January 1 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 TCU and Georgia advanced to the finals to determine the college football’s national champion in games in which the defense of all teams MIA as TCU beat heretofore unbeaten Michigan 51-46 and Georgia prevailed over Ohio State 42-41 as Ohio State missed a 50 yard field goal attempt with 3 seconds left. As 2022 came to an end Barbara Walters and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI both passed. Today is the 7^th and last day of Kwanzaa celebrating Imani (faith) as the black candle is lit, then the farthest left red, the utmost right green, the next red candle, the second green candle at the right-hand side of the black candle, the final red, then the last and final green candle. I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not  and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not January 1, 2023
          Noted Holidays: National Hangover Day/ National Bloody Mary Day, two back to back holidays for those who despite their best New Years’ Resolution over indulged on New Years’ Eve but hopefully were smart enough to celebrate with a designated driver or rely on Uber or Lyft and for those looking to quaff a Bloody Mary to lessen the throbbing between their temples.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “ackamarackus” which means deceptive or pretentious behavior the elimination of which we mere mortals hope is at the top our politicians’ New Years’ Resolutions list.
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1992 was “Black or White” by Michael Jackson on a run of 3 weeks to share with 11 other songs achieving number 1 status while 7 acts achieved their first number 1 song.  Here is a music video with lyrics of Michael Jackson performing “Black or White”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0
          Noted Birthdays: Derrick Thomas, born on this day in 1967, was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs for 11 earning seasons earning the reputation as one of the more successful pass rushers in the league but had the misfortune of driving his Suburban on January 23, 2000 with 2 passengers in a snowstorm at 70 m.p.h. heading toward the Kansas City Airport to catch a flight to watch the NFC Championship Game when he crashed the car, ejecting himself and 1 passenger who like him had not buckled up, killing the passenger and leaving him a paraplegic (the second passenger was uninjured). While in a hospital after physical therapy on February 8, 2000, he  suffered a pulmonary embolism and died.
          Notable Events that occurred on January 1
          1.      1902—In the first ever college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl held in Pasadena, Michigan beat Stanford 49-0.

          2.      1971—In the war against tobacco, the advertising of cigarettes was banned from television.
          3.      1983—The ARPANET changed its protocol to the TCP/IP, effectively creating the internet.
          4.      1995—The World Trade Organization came into effect but has failed to accomplish the elimination of unfair trading practices of which China is the unrivaled master.
          5.       2023—Croatia officially adopted the Euro to become the 20^th Eurozone country.
          Quote of the Day: John Harvey Kellogg, noted doctor and nutritionist and brother of W.K. Kellogg who founded Kellogg’s Company on the dangers of smoking of tobacco: “Tobacco, in its various forms, is one of the most mischievous of all drugs. There is perhaps no other drug which injures the body in so many ways and so universally as does tobacco. Some drugs offer a small degree of compensation for the evil effects which they produce; but tobacco has not a single redeeming feature and gives nothing in return.”

Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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