Fun Facts for Wednesday, January 7, 2015

National Bobblehead Day

Fun Facts for Wednesday, January 7, 2015

The 7 day of the year

358 days left to go 

THIS WEEK IS

• Home Office Safety and Security Week
• National Folic Acid Awareness Week
• National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
• Universal Letter Writing Week
• National Pizza Week

TODAY IS

• Harlem Globetrotter's Day
• I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day
• International Programmers' Day
• Orthodox Christmas
• National Tempura Day (Recipe)
• National Bobblehead Day (Create Custom Bobblehead)

ON THIS DATE...
1610: Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able distinguish the last two until the following day.
1782: The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.

1785: balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard completed the first solo crossing of the English Channel.  

1789: the first presidential election was held.  The people voted for electors who later selected George Washington as the first president and John Adams as vice president. 
1830: The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company began rail service.
1894: W.K. Dickson received a patent for motion picture film.  

1896: the "Fannie Farmer Cookbook" was published. 


1924: composer George Gershwin completed "Rhapsody in Blue" (Song)  
1926: George Burns and Gracie Allen were married in Cleveland, Ohio. 
1927: the legendary Harlem Globetrotters played their first game in Hinckley, Illinois. 

1929: "Buck Rogers 2429 A-D" debuted in newspapers around the country. 




1940: "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch" opened on CBS Radio. 
1950: "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Gene Autry hit number one on the pop singles chart (Song)
1950: Ernest Tubb made his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. 
1953: President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union address, that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb. 
1955: Marian Anderson became the first black singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera (Song)

1958: the Gibson Guitar Company patented the "Flying V" guitar. 


1959: the United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.  Diplomatic relations were cut off after two years. 
1968: the United States Postal Service raised the price of stamps from five cents to six cents. 
1970: neighboring farmers sued Max Yasgur for 35-thousand dollars in damages caused by a music festival he hosted.  His legendary musical event became known as Woodstock. 
1985: Yul Brynner returned to the Broadway stage in his famous role as King of Siam in "The King and I." 

1990: officials closed the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy to tourists after learning that the tower was leaning too far and becoming structurally unsafe.  After eleven years of construction to fix the dangerous tilt and stabilize its foundation, the tower reopened to the public on December 15th, 2001.  

1994: Nancy Kerrigan withdrew from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit, a day after her right leg was severely bruised in an attack following a practice session.  Kerrigan's skating rival, Tonya Harding, went on to win the U.S. Women's title in Kerrigan's absence.  It was later revealed that Harding's ex-husband hatched the plot to injure Kerrigan in an attempt to keep her off the Olympic team.  
1999: for the second time in history, an impeached American president went on trial before the Senate.  President Clinton faced charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.  He was later acquitted. 

2001: the price of a first class U.S. postage stamp rose to 34 cents. 


2005: Hollywood super couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced their separation.  In a joint statement, Pitt and Aniston said they remained "committed and caring friends with great love and admiration" for each other.  
2008: just days ahead of the presentation of the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group behind the awards, announced that it was cancelling the ceremony due to the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike.  Instead, the group said it would announce the winners in a one-hour press conference to air on NBC. 

2009: President George W. Bush invited President-elect Barack Obama and former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter for a luncheon at the White House.  White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said the historic gathering was the first of its kind 27 years. 

2009: the Batman film "The Dark Knight" was the big winner at the 35th Annual People's Choice Awards (Dark Knight Trailer)



HISTORY SPOTLIGHT

First presidential election held on this day in 1789 (Source) 

The first presidential election was held on the first Wednesday of January in 1789. No one contested the election of George Washington, but he remained reluctant to run until the last minute, in part because he believed seeking the office would be dishonorable. Only when Alexander Hamilton and others convinced him that it would be dishonorable to refuse did he agree to run.



QUICK TRIVIA 

On this day in 1947, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts (Source)
           (Song)








WORD OF THE DAY

delitescent \del-i-TES-uhnt\ , adjective:      

concealed; hidden; latent.


"Marcy loved to play hide and seek, but his delitescent abilities were needed improvement"



INTRIGUING BIBLE FACT

After the resurrection, the Bible describes Jesus being at the right hand of God. 

"But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God" (Luke 22:69)

"But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God” (Acts 7:55-56).

"Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him" (1 Peter 3:21-22).



WORD FROM THE WORD 

As we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith. —Galatians 6:10



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