Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For March 8, 2016. Unfortunately,
still 318 days to go in President Obama’s pathetic lame duck term but
fortunately the Iditarod is in full steam with March Madness soon to begin. The
top two mushers Brad Sess and Noah Burmeister have left Nikolai with the next
three mushers, Nickolas Pitt, Dallas
Seavey and Mitch Seavey still in Nikolai. Here is a photo of Nickolas Pitt
mushing into Nikolai, 263 miles from the start.
I trust your Tuesday
is off to a great start and as always, I hope you enjoy today’s
holidays and observances, a music link to Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men,
factoids of interest, a relevant quote by Jim Webb looking forward to enjoying some
peanut clusters, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in the
knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events 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. International Working
Women’s Day—honoring
the accomplishments of those women especially mothers who work outside the home
to provide for their family.
2. National Proofreeading
Day—commemorating
the lost art of proofreading, so critical to effective communications.
3. 1996 Number One
Song—celebrating
the number one song in 1996 on a run of teen weeks in that position One
Sweet Day by Mariah Caarey and Boyz II Men. Here is a link to Mariah
Carey and Boyz II Men performing One Sweet Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXxRyNvTPr8
4. National Peanut
Cluster Day—celebrating
a great combination of chocolate and peanuts.
5. Cleanup Freedom
Day—celebrating
the birthday on this day in 1839 of Josephine Cochran who disliked dishwashing
so much that she invented a dishwasher.
On this day
in:
a. 1775 an anonymous
writer believed to be Thomas Paine published the first article calling for the
abolition of slavery.
b. 1817 the New York Stock
Exchange was founded.
c. 1917 the U.S. Senate
adopted a cloture rule to be able to limit filibusters against legislation.
d. 1957 the Suez Canal
was reopened by Egypt after its closure in October, 1956.
e. 2014 Malaysia
Airlines 370 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing Reflections on slavery: “The
injustices endured by black Americans at the hands of their own government have
no parallel in our history, not only during the period of slavery but also in
the Jim Crow era that followed.” Jim Webb, failed candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination
Please
enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if
you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always 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 or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day In
History.
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March 6, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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