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Friday, January 22, 2016
The 22 day of the year
344 days left to go
THIS WEEK IS
- International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
- Hunt For Happiness Week
- National Activity Professionals Week
- National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
- National Handwriting Analysis Week
- Healthy Weight Week
- National Bible Week
- Week of Christian Unity
- No Name Calling Week
- Sugar Awareness Week
- Answer Your Cat's Questions Day
- Celebration of Life Day
- Roe vs. Wade Day
- Data Innovation Day?
- National Blonde Brownie Day
ON THIS DATE...
1771: The Falkland Islands were ceded to Great Britain by Spain.
1807: President Thomas Jefferson exposed a plot by Aaron Burr to form a new republic in the Southwest.
1879: James Shields took the oath of office as U.S. Senator from Missouri, becoming the first person to serve as Senator for three different states. He had previously served as U.S. Senator from Illinois and Minnesota.
1901: Britain's Queen Victoria died at the age of 82.
1947: KTLA television in Hollywood began operation as the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River.
1968: "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" debuted on NBC. The show became the highest-rated comedy series in television history.
1972: "Emergency" debuted on NBC. (Show intro)
1973: former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at the age of 64.
1973: George Foreman knocked out Joe Frazier to win the world heavyweight boxing title. (Video)
1973: the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Roe versus Wade case. The justices ruled the Constitution allows women the right to an abortion.
1983: "ET: The Extra Terrestrial" became the top grossing movie of all-time. It has since been replaced at the top by James Cameron's epic, "Titanic."
1997: the Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the nation's first female secretary of state.
2002: Kmart Corp.filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2008: Oscar nominated actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York City apartment. He was 28.
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
Laugh-In (Source)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (often simply referred to as Laugh-In) is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and featured, at various times, Chelsea Brown, Johnny Brown, Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Richard Dawson, Henry Gibson, Teresa Graves, Goldie Hawn, Arte Johnson, Larry Hovis, Jeremy Lloyd, Dave Madden, Pigmeat Markham, Gary Owens, Pamela Rodgers, Barbara Sharma, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin and Jo Anne Worley.
Laugh-In originally aired as a one-time special on September 9, 1967 and was such a success that it was brought back as a series, replacing The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on Mondays at 8 pm (EST). The title of the show was a play on the "love-ins" or "be-ins" of the 1960s hippie culture, terms that were, in turn, derived from "sit-ins", common in protests associated with civil rights and anti-war demonstrations of the time.
QUICK TRIVIA
Cats sleep for 13-14 hours a day.
They tend to live about 12-15 years (Source)
WORD OF THE DAY
Sarcastic
[sahr-kas-tik] adjective
of, pertaining to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply
Based on the Noun, Sarcasm which means:
harsh or bitter derision or irony.
a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark:
"Late night comedians are often known for being sarcastic"
WORD FROM THE WORD
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