February 17, 2016

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

The 48 day of the year

318 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

• Champion Crab Races Day 
• My Way Day
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• National PTA Founders Day 
• World Human Spirit Day
• National Random Acts of Kindness Day
• National Cabbage Day
• National Indian Pudding Day

ON THIS DATE...

1621: Capt. Miles Standish was elected commander, or military leader, of the Pilgrim community in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. (read more)


1801: the House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson as president.  Burr became the vice president.  
1816: A street in Baltimore became the first to be lit with gas from America's first gas company.
1870: Esther Morris was appointed Justice of the Peace for the South Pass District in Wyoming, making her the first woman judge in the United States. 

1897:  the National Congress of Mothers was organized in Washington, D.C.  The group later changed its name to the National Parent Teachers Organization or PTA. 

1909: Apache leader Geronimo died while imprisoned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  He was the last Apache chief to surrender to the American government. 

1933: Blondie Boopadoop and millionaire heir and playboy Dagwood Bumstead finally tie the knot (Link)

1933:  "Newsweek" was first published.




1934: the first high school automobile driver's education course was introduced in State College, Pennsylvania. 
1938: The first color television was demonstrated at the Dominion Theatre in London.

1958: former New York Giants Football player Frank Gifford signed a seven-year movie contract with Warner Brothers.  Gifford's film career never took off so he went into broadcasting instead.  

1960: civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested in the Alabama bus boycott. 

1962: Gene Chandler's song "Duke of Earl" hit the number one spot on the charts (Song). 

1965: comedienne Joan Rivers made her first appearance on "The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson." 
1968: the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall-of-Fame opened in Springfield, Massachusetts.  

1972:  the 15,007,034th Volkswagen Beetle comes off the assembly line, breaking a world car production record held for more than four decades by the Ford Motor Company's iconic Model T, which was in production from 1908 and 1927.

1984: the film "Footloose" starring Kevin Bacon opened in theaters across the United States. 
1985: the price of postage stamps was increased to 22-cents. 
1992: more than 50 fans were injured during a stampede at a New Kids On The Block concert in Seoul, South Korea.  

1998: the U.S. women's hockey team won the Olympic gold medal by defeating Canada three-to-one in Nagano, Japan (read more)
2010: Walgreen Co. announced its plans to buy New York drugstore chain operator Duane Reade Holdings Inc., for an estimated one-Billion-dollars.  

2013: Danica Patrick became the first female in NASCAR history to win the pole for the Daytona 500.  One day after recording the fastest lap in practice, Patrick made her qualifying lap around the two-point-five mile Daytona International Speedway at 196-point-434 mph to grab the top starting position. 


HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Deadlock over presidential election ends (Source) 

After one tie vote in the Electoral College and 35 indecisive ballot votes in the House of Representatives, Vice President Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States over his running mate, Aaron Burr. The confusing election, which ended just 15 days before a new president was to be inaugurated, exposed major problems in the presidential electoral process set forth by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.



QUICK TRIVIA 

8 Facts about cabbage (Source) 

• Cabbage is one of the oldest vegetables, dating back to the 1600’s.
• Cabbage is available in many varieties: red or purple, green and Napa cabbage, usually found in Chinese cooking, bok choi and Brussel Sprouts.
• Cabbage is: Low in Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, High in Dietary Fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, Potassium, Manganese, Vitamin A, Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Calcium, Iron and Magnesium.
• The largest cabbage dish ever made was on 19 December 2008 in the Macedonian city of Prilep, with 80,191 sarmas (cabbage rolls) weighing 544 kg (1,221 lbs).
• A thick-witted person may be called a cabbagehead. In Hebrew, the term “rosh kruv” (cabbagehead) implies stupidity.
• Drinking juiced cabbage is known to assist in curing stomach and intestinal ulcers.
• If one is looking for ingredients of a low calorie diet, cabbage is at the top of the list. One cup of cabbage only holds about 15 calories. It is definitely a weight-loss food.
• Cabbage contains quantities of fiber and iron, which help to keep the digestive tract and colon in a healthy condition.

WORD OF THE DAY 

Residual

[ri-zij-oo-uhl]  –adjective 

pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.

"At the guys night there were 8 boys, 6 pizzas, and no residual"

WORD FROM THE WORD 

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.--Matthew 28:19,20

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