Welcome to Monday Everyone. Today I am sipping on some awesome Fair Trade Origin Blonde Espresso. This coffee is phenomenal and one of my favorites from Food Forest Farms. We start the week off right with a fun episode today. I chat about our weekend, the TN Workshop Property work day, and look out of fully automated stores. Leading off with The Perfect Cup Question “What was your first car and did it have any issues?” followed up by another great LOTS of History written up by Pip from Ducktioncups.
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LOTS of History
Prepared by Pip over at Ducktioncups.com If you like the history segment SHOW THEM SOME LOVE Website FB TikTok
August 7th
Happy Monday, humans & I hope your oxygen habit is staying strong.
and Happy Birthdays Kermit!
Pip’s welcoming you to Monday, and be sure not to step on that… you’re welcome.
- 1789 – The United States Department of War is established.
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department, was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.
Pip’s notes – On November 8, 1800, the War Department building with its records and files was consumed by fire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War
- 1794 – U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania
The Militia Act of 1862, enacted during the American Civil War, amended the conscription provision of the 1792 and 1795 acts, which originally applied to every “free able-bodied white male citizen” between the ages of 18 and 45, to allow African-Americans to serve in the militias.
The new conscription provision applied to all males, regardless of race, between the ages of 18 and 54. The Militia Act of 1903 repealed and superseded the Militia Act of 1795 and established the United States National Guard as the body of the “organized militia” in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Acts_of_1792
- 1944 – IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I).
one of the earliest general-purpose electro-mechanical computers used in the war effort during the last part of World War II.
The ASCC was developed and built by IBM at their Endicott plant and shipped to Harvard in February 1944. It began computations for the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships in May and was officially presented to the university on August 7, 1944.[6]
Although not the first working computer, the machine was the first to automate the execution of complex calculations, making it a significant step forward for computing.
Pip’s notes – the governtment school math instructors laughed at the idea of having a calculator handy..
1st the watch, now the phone calculator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Mark_I
- 1959 – Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
It was a small, spheroidal satellite designed to study trapped radiation of various energies, galactic cosmic rays, geomagnetism, radio propagation in the upper atmosphere, and the flux of micrometeorites. It also tested a scanning device designed for photographing the Earth’s cloud cover.
On 14 August 1959, Explorer 6 took the first photos of Earth from a satellite
Pip’s notes – (looks up and waves.. then gives the finger) Right, back to work..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_6
- 1969 – Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
- 1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication
a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., between 1852 and 1981. The Sunday edition was known as the Sunday Star.[1] The paper was renamed several times before becoming Washington Star by the late 1970s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Washington_Star
- 1990 – First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 39-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition’s efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, which began with the aerial bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January 1991 and came to a close with the American-led Liberation of Kuwait on 28 February 1991.
Pip’s notes – As the 4th grade teacher was using a ‘word processor’ printer, which was fairly loud, I, young Pip, made machine gun movements with my hands, not recalling that the teacher’s husband was ‘overseas’ in that stuff.
I do believe that’s one of my earliest events that taught me, ‘your movements effect others’. it’s odd to explain.. dunno. anyway…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War
- 1997 – Space Shuttle Program: The Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-85 from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida
a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 August 1997. A major experiment was the CRISTA-SPAS free-flyer which had various telescopes on board
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-85
- 2007 – At AT&T Park, Barry Bonds hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron’s 33-year-old record.
Pip’s notes – (whispers) sportsball….
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Bonds
Happy Birthdays
- 1884 – Billie Burke, American actress and singer (d. 1970)
an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie musical The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Pip’s notes – I often sing the “Miss Gulch” tune, A.K.A. “The Wicked Witch of the West” while walking through the service dept.
They all know I’m up to something, and the fear on their faces is spectatular…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Burke
- 1916 – Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (d. 2008)
an American puppet maker, puppeteer, costume designer, and actor in children’s television and on Broadway.
He was best known as a designer and builder with the Muppets, in particular those on Sesame Street.
During the early 1960s, Love first crossed paths with Jim Henson through Don Sahlin, who urged him to meet with Henson.
The three first collaborated on The La Choy Dragon.
Love’s theatrical background had given him particular skill at handling full body-puppets and tailoring them to allow freedom for the performer’s movements.
this, Love went on to build Oscar the Grouch and then Big Bird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Love
- 1926 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (d. 2015)
His best-known works include “St. George and the Dragonet”, Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America, his role on the television series Time for Beany, multiple characters in the Looney Tunes such as Pete Puma and Bertie, and a number of classic television commercials.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Freberg
- 1944 – John Glover, American actor
an American actor, known for a range of villainous roles in films and television, including Daniel Clamp in Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Lionel Luthor on the Superman-inspired television series Smallville. He is also the voice of Riddler in the DC Animated Universe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glover_(actor)
- 1954 – Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy
a former intelligence analyst for the US government.
In 1984, Pollard sold numerous closely guarded state secrets, including the National Security Agency’s ten-volume manual on how the U.S. gathers its signal intelligence, and disclosed the names of thousands of people who had cooperated with U.S. intelligence agencies.
was apprehended in 1985, and in subsequent proceedings agreed to a plea deal, pleaded guilty to spying for and providing top-secret classified information to Israel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard
- 1962 – Alison Brown, American banjo player, songwriter, and producer
an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer. She has won and has been nominated for several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck, for her unique style of playing. In her music, she blends bluegrass, jazz, Latin and Celtic influences.
Pip’s notes – if she’s playing a banjo, and you’re paddling down river, is the blonde worth checking out…. Next time on Black Mirror… (attempted humor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Brown
Passings
- 1970 – Jonathan P. Jackson, American bodyguard and kidnapper (b. 1953)
an American youth, who died of gunshot wounds suffered during his armed invasion of a California courthouse. At age 17, Jackson stormed the Marin County Courthouse with automatic weapons, kidnapping Superior Court Judge Harold Haley, prosecutor Gary Thomas, and three jurors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_P._Jackson
- 2005 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (b. 1938)
a Canadian-American television journalist, best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005.
Despite dropping out of high school, Jennings transformed himself into one of American television’s most prominent journalists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jennings
- 2013 – Margaret Pellegrini, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
n American actress, vaudeville performer and dancer, best known for playing one of the Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.
Until her death in 2013, she was one of the three surviving munchkins, the other two being Jerry Maren and Ruth Robinson Duccini.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Pellegrini
- 2021 – Markie Post, American actress (b. 1950)
Her best known roles include: bail bondswoman Terri Michaels in The Fall Guy on ABC from 1982 to 1985; public defender Christine Sullivan on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1985 to 1992 & others.
Post also had regularly recurring guest-star roles on The District and on Scrubs as the mother of Dr. Elliot Reid.
Pip’s notes – aah scrubs.. great show… but Night Court!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markie_Post
Holidays
- National Purple Heart Day (United States)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart
a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York.
a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York.
The rest of the holidays are just details..
Humans, go do stuff today, Happy Monday and GSD. Pip from duction cups, reminding you that oxygen habits are not one to be ashamed of. some things are necessary… so go plant a tree.
Duck it and go forth and prosper.