Monday, January 11, 2016
The 11 day of the year
355 days left to go
THIS WEEK IS
- National Vocation Awareness Week
- Cuckoo Dancing Week
- National Soccer Coaches of America Week
- Bald Eagle Appreciation Days
TODAY IS
- Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day
- Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
- National Clean Off Your Desk Day
- National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
- National Milk Day
- National Step in the Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day
- Hot Toddy Day
ON THIS DATE...
1770: The first shipment of rhubarb was sent to the United States from London.
1843: poet Francis Scott Key died at the age of 63. He wrote the words to the national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner."
1861: Alabama became the fourth state to secede from the Union.
1878: milk was delivered in bottles for the first time.
1902: "Popular Mechanics" was published for the first time (Read more).
1908: Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument (read more)
1913: the Hudson Motor Company unveiled the first sedan-type car at the National Automobile Show in New York City.
1928: "Ol’ Man River" was recorded on Victor Records by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Bing Crosby did the vocals. The tune came from the Broadway musical, "Showboat" (Song).
1935: Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California (read more)
1964: Surgeon General Luther Terry first issued the warning that cigarette smoking is hazardous to a person's health.
1973: Major League Baseball agreed to allow the American League to experiment with the designated hitter rule.
1980: Rupert Holmes was at the top of the pop music charts, with "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" (Song).
2008: former Olympic medalist Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying to federal investigators in two separate cases. In October 2007: Jones pled guilty to two counts of lying to investigators in the BALCO steroid probe as well as a phony check scheme. After pleading guilty, Jones retired from track and field, turned in all of her medals from the 2000 Sydney Games and had her records wiped from the history books.
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
1775: ‘Southern Paul Revere’ Takes Seat in Congress (Source)
On January 11, 1775, Francis Salvador, nicknamed the “Southern Paul Revere,” took his seat as part of the South Carolina Provincial Congress in Charlestown (now Charleston). Salvador was the first Jewish person elected to office in what would become the United States.
Salvador was a Sephardic Jew from a prosperous family in England. His family had recently lost much of their wealth. Salvador moved to South Carolina in 1773, seeking a better, more independent life for his wife and children. They remained in London until Salvador’s plantation in western South Carolina (what was called “Jews’ Land”) was settled.
Salvador quickly joined the Revolutionary War. He earned his nickname, the “Southern Paul Revere,” in the summer of 1776, when his horse galloped nearly 45 kilometers (28 miles) to warn settlers of a planned attack by Cherokee and Loyalist (pro-British) forces.
Soon after completing his famous ride, Salvador became the first Jewish soldier killed in the Revolutionary War when he was shot and scalped by Loyalist-Cherokee troops near the Keowee River.
QUICK TRIVIA
Top 5 Rhubarb Facts (Source)
- According to Food Network, 1 pound of fresh Rhubarb yields about 3 cups chopped or 2 cups cooked.
- Rhubarb was used as a medicine/healing ointment in earlier centuries. A native plant of China, rhubarb was grown and traded for medicinal purposes as early as the 16th century. According to a History of Fruit, rhubarb gained popularity as a food and vegetable source by the 19th century.
- The redder the stalk, the sweeter the taste. Savor the Rhubarb points out that green rhubarb can also be eaten, and is just a different variety. All rhubarb is quite bitter in taste and therefore a great substitute for cranberries.
- The leaves attached to the Rhubarb stalk are poisonous. No matter how enticing, green, and crisp those leaves look, you should always discard that part of the plant.
- Though not often used today, the word ‘rhubarb’ can also mean ‘a heated argument or dispute,’ according to Merriam Webster.
WORD OF THE DAY
swoon
[swoon] verb (used without object)
1. to faint; lose consciousness.
2. to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy:
"When Martha was told that she was advancing to the next round, she began to swoon"
WORD FROM THE WORD
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.--1 Corinthians 6:20
Read "Our Daily Bread"
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