Good Morning And God Bless To Everyone !
Today is December the 12th, the 346th day of 2013 and there are 19 days left.
We wake this morning in Albuquerque to a toasty warm 23 degrees with a 14 degree windchill. Possible snow to the north and rain to the south but we’re expecting sunshine here with a high of 45 by early evening. As always, it is a beautiful and blessed day in the work for our Lord here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
So, What Happened Today In 1997:
14-Year-Old Michael Carneal Indicted For Murder
Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal is indicted as an adult on three counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder for the shooting of his classmates at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky. On December 1, Carneal pulled out a pistol and fired 11 shots into a group of students in the school’s lobby.
By all accounts, Michael Carneal was a normal teenager from a solid family. He was neither exceptionally popular nor a social outcast. On December 1, when his older sister, Kelly, drove him to school, he reportedly claimed that the blanketed bundle on his lap was a prop for a school project; in fact, it contained two rifles and two shotguns. In addition, Carneal was carrying a .22-caliber pistol. The guns had all been stolen from a neighbor’s garage several weeks earlier.
When he arrived at school, Carneal walked toward a before-school prayer meeting that was just breaking up, inserted earplugs into his ears, loaded the .22, and then methodically shot eight students from a distance of 10 feet. Amid the barrage, fellow student Ben Strong convinced Carneal to drop his weapon and held him down until the school’s principal took the gunman away.
When asked what motivated his killing rampage, Carneal only cried and asked authorities to kill him. Later, he claimed that he was inspired by the movie The Basketball Diaries, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Families of the victims filed a $130 million lawsuit against 21 entertainment companies for their alleged role in the tragedy. Among those sued were the makers of the video games Quake and Doom. According to the litigants, Carneal had learned how to shoot accurately from playing these games.
Although charged as an adult, Carneal’s young age made him ineligible for the death penalty. He pleaded guilty but mentally ill, and he was sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years.
The Paducah community was remarkably kind to Carneal’s family in the wake of the tragedy, offering them condolences and welcoming Kelly back to school after the incident.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events That Occurred On December The 12th In History:
1098 – 1st Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria;
1787 – Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify the United States Constitution;
1800 – Washington D.C. established as United States capital;
1806 – Confederate General Watie is born near Rome, Georgia. He became the only Native American to achieve the rank of general in the civil war;
1870 – Joseph H Rainey (SC) becomes 1st black lawmaker sworn into U.S. House of Representatives;
1899 – 1st Wooden Golf Tee patented in Boston by George F Bryant;
1913 – Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece “The Mona Lisa” is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room in Florence;
1914 – On 1st day of trading since the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) reopened in November after being closed due to the start of WWI, the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its worst percentage drop (24.39%) since it was 1st published in 1896;
1915 – ‘Old Blue Eyes’, Frank Sinatra is born in Hoboken New Jersey;
1917 – 543 French soldiers are killed when their train derails in Modane France in the French Alps when trying to return home from fighting in Italy in WWI in time for Christmas;
1917 – Father Flanagan, a 31-year-old Priest, opens the doors to a home for troubled and neglected children know as Boys Town;
1936 – Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan;
1937 – During the battle for Nanking in the Sino-Japanese War, the gunboat USS Panay is attacked & sunk by Japanese warplanes in Chinese waters;
1941 – U.S. Navy seizes control of France’s oceanliner Normandie in New York City. It was the largest liner on the seas at the time and was converted into a troop transport for WWII;
1946 – Tide detergent introduced;
1961 – Martin Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators arrested in Albany Georgia;
1963 – The album called “John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Memorial Album” sets a record for album sales with 4 million copies sold in the 1st 6 days of its release;
1965 – The Beatles’ perform their last concert in Great Britain at Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales;
1970 – “Tears Of A Clown” gives Smokey Robinson & The Miracles their 1st #1 pop hit;
1980 – Leonardo da Vinci notebook bought by American oil tycoon Armand Hammer in auction for $5,126,000;
1980 – General Motors announces it will begin to phase out the 103-year-old Oldsmobile, the oldest automotive brand in the United States;
1985 – 248 U.S. soldiers & 8 crew members killed in Arrow Air charter crash near Gander Newfoundland;
1991 – Maastricht Treaty signed to create European Community, (European Union);
1997 – Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 mph;
2010 – Protests break out in Cairo Egypt over outcome of recent Parliamentary elections;
2012 – Asteroid named 4179 Toutatis which was over 3 miles wide passes within 4.3 million miles from Earth.
Today’s Patriotic Quote:
An Ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Today’s Did You Know:
During WWII, U.S. airplanes were armed with belts of bullets which they would shoot during dogfights and on strafing runs. These belts were folded into the wing compartments that fed their machine guns. These belts measure 27 feet and contained hundreds of rounds of bullets. Often time, the pilots would return from their missions having expended all of the bullets on various targets. They would say, “I gave them the whole nine yards,” meaning they used up all of their ammunition.
Today’s Silly Sign:
(spotted at a safari park) – Elephants, Please stay in your car.
Today’s Do You Know What Relationship These Have Together:
Today’s Funny Headline:
War Dims Hope For Peace – – (I can see where it might have that effect!)
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
Open The Eyes Of My Heart Lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fadU7b9aa78
Today’s Inspirational Thought:
What you are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.
Today’s Word Of The Day:
Raucous /ˈrɔkəs/ is an adjective used to describe the loud harsh sound of voices or the cry of birds or animals. It can also be applied to boisterous, noisy, rowdy, disorderly behavior. Raucous entered the language in the 18th century from a Latin word meaning “hoarse, harsh, rough. In political writing, this adjective is added so frequently to the word debate that “raucous debate” can be regarded as a cliché.
Today’s Funny Doggie Picture:
Today’s Inspirational Quote:
UNTIL TOMORROW – GOD BLESS TO ALL !!!