Note the drying action of the sunshine, finally returned.
Photo-Finish Friday is the brainchild of Leah at The Goat's Lunch Pail.
Today is:
Anniversary of the Founding of Lima -- Lima, Peru
Arbor Day -- Florida and Louisiana, US
Art Deco Weekend -- Miami, FL, US (for die hard fans; through Sunday)
Confession of St. Peter -- Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, and Anglican Christian
Feast of the Chair of St. Peter -- Roman Catholic Church (celebrated as the founding of the papacy)
Camel Wrestling Championship -- Selcuk, Turkey (a medieval tradition; through the weekend)
Feast of Neith -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (goddess of war and hunting; date approximate)
Four an' Twenty Day -- Scotland (24 days after Christmas)
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti -- Sikh
Hair Dryer Appreciation Day -- no history on this, but if you love your hair dryer, more power to you
Jazz Day -- Jazz gets recognized, it plays the Met!
Lee-Jackson Day -- Virginia, US
Loop Ice Carnival -- The Loop, St. Louis, MO, US (winter frolics, including the "Frozen Bun" run; through tomorrow)
Milwaukee Boat Show -- Milwaukee, WI, US (where boys can find their big toys; through the 27th)
National Lay Awake and Whisper in the Dark Night -- another one i can't fathom or find out why it even exists
National Peking Duck Day
Providence Boat Show -- Providence, RI, US (start of the boating season; through Sunday)
Revolution Day -- Tunisia
Royal Thai Armed Forces Day -- Thailand (former Siam)
Santa Prisca Day -- Taxco, Mexico
Slamdance -- Park City, UT, US (an independent film festival by and for film makers; through the 24th)
Southwestern Exposition Livestock Show and Rodeo -- Fort Worth, TX, US (the world's first indoor professional rodeo, since 1918; through Feb. 9)
Thesaurus Day -- birth anniversary of Peter Roget
Tip-Up Town USA -- Houghton Lake, MI, US (Michigan's largest family winter festival, through Sunday and next weekend, Friday-Sunday)
UFO Day -- see the history section, 1644
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity -- Christian (from the celebration of the Confession of St. Peter to the celebration of the Conversion of St. Paul, Jan. 25)
Winnie the Pooh Day -- birth anniversary of Winnie's author A.A. Milne
Birthdays Today
Dave Batista, 1969
Kevin Costner, 1955
Bobby Goldsboro, 1941
Constance Moore, 1920
Danny Kaye, 1913
Cary Grant, 1904
Oliver Hardy, 1892
A.A. Milne, 1882
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, 1856 (The African-American doctor who performed the first open heart surgery.)
Thomas A. Watson, 1854 ("Come here, Watson, I need you," said Bell)
Daniel Webster, 1782
Daigo, Emperor of Japan, 885
Anniversaries Today:
Wesley College, Melbourne is established, 1866
Today in History:
Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong, 1126
Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, Peru, 1535
The first documented UFO sighting in America, by some very perplexed pilgrims in Boston, 1644
Pirate Henry Morgan defeats the Spanish defenders and captures Panama, 1670
San Jose, California is founded, 1777
Captain James Cook stumbles upon the Sandwich Islands (Hawai'i), 1778
The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay, 1788
Electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, the first US electrical journal, begins publication, 1840
Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, J. C. Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom, 1884
Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England, 1886
The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time, 1896
President Theodore Roosevelt sends a radio message to King Edward VII: the first transatlantic radio transmission originating in the United States, 1903
The first shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania, flown by Eugene B. Ely), 1911
English explorer Robert F Scott & his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before, 1912
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia, 1915
A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri, 1916
The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden, 1944
Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut, 1958
A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War, 1974
Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease, 1977
Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs), 1981*
The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family, 1983
Boerge Ousland of Norway becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided, 1997
The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth, 2000
Sierra Leone Civil War is finally declared over, 2002
A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia, 2003
The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France, 2005
Hurricane Kyrill becomes one of Western Europe's deadliest storms, 2007
*Leading me to wonder why, and whether i am looking at the future of my own daredevil child!
So glad to learn your dryer is fixed. You must be very relieved.
ReplyDeleteoh yes the perfect solar power dryer! and you say you aren't creative??? Hah- I think your blog is quite creative and takes more than a bit of brain power to maintain it every day!
ReplyDeleteI still think clothes smell better having been dried in the sun than in a clothes dryer. But the machine is certainly easier.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's a relief with your usual family stuff, and all the wee blankets and things you probably need for the kittens... your loads of laundry must be endless.
ReplyDeleteYes, Leah, i am relieved.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathe. It's fun to do this.
Stephen, they do smell nicer, and the machine is just plain more expensive.
Hilary, i can average 2-3 loads a day, so yes, it's pretty constant.