Good Morning!

On this day in 1632 scientist Anthony van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland. He created the first microscope lenses that were powerful enough to observe single-celled animals.

In 1788 poet Sarah Joseph Hale was born. She wrote the poem “Mary Had A Little Lamb.”

In 1830 Belva Lockwood was born. She was the first woman formally nominated for the U.S. Presidency.

In 1901 daredevil Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel. She was 63 years old. And crazy if you ask me. 😯

In 1929 investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as “Black Thursday.”

And in 1939 nylon stockings were sold to the public for the first time in Wilmington, DE.

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Quote of the Day

“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Henry Ford

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Today is composer Luciano Berio’s birthday. So here’s a piece of his, performed by the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra.

It’s also composer George Crumb’s birthday. Here’s Sonata for Solo Cello, performed by a very talented young man named Austin Huntington.

This one is just because it’s fun.

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1910 Blanche S. Scott became the first woman to make a public solo airplane flight in the United States.

In 1915 approximately 25,000 women demanded the right to vote with a march in New York City, NY.

In 1929 the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged, starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression.

In 1956 NBC broadcasted the first videotape recording. The tape of Jonathan Winters was seen coast to coast in the U.S.

And in 1973 President Richard M. Nixon agreed to turn over the subpoenaed tapes concerning the Watergate affair.

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Quote of the Day

“Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas.”

Johnny Carson

You have 2 months and 2 days left. 🙂

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Today is Shawn Craig”s birthday.

It’s also so Bob Farrell’s.

And it’s “Weird Al’s” too. 🙂

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A Note From The Blog Administrator

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1746 – The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It later became known as Princeton University.

 In 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.

In 1836 Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas. 

In 1907 The Panic of 1907 began when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks.

In 1939 the first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.

And in 1962 President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba.

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Quote of the Day

“Well, being as there’s no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon.”

Curly Howard

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Today is composer Franz Liszt’s birthday. So you know what that means…

Bugs Bunny!

Ha! Just kidding, here’s something more fitting.

And it’s TobyMac’s too.

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Anyone have a QoD?

Or try this one. I have a theory that nothing good ever happens on a Tuesday. Prove me wrong. Tell me why should I change my mind?

Good Morning!

On this day in 1797 “Old Ironsides,” the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston’s harbor.

In 1858 the Can-Can was performed for the first time in Paris.

In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp.

In 1917 the first U.S. soldiers entered combat during World War I near Nancy, France. Nah, too easy. 🙂

In 1967 thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC, in opposition to the Vietnam War.

And in 1983 the Pentagon reported that 2,000 Marines were headed to Grenada to protect and evacuate Americans living there.  

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Quote of the Day

“A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it.”

Bob Hope

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For today’s birthdays, we start with Rich Mullins.

Today is also Charlie Lowell’s birthday.

And it’s Brian Pittman’s too.

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Good Morning!

And Happy Saturday! 🙂

On this day in 1765 the Stamp Act Congress met and drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.

In 1781 British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to U.S. General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia.

In 1933 basketball was introduced to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee.

In 1937 “Woman’s Day” was published for the first time.

In 1960 the United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.

And in 1977 the Concorde made its first landing in New York City.

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Quote of the Day

“When men take pleasure in feeling their minds elevated with strong drink, and so indulge their appetite as to disorder their understandings, neglect their duty as members of a family or civil society, and cast off all regard to religion, their case is much to be pitied.”

John Woolman

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Today is Billy Smiley’s birthday.

It’s also Wendy Foy Green’s.

And it’s Patrick Simmons’ as well.

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Good Morning!

It’s finally Friday! 🙂

On this day in 1767 the Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

In 1842 Samuel Finley Breese Morse laid his first telegraph cable.

In 1867 the U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).

In 1873 the first rules for intercollegiate football were drawn up by representatives from Rutgers, Yale, Columbia and Princeton Universities.

In 1943 the first broadcast of “Perry Mason” was presented on CBS Radio.

And in 1969 the U.S. government banned artificial sweeteners due to evidence that they caused cancer.

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Quote of the Day

“A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.”

Charles R. Swindoll

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Today is Janet Paschal’s birthday.

Today is Cynthia Weil’s birthday as well. Her and her husband Barry Mann have written numerous songs for a wide variety of people. Everyone from the Righteous Brothers, Elvis, and Skynyrd, to the Monkees, Andy Williams, and Dolly Parton. It was tough to pick a favorite to play. But I settled on this, from one of my daughter’s favorite movies. And I’ve heard it a million times because of that 🙂  I like this version better than Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram’s anyway.

And now we have yet another birthday, Gary Richrath’s, and one of my favorite bands as well. 

And this one, because it gives Gary more of the spotlight. “The Flying Turkey Trot.” With a little “Ghost Riders in the Sky” in the middle. 🙂

We sure have a lot of musicians with birthdays today. Last one, I promise. Chuck with some old guy in a suit. 🙂

I seem to have gotten a little carried away today. But this is nothin’, you should see the news thread. 🙂

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Good Morning!

On this day in  1777 American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NY. It was the turning point in the Revolutionary War.

In 1888 the first issue of “National Geographic Magazine” was released at newsstands.

In 1931 Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.

In 1939 “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” premiered.

And in 1978 President Carter signed a bill that restored full U.S. citizenship rights to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

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Quote of the Day

“You know, I had a couple hundred jumps in my career, and I made most of them, but the ones they show over and over are the ones when I crashed.”

Evel Knievel

(Robert Craig Knievel)

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Today is Ian Eskelin’s birthday.

Today is Trey McClurkin’s birthday. He was a founding member of Skillet. I couldn’t find anything that old, but I’m not gonna miss a chance to play one of my favorites. 🙂

Today is also the fake Alan Jackson’s birthday. 🙂

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Good Morning!

On this day in 1829, in Boston, MA, the first modern hotel in America opened. The Tremont Hotel had 170 rooms that rented for $2 a day and included four meals.

In 1869 a hotel in Boston became the first in the U.S. to install indoor plumbing.

In 1916 Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City, NY. 😦  We all know how that’s turned out.

In 1923 Walt Disney contracted with M.J. Winkler to distribute the Alice Comedies. This event is recognized as the start of the Disney Company.

In 1941 the Nazis advanced to within 60 miles of Moscow. Romanians entered Odessa, USSR, and began exterminating 150,000 Jews.

And in 1987 rescuers freed Jessica McClure from the abandoned well that she had fallen into in Midland, TX. The little girl had been trapped for 58 hours.

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Quote of the Day

“Thought is a strenuous art – few practice it, and then only at rare times.”

David Ben-Gurion

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Today is the day Albert Franz Doppler was born.

It’s also Jan Dismas Zelenka’s too.

And it’s John Mayer’s as well.

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Feel free to ask your own QoD.

Here’s mine. Anyone know what kinda bug this is?

Good Morning!

On this day in 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte began his exile on the remote island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1860 Grace Bedell, 11 years old, wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. The letter stated that Lincoln would look better if he would grow a beard.

In 1937 “To Have and Have Not” by Ernest Hemingway was published for the first time.

In 1951 “I Love Lucy” premiered on CBS-TV.

And in 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis began. It was on this day that U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing data discovered Soviet medium-range missile sites in Cuba. On October 22 U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that he had ordered the naval “quarantine” of Cuba.

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Quote of the Day

“Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.”

Joni Eareckson Tada

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Today is Barry McGuire’s birthday.

It’s also Jaci Velasquez’s as well.

And here’s some Lucy, with “The William Tell Overture” as background music.

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Anyone have a QoD?

Good Morning!

Happy Columbus Day!

And for our Canadian friends, Jour de l’Action de grâce.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have no idea if I have that used properly or not because I don’t speak French. 🙂

On this day in 1912 Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, WI. Roosevelt’s wound in the chest was not serious and he continued with his planned speech.  😯  William Schrenk was captured at the scene of the shooting.

In 1926 the book “Winnie-the-Pooh,” by A.A. Milne, made its debut.

In 1944 German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel committed suicide rather than face execution after being accused of conspiring against Adolf Hitler and the execution that would follow.

In 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis began when U.S. reconnaissance aircrafts photographed Soviet construction of intermediate-range missile sites in Cuba. 

And in 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America. He was the youngest person to receive the award.

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Quote of the Day

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”

William Penn

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My statement above brought this to mind.

“But I must go into the world and do noble things for the good of all. And you can’t come because you don’t speak French.”

It’s Cliff Richard’s birthday.

It’s also Justin Heyward’s. He’s the singer.

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