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Bioterrorism/Disaster
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1-6 International Lace
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Living Week |
3/27 -7/4 National
Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness National
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American Zoo Day Early Bird Day |
Medicare's Birthday |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"One benefit of
Summer was that each day we had more light to read by." — Jeannette Walls |
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Today’s Thoughts
July is here. I’m looking forward to a
great month.
Our discussion group was great. We
didn’t settle any of the ‘Green Energy’ debates but certainly have a better
understanding of the gravity of decisions we make. The solution: maybe like in The
Day the Earth Stood Still where the alien
convinced the political leaders that they have to unite. In the current scenario,
there would be a group of scientists from all countries in the world who would
work together to fix our climate. Here’s hoping.
Biden is looking good on the campaign
trail, but I still have concerns about his health.
1965 was 59 years
ago…
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Race
Riots Break Out In Watts, California leaving large parts of the city burnt and
looted and 34 dead.
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Northeast
blackout including Parts of Canada and U.S. North East
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St.
Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot-tall parabolic steel Gateway Arch is completed (
The St Louis Arch ).
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The
Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right to vote becomes law
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The
Gemini Space Program continues into 1965 and lay the groundwork for an eventual
manned mission to the moon.
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The
Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak on April 13th : An estimated fifty-one tornadoes
(forty-seven confirmed) hit in six Midwestern states
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The
popular daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" debuted on NBC
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Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. leads civil rights march in Alabama from Selma to
Montgomery.
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Malcolm
X shot in New York
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Lyndon
B. Johnson announces his program to create Medicare and to expand his war on
poverty
Origin of common phrases
Get
go
"Get go,"
meaning from the beginning, originated in Black English. It was used in print
by Toni Cade Bambara, a 1960s civil rights activist, who wrote fiction set in
the rural South and in Harlem.
False Facts about religions
Jewish People Are a
Race
Jews aren’t a race of people, but rather, they follow the religion of
Judaism. Maybe in ancient Biblical times, they were limited to the Israelites,
but today, there are Black, Caucasian, and Asian Jews from diverse ethnic and
national backgrounds. If you adopt the faith of Judaism today, you will become
a Jew yourself.
Historic Events
o
The
first TV commercial aired on July 1, 1941. Bulova Watches paid for the
10-second spot, shown before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and
Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field.
o
1847
– The first US postage stamps were issued (Ben Franklin 5 cents & George
Washington 10 cents)
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1848
– The first publication of a photograph in a newspaper, in L’illustraion
Journel Universel
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1862
– The Internal Revenue Service was established
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1874
– The Philadelphia ‘America’s Oldest’ Zoo opened
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July
1, 1899 Birthday (fictional) Indiana Jones, Movies
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1941
– NBC became broadcasting from the Empire State Building, NYC
o
1916
WWI – The Battle of Somme began, lasting until November 13
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1963
– The US Zip (Zone Improvement Plan) Codes were inaugurated
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1968
– Medicare went to effect (USA)
Birthdays with some quotes
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90 – Jamie Farr,
American actor 88 – Wally Amos,
American entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos “You can make your life whatever you want it to be” 83 – Twyla Tharp,
American dancer and choreographer 79 – Debbie Harry,
American singer-songwriter and actress 74 – David Duke,
American white supremacist 73 – Fred Schneider,
American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (B-52s) 72 – Dan Aykroyd,
Canadian actor and screenwriter 57 – Pamela Anderson,
Canadian-American model and actress “Eventually you just have to realize that you’re
living for an audience of one. I’m not here for anyone else’s approval.” 42 – Hilarie Burton,
American actress 23 – Chosen Jacobs,
American actor |
@104 – Olivia de
Havilland, British-American actress (d. 2020) “It’s hard to keep on being civil when they ask you
such annoying questions.” @95 – Estée Lauder,
American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies (d. 2004) “Give credit where credit is due: simply said, if you
want loyalty and best effort, you must be thoughtful.” @82 – Sally Kirkland,
American journalist (d. 1989) @80 – Thomas Green
Clemson, American politician, educator, founded Clemson University @74 – Karen Black,
American actress (d. 2013; cancer) @71 – George Sand, French
novelist (d. 1876) “One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once
one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness — simple tastes, a certain
degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a
clear conscience.” @63 – Charles Laughton,
English-American actor (d. 1962; cancer) @61 – Andre Braugher,
actor (d. 2023; lung canceer) @56 – Georg Christoph
Lichtenberg, physicist (d. 1799) “Perhaps in time, the so-called Dark Ages will be
thought of as including our own.” @36 – Diana, Princess of
Wales (d.1997; car crash) “Family is the most important thing in the world.” |
…The End for today…
