With the Olympics still on our minds, I was glad to find an interesting tidbit this morning.  On this date in 1960, something known as the “Forgotten Miracle” occurred.  The U.S. hockey team beat Germany in the finals round 9-1 to win the gold. For more info: http://b985.fm/some-historical-moments-in-sports-on-this-day-in-history/ http://www.todayinsport.com/events/date/1960 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1960_Winter_Olympics

I grew up watching this actor in the show Different Strokes, and no one in my family knew the issues surrounding the show, least of all me.  On this date in 1993, one of the stars, Gary Coleman, won a massive lawsuit against his parents.  His parents (and business manager) misappropriated his amazing hundreds of thousands of dollars he earned […]

Ready to think this morning?  On this date in 2002 at 8:02 P.M., an unusual circumstance occurd.  Throughout most of the world, the date is written day and then month.  The U.S. is different than most of the world.  In military time, 8:02 is 20:02.  Therefore, on 20/02 at 20:02 in 2002, a palindrome exists.  This means it is the […]

Now for a bit of Olympics trivia.  On this date in 1998, the U.S. Hockey team (who had been defeated) participated in some hotel vandalism.  It was not known how many took out their anger in this manner, but it took place in Nagano, Japan in the Olympics village.  They had been eliminated from the hockey tournament about ten hours […]

On this date in 1954, this man (and his followers) established the First Church of Scientology.  I will be the first to admit that I know very little about Scientology, and I would not ever follow this particular way of thinking.  I know Ginger Rogers was a devout Christian Scientist, and Tom Cruise is one as well.  This first church […]

On this date in 1913, the state of Oregon passed the first statewide minimum wage law.  Here is what was stipulated: 50 hour weeks, 9 hour days, 45 minute lunch breaks, and a weekly wage of not less than $8.64. So do you think this would go over well today?  Probably not!  Oh, and women got $8.25 per week. For […]

On this date in 2005, Disneyland in Hong Kong  began accepting reservations.  You will have to forgive me if I don’t cite my information as well in the next few days.  I am in the process of switching from a laptop to a tablet, and I have an app on my tablet where I am getting a lot  of my […]

The American flag is a very important part of our history as a nation, and it is nice to know that other countries respect our flag as well.  On this date in 1778, our flag flew over our ship the Ranger (commanded by John Paul Jones), and it was saluted by the French as it entered French waters at Quiberon […]

On this date in 1914, composer Victor Herbert (ever seen Babes in Toyland?  He wrote the music for that.) founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers known as ASCAP.  He founded this organization to ensure that royalties were paid and copyrights were protected as it related to the music scene.  Supposedly, the story goes that Victor Herbert was […]

There does appear to be some discrepancy, but the most reliable sites seem to say that on this date in 1753, the first hospital in the U.S. (Pennsylvania Hospital) began admitting patients. Dr. Thomas Bond was committed to this relatively new idea, and he asked his friend, Benjamin Franklin, to open a hospital in Philadelphia.  He worked very hard to […]