Sunday, January 31, 2016
The 31 day of the year
334 days left to go
THIS WEEK IS
- African Heritage & Health Week
- Burn Awareness Week
- Children's Authors & Illustrators Week
- International Coaching Week
- Just Say No to PowerPoint Week
- Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
- Women's Heart Week
- National School Counseling Week
- International Networking Week
- International Hoof-Care Week
- Publicity for Profit Week
TODAY IS
- Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
- Chinese New Year
- Fun at Work Day
- Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
- National Pre-school Fitness Day
- Street Children Day
- Brandy Alexander Day
ON THIS DATE...
1865: Congress approved the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.
1865: General Robert E. Lee was named commander-in-chief of the Confederate armies.
1930: U.S. Navy Lieutenant Ralph Barnaby became the first glider pilot to have his plane released from a blimp.
1936: "The Green Hornet" was first heard on WXYZ radio in Detroit, Michigan.
1940: the first Social Security check was issued by the U.S. Government. Ida Fuller of Brattlesboro, Vermont, was the lucky recipient of check number 00-000-001.
1956: "Winnie the Pooh" author A-A Milne died at the age of 74.
1958: Little Richard gave up his music career to become a minister.
1958: the Explorer One satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The launch marked the United States' entry into the Space Age.
1971: Apollo 14, piloted by astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, and Stuart A. Roosa, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a manned mission to the moon.
1974: movie producer Samuel Goldwyn died at the age of 94. He founded Goldwyn Pictures Corporation which later merged into Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM).
1981: Blondie topped the pop singles chart with "The Tide Is High."
1982: actress Sandy Duncan gave her final performance as "Peter Pan" after 956 consecutive shows.
1985: the final Jeep rolled off the assembly line at the A-M-C plant in Toledo, Ohio. Jeep is now a trademark of the Chrysler Corporation.
1986: a memorial service for the seven Challenger astronauts was held at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. President Ronald Reagan delivered a eulogy in which he declared the tragedy, quote, "has stirred the soul of our nation."
1988: ABC aired the pilot episode of "The Wonder Years" immediately following Super Bowl 22.
1988: the Washington Redskins downed the Denver Broncos 42-to-ten in Super Bowl 22. Washington quarterback Doug Williams won the Most Valuable Player award.
1990: the first McDonald's restaurant in Russia opened to the public.
1992: sportscaster Howard Cosell retired from broadcasting after 39 years.
1993: the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 52-to-17 in Super Bowl 27.
1996: Dale Hawerchuk scored his 500th National Hockey League goal.
1997: the classic 1977 film "Star Wars" was re released as "Star Wars Special Edition" in theaters across the U.S. The film grossed nearly 36-million dollars its first weekend.
2001: Frenchman Michel Navratil, one of the last known survivors of the 1912 sinking of the ocean liner Titanic, died in Montpellier, France, at age 92.
2004: former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway, running back Barry Sanders, defensive end Carl Eller and offensive tackle Bob Brown were elected to the NFL Football Hall Of Fame. Elway and Sanders were elected in their first year of eligibility.
2005: The Michael Jackson child molestation trial begins in Santa Maria, California.
2005: New York Senator Hilary Clinton collapsed while delivering a speech in Buffalo, New York. Blaming her fainting on a stomach virus, the former first lady refused to be taken to a hospital for treatment and went on with scheduled appearances later in the day.
2006: the Senate confirmed veteran appeals court judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.
2006: a New York basketball player set the all-time record for scoring for a girl in a high school basketball game. Senior guard Epiphanny Prince of Murry Bergtraum High School scored 113 points in her team's easy 137-32 win over Brandeis High. Prince had 58-points in the first half and 55 more in the second half. The mark surpassed the 105-points Cheryl Miller scored for her Southern California high school team more than 20 years earlier.
2010: Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray to win the men's singles title at the 2010 Australian Open.
2010: Beyonce Knowles won the most awards at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards winning six of her ten nominations. In doing so, Beyonce became the first woman to win six awards in the same night.
QUICK TRIVIA
The First Social Security Beneficiary (Taken from Link)
Ida May Fuller was the first beneficiary of recurring monthly Social Security payments. Miss Fuller (known as Aunt Ida to her friends and family) was born on September 6, 1874 on a farm outside of Ludlow, Vermont. She attended school in Rutland, Vermont where one of her classmates was Calvin Coolidge. In 1905, after working as a school teacher, she became a legal secretary. One of the partners in the firm, John G. Sargent, would later become Attorney General in the Coolidge Administration.
Ida May never married and had no children. She lived alone most of her life, but spent eight years near the end of her life living with her niece, Hazel Perkins, and her family in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Miss Fuller filed her retirement claim on November 4, 1939, having worked under Social Security for a little short of three years. While running an errand she dropped by the Rutland Social Security office to ask about possible benefits. She would later observe: "It wasn't that I expected anything, mind you, but I knew I'd been paying for something called Social Security and I wanted to ask the people in Rutland about it."
Her claim was taken by Claims Clerk, Elizabeth Corcoran Burke, and transmitted to the Claims Division in Washington, D.C. for adjudication. The case was adjudicated and reviewed and sent to the Treasury Department for payment in January 1940. The claims were grouped in batches of 1,000 and a Certification List for each batch was sent to Treasury. Miss Fuller's claim was the first one on the first Certification List and so the first Social Security check, check number 00-000-001, was issued to Ida May Fuller in the amount of $22.54 and dated January 31, 1940.
WORD OF THE DAY
Enjoin
en-JOIN\ , transitive verb;
To direct or impose with authority; to order.
To prohibit; to forbid.
"The doctor enjoined him enjoy donuts in moderation"
WORD FROM THE WORD
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.—Isaiah 61:10
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