Ridley's Believe It Or Not—September 12, 2014: Trust
your Friday is proving to be a good one and that you have time to reflect after
seeing all the flags at half mast on what transpired yesterday 13 years ago and
that you enjoy the holidays and factoids and quote from Sally Ride with a
chocolate milkshake in hand, a smile on
your sunscreened face, a positive attitude, 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.
I have posted on my blog a poem on
911 day and Mike Kehoe’s bravery.—I think you will enjoy it.
1. National Day of Encouragement Day—honoring since 2007 the
basic concept that if you want the youth of the country to excel encouragement
is a far better tool than scolding or demeaning—no one can succeed easily if
they are not encouraged to take a worthwhile risk but will not be disgraced if
they might fail in the endeavor.
2. National Police Women’s Day—commemorating the
hiring of the first female police officer, Alice Wells on this day in 1910 in
the City of Angels; Ray Price notwithstanding most American males are reluctant
to attack a woman and especially one with a badge who is probably better
attuned at diffusing violent situations.
3. National
Video Games Day—celebrating or bemoaning the incredible advancement of
video games in the world since the introduction of a game that today looks like
it was a reject from the Dark Ages-Pong.
4. Stand Up
to Cancer Day—promoting awareness of the causes of cancer like smoking
and energizing funding of cancer research.
5 Chocolate
Milkshake Day—celebrating another great summer drink that still works
most of the other days of the year.
On this day in
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a. 490 B.C. the Greeks soundly
defeated the precursor to Iran, Persia, at the battle of Marathon and
creating what many now believe is a legend not facts of Pheidippides running
some 26 miles from Marathon to Athens without
the benefits of Nikes or Gatorade to announce the victory only then to
collapse and die.
b. 1958 Jack Kilby demonstrated one of the building blocks of the future
electronic and computer revolution the integrated circuit.
c. 1992 NASA launched the Endeavor on the 50th
Shuttle mission, rocketing into space Marie Carol Jemison, the first African
American woman to go into space, Mamoru Mori, the first Japanese citizen to
go into space on an American spacecraft and although probably not on a
honeymoon—Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple to go into space
(later divorced).
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On The Newsworthy Times for comments on important and
breaking news events that should be of interest.
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12, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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Rhymes on
the Memorable Times
The Perfect
Gift, All Spirits to Receive the Perfect Lift
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