We Go Back That Far? a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.  

Ms. SE had a “milestone” birthday this summer while the children were still home from school, and it sparked a rather amusing discussion with the younger of the two boys.

He did the math and said, “Mom, you were born in the 1970’s?”

She told him yes and he said, “Wait, you mean we have ancestors going back to the 1950’s!?!”

Bless his young heart.

How about some funnies.

Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!

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Today is:

Battle of Britain Day -- UK

Dia de Nuestra Senora de la Bien Aparecida -- Santander, Spain

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 5, Health (sponsored by We, the World) 

Engineer's Day -- India

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) related observance

     Grito de Dolores -- Mexico (Cry of Dolores,a/k/a Father Hidalgo's Cry for Freedom Day, the evening before Independence Day)

     Virgin Mary of the Seven Sorrows Day -- Slovakia

Felt Hat Day (Traditional day upon which men started to wear their winter felt hats, similar to women beginning to wear white shoes on Memorial Day)

Ganesha Chaturthi -- Hindu (festival to honor the god of prosperity, prudence, and success, Ganesha; local customs and dates can vary, as can official government holiday status)

Get Ready Day -- US (help your community, workplace, or school to get ready for disasters or emergencies)   

Independence Day -- Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua (all in 1821)

International Day of Democracy -- UN

Make a Hat Day -- just for fun (and if you are a guy, make a felt hat)

National Creme de Menthe Day

National Hispanic Heritage Month -- US, through Oct. 15

National Linguine Day

National Cozy Mystery Day

Opening of Parliament -- Netherlands (holiday in The Hague)related observance

     Prinsjesdag -- Netherlands  (technically translates "Prince's Day;" the day Parliament opens and the reigning sovereign, now King William-Alexander, gives the Speech from the Throne and the Minister of Finance proposes next year's budget)

Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day -- Slovenia

Samvatsari -- Jain (final and most important day of the Paryushana Parva, the day focused on forgiveness)

Silpa Bhirasri Day -- Thailand

St. Catherine of Genoa's Day (Patron of brides, childless people, people in difficult marriages, people ridiculed for their piety, victims of adultery and unfaithfulness, widows; against adultery and temptation)

World Lymphoma Day 

Anniversaries Today:

Greenpeace is founded, 1971

Birthdays Today:

Heidi Montag, 1986

Prince Harry, 1984

Dave Annable, 1979

Josh Charles, 1971

Dan Marino, Jr., 1961

Tommy Lee Jones, 1946

Oliver Stone, 1946

Carmen Maura, 1945

Jessye Norman, 1945

Merlin Olsen, 1940

Gaylord Jackson Perry, 1938

Norm Crosby, 1927

Jackie Cooper, 1922

Fay Wray, 1907

Roy Acuff, 1903

Agatha Christie, 1890

Robert Benchley, 1889

William H. Taft, 1857

James Fenimore Cooper, 1789

François de La Rochefoucauld, 1613

Marco Polo, 1254

Debuting/Premiering Today:

USA Today(Newspaper first issue), 1982

"CHIPs"(TV), 1977

"Columbo"(TV), 1971

"I Spy"(TV), 1965

"Lost in Space"(TV), 1965

"Bachelor Father"(TV), 1957

"The Lone Ranger"(TV), 1949

Today in History:

The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy, 1616

The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow, 1812

The first Negro National Convention begins in Philadelphia, 1830

The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, 1831*

HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands, 1835

Antoinette Louisa Brown Blackwell becomes the first woman in the US to be ordained a minister (Congregationalist), 1853

Timothy Alder patents the typesetting machine, 1857

RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube, 1947

United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia, 1952

The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

*The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C., 1981

Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations, 1981

Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, 2008

In Australia, "Indeterminate" can now be listed on a passport as a gender, 2011

A previously unknown species of bottlenose dolphin is found by Australian researchers, and named Tursiops australis, 2011

Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor, 2013

Archaeologists document their find of the oldest-known brewery and the remains of 13,000-year-old beer in a cave in Haifa Israel, belonging to the nomadic Natufian people, 2018

Norman Lear becomes the oldest person to win an Emmy at age 97, in the variety special category for ABC’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience," 2019

SpaceX launches the first all-civilian spaceflight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a three-day orbit around Earth, 2021

Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia, Inc. brand of outdoor clothing, transfers ownership of the business to a non-profit organization so future profits can fight climate change, 2022

The storm named Boris leaves catastrophic flooding across central and eastern Europe, 2024

Armand "Mondo" Duplantis breaks his own world record with 6.30m, winning gold at the World Athletics Championships, 2025

Emilia D’Albero becomes the first American to ever win the Mondial du Fromage, considered the "Cheesemonger World Cup," in Tours, France, 2025

She Still Seems to Like Him (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week, and Poetry Monday, Beach Huts

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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.

Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays.  Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.

Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you.  What better way to start the week than with a smile!

Grandma keeps asking if Annie still loves our little Ben, her brother, as sometimes small children get jealous of the new baby.

So far, she seems to do just fine with him!

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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week.  While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.     

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Our dear friend Diane is taking a break

accommodations we must make

we miss her poetry and wit

but carry on as Poetry Monday's a hit!

Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border.  Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily.  Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!

This week the theme is Beach Huts.

colorful beach huts

lined up as strand sentinels

bring back memories

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He said, "I'll be a beach bum

and build a nice beach hut!

I'll use a lot of driftwood

and live on coconuts!"

His beach hut he did build

of wood and many palm leaves,

and he had lots of fun there,

but in the end, he grieves,

Since he was only seven

he had to leave it untended

when his parents took him home

as their vacation ended.

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Future themes are:

Sept 14 Beach Huts (Today!)

Sept 21 Solstice

Sept 28 Bonfire

Oct 5 Rocket

Oct 12 Contents of the Safe

(All themes are from the 365 Days of Drawing Prompts and Other Arts Facebook group.)

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Today starts Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week.  Petfinder.com wants you to remember just because a pet has some more unique needs doesn't mean s/he won't make a great companion.  Remember, every age, disability or breed of pet can make your life fuller than you ever imagined.  Our Tripod SissyCat did!

Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.

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Today is:

Battle of San Jacinto Day -- Nicaragua

Cochabamba Day -- Cochabamba, Bolivia (festival of the founding of the city)

Eat a Hoagie Day

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 4, Economic Justice (sponsored by We, the World) 

Feast of the Triumph of the Cross/Elevation of the Life Giving Cross/Holy Cross Day -- Christian

Festivals and Matsuri of Japan -- several throughout Japan, today and for the next several, most as harvest festivals or traditional horseback archery rituals)

       including the O Sannomiya Autumn Festival, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Festival, Tono Matsuri, Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri, Tsurugaoka-hachimangu Reitasai, Yachi Donga Festival, and Furusato Hyappei Festival

Hari Taika/Haritalika (Teej) -- CG, India; Nepal (Women's Festival, and in Nepal, a special holiday for Female Employees Only, to celebrate marriage) 

Hug a Crabby Stranger Day -- okay, as long as i don't end up on the evening news

Jeans for Genes Week -- UK (convince your school or workplace to let you pay for the privilege of wearing jeans one day this week, with the money going toward research of genetic diseases)   

National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day

Nutting Day -- British Isles tradition, the hazelnuts are supposed to be perfectly ripe on this day

Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln -- Switzerland

San Jacinto Day -- Nicaragua

St. Notburga's Day (Patron of agricultural workers, husbandmen, peasants, restaurant servers)

Tzom Gedaliah -- Judaism (Fast of Gedalia, a dawn to dusk day of fasting to lament the assassination of Gedalia the righteous governor of Judea)

Birthdays Today:

Amy Winehouse, 1983

Dan Cortese, 1967

Faith Ford, 1964

Wendy Thomas, 1961 (Namesake of Wendy's Hamburgers)

Mary Crosby, 1959

Sam Neill, 1947

Joey Heatherton, 1944

Nicol Williamson, 1938

Walter Koenig, 1936

Kate Millett, 1934

Harve Presnell, 1933

Zoe Caldwell, 1933

Constance Baker Motley, 1921

Clayton Moore, 1914

Stanley Ketchel, 1886

Margaret Higgins Sanger, 1879

Ivan Pavlov, 1849

James Wilson, 1742

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Golden Girls"(TV), 1985

"The Waltons"(TV Series), 1972

"Ironside"(TV), 1967

"Have Gun Will Travel"(TV), 1957

"The Turn of the Screw"(Opera), 1954

Today in History:

Domitian becomes emperor of Rome upon the death of his brother Titus, 81

Harun al-Rashid becomes Abbasid Caliph upon the death of his brother, al-Hadi, 786

The first lighthouse in the US, in Boston, is lit, 1716

George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days, 1741

Napoleon occupies Moscow; fires begin that will not be fully extinguished for 5 days, 1812

Francis Scott Key witnesses the battle which inspires him to write "The Defense of Fort McHenry", later retitled "The Star-Spangled Banner", 1814

George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon, 1886

President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, 1901

Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City, 1948

The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it, 1959

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded, 1960

The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI, 1975

President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated, 1982

Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean, 1984

The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, belting 10 of them, 1987

Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations, 1999

Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks; a similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital, 2001

In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union, 2003

NASA reveals the Space Launch Program to replace the Space Shuttle program, 2011

The Bodleian Library confirms that the earliest evidence of the zero symbol found to date is a Bakhshali (Pakistani) manuscript that carbon dating puts as coming from the 3rd or 4th century, 2017

Astronomers report a possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphine in the planet's atmosphere by telescope, 2020

The US records its lowest level of poverty since records began in 1967, at 9.1%, 2021

A NASA probe into UFO sightings is inconclusive due to lack of what they call "good data," while not completely dismissing the possibility, 2023

The US Navy commissions its first mixed-gender submarine, the USS New Jersey, 2024