Ridley’s Believe It Or
Not—October 12, 2015 Trust your weekend was a great
one with your batteries fully recharged and if in Southern California you have
found ways to beat the heat; as always I hope you enjoy Monday’s holidays and
observances, factoids of interest, a music video by Jimmy Glimer and The Fireballs, a relevant quote from John Waters, looking
forward to enjoying a large bowl of gumbo, blessed with a positive attitude
and secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable event like 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. Columbus Day—celebrating on this day in 1492 the arrival in North America of Christopher Columbus who although arriving in North America some 500 years after Leif Erickson has won in the holiday race as today has been a federal holiday since 1937 after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus.
1. Columbus Day—celebrating on this day in 1492 the arrival in North America of Christopher Columbus who although arriving in North America some 500 years after Leif Erickson has won in the holiday race as today has been a federal holiday since 1937 after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus.
2. Freethought Day—celebrated by secularists and freethinkers
to commemorate the effective end of the Salem Witch Trials on this day in 1692.
3. 1963 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1963 on a run of
5 weeks in that position Sugar Shack by
Jimmy Glimer and The Fireballs. Here is
a link to Jimmy Glimer and The Fireballs performing Sugar Shack:
4.
National Gumbo Day—celebrating that unique Louisiana
culinary treat diet.
5. High, High Day—celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1875 of self proclaimed mystic and founder of the Thelemite
philosophy Aleister Crowley whose writings and speeches were most likely
heavily influenced by the narcotics he was ingesting.
On this day
in:
a. 1792 the first Columbus Day was celebrated in New York City.
b. 1892 the
U.S. Pledge of Allegiance was first recited in public schools.
c. 1928 the
first use of an iron lung to enable polio victims to breathe occurred at a
Boston hospital.
d. 1999 in the
world is getting more crowded moment the 6 billionth human being was born.
e. 2000 the USS Cole while moored at
Aden, Yemen was heavily damaged by a suicide boater killing 17 sailors and
wounding 39.
Reflections on Columbus
Day: “I
also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those
fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover
America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big
deal." — John Waters American
director, writer and stand-up comedian and pioneer in transgressive cult films.
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