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July 7, 2011
• Today is Tell the Truth Day. Teens Express of Maryland challenges every American to go one whole day without telling a lie or saying anything misleading or dishonest. C'mon, America, we can do it! • Today is Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day, sponsored by Janet Dellaria of Trout Creek, Michigan. • Today is Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's 65th wedding anniversary. The former First Couple married in 1946 at the Plains Methodist Church in Georgia when Jimmy was 21 and Rosalynn was 18. • Today is National Strawberry Sundae Day. • Today is Saba Saba (Seven Seven) Day in Tanzania, marking the birthday of the ruling political party on July 7, 1954. • Today is Independence Day in the Solomon Islands On this date in . . . 1754: - Kings College opened in New York City with eight students and one faculty member, Dr. Samuel Johnson, who also served as college president. The school later became Columbia University. 1873: After waiting 15 years for her church to agree that women could be missionaries, Lottie Moon of Virginia was appointed as a Baptist missionary to China. For 39 years "the cookie lady" taught and ministered to children in China. Today Southern Baptist foreign missions are supported through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. 1949: A new type radio show premiered on NBC dramatizing cases from actual police files. Each show began "The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." Dum-de-dum-dum! Dragnet, starring Jack Webb, was born. The show’s first sponsor was Fatima cigarettes. 1956: Johnny Cash made his first appearance on the "Grand Ole Opry." 1972: The FBI swore-in its first-ever female agents: former marine Susan Lynn Roley and former nun Joanne Pierce. 1978: The original Morris the Cat, finicky star of 9-Lives Cat Food commercials, died in Chicago at age 17. 1981: President Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. 1982: Michael Fagin broke into Buckingham Palace and had a drunken conversation with Queen Elizabeth while sitting on the end of her bed. 1985: At age 17, Boris Becker became the youngest tennis player to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon. 1990: Three singers considered by many to be the world’s greatest tenors performed together for the first time in Rome: Carreras, Domingo, and Pavarotti. 1990: At a Las Vegas auction, Leo Dutran of Boston paid $90-thousand for the car Zsa Zsa Gabor was driving when she slapped a Beverly Hills police officer. 1990: Martina Navratilova won a record ninth women's singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1. 1995: Fletcher and Holly got married on General Hospital. 1996: Synbiotics Corporation of Rancho Bernardo, California, became the first U.S. company to extend group health-care coverage to its 60 employees’ family pets, including dogs, cats, and horses. 2003: A federal judge approved a settlement in which WorldCom would pay a $750 million fine for its $11-billion accounting scandal. 2004: Former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay was indicted on criminal charges related to the energy company's collapse.
Birthdays:
Q: Whose mother was told
in the Bible not to have wine or "strong drink" while she was pregnant: (a)
Jacob’s; (b) Samson’s; or (c) Solomon’s? Q: In an early episode of
TV’s Happy Days, the alien Mork from the planet Ork attempted to: (a) steal
the secret formula for Cherry Coke; (b) kidnap Richie Cunningham; or (c) offer a sacrifice
to Fats Domino? Q: Is the town of
Embarrass in: (a) Texas; (b) Utah; or (c) Minnesota? Quote: "The best thing about sending your kids to summer camp is that you can finally go to the bathroom without being interrupted." - Contemporary Comedy
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