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1980 U.S. Department of Education is established.
(And, I think we'd all agree that they've done a dang fine job, too).
1968 McDo 1968 McDonald's Big Mac makes its debut with its "two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun."
| (The Mrs. just changed a diaper full of special sauce whipped up by great nephew). |
1961 First American in space and the Creation of "A-OK" Alan B. Shepard Jr. The creation of the phrase "A-OK" is generally attributed to Shepard during this flight, however, it was actually created by a NASA public relations officer who misquoted Shepard. Source: Myth Information: More Than 590 Popular Misconceptions, Fallacies, and Misbeliefs Explained!
(The space program invented microwave ovens, too).
1925 Monkey Trial John T. Scopes is arrested in Tennessee for teaching evolution.
1904 First perfect major-league baseball game Cy Young of the Boston Americans doesn't allow a single Philadelphia player to reach first base.
And, as a last note, today is Tammy Wynette's birthday. She is 69 today! Happy birthday, Tammy!
(The Mrs. just changed a diaper full of special sauce whipped up by great nephew).
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Andy. Just made my morning.
The Alan Shepherd reference fired up a brain cell - I was in the 9th grade, remember a group of us standing outside the school with our tranistor radios tuned in listening to that.
ReplyDeleteThink I'll make a run down to Mickey D's, you made me hungry for a Big Mac . . .
I could probably live without the Dept. of Ed. and the diaper full of special sauce - I guess both were full of crap.
ReplyDelete*transistor - I don't claim to have any cognizant brain cells functioning presently.
ReplyDeleteThe Scopes thingy is kinda a hobby of mine. Evolution was NEVER taught by John Scopes. He was a substitute teacher that brought a book with him to class for ONE day. Darrow and Bryan set the whole thing up to bring attention to a dying town, Dayton, Tennessee. Plus, to reignite their dying careers.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't work either, well, unless by "work," you mean teaching pseudo-science from that point forward in public school.
Ah, the other DoE. BOTH of which are world-class money holes. Thanks, Jimmah!
ReplyDeleteIt's also worth noting that the Dept of Education was an offshoot of the old Dept of Heatlh, Education and Welfare which was established in 1953. The two were split in 1980 to from HHS and Dept of Education.
ReplyDeleteFederal meddling in education wasn't new in 1980, had been around since the Truman/Eisenhower days. Calvin Coolidge had actually proposed a Dept of Education in 1923.
Wow! Y'all all knows lots about lots of stuff!!! I learn something new every day around here.
ReplyDeleteOne reason I voted for Reagan (besides the fact that Jimmuh was Obama, Sr.) was that he was gonna junk the DOE. Sigh...
I'm really hoping maybe on Tammy's 70th birthday she'll release some new stuff.
I had tickets for Tammy's birthday bash, but she was a no-show. Again.
ReplyDeleteSome people let stardom go to their heads.