Saturday, January 23, 2016
The 23 day of the year
342 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
TODAY IS
- National Handwriting Day
- National Pie Day
- Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
ON THIS DATE...
1556: An earthquake in Shanxi Province, China, was thought to have killed some 830,000 people.
1789: Georgetown University was established as the first Catholic college in the United States.
1845:The U.S. Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
1849: Elizabeth Blackwell is granted a medical degree from Geneva College in New York, becoming the first female to be officially recognized as a physician in U.S. history
1907: Charles Curtis of Kansas became the first person with Native American ancestry to serve in the U.S. Senate.
1960: The U.S. Navy bathyscaphe Trieste, designed by Dr. Auguste Piccard, descended to a record depth of 35,820 ft in the Pacific Ocean
1964: The 24th amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, eliminating poll taxes for voting in federal elections.
1971: the lowest temperature ever in the United States was recorded in Prospect Creek, Alaska. The mercury dipped to a cool minus-80 degrees.
1975: "Barney Miller" debuted on ABC. The show starred Hal Linden as captain of the 12th police precinct (Show Open).
1977 - Alex Haley's "Roots" began a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on television.
1977: Carole King's album "Tapestry" became the longest running album on the charts. It started it's 302nd week on the album charts. It was eventually replaced by Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon."
1978: Sweden banned aerosol sprays because of damage to environment; it was the first country to do so.
1983: Bjorn Borg retired from tennis.
1983: "The A-Team" debuted on NBC. The action-adventure show starred George Peppard and Mister T. (Show Intro).
1985: O.J. Simpson became the first Heisman Trophy winner elected to the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame. Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach was also elected, but Simpson came first alphabetically.
1988: Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager completed the first around-the-world flight without refueling when their experimental plane Voyager landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
1991: the classic sitcom, "Seinfeld," debuted on NBC as a regular series (show open)
1991: the Internal Revenue Service began auctioning off Willie Nelson's property in an attempt to satisfy the 16-point-seven-million dollars he owed in back taxes.
1992: Howard Cosell retired from sports broadcasting. (Cosell announces death of John Lennon)
2004: beloved children's television performer, Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo died in Vermont after a long illness. He was on the "Captain Kangaroo" show for more than 30 years (Show open 1960s) (The captain with Mr. Moose and Bunny Rabbit)
2005: late night TV icon Johnny Carson died on this date at the age of 79. Carson, the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" for almost 30 years, had battled emphysema for some time.
2011: Jack Lalanne, the man known as the Godfather of Fitness, died on this date at the age of 96. LaLanne became an international icon through his self-titled TV series that ran for 34 years. "The Jack LaLanne Show" holds a place in the Guiness Book of Records for the longest running fitness show on television. (Old Commerical)
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
Deadliest earthquake in history rocks China (Source)
The quake struck in late evening, with aftershocks continuing through the following morning. Later scientific investigation revealed that the magnitude of the quake was approximately 8.0 to 8.3, which isn't close to the strongest tremor on record. However, the quake struck in the middle of a densely populated area with poorly constructed buildings and homes, resulting in a horrific death toll.
QUICK TRIVIA
The Frisbee (Source)
On this day in 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company roll out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs--now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees.
WORD OF THE DAY
Amalgamate [uh-mal-guh-meyt] Verb
to mix or merge so as to make a combination; blend; unite; combine:
to combine, unite, merge, or coalesce
"Cynthia, the Food Network junkie, had no real plan in mind, she just wanted to amalgamate leftovers from the refrigerator into a gourmet meal"
WORD FROM THE WORD
Read today's "Our Daily Bread"
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