July 2011
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February 2011
34 posts
STORY OF THE DAY: “The officer told me that my cloth in OK, but we take the girl to the station and have her to sign a promise not to ever wear such a thing again! Also he told me ‘I’m doing favor to you because you’re not also intimate to each other (Married or engaged in accordance to Islamic law; which is an Islamic sin and two unrelated persons should be on trial)’”...
Cool Twitter name of the day: @IrishSmiley http://ping.fm/UrhMa
Today in history 1997 At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1988 1st documented combat action by U.S. military advisors in El Salvador
1932 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree
1887 1st newspaper convention in Rochester, New York
1878 Silver dollar became U.S. legal tender
February 16 is Do a Grouch a Favor Day/ 911 Birthday (First Call made in Haleyville, Al in 1968)/ DuPont patented Nylon patented (1937)
STORY OF THE DAY LINK (corrected) http://ping.fm/0wGuH
STORY OF THE DAY: “‘Honk, honk,’ A chorus of geese from across the lake intercepted my cursing. I stopped and settled on a dry spot on the rock. Listening, forgetting my three dollar spilled drink that I had to scrounge for change to get.” http://ping.fm/qPbLQ
Cool Twitter name of the day: @SoulSteering http://ping.fm/3f9dJ
Today in history in 1995 Population of People’s Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
1989 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends
1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched
1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt
1898 USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor, cause unknown, 258 sailors die
February 15 is National Gumdrop Day/ Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday (Born 1820)/ Clifford The Big Red Dog (Debut 1963)
STORY OF THE DAY: “We had a large bright kitchen with a center counter that could seat eight to ten kids around on bright yellow bar stools. And my mother would be behind the counter, just like in the local diner, making some sweet treat for us all to drool over” http://ping.fm/zGNDa
Cool Twitter name of the day: @Commentopia http://ping.fm/mWu5t
Today in history in 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
1962 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV
1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson
1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
1859 Oregon admitted as 33rd state
February 14 is Valentine’s Day/ Ferris Wheel Day/ Read To Your Child Day/ National Have a Heart Day/ National Call In Single Day/ Race Relations Day/ Quirky Alone Day/ Telephone Birthday (1876)
On this day in 1964 GI Joe character created
1942 Daylight Savings War Time goes into effect in US
1895 Volleyball invented by WG Morgan in Massachusetts
1825 House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US president
February 9 is Toothache Day/ Hershey’s Chocolate founded/ GI Joe’s Birthday (1964)
STORY OF THE DAY: No matter where my parents were going in our car, it was imperative that I have a chocolate malt as soon as we got near the Dairy Creme, Dairy Delight or anything that sounded and looked like an “ice cream stand”… http://ping.fm/KHSxT
Cool Twitter name of the day: @hubbyconfession http://ping.fm/7IIb2 Where aremypants?
Today in history in 1984 Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered space walk
1983 Elizabeth Dole 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in
1964 Beatles land at New York’s JFK for 1st US tour
1962 President Kennedy begins blockade of Cuba
February 7 is Send a Card to a Friend Day/ National Girls &Women in Sports Day/ Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day/ Dump Your Significant Jerk Day/ Charles Dicken’s Birthday (Born 1812)/ Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Birthday (Born 1867)/ Pinocchio Day (released in 1940)/ Leadership Success Day
STORY OF THE DAY: “Why go through a healthy grieving process over your pet when you can keep the carcass frozen in time for forever enjoyment? You can choose the pose you’d like. Head up, head down, runway-ready….Some people prefer to see their pets as they were in life, lying on their favorite cushion in the sun.” http://ping.fm/X8PlH
Today in history in 1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1945 FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta
1941 United Service Organization, USO, founded
1822 Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
February 4 is National Popcorn Day/ Create a Vacuum Day/ Gumby’s Birthday/ Rosa Park’s Birthday/ USO Day
STORY OF MY LIFE “You could have killed him!” Mataya, my foster mother, screamed when Corin returned home with the story. I shrugged. “It would have been an acceptable loss.” http://ping.fm/9ekfZ
Cool Twitter name of the day: @Heathermymoment http://ping.fm/2CgwZ
On this day in history in 1998 Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1997 Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca New York
1994 President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam
1973 President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1962 President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food and drugs
February 3 is Carrot Cake Day/ Halfway Point of Winter/ Four Chaplains Memorial Day/ Sesame Street’s Elmo’s Birthday/ The Day the Music Died Day
STORY OF THE DAY: Do you believe your dreams are renincarnation memories? http://ping.fm/LaHEd
Cool Twitter name of the day: @applecrumbles http://ping.fm/NgbeR
On this day in history in 1977 Radio Shack officially begins creating TRS-80 computer
1964 GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy’s toy
1962 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years
1948 President Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
1653 New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City
February 2 is Groundhog Day/ Bottle Cap Patented/ California Kiwi Fruit Day/ Grand Central Station in New York Opened (1913)/ National League Birthday (1875)/ African American Coaches Day/ Hedgehog Day/ Self Renewal Day
STORY OF THE DAY: “He’s reading the riot act, a voice said. “Don’t think so,” said Constable Smith, “but it don’t matter any, they are all likely to be nicked and some of ‘em will finish up in Singapore or somewhere doing important work digging trenches or latrines.” http://ping.fm/pSGy9
Cool Twitter name of the day: @snipeyhead http://ping.fm/3DX1f
On this day in history in 1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball’s highest single year contract - $4.7 mil
1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq
1968 Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers
1809 Dutch King Louis Napoleon accepts metric system
February 1 is Serpent Day/ Women’s Heart Day/
National Freedom Day/ Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded/ Skippy Peanut Butter created (1933)/ Robinson Crusoe Day/ National Girls & Women in Sports Day
January 2011
68 posts
STORY OF THE DAY: “I’ve always thought of marriage as something very sacred and not to be toyed with. Like some sort of old scroll which if handled incorrectly could bring about chaos and destruction. Believe it or not but the ideal couple that I looked up to, that I admired, that I wanted to be like in ALL ways were CHARLES AND CAROLYN INGALLS.” http://ping.fm/nEM2f
Cool Twitter name of the day: @EvilTwinsWife http://ping.fm/hqHMk
Today in history in 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger 10 explodes 73 sec after liftoff
1984 Record 295,000 dominoes toppled Fuerth, W. Germany
1965 The Who make their 1st appearance on British TV
1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington DC
1807 London’s Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
January 28 is Daisy Day/ Pop Art Day/ Challenger Remembrance (exploded in 1986)/ National Blueberry Pancake Day/ Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day/ Sesame Street’s Ernie’s Birthday/ National Kazoo Day/ Gone-ta-pott Day
STORY OF THE DAY: “Each of us girls was given of choice of where we could go while she was in the hospital. We could stay with my father, who was now living in California again; we could stay with my Grandparents or we could stay with my Aunt Phyllis who lived across the street.” http://ping.fm/6ugou
Cool Twitter name of the day: @TatteredCover http://ping.fm/K7AKR
Today in history in 1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial
1967 Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White &Chaffee
1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game
1888 National Geographic Society organizes in Washington DC
1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
January 27 Holocaust Memorial Day/ Punch the Clock Day/ Mozart’s Birthday (b.1756)/ National Activity Professionals Day/ National Toilet Day aka Thomas Crapper Day/ Mad Tea Party Day (Lewis Carroll’s, author of Alice’s Adventures in/ Fun at Work Day
January 26 is Television’s B-day/ Clashing Clothes Day/ Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement/ National Peanut Brittle Day/ Australia Day (Jan 26, 1788)/ Rocky Mountain National Park (Started in 1915)/ Disneyland Founded (Groundbreaking in 1954)
Today in history in 1995 New Jersey Governor Christine Whitman dedicates a rest stop to Howard Stern
1992 Americans with Disabilities Act went into effect
1988 Australia’s 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1956 Buddy Holly’s 1st formal recording session
STORY OF THE DAY: “My elder sister was married at fourteen, to a man she was forced to wed. She belonged to him now, so it was an unwritten law that I was to look after my seven younger siblings.” http://ping.fm/tHiJ0
STORY OF THE DAY: “…do you know how a two year old looks after an adventure into a five gallon bucket of corn picker grease?” http://ping.fm/Vk7N1
Cool Twitter name of the day: @weronthenet http://ping.fm/fYWnn
Today in history in 1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL’s 2nd all time scorer
1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights by Britain and France
1970 World’s largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st...
January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day/ Women’s Healthy Weight Day/ National Hugging Day