Just thinking..........
Sitting under my thinking tree--that's a Jacaranda for you. Keeps its leaves all winter and soon, they'll be dropping--getting ready for the gorgeous lavender flowers to come in May....
Anyway...the thinking part. I'm in the middle of another book and losing myself in that world. Always a good time for a writer. And I'm thinking about what's coming next and how fast the year's going--Hello?? March already??
And I'm thinking about doing a couple of blogs a week this month--especially since it's Women's History month....and along with my whole History Day thing, this could be fun.
So I'm warning you ahead of time, we'll be talking about the amazing women who were here long before us all this month. And I hope if you find some amazing women of your own, you'll share........
So start thinking........
Labels: history, trees, women, women's history
History Day...........
Welcome to History Day!! First up today....
1905, John Walker's fingerprints were the first ones to be exhanged between police officals in Europe and the U.S. Law enforcement units in London and St. Louis, MO completed the exchange--(much to every criminal's dismay)
And.....
1699, Pirate Captain William Kidd was captured in Boston and deported back to England
1885, Louis Pasteur, famous for pasteurizing milk, made history today by accomplishing the first effective antirabies innoculation (on a boy bitten by a rabid dog) Lucky kid. Wonder what he grew up to do??
1912, Jim Thorpe, a full blooded American Indian became known as the 'world's greatest athlete' at the Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden
1933, Baseball's first All Star game was held at Comiskey Park in Chicago. (American League won, 4-2 as Babe Ruth connected for the first All Star Game home run)
1957, Althea Gibson won the Wimbleton women's singles tennis championship. She was the first black tennis star to win the prestigious event
1994, fourteen firefighters were killed in Colorado, battling a days old blaze on Storm King Mountain
2000, Venus Williams beat her sister Serena at Wimbledon--Bet Althea Gibson would have loved watching that match!
Let's hear from you guys this week!! What've you got?
Labels: fingerprinting, history, tennis
History Day.........
Welcome to History Day.............
1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union
1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated by the Republican Party for a second term as President. (Wonder if he would have accepted if he'd known how it would turn out?)
1966, a merger was announced between the National and American football leagues to take effect in 1970
1967, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when Israeli forces raided the Liberty, a Navy vessel stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel called it a tragic mistake) ((I wonder how they could have mistaken a US Navy vessel for anything but what it was))
1998, the NRA votes in Charlton Heston as president
That's it for me! Let's hear from you!!
Labels: history, NRA, servicemen
History Day.......
It's History Day again!
Today, in 1896, the first Modern Olympics began! I don't have the names or countries of the guys on the left, but they were one of the first to bring back the Olympics!
In other news...
1909, Robert Peary became the first man to reach the North Pole. (I wonder if Santa greeted him?)
1917, Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany.
1956, Capitol Record building in Hollywood was dedicated. It was the first round office building designed in America and really does look like a stack of records.
1958 Arnold Palmer won his first Major golf tournament, The Masters
1983, Interior Secretary, James Watts BANNED THE BEACH BOYS from a Fourth of July celebration in DC, saying Rock and Roll bands attract the 'wrong element'. (I didn't know Senators liked rock and roll)
1992, SciFi author Isaac Asimov dies
Okay you guys, let's hear it!
Labels: history
