TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Greetings Infomaniacs,On this day in...
1781 - Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
1796 - Editorial accuses Jefferson of affair with slave
1812 - Napoleon retreats from Moscow
1864 - Yankees are victorious at the Battle of Cedar Creek
1869 - Construction begins on the Sutro Tunnel in Virginia City, Nevada
1914 - First Battle of Ypres
1943 - Chinese and Suluks revolt against Japanese in North Borneo
1982 - John Z. DeLorean is arrested in $24 million cocaine deal
1957 - Rocket Richard scores 500 goals
1958 - The first Cold War world's fair closes
1965 - Communists attack Plei Me Special Forces camp
1972 - Kissinger discusses draft peace treaty with President Thieu
1985 - First Blockbuster store opens
1991 - Fire sweeps through Oakland hills
Today I have for you some interesting trivia about inventions!
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Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."
HINT: (1887-1982), widely considered one of the greatest classical pianists of the twentieth century.
RANDOM TIDBITSThe first person to attempt daily weather forecasts was Cleveland Abbe (1838-1916). He compiled his reports from telegraph dispatches while with the US Signal Service.
In 1844 Samuel F.B. Morse introduced his invention of the telegraph to Congress, and demonstrated its use by transmitting the famous message "What hath God wrought" over a wire from Washington to Baltimore.
Thomas Edison produced small phonographs that could be fitted into the body of a French doll.
The aqualung was invented by Jacques Yves Cousteau and Emil Gagnan. They developed the underwater breathing appartus while fighting with the French Resistance during World War II.
Xerography was invented in 1937 by a prelaw student named Chester Floyd Carlson. The first message he copied was "10-22-38 Astoria," the date and place where Carlson performed his experiments.
When margarine was invented by Mege Mouriees in 1869 he had it patented simultaneously in France and England. The English patent (No. 2157) is for "The Preparation and Production of certain New Animal Fatty Bodies."
VIDEO CLIPRodney Dangerfield: In the Doctor's OfficeIf you think you have problems, come sit down and listen in on a session between Rodney Dangerfield and his psychiatrist played by fellow funny man, Bill Murray and you'll see why the man gets 'No Respect'.
Watch It Now: Rodney Dangerfield: In the Doctor's Office*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***Blue to red and brown to green,
I change the color of objects as you may have seen.
Though of their natural color some things I deprive,
Without me living things could not survive.
What am I?
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."
ANSWER: Arthur Rubinstein.
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