The Netherlands continued its dominance of
the U.S. Men’s Soccer Team by eliminating them this morning 3-1 and the
question facing the U.S. is whether as one of three host nations for the 2026
World Cup the U.S. automatically qualifies. Utah against USC led by number 13
Caleb Williams had a bad case of triskaidekaphobia through first 1 ½ quarters falling
behind 17-3 but Rising settled down to tie the game at the end of the half
17-17. In the second half with Williams limping and unable to scamper Utah crushed
the Trojans 30-7 to win their 2nd in a row PAC-12 Championship and
likely to have knocked USC out of contention for a berth in the NAAC Championship
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Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not December 3, 2022
Noted Holiday: National Rhubarb
Vodka Day, created by the Maple Valley Distillery in Casselton, North Dakota
and celebrated on the first Saturday in December since 2013 by enjoying mixing
one part vodka with rhubarb syrup made from sugar, water and finely chopped
rhubarb stalks with a lemon peel. à ta santé!
Word of the Day: The word of the day
is “aboulia” which the loss of the ability to make decisions which seems to be
a trait of many politicians.
Number
1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 2014 was “Blank Space”
by Taylor Swift on a run of 5 weeks to share with 9 other songs reaching
achieving number 1 status while 6 acts achieved their first number 1. Here is a video recording of Taylor Swift
performing “Blank Space”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ORhEE9VVg Swift
became the first female artist to replace her own number one song “Shake It Off”
with another number one song.
Famous
Birthdays: John Michael Osbourne better known to his fans as “Ozzy” Osbourne,
born on this day in 1948 is an English singer who co-founded the band Black
Sabbath in 1967 as its lead singer but was fired by the band in 1979 due to
persistent drug and alcohol abuse. He went on to pursue a successful recording
career with the release of 13 studio albums to earn the title of “The Godfather
of Metal.” Still performing and to the
joys of his wife and 3 kids has been sober for over 8 years.
Notable Events that occurred on
December 3.
1. 1901—President Theodore Roosevelt, who
became president following President McKinley’s death from assassination on September
14, 1901, delivered a 20,000 word speech to a Joint Session of Congress calling
the regulation of trusts by reasonable means.
2. 1910—To the joy of future casino owners in Las Vegas, Georges
Claude demonstrated neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show.
3. 1929—President Herbert Hoover in his
first State of the Union Address delivered it in writing rather than speaking.
4. 1984—In Bhopal, India at a Union Carbide
pesticide manufacturing facility, a leak of methyl isocyanate killed some 3,800
people outright and injured an estimated 150,000-600,000, some 6,000 of whom
would later die from their injuries in the worst industrial disaster in history
that would cause Union Carbide to pay out $470 million to settle wrongful death
and personal injury claims against it.
5. 1992—An engineer at Sema Corp using the
Vodaphone network sent a text message to the computer of a colleague as the
world became a much smaller place and easier to communicate with its inhabitants.
Quote of the Day: Ray Tomlinson,
a noted computer programmer who created the first email sent on the APANET
Network, the precursor to the internet, on texting, “f you're looking for ways of getting quick
communication, maybe texting is the way to go. People can't walk these days
without having one hand balancing a smart phone. If that's the way people are
going to live, it is the case that something that vibrates in their hand is
going to get their attention more quickly than an email.”
Michael Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com
Poems on events of the day
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