Good Morning To Every One !
Today is February 4, the 35th day of 2014 and there are 330 days left this year where it is another Blessed Day in the pleasure of working for our Lord here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
Oh my, am I ever behind schedule today my friends; sorry I’m a little late this morning. (I’ll blame it on ‘the fog of getting snow’, or something like that!). It sure is nice to see it even thought it meant having to scrape windshields this morning. Looks like there may be a chance for some more later in the week and over the weekend. We sure need it and are every so thankful to the Lord for getting what we have so far!
So, What Happened Today In 1789 ?
George Washington unanimously elected by ‘Electoral College’ to first, followed by second terms as President of the United States 
George Washington becomes the first and only president to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College. He repeated this notable feat on the same day in 1792.
The peculiarities of early American voting procedure meant that although Washington won unanimous election, he still had a runner-up, John Adams, who served as vice president during both of Washington’s terms. Electors in what is now called the Electoral College named two choices for president. They each cast two ballots without noting a distinction between their choice for president and vice president. Washington was chosen by all of the electors and therefore is considered to have been unanimously elected. Of those also named on the electors’ ballots, Adams had the most votes and became vice president.
Although Washington’s overwhelming popularity prevented problems in 1789 and 1792, this procedure caused great difficulty in the elections of 1796 and 1800. In 1796, Federalist supporters of John Adams cast only one of their two votes in an effort to ensure that Adams would win the presidency without giving votes to any of the other candidates. This led to a situation in which the Federalist Adams won the highest number of votes and became president, but Thomas Jefferson, the opposing Democratic-Republican candidate, came in second and therefore became his opponent’s vice president.
In 1800, the system led to a tie between the Democratic-Republican candidates for president and vice president, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. This sent the vote to the House of Representatives, where Federalists voted for Burr instead of Jefferson, whom they despised. As a result, the Congressional vote ended in a tie 35 times before the Federalists decided to hand in blank ballots and concede the White House to Jefferson.
In 1804, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution ended this particular form of electoral chaos by stipulating that separate votes be cast for president and vice president.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On February 4 In History:
960 – The coronation of ZhaoKuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries;
1783 – Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 in Calabria, Italy;
1787 – Shay’s Rebellion, an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers against the new U.S. government, fails;
1795 – France abolishes slavery in her territories and confers all slaves to citizens;
1797 – Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 41,000;
1824 – J.W. Goodrich introduces ‘Rubber Galoshes’ to the public;
1849 – University of Wisconsin begins conducting classes with 1 room and 20 students;
1861 – In the American Civil War, the Confederacy is open for business when the Provisional Confederate Congress convenes in Montgomery, Alabama. The official record read: “Be it remembered that on the fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and in the Capitol of the State of Alabama, in the city of Montgomery, at the hour of noon, there assembled certain deputies and delegates from the several independent South States of North America…” The congress then turned its attention to selecting a president, with delegates settling on Jefferson Davis, a West Point graduate and former U.S. senator from Mississippi who served as the U.S. secretary of war in the 1850s;
1889 – Harry Longabaugh is released from Sundance Prison in Wyoming, thereby acquiring the famous nickname, “the Sundance Kid.”;
1899 – After an exchange of gunfire, fighting breaks out between American troops and Filipinos near Manila, sparking the Philippine-American War;
1909 – California law segregates Caucasian and Japanese school children;
1913 – Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim;
1915 – In World War I, a full two years before Germany’s aggressive naval policy would draw the United States into the war against them, Kaiser Wilhelm announces an important step in the development of that policy, proclaiming the North Sea a war zone, in which all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, were liable to be sunk without warning. After a German U-boat sank the British passenger ship Lusitania on May 7, 1915, killing over 1,000 people, including 128 Americans, pressure from the U.S. prompted the German government to greatly constrain the operation of submarines; U-boat warfare was completely suspended that September. Unrestricted submarine warfare was resumed on February 1, 1917, prompting the U.S., two days later, to break diplomatic relations with Germany.;
1919 – Congress established the U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross;
1922 – The Ford Motor Company acquires the failing luxury automaker Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million;
1938 – “See for yourself what the genius of Walt Disney has created in his first full length feature production,” proclaimed the original trailer for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, released on this day in 1938. Based on the famous fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, Snow White opened with the Wicked Queen asking her magic mirror the question “Who is the fairest one of all?” The mirror gives its fateful answer: Snow White, the queen’s young stepdaughter. Disney released a more complete digital restoration of the film in 1993. Its power continues to endure: In June 2008, more than 60 years after its U.S. release, the American Film Institute chose Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as the No. 1 animated film of all time in its listing of “America’s 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres.”;
1941 – The United Service Organization (U.S.O.) is formed to cater to armed forces and defense industries;
1944 – The Bronze Star Medal, honoring “heroic or meritorious achievement or service,” was authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt;
1945 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet at Yalta, in the Crimea, to discuss the Allied war effort against Germany and Japan and to try to settle some nagging diplomatic issues. While a number of important agreements were reached at the conference, tensions over European issues—particularly the fate of Poland—foreshadowed the crumbling of the Grand Alliance that had developed between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union during World War II and hinted at the Cold War to come;
1962 – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded in Memphis, Tenn., by entertainer Danny Thomas;
1962 – The first U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. It was one of 15 helicopters ferrying South Vietnamese Army troops into battle near the village of Hong My in the Mekong Delta. The first U.S. helicopter unit had arrived in South Vietnam aboard the ferry carrier USNS Core on December 11, 1961. This contingent included 33 Vertol H-21C Shawnee helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen to operate and maintain them. Their assignment was to airlift South Vietnamese Army troops into combat;
1965 – During the Vietnam War, McGeorge Bundy, American Special Assistant for National Security, arrives in Saigon for talks with U.S. Ambassador General Maxwell Taylor. Two days later Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin arrived in Hanoi. There was worldwide speculation that their visits were linked–that the United States and the Soviet Union had agreed to pressure their “clients” into negotiations–but this was denied by all the principals. Bundy, in fact, was there to confer with Ambassador Taylor on the best way to deal with the political situation. And although Kosygin publicly proclaimed continued Soviet support for North Vietnam and the communist war, a Soviet participant in the talks later described the North Vietnamese as “a bunch of stubborn bastards.”;
1969 – With Yasir Arafat as its leader, the Palestine Liberation Organization was founded on February 4, 1969. By 1974 when he addressed the United Nations, Arafat had made significant strides towards establishing new respectability for the PLO’s campaign for a Palestinian homeland. But gaining legitimacy hinged on cooling down terrorism, and Arafat found it increasingly difficult to reconcile the moderate and extremist segments of Palestinian politics;
1971 – British car maker, ‘Rolls Royce’, declares itself bankrupt;
1975 – Haicheng earthquake, measuring 7.3, occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China;
1976 – In the very early morning a 7.5-magnitude earthquake levels much of Guatemala City, killing 23,000 people and leaving one million others homeless;
1998 – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000;
2004 – FACEBOOK is born;
2012 – Florence Green, the last known veteran from World War I, dies in the United Kingdom at the age of 110;
2013 – At a University of Leicester media conference, it is announced that during a 2012 archeological dig in Leicester, the skeleton they unearthed is confirmed to be the remains of King Richard III of England;
2013 – It was one year ago TODAY !
Now, Off To The Fun Stuff !
Today’s Patriotic Quote For The Day:
“The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.”
– President George Washington
Today’s Thought For The Day:
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”
– James Michener, American author
Today’s Dog Thoughts:
Today’s Animal Talent Show:
Jessie – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMPKktMI8JQ&feature=player_embedded
Today’s Training Video:
How to parallel park in Moscow – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Htg21EkaqqM
Today’s ‘AWE of GOD’ Picture:
Nohkalikai Falls, Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya, India
Today’s ‘So Long Ago’:
Not so long ago – To CUT was something you did with scissors or a knife and – To PASTE was something you did with glue!
Today’s ‘Astute Visionary’:
“Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.”
– Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895
Today’s ‘A Day In The Life Of A Teddy Bear’:
Today’s ‘From Mom’s Dictionary’:
Airplane – What Mom impersonates to get a 1-yr.-old to eat strained beets.
Today’s Proverb:
It is more difficult to contend with oneself than with the world.
Today’s ‘How The Heck Did That Happen’:
Today’s Actually Found On Product Labeling:
On a bar of Dial soap – Directions: Use like regular soap.
Today’s Lexophile Word Play:
A will is a dead giveaway.
Today’s Construction Site Oops Picture:
Today’s Inspirational Thought:
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
Living In Me – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o-sKDSswMH0
Today’s Verse & Prayer:
I love you, Lord; you are my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.
– Psalm 18:1-2
My dear Father in heaven, I love you. I love you because you are more than worthy of my love. I love you because you have first loved me. I love you because you sent your son to be my big brother and pay the price for my adoption into your family. I love you because of your faithfulness. I love you because you have permitted me in your grace to love you. In the name of Jesus I thank you. Amen.
Today’s Funny Church Sign:
Until Tomorrow – America, BLESS GOD !!!
