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Carol H Tucker
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my new year's resolution
Today is the 3rd day of the 2nd week, the 8th day of the 1st month, the 8th day of 2019, and:
- Argyle Day
- Bubble Bath Day
- Earth's Rotation Day
- Midwife's Day or Women's Day
- National English Toffee Day
- National Joy Germ Day
- National Man Watcher's Day
- National Poetry at Work Day
- National Shop for Travel Day
- National Winter Skin Relief Day
- Show and Tell Day at Work Day
- War on Poverty Day
- World Typing Day
ON THIS DAY IN ...
1454 – The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador.
1547 – The first Lithuanian-language book, Simple Words of Catechism, is published in Königsberg.
1610 - Simon Marius. a German astronomer, independently discovers the first three moons of Jupiter one day after Galileo
1656 - Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1675 - First American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co)
1735 – Premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1760 - Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 AUs of Earth
1816 – Sophie Germain wins the Paris Academy of Sciences' Grand Prize for her mathematical work on Elasticity (physics).
1828 – The Democratic Party of the United States is organized.
1835 – The United States national debt is zero for the only time during the term of Andrew Jackson, the first Democratic president.
1856 - Dr John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California
1884 - Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
1889 – Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
1902 - first National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Illinois)
1904 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
1935 - Spectrophotometer patented by AC Hardy
1936 – Kashf-e hijab decree is enforced by Reza Shah of Iran [Persia] ordering the police to physically remove the Hijab from any woman in public, turning dress into an integral problem of Iranian politics.
1951 - Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow (the Bermuda petrel) is rediscovered in Bermuda
1954 - Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
1956 - Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog" single goes #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
1962 - Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, frist pro appearance, he came in 50th
1963 – Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1966 - The Who & the Kinks perform on the last "Shindig" TV show on ABC
1973 – Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
1974 - Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London and silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
1981 – A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
1987 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time, ending the day at 2,002.25.
1994 – Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
2004 - The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
Quote of the day:
"The same power that moves the universe exists within our lives. Each individual has immense potential, and a great change in the inner dimension of one individual’s life has the power to touch others’ lives and transform society."
~ Daisaku Ikeda, “On Hardship & Hope”
Of late I have been feeling pretty helpless. I can’t do anything about the fluctuations of the stock market that is decimating the 401K, nor can I solve the little age related issues that are starting to impact my mobility. I can’t protect my children, I cannot keep them healthy nor guaranty their financial wellbeing. I can’t help my friend as much as I would like or light her darkness. I can’t keep my apartment building a pleasant place to live or my neighbors congenial. I can’t do much more than chew my fingernails as it appears to me that our democracy is being hijacked by old rich white men who are only interested in their own welfare.
But I can work on my spirituality and try to radiate the peace that I would like to see in the world. I can let it begin with me. I don’t have to be helpless.
And that gives me hope.
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