March 13, 2016

Happy birthday, Donald! 

Saturday, March 13, 2015

The 72 day of the year

293 days left to go 

THIS WEEK IS

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

TODAY IS

• Digital Learning Day 
• Donald Duck Day (Link)
• Earmuffs Day
• Good Samaritan Involvement Day
• K-9 Veterans Day  
• Ken Day (the doll)
• L. Ron Hubbard Day
• National Open An Umbrella Indoors Day
• Shabbat Across America/Canada
• Smart & Sexy Day
• World Sleep Day 
• National Coconut Torte Day
• National Jewel Day

ON THIS DATE...
  
1639: Harvard University was named for clergyman John Harvard.

1852: the "Uncle Sam" cartoon was seen for the first time in "The New York Lantern."  The character was modeled after Samuel Wilson, a real U.S. officer who served in the War of 1812. 
1865: President Jefferson Davis signed a bill stating that slaves were subject to military duty in the Confederate Army. 

1868: President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial began in the U.S. Senate.  He was later acquitted by one vote (Read more). 

1884: Standard Time was adopted throughout the United States (Read more). 
1887: Chester Greenwood of Maine received a patent for earmuffs. 
1906: civil rights leader and educator Susan B. Anthony died at the age of 86.  

1923: radio receivers began using concealed speakers, thus eliminating the need for headphones (Link). 

1930: astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto. 
1934: John Dillinger and his gang robbed the First National Bank in Iowa. 
1935: Tennessee outlawed the teaching of evolution.
1948: the University of Kentucky won the NCAA basketball championship. 

1964: in a case that drew much notoriety, 38 residents of a Queens, New York neighborhood failed to respond to the cries of Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bar manager who was stabbed to death (Link). 
1965: Eric Clapton left The Yardbirds.  
1968: The Byrds received a gold record for their album "Greatest Hits." 

1969: "The Love Bug" opens in theaters (Trailer)



1972: "The Merv Griffin Show" debuted in syndication for Metromedia Television. 
1991: Exxon Corporation agreed to pay a 100-million dollar criminal fine and more than 900-million dollars in civil damages following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. 
1992: Publication of the official Soviet Communist Party newspaper "Pravda," stopped due to lack of funds.  The paper was founded 1912. 

2000: Dan Marino retired after 17 years as quarterback of the Miami Dolphins (Read more). 


2013: white smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the papal conclave, signifying that a new pope had been elected.  Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Borgoglio was introduced as the 266th leader of the Roman Catholic Church.  He took the regnal name of Francis after St. Francis of Assisi.  Pope Francis the First succeeded Pope Benedict the 16th who stepped down from the papacy on February 28: 2013 citing health issues.  In becoming Pope, Cardinal Borgoglio became the first pope from South America and the first pope from outside of Europe. 



HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

Pluto--the planet (Source)

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh and was known as the smallest planet in the solar system and the ninth planet from the sun. Today, Pluto is called a "dwarf planet." A dwarf planet orbits the sun just like other planets, but it is smaller. A dwarf planet is so small it cannot clear other objects out of its path.




QUICK TRIVIA 

Happy Earmuffs Day!  (Source)

Chester Greenwood was freezing. It was March of 1873 and Chester was testing out a new pair of ice skates. The 15 year-old was getting frustrated because he couldn't keep his ears warm from the bitter cold. He tried wrapping a scarf around his head but it was too bulky and itchy. To solve his problem Chester made two ear shaped loops from wire and asked his grandmother to sew beaver fur and cloth on them. Over the years his new invention, the earmuff, improved - a steel band was added, it became adjustable and tiny hinges were added so it would fit in pockets. The grammar school dropout invented over 100 products during his lifetime. Some of them are the wide bottom kettle, the spring steel rack, a folding bed, a shock absorber that led to today's airplane landing gear and bearings to keep wheels from being yanked off. The Smithsonian Institution named Chester one of America's 15 outstanding inventors.


WORD OF THE DAY 

Friable 
\FRY-uh-buhl\, adjective:
Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder

"Dad was very careful as he loaded the friable science fair project into the car "





WORD FROM THE WORD 

And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. —Exodus 38:8


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