Fabulous Facts & Timeless Trivia

Thursday, January 14, 2016

The 14 day of the year

352 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

• Caesarean Section Day
• International Kite Day 
• Dress Up Your Pet Day    
• Organize Your Home Day 
• Ratification Day
• National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day

ON THIS DATE...

1128: Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. 




1639: The first constitution in the American colonies, the "Fundamental Orders" of Connecticut, was adopted (Read more).

1784: The United States ratified The Treaty of Paris with England, ending the Revolutionary War.

1794: Dr. Jesse Bennett of Virginia performed the first successful Cesarean section; the patient was his wife.


1873: ‘Celluloid’ was registered as a trademark. It was the wonderful invention of John Hyatt in 1869. While waiting for a patent, he used the celluloid to wrap his Christmas presents. Then he got the idea that somebody might be able to make movies with the stuff.
1914: Henry Ford launched the continuous motion assembly line method of automobile production.  It reduced vehicle assembly time from more than 12 hours to 93 minutes. 
1943: President Franklin Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to fly an airplane while in office. 

1952: NBC's "Today" show made its television debut (First Show)




1954: Marilyn Monroe married baseball great, Joe DiMaggio. The marriage lasted nine months. After her death (in 1962), DiMaggio had red roses delivered to her crypt two to three times a week for some twenty years. The marriage lasted nine months.  

1957: actor Humphrey Bogart died at the age of 57.  Bogart won an Oscar for his role in "The African Queen" (See Trailer)  He also starred in several classic films including "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Caine Mutiny." 


1963: George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a pledge in his inaugural address of "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!" 
1970: Diana Ross and The Supremes performed their final concert together in Las Vegas. 

1972: "Sanford and Son" debuted on NBC.  The show starred comedian Redd Foxx (Show open)


1973: Elvis Presley's "Aloha from Hawaii" concert was telecast from the Honolulu International Center to a world wide television audience (Watch) 
1978: the Sex Pistols performed in San Francisco in what would be their final concert.  

1984: McDonalds founder Ray Kroc died at the age of 81 (Read Bio)



1986: the video release of "Rambo: First Blood, Part Two" broke the record for first day orders. There were more than 435-thousand copies sold. 

1990: "The Simpsons" debuted on the Fox network (Show Open)


1993: David Letterman accepted a multi-million-dollar deal to move his late night talk show to CBS in August after his NBC contract expired.  
2000: in a massive demonstration demanding the return of six-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez, tens of thousands of Cubans marched in Havana.  The boy's mother had drowned as they tried to enter the United States in November of 1999.  He was turned over to relatives in Miami who fought to keep Elian in the U.S. 

2009: actor Ricard Montalban, best known for playing the mysterious Mr. Roarke on TV's "Fantasy Island," died on this date at the age of 88.  In addition to his role in "Fantasy Island," Montalban was also memorable for his role as the villainous Khan in the "Star Trek" film and TV series. 

2013: in a taped interview with Oprah Winfrey, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs to improve his cycling performance.  (ABC News story)



HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Flight 90 crashed into Potomac River on this day in 1982 (Source) 

(Dramatic rescue) 


Air Florida Flight 90 took off from National Airport and crashed onto a bridge in downtown Washington, then plunged into the icy waters of the Potomac River. Flight 90 never got higher than a few hundred feet, and the pilots saw the crash coming. "Larry, we're going down, Larry," said First Officer Roger Pettit. — I know it," said Capt. Larry Wheaton.

The Boeing 737 slammed into the 14th Street Bridge, shearing off the tops of cars, and then crashed into the icy river. CNN had just introduced what became a new phenomenon — the 24-hour news channel. The cable network provided live images of survivors struggling in the water as viewers at home watched and waited for what they knew would be a devastating death toll. Of those on board the plane, 74 people died. Five survived.



QUICK TRIVIA 

The undefeated Miami Dolphins (Source)

On January 14, 1973, the Miami Dolphins defeat the Washington Redskins 14-7 at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Super Bowl VII, becoming the first team in National Football League (NFL) history to finish with an undefeated season.



WORD OF THE DAY

Flagitious [fluh-jish-uhs]
–adjective 
shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
heinous or flagrant, as a crime; infamous.

"In the movie theater, Marvin trembled in fear as the flagitious space alien was about to do battle with Captain Universe"



WORD FROM THE WORD 

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.--Luke 9:62