January 22, 2023 Ridley's Believe It Or Not

 

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not January 22, 2023
          Noted Holidays: Roe v. Wade Day/National Sanctity of Human Life Day, Two dueling and diametrically opposed holidays that continue to stoke the divisive fires of this nation, the first created by the SCOTUS decision on January 22, 1973 and the second created by Presidential Proclamation by President Reagan on January 13, 1984 and celebrated on the Sunday in January closest to January 22. On a little known or remembered by the pro-choice movement is that Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff Jane Roe in Roe v.Wade due to delay in SCOTUS reaching a final decision gave birth to a third child like her first two was also adopted, Shelly Lynn Thornton, who is married and the mother of three children (the two Blues who broke ranks with their
Blue caucus and voted with the Reds to pass Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act might want to encourage their Blue colleagues to read Joshua Prager’s article on Shelly Thornton in the September 9, 2021 issue of The Atlantic.”
          Word of the Day: The word of the day is “adust” which means burned or scorched which describes what happens when one fails to apply sunscreen before spending the day outside in the Sun.
          Number 1 Song of the Day: The number 1 song on this day in 1979 was “Le Freak” by Chic on a run of 3 weeks following to share with 23 other songs achieving number 1 status, while 9 acts achieved their first number 1 song.  Here is a music video of Chic performing “Le Freak”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgSHL7efKg
          Noted Birthdays: Linda Blair, noted American actress, child model, and animal rights activist, best remembered for her Academy Award Nomination head spinning role in The Exorcist.
          Notable Events that occurred on January 23:
          1.     1957—George Metesky, aka The Mad Bomber, a ConEd employee who was injured in the workplace and felt he was never appropriately compensated, was arrested for planting 32 bombs in public places, 16 of which exploded to injure 15 persons where after interrogation admitted to the acts and was adjudged mentally incompetent to stand trial and confined to a mental institution and then released after being confined to 2/3 of the sentence that would have been imposed.
          2.     1970—Boeing’s 747 the world’s first jumbo jet commenced service between NYC’s J.F.K. International Airport and London’s Heathrow Airport with its maiden flight which would open the skies to many passengers who previously could not afford air travel.
          3.     1984—In one of the most iconic TV commercials of all times during Superbowl XVII Apple’s MacIntosh personal computer with its mouse and graphical interface is introduced.
          4.     2002—Kmart became the largest American retailer to file for Chapter XI Bankruptcy protection and whatever turnaround protection was hoped to be the result did not come about as only 20 Kmart stores in the U.S. and its territories are now in operation.
          5.     2009—President Obama signed an executive order closing the terrorists detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the implementation of which was blocked by Congressional opposition.
         Quote of the Day: George Metesky Letter sent to The Herald Tribune: “Have you noticed the bombs in your city – if you are worried, I am sorry – and also if anyone is injured. But it cannot be helped – for justice will be served. I am not well, and for this I will make the Con Edison sorry – yes, they will regret their dastardly deeds – I will bring them before the bar of justice – public opinion will condemn them – for beware, I will place more units under theater seats in the near future. F.P.”

 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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