Good morning and welcome to the question of the day for Sunday, September 14, 2014. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo. Some famous people who share your birthday are actors Jack Hawkins, Zoe Caldwell, Nicol Williamson, Sam Neill, Melissa Leo and Jesse James; scientist Ivan Pavlov, composer Johann Michael Haydn, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger, feminist/author Kate Millett and singer Amy Winehouse.
Today’s Question:
What is on your computer or desktop? Do you have personalized wallpaper or do you use one from the menu of your operating system? Post a screen shot if you like.
It's flowers and it's on the menu, not even sure how to personalize it
Bonus Question:
Have you ever tried online dating sites? If you did, how did it go?
No I've never done that, thought about it but not yet
If you are (or have been) married or partnered, how did you meet your significant other?
I met both my exes through friends
What is your best advice for someone who has just gone through a breakup?
Give yourself plenty of time to get over it before getting involved again
Just For Fun:
What were your favorite breakfast cereals when you were growing up? Do they still make them now? Do you still eat them?
I liked Lucky Charms and I loved Golden Grahams, and yes they still make both of them and I eat them on occasion, not very often
Did you watch cartoons or read comic books as a kid?
watched cartoons
Who were your favorite characters?
Speedy Gonzalas, Scooby and Shaggy, Tom and Jerry
Today in History:
1662 – England and Netherlands sign peace treaty.
1716 – First lighthouse in American colonies lit (Boston Harbor).
1741 – George Frideric Handel completes oratorio “The Messiah” after working non-stop for 23 days.
1752 – Britain and American colonies adopt Gregorian calendar (no Sept 3 - Sept. 13).
1807 – Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor in the duel that killed Alexander Hamilton.
1812 – Napoleon occupies Moscow.
1814 – Francis Scott Key writes the poem that becomes the lyrics to “Star-Spangled Banner,” the U.S. national anthem.
1829 – Russian-Turkish war ends.
1847 – U. S. Marine troops enter Mexico City (“the halls of Montezuma”).
1848 – Alexander Stewart opens the first U.S. department store.
1862 – Federal troops escape from beleaguered Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
1868 – Golf’s first recorded hole in one (Tom Morris at Prestwick’s 8th hole).
1876 – Explorer-journalist Henry Morton Stanley’s expedition leaves Rwanda.
1886 – George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents the first typewriter ribbon.
1894 – Hottentot uprising in Southwest Africa fails.
1899 – Henry Bliss becomes first automobile fatality in the U.S.
1901 – Theodore Roosevelt sworn in, becoming youngest U.S. President in history.
1923 – Jack Dempsey KO’s Luis Firpo in 2 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1930– Nazis gain 107 seats in German election.
1938 – Graf Zeppelin, world’s largest airship, makes maiden flight.
1939 – British fleet attacks German U-39 boat.
1940 – German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; hundreds die.
1944 – Hurricane hits New England; 389 die.
1948 – Ground breaking ceremony for UN world headquarters in New York City.
1948 – Milton Berle begins his TV career on Texaco Star Theater.
1953 – Nikita Khrushchev appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1953 – New York Yankees clinch 5th straight World Series pennant.
1957 – UN resolution deplores and condemns USSR invasion of Hungary.
1958 – Two rockets designed by German engineer Ernst Mohr reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 – USSR’s Luna 2 is the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
1960 – Chubby Checker’s hit record “The Twist” reaches #1.
1960 – Petroleum exporting cartel OPEC formed by Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
1964 – Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at the White House.
1972 – West Germany and Poland establish diplomatic relations.
1973 – Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s.
1975 – Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as first U.S.-born saint by Pope Paul VI.
1975 – Rembrandt’s 1642 painting “Night Watch” slashed and damaged in Amsterdam.
1978 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army explodes over 50 bombs in towns across Northern Ireland over the next 5 days, injuring 37 people.
1983 – U.S. House of Representatives votes 416 to 0 for a resolution to condemn Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner.
1994 – All 28 baseball team owners vote to cancel the rest of the 1994 season.
2001 – National Prayer Services in memory of the September 11 attacks held in the capitals of the U.S. and Canada.
2007 –Restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass are officially lifted by Pope Benedict XVI.
Word of the Day:
aleatory \ AY-lee-uh-tor-ee\
adjective
: characterized by chance or random elements
Example:
Tom and Renee’s romance had an aleatory beginning – for without the sudden rainstorm that forced them both to take refuge under the shop’s awning, would they ever have met?
Quote of the Day:
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” - Margaret Mead
Today is
National Cream-Filled Donut Day
National Pet Memorial Day
Thanks BayArea!!
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