1. Patriot
Day—commemorating since 2001 the terrorist attacks on 911 on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the failed attack on the White House
due to the bravery and courage of the passengers of highjacked Flight 93 over
the skies of Pennsylvania and honoring the almost 3,000 innocents that were killed on that
fateful day. An iconic poem on 911 can be found on my blog: http://alaskanpoet.blogspot.com/2015/09/911-remembered-14-years-later.html
2.
National 401(k) Day—celebrating since 1996 on the first Friday
after Labor Day the importance of 401(k) plans as a means of saving toward
retirement; hope your 401(k) is not being hit with roller coaster rides of volatility.
3. 1976 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1976 on a run of four weeks in that position I Just Want To Be Your Everything by
Andy Gibb. Here is a link to Andy Gibb
performing I Just Want To Be Your
Everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6L8-lxaA8
4.
National Hot Cross Buns Day—celebrating a sweet
yeast bun spiced with currants, nutmeg and cinnamon and decorated on top with a
cross made of icing.
5.
Red Lines Wasted In The Sand Day—bemoaning
the birthday on this day in 1965 of
Bashar Assad, a brutal dictator of Syria who succeeded his father and who has
killed over 300,000 Syrians and who has called Obama’s feckless red line in the
sand bluff with the use of chemical weapons against his own people and who is
now receiving support from Putin and Iran. On
this day
in:
a. 1565 in a win for the Christians, Ottoman forces withdraw from the Great
Siege of Malta.
b. 1893 in a blow for religious freedom and tolerance the Parliament of the
World’s Religions convened in Chicago highlighted by Swami Vivekananda’s speech
on fanaticism, tolerance and truth inherent in all religions.
c.
1941 ground was broken for the construction of the Pentagon which was attacked
by a hijacked airline 60 years later.
d.
1972 the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) commenced operations to the joy of
commuters stuck in terrible traffic jams on the Oakland Bay Bridge.
e.
2012 in a glaring asleep at the switch moment at the State Department headed by
Hillary Clinton, radical Islamists attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing four Americans.
Reflection on the attacks on 911: “If we learn nothing else from
this tragedy, we learned that life is too short and there is no time for hate.”
Sandy Dahl, wife of the pilot of Flight 93 killed on Flight 93. She is right there
is no time for hate which merely interferes with the planning and execution of
a strategy that either causes radical Islamists like ISIS and al Qaeda to
either reject terror or be exterminated from the human race.
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good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go
to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In History, poems to inspire, touch,
emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance. Go
to Rhymes On The
Newsworthy Times for comments on important and breaking news events that should
be of interest. www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com Ridley's Believe It Or Not Rhymes On The
Newsworthy Times
© September 11, 2015, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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