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On This Date
1832 – The American explorer Henry Schoolcraft discovered the source of the Mississippi River.
Its 2,350-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico begins at Lake Itasca, Minnesota.
1837 – Queen Victoria moved into the newly renovated Buckingham Palace, making it the official principal residence of the British royal family.
1953 – The first season of the Stratford Festival opened in Stratford, Ontario. Alec Guinness starred in Shakespeare’s Richard III.
The festival remains a prominent arts events in Canada.
1982 – Montreal hosted the first baseball All-Star Game outside of the United States. The National League prevailed in a 4–1 victory.
Five Stars
Which men’s national team has won the most World Cups?
A. Brazil B. Italy C. Germany
Happy Birthday!
Harrison Ford, born in 1942, is a phenomenally successful actor who gained worldwide fame thanks to his starring roles of Han Solo in Star Wars and Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Amazingly, early in his career, Hollywood executives did not think much
of him. Ford would prove them wrong and soon break out of the mold of an action star to impress audiences with more
dramatic roles in movies like Witness and The Mosquito Coast. To date, his films have grossed nearly 10 billion dollars worldwide, making him one of the most bankable actors on the silver screen.
Quote of the Day
“My approach to acting is the ‘let’s pretend’
school of acting.”
~ Harrison Ford
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2022
ANSWER: A. Brazil
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On This Day
On this day 50 years ago, the Los Angeles Rams and Baltimore Colts football teams swapped owners. The owners shocked the league with the swap, which allowed Carroll Rosenbloom, owner of the Colts, to avoid paying $4.4 million in taxes.
Sadly, the Colts would fall into mediocrity and eventually quit town for Indianapolis.
The Rams threatened to move from Los Angeles to Anaheim while having an unimpressive season.
Eventually, the Rams would move, too, from LA to St. Louis.
Who Said So?
This French philosopher and Jesuit priest said, “The world is round so
that friendship may encircle it.”
Passing Fancy
At the beginning of the 20th century, the world was in love with radium, a strange new substance that made things glow in the dark. The glowing element was painted on watch dials, added to lipstick, and touted as a cure-all for everything from blindness to asthma. People loved radium so much that the word was added to the names of product that did not even have radium, like “Radium Brand Creamery Butter” and women’s
“radium silk lingerie.” By 1925, the radioactive radium was linked to both poisoning and cancer, finally ending the bizarre national craze.
Today is
Embrace Your Geekness Day. Sometimes we refrain from doing things we love out of fear that peers might judge us. This is a day to wear Crocs, read fantasy books, watch cartoons, and enjoy the pastimes that we secretly love!W
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