March 12, 2016

Saturday, March 12, 2016

The 71 day of the year

294 days left to go 

THIS WEEK IS

• National Agriculture Week
• Teen Tech Week
• Girl Scout Week
• National Rattlesnake Roundup

TODAY IS

• Girl Scout Birthday Day 
• World Kidney Day
• National Baked Scallops Day
• National Plant a Flower Day

ON THIS DATE...
1609: Bermuda became a British colony.

1664: New Jersey became a British colony as King Charles II granted the land to his brother James, the Duke of York (Link).

1884: Mississippi authorized the first state-supported college for women, the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College.

1894: the first bottles of Coca-Cola were sold. 


1912: the Girl Scouts organization was founded.  The group was originally known as the American Girl Guides. 
1923: Dr. Lee De Forest demonstrated his invention on how to put sound on film.  It later became known as a soundtrack. 
1933: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats to America.  
1947: Truman Doctrine is announced

1951: "Dennis the Menace," created by cartoonist Hank Ketcham, made its syndicated debut in 16 newspapers.

1955: the Dave Brubeck Quartet appeared at New York's Carnegie Hall for the first time.
1972: the Boston Celtics retired Bill Russell's number six. 
1974: "Wonder Woman" debuted on ABC television.  The show starred Linda Carter (Watch). 
1985: former President Richard Nixon announced he would give up Secret Service protection and would instead hire his own protection.  The move was designed to save taxpayers three-million dollars each year. 
1986: History's fattest cat died at age 10 in Cairns, Australia. The neutered male house cat named Himmy was 38 inches long and weighed 47 pounds.

1987: "Les Miserables" opened on Broadway. 


1988: Hail causes stampede at soccer match in Nepal
1993: Janet Reno was sworn in as the nation's first female attorney general. 
1996: Mahmoud Abdul Rauf of the Denver Nuggets was suspended without pay for refusing to stand during the national anthem.  He cited his Islamic beliefs as the reason for his actions (Read more). 
2000: in an unprecedented moment in the history of the church, Pope John Paul the Second asked God's forgiveness for the sins of Roman Catholics through the ages, including wrongs inflicted on Jews, women and minorities. 

2003: more than nine months after she was kidnapped from the bedroom of her Salt Lake City, Utah home, 15-year-old Elizabeth Smart was reunited with her family.  Police arrested drifter David Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee who were with Smart when police stopped the car she was riding in following a witness tip.   

2008: comedian Billy Crystal reported to the New York Yankees spring training camp to work out with the club in Legends Field in Tampa, Florida.  Crystal signed a one-day contract with the Yankees to play in the team's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.  He donned the Yankees uniform number 60 (Read More). 

2011: NFL owners locked out players after the league and its players association failed to come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.  The lockout marked the first work stoppage in the NFL since 1987.  The owners and the NFLPA had been at odds over how to divide billions of dollars in annual revenue, extended benefits for retired players and expanding the regular season by two games to 18. 



HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

The Girl Scouts (Source) 

Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low assembled 18 girls from Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912, for a local Girl Scout meeting. She believed that all girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually. With the goal of bringing girls out of isolated home environments and into community service and the open air, Girl Scouts hiked, played basketball, went on camping trips, learned how to tell time by the stars, and studied first aid.
Within a few years, Daisy's dream for a girl-centered organization was realized. Today, Girl Scouts of the USA has a membership of over 3.2 million girls and adults. 


QUICK TRIVIA 

Wonder Woman is an American live-action TV series that originally aired from 1975 to 1979, based on the comic book superhero Wonder Woman. It starred Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor. (Link)



WORD OF THE DAY 

pandiculation \pan-dik-yuh-LEY-shuhn\, noun:
an instinctive stretching, as on awakening or while yawning



"Awakening from her much-needed nap, Michelle pandiculated and then headed for the fridge" 





WORD FROM THE WORD 

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. —Psalm 19:1


Read today's "Our Daily Bread"