January 21, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

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Ridley’s Believe It Or Not January 21, 2023
          Noted Holidays: National Hyaluronic Acid Day, Created on January 22, 2022 and first celebrated on that day by La Roche Posay to promote the recognition of the benefits of and the use of hyaluronic acid to treat dermatological problems.
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “adunc” which usually means describing a nose that is hooked but could be used by an addict to describe but conceal his or her drug habit.
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1980 was “Rock With You” by Michael Jackson on a run of 4 weeks following to share with 16 other songs achieving number 1 status, 1 of whom was John Lennon who became the 4^th artist to be so awarded posthumously,  while 6 acts achieved their first number 1 song.  Here is a music video with lyrics displayed of Michael Jackson performing “Rock With You”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-Mrc2l1d0
          Noted Birthdays: Emma Bunton, noted British singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame as “Baby Spice” of the Spice Girls with some 100 million records sold to their credit.
          Notable Events that occurred on January 21:
          1.     1968—A B-52 armed with 4 1.1 megaton H-bombs crashed near Thule Air Force Base in Greenland after the crew bailed out to a cabin fire and smoke, rupturing some of the bombs, one of which was never recovered.
          2.     1976—The Earth became a smaller planet as the Concorde began commercial service on its London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio Di Janeiro routes.
          3.     1999—The U.S. Coast Guard in its largest drug seizure to date intercepted a ship with 9500 pounds of cocaine aboard it heading for the U.S.
          4.     2004—NASA’s Mars Rover Spirit which had landed on the surface of Mars on January 4, 2004 stopped communicating with Earth due to management of its flash memory which was repaired remotely from Earth on February 6 enabling Spirit to conduct Martian surface exploration until May 1, 2009 when it became stuck in the Martian soft sand and despite efforts to free itself attempted from Earth until January 26, 2010. All communications with Earth ended on March 22, 2010.
          5.     2017—Women’s protest marches were held in 400 American cities and 160 countries worldwide over the inauguration of Donald Trump.
         Quote of the Day: Stephen Schwartz, noted contributor and fellow to The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists:  “The fire aboard the B-52G was caused by human and mechanical error. A crewmember stuffed four foam rubber cushions beneath a seat on top of a heating vent. When the heat was turned up hours later, a heater malfunction ignited them, filling the cabin with flames and thick smoke. Six crew bailed out and survived, although two navigators were injured. A second pilot died trying to bail out. The next day, SAC removed all nuclear weapons from airborne alert aircraft. An extensive, nearly eight-month cleanup effort—dubbed “Dr. Freezelove”—collected, packaged and transported 10,500 tons (237,000 cubic feet) of contaminated snow, ice, and debris to the Atomic Energy Commission’s Savannah River Plant in South Carolina for burial. In 2015, the BBC broadcast an interview with Jens Zinglersen, a Dane who managed supplies at Thule Air Base, witnessed the catastrophic crash, and was the first person on the scene. (CAVEAT: Despite rumors, there is no missing H-bomb beneath the ice.) What was reportedly never recovered was the U-235 "spark plug" from one bomb. That's only part of the thermonuclear secondary (albeit the most important part).”

 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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