Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—July 12, 2014: Still a meager day for
holidays that taxes even the most creative mind of the Alaskanpoet as one
starts the weekend. Found these dubious gems to enjoy, with a smile on your
face, coated with sun screen, looking forward to ending the day with a pecan
pie, along with the factoids and a quote from Tom Hayden on riots.
1. Caesar
Salad Day—with or without anchovies a great salad and the day
appropriately named to celebrate of the birthday on this day in 100 B.C. of
Julius Caesar who died on the Ides of March in 44 B.C.
2. Piano
Man Day—commemorating not Billy
Joel’s first hit single Piano Man, but the birthday of one of America’s greatest
classic pianists the first and perhaps only to achieve rock star status,
Cliburn who died of bone cancer in 2013.
3. Uncle
Day—celebrating not the “Uncle” cry to inform the other fighter that you
have quit fighting, but the birthday of one of America’s iconic comics and first
real television star Milton Berle on this day in 1908, known to millions as “Uncle
Miltie.”
4. Wayne
Chicken Show Day--celebrated for 33 years in Wayne, Nebraska around a
chicken theme with parades and family events including of course an egg toss;
put it on your calendar for next year http://www.chickenshow.com/history/.
5. National
Pecan Pie Day—great and tasty way to end a summer day. Enjoy!
On this
day in:
a. 1862 Congress established the
Medal of Honor for bravery and heroism of soldiers then fighting in the Civil
War.
b. 1962 the Rolling Stones appeared
in their first concert at the Marquee Club in London.
c. 1967 in one of our less than
stellar moments of race relations the Newark Riots commenced and lasted for
five days leaving 26 dead and hundreds injured.
A
reflective thought on the anniversary of the Newark riots: “The issue of civil
rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of
history that’s least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S.
between 1965 and 1970.” Tom Hayden, anti-Vietnam War activist, former husband
to Hanoi Jane and in later life a California Assemblyman and State Senator
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2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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