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Middle Child Day |
Today’s Quote
Keep calm and
carry on. Winston Churchill
Today’s Meme
Today’s Thoughts
Our Monsoon rain continues. Every drop
of rain helps our forest.
The Olympics have ended. The final
event, the Women’s Marathon, was certainly worth watching. I decided to VCR the
closing ceremony so I can watch it this evening. It has been exciting to watch
2 weeks of sporting events one doesn’t normally watch. Thanks to the Olympic
Committee, the athletes, the coaches, the judges, and the fans for another very
enjoyable Olympics.
Now it is back to the craziness of
2024. I’ll deal with it the best I can.
1976 was 48 years ago…
Canada -- CN tower
The CN tower in Toronto, Canada is
completed and is the the tallest free standing structure in the world.
1. The CN Tower opened in Toronto,
Canada during June of 1976.
2. It took over 3 years of
construction to build the 1,815 foot tower.
3. The CN Tower held the title of the
tallest free-standing structure in the world for 34 years.
4. It has featured several unique
entertainment options throughout the years such as rides, the 360 restaurant,
and various shopping opportunities.
5. The Tower is also functional in
that it is used for radio, television, and cellular data transmission.
6. In 1995 it was categorized as one
of the Wonders of the Modern World.
Nadia Comaneci wins 3 gold medals at
the Montreal Olympics with seven perfect scores.
Fourteen-year-old Romanian gymnast
Nadia Comaneci wins 5 total medals in gymnastics at the Montreal Olympics. She
became the first female gymnast to be award a perfect ten score for her uneven
bar routine and went on to garner a total of seven perfect scores throughout
the rest of the games. Comaneci also went on to win medals at the 1980 Olympic
Games held in Moscow.
Random Thoughts…
I might not be the best driver in the
world, but at least I’ve never featured in a dashcam video. That’s got to count
for something.
I still feel rather uncomfortable
pronouncing “Worcestershire” around others.
American History…
Who invented the
light bulb?© Provided by Best Life
Incorrect: Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin Correct: It's unclear, but it wasn't either of
them
While one study found that 37 percent of Americans think
that Benjamin Franklin invented the lightbulb and plenty of others
would opt for Thomas Edison, neither man was truly the first behind that
particular innovation. As reported by Science Focus, "The
basic idea of using electricity to create light was first
investigated over 200 years ago by the English chemist Humphrey Davy."
However, Davy faced the issue of finding an affordable material that burned
brightly and was long-lasting, so "U.S. inventor Thomas Edison is often
credited with creating the solution in 1879: the carbon filament light
bulb."
And while that sounds impressive, Ripley's explains
that, "by the time Edison started working on it, the light bulb had
been around for a long time, just in a different form." In fact,
"about 20 inventors from across the world had drafted various patents on
it."
Historic Events
- 1492 – Christopher Columbus
arrived in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
- 1865 – Joseph Lister, British
surgeon and scientist, performed the first antiseptic surgery.
- 1952 – Thirteen Jewish
writers associated with the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC) were
executed under orders from Joseph Stalin.
- 1953 The detonation of
RDS-6s showed that the Soviet Union had created their own nuclear weapons.
Birthdays
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George
Soros, 94, Hungarian-American businessman, investor |
@77 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, and
producer (died in 1959) @80 – Joe Besser, American actor, Stooges #5
(died in 1988) @96 – Jane Wyatt, American actress (died
in 2006) @78 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher, and
activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died in 2004; heart
attack) @50 – Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher, and
activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died in 1975;
assassinated by IRA) @71 – John Derek, American actor, director, and
cinematographer (died in 1998; cardiac arrest) @80 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (died in 2007) @76 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (died in 2006; heart attack) |
…The End for today…
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