Walt Disney went to Hollywood in 1923 with $40 in his pocket. A perfect example of how big oaks from little acorns grow.
The FBI has 38,000 employees.
Michelangelo’s talents exceeded art. Actually he considered himself first and foremost a sculptor. A poet also. He wrote in excess of 3,000 poems.
Helen Keller met 13 Presidents, wrote 14 books , and was nominated for the Noble Peace Prize in 1953.
Eisenhower’s approval rating in December 1959 was 77 percent. Trump would love to have that number. Or even close to it!
Russia is in the fifth year of the Ukraine War. Putin’s ratings at home are falling. The Russian people are voicing despair.
Italy a complex nation. Every European country at one time or another sent its people to settle in Italy. Some remained, some left. Whatever, each established a piece of its culture within Italy’s borders. This settlement of Italy began some 4,000 years ago.
I have a clear memory of Woolworth’s. From my early youth till its demise. In 1979, Woolworth’s had five thousand stores world wide. Beginning in 1980, they began closing. The U.S. for example had changed. People were moving to the suburbs and shopping in shopping malls and centers. Woolworth’s continued to remain downtown, did not follow its customers.
A sad observation. John Wayne has always been America’s hero. One thing few today are aware of is that he was anti-black and anti-Semitic. Openly so.
Jim Furyk has been named Captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team for the 2027 Tournament.
Anais Nin: “We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.”
The first time President Truman was briefed on the Manhattan Project was soon after he took office in 1945. Truman eventually made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. Accelerated the end of the war and saved the lives of a multitude of American military.
We live and learn. Benjamin Franklin only had two years of formal education. From 8-10 years of age. At 10, he had to quit school as his father required him to work in his printing business. How then did Franklin become so intelligent? He was self educated. He became a voracious reader.
John Archibald Wheeler: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
On this day in 1990, the first McDonald’s opened in the Soviet Union.”
Octopuses have extraordinary intelligence.
It happens. In April 1942, the U.S.S. Sturtevant left Key West via the Northwest Channel. It “strayed” into the U.S. Navy’s minefield and was sunk. Seventeen Americans killed.
Lucille Ball: “Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”
John Wilkes Booth was killed 12 days after assassinating President Lincoln.
One of the deadliest fires in history occurred during the wedding of Marie Antoinette and the subsequent King of France Louis XVI. Fireworks blew into spectators. Three thousand persons were killed.
In April 1805, U.S. Agent William Eaton led the U.S. Marines in battle “on the shores of Tripoli.”
King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. A total of 1,000 women. Turned his heart from God. 1 Kings 11:3.
Humans began drinking cow’s milk around 8,000 BCE.
A very short bit re Trump.
Both sides have walked away from the Pakistan peace talks. The situation cannot continue in a “stalemate.” Hopefully both sides can get together without a further shooting/bombing war. Especially the nuclear one Trump seems to want.
The prospective assassin at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner will be arraigned today.
I conclude with my dear friends Fran and Tom Dixon. Tom is well. We were supposed to go to dinner together last night. I had to beg out. Started feeling poorly around 2 in the afternoon and got increasingly sicker as the day progressed. I feel well this morning. We are rescheduled for tomorrow night.
Enjoy your day!