Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—August 1, 2014: Another meager day of holidays
but you are probably on vacation anyway and are already celebrating. Hope you
enjoy what is posted, along with the factoids and quote from Doug Ferrarri with
a smile on your face, a slice of raspberry cream pie on a plate, and a cold
brew.
1.
International Beer Day—celebrated on the first Friday in August since
2007 to enjoy the taste of beers from all over the world from the largest
breweries to the micro-brews.
2. U.S.
Air Force Day—created by proclamation of President Truman on August 1, 1947
to recognize the establishment and accomplishments of the U.S. Air Force.
3. Braham Pie Day---celebrating not a pie eating
contest with Brahmin contestants but rather the reality of a pie festival celebrated
on this day in Braham, MN.
4. National Raspberry Cream
Pie Day—another great desert treat especially with ice cream as
raspberries rule supreme.
On this day
in
a. 1907 the Scouting movement is
born with the first scout camp on Brownsea Island.
b. 1966 Charles Whitman climbed on
to the observation deck of the Texas Tower on the University of Texas and killed 16 before being killed by
police..
c. 1981 MTV began broadcasting by
airing its first video Video Killed the
Radio Star by The Buggles.
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Who can
forget the lava lamp? “MTV is the lava lamp of the 1980’s” Doug Ferrarri, noted comedian
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Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of interest
on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost 140
growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs. Always
good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for
poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes On The Newsworthy Times for
comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.
© August 1,
2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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