Good Morning!

The weekend has arrived.

On this day in 1776 British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution.

In 1864 Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their “March to the Sea” during the Civil War.

In 1907 Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.

In 1952, in the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown.

In 1959 the musical, “The Sound of Music” opened.

And in 1973 President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.

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Quote of the Day

“I was lucky enough to be the lady that was asked to be Maria in the Sound Of Music, and that film was fortunate enough to be huge hit. The same with Mary Poppins. I got terribly lucky in that respect.”

Julie Andrews

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This movie opened today in 1978.

It’s also the birthday of Diane Jean Krall, who I had no idea was married to Elvis Costello.

And it’s also the birthday of the man they call “The Father of the Blues,” W.C. Handy.

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Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!! 🙂

On this day in 1777 the Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.

In 1867 the first stock ticker was unveiled in New York City. 

In 1939 President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. 

In 1940 the first 75,000 men were called to Armed Forces duty under peacetime conscription.

In 1986 a government tribunal in Nicaragua convicted American Eugene Hasenfus of charges related to his role in delivering arms to Contra rebels. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison and was pardoned a month later.

In 1992 Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career.

 And in 1993 a judge in Mineola, NY, sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six months in jail for the statutory rape of Amy Fisher. Fisher was serving a prison sentence for shooting and wounding Buttafuoco’s wife, Mary Jo.

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Quote of the Day

“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”

Thomas Jefferson

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Today is David Carr’s birthday. No, not the guy who was the Giant’s back-up QB. The other one from Third Day. 🙂

And it’s Miguel DeJesus’ of Smalltown Poets too.

And today in 1956 this man made his acting debut in this movie.

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On this day in 1851 Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was first published in the U.S.

In 1881 Charles J. Guiteau’s trial began for the assassination of President Garfield. Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year. 

In 1889 New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began an attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in less than 80 days. Bly succeeded by finishing the journey the following January in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. 

In 1943 Ernie Nevers of the St. Louis Cardinals became the first professional football player to score six touchdowns in a single game.

In 1969 the Apollo 12 blasted off for the moon from Cape Kennedy, FL. 

And also in 1969, during the Vietnam War, Major General Bruno Arthur Hochmuth, commander of the Third Marine Division, became the first general to be killed in Vietnam by enemy fire. 

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Quote of the Day

“People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it’s simply necessary to love.”

Claude Monet

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Today would be the birthday of Johann Georg Leopold Mozart.

It’s also Joy Williams’.

And it’s James Young’s as well.

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1775, during the American Revolution, U.S. forces captured Montreal.

In 1789 Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” 

 In 1805 Johann George Lehner, a Viennese butcher, invented a recipe and called it the “frankfurter.”

In 1927 the Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River.

In 1982 the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC.

And in 1995 Greg Maddox (Atlanta Braves) became the first major league pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards.

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Quote of the Day

“You cannot run away from weakness; you must some time fight it out or perish; and if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?”

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Today is Russ Lee’s birthday.

Today is George Whitefield Chadwick’s birthday too.

And today in 1968 this movie premiered in the US. I only bring it up so I can ask a question.

What were you people thinking? 😯

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1799 Andrew Ellicott Douglass witnesses the Leonids meteor shower from a ship off the Florida Keys.

In 1840 sculptor Auguste Rodin was born in Paris. His most widely known works are “The Kiss” and “The Thinker.”

In 1859 the first flying trapeze act was performed by Jules Leotard at Cirque Napoleon in Paris, France. He was also the designer of the garment that is named after him.

In 1920 Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of the American and National Leagues.

In 1942, during World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces.

And in 1954 Ellis Island, the immigration station in New York Harbor, closed after processing more than 20 million immigrants since 1892. 

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Quote of the day

“Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.”

Richard Baxter

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Today is Chris Huffman’s birthday.

It’s also Jo Stafford’s.

And it’s Neil Young’s too. So “Heart of Gold,” eventually…… 🙂

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Good Morning!

And Happy Veterans’ Day to all who have served.

Thank you. 🙂

On this day in 1918 World War I came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. This day came to be recognized as Veteran’s Day in the United States.

Also on this day in 1918, Poland was reestablished shortly after the surrender of Germany.

In 1921 The Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia by U.S. President Harding.

In 1938 Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on network radio.

In 1972 the U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Bihn to the South Vietnamese army. The event symbolized the end of direct involvement in the Vietnam War by the U.S. military.

In 1981 the U.S.S. Ohio was commissioned at the Electric Boat Division in Groton, CT. It was the first Trident class submarine.

And in 1984 President Ronald Reagan accepted the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a gift to the nation from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

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Quotes of the Day, since it’s also his birthday…

“Better to fight for something than live for nothing.”

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“Always do everything you ask of those you command.”

George S. Patton

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Since it’s Veterans’ Day, I’m going with some military bands.

Since the Marines had a birthday yesterday, we’ll start with the US Marine Corps Marching Band.

Then it’s the Untited States Military Academy Band. Go ARMY!

Next we have the US Air Force Band of Flight.

And last, but certainly not least, the US Navy Fleet Forces Band.

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QoD?

Who is your favorite veteran?

Good Morning!

The weekend has arrived!

Now what?

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On this day in 1872 a fire destroyed about 800 buildings in Boston, MA. 

In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt left for Panama to see the progress on the new canal. It was the first foreign trip by a U.S. president.

In 1911 George Claude of Paris, France, applied for a patent on neon advertising signs.     

In 1938 Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in an event that became known as Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass.”

In 1965 the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours. 

And in 1982 Sugar Ray Leonard retired from boxing. In 1984 Leonard came out of retirement to fight one more time. To this day I still say Marvelous Marvin Hagler beat him.

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Quote of the Day

“Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.”

Benjamin Banneker

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Today is Phil Driscoll’s birthday.

It’s also Bryn Terfel’s.

And Tom Fogerty’s.

And last one, Alan Gratzer’s.

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QoD? Anyone?….

Good Morning!

It’s Friday! 🙂

On this day in 1656 Edmond Halley was born.  Halley, an astronomer/mathmatician, was the first to calculate the orbit that was named after him. The comet makes an appearance every 76 years.

In 1805 the “Corps of Discovery” reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was lead by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. The journey had begun on May 14, 1804, with the goal of exploring the Louisiana Purchase territory.

In 1887 Doc Holliday died at the age of 35. The gun fighting dentist died from tuberculosis in a sanitarium in Glenwood Springs, CO.

In 1910 William H. Frost patented the insect exterminator.

In 1950, during the Korean conflict, the first jet-plane battle took place as U.S. Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15. 

And in 1966 Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California.

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Quote of the Day

“If somebody mistreats you, treat ’em good. That kills ’em.”

Bobby Bowden

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This first one covers 2 of today’s birthdays, Bonnie Raitt’s and Rickie Lee Hooker’s.

It’s Patti Page’s too.

Look out! Angry cat! in the selections at the end of the video. 🙂 ↑

Today is also Roy Wood’s birthday.

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On this day in 1874 the Republican party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly.

In 1893 the state of Colorado granted its women the right to vote. 

In 1918 the Rev. Billy Graham was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In 1916 Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. 

In 1932 “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” was broadcast for the first on CBS Radio.

And in 1965 the “Pillsbury Dough Boy” debuted in television commercials. 

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Quotes of the Day

“God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.”

“The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.”

Billy Graham

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Whenever I think of Billy Graham, this gentleman comes to mind as well.

🙂

Today is also the birthday of composer William Alwyn. So it’s “Autumn Legend for Horn and Orchestra”.

Very nice job on the video scenery shots as well.

And here’s another from Mr. Shea.

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QoD?

Have you ever heard Rev. Graham speak, or attended a Billy Graham Crusade? If yes, what did you think?

Good Morning!

On this day in 1851 Charles Henry Dow was born. He was the founder of Dow Jones & Company.

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the sixteenth president of the United States.

In 1861 Jefferson Davis was elected as the president of the Confederacy in the U.S.

In 1869 the first official intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, NJ.

In 1923 Jacob Schick was granted a patent for the electric shaver.

In 1952 the first hydrogen bomb was exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

And in 1977, 39 people were killed when an earthen dam burst, sending a wall of water through the campus of Toccoa Falls Bible College in Georgia.

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Quote of the Day

“If you treat your wife like a thoroughbred, you’ll never end up with a nag.”

Zig Ziglar

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Today is John Philip Sousa’s birthday. Since I think these two groups of folks play it better than most, we’ll go with them.

First up, The United States Army Field Band playing “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

And then we have The United States Marine Band, with “The Liberty Bell.”

Today is also Kenny Marks’ birthday.

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