For the first time
since 9/11 the FAA has temporarily grounded all flights in the U.S. due to a
collapse of the FAA’s National Airspace System which officials are claiming was
not due to a cyberattack but the travelling public has leveled the blame on the
“small town” mayor with little or no experience in transportation (the officials
Southwest Airlines which recently had the misfortune of being responsible for
the overwhelming majority of delays and cancellations must be breathing a sigh
of relief that they are not alone this time and Mayor Pete is a likely target
for the public’s wrath). Trust if you live in California,
you are drying out but more needed rain is on the way soon so enjoy your dry
Hump Day.
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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not January 11, 2023
Noted Holidays: Cigarettes Are Hazardous to Your Health Day, celebrating the announcement and warning that many believed for
years by the U.S. Surgeon General on this day in 1964 that smoking cigarettes
is hazardous to your health and some 400,000 annual deaths confirm and to the
nation’s pocket book to the tune of $150 billion incurred by patients who will
be affected by illnesses occasioned by smoking.
Word of the Day: The word
of the day is “adespota” which means anonymous works not claimed which too often the MSM uses to
justify leaks from “anonymous sources.”
Number 1 Song of the Day: The
number 1 song on this day in 1988 was “So Emotional” by Whitney Houston on a run of 1 week to share with 31 other songs achieving number 1 status while
17 acts achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music
with lyrics video of Whitney Houston performing “So Emotional”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YjSHbA6HQQ
Noted Birthdays: Alexandria, Danielle, Erica, Veronica, and Raymond, Jr. L
’Esperance were born on this day inn 1988 as the nation’s first in vitro fertilization
quintuplets after being hospitalized for 88 days prior to going into labor.
Notable Events that occurred on January 4:
1. 1922—Leonard Thompson, suffering from
Type I Diabetes, became the first person to receive an insulin injection at the
age of 13 which due to impurities caused an allergic reaction. Fortunately the
impurities were removed from the production process for him to receive his
second injection 12 days later. Thompson received daily injections of insulin
to cheat a death sentence that heretofore came very shortly after diagnosis of
the disease. Thompson died on April 20, 1938 not from diabetes but from pneumonia.
2. 1935—Amelia Earhart became the first
person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
3. 1949—The United States became a smaller place as Pittsburgh’s TV
Station KDKA broadcasted its first program linking the East Coast and the
Midwest.
4. 1973—In a career extending move, Major League Baseball owners
voted to approve the American League’s approval of the designated hitter.
5. 2020—The first death from COVID-19 was disclosed in Wuhan, Hubie, China.
Quote of the Day: Robert Norman Davis OBE, 77 year old British comedian
better known to his fans as Jaspar Carrott: “Laughter is the best medicine -
unless you're diabetic, then insulin comes pretty high on the list.”
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems
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