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On this day in 1675 the first corporation was charted in the United States. The company was the New York Fishing Company.

In 1790 George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address.

In 1815 The Battle of New Orleans began. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.

In 1877 Crazy Horse (Tashunca-uitco) and his warriors fought their final battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.

In 1962 Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was exhibited in America for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The next day the exhibit opened to the public.

And in 1973 the trial opened in Washington, of seven men accused of bugging Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, DC.

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Quote of the Day

“Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?”

James Longstreet

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Today would have been Elvis Aaron Presley’s birthday.

And it was on today’s date in 1957, at the age of 22, that he took his US Army pre-induction test. So this one seemed the obvious choice. 🙂

It’s also Christy Lane’s.

And composer Robert Schumann’s. So we’ll finish with “Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra,” from the Ossia Symphony Orchestra

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QoD?

Most of the US and Canada are enduring some brutally low temperatures right now. So let’s think warm, pleasant thoughts today. To help us get in the right frame of mind, finish this statement.

As soon as Spring comes I’m going to……..

I’ll take the obvious answer….

Defrost. 😯

Good Morning!

On this day in 1610 Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter’s moons. He named them Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

In 1782 The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States.

In 1789 Americans voted for the electors that would choose George Washington to be the first U.S. president.

In 1927 in Hinckley IL, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game.

In 1953 President Harry Truman announced the development of the hydrogen bomb.

And in 1968 the cost of a U.S. first class stamp was raised to 6 cents.

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Quote of the Day

“Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.”

Rand Paul

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Today is Charles Billingsley’s birthday.

Today is also Rick Elias’ birthday. So here he is doing a Rich Mullins song that wasn’t released until after his death, with the Ragamuffin Band.

And on this day in 1940 “Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch” debuted.

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1759 George Washington and Martha Dandridge Custis were married.

In 1838 Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time.

In 1942 the first commercial around-the-world airline flight took place.

In 1945 the Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties.

In 1952 “Peanuts” debuted in Sunday papers across the United States.

And in 1994 figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant at Cobo Arena in Detroit, MI.  Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding’s ex-husband.

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Quote of the Day

“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.”

Lou Holtz

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Today is Earl Scruggs birthday. So we’ll start with Earl and his gang, plus Charlie.

Today is also the birthday of composer Max Bruch. From the Israel Philharmonic, via Yevgeny Yehudin

And we’ll finish with another from Earl. From OpryLive

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Good Morning!

And Happy Saturday!

On this day in 1885 Dr. William Grant performed the first successful appendectomy.

In 1896 Utah became the 45th U.S. state.

In 1962 New York City introduced a train that operated without conductors and motormen. 

In 1965, during his State of the Union address, President Johnson proclaimed the building of the “Great Society.”

And in 1974 President Nixon refused to hand over tape recordings and documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

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Quote of the Day

“Success is not forever and failure isn’t fatal.”

Don Shula

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Phil Everly passed away yesterday. 😦

Next up, some Smalltown Poets.

And some Gospel Country Trail Band.

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QoD

What are you doing on this first Saturday of the year?

Good Morning!

On this day in 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther.

In 1777 the Battle of Princeton took place. George Washington defeated the British forces, led by Cornwallis.

In 1888 the drinking straw was patented by Marvin C. Stone.

In 1924 English explorer Howard Carter discovered the sarcophagus of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor, Egypt.

In 1938 the March of Dimes was established by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 

And in 1959 Alaska became the 49th state.

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Quotes of the Day

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

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“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”

J. R. R. Tolkien

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Today would be Victor Borge’s birthday.

On this day in 1900 this was first performed in New York City.

And it’s my favorite QB’s birthday. So here’s some highlights (not many of those this year), with some 3 Dog Night. 🙂

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1788 Georgia became the 4th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1842, in Fairmount, PA, the first wire suspension bridge was opened to traffic.

In 1872 Brigham Young, the 71-year-old leader of the Mormon Church, was arrested on a charge of bigamy. He had 25 wives.

In 1921 the first religious broadcast on radio was heard on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, PA, as Dr. E.J. Van Etten of Calvary Episcopal Church preached.

In 1929 the United States and Canada reached an agreement on joint action to preserve Niagara Falls.

And in 1935 Bruno Richard Hauptmann went on trial for the kidnap-murder of Charles Lindbergh’s baby. Hauptmann was found guilty and executed.

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Quote of the Day

“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.”

John Hope Franklin

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Today would be Roger Miller’s birthday.

On this day in 1941 the Andrews Sisters recorded this song. From OldTimieMusic

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Good Morning!

And Happy New Year!!!

I’m taking the Christmas decorations down tomorrow. 😦

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QoD

Any new resolutions?

Or, like me, do you prefer to not set unrealistic goals for yourself? 😯

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On this day in 0404 the last gladiator competition was held in Rome.

In 1622 the Papal Chancery adopted January 1st as the beginning of the New Year.

In 1808 the U.S. prohibited import of slaves from Africa.

In 1863 President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that all slaves in the rebel states were free.

In 1892 Ellis Island Immigrant Station formally opened in New York.

In 1902 the first Tournament of Roses (later the Rose Bowl) collegiate football game was played in Pasadena, CA.

And in 1937 the First Cotton Bowl football game was played in Dallas, TX.

Go Horned Frogs! 🙂

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Quote of the Day

“There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it.”

Charles Edward Montague

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Today would have been Raymond “Boz” Burrell’s birthday.

It would also have been Xavier Cugat’s. So it’s Mambo #5.

And here’s another song by Xavier, from the Esther Williams movie “Neptune’s Daughter”

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Good Morning!

Since it’s the last day of the year, we’ll start with the QoD.

Do you have a favorite memory from this past year?

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On this day in 1775 the British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec. Montgomery was killed in the battle.

In 1841 the State of Alabama enacted the first dental legislation in the U.S.

In 1857 Britain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.

In 1862 President Lincoln signed an act admitting West Virginia to the Union.

In 1879 Thomas Edison gave his first public demonstration of incandescent lighting to an audience in Menlo Park, NJ.

In 1891 New York’s new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive numbers of arrivals.

In 1929 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played “Auld Lang Syne” as a New Year’s Eve song for the first time.

And in 1946 President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.

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Quote of the Day

“I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind.”

George C. Marshall

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These two were married today in 1947.

I have to play this one. I think it’s required. 🙂

It’s this fella’s birthday.

And it’s also Tyler Burkum’s, of Audio Adrenaline. From EMI Music

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Good Morning!

It’s Monday, and we’re off to Shady Maple. 🙂

On this day in 1853 the United States bought about 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase.

In 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” was first performed, at Paignton, Devon, England.

In 1924 Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic systems.

And in 1940 California’s first freeway was officially opened. It was the Arroyo Seco Parkway connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena.

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Quote of the Day

“I hate clowns.”

Tracey Ullman

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Today we have a birthday twofer. Not one but two Monkees have a birthday today, Davy Jones and Michael Nesmith.

Today is also Jeff Lynne’s birthday, so E.L.O.

And it’s Bo Diddly’s too.

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Good Morning!

The weekend has arrived! 🙂

On this day in 1065 Westminster Abbey was consecrated under Edward the Confessor.

In 1732 “The Pennsylvania Gazette,” owned by Benjamin Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of “Poor Richard’s Almanac.”

In 1832 John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Jackson.

In 1912 the first municipally owned street cars were used on the streets of San Francisco, CA.

And in 1945 the U.S. Congress officially recognized the “Pledge of Allegiance.”

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Quote of the Day

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”

Robert Frost

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It was on this day in 1983 that the often troubled Dennis Wilson drowned while swimming near his boat in L.A.

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