We made it to Wednesday, last show of the first half of the week. Still working on that pound of fantastic Brian’s Blend. Today I chat about Celsius vs Fahrenheit, our current short term and long term plans and my “fix-it” list when we return to Tennessee. I lead off with The Perfect Cup Question “What are three words that describe you best and why?” followed by LOTS of History prepared by Pip from Ducktioncups.
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LOTS of History
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July 26 is the 207th day of the year; 158 days remain until the end of the year
We have a few nuggets of Wiki, here’s LOTS of history.
- 1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, in the form of a Cabinet department, officially from 1872 to 1971.
It was headed by the postmaster general.
Pip’s notes – I wonder what a stamp is worth, from back then?..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_Department
- 1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
He was a descendant of the House of Bonaparte: his grandfather was Jérôme Bonaparte, brother of Emperor Napoleon.
Bonaparte was the U.S. Secretary of the Navy and later the U.S. Attorney General.
During his tenure as Attorney General, he created the Bureau of Investigation (now the FBI).
Bonaparte was one of the founders, and for a time the president, of the National Municipal League.
He was also a long-time activist for the rights of black residents of his native city of Baltimore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Joseph_Bonaparte
- 1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
The legislation was a result of efforts by Harry S. Truman beginning in 1944. President Truman proposed the legislation to Congress on February 26, 1947
Pip’s notes – Gee…. thanks…. Duck ….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947
- 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
One of the oldest computer worms distributed via the Internet, and the first to gain significant mainstream media attention.
Pip’s notes – There’s a 3.5 computer hard disk drive in a glass case…. I feel old…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
- 2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
Twelve stops were originally planned along the route, with pilots Borschberg and Piccard alternating; at each stop, the crew awaited good weather conditions along the next leg of the route.
For most of its time airborne, Solar Impulse 2 cruised at a ground speed of between 50 and 100 kilometres per hour (31 and 62 mph), usually at the slower end of that range at night to save power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse#Solar_Impulse_2_(HB-SIB)
Happy Birthday
- 1838 – Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (d. 1865)
an American abolitionist, military officer and ‘conductor’ on the Underground Railroad.
Soule was in command of 1st Colorado Cavalry, Company D that was present at Sand Creek and the massacre of Native Americans that occurred there on November 29, 1864. He testified at a U.S. military hearing that convened in February 1865 to investigate the event. In retaliation for doing so, Soule was murdered two months later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_Soule
- 1890 – Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
A United States Navy officer who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his actions during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. In a three-decades-long career, he served his country in two wars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Callaghan
- 1926 – Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist (d. 2022)
a British-born Canadian ethnographer, feminist studies scholar, sociologist, and writer with research interests in a variety of disciplines. These include women’s studies, feminist theory, psychology, and educational studies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_E._Smith
- 1973 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
an English actress and model. After some minor television roles, her film debut was Much Ado About Nothing (1993) while a student at the University of Oxford.
Pip’s notes – Van Helsing or Underworld? – Or – Click.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Beckinsale
Passings
- 1915 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
a Scottish lexicographer and philologist. He was the primary editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) from 1879 until his death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Murray_(lexicographer)
- 1934 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)
He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo (1905–14; 1924–26) and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsor_McCay
- 1971 – Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)
She photographed a wide range of subjects including strippers, carnival performers, nudists, people with dwarfism, children, mothers, couples, elderly people, and middle-class families.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Arbus
- 2004 – William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, Cool Whip, and powdered egg whites.
During his career he received over 70 patents.
In 1956, he tried to create instantly self-carbonating soda, which resulted in the creation of Pop Rocks. Although Pop Rocks weren’t sold until 1975, he received patent 3,012,893 for its manufacturing process in 1961.
In 1957, he invented a powdered fruit-flavored vitamin-enhanced drink mix that became known as Tang Flavor Crystals. NASA started using Tang in 1962 in their space program.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Mitchell
- 2017 – June Foray, American voice actress (b. 1917)
an American voice actress. She was best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Lucifer from Disney’s Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Warner Bros.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Foray
Holidays – ( not much )
- Day of National Significance (Barbados)
- Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)
Cheers, humans and do stuff.