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Fun Facts for Monday, December 29, 2014
The 363 day of the year
2 days left in the year
THIS WEEK IS
- New Year's Resolutions Week
- Celebration of Life Week
- Diet Resolution Week
- Silent Record Week
TODAY IS
- Tick Tock Day
- Pepper Pot Day (Link)
ON THIS DATE...
1607: Indian chief Powhatan spared John Smith's life because of the pleas of Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas.
1845: Texas became the 28th state of the Union.
1848: President James Polk turned on the first gas light at the White House.
1851: the first Young Men's Christian Association, or Y.M.C.A., was organized in Boston.
1952: the first transistorized hearing aid was offered for sale by Sonotone Corporation.
1957: Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were married in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1963: WMCA in New York became the first radio station to play the Beatles classic "I Want To Hold Your Hand."
1972: the last weekly issue of "Life" magazine hit newsstands.
1989: Jane Pauley hosted NBC's "Today" show for the final time.
1995: "Mr. Holland's Opus" starring Richard Dreyfuss opened in theaters across the U.S..
2006: deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed for crimes against humanity.
2006: a funeral for the Godfather of Soul James Brown was held on this date in Augusta, Georgia. The 73-year-old soul legend died days earlier on Christmas Day.
2007: the NFL's New England Patriots completed a perfect regular season, becoming the first NFL team to go undefeated through the regular season since the Miami Dolphins did so 1972. New England clinched their perfect season record with a 38-35 defeat over the New York Giants at Giants Stadium, pushing their record to 16-and-0.
HISTORY SPOTLIGHT
Texas enters the Union on this day in 1845 (Taken from Link)
Six months after the congress of the Republic of Texas accepts U.S. annexation of the territory, Texas is admitted into the United States as the 28th state.
After gaining independence from Spain in the 1820s, Mexico welcomed foreign settlers to sparsely populated Texas, and a large group of Americans led by Stephen F. Austin settled along the Brazos River. The Americans soon outnumbered the resident Mexicans, and by the 1830s attempts by the Mexican government to regulate these semi-autonomous American communities led to rebellion. In March 1836, in the midst of armed conflict with the Mexican government, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
The Texas volunteers initially suffered defeat against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna--the Alamo fell and Sam Houston's troops were forced into an eastward retreat. However, in late April, Houston's troops surprised a Mexican force at San Jacinto, and Santa Anna was captured, bringing an end to Mexico's efforts to subdue Texas.
The citizens of the independent Republic of Texas elected Sam Houston president but also endorsed the entrance of Texas into the Union. The likelihood of Texas joining the Union as a slave state delayed any formal action by the U.S. Congress for more than a decade. In 1844, Congress finally agreed to annex the territory of Texas. On December 29, 1845, Texas entered the United States as a slave state, broadening the irrepressible differences in the United States over the issue of slavery and setting off the Mexican-American War.
QUICK TRIVIA
LIFE magazine's role in the history of photojournalism is considered its most important contribution to publishing. LIFE was wildly successful for two generations before its prestige was diminished by economics and changing tastes. (Link)
WORD OF THE DAY
verb (used without object), germinated, germinating.
1. to begin to grow or develop.
2. Botany. to develop into a plant or individual, as a seed, spore, or bulb. to put forth shoots; sprout; pullulate.
3. to come into existence; begin.
verb (used with object), germinated, germinating.
4. to cause to develop; produce.
5. to cause to come into existence; create.
"During hide and seek, the idea that Jake could hide in the attic began to germinate in his mind"
INTRIGUING BIBLE FACT
Oftentimes, God used word pictures to illustrate His truth
"The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will let you hear my words.” 3 So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was working at his wheel. 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do. 5 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the Lord. Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel" (Jeremiah 18:1-6).
WORD FROM THE WORD
When [Jesus] heard that [Lazarus] was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. —John 11:6
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