Ridley’s Believe It Or Not November 27, 2022
National Holiday: Small
Brewery Sunday: Created by American Brewery Association on November 18, 2019 to
promote the numerous craft/micro breweries that have sprung up across the
nation putting beer connoisseurs into 7th Heaven to dismay of the
tasteless giants like Budweiser and Miller. Easy day to celebrate by going to a
brew pub and sampling their libations.
Word of the Day: The word of
the day is “abessive” which means an absence or lack which describes Stanford’s
wins to a tee.
Number
1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song in 2020 was “Mood” by 24 Goldn feat. Iann Diors on a run of 4 weeks
non continuous to share with 24 other acts recording number 1 hits, 12 of whom
including 24 Goldn feat. Iann Diors achieved their first number 1. Here is a recording of 24 Goldn feat. Iann
Diors performing “Mood”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fvw0TkENHM
Famous
Birthdays: Bill Nye, born on this day in 1955, noted TV host and comedian, best
known for his 5 year program Bill Nye, The Science Guy from 1993 to 1998
and marrying musician Blair Tindall in 2006 only to end the marriage after 7
weeks after learning their marriage license was invalid.
Famous Events that occurred on
November 27th
1. 1895—At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in
Paris, Albert Nobel executed his last will and testament providing for the
creation of the Nobel Prize and allocating his estate to fund the awards for
Nobel Prizes to be awarded.
2. 1924—To the joy of residents of New York City and later the
nation, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held.
3.
1945—In another example of the inherent generosity of the American
public, CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to
send food relief to a very devastated Europe.
4. 1973 —The Senate voted 92-3 (the House voted 387-35 on December 6)
pursuant to the 25th Amendment to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice
President to fill the position vacated by Spiro Agnew’s resignation due to
charges of receiving kick backs as Maryland’s Governor.
5. 2015—In
Colorado Springs at a Planned Parenthood Clinic, Robert Dear shot a killed a
police officer and two civilians and wounded 5 police officers and 4 civilians
and surrendered to SWAT after they rammed into the building to gain entrance.
He was arrested but found mentally incompetent to stand trial for murder and
attempted murder and has been confined to a mental institution to this day.
Quote of
the Day: Albert Nobel on the prospects for peace: “ I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the
promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.” Sadly Nobel
was very prescient in terms of the forces of war pushing aside the prospects of
peace
Michael P Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
Commissioned unique poems
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