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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Anyone have a QoD?

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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Anyone have a QoD?

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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Anyone have a QoD?

Good Morning!

It’s Friday! 🙂

On this day in 1831 Charles Darwin set out on a voyage to the Pacific aboard the HMS Beagle. Darwin’s discoveries during the voyage helped him form the basis of his theories on evolution. (I didn’t discover this fact until I’d already picked the quote from Pasteur, but the link with the quote responds to some of those theories, and how they were easily proven wrong. Pasteur was an interesting fellow, so check out the link below if you’d like to read more, you know, in case there’s a test…. 😉

In 1845 Dr. Crawford Williamson Long used anesthesia for childbirth for the first time. The event was the delivery of his own child in Jefferson, GA.

In 1900 Carrie Nation staged her first raid on a saloon at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, KS. She broke each and every one of the liquor bottles that could be seen. 😯

In 1904 James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan” premiered in London.

And in 1947 the children’s television program “Howdy Doody,” hosted by Bob Smith, made its debut on NBC.

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Quote of the Day

“Never will the doctrine of spontaneous generation recover from the mortal blow struck by this simple experiment.”

Louis Pasteur

More on Mr. Pasteur here, from AnsweringGenesis.org. He’s an interesting fellow.

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Today is James Mead’s birthday. So yeah, Kutless. 🙂

And it’s Matt Slocum’s, so SixpenceNonetheRicher

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Anyone have a QoD?

Good Morning!

Only 364 Days Until Christmas! 😯

🙂

On this day in 1620 the Pilgrim Fathers landed at New Plymouth, MA, to found Plymouth Colony, with John Carver as Governor.

In 1776 the British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolutionary War.

In 1865 the coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason.

In 1931 George Gershwin’s musical, “Of Thee I Sing,” opened at the Music Box Theatre in New York City.  It became the first American musical to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize.

And in 1941 Winston Churchill became the first British prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.

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Quote of the Day

“I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you’d ever be up there with those guys.”

Carlton Fisk

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This musical opened today in 1931. And it actually won a Pulitzer Prize. Weird.

From TheMusicProf78, who has tons of really old stuff.

Next, it’s Bob Hartman’s birthday. So Petra, Live From FarmAid

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QoD

How was your Christmas?

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! 🙂

Luke 2:6-21

⁶ And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

⁷ And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

⁸ And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

⁹ And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

¹² And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

¹³ And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

¹⁶ And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

¹⁷ And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

¹⁸ And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

¹⁹ But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

²⁰ And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

²¹ And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

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Quote of the Day

⁶ Jesus saith unto him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

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From George Fox University

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QoD

Did you get anything good this year?

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Good Morning!

Tomorrow is Christmas!!! 🙂

And here’s something that Peter asked me to pass along. 🙂

You asked for it, and here it is. I used an old grocery store ad with a large picture of a Christmas wreath made up of fresh veggies and fruits. Perfect for Mrs L since she loves such foods. And she approves of this wrapping job. (I usually don’t bother wrapping her gifts, since she picks them out. But since we’ll be opening them with grandchildren present, I thought I’d better with this one.)

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Quote of the Day

“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.”

Thomas Tusser

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From The London Symphony Orchestra

Love it!

This one too, from Kings College, Cambridge. Courtesy of Drwestbury

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QoD

Are you excited? 🙂

I am! I know I’m a grown man, but I still get excited about it. 🙂

And I still have gifts to wrap. 😯

Good Morning!

Only 2 Days Until Christmas! 🙂

On this day in 1783 George Washington returned home to Mount Vernon, after the disbanding of his army following the Revolutionary War.

In 1888, following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh cut off part of his own earlobe.

In 1919 the first ship designed to be used as an ambulance for the transport of patients was launched. The hospital ship was named USS Relief  and had 515 beds.

And in 1942 Bob Hope agreed to entertain U.S. airmen in Alaska.  It was the first of the traditional Christmas shows.

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Quote of the Day

“I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance.”

TobyMac

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Some Bob Hope seems appropriate.

Do you hear what I hear? From Mansfield University.

And you had to know this was coming. 🙂 From Never Enough Lights.

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QoD?

Are you done shopping yet?