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The 47 day of the year
319 days left to go
THIS WEEK IS
- Random Acts of Kindness Week
- International Flirting Weeks Day
- Love a Mensch Week
- National Condom Week
- National Nestbox Week
- NCCDP Alzheimer's and Dementia Staff Education Week
- Kyoto Protocol Day
- National Almond Day
- National Do A Grouch a Favor Day
ON THIS DATE...
600: Pope Gregory the Great issued a papal decree declaring "God Bless You" as the proper response to sneeze.
1857: the National Deaf Mute College was incorporated in Washington, D.C..
1868: The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was organized, in New York City.
1883: the "Ladies Home Journal" was published for the first time (see archives).
1932: The first fruit tree patent was issued to James E. Markham, for a peach tree.
1937: DuPont research chemist Dr. Wallace Carothers received a patent for nylon (read more).
1948: NBC Television presented the first daily newsreel telecast.
1954: Marilyn Monroe began four days of entertaining troops in Korea.
1959: Fidel Castro was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista.
1963: The Beatles soared to the top of the British music charts with "Please, Please Me" (song)
1985: "Kojak" returned to television after an eight year break. (Opening)
1985: Wham! topped the pop singles chart with "Careless Whisper."
1992: Martina Navratilova earned her 158th career singles title by winning the Virginia Slims of Chicago. The victory enabled her to pass Chris Evert and claim the all-time record for career singles championships.
1992: the Los Angeles Lakers officially retired Magic Johnson's number 32 jersey.
2007: video footage of Britney Spears showed the singer emerging from a tattoo parlor in Sherman Oaks, California with a bald head and a pair of red and pink lips tattooed on her wrist. Pictures showed Spears shaving her own head at a salon before her visit to the tattoo parlor. Spears' shocking new look followed reports that said the singer had checked into rehab a few days earlier, then checked out the next day.
2011: IBM super computer Watson emerged as the big winner in a "man versus machine" showdown on TV's "Jeopardy!" Watson out-answered human competitors Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, both former "Jeopardy!" champions, by a wide margin to win the three-day trivia tournament. The computer accumulated three-day earnings of 77-thousand-dollars. Jennings finished in second place with 24-thousand-dollars, while Rutter placed third with 21-thousand-600-dollars.
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
First 9-1-1 Call (Source)
On February 16, 1968, politicians in Haleyville, Alabama, made a test call of the nation’s new emergency telephone number, 9-1-1. An emergency telephone number is an easy-to-remember (usually three-digit) number that allows a caller to quickly report the need for local emergency services, such as ambulances, the fire department, or the police.
Calling 9-1-1 does not contact the emergency services directly. Instead, the number is answered by a trained emergency dispatcher at a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). This dispatcher directs the information to the most appropriate, available emergency service.
Today, most places in the U.S. have “enhanced 9-1-1,” a system that helps provide a dispatcher with the caller’s location.
QUICK TRIVIA
Oscar the Grouch (Source)
Oscar the Grouch is a furry, green Grouch who lives in a trash can on Sesame Street, in between 123 Sesame Street and Big Bird's nest. Like all Grouches, Oscar's mission in life is to be as miserable and grouchy as possible, and pass that feeling on to everyone else.
While Oscar has had many pets, his closest companion is his worm, Slimey.
WORD OF THE DAY
grok [grok] Slang.
verb (used with object)
1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
verb (used without object)
2. to communicate sympathetically
"Sandra listened to her friend's, heartfelt story with an attitude of grok"
WORD FROM THE WORD
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.--Deuteronomy 6:6
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