Ridley's Believe It Or Not—August 30, 2014: Trust
your Labor Day Weekend is off to a great start and that you enjoy the holidays
of dubious distinction in the shadow of Labor Day Weekend along with the
factoids and quote from William Shirer with a smile on your face, a positive
attitude and a copious amount of bacon, secure in the knowledge that if you
want to find a gift for a memorable event, you know that the Alaskanpoet can
provide you with a unique customized poem tailored to the event and the
recipient. Go Cardinal against UC Davis today; do not be focusing ahead on the
game the following Saturday against the Trojans!
1.
International Day Of The Disappeared—honoring and creating awareness for
those poor souls who have been abducted and held in places unknown to families
and friends.
2. Bacon Day—honoring on the Saturday before
Labor Day not those who bring home the bacon from work but rather that high fat
tasty breakfast meat—bacon. Celebrated first in Bedford, MA in 2000.
3. Franchise Appreciation Day—honoring one
of the cornerstones our economy—franchisees; my favorite is the Popeyes Louisiana
Fried Chicken on the corner of First and Harbor in Santa Ana, especially on
Tuesday with its $1.29 leg and thigh chicken.
4. Frankenstein
Day –celebrating the birthday on this day in 1797 of Mary Shelly who
wrote the book Frankenstein in 1818.
5. National
Toasted Marshmallow Day—celebrating the perfect ending to any Labor Day
Weekend barbecue or picnic.
On this day in
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a. 1914 in a Cannae repeats itself moment, the Germans under von Hindenburg
and Ludendorff defeated the Russians decisively in the Battle of Tannenberg,
suffering 13,000 casualties to the Russians’ loss of over 170,000 men.
b. 1963 in a move to diffuse the possibilities of nuclear war between the
Soviet Union and the U.S. following the Cuban Missile Crisis in the preceding
October, the Red Phone hot line was established between Moscow and Washington,
D.C.
c. 1967 Thurgood Marshall became
the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court.
Why
the hot line between the two nuclear giants is such a great idea even if
parodied in the movie Dr. Strangelove: “In our new age of terrifying, lethal
gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive
war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing
an electronic button. Such a war will not last long and none will ever follow
it. There will be no conquerors and no conquests, but only the charred bones
of the dead on and uninhabited planet.” William Shirer, noted
author and historian
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2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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