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Today is the 2nd day of the 7th week, the 12th day of the 2nd month, the 43rd day of 2018, and:
Clean Out Your Computer Day
Extraterrestrial Culture Day
Extraterrestrial Visitor Day
Hug Day - an annual event created by Kevin Zaborney and first celebrated in 1986 in Clio, Michigan, USA.
International Darwin Day – Charles Darwin was born 209 years ago
Lincoln's Birthday – remember when we used to get this off? Now we get “Presidents’ Day” and a holiday in January for MLK
NAACP Day – founded in 1909
National Freedom to Marry Day -- in 2004 San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Newsom.
National Lost Penny Day
National Plum Pudding Day
Oatmeal Monday – well I managed to celebrate this since I had oatmeal for breakfast!
Oglethorpe Day - British General James Edward Oglethorpe landed near what is now known as Savannah, GA in 1733
Paul Bunyan Day (Born 1834 in Bangor, ME)
Red Hand Day (AKA International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers)
Shrove Monday – how odd is it that this year Ash Wednesday is on Valentine’s Day and Easter is on April Fools’ Day?
On this day in ...
1825 – The Creek cede the last of their lands in Georgia to the United States government by the Treaty of Indian Springs, and migrate west.
1879 - First artificial ice rink in North America installed at Madison Square Gardens in New York City, NY.
1912 - Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates; China adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1924 – George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
1935 – USS Macon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
1947 – The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
1947 – Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
1961 – The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
1963 – Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
1994 – Four thieves break into the National Gallery of Norway and steal Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream.
2001 – NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
Quote of the day:
“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.”
~ Albert Einstein
And it is Monday….
Oh yeah, I know it's been a couple of days.... I’ll work on that writing and communicating thing, KK?
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