Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not—December 16, 2015, 401 days to go
in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term. Trust your Wednesday is off to
a great start; as always, I hope you enjoy Wednesday’s holidays and observances, a music link to Marvin Gaye, factoids of interest, a relevant quote
from James Balog looking forward to enjoying anything covered with chocolate,
blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like
birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can
provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the
event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Boston
Tea Party Day—celebrating the iconic spark that on December 16, 1773 lit the
flame of the American Revolutionary War, the Boston Tea Party when a band of
colonists many disguised as Indians boarded an East Indian Company and dumped
its entire load of tea into Boston Harbor in protest to the Tea Act of 1773
levying a tax on tea by the British Parliament resulting in the protest of “No
taxation without representation.”
2. Las Posadas Day—celebrated
for nine days in Mexico, Southwest United States and Latin America memorializing
the nine day search of Mary and Joseph for a place to stay to give birth to
Jesus—very festive with a different house playing the role on an inn where
neighbors gather as Mary and Joseph enter followed by food, piñatas for the
kids and a Nativity Scene around which the celebrants pray.
3. 1968 Number One Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1968 on a long run of seven weeks in that position I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Kaye. Here is a link to Marvin
Kaye performing I Heard It Through The
Grapevine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FODXN6LnzA
4.
National Chocolate Anything Covered Day—celebrating what has to be a chocoholics most favored
holiday.
5. Cancer
Can Trump Laughter—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1961 of
stand up comedian Bill Hicks who is considered by many to be one of the best
stand up comedians of all time but who died way too soon of pancreatic cancer
at the age of 32.
On
this day in:
a.
1811 the first two of four massive earthquakes in the 7.5-7.9 range known as
the New Madrid, Missouri earthquakes occurred. The earthquakes were and largest
earthquakes ever in the contiguous United States east of the Rockies and were
felt over an area of 50,000 square miles compare to the San Francisco where the
area impacted was only 6,000 square miles.
b.
1907 in a show of speak softly but carry a big stick, the Great White Fleet
began its circumnavigation of the world.
c. 1947 William Shockley, John
Bardeen, and Walter Brattain built the first practical point-contact
transistor.
d. 1978 Cleveland, Ohio became the first American city since the Great
Depression to default on its financial
obligations.
e. 1995 the term “Euro” was adopted
for the European currency. Reflections on earthquakes:“ We
still carry this old caveman-imprint idea that we're small, nature's big, and
it's everything we can manage to hang on and survive. When big geophysical
events happen - a huge earthquake, tsunami, or volcanic eruption - we're
reminded of that.” Jame Balog, noted American photographer who is famous for
his photographic studies of climate change.
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December 16, 2015, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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