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The 70 day of the year
296 days left to go
THIS WEEK IS
- Girl Scout Week
- National Consumer Protection Week
- National Dental Assistants Recognition Week
- National Procrastination Week
- National Schools Social Work Week
- National Sleep Awareness Week
- Professional Pet Sitters Week
- Read an E-Book Week
- Return The Borrowed Books Week
- Save Your Vision Week
- Teen Tech Week
- Women in Construction Week
- Festival of Owls Week
- National School Breakfast Week
- Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
TODAY IS
- International Bagpipe Day
- International Day of Awesomeness
- Land Line Telephone Day
- Mario Day
- Nametag Day
- Salvation Army Day (See History Spotlight)
- US Paper Money Day
- Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- World Kidney Day
- National Mario Day
- National Blueberry Popover Day
- National Pack Your Lunch Day
ON THIS DATE...
1791: John Stone patented the pile driver
1849: Abraham Lincoln of Springfield, IL applied for a patent for a device to lift vessels over shoals by means of inflated cylinders. Lincoln received the patent in May, 1849.
1785: Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin (Read more).
1862: the United States government issued its first paper money. The denominations were $5: $10 and $20 (See Quick Trivia)
1876: Alexander Graham Bell sent the first clear telephone message. The first words spoken into his new invention were quote, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" (Read more)
1880: The Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England.
1913: social reformer Harriet Tubman died (Link).
1937: Benny Goodman earned the nickname "The King of Swing" following a performance at New York's Paramount Theatre.
1941: The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that their players would wear batting helmets during the 1941 baseball season. General Manager Larry MacPhail (he started the Dodger dynasty in the thirties) predicted that all baseball players would soon be wearing the new devices
1947: Ronald Reagan became president of the Screen Actors Guild.
1956: 23-year-old Julie Andrews made her television debut in "High Tor."
1965: Neil Simon's play, "The Odd Couple," opened at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway. The successful show starred Walter Matthau and Art Carney as Oscar Madison and Felix Unger.
1969: James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. He was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder.
1978: "The Incredible Hulk" debuted on CBS (Show Open).
1980: Willard Scott became the weather forecaster for NBC's "Today" show.
1988: pop singer Andy Gibb died at the age of 30.
1995: after sitting out the 1993-1994 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball with the Chicago White Sox, basketball superstar Michael Jordan announced his retirement from baseball. He returned to basketball later in the year (Read more).
2007: 75 days after his death, legendary soul singer James Brown was finally laid to rest. "The Godfather of Soul" was entombed at an undisclosed location. Brown's body had been kept in a temperature-controlled room at his home in South Carolina in the bronze and gold-plated coffin used for his funeral in Augusta, Georgia. The soul music legend died on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73.
2006: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars (Read more).
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
The Salvation Army (Source)
William Booth embarked upon his ministerial career in 1852, desiring to win the lost multitudes of England to Christ. He walked the streets of London to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, the homeless, the hungry, and the destitute.
Booth abandoned the conventional concept of a church and a pulpit, instead taking his message to the people. His fervor led to disagreement with church leaders in London, who preferred traditional methods. As a result, he withdrew from the church and traveled throughout England, conducting evangelistic meetings. His wife, Catherine, could accurately be called a cofounder of The Salvation Army.
QUICK TRIVIA
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing redeems partially destroyed or badly damaged currency as a free public service.
Every year the U.S. Treasury handles approximately 30,000 claims and redeems mutilated currency valued at over $30 million. (Link)
WORD OF THE DAY
Sagacious [shu GAY shuhs]
Adjective
having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd:
“At the business meeting, everyone wanted to know what Mr. Jones had to say because everyone recognized that he was sagacious”
WORD FROM THE WORD
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.--Hebrews 11:10
Read today's "Our Daily Bread"
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