Ridley’s
Believe It Or Not—August 7, 2015 Trust your Friday is
proving to be a great one and you enjoyed the circus last night in Ohio at the Republican debate featuring the
Donald and the 16 dwarfs and as always, I hope you enjoy Friday’s holidays
and observances, factoids of interest, a
music video by Roberta Flack, a relevant quote from Bob Kerry, looking forward
to enjoying a cold beer, blessed with a positive attitude and secure in
the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable event like
birthdays, weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can
provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the
event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Professional Speakers Day—commemorating those who motivate and inform with the magic of the spoken word; wonder what kind of speaking fees President Clinton would have garnered if corporations that he spoke before were not seeking favors from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
1. Professional Speakers Day—commemorating those who motivate and inform with the magic of the spoken word; wonder what kind of speaking fees President Clinton would have garnered if corporations that he spoke before were not seeking favors from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
2. Beach Party Day—surf’s
up time to grab the picnic basket, cooler and beach blanket and head for the
nearest shoreline.
3. 1974 Number One Song—celebrating the number
one song in 1974 on a brief one week run in that position Feel Like Makin Love by Roberta Flack. Here is a link to Roberta Flack performing Feel Like Makin Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u14bimquEx0
4. International Beer Day—celebrated on the first Friday in
August since being created in Santa Cruz, California; nothing like a cold beer
on a hot summer day.
5. Not What
You Know But Who You Know Day—celebrating the birthday on this day in 1993
of actress Francesca Eastwood, daughter of Clint Eastwood.
On this day in:
a. 1782
in George Washington created the Military Badge of Merit (later renamed the
Purple Heart) to honor wounded soldiers.
b. 1932
the last confirmed lynching of blacks outside the South occurred in Marion, Indiana.
Adam Shipp and Abram Smith.
c. 1944
IBM introduced the Harvard Mark I, the first program-controlled calculator.
d. 1955 the Tokyo Telecommunications
Engineering, the precursor to SONY, sold its first transistor radios in Japan.
e. 1987 Lynne Cox became the first
person to swim from the U.S. (Little Diomede Island) to the Soviet Union (Big
Diomede).
Reflections
on the Purple Heart; “I am certain that the only medal I deserved was the
Purple Heart.” Bob Kerry, Congressional Medal of Honor winner and former
Senator from Nebraska.
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