BIRTHDAYS: Edmond Halley, 1656; Milton Bradley (American Games manufacturer), Bram Stoker (English-Irish author of Dracula), 1847; Margaret Mitchell, 1900; Katherine Hepburn, 1909; June Havoc, 1916; Christian Barnard, 1923; Patti Page, 1927; Morley Safer, 1931; Alain Delon, 1935; Bonnie Raitt, 1949; Mary Hart, 1951; Christie Hefner, 1952.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1783 the first circulating library in America was founded in Philadelphia.
On this date in 1793 the Louvre Museum in Paris opened.
On this date in 1889 Montana became the 41st state.
On this date in 1895 X-Rays were discovered by the German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen.
On this date in 1910 a patent for a "Bug Zapper" was issued to W.W. Frost of Spokane, Washington.
On this date in 1923 Adolf Hitler and his followers broke into a Munich beer hall and proclaimed a new German government. He was arrested a few days later and sent to prison.
On this date in 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President for the first time.
On this date in 1942 U.S. and British forces invaded Nazi-held North Africa. It proved a major turning point in the outcome of the Second World War.
On this date in 1970 Tom Dempsey of the New Orleans Saints kicked a record field goal of 63 yards.
On this date in 1983 Democrat W. Wilson Goode became the first black mayor of Philadelphia.
On this date in 1988 George Bush and Dan Quayle celebrated their election. They won by a 54% to 46% margin. The Democrats won 10 states and 112 electoral votes, their best showing since 1976. Voter turnout was 50.16%, the lowest since 1924.
MEANINGLESS FACTS: Wooden purses used in New Calenodia have faces carved on them to watch out for thieves... Lady Heneage, famed English beauty, had so violent an allergy to roses that the touch of a rose petal blistered her skin... Ships negotiating the Oberland Canal in Purssia cross several hills on wheels. Believe it, or not.
TRIVIA: What 8-year-old boy was king of Jerusalem for one hundred days?
Humble, don't you think -- "I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train" (Oscar Wilde).
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From our archive: Thanks to L.M. for this one! YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING 'MARVELOUSLY MATURE' WHEN:
1. You and your teeth don't sleep together.
2. Your try to straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any.
3. At the breakfast table you hear snap, crackle, pop and you're not eating cereal.
4. Your back goes out but you stay home.
5. When you wake up looking like your driver's license picture.
6. It takes two tries to get up from the couch.
7. When your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.
8. When happy hour is a nap.
9. When you're on vacation and your energy runs out before your money does..
10. When you say something to your kids that your mother said to you and you always hated it.
11. When all you want for your birthday is to not be reminded of your age.
12. When you step off a curb and look down one more time to make sure the street is still there.
13. Your idea of weight lifting is standing up.
14. It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.
15. Your memory is shorter and your complaining lasts longer.
16. Your address book has mostly names that start with Dr.
17. You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.
18. The pharmacist has become your new best friend.
19. Getting "lucky" means you found your car in the parking lot.
20. The twinkle in your eye is merely a reflection from the sun on your bifocals.
21. It takes twice as long - to look half as good.
22. Everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt - doesn't work.
23. You look for your glasses for half an hour and they were on your head the whole time.
24. You sink your teeth into a steak - and they stay there.
25. You give up all your bad habits and still don't feel good.
26. You have more patience, but it is actually that you just don't care anymore.
27. You finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.
28. You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't even remember being on top of it.
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Thanks to L.S. for this one -- Some good news from all of this...
By now everyone has been hearing the death toll rise and reports of the destruction from the terrorist attacks on the US. These were deplorable acts that we will never forget. But now is a time to look at the other side of the numbers coming out of New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. The sad but somewhat uplifting side that the mainstream media has not reported yet - the SURVIVAL rates and some positive news about the attacks.
*** The Buildings ***
The World Trade Center -
The twin towers of the World Trade Center were places of employment for some 50,000 people. With the missing list of just over 5,000 people, that means 90% of the people targeted survived the attack. A 90% on a test is an 'A'.
* The Pentagon -
Some 23,000 people were the target of a third plane aimed at the Pentagon. The latest count shows that only 123 lost their lives. That is an amazing 99.5% survival rate. in addition, the plane seems to have come in too low, too early to affect a large portion of the building. On top of that, the section that was hit was the first of five sections to undergo renovations that would help protect the Pentagon from terrorist attacks. It had recently completed straightening and blastproofing, saving untold lives. This attack was sad, but a statistical failure.
*** The Planes ***
* American Airlines Flight 77
This Boeing 757 that was flown into the outside of the Pentagon could have carried up to 289 people, yet only 64 were aboard. Luckily 78% of the seats were empty.
* American Airlines Flight 11
This
Boeing 767 could have had up to 351 people aboard, but only carried
92.
Thankfully 74% of the seats were unfilled.
* United Airlines Flight 175
Another Boeing 767 that could have sat 351 people only had 65 people on board. Fortunately it was 81% empty.
* United Airlines Flight 93
This Boeing 757 was one of the most uplifting stories yet. The smallest flight to be hijacked with only 45 people aboard out of a possible 289 had 84% of its capacity unused. Yet these people stood up to the attackers and thwarted a fourth attempted destruction of a national landmark, saving untold numbers of lives in the process.
*** In Summary ***
Out of potentially 74,280 Americans directly targeted by these inept cowards, 93% survived or avoided the attacks. That's a higher survival rate than heart attacks, breast cancer, kidney transplants and liver transplants - all common, survivable illnesses.
The Hijacked planes were mostly empty, the Pentagon was hit at it's strongest point, the overwhelming majority of people in the World Trade Center buildings escaped, and a handful of passengers gave the ultimate sacrifice to save even more lives. Pass this information on to those in fear and the media. Don't fear these terrorists. The odds are against them.
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ANSWER: Jehoiachin -- II Chronicles 36:9 -- was the eight-year-old boy king of Jerusalem for 100 days, "Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."
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