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

Thursday, August 7, 2014

August 8 History National Cat Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—August 8, 2014: Hope you enjoy the holidays posted, along with the factoids and quotes on money since it is National Dollar Day with a smile on your face, a cat in your lap, a happy attitude and a dish of frozen custard.

1. National Dollar Day—honoring the creation of our monetary system with its hallowed dollar on this day in 1789.

2. World Cat Day—celebrating not those versatile pieces of earth moving equipment, but rather those adorable independent felines with nine lives and if you do not clean their litter box, an aroma to peel the enamel off your teeth.

3. National Zucchini Day---celebrating that green squash related to the cucumber and found in many an Italian dish.

4. Happiness Happens Day--celebrating since 1999 the simple act of being happy and all the benefits derived there from like living longer, being healthier and earning more money.

5. National Frozen Custard Day—celebrating one of great frozen desserts during a hot August Day.

On this day in

a. 1876 Thomas Edison received a patent for the mimeograph machine.

b. 1963 the Kingsmen released the iconic rock and roll dance song “Louie, Louie,” which was declared obscene by many radio stations.

c. 1974 Richard Nixon announced on national television that he was resigning from the Presidency, effective the next day.

Selected Greenback thoughts:

Selected Greenback thoughts: "Money is like a sixth sense – you can’t make use of the other five without it." ~ William Somerset Maugham

"Inflation is when you pay $15 for the $10 haircut you used to get for $5 when you had hair!" ~ Sam Ewing

"Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort." ~ Helen Gurley Brown

"Money often costs too much." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned." ~ Paul Newman

· “Money is not the most important thing in the world. Love is. Fortunately, I love money." ~ Jackie Mason

"If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning." ~ Aristotle Onassis

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

August 7 History Purple Heart Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—August 7, 2014: Hope you enjoy the holidays posted, along with the factoids and quote from President George W. Bush with a smile on your face, a positive attitude and a dish of raspberries in cream.

1. Purple Heart Day—honoring the Purple Heart created by George Washington originally to commemorate meritorious service and awarded to only three soldiers during the Revolutionary War-- Elijah Churchill, William Brown and Daniel Bissell, Jr. and since 1931 awarded to anyone wounded or killed in battle.

2. Professional Speakers Day—celebrating those professional speakers with awesome oratorical skills but sadly in the case of some current speakers (not to be named here) the content of their ideas falls far short at their delivery skills.

3. National India Pale Ale Day---celebrating since 2011that medium to high hop ale with a higher alcohol content than most beers.

4. National Lighthouse Day-- celebrating since 1989 the passage of an Act by Congress for the establishment of lighthouses and other devices to aid in navigation and keep ships off of shoals and reefs. You have no idea what a thrill it was to see prior to having radar to be in a fishing boat with rain coming down so fast you could barely see but out in the distance a light from a lighthouse telling you where you were in relation to the rocks and disaster.

5. National Raspberries In Cream Day—celebrating one of great treats of all time and but for the cream very good for you.

On this day in

a. 1944 IBM introduced the first program controlled calculator—the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator also known as the Harvard Mark I.

b. 1964 Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution based on what were probably phantom attacks by North Vietnamese PT Boats on the destroyers USS Maddox and the USS C. Turner Joy authorizing the United States to go to war in Vietnam—sad day in retrospect both for us and the people of North and South Vietnam.

c. 1978 President Carter declared a state of emergency at Love Canal due decades of improper disposal of toxic waste.

Honor those who sacrifice in harm’s way for your safety even if not a citizen at time of sacrifice: “One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor - the president - governor - president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him - get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq - and at that same - right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States - a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen.” George W. Bush 43^rd President of the United States—tough way to become a citizen but an idea of what a magnet of opportunity this great country is.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

August 6 History Hiroshima Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—August 6, 2014: A very somber ceremony observed in Japan for the victims of the first atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. Hope you enjoy the holidays posted, along with the factoids and quote from M.G. Sriram with a smile on your face, a positive attitude and a cold mug of a root beer float.

1. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony—honoring the dead and survivors of the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay on this day in 1945.

2. National Root Beer Float Day—celebrating that great combination of root beer and ice cream—outstanding on a summer day.

3. Valley of Death Day---celebrating the birthday on this day in 1809 of one of England’s great 19^th Century poets, Alfred Lord Tennyson, author of many classics including The Charge of The Light Brigade.

4. 15 Is Nothing Special Day--celebrating the birthday on this day in 1928 of one of America’s great artists of Pop Art, Andy Warhol, noted for his Campbell’s Soup cans and the idea that anyone can have 15 minutes of fame but not much more.

On this day in

a. 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signs into law the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

b. 1991 Tim Berners-Lee released files describing his idea for the World Wide Web and www debuted as a publicly available service on the Internet.

c. 2013 NASA’s Curiosity Martian Land Rover landed on the surface of Mars to begin exploring the Red Planet.

Instead of more Campbell’s Soup cans to attract fame, we have the viral equivalent: “Looking at the proliferation of personal web pages on the Net, it looks like very soon everyone on Earth will have 15 megabytes of fame.” M.G. Siam , noted software design engineer at Tektronix Bangalore

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Monday, August 4, 2014

August 5 History National Night Out Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—August 5, 2014: A very symbolic holiday to be celebrated tonight by close to 40 million which hopefully will cause the criminals to be on vacation for at least a day. Hope you enjoy what is posted, along with the factoids and quote from President Kennedy with a smile on your face, a positive attitude and a plate of at least a half dozen oysters or a like number of oyster shooters.

1. National Night Out Day—celebrating since 1984 not a night on the town but rather the taking back the parks and streets from the various criminal elements after dark with porch lights on and various block parties, walks and neighbors getting together—close to 40 million will participate.

2. National Underwear Day—celebrated by those fearless exhibitionists with hopefully great bodies wearing only underwear in public.

3. Work Like A Dog Day---celebrating or bemoaning as the case may be, those workaholics who are consumed in their work to make sure the job is always done.

4. National Oyster Day--celebrating that great tasty mollusk best eaten raw and in copious quantities; legend has it that this mollusk equivalent of Viagra was consumed by the great womanizer Casanova to the tune of 50 for breakfast to fuel his drive for conquest.

5. Baby Step Day—celebrating the birthday of Neil Armstrong on this day in 1930 who took one small step for a man but a large one for mankind.

On this day in

a. 1962 Nelson Mandela was jailed in South Africa for protesting apartheid; he would not be released until 28 years later.

b. 1963 to the joys of children everywhere watching the levels of Strontium 90 and Cesium 131 increase in milk due to nuclear weapons testing above ground, the U.S., Great Britain and the Soviet Union as the Original Parties signed the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty banning all above ground and underwater nuclear weapons tests.

c. 1981 Federal Air Traffic Controllers went on strike and President Reagan fired 11,359 of them for failing to heed his order for them to return to work.

A small but important step for mankind: “Yesterday a shaft of light cut into the darkness. Negotiations were concluded in Moscow on a treaty to ban all nuclear tests in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water . . . it is an important first step -- a step toward peace -- a step towards reason -- a step away from war.” President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in an address to the nation on July 25, 1963

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