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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not January 19, 2023
Noted Holidays: National Gun Appreciated
Day, Created by Larry Ward and Political Media, Inc. on January 4,
2013 and first celebrated on January 19, 2013 to protest President Obama’s
assault on the 2nd Amendment which mass shootings highlighted by the
MSM tend to obscure the contributions to public safety made by law-abiding conceal and carry permit holders confronting
evil shooters with guns.
Word
of the Day: The word of the day is “adnomination” which means punning
which is the lowest form of humor.
Number 1 Song of the Day: The
number 1 song on this day in 1982 was “Physical” by Olivia Newton-John on a run
of 4 weeks following 6 in 1981 to share with 14 other songs achieving number 1
status while 10 acts achieved their first number 1 song. Here is a music
video with lyrics displayed of Olivia Newton-John performing “Physical”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWz9VN40nCA
Noted Birthdays: Dolly Parton,
an American singer, prolific songwriter, actress and philanthropist best known
as a “Country Music Legend” who was finally nominated to the Rock and Roll Hall
of fame which she initially refused and then accepted and has achieved so many
awards and nominations it would fill many pages to list them and in a tribute
to her faith and personality has been married to her husband Carl Dean since
May 30, 1966.
Notable Events that occurred on
January 19:
1. 1953—Almost
74% of the televisions in the United States were tuned in to watch Lucille Ball
give birth to a son Desi Arnez, Jr. aka “Little Ricky.”
2. 1981—On the
eve of a new sheriff in town as President of the United States, Iran wisely
signed an agreement to release on the next day 52 American diplomats and
citizens that had been held hostage for 444
days following an occupation by “student” militants of the American
Embassy in Tehran.
3. 1983—Apple
Corporation’s Lisa, the first personal computer with a graphical user interface
and a mouse was released to the public.
4. 1997—PLO leader Yasser
Arafat returned to Hebron, the last Israeli controlled settlement on the West
Bank to a huge celebration after 30 years.
5.
2007—A 4 man team N2i completed
the 1093 mile trek to the Pole of Inaccessibility in Antarctica to become the
first to visit and the first to not use any motorized transport using only skis
and kites.
Quote of the Day: Kenneth Feinberg,
former special master of the fund created to pay Tehran Embassy Hostages and
then later expanded to include 9/11 Victims: “ The idea that 9/11 victims can come into
this fund and basically, in overwhelming numbers, get a pro rata share of
limited money is improper, unfair and inequitable. Congress ought to change the
law to prevent 9/11 related claims from being under this program. I think they
are right about that…I was left in the position
of saying: ‘To all of you hostages and hostage families, I wish I could help
you. Insofar as you take the position that your money should be accelerated and
paid in full, I immediately say you make a very convincing case. [But] that’s
not the statute.’ ”
Michael P. Ridley aka the
Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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