Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not—June 9, 2015 Trust your Taco Tuesday is off
to a great start and you are splurging on some cheap tacos or better yet the
two piece leg and thigh special at Popeyes for the low price of $1.49. As
always, I hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids of
interest, a music video by the Roy
Orbison, a relevant quote by Joseph Welch, looking forward to enjoying a slice
of strawberry rhubarb pie, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the knowledge that
if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like Fathers’ Day,
birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can
provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the
event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. World APS Day —observing since the need to create awareness of and raise money for research to find the cure of a deadly autoimmune disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome which creates a whole host of deadly problems such as thrombosis and pregnancy issues such as miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth.
1. World APS Day —observing since the need to create awareness of and raise money for research to find the cure of a deadly autoimmune disease, Antiphospholipid Syndrome which creates a whole host of deadly problems such as thrombosis and pregnancy issues such as miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth.
2. Donald
Duck Day—honoring that lovable cartoon fowl that first appeared in the Wise Hen on this day in 1934.
3. 1961
Number One Song—celebrating the number one song
in 1961 on a one week run Running Scared by the Roy Orbison. Here is a link to the Roy Orbison performing Running Scared with an apology to an inane Nissan commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH-AafkQPEo
4.
National Strawberry
Rhubarb Pie Day—celebrating pie that most people will have
nothing to do with which means more for this highly evolved omnivore who would
die for a pie made by his mother who in Alaska would use salmon berries if
strawberries were not available.
5. Money Does Bring Happiness—commemorating
the birthday on this day in 1926 of Happy Rockefeller the wife of one of the
heirs to the Rockefeller fortune, Nelson Rockefeller, former governor of New
York and Vice President appointed to serve under Gerald Ford.
On this day in:
a. 1650
the first corporation in America, Harvard Corporation, the major administrative
governing body of Harvard College (which grew into Harvard University over the
years) was founded.
b. 1915
William Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State, resigned due to Wilson’s refusal to
declare war on Germany following its sinking of the Lusitania off the coast of
Ireland by a submarine with the loss of 128 Americans.
c. 1954
in the beginning of the end of what became to be known as McCarthyism Joseph
Welch special counsel to the U.S. Army lashed out at Senator McCarthy in Senate
hearings on alleged Communist Party infiltration of the Army and Defense
Department.
d. 1973
perhaps the best horse ever to race on a track, Secretariat, won the Triple
Crown by winning the last leg, the Belmont Stakes, a feat repeated by American
Pharaoh.
e. 1978 in a stunning what took you so long
moment to do the right thing, the Church of the Latter Day Saints opened its
priesthood to “all worthy men,” thereby eliminating a 148 year ban against
blacks serving as priests.
Reflections
on the power of words to bring a rabid ideologue to his knees:
“You've done enough. Have
you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” Special Counsel Joseph Welch
rebuking Senator McCarthy over his witch hunt for Communists that did not
exist.
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