TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, October 10, 2011
Greetings Infomaniacs,Man, have we had some great weather in Chicago for October! It was sunny and in the low 80s all weekend long. I actually went swimming in a co-worker's pool, and while I was floating colorful leaves were falling out of the tree into the water. Swimming in the fall? That's a first!
I know that we are going to pay for it in the winter, since the news came out the other day that we are in for the worst winter weather in the nation. I guess that's what I get for living in Chicago. I know the winters are brutal, yet I am still living here. Oh well, I wouldn't mind a few extra snow days this year!
Enjoy!
MelissaQuestions? Comments?
Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "On that day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life."
HINT: (1833-1901), 23rd President of the United States.
RANDOM TIDBITSColumbus Day has been a national holiday since 1937, and it commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492.
The first Columbus Day celebration took place in 1792, when New York's Columbian Orderâ??better known as Tammany Hallâ??held an event to commemorate the historic landing's 300th anniversary.
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a national holiday, largely as a result of intense lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic fraternal benefits organization. Originally observed every October 12, it was fixed to the second Monday in October in 1971.
Opposition to Columbus Day dates back to the 19th century, when anti-immigrant groups in the United States rejected the holiday because of its association with Catholicism.
In many Latin American nations, the anniversary of Columbus' landing has traditionally been observed as the Dìa de la Raza ("Day of the Race"), a celebration of Hispanic culture's diverse roots. In 2002, Venezuela renamed the holiday Dìa de la Resistencia Indìgena ("Day of Indigenous Resistance") to recognize native peoples and their experience.
In many parts of the United States, Columbus Day has evolved into a celebration of Italian-American heritage. Local groups host parades and street fairs featuring colorful costumes, music and Italian food. In cities and towns that use the day to honor indigenous peoples, activities include pow-wows, traditional dance and lessons about Native American culture.
(www.history.com)
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Watch It Now: Century In Review Pt. 1 *** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***I am the black child of a white father;
A wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven.
I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me,
and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air.
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "On that day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life."
ANSWER: Benjamin Harrison.
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