As always,
I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to The
Jackson Five, factoids of interest for this day in history, the fact that know
when not to be malapert and a relevant quote by Jessica Alba on what is
important and what is secondary, secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any
memorable events 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. Workers Memorial Day—created by the AFL-CIO in 1970 to honor those workers who have
died, been injured or contracted diseases during the course of their work and
to advocate for measures to advance worker safety.
2. Great Poetry Reading Day—promoting during Poetry Month the reading of great poetry be it
in full rhyme or blank or free verse and since it is also Kiss Your Mate some
advice nothing warms the cockles of a woman’s heart more that a poem crafted
for her, something the Alaskanpoet is very good at.
3. 1970 Number One Song— the number one song in 1970 on a run of 2 weeks in that
position was “ABC” by The Jackson Five. Here is a recording of
the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7796-au8U
Check out a very young Dick Clark and Michael Jackson.
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “malapert” which means bold or saucy which sadly
describes too many men whose reptilian brains control their activities.
5. Nice Storm and Silver Surfer—celebrating the birthday of noted
actress Jessica Alba who had an agent at age 12 and who has appeared in a wide
variety of films.
On this day in:
On this day in:
a. 1973 The Dark Side of
the Moon by Pink Floyd topped the charts as number one and remained on the
charts in lower positions for a record 741 weeks.
b. 1986 high levels of radiation were detected at a Swedish nuclear
power plant forcing the Soviets to reveal the Chernobyl Disaster.
c. 1988 near Maui, Hawaii flight attendant Clarabelle “C.B.” Lansing
was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, in mid air and fell
to her death when a portion of the fuselage was blown out in a rapid decompression.
The plane with 65 injured passengers and crew somehow managed to make an
emergency landing due to the very skilled efforts of the pilot and copilot but
was damaged beyond repair:
d. 1994 CIA counterintelligence officer and analyst Aldrich Ames
pled guilty to espionage for the Soviet Union and later Russia revealing to
them identities of most of the agents operating in the Soviet Union and Russia;
this traitor is rotting for the rest of his life in a federal prison.
e. 2004 CBS News released tapes showing CIA and U.S. Army personnel
at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq torturing, raping, sodomizing and otherwise
abusing Iraqi detainees.
Reflections on priorities in a 24/7 world:” I wish there were two of me and 48-hour days so I could get
everything done. But for me, I have to not try and think that everything has to
be 100% perfect all the time and leave room for error. As long as my kids feel
loved and a priority, everything really is secondary.” Jessica Alba Astute
observation. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my
twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and
follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click
on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day
in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and
poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just
This Day in
History.
© April 28, 2018 Michael P. Ridley
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