Good Morning & God Bless To Evert One !!!
Today is January 24, the 24th day of 2014 and there are 341 days left this year where it is another Blessed day in the work for our Lord here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
We again have a beautiful day in front of us here in Albuquerque at 8:24 a.m. where it is presently a little nippy outside at 16 degrees but a soft wind has us down to 8 degrees wind chill under partly cloudy skies. Back to summer by this afternoon with a high close to 50. Partly cloudy skies all day with no chance of moisture though. Back to full summertime tomorrow with highs in the lower to mid 50s again.
Please remember and offer a prayer as many of our fellow citizens are dispersed in places all around the planet standing ready to offer their lives to preserve your safety and your freedom. While they may not need worry about fighting rush hour traffic tonight on their way home, they do have a fight to worry about. And they won’t be home in time for dinner. Keep them in your prayers please.
So, What Happened On January 24 in 1935 ?
The first ‘Canned Beer’ goes on sale in Richmond, Virginia
Canned beer makes its debut on this day in 1935. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to faithful Krueger drinkers in Richmond, Virginia. Ninety-one percent of the drinkers approved of the canned beer, driving Krueger to give the green light to further production.
By the late 19th century, cans were instrumental in the mass distribution of foodstuffs, but it wasn’t until 1909 that the American Can Company made its first attempt to can beer. This was unsuccessful, and the American Can Company would have to wait for the end of Prohibition in the United States before it tried again. Finally in 1933, after two years of research, American Can developed a can that was pressurized and had a special coating to prevent the fizzy beer from chemically reacting with the tin.
The concept of canned beer proved to be a hard sell, but Krueger’s overcame its initial reservations and became the first brewer to sell canned beer in the United States. The response was overwhelming. Within three months, over 80 percent of distributors were handling Krueger’s canned beer, and Krueger’s was eating into the market share of the “big three” national brewers–Anheuser-Busch, Pabst and Schlitz. Competitors soon followed suit, and by the end of 1935, over 200 million cans had been produced and sold.
The purchase of cans, unlike bottles, did not require the consumer to pay a deposit. Cans were also easier to stack, more durable and took less time to chill. As a result, their popularity continued to grow throughout the 1930s, and then exploded during World War II, when U.S. brewers shipped millions of cans of beer to soldiers overseas. After the war, national brewing companies began to take advantage of the mass distribution that cans made possible, and were able to consolidate their power over the once-dominant local breweries, which could not control costs and operations as efficiently as their national counterparts.
Today, canned beer accounts for approximately half of the $20 billion U.S. beer industry. Not all of this comes from the big national brewers: Recently, there has been renewed interest in canning from microbrewers and high-end beer-sellers, who are realizing that cans guarantee purity and taste by preventing light damage and oxidation.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On January 24 In History:
41 – Shortly after declaring himself a god, Caligula is assassinated by two Praetorian tribunes;
1639 – Representatives from three Connecticut towns band together to write the Fundamental Orders, the first constitution in the New World;
1679 – King Charles II disbands the English parliament;
1722 – Czar Peter the Great caps his reforms in Russia with the “Table of Rank” which decrees a commoner can climb on merit to the highest positions;
1742 – Charles VII was elected Holy Roman Emperor during the War of the Austrian Successio;
1781 – In the American Revolutionary War, patriot commanders Lieutenant Colonel Light Horse Henry Lee and Brigadier General Francis Swamp Fox Marion of the South Carolina militia combine forces and conduct a raid on Georgetown, South Carolina, which is defended by 200 British soldiers. Marion won fame and the Swamp Fox moniker for his ability to strike and then quickly retreat into the South Carolina swamps without a trace. His military strategy is considered an 18th-century example of guerilla warfare and served as partial inspiration for the film The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson;
1848 – In the Old West, a millwright named James Marshall discovers gold along the banks of Sutter’s Creek in California, forever changing the course of history in the American West;
1865 – In the Civil War, the Confederate Congress agrees to continue prisoner exchanges, opening a process that had operated only sporadically for three years. In the first year of the Civil War, prisoner exchanges were conducted primarily between field generals on an ad hoc basis. The Union was reluctant to enter any formal agreements, fearing that it would legitimize the Confederate government;
1903 – U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and British Ambassador Herbert create a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border;
1911 – U.S. Cavalry is sent to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Civil War;
1915 – In World War I, British and Geman navies battle at Dogger Bank in the North Sea where the German cruiser Blücher is sunk by a British squadron;
1923 – Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico is established;
1943 – During World War II, German Gen. Friedrich von Paulus, commander-in-chief of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, urgently requests permission from Adolf Hitler to surrender his position there, but Hitler refuses;
1946 – United Nations establishes the International Atomic Energy Commission;
1947 – NFL adds 5th official (Back Judge) and allows sudden death in playoffs;
1958 – After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion;
1961 – A U.S. Air Force B-52 crashed near Goldsboro, N.C., dropping its payload of two nuclear bombs, neither of which went off; three crew members were killed;
1965 – Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Great Britain and the allies through the crises of World War II dies from cerebral thrombosis in London, England at the age of 90;
1966 – In the Vietnam War, in the largest search-and-destroy operation to date–Operation Masher/White Wing/Thang Phong II–the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), South Vietnamese, and Korean forces sweep through Binh Dinh Province in the central lowlands along the coast. The purpose of the operation was to drive the North Vietnamese out of the province and destroy enemy supply areas;
1972 – After 28 years of hiding in the jungles of Guam, local farmers discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended. In the jungles of Guam, he carved survival tools and for the three decades waited for the return of the Japanese and his next orders. After he was discovered in 1972, he was finally discharged and sent home to Japan, where he was hailed as a national hero. He subsequently married and returned to Guam for his honeymoon. His handcrafted survival tools and threadbare uniform are on display in the Guam Museum in Agana;
1978 – A nuclear-powered Soviet satellite, Cosmos 954, plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scattering radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada;
1984 – Apple Computer unveils its Macintosh personal computer;
2003 – United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operations;
2004 – NASA’s Opportunity rover landed on Mars, arriving at the Red Planet exactly three weeks after its identical twin, Spirit;
2013 – It was one year ago TODAY !
Now, Off To The Fun Stuff:
Today’s ‘Rick Had A Thought’:
Sex and drugs have replaced building for the future; abortion and the welfare state have replaced consequences. In the end, this philosophy will lead to the dominance of the state. How can we solve all of this? Not through the law, the law follows culture. The only way to restore an American future is to restore the social and religious institutions that fostered genuine American values. This means fighting back against the tyranny of those who conveniently proclaim to ‘live and let live’ while they simultaneously demand that Americans with traditional values shut up.
Today’s ‘Awe of God’ Picture:
Tad Sae Falls, Laos
Today’s Thought For The Day:
It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out, it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.
Today’s Patriotic Quote:
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
– John Quincy Adams
Today’s Founder’s Quote:
“If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted. If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.”
– Noah Webster
Today’s ‘How The Heck Did That Happen’ Picture:
Today’s Crazy Law:
In Indiana – It is against the law to pass a horse on the street.
Today’s ‘Smart Doggie’ Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I_QzPLEjM4&feature=player_embedded
Today’s Job Issue:
I studied a long time to become a Doctor – – – – – but I didn’t have any patience!
Today’s ‘This Is What Camera’s Were Made For’ Picture:
Today’s ‘Not So Long Ago’ Day:
Not so long ago – – An application was for employment.
Today’s ‘Astute Visionary’:
“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”
–Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science,1949
Today’s ‘A Sign For Every Profession’:
At a Propane Filling Station – “Thank heaven for little grills.”
Today’s Funny Sign:
Today’s Verse & Prayer:
Dear Brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.
Oh merciful Father, forgive my sins as I forgive those who have sinned against me. But Father, also help my heart to be gripped by the gravity of sin’s effects and to be stirred into action to help those whom it has trapped. Through Jesus, who came to rescue me from my sin, I pray. Amen
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
I Need A Miracle – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bTjimzpyE4k
Today’s Funny Church Sign:
Until Tomorrow – God Bless To Every One !!!
