Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—July 28, 2014: Another meager day of holidays
but you are probably on vacation anyway and do not need the time off. Hope you
enjoy what is posted, along with the factoids and quote from Billy Graham with
a smile on your face and candy bar in your hand.
1. World Hepatitis
Day —created to create
awareness and seek prevention of a disease that takes over a million lives each
year.
2. Day
of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval (Canada)—commemorating the expulsion of the Acadians from Canada.
3. Buffalo
Soldiers Day—celebrated by act of Congress the formation on this day in
1866 of the first African American cavalry regiment.
4. National
Milk Chocolate Day—what better way to get an energy boost than a milk chocolate
candy bar.
On this
day in:
a. 1932 President Herbert Hoover ordered
the U.S. Army to evict the “Bonus Army” camped out on the Washington Mall—not one
of our better moments of appreciation to our Vets of World War I.
b. 1945 a B-25 in the fog crashed
into the 75th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 and
injuring 26. The building survived.
c. 1973 nearly 600,000 fans attended
a rock concert at Watkins International Raceway in New York.
The cleansing of the maritime provinces of Canada by the
English of the Acadians sadly still lives on in many countries of the world
today, especially in Iraq where Christians are being put to the sword: “I think
it is a sin to look at another person as inferior to yourself because of race
or because of ethnic background, and I think the greatest thing to do is to
pray that God will give you love for them, and I do.” Billy Graham Amen!
Please
enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest on my twitter account below
(if you like them, retweet and join almost 140 growing followers
and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and
entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for
poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for
comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.
© July 28,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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