February 15, 2016

Monday, February 15, 2016

The 46 day of the year
320 days left to go

THIS WEEK IS 

• Random Acts of Kindness Week
• International Flirting Weeks Day
• Love a Mensch Week
• National Nestbox Week
• NCCDP Alzheimer's and Dementia Staff Education Week

TODAY IS

• Asteroid Flyby Day (Read more)
• National Gumdrop Day (make your own) 
• Presidents Day (Link)
• Clean Out Your Computer Day 
• Angelman Syndrome Day 
• Grammy Awards
• Lupercalia
• National Hippo Day (see Quick Trivia below) 
• Remember The Maine Day
• Susan B. Anthony Day
• Westminster Dog Show
• Singles Awareness Day

ON THIS DATE...

1564: Astronomer Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy.
1758: Mustard, which was created by Benjamin Franklin, was first advertised in America (mustard facts)
1764: In Missouri, the city of St. Louis was established.
1804: New Jersey became the last northern state to abolish slavery.

1842: In New York City, adhesive postage stamps were used for the first time.
1903: the first Teddy Bear was introduced in America (Link)



1927: The U.S. issued a patent (#1,661,036) for the Grapefruit Squirt Shield, a shell-shaped grapefruit holder that protected others at the table from being squirted.
1946: The Philadelphia Phillies signed 33-year-old Edith Houghton to a baseball scouting contract, the first female scout in the major leagues. 

1950: Walt Disney's animated feature Cinderella opens in theaters across the United States (see trailer) 

1951: The movie "Bedtime for Bonzo" premiered in Indianapolis. It starred Ronald Reagan as a monkey’s father.
1958: The "Dick Clark Show" debuted on ABC-TV in prime-time. Guests on the first show were Connie Francis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnnie Ray, Pat Boone, and Chuck Willis. The show lasted three seasons.
1958: Get A Job, by The Silhouettes, reached the top spot on the music Tunedex. It remained at #1 for two weeks (Song)

1965: Singer Nat "King" Cole died of cancer at age 45. He had 50 charted singles, including "Mona Lisa," "When I Fall In Love," and "Ramblin’ Rose" (Bio).


1965: The new Canadian Maple Leaf national flag was raised above Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
1969: Vickie Jones was arrested in Florida for impersonating Aretha Franklin during a paid concert. She was so convincing, no one asked for a refund.
1989: The Soviet Union announced that the last of its troops had left Afghanistan after more than nine years of military intervention.
1990: Baseball owners lock out players (history of some trouble in baseball) 
1998: A two-ton elephant named Tonya escaped from a circus at the high school in Mentor, Ohio, and ambled a quarter mile with police in hot pursuit. She was captured a few minutes later at the Big Lots store. No one was injured.
2001: A drummer in Kagel, Germany, was practicing so loudly in his bedroom that he did not notice burglars smash a downstairs window, empty the house of valuables, and drive off in his car.
2004: Race driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500 on the same track where his father was killed three years earlier

HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Meteor of southern Russia (Video) 

On February 15, 2013, a meteor exploded in the air over Chelyabinsk, a region in southern Russia. Unlike many space rocks, which astrophysicists can predict will enter Earth’s atmosphere, the Chelyabinsk meteor was undetected before it screamed across the sky.

The Chelyabinsk meteor was part of the Apollo group of asteroids, about 240 space rocks that orbit the sun between Mercury and Earth. The meteor was fairly small, between 17 and 20 meters (56 and 66 feet) in diameter with a mass of about 11,000 metric tons (12,125 short tons) when it entered Earth’s atmosphere. It raced through the atmosphere at about 66,960 kilometers per hour (41,000 miles per hour)—nearly 60 times the speed of sound. This speed led to most of the meteor burning up in the sky, causing a fireball briefly brighter than the sun. The largest chunk of charred Chelyabinsk meteorite, recovered from the icy waters of Lake Cherbarkul, was only 654 kilograms (1,442 pounds).

Most of the 1,400 injuries associated with the Chelyabinsk meteor were not a direct result of the meteor, but of the shock wave that followed. The shock wave caused windows, roofs, and walls to shatter and collapse.

QUICK TRIVIA 

Hippo Facts (Source)

• The name hippopotamus means ‘river horse’ and is often shortened to hippo.
• The hippopotamus is generally considered the third largest land mammal (after the White rhinoceros and elephant).
• Resting in water helps keep hippopotamuses temperature down.
• Although hippos might look a little chubby, they can easily outrun a human.
• Hippos are regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.
• Hippos typically live for around 45 years.
• Hippos eat mostly grass.

WORD OF THE DAY

burnish \BUR-nish\, verb, noun:
1. to make shiny by polishing
2. a polish or shine

"Joey, who found a strange object in the back yard, tried to burnish it to resilience."






WORD FROM THE WORD

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.--Psalm 34:18



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