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[MrB8]

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[TPW]

^^^^ Love Toothless! ^^^^^


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[TPW]

January 17th

Today is...



Polar Bear Dip/Swim Day
(Yep, I've actually done this ^^^ on numerous occasions :snow

Cable Car Day

Ditch New Years Resolutions Day

Hot Heads Chili Day :target:

Judgment Day

Kid Inventors' Day :nerd:

Popeye Day


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[closed224]

I did the polar bear for about 20 years in a row. West Yellowstone fund raising champion. And then of course I got a little tipsy last night and accidently ddid it again.

 

[not2big]

1377 - Pope Gregory XI moves the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.

1524 - Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China. He finally gave up and built a bridge from Brooklyn to Staten Island.

1595 - King Henri IV of France declares war on Spain

1871 - 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873 He was tired of seeing horses die while pulling cars up the hills of SF.

1911 - Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly

1920 - First day Prohibition comes into effect in the US as a result of the 18th amendment and the Cusp family goes further into a depression.

1929 - Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"

1961 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex". Apparently he wasn't taken seriously

1991 - Operation Desert Storm begins against Saddam Hussein

 

[TPW]

January 18th

Today is...



National Winnie the Pooh Day

Thesaurus Day :nerd:

National Sanctity of Human Life Day (Pro-Life Day) :baby:

World Religion Day ray2:​

 

[not2big]

In History:

1126 - Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.
1535 - Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima, Peru1644 - Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting

1650 - French Prince Louis II of Condé captured

1671 - Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama

1788 - The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts, including Peg's an esters, from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony

1973 - John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC

1974 - "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV

1993 - Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time

 

[closed224]

Would that be Cusps great, great, whatever Captain Morgan?

On a side note the Tao of Pooh is a great read.

 

[TPW]

January 19th

Today is...



Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

National Day of Service

National Popcorn Day opcorn:op2:

Robert E. Lee Day

Tin Can Day

World Day of Migrants and Refugees


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[JonPop]

Popcornopolis rules.

Robert E. Lee was my great, great, great Grandfather. On my Mothers side.

 

[TPW]

Popcornopolis rules.

Damn Skippy, it does! :hungry:

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[not2big]

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In History:

1419 - French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War

1785 - First manned balloon flight in Ireland

1825 - Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans

1898 - Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game

1915 - Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude


1935 - Coopers Inc. sells the world's first men's briefs in Chicago, calls it the "Jockey"

1955 - "Scrabble" debuts on board game market

1966 - Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister

1977 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.

1985 - "Born In The USA" by Bruce Springsteen peaked at #9

 

[TPW]

January 20th

Today is...



Penguin Awareness Day
(Hey Wishful :wave

Camcorder Day

Inauguration Day

National Buttercrunch Day

National Cheese Lovers Day

National Disc Jockey Day :resin:

Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day

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[CUSP82]

How come it's all those things? Can't we have one thing on one day just so that thing could be special? I mean if I were cheese I'd be pissed thinking that I had to share it with buttercrunch!

 

[not2big]

250 - St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) and starts his singing career

1523 - Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.

1892 - 1st basketball game played (Mass)

1945 - Franklin D. Roosevelt sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President

1954 - -70°F (-57°C), Rogers Pass, Montana (US 48 state record)

1955 - The first nuclear powered submarine, USS Nautilus, launched at Groton, Connecticut

1961 - The Democrat J.F. Kennedy is inaugurated as President of the United States, the youngest ever sworn in

 

[TPW]

January 21st

Today is...



National Hugging Day :grouphug:

National Granola Bar Day

National New England Clam Chowder Day

Squirrel Appreciation Day

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[not2big]

In History:

1077 - German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness1793 - Louis XVI of France is executed by the guillotine in Paris, following his conviction for high treason.

1887 - Brisbane receives a daily rainfall of 465 millimetres (18.3 inches), a record for any Australian capital city.

Hey Trotsky! 1908 - NYC regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public

1942 - Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"

1968 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

1978 - Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks

1994 - Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane when she cut off her husband's penis

2008 - The Eyak language in Alaska becomes extinct as its last native speaker dies.

 

[TPW]

January 22nd

Today is...

Answer Your Cat's Questions Day

Celebration of Life Day :whoo:

Data Innovation Day :nerd:

National Blonde Brownie Day:hungry:

National Hot Sauce Day :target:

Roe vs. Wade Day

Women's Healthy Weight Day


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[JonPop]

Well. That sure did mess with my cats minds today.
They were running around trying to find those cats. Funny

 

[closed224]

That last cat one looked a lot like me asking ladies to dance.