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Carol H Tucker
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Today is the 4th day of the 40th week, the 5th day of the 10th month, the 279th day of 2016 [with only 80 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- Balloons Around the World Day
- Do Something Nice Day
- International Day of No Prostitution
- International Walk to School Day
- National Apple Betty Day
- National Kale Day
- National Storytelling Day
- Pet Obesity Awareness Day
- Random Acts of Poetry Day
- World Teachers' Day
On this day in 456 the Visigoths under king Theodoric II, acting on orders of the Roman emperor Avitus, invaded Iberia with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by the kings Chilperic I and Gondioc -- they defeated the Suebi under king Rechiar on the river Urbicus near Astorga (Gallaecia). In 1582, because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. In 1905 Wilbur Wright piloted the Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908. In 1947 the first televised White House address was given by Harry S. Truman. In 1955 the Disneyland Hotel opened to the public in Anaheim, California. In 1962 Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series starring Sean Connery as Agent 007, premiered in London, and the Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", was released in the United Kingdom. In 1969 the first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus aired on BBC One. In 1970 the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was founded. In 1984 Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. In 2001 Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.
I was asked today how long I planned to live and I gave the answer that I have given since I was a kid – I plan to live to be 100 years old. Yup, I am still holding onto that goal, although I do realize that tomorrow is promised to no one and I may not get there. I have always found it slightly disorienting to think of the future history, written about things that will be common place then that I cannot even imagine today.
Bilbo [courtesy of JRR Tolkien in the Fellowship of the Ring] put it better than I can:
“…I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall ever see
For still there are so many things
That I have never seen
In every wood in every spring
There is a different green
I sit beside the fire and think
Of people long ago
And people that will see a world
That I shall never know….”
Of course I also intend to be hale and hearty and active until the end…. Yup my life’s aspiration is to be a centenarian. I’ll let you know if I make it!
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