As always, I hope you enjoy the
holidays and observances, factoids of interest and a relevant quote from Martin
Luther King, Jr., enjoying a coconut torte, blessed with a positive attitude even though you know
you will have to wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for
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1. National
K-9 Veterans Day—commemorating the excellent service of federal, state,
and local police dogs who daily work with their noses and jaws to keep us humans
safe.
2. Good Samaritan Involvement Day—commemorating the
need of good Samaritans to get involved when their fellow human beings find
themselves at risk; the day bemoans the failure of 38 people on this day in 1964
in a New York City apartment building who watched for 30 minutes Kitty Genovese
being chased and stabbed to death yet not wanting to get involved did nothing
including something so simple as calling the police.
3. 1980 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song on this day in 1980, as part of a 4 week run Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen,
a British rock band formed in 1970 with Freddie Mercury, who died from Aids, as
the lead vocalist. The band sold more than 150 million records.
4. National Coconut Torte Day—great
desert is a phase that says it all to describe this tasty treat. 5. Life Is Not Always Peaches And Cream Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1989 of Peaches Geldof, journalist, model and actress whose father founded Live Aid and who died way too soon of a heroin overdose at the age of 25.
On this day in
a. 1865 in a little too late moment, the Confederacy authorized the use of African American troops.
b. 1933 banks in the U.S. began to reopen after President Roosevelt had previously declared a bank holiday.
c.
1963 police in Phoenix, Arizona arrested Ernesto Miranda for kidnapping and rape
and obtained a confession from him after two hours of interrogation; his
confession was overturned by the United States Supreme Court which is why we
now have the Miranda Warning that must be given by police to anyone placed in
custody.
d. 1991 the Justice Department announced that Exxon had agreed to pay $1
billion to clean up the damage caused by the oil spill of the Exxon Valdez
caused by its running aground after leaving Valdez, Alaska.
e. 2013 Pope Francis was elected as the 266th Pope of the
Catholic Church.
Reflections on being a Good Samaritan: “On the parable of the
Good Samaritan: "I imagine that the first question the priest and Levite
asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But by the
very nature of his concern, the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do
not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?” Martin
Luther King, Jr. Wise and caring thoughts!
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