TODAY IS Grandparents Day
QUOTE
"A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others."
- Chin-Ning Chu
FACT
Japanese children start out by memorizing 80 brush-stroke characters by second grade, going all the way to 2,000 characters to allow them to read a newspaper in high school. Still, only 16.3 percent of test takers pass a national kanji (writing Chinese characters) exam that requires mastering about 2,000 characters. These days, more Japanese children are choosing computers over calligraphy. Even teachers are losing the knack of writing Japanese characters.
HISTORY
1776 - The United States of America was born when the Continental Congress changed the name of the nation from the United Colonies.
1898 - In Omaha, Nebraska, Tommy Fleming of Eau Claire, Wisconsin won the first logrolling championship.
1956 - 54,000,000 viewers, 82.6 percent of the United States' television audience, tuned to CBS as Ed Sullivan announced the 21-year-old singer Elvis "The Pelvis" Presley who sang "Hound Dog" and "Love Me Tender". Ed Sullivan, for the moral safety of the viewing public, and a live audience of screaming fans in the show’s New York theatre, demanded the cameras not show Elvis below the waist. Elvis got the largest fee to that date for his appearance on "Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the Town": $50,000.
2009 - The iTunes Music Store reached 1.8 billion applications downloaded.
NAME THAT TUNE
Then as it was, then again it will be, and though the course will change sometimes, rivers always reach the sea.
The Last Tune was - Vienna by Billy Joel
Congratulations to Cathy Pic & Jude for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
If Sausages are $12 a dozen, how much would it cost for 100 Sausages?
The Last Riddle was - OHIO
Congratulations to Cathy Pic & Jude for the correct answer.
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TODAY IS International Literacy Day
QUOTE
"Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win."
- Bobby Knight
FACT
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 pounds and was 7 feet wide.
HISTORY
1644 - The settlement of New Amsterdam was seized from Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant by the English under Colonel Richard Nicholls without a shot being fired. It was later renamed New York after James, Duke of York, the future King James II.
1892 - Written by Francis Bellamy, the original "Pledge of Allegiance" was first published in an issue of The Youth's Companion in Boston.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 62nd home run of the season, breaking the all-time major-league record set by Roger Maris of the New York Yankees in 1961. McGwire finished the season with 70 homers.
2004 – NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
NAME THAT TUNE
You've got your passion, you've got your pride, but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
The Last Tune was - Brother Lee by Citizen Cope
Congratulations to Cathy Pic for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
What is round on the ends and high in the middle?
The Last Riddle was - A parachute that didn’t open.
Congratulations to Cathy Pic for the correct answer.
NAME THAT MOVIE
Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - 1977
Congratulations to "GoGo" Smithers for the correct answer.
CHUCK NORRIS FACT
#731 - Chuck Norris isn't one with the universe. The universe isn't ready.
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Located in the Headquarters Plaza/Hyatt Hotel (where Bennigans use to be).
SM23 provides a true cocktail experience: well-balanced alcoholic beverages using the freshest ingredients and the finest spirits (Belvedere Vodka, 10 Cane Rum, & Plymouth Gin).
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TODAY IS Neither Snow Nor Rain Day
QUOTE
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
- Malcolm S. Forbes
FACT
Wolf packs could be found in all the forests of Europe, and in 1420 and 1438, wolves roamed the streets of Paris.
HISTORY
1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States in an editorial in the Troy Post of New York.
1914 - The doors of the New York Post Office Building opened to the public. This new building on 8th Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets in New York City bore the inscription, “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” William M. Kendall part of the architectural firm that designed the post office, provided the inscription which is a liberal translation from Herodotus, the Greek historian.
2008 – The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
NAME THAT TUNE
On the highway, on the freeway, in the airport, in the airplane, in the air train
The Last Tune was - Margaretville by Jimmy Buffet
Congratulations to Cathy Pic, Jude & Furf for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?
The Last Riddle was - What stairs? You live in a one story house.
Congratulations to Cathy Pic, "GoGo" Smithers, Jude, Dancin Nanci, Hyde, Cat Slave & Everhart for the correct answer.
NAME THAT MOVIE
Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?
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TODAY IS Merchant Navy Remembrance Day in Canada.
QUOTE
"As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way."
- Old Irish Blessing
FACT
There is great variation in the number of sounds used in the world's languages. In any given language, the number of consonants range from 6 to 95, and the number of vowels range between 3 and 46. On average, a language uses 23 consonants and 9 vowels.
HISTORY
1650 - The Scots were routed by the English, led by Oliver Cromwell, at the Battle of Dunbar in Scotland.
1826 - Nicholas I was crowned Tsar of Russia in Moscow.
1999 - Mario Lemieux's ownership group officially took over the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux became the first player in the modern era of sports to buy the team he had once played for.
2009 - A private funeral service was held in Glendale, Calif. for singer Michael Jackson, whose body was entombed in a mausoleum.
NAME THAT TUNE
But there's booze in the blender
The Last Tune was - Tik Tok by Ke$ha
Congratulations to "GoGo" Smithers, Jude, Everhart & Shane O'Mac for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood”. What color would the stairs be?
The Last Riddle was - He doesn’t swim at all, he is dead.
Congratulations to "GoGo" Smithers, Jude, Cat Slave, Everhart & Shane O'Mac for the correct answer.
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