Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day In History: January 2016

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 31, 2016 World Leprosy Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 31, 2016, 355 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Interesting theater on the political front as another blizzard is bearing down on Iowa which may significantly reduce turnout that some candidates like Sanders need. As always, I hope you enjoy Sunday’s holidays and observances, a music link to The Shirelles, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Mother Teresa, looking forward to enjoying a cup of hot chocolate, 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 Leprosy Day—promoting awareness of a disease that has been with us since biblical times but now spiraling down due to drugs provided free of charge by the WHO from over five million infected in the 80’s to less than 190,000 in 2012.

2. Warm Your Heart With Art Day—promoting the use of art to warm one’s soul and when coupled with a poem by the Alaskanpoet, especially as we near Valentine’s Day.

3. 1961 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1961 on a run of two weeks in that position Will You Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles. Here is a link to The Shirelles performing Will You Love Me Tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnPlJxet_ac

4. National Hot Chocolate Day--celebrating the signature hot drink on a cold winter day especially topped with marshmallows.

5. Bringing Heat—celebrating not the joy of knowing the furnace is working on a cold winter day but rather the birthday on this day in 1947 of Nolan Ryan who pitched a record seven no-hitters and is tied with Bob Feller with twelve one hitters and holds the record for strikeouts at 5,714.

On this day in:

a. 1747 the world’s first venereal disease clinic opened in London at the Lock Hospital.

b. 1917 in one of the major blunders of WWI topped only by the Zimmerman Telegram, Germany announced that if would resume unrestricted submarine warfare which guaranteed that the U.S. would enter the war on the side of the Allies.

c. 1930 3M started marketing Scotch Tape.

d.1990 when rattling sabers no longer works try rattling French fries which we did as the first McDonald’s in the Soviet Union opened in Moscow.

e. 2010 Avatar became the first film in history to gross over $2 billion in sales worldwide.

Reflections on a disease more rampant than leprosy: “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.” Mother Teresa

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 30, 2016 Fred Karematsu Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 30, 2016, 356 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Interesting theater on the email front as State is refusing to release over 20 because of the classified nature (wonder when Hillary might be talking to Obama about her dropping out of the race in exchange for a pardon for her, Bill and the Foundation in the spirit of Ford’s pardon of Nixon as means to unite the nation). As always, I hope you enjoy Saturday’s holidays and observances, a music link to Johnny Preston, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Britain’s first recipient of a seeing eye dog, looking forward to enjoying a croissant, bessed 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. Fred Korematsu Day--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1919 of noted Japanese-American civil rights activist Fred Korematsu who was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States in which the Surpreme Court issued one of its most infamous opinions affirming the removal of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast and the placing them in relocation centers aka the Alaskanpoet concentration camps.

2. National Escape Day—celebrating an observance that unfortunately comes only one day a year—a day to skip the normal routine and rat race and escape.

3. 1960 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1960 on a run of three weeks in that position Running Bear by Johnny Preston. Here is a link to Johnny Preston performing Running Bear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P615vAhkUlU

4. National Croissant Day--celebrating that great French pastry.

5. Croissants Are Not The Only French Connections—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1930 of iconic actor Gene Hackman who starred in such films as the French Connection, Crimson Tide, and Superman.

On this day in:

a. 1790 the first boat specialized as a lifeboat was tested on the River Tyne.

b. 1815 the U.S. Library of Congress burned by the British during the War of 1812 was reopened with 7,500 books from Thomas Jefferson’s private library.

c. 1835 in the first attempted assassination attempt on a U.S. President, a house painter attempted to shoot President Jackson but both pistols misfired.

d. 1948 Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Hindu extremist, Nathuram Godse.

e. 1992 in a chilling foretaste of the evils of hacking Richard Skrenta wrote the first PC virus code, which was 400 lines long and disguised as an Appleboot program called “Elk Corner.”

Reflections on the Japanese-American internment camps:And it seems to me importantfor a country, for a nation to certainly know about its glorious achievements but also to know where its ideals failed, in order to keep that from happening again. George Takei, noted actor best known for his role as Lt. Sulu on Star Trek.

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Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 29, 2016 Seeing Eye Dog Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 29, 2016, 357 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Interesting theater last night during the Republican debate with the candidates still attacking each other as opposed to focusing on Hillary with an occasional swipe at the absent Trump. As always, I hope you enjoy Friday’s holidays and observances, a music link to The Platters, factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Britain’s first recipient of a seeing eye dog, looking forward to enjoying a bowl of corn chips, 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 Seeing Eye Dog Day—celebrating the contributions made by seeing eye dogs to enable the blind some semblance of independent mobility which until Google introduces a cane which has collision avoidance technology similar to its driverless car and which incorporates a GPS system informing the blind person of his location and when he must turn, the highly trained seeing eye dog remains the gold standard. The day also marks the formation of the first seeing eye dog school on this day in 1929 by a completely blind Morris Frank.

2. National Puzzle Day—celebrating a fun way to spend some challenging time with a crossword puzzle or Sudoku which if you believe the medical profession is also a great way to defer the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s such that when the Golden Years arrive that the senior will know where the person is, who the person is, where the person is going, and will know who the person is talking to.

3. 1959 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1959 on a run of three weeks in that position Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by The Platters. Here is a link to The Platters performing Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQuYgPrM0k

4. National Corn Chip Day--celebrating a chip so tasty that dip such as onion or guacamole is not needed to want to eat the whole bag.

5. Saving Speaker Ryan—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1970 Paul Ryan who given the dysfunctionality of Congress must wonder why he has already used up a disguise his beard grown during hunting season and now faces the growing chaos in Congress as November gets closer and closer.

On this day in:

a. 1834 President Andrew Jackson summoned for federal troops in conjunction with a labor dispute for the first time in our history.

b. 1886 Karl Benz patented the first successful gasoline powered engine.

c. 1896 Emile Grubbe became the first doctor to use radiation to treat breast cancer.

d. 2002 in his State of Union address President George W. Bush identified those nations which sponsor or support terror as the “Axis of Terror,” which included North Korea, Iran and Iraq—14 years later he is batting 2 out of 3.

e. 2015 Malaysian Airlines declared that the disappearance of MH 370 was an accident and declared that all passengers and crew were presumed dead.

Reflections on the importance of seeing eye dogs, lacking only the ability to read text and translate for their blind owner: "A guide dog is almost equal in many ways to giving a blind man sight itself.” Britain's first recipient of a seeing eye dog, 1931

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 28, 2016 Data Privacy Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 28, 2016, 359 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Interesting theater with Trump who like a spoiled child took his soccer ball home because he has a five month festering grudge against Megyn Kelly and Fox News would not accede to his rules to replace her as a moderator of the Republican debate. I think this may be Pickett’s Last Charge for Trump so I hope you enjoy the theater Thursday Night. As always, I hope you enjoy Thursday’s holidays and observances, music links to Danny and the Juniors and USA for Africa; factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Michael Jackson, looking forward to enjoying some peanut butter, 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. Data Privacy Day promoting the need for awareness of protecting privacy online and in social media, more so than ever as more and more businesses and the government are being hacked into to the point this should be a daily observance not once a year.

2. Plugin Developer Day—celebrating the efforts and accomplishments of plugin software developers who on this day in 2009 had created 4,000 WordPress plugins.

3. 1958 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1958 on a run of five weeks in that position Singing At The Hop by Danny And The Juniors. Here is a link to Danny And The Juniors performing At The Hop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3KjDpvmtwU Check out those buttoned suits with handkerchiefs in the front pockets—so classic pre Beatles.

4. National Blueberry Pancake Day—celebrating a great and easy way to get your antioxidants along with some buckwheat and calories in the form of Maple syrup.

5. Slim In Name Only Not in Wealth--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1940 of the man known as the Warren Buffet of Mexico and reputed to be one of the richest men in the world, George Slim.

On this day in:

a. 1807 London’s Pall Mall became the first street to be lit by gaslight.

b. 1935 Iceland became the first Western Country to legalize therapeutic abortion.

c. 1956 Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television.

d. 1985 supergroup USA for Africa (United Artists Support Africa) recorded the hit single We Are The World to raise almost $100 million for famine relief in Ethiopia. Here is a link of the recording to see if it does not bring tears to your eyes or at least moisten them while you try to recognize the artists many of whom like Michael Jackson are no longer with us but others like Kenny Rodgers still are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9BNoNFKCBI

e. 1986 in a chilling reminder of the dangers faced in the exploration of space, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded minutes after takeoff killing all seven astronauts on board including school teacher Christa McAuliffe who was looking forward to becoming the first teacher in space.

Reflections from Michael Jackson as written in We Are The World:

We are the world, we are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

one So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

Michael Jackson If such a large group of artists with egos that make Donald Trump look like a shy insecure person could come together in a recording song and record a tremendous performance and not get paid for it other than the satisfaction of helping their fellow human beings, one would think the Reds and Blues that infest Washington might be able to a least try.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 27, 2016 International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 27, 2016, 360 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Interesting theater with Trump who like a spoiled child took his soccer ball home because he has a five month festering grudge against Megyn Kelly and Fox News would not accede to his rules to replace her as a moderator of the Republican debate. As always, I hope you enjoy Wednesday’s holidays and observances, a music link to Guy Mitchell; factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Primo Levi, looking forward to enjoying some peanut butter, 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 Holocaust Remembrance Day—commemorating one of the great stains on our humanity, the Holocaust where over 6 million Jews were exterminated by the Nazis. Unfortunately the cries of “Never again against genocide” are getting weaker and more and more ignored in the Post WWII world especially in the Middle East where ISIS and all sects of radical Islam continue to slaughter Christians wherever they find them and the theocrats in Iran soon to be armed with nuclear weapons continue to strive for the destruction of the Jewish State.

2. Vietnam Peace Day—celebrating on this day a cease fire for Vietnam War and at least for the U.S. the end of our fighting and withdrawal in 60 days. Unfortunately South Vietnam refused to hold elections as require and North Vietnam reentered hostilities and South Vietnam quickly fell.

3. 1957 Number One S ong—celebrating the number one song in 1957 on a run of nine weeks in that position Singing The Blues by Guy Mitchell. Here is a link to Guy Mitchell performing Singing The Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJA8b3esxfE

4. National Peanut Butter Day—celebrating by all those kids not allergic to peanuts and bemoaned by adults later in life as it adds to the calories but at least your weight loosing resolutions have by now been ignored so enjoy some peanut butter spread over some hot toast.

5. Where Is The Mad Hatter When We Need Him Most?--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1832 of a man who would be most welcome today to chronicle the theater we are witnessing in the campaign for president by both the Reds and the Blues.

On this day in:

a. 1785 the first public university in the United States was founded at Georgia.

b. 1945 the Red Army liberates the last surviving inmates at Auschwitz in Poland.

c. 1984 While filming a Pepsi commercial, Michael Jackson’s hair catches on fire.

d. 1996 Germany observed for the first time Holocaust Remembrance Day, something that Turkey should have done decades ago with respect to its genocide of Armenians in World War I.

e. 2006 in a fitting revenge for the technology of the telegraph ending the Pony Express Western Union ended its telegram service, a victim of the internet.

Reflections on the Holocaust and why the phrase “never again’ be humanity’s theme: “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” Primo LeviPlease enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and 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 or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day In History.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 26, 2016 International Customs Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 26, 2016, 360 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Trust you enjoyed the theater of the absurd at the Democratic Town Hall in Iowa to hear a young voter tell Hillary that many millennials believe she was dishonest and not trustworthy. As always, I hope you enjoy Tuesday’s holidays and observances, a music link to Dean Martin; factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Carl Sandburg, looking forward to enjoying a couple handfuls of pistachios, 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 Lotus 1-2-3 Day—commemorating the introduction by Lotus Corporation of the spread sheet program Lotus 1-2-3.

2. International Customs Day—created by the World Customs Organization in 1953 to celebrated the accomplishments of custom agents and other agencies in securing our borders.

3. 1956 Number One Song—celebrating the number one song in 1956 on a run of five weeks in that position Memories Are Made Of This by Dean Martin. Here is a link to Dean Martin performing Memories Are Made Of This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS2k43NJycE

4. National Pistachios Day—celebrating that tasty nut especially if the nut has been shelled.

5. Great Hands Too Cool--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1925 of one very cool iconic actor Paul Newman who starred in ton of great movies including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Sometimes A Great Notion and Cool Hand Luke.

On this day in:

a. 1531 an earthquake hit Lisbon, killing upward of 30,000 people.

b. 1784 Benjamin Franklin expressed his displeasure over the naming of the bald eagle as our national symbol as opposed to the wild turkey (the bird not the Bourbon by the same name).

c. 1948 in a what took you so long moment, President Truman signed executive order 9981 banning segregation in the U.S. Armed Forces.

d. 1992 to joys of countless of Americans confined to wheel chairs or suffering other physical disabilities The Americans With Disabilities Act went into force.

e. 1998 Bill Clinton went on national TV and with a straight face and flat out lied to the American people and proclaimed: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”

Reflections on the spirit of eagle as only a poet can express: “There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.” Carl Sandburg, great American poet

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Monday, January 25, 2016

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 25, 2016 Macintosh Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 25, 2016, 361 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. If you have not seen the movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi strongly recommend you should see it—good chance you might not want to support Hillary Clinton with a memory of the “it’s a video” claim especially when the evidence coming out is that on her unsecure server she placed SAP material some of which may have endangered our human intel assets in the field and under her leadership requests for security were denied and Ambassador Chris Stevens, “her friend” died . As always, I hope you enjoy Monday’s holidays and observances, a music link to Joan Weber; factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Steve Jobs, looking forward to enjoying a serving of haggis on Robert Burns Night, 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 Macintosh Day—commemorating the introduction by Steve Jobs in 1999 of the Macintosh Computer, the first computer with a video graphic interface and a mouse.

2. Community Managers Appreciation Day—celebrating since 2010 of the efforts of online community managers worldwide using social media and other tools to improve customer experience.

3. 1955 Number One S ong—celebrating the number one song in 1955 on a run of two weeks in that position Let Me Go Lover by Joan Weber. Here is a link to Joan Weber performing Let Me Go Lover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hyLRbRCCLU

4. Burns Night Day—celebrating Burns Night with a haggi—one of those Scottish dishes that my Scottish mother absolutely detested and would always use salmon instead to complement the reading of some of Robert Burns poetry.

5. So Cool--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1980 of a former elementary teacher who is now an accomplished WWE champion wrestler, Michelle McCool.

On this day in:

a. 1858 the Wedding March created by Felix Mendelssohn was played at the wedding of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Victoria, to Freidrich of Prussia and became a very popular wedding march.

b. 1915 Alexander Graham Bell instituted transcontinental telephone service by calling from New York City Thomas Watson in San Francisco.

c. 1947 Thomas Goldsmith, Jr. filed for a patent for a cathode tube amusement device which was the first electronic game.

d. 1961 President Kennedy appeared on the first televised press conference.

e. 2011 the first wave of the Egyptian Revolution began with massive street demonstrations against the government.

Reflections on the importance of the Macintosh computer: “This revolution, the information revolution, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It's very crude today, yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt bulb to run it and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now, or 50 years from now?” Steve Jobs

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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Ridley's Believe It Or Not For January 24, 2016 Beer Can Appreciation Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For January 24, 2016, 362 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. If you have not seen the movie 13 Hours: TThe Secret Soldiers of Benghazi strongly recommend you should see it—good chance you might not want to support Hillary Clinton with a memory of the “it’s a video” claim especially when the evidence coming out is that on her unsecure server she placed SAP material some of which may have endangered our human intel assets in the field and under her leadership requests for security were denied and Ambassador Chris Stevens, “her friend” died . As always, I hope you enjoy Sunday’s holidays and observances, music links to Eddie Fisher and Neil Diamond; factoids of interest, a relevant quote from Phyllis Shaffley, looking forward to enjoying a plate of lobster thermidor, 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 Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day—commemorating the finding of gold at Sutter’s Mill in 1848 by James Marshall although if you want to talk like a grizzled prospector talk like one from the Klondike ala Robert Service and do it in rhyme.

2. Beer Can Appreciation Day—celebrating the creation of the beer can in 1935.

3. 1954 Number One S ong—celebrating the number one song in 1954 on a run of eight weeks in that position Oh My Papa by Eddie Fisher who had the misfortune of losing his wife Elizabeth Taylor to Richard Burton during the filming of “Cleopatra.” Here is a link to Eddie Fisher performing Oh My Papa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dWOsP_wly0

4. Lobster Thermidor Day—celebrating ann absolute great way to upgrade the basic steamed lobster with garlic and butter or if in Little Saigon in a restaurant like the Cove Seafood II their famous House Special Lobster.

5.This Diamond Is Not One In The Rough--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1941 of one of the iconic pop singers of all time, Neil Diamond with over 125 million records sold and on Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day highly appropriate a link to one of his great hits Heart of Gold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fXaC07X5M8sa Gtakl51.

On this day in:

a. 1916 to the joy of overtaxed taxpayers, the Supreme Court the case of Brushaber v. Union Pacific, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the income tax was unconstitutional.

b. 1922 Eskimo Pie was patented Christian Kaye Nelson.

c. 1962 Jackie Robinson was elected as the first Afro-American to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

d. 1989 the first reported case of the transmission of the HIV Aids virus by heterosexual oral transmission was documented.

e. 2003 the Department of Homeland Security or given their incompetence may be the Department of Homeland Insecurity commenced operations.

Reflections on how to protect homeland security: “How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?” Phyllis Schaffly, noted conservative activist.

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