Archive for March 28th, 2004
Unconcious Mutterings
- Pitbull:: terrier
- TD:: Bank
- Carter:: Jimmy
- Japan:: anime
- 50:: years
- Streak:: naked
- Rifle:: gun
- Trap:: sprung
- Easter:: tea
- Mitt:: glove
History"> Today In History
• 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and one of the most highly regarded American generals of World War II, dies in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78.
• 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat.
• 1941 Construction of Ford’s Willow Run Plant began. Ground was broken on a vast piece of land in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to begin a plant called Willow Run. Over the course of the next few years, Willow Run would be a source of problems for the Ford Motor Company. By the end of 1942, Willow Run had only produced 56 B-24 bombers, and the plant had been saddled with the nickname “Willit Run?” Just when it seemed that Sorensen’s project would fail, Willow Run began rolling out B-24’s at a remarkable rate. The plant produced 190 bombers in June of 1943, 365 in December. By the middle of 1944, Willow Run churned out a plane every 63 minutes. (A bit of hometownish history for me)
• 1814 The funeral of Guillotin, the inventor and namesake of the infamous execution device, takes place outside of Paris, France. Guillotin had what he felt were the purest motives for inventing the guillotine and was deeply distressed at how his reputation had become besmirched in the aftermath. Before he died he said, “How true it is that it is difficult to benefit mankind without some unpleasantness resulting for oneself.”
Born On This Day
Reba McEntire
Coffee Quiz
You Are a Plain Ole Cup of Joe
But don’t think plain - instead think, uncomplicated. You’re a low maintenance kind of girl… who can hang with the guys. Down to earth, easy going, and fun! Yup, that’s you: the friend everyone invites. And your dependable too. Both for a laugh and a sympathetic ear.
What Kind Of Coffee Are You?
