The winter storms have raised havoc with the nation’s air traffic system with thousands of flights cancelled and many more subject to long delays but normal flight operations are starting to resume with only 2,860 cancellations already logged for Wednesday flights departing within, to or out of the United States as of 3:20 p.m. ET, but some 2,509 of them have been cancelled by Southwest Airlines raising the ire of Mayor Peter as Secretary of Transportation. For those celebrating the 3rd day of Kwanzaa and Ujima (collective responsibility) and for those declining numbers still without power, the 2nd red candle lit will further lighten the darken rooms. I hope you enjoy today’s Ridley's Believe It Or Not and find it worthy to read and if not reply “Unsubscribe” to be removed.
Ridley’s Believe It Or Not December 28, 2022
Noted Holiday: National Download
Day, according to most surveys today is the day that most new apps are
downloaded and the number of apps available continue to grow since the
introduction of the Apple Smart Phone in 2007 and the best news for consumers
is that 98% of the apps available are free to use.
Word of the Day: The
word of the day is “acrophobia” which means a fear of heights which puts a
damper on working in tall office buildings or mountain climbing.
Number 1 Song of the Day: The
number 1 song on this day in 1994 was “Here Comes the Hotstepper” by Ini Kamoze
on a run of 2 weeks to share with 9 other songs achieving number 1 status while
7 acts, including Ini Kamoze, achieved their first number 1 song. Boyz II Men
became the first act since the Beatles in 1964 to have two back to back number
one songs. Here is a music recording with lyrics of Ini Kaboze performing
“Here Comes the Hotstepper”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhuT10rpeR4
Noted
Birthdays: Denzel Washington, born on this day in 1954, is a noted actor
and film maker and winner of a Tony Award, 2 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards and
the Presidential Medal of Honor, and named by the New York Times as the
best actor of the 21st Century. In a rarity in Hollywood he is a
devout Christian and married to his wife for over 39 years.
Notable Events that occurred on
December 28
1. 1895—Wilhelm
Conrad Röntgen published his paper, "On A New Kind of Rays" which
would become known as X-Rays and garner him a Nobel Prize in Physics.
2. 1918—Irish socialist Constance Markiewicz
while being imprisoned in Holloway Prison for her role in the 1916 Easter Rising
became the first woman to be elected as a member of Parliament to the British
House of Commons although she never took her seat. From 1919 -1922 she served
as the Irish Minister of Labor, the first woman to hold a cabinet position.
3. 1967—American business woman Muriel Siebert
broke the glass ceiling at the New York Stock Exchange to join 1365 male
members as the first woman to own a seat of the NYSE.
4. 1972—To
the great joy of approximately 300 men scheduled to be inducted on the last day
of the draft, President Nixon had declared a day of mourning due to the death
of former President Harry S. Truman which caused federal offices to be closed
and they were unable to be sworn in. Since the draft was never reinstated those
lucky potential draftees were never inducted.
5. 1973—The Endangered Species Act was
signed into law by President Nixon.
Quote
of the Day: Rush Limbaugh, former conservative radio talk show host and
political commentator who died on February 17, 2021 on the unintended
consequences of the Endangered Species Act: “Government barriers on Business
For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of
the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2 million acres of forest from
development, leading to the loss of 30,000 lumber-related jobs and the annual
loss of 1.1 billion board feet of lumber. This has driven up the cost of houses
by at least $4,000 each. In addition, regulators ordered a Kansas City bank to
install a Braille keypad on its drive-through automatic teller machine,
presumably to aid any blind drivers. The list goes on and on.”
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
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