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

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

September 25 History International Maritime Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—September 25. 2014: Trust your Thursday is proving to be a good one and that you enjoy the holidays and factoids and quote from Smedley Butler with a smile on your sunscreened face, with a trip to your favorite restaurant for a crab newburg in the works, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem tailored to the event and the recipient.

1. International Ataxia Awareness Day—observed to promote awareness and research for ataxia a neurological diseases the adversely impacts the body’s ability to control muscle movement.

2. World Maritime Day--celebrating the contribution of the maritime industry to the global economy—observed since 1978.

3. One Hit Wonder Day—honoring the musical equivalent of Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes of fame—those musical artists who had one song of the top 40 and one only.

4. Stream Of Conscious Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1897 of William Faulkner winner of the Nobel Prize for literature but spent his early years writing poetry.

5. National Crab Newburg Day—celebrating one of my favorite seafood dishes but only if it is made with real crab and not the imitation.

On this day in

a.1789 Congress passed the first ten amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights.

b.1890 Congress established Sequoia National Park—If you like Redwoods this is the place to visit.

c. 1911 construction was commenced on Fenway Park in Boston.

d. 1956 TAT-1 the first transatlantic submarine telephone cable was completed.

If you are going to fight make sure the fight is worth it: “There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.” Smedley Butler noted Marine Corps Major General who at the time of his death in 1940 was the most decorated Marine in U.S. history.

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September 24 History Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—September 24. 2014: Trust your Wednesday is proving to be a good one and that you enjoy the holidays and factoids and quote from Andy Rooney with a smile on your sunscreened face, with a trip to your favorite restaurant for a cherries jubilee in the works, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem tailored to the event and the recipient.

1. Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving Day—celebrated annually since 1734 by the Schwenkfelder Society to give thanks for arriving in the Pennsylvania Dutch region to escape religious persecution in Europe. If invited today you might want to eat before going as the meal is water, bread, butter and apple butter.

2. Gallbladder Good Health Day---celebrating that little organ located under the liver that promotes digestion; today avoid greasy foods and have an apple—gallstones are incredibly painful.

3. National Blue Bird of Happiness Day--“be like I, hold your head up high,
’til you see a ray of light and cheer

and so remember this, life is no abyss
somewhere there’s a bluebird of happiness”

Bluebird of Happiness Harmati & Heyman

4. National Punctuation Day—celebrating the proper use of the comma, dash, semicolon and all those other marks that autocorrect and spell check have largely taken over.

5. National Cherries Jubilee Day—celebrating one of the classic flambé desserts with cherries and a liqueur served over ice cream.

On this day in

a.1946 Clark Gifford and George Elsey presented President Truman with a top secret report calling for containment of the Soviet Union, marking the beginning of the Cold War.

b.1957 President Eisenhower sent the 101^st Airborne to Little Rock to enforce desegregation of the public schools.

c. 1968 60 Minutes debuted on CBS which until his death in 2011 at the age of 92 featured the “Last Word” commentary by Andy Rooney.

d. 2002 the first consumer internet service was launched by Compuserve.

Some words of wisdom to high school graduates wondering what to do with lives: “"We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers. More college graduates ought to become plumbers or electricians, then go home at night and read Shakespeare." Andy Rooney-- from an essay on finding a good job, March 21, 2010 Better yet they would not have thousands upon thousands of dollars of student loans hanging over their heads.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

September 23 History National Voter Registration Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—September 23. 2014: Trust your Tuesday is proving to be a good one and that you enjoy the holidays and factoids and quote from Ray Charles with a smile on your sunscreened face, with a trip to IHOP in the works, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem tailored to the event and the recipient.

1. National Voter Registration Day—celebrating the need for all eligible adults to register to vote; far too many of us take the right to vote for granted and have opted out of the political process.

2. Eight Is The Magic Number Day---celebrating the birth on this day in 1920 of Mickey Rooney whose career spanned over 80 years and yes was married eight times and probably kept a slew of divorce lawyers very happy.

3. Ray Day – celebrating the birthday on this day in 1930 of the many called by Frank Sinatra “the only true genius in show business, “ Ray Charles who lost his sight at the age of seven.

4. National Pancake Day—celebrating a great day to hop down to the closest IHOP for one of their delicious pancakes.

On this day in

a. 1642 the first commencement exercises occurred at Harvard.

b. 1911 Earle Ovington made the first air mail delivery under the authority of the U.S. Postal Service,888 the first issue of the National Geographic was published.

c. 2002 the first public version of the Mozilla Firefox browser (“Phoenix 1.0”) was released.

Some words of wisdom from Ray Charles and why we should be charitable: “Affluence separates people. Poverty knits them together. You got some sugar and I don’t; I borrow some of yours. Nest month you might not have any flour; well, I will give you some of mine.” Ray Charles What an amazing talent and testimony of how the human spirit can overcome adversity

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Monday, September 22, 2014

September 22 History One Web Day

Ridley's Believe It Or Not—September 22. 2014: Trust your weekend went and the batteries are recharged and that you enjoy the holidays and factoids and quote from three centenarians with a smile on your sunscreened face, with an ice cream cone and/or a piece of white chocolate in your hand, blessed with a positive attitude, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for a memorable event, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem tailored to the event and the recipient.

1. Autumnal Equinox—celebrating the passage of the Sun over the equator and the beginning of fall.

2. One Web Day---promoting since 2006 awareness of the importance of the internet to our daily lives.

3. Hobbit Day – celebrating the birthdays of two Hobbits—Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.

4. National Centenarians Day—celebrating those increasing number of humans who live to be 100 years or more—for the Alaskanpoet only 33 more years to go.

5. National Ice Cream Cone/National White Chocolate Day—a great bookend of food holidays to splurge on; enjoy!

On this day in

a. 1789 the office of snail mail was established in the United States; still in existence but losing money like you cannot believe.

b. 1888 the first issue of the National Geographic was published.

c. 1975 Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford, but was foiled by George Sipple; she was sentenced to life and was released on parole in 2007 after Ford’s death.

d. 1991 the Dead Sea Scrolls were made available to public viewing for the first time by the Huntington Library.

Some words of wisdom that those of us younger than 100 should pay heed to:

“Don’t smoke, don’t drink, and don’t retire.” Ebby Halliday, 101

“I try not to make a big fuss over things. I always said, ‘This too shall pass.’” Barbara Brody,102

“You must keep active, or you will just wither away. Always be involved in some activity.” Miriam Henson, 105

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