February 23, 2016

Flag Raised at Iwo Jima

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

The 54 day of the year

312 days left to go 

THIS WEEK IS

• National Entrepreneurship Week
• Bird Health Awareness Week
• Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
• National Date (fruit) Week
• National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• National Engineers Week
• National FFA Week
• National Invasive Species Awareness Week
• National Pancake Week
• Through With The Chew

TODAY IS
Curling is Cool Day (Link)
National Banana Bread Day (recipe)
Iwo Jima Day (read more)
Diesel Engine Day
National Dog Biscuit Day 
Spay Day USA 
Single Tasking Day

ON THIS DATE...
1455: Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type (see history spotlight)

1848: John Quincy Adams, the 6th president of the United States, died at the age of 80 (Read more)   

1886: Charles Martin Hall invented aluminum (read more). 

1896: the Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirschfield (Link)


1905: the Rotary Club was founded in Chicago, Illinois, by attorney Paul Harris. 
1927: the Federal Radio Commission began its work.  The name was later changed to the Federal Communications Commission. 
1939: Walt Disney won an Academy Award for "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."  He received one Oscar statue and seven miniature versions. 
1945: United States Marines from the Fifth Marine Division raised the American flag atop Mount Surabachi on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. 

1965: comedian Stan Laurel died at the age of 74.  He was half of the famous comedy team Laurel and Hardy. (Video clip of Laurel and Hardy)


1980: Queen topped the pop singles chart with "Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Song)" 

1983: the rock group Toto won six Grammy Awards, tying the record for most awards in a single year. 


1985: Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight was ejected from a game against Purdue after throwing a chair onto the court. 
1985: "Gimme A Break" became the first television sitcom since the 1950s to be broadcast live before a studio audience. 
1991: President Bush announced that a ground offensive against Iraqi forces had begun.  

1997: scientists in Scotland announced the successful cloning of an adult mammal.  They produced a lamb named "Dolly." 


2000: Carlos Santana won eight Grammy awards, including Album Of The Year for his comeback album "Supernatural."  Santana's eight Grammys tied the record set by Michael Jackson 1983 for the most Grammys in a single night.  

2014: The 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia came to an end with fireworks and spectacle at the Closing Ceremony.  After more than two weeks of competition, the host nation finished on top of the standings with 33 total medals.  The U.S. was second with 28.  The Winter Games in Russia were the most expensive in history with a final price tag of more than 51-billion-dollars.  


HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Gutenberg Bible Published on this day in 1455(Source)

The Gutenberg Bible was one of the first books created on a printing press with moveable metal type. (China and Korea had been using the technology for more than a hundred years.) Moveable type consists of blocks of individual letters and symbols that can quickly be arranged and re-arranged to create different words and phrases. The type is then coated with ink and pressed into paper or vellum, an expensive parchment made of animal skin. 

The Gutenberg Bible is named after its creator, Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenberg himself invented the wooden printing press, metal types, and oil-based ink used in the new printing process. Historians think Gutenberg printed about 160-180 Bibles in 1455. Today, 48 Gutenberg Bibles survive in whole or in part.

Before publication of the Gutenberg Bible, all Western manuscripts had to be hand-copied, which could take years and cost the wages of an entire lifetime. Books were rare and limited to very wealthy individuals, churches or monasteries, or universities. Although Gutenberg Bibles were still relatively rare and expensive, the technology set off the so-called “Gutenberg Revolution,” which made books and knowledge available to almost all literate people.




QUICK TRIVIA 

You can make your own dog treats! There are many benefits. You can control what goes into the recipe and make sure your pet is getting a nutritious and wholesome snack. You can also tailor your dog treat recipes to your dog’s taste preferences as well as cater to any dietary restrictions.  (find out more)




WORD OF THE DAY 

aestheticism [es-thet-uh-siz-uh m]  noun

1. the acceptance of artistic beauty and taste as a fundamental standard

2. an exaggerated devotion to art, music, or poetry, with indifference to practical matters.

"Jimmy, overcome by art, studied his bacon sandwich admiring his bent toward aestheticism"



WORD FROM THE WORD 

And he sought to see Jesus who He was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.--Luke 19:3

Read today's "Our Daily Bread"