies as to their existence.

c. 1971 the UN expelled the Republic of China (Taiwan) and seated the Peoples Republic of China in its place.

d. Windows XP was released by Microsoft.

e. 2004 Fidel Castro banned the use of American dollars in transactions taking place in Cuba.

Reflections on the role of the artists from a master: “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.” Pablo Picasso

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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Benghazi Became Political As Soon As Hillary and Obama Started and Continued to Lie to American People

If the Benghazi Hearing was a political carnival tent was raised by the snake oil salesman in chief

Desperate to be reelected at any cost, desperate to obtain from his failed war on terrorism relief

The elixir became the video and Hillary knowing she had hung out Chris Stevens to dry

600 requests for extra security totally ignored and he and three others died

Radical Islam and Al Qaeda in Libya and the Middle East was on the rise

Not following Obama’s deception script that they were in fatal demise

No demonstrations outside the gates the day of the attack

Only detailed planning to put mortars one after another on a presited deadly track

She ran with the lie of the video to us and the families of the dead

But not to her daughter or the Egyptians as we were able to the transcripts read

Hillary’s tenure at State was a mere holding pattern to raise for the Clinton Foundation more cash

A holding pattern to keep her campaign aides employed and on the federal payroll stash

A holding pattern to exchange favors to all Bill be paid millions to speak

All under the cloud of a concealment of a private email to hinder disclosure the voters would seek

Not a single request for security from Stevens ever made her desk or so she claims

If true which is doubtful a winning bet would be her personal conversations to her staff that sending his pleas to her she should refrain.

The barkers in the carnival were the Blues who appeared to act as Hillary’s defensive shills

The hypocrisy of all wrapping themselves in complaining over the wasting of incurring a $5 million bill

Fortunately, this snake oil salesman will strike this tent in less than 500 days

Leaving behind a stifling mountain of debt that we will struggle for years to pay

And memories of the fact that he and Hillary lied

And Chris Stevens and three other Americans abandoned by Hillary died

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Friday, October 23, 2015

October 24 History National Food Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 24, 2015, 454 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Saturday is proving to be great start for the weekend and your weekend plans are set; as always I hope you enjoy Saturday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, music videos by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners and the Big Bopper, a relevant quote from Dennis Healey, hoping that you do not have to endure a bologna sandwich, 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. National Food Day—celebrated since 2011 to promote awareness of food issues such as sustainable agriculture, nutrition, hunger, and rights for food workers and food service workers.

2. World Polio Day—celebrated to create awareness of polio and promote the dissemination of the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines, which efforts have reduced polio around the globe by 99%.

3. 1974 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1974 on a

Brief run of 1 week in that position Then Came You by Dionne Warwick and The Spinners. Here is a link to Dionne Warwick and The Spinners performing Then Came to You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOViqvRsIgo

4. National Bologna Day—celebrating a sandwich meat product which is made from pork and came to the U.S. with Italian immigrants and which most adults have not had to endure since it appeared in their lunch pails at school.

5. Chantilly Lace Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1930 of J.P. Richardson aka Big Bopper who recorded Chantilly Lace and sadly died with Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly in a plane crash on February 3, 1959, “the day the music died.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-by5e4saI

On this day in:

a. 1861 the first transcontinental telegraph line is completed in the United States which led very quickly to the end of the 16 month old Pony Express.

b. 1901 Annie Edison Taylor became the first person at the age of 63 to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive the experience.

c. 1945 the United Nations was formed.

d. 1992 the Toronto Blue Jays became the first baseball team located outside the United States to win the World Series.

e. 2003 the Concorde made its last transatlantic flight, ending supersonic commercial flight.

Reflections on the Concorde: “An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.” Dennis Healey, British Labour Party
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October 23 History National iPod Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 23, 2015, 455 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Thursday is proving to be a great one; as always I hope you enjoy Thursday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Gladys Night and the Pips, a relevant quote from Al-Waleed bin Talal, looking forward to enjoying a slice of Boston cream pie, 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. National iPod Day—celebrating the introduction of the iPod by Apple on this day in 2001.

2. National Canning Day—celebrating a lost art of the ability to being able to preserve the abundance of tomatoes in one’s garden or to take advantage of great prices of products at supermarkets.

3. 1973 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1973 on a

run of 2 weeks in that position Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Night and the Pips. Here is a link to Gladys Night and the Pips performing Midnight Train to Georgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfZnWsps34

4. National Boston Cream Pie Day—celebrating a cake misnamed as a pie with two layers of sponge cake over vanilla custard and glazed with chocolate.

5. Tonight Is The Path To Fame Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1925 of the iconic late night TV host of the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson who despite a lifetime of chain smoking lived to a ripe age of 75 years.

On this day in:

a. 1861 President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus for cases involving military related crimes.

b. 1911 in the Italo-Turkish War airplanes launched by Italy from Libya were first used, not to strafe or drop bombs but to observe Turkish troops.

c. 1946 the UN General Assembly convened for the first time in an auditorium in Flushing, the Queens, New York City.

d. 1973 in a precursor to the FBI seizing Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server 42 years later, Richard Nixon agreed to turn over the tape recordings made secretly in the Oval Office which led to the end of his presidency..

e. 1983 283 Marines were killed by a suicide truck bomber who detonated his bomb next to the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.

Reflections on iPod and innovation: “Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products - iPod, iPhone, iPad - that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.” Al-Waleed bin Talal, noted Saudi business magnate and member of the Saudi royal family.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

October 22 History International Stuttering Awareness Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—October 22, 2015, 456 days to go in President Obama’s term. Trust your Thursday is proving to be a great one; as always I hope you enjoy Thursday’s holidays and observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Chuck Berry, a relevant quote from James Earl Jones, looking forward to enjoying a bowl of your favorite nuts, 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. Wombat Day (Australia)—celebrated in Australia since 2007 to create awareness of those tiny marsupials that live in burrows that are native to Australia but sadly are endangered.

2. International Stuttering Awareness Day—creating awareness of a speech impediment that affects millions of people around the globe—stuttering which is also known as stammering.

3. 1972 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1972 on a

run of 2 weeks in that position My Ding-A-Ling by Chuck Berry. Here is a link to Chuck Berry performing My Ding-A-Ling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaEC-lWSlmI

4. National Nut Day—celebrating that tasty and healthy snack whether it consists of almonds, pistachios, walnuts, cashews, macadamias or lowly peanuts.

5. The Mouseketeer That Roared Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1942 of Annette Funicello, one of the leading Mouseketeers discovered by Walt Disney at the age of 12 who evolved from an innocent Mouseketeer into a pop singer and beach babe who starred in such movies as Beach Blanket Bingo.

On this day in:

a. 1784 Russia founded a colony on the island of Kodiak, Alaska.

b. 1797 Andres-Jacques Gardiner made the first world’s parachute jump from his balloon floating over Paris from a height of 1000 meters.

c. 1924 Toastmasters International was founded.

d. 1966 The Supremes became the first all female group to have a Number 1 album (The Supremes A Go-Go).

e. 1976 the FDA bans the use of Red Dye No.4 after discovering it causes cancer in the bladders of dogs.

Reflections that stuttering does not have to be permanent: “Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.” James Earl Jones, one of the great American actors of all time who overcame his childhood stuttering through poetry and acting

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