The FReeper Foxhole Honors our Veterans - November 11th, 2005

Department of Veterans Affairs and The Foxhole

[snippy_about_it]

Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer
for all those serving their country at this time.


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U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues

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Veterans Day



To our veterans - Thank You


Veterans Day

A day set aside to honor our country's living veterans. At the Foxhole honoring veterans is a major part of our mission.

Whereas we will not forget those who died or our POW/MIAs, and those who are currently serving, today we specifically honor those men and women living among us who have served our country in times past, our living veterans.

Especially here at the Foxhole we are blessed to have veterans as part of our Foxhole family both as readers and contributors.


We would like to welcome all our veterans to the Foxhole on this very special day as we attempt to honor you and thank you for your service to our country. Freedom is not free and our debt to you and those gone before you can never fully be paid. May God richly bless you all. Welcome home and we will never forget.

It matters not where, when or how your served; here at home or in a foreign land, in the air, at sea or on land; in peacetime or in war, on the battefield or behind a desk; on supply lines; as an engineer, a mechanic, an infantrymen, a cook or medic. You chose to volunteer or fullfilled your duty by the draft and served America and we are forever grateful. Every job is important as they all support each other and the cause of freedom.

Some sacrifices are greater, yes, and some service more dangerous than others, yet all service is sacrifice by the troop and their family and we highly respect that service. Some gave all, all gave some.

Thank you all - from SAM and snippy




"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." --Thomas Paine, Founding Father



"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their Nation."
--George Washington


"Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain."
--Dwight D. Eisenhower




Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime. In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank LIVING veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served - not only those who died - have sacrificed and done their duty.

--- Department of Veterans Affairs

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FReeper Foxhole Armed Services Links

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

[Samwise]

LOL. Yep, we had anchor bolts. They were yanked out with the screws. I guess we will have to get bigger ones. Although I'm thinking that maybe we should just patch the brick. Hubby has mentioned that he would like a regular flagpole. That might make a nice Spring project. Hubby is in charge of bolts, screws, and digging holes, so it's up to him. :^)

[Valin]

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on November 17:
0331 Flavius Claudius Julianus, [Julian the Apostate], emperor
1503 Il Bronzino Florentine painter (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son)
1587 Joost van den Vondel Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha)
1790 August Ferdinand Mobius mathematician, inventor (Mobius strip) (A one sided person)
1814 Joseph Finegan Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885
1826 John McArthur Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1834 Stephen Hinsdale Weed Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1878 Grace Abbott Grand Island NB, social worker (US Children Bureau)
1887 Bernard L Montgomery British general (WW II-African campaign)
1890 Jack Cusack pro football pioneer (Canton Bulldogs)
1900 Marcel Dalio Paris, actor (Casablanca)
1901 Lee Strasberg director/instructs actors (Somewhere in the Night)
1904 Isamu Noguchi sculptor (1963 Fine Arts Medal)
1914 Archie Campbell Bullsgap TN, comedian (Hee Haw)
1916 Shelby Foote, American writer famous for his three volume book on America’s Civil War, was born.
Shameless Plug
"LIVE" WITH TAE Shelby Foote
The American Enterprise ^ | January/February 2001 | Bill Kauffman / Shelby Foote
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1432585/posts
/Shameless Plug
1919 Hershy Kay Philadelphia PA, composer/arranger (Olympic Hymn)
1925 Rock Hudson Winnetka IL, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)
1929 Edgar White US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 Sumner White US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1952)
1930 Bob Mathias Tulare CA, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1948, 52)
1930 David Amram Philadelphia PA, composer (Splendor in the Grass)
1935 Anton Sailer Austria, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1956)
1938 Gordon Lightfoot Ontario Canada, folksinger (Sundown)
1942 Martin Scorsese Queens, dir (Mean Streets, GoodFellas, The Last Waltz)
1943 Lauren Hutton Charleston SC, model (American Gigolo, Lassiter)
1944 Danny De Vito Neptune NJ, actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins)
1944 Tom Seaver pitcher (NY Met, 300 game winner, Cy Young '69 '73 '75)
1945 Elvin Hayes NBA star (San Diego, Houston, Baltimore)
1948 Howard "the duck" Dean, EX-governor of Vermont (1991-2002), Head of the Democrat Party was born.
1952 Roman Codreanu Romania, wrestler (Olympic-1980)
1955 Bill McCreary Ontario, NHL referee
1958 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Oak Park IL, actress (Color of Money)
1962 Traci Lords fictious birth date to do porn movies (actual 5/7/68)
1963 Pedro Luis Estrada Brooklyn NY, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1964 Daisy Fuentes Havana Cuba, VJ (MTV International)
1964 Marina Tcherkasova US, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
1974 Brandon Call actor (Baywatch, Blind Fury, Step by Step)

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Deaths which occurred on November 17:
0474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies
1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1558 Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58
1796 Catharine II ("the Great"), empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1917 Auguste Rodin sculptor, dies in Meudon, France
1962 Arthur Vining Davis CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 92 in Miami
1978 Claude Dauphin actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75
1978 James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80
1979 John Grascock of Jethro Tull, dies at 27 following heart surgery
1981 Bob Eberly singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65
1982 Bill Baldwin announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
1982 Duk Koo Kim S Korean boxer was legally declared dead
1982 Ruth Donnelly comedienne, dies at 86 in NYC
1985 Jimmy Ritz of Ritz brothers, dies of heart failure at 81
1986 Alan Hewitt actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
1987 Irene Wicker singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
1998 Esther Rolle, Actress ("Good Times.") died age 78
2002 Israeli statesman Abba Eban (87) died.

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Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
17-Nov-2003 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Captain Nathan S. Dalley Baghdad Non-hostile - weapon discharge
US Captain James A. Shull Baghdad Non-hostile - weapon discharge (accid.)
US Chief Warrant Officer Alexander S. Coulter Ba’qubah - Diyala Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Staff Sergeant Dale A. Panchot Albu Shukur - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire

17-Nov-2004 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lance Corporal Michael Wayne Hanks Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire


Afghanistan
A GOOD DAY


http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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Go here and I'll stop nagging.
http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

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On this day...
1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins
1558 Elizabeth I ascends English throne upon death of Queen Mary
1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
1800 Congress held 1st session in Washington DC
1800 John Adams is 1st president to move into the White House
1842 Fugitive slave George Latimer, captured in Boston
1862 Union General Ambrose Burnside marches north out of Washington, D.C., to begin the Fredericksburg campaign
1862 Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns
1869 Suez Canal opens (Egypt)
1875 Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott
1884 Cops arrest John L Sullivan in 2nd round for being "cruel"
1885 The Serbian Army, invades Bulgaria
1889 Union Pacific begins daily through service, Chicago-Portland & San Francisco
1894 Daily Racing Form founded
1913 1st US dental hygienists course established, Bridgeport, Ct
1913 Panama Canal opens
1917 Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press
1926 NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Toronto St Pats 4-1
1927 Tornado hit Washington DC
1934 Lyndon B Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
1937 Britain's Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
1938 Italy passes their own version of the anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1940 Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
1945 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
1948 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry
1956 Fullback Jim Brown, Syracuse, scores 43 pts (NCAA rec) vs Colgate
1959 De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond
1962 President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Wash DC
1965 NVA ambush American troops of the 7th Cavalry at Landing Zone Albany in the Ia Drang Valley, almost wiping them out
1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour)
1967 Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off the Moon
1968 Heidi bowl-NBC misses Oakland's rally to beat Jets, 43-32
1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
1973 President Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1977 Miss World Contest - Miss UK wears $9,500 platinum bikini
1980 John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
1981 NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
1988 Benzir Bhutto wins election in Pakistan
1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract
1989 20,000+ people hold pro--democracy rally in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Police attack with clubs & teargas
1991 Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralyzed in a game vs Los Angeles Rams
1992 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test (SHOCK)
1992 Senators John Kerry of Massachusetts, Tom Daschle of South Dakota make an unprecedented tour of Vietnam's military headquarters looking for MIA's.
1993 US Congress votes for NAFTA
1995 Pres. Clinton and Monica Lewinsky engaged in their 2nd sexual encounter. This occurred during a phone call to Rep. H. L. "Sonny" Callahan (R., Ala.) to secure his vote against an attempt to deny funds to commit troops in Bosnia
1997 60 people were killed when six Islamic Terrorists Muslim Brotherhood) opened fire on a group of tourists at Luxor, Egypt. A three hour gun battle claimed 10 more lives, including those of the gunmen
1999 Over 10,000 people protested against the arrival of Pres. Clinton in Greece.
2000 The Clinton family is warmly received in Hanoi, Vietnam
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger, sworn in as the 38th governor of California. He immediately rolled back the state's 300% increase in the vehicle license fee
2004 Millions of locusts swarmed into northern Egypt for the first time in 50 years.
2005 CMS prepares for his 2nd tour in Iraq. Women of America go into a period of mourning. Abu al-Zarqawi soils himself.

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Zaire : Army Day
US : National Geography Awareness Week (Day 4)
US : Homemade Bread Day
Take A Hike Day
West Germany : Repentance Day
TV Sweeps Month

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Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of St Anianus' Day (bishop/martyr)
RC : Comm of St Gregory the Wonderworker, bishop/confessor
Ang : Commemoration of Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln
RC, Luth : Mem of Elizabeth of Hungary, princess/widow

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Religious History
0003 (BC) According to early Christian theologian Clement of Alexandria (ca.155_ca.220 AD), Jesus Christ was born on this date.
1758 English churchman Philip Embury, 30, married Margaret Switzer. Afterward immigrating to America, Embury was later encouraged by his cousin Barbara Heck to found a Methodist society in New York City in 1768. Embury thus became the first Methodist preacher in North America.
1775 Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'Rational assent may be the act of our natural reason; faith is the effect of immediate almighty power.'
1876 English_born Rodney ("Gipsy") Smith, 16, was converted to a living faith. Smith later became an English Wesleyan singing evangelist whose preaching emphasized the love of God.
1906 In Toronto, Ellen Hebden experienced a Pentecostal baptism, followed soon after by her husband James. Their East End Mission afterward became a source and focal point for establishing Pentecostal holiness throughout Canada.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Walmart fails to ban office romance

Wal-Mart has lost a court appeal to try to legally ban its employees in Germany from having office romances.
The regional industrial tribunal in Dusseldorf upheld an earlier verdict by the local Wuppertal industrial tribunal that the company's "ethics rules" were in breach of German law.

Wal-mart tried to introduce a 28-page ethical code that forbids "lustful glances and ambiguous jokes" as well as "sexually meaningful communication of any type".
And it said: "You may not go out with or have a relationship with someone who could influence your employment situation or whose employment situation you could influence."
Wal-Mart also required its 10,500 German employees to report violations of the code, including alcohol and drug use, to a telephone hotline - a move also banned by the courts.

According to the tribunal, rules that govern personal relationships, though common in the US, are incompatible with German labour laws and agreement with the regional labour council would be necessary to implement them.
Wal-Mart management defended the disputed passages, saying they were only trying to protect their employees from sexual harassment.

Wal-Mart still has one more chance to appeal the verdict at the Federal Labour Court in Erfurt.

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Thought for the day :
"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives."
Abba Eban

[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Folks~

Crickethead Inn, Saguaro National Park, Arizona

[w_over_w]

1968 Heidi bowl-NBC misses Oakland's rally to beat Jets, 43-32

One of the most exciting finishes in sports history was not seen on television. This football game became known as the Heidi Bowl (or Heidi Game). On November 17, 1968, the New York Jets led the Oakland Raiders 32-29, with 50 seconds to go. It was the end of the hour, and even though the score was close, NBC switched over to the movie Heidi. In the next 42 seconds, Oakland scored two touchdowns to win 43-32.

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In the words of Howard Cosell, "it makes you wonder".

[snippy_about_it]

Whoa, that's a mean looking anchor bolt. That's what we need out here in windy Oregon.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning PE.

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning sweetie.

[w_over_w]

Morning! Say "hey" to Sam and give Sarge a pat.

xoxox

[Professional Engineer]

howdy ma'am

it's lunch minute

[Professional Engineer]

1938 Gordon Lightfoot Ontario Canada, folksinger (Sundown)

Ya' think he's ever heard of Gitchaguumee?

[Professional Engineer]

Ooooo purty

[CholeraJoe]

Both. That's why SAM would object. It's where the sun doesn't shine.

[alfa6]

Well it's FRIDAY for y'all but it's Monday on nites for me.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. It's Friday!

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on November 18
1786 Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, German composer (Der Freischutz)
1787 Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist
1789 Louis Daguerre (theater scene painter, physicist, inventor: daguerreotype photographic process)
1824 Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1836 Cesare Lombroso (professor of psychiatry: founder: criminology: identifying criminals by personality types)
1836 Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (comic opera libretto writer: team: Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance)
1860 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, composer/1st premier of Poland (1919-20)
1874 Clarence Shepard Day, NYC, author (Life with Father)
1882 Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas)
1899 Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
1901 Craig Wood (golf champion: PGA Hall of Famer: Masters [1941], U.S. Open [1941])
1901 George Gallup (pollster whose opinion polls became famous by predicting FDR's win in 1935)
1908 Imogene Coca (Emmy Award-winning comedienne, actress: Your Show of Shows [1951]
1909 Johnny Mercer (Academy Award-winning composer, lyricist
1916 Amelita Galli-Curci (singer: opera soprano)

1923 Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14) first American in space)

1925 Gene Mauch (baseball manager: Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels, Mn. Twins,Montreal Expos)
1926 Roy Sievers (baseball: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder: Rookie of the Year [1949])
1936 Hank Ballard (singer, songwriter: group: The Midniters: The Twist, Finger Poppin' Time, Let's Go, Let's Go
1939 Brenda Vaccaro (Emmy Award-winning actress
1941 Gary Bettenhausen (auto racer: fastest Indy 500 qualifying time ever: 224.468 mph [1991])
1942 Jeffrey Siegel, Chicago Ill, pianist (Chicago Symph)
1942 Linda Evans (Evanstad) (actress: Dynasty, The Big Valley, Standing Tall, Hunter, North and South, Book II)
1948 Jack Tatum (football: Oakland Raiders safety: longest fumble return in history: 104 yards [1972 against the Green Bay Packers]; Super Bowl XI)
1950 Jameson Parker (actor: Simon & Simon, Prince of Darkness, A Small Circle of Friends, American Justice, Anatomy of a Seduction)
1953 Kevin Nealon (actor: Saturday Night Live, All I Want for Christmas, Roxanne)
1956 Warren Moon (football: Minnesota Vikings, Houston Oilers quarterback)
1968 Gary Sheffield (baseball)

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Deaths which occurred on November 17:

1678 Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer, dies at 36
1883 Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies
1886 Chester A Arthur, 21st pres (1881-85), dies in NY at 56
1911 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist, dies
1922 Marcel Proust, French author (Recherche du Temps Perdu), dies at 51
1962 Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), dies at 77
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95oct/nbohr.html
1965 Henry A Wallace, VP (1941-45)/founder (Progressive Party), dies at 77
1966 Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies
1969 Joseph P Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, dies in Hyannis Port Mass, at 81
1978 Rev. Jim Jones, US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide
1978 Leo J Ryan, (Rep-Cal) & 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of People's Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members
http://www.geocities.com/oldsayville/jones.htm
1992 Dorothy Kirsten, US soprano, dies from stroke at 82
1994 Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/singer/actor (Minnie the Moocher, Blues Brothers), dies at 86

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Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties

Iraq
18-Nov-2003 1 | US: 0 | UK: 0 | Other: 1
UKR Captain Aleksiey Bondarenko Al Kut - Wasit Non-hostile - weapon discharge (suicide)

18-Nov-2004 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Joseph M. Nolan Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Luis A. Figueroa Fallujah - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire



Afghanistan
11/18/01 Parker, Vincent Engineman 1st Class 38 Navy Persian Gulf
11/18/01 Johnson, Benjamin Electronics Technician 3rd Class 21 Navy Persian Gulf



http://icasualties.org/oif/
Data research by Pat Kneisler
Designed and maintained by Michael White
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Go here and I'll stop nagging.
http://soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php

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On this day...
1307 William Tell shoots apple off his son's head
1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing 10,000 in Netherlands
1477 "The Sayings of the Philosophers" ("Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers") was published. It is the earliest known book printed in England to carry a date.
1497 Vasco da Gama reaches the Cape of Good Hope
1626 St Peter's Basilica opens in Rome
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Carlisle
1776 Hessians capture Ft Lee, NJ
1787 1st Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
1804 Palver Purim 1st celebrated to commemorate miraculous escape

1805 Lewis & Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent

1820 Antarctica discovered by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer
http://www.stoningtonhistory.org/palmer2.htm
1852 State funeral of Duke of Wellington (London)
1860 Georgia legislature votes $1,000,000 to arm the state
1861 Fifth session of the Provisional Confederate Congress meets in Richmond, Virginia
1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
1883 Antonin Dvorak's "Husite Overture," premieres
1883 Standard time zones form by railroads in US & Canada set up four zones -- Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. [H]
1894 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (NY World)
1902 Bkln toymaker Morris Michton names teddy bear after Teddy Roosevelt
1905 George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara," premieres in London
1906 Anarchists bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
1909 US invades Nicaragua again, later overthrows Pres Zelaya
1916 Gen Douglas Haig finally calls off 1st Battle of the Somme in Europe
1928 Mickey Mouse made his screen debut in the landmark "Steamboat Willie" at the Colony Theater in New York City. The Walt Disney cartoon was the first with synchronized sound.
1929 Dr Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope"
1929 Large quake in Atlantic breaks Transatlantic cable in 28 places
1929 Stalin routes troops to Manchuria
1930 Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope/Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
1936 Germany & Italy recognize Spanish government of Generalissimo Francisco Franco (Note: Francisco Franco still dead)
1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1939 The Irish Republican Army explodes three bombs in Picadilly Circus
1941 British troops open attack on Tobruk, North-Africa
1941 Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1943 444 British bombers attack Berlin
1943 U-211 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1950 South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
1951 "See it Now" premieres on TV
1951 British troops occupies Ismailiya Egypt
1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight
1958 1st true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
1961 JFK sends 18,000 military "advisors" to South Vietnam
1963 Push-button telephones made their debut. Touch-tone service was available as an option for an extra charge.
1964 J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"

1966 US RC bishops ends rules against eating meat on Fridays
Burgers on Ma)

1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
1973 Greek regime calls emergency crisis due to mass protests
1975 Black-Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver returns to US
1976 Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 yrs of dictatorship
1978 914 people died in a mass suicide-murder led by the Rev. Jim Jones at the People's Temple commune in
Guyana, following the murder of Rep. Leo Ryan, R-Calif. It was the largest mass suicide in modern history.
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador/embassy espionage
1980 "Heaven's Gate" premieres (and closes)
1987 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station
1989 Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1990 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait
1991 Moslem Shiites release hostages Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland
1992 "Malcolm X" with Denzel Washington premieres in US
1992 It was Doomsday for Superman as the comic book detailing the superhero's death -- rumored to be temporary only hit newsstands.
1993 NAFTA passes House
1993 South Africa's ruling National Party and leaders of 20 other parties representing blacks and whites approved a new national constitution that provides fundamental rights to blacks.
1994 Palestinian police opened fire on Islamic militants outside a mosque in the Gaza Strip, sparking riots that killed at least 14 people and injured 200.
1997 FBI says no evidence of foul play in 1996 TWA 800 crash
1997 Rare black pearl necklace auctioned for record $902,000
1997 Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500
2002 International schools in Jakarta were closed following warnings from the United States and Australia they could be the target of terrorist attacks.
2002 Zimbabwe banned citizens from swearing or making offensive gestures during the passage of Pres. Mugabe's motorcades.
2003 Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that a ban on same sex marriage is illegal. Lawmakers given 180 days to allow gay marriages
2004 Clinton Presidential Center (and massage parlor) opens in Little Rock.
(Is it just me, or does this building really look like a trailer house?)

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

US : Split Pea Soup Week (Day 6)
US : Community Education Day
US : Culinary Week (Day 6)
US : Holidays Are Pickle Days (thru 12-31)
Albania Independence Day [1912]
Haiti Army Day (1803)
Latavia Independence Day.
Morocco Independence Day (thru 11-19)
National Accordion Month!

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Religious Observances
RC : Mem of Dedication of Basilicas of Peter & Paul, Rome (opt)
Ang : Feast of Hilda, Abbess of Whitby

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Religious History
1095 Pope Urban II opened the Council of Clermont. Summoned to plan the First Crusade, it was attended by over 200 bishops. Among its official policies, the Council decreed that a pilgrimage to Jerusalem made every other penance superfluous.
1302 Pope Boniface VIII published the bull "Unam Sanctam." It was the first papal writing to decree that spiritual power took precedent over temporal power, and that subjection to the pope was necessary to salvation.
1626 In Rome, the newly completed St Peter's Basilica was consecrated by Urban VIII. St. Peter's is presently the largest church in Christendom, with a length of 619 feet.
1866 English devotional writer Katherine Hankey, 32, penned the verses that we sing today as the hymn, "I Love to Tell the Story."
1966 This was the last required meatless Friday for American Roman Catholics, in accordance with a decree made by Pope Paul VI earlier this year.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

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Police? My onion rings are cold!'

A US woman was arrested for calling 911 after a restaurant served her cold onion rings.
Sharita Williams, 30, of Houma, Louisiana, told police the food was cold when she received it and the waiter refused to replace it.

So she dialled 911 from the Malt-N-Burger restaurant in Thibodaux, reports the Daily Comet.
Police turned up - but only to arrest Williams for wasting police time. She is due in court in December.

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Thought for the day :
"When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody."
W. S. Gilbert

[Valin]

MONDAY! It's no way to spend 1/7th of your life

[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Folks~

Lakewood, North Little Rock, Arkansas

[The Mayor]

November 18, 2005

A World In Labor

Read:
Romans 8:18-25

The whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. —Romans 8:22

Bible In One Year: Galatians 4-6

Every now and then the earth lets out a moan. Sometimes it's more of a scream, like a mother giving birth.

The apostle Paul said that "the whole creation groans and labors" (Romans 8:22). These groans often take the form of earthquakes, landslides, hurricanes, or tsunamis.

A song by Sarah McLachlan speaks to this instability and the often tragic results of such geologic flailing. Called "World On Fire," one verse describes dealing with tragedy this way:

"I watch the heavens and I find a calling; something I can do to change this moment. Stay close to me while the sky is falling; don't want to be left alone."

We aren't alone in longing for Jesus, our Savior, to return. As we wait, He is our constant companion. Like the earth, we rant and rave for God to make things right. We as His followers are called to wait "with perseverance" (v.25) in spite of our earthly uncertainties. Someday all of creation "will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God" (v.21).

Jesus said that He would be with us always, "even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). And we can trust Him to keep His word. —Dale Beaver

When earthquakes and calamities
Increasingly appear,
Look up, trust God, He's in control—
Redemption's drawing near. —Hess

Jesus makes possible our new birth and nature's rebirth.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
When Tragedy Strikes

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1997 Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500

I'll take the picture of a couple of ducks on Lakewood in Arkansas.