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GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY! ISN'T IT A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY?
Reedy Cove Falls (Cliff Berinsky)
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY...
JUNE 13...
1920 - The U.S. Post Office Department ruled that children may not be sent by parcel post.
1966 - The landmark "Miranda vs. Arizona" decision was issued by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision ruled that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional rights before being questioned by police.
1967 - Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
1865 - William Butler Yeats was born. (Nobel Prize-winning poet & dramatist [1923]; passed Jan 28, 1939)
1949 - Dennis Locorriere was born. (musician: guitar, singer: group: Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Sylvia’s Mother, Sexy Eyes, The Cover of "Rolling Stone", When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman)
June 14...
1777 - The Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the national flag of the United States. The Flag Resolution stated "Resolved: that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation."
1900 - Hawaii became a U.S. territory.
1943 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schoolchildren could not be made to salute the U.S. flag if doing so conflicted with their religious beliefs.
1954 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an order adding the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance.
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe was born. (author: Uncle Tom’s Cabin; died July 1, 1896)
1909 - Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) Ives was born. (singer: A Holly Jolly Christmas, A Little Bitty Tear, Funny Way of Laughin’, Call Me Mr. In-Between; Academy Award winning actor: The Big Country [1958], Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, East of Eden, Smokey, Our Man in Havana, The Bold Ones, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; radio series: The Wayfaring Stranger [1944]; died Apr 14, 1995)
June 15...
1215 - King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta.
1752 - Benjamin Franklin experimented by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. The result was a little spark that showed the relationship between lightning and electricity.
1836 - Arkansas became the 25th U.S. state.
1963 - Helen (Elizabeth) Hunt was born. (Academy Award-winning actress: As Good As It Gets [1997]; Emmy Award-winning actress: Mad About You [1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999]; Swiss Family Robinson, It Takes Two, The Fitzpatricks, Amy Prentiss, Twister, Kiss of Death, Next of Kin, Peggy Sue Got Married, Quarterback Princess, Desperate Lives, The Spell, My Life and Times)
June 16...
1884 - First roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island
1978 - The film adaptation of "Grease" premiered in New York City.
1980 - The movie "The Blues Brothers" opened in Chicago, IL.
2008 - California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
June 17...
1856 - The Republican Party opened its first national convention in Philadelphia.
1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
1963 - The U.S. Supreme Court banned the required reading of the Lord's prayer and Bible in public schools.
1972 - Five men were arrested for burglarizing the Democratic Party Headquarters in the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. The men all worked for the reelection of President Nixon. The event was the beginning of the Watergate affair.
June 18...
1812 - The War of 1812 began as the U.S. declared war against Great Britain. The conflict began over trade restrictions.
1948 - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights.
2000 - In Algiers, Algeria, the foreign ministers of Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a preliminary cease-fire accord and agreed to work toward a permanent settlement of their two-year border war.
June 19...
1910 - Father's Day was celebrated for the first time, in Spokane, WA.
1912 - The U.S. government established the 8-hour work day.
1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
2000 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a group prayer led by students at public-school football games violated the 1st Amendment's principle that called for the separation of church and state.
A FEW PHOTOS THAT CAUGHT MY FANCY...
Going to the light...I imagine something like this.
Bluebird Babies
Oh! And Mr O's Birthday is June 19 (I'm taking him out to hear some jazz and blues)
HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYBODY!
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
1920 - The U.S. Post Office Department ruled that children may not be sent by parcel post.
Dang! Where's the fun in traveling now?
Not to worry: there's still FedEx and UPS, not to mention G.O.D.
thanks y'all. It's a pretty time of year to look at through the window. I admit it's hot as hell here too. Mostly with all the peripheral rain in the area (we're not actually getting that much right here), it's the humidity that's hard to take.
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." (Philip K.Dick)
Heat index today will be 105. I have my granddaughter all week. She is a 2 3/4 girly girl. I pulled out all my costume jewelry and shoes. She's occupied! Thank you Jesus.
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Lovely opener, 
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