The British are TRIVIA QUIZzing!
Today is Pet Owners Independence Day, a day for pet owners to sleep all day and let the pets do the work. Yes, now if only the "work" that had to be done was hissing, shedding, and swimming, I'd be all set!
Today is National Animal Crackers Day. I'm eating Teddy Grahams at the moment. Do those count?
The 13th annual 3-day Yo-Yo Celebration begins today in Burlington, Wisconsin. Tonight is Gizmo Night.
Today is International Amateur Radio Day. Hams unite! I'm KD4YRR!
On this day in 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn American colonists the British were coming.
On this day in 1923, Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, New York. It was baseball’s first three-tiered stadium. The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1. And, yes, Laine, that fact was for you!
On this day in 1990, a jury awarded a St. Louis woman $27,500 in damages from a man who bit her in a bar. The woman testified that the bite caused such "searing and throbbing pain," she could not sit down for three days.
On this day in 1991, Charlie Kovacs of Seymour, Victoria, Australia, set the world camper speed record by towing his Roadster camper at a speed of 126.76 miles an hour.
On this day in 2001, a San Francisco man was arrested for a string of bank robberies after he dropped a receipt with his name on it at one bank and left his resume at another. Police said the 37-year-old bandit was intoxicated during the robberies.
OK, trivia fans...chew on this! On this day in 1999, Wayne Gretzky played his last National Hockey League game and lost to Pittsburgh 2-1 in overtime. What team was he playing for at the time?
Good luck :)
4 Comments:
I know at some point he played for the Whalers so I'll go with that.
Also, I am still waiting for the cats to start cleaning the apartment but somehow I don't think that's going to happen :)
I really don't know anything about hockey, but in honor of our recent trip past their stadium, I'll say the Vancouver Canucks.
Thanks for the Yankees shout out! Since we're on a sports theme here, what's the general sentiment in town about the fact that the SuperSonics are about to high-tail it out of Seattle?
Also, that music video is so ridiculous! And why did they choose that band name anyway?
I'm going to go with the Los Angeles Kings.
Since Rob doesn't post on Sundays, I'll offer an additional nugget:
On this day in 1912, after two days of rain, the first game ever was finally played at Fenway Park with a comeback eleven-inning Red Sox win over the New York Highlanders, 7-6. [The Highlanders changed their name to Yankees in 1913.)
Wayne was a New York Ranger at the time!
Kim, did you ever go to any Whalers games? I never went to a Hurricanes game when I was in Raleigh, but I think they were the same team.
Laine, aww, BC Stadium! Good times! We'll have to go some time in the summer when you can take the water taxi right by it.
Oh, the Sonics: well, they've been threatening to leave for a while now, so it's not too big a shock. There seems to be a fair amount of apathy about their departure, but I guess this just means we'll have to cheer harder for the Mariners and the Seahawks!
JD, thanks for the info about the giant rain delay. Was this an exhibition game played out in Seattle? ;)
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