Good Morning & God Bless To Every One !!!
Today is January 15, the 15th day of 2014 and there are 350 days left this year where it is another BLESSED day here in the work for our Lord at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
It looks like we’re in for another beautiful day here in Albuquerque where it is presently 32 degrees but a little wind brings in a wind chill of 23. We’re expecting highs in the low 50’s again with God’s glorious sunshine beaming down upon us throughout the day.
So, What Happened Today In 1967:
The Green Bay Packers face the Kansas City Chiefs in the first NFL World Championship Game, retroactively known as Super Bowl I
At the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first-ever world championship game of American football.
In the mid-1960S, the intense competition for players and fans between the National Football League (NFL) and the upstart American Football League (AFL) led to talks of a possible merger. It was decided that the winners of each league’s championship would meet each year in a single game to determine the “world champion of football.”
In that historic first game–played before a non-sell-out crowd of 61,946 people–Green Bay scored three touchdowns in the second half to defeat Kansas City 35-10. Led by MVP quarterback Bart Starr, the Packers benefited from Max McGee’s stellar receiving and a key interception by safety Willie Wood. For their win, each member of the Packers collected $15,000: the largest single-game share in the history of team sports.
Postseason college games were known as “bowl” games, and AFL founder Lamar Hunt suggested that the new pro championship be called the “Super Bowl.” The term was officially introduced in 1969, along with roman numerals to designate the individual games. In 1970, the NFL and AFL merged into one league with two conferences, each with 13 teams. Since then, the Super Bowl has been a face-off between the winners of the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC) for the NFL championship and the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy, named for the legendary Packers coach who guided his team to victory in the first two Super Bowls.
Super Bowl Sunday has become an unofficial American holiday, complete with parties, betting pools and excessive consumption of food and drink. On average, 80 to 90 million people are tuned into the game on TV at any given moment, while some 130-140 million watch at least some part of the game. The commercials shown during the game have become an attraction in themselves, with TV networks charging as much as $2.5 million for a 30-second spot and companies making more expensive, high-concept ads each year. The game itself has more than once been upstaged by its elaborate pre-game or halftime entertainment, most recently in 2004 when Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” resulted in a $225,000 fine for the TV network airing the game, CBS, and tighter controls on televised indecency.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On January 15 In History:
588 BC – Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign which lasted until July 23, 586 BC;
69 – Otho seizes power in Rome proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome but only serves three months before committing suicide;
1535 – King Henry VIII declares himself the head of the English Church;
1624 – Riots flare in Mexico when it is announced that all churches are to be closed;
1777 – Having recognized the need for their territory to assert its independence from both Britain and New York and remove themselves from the war they were waging against each other, a convention of future Vermonters assembles in Westminster and declares independence from the crown of Great Britain and the colony of New York. The convention’s delegates included Vermont’s future governor, Thomas Chittenden, and Ira Allen, who would become known as the “father” of the University of Vermont;
1780 – Continental Congress establishes the ‘Court of Appeals’;
1831 – The first U.S. built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes its first run in Charleston, South Carolina;
1844 – The University of Notre Dame receives its charter in Indiana;
1861 – The steam elevator is patented by Elisha Otis;
1863 – The first U.S. newspaper printed on wood-pulp paper is produced by the Boston Morning Journal;
1865 – During the Civil War, Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to Union forces along with Wilmington, North Carolina which is the Confederacy’s most important blockade-running port which is closed;
1870 – The first recorded use of a donkey to represent the Democratic Party appears in Harper’s Weekly;
1889 – The “Pemberton Medicine Company”, now known as the “Coca-Cola Company”, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia;
1913 – The first telephone line between Berlin, Germany and New York is inaugurated;
1919 – In World War I, a coup launched in Berlin by a group of radical socialist revolutionaries is brutally suppressed by right-wing paramilitary units from January 10 to January 15; the group’s leaders, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, are murdered;
1919 – Fiery hot molasses floods the streets of Boston killing 21 people and injuring scores of others. The molasses burst from a huge tank containing an estimated 2.3 million gallons at the United States Industrial Alcohol Company building in the heart of the city;
1920 – The ‘Dry Law’ goes into effect in the United States and selling liquor and beer becomes illegal;
1929 – The son of a Baptist Minister, Martin Luther King Jr., is born in Atlanta, Georgia;
1933 – After nearly a century of cooperative living, the utopian Amana colonists of Iowa begin using U.S. currency for the first time;
1936 – In London, England, Japan quits all naval disarmament talks after being denied equality;
1936 – Edsel Ford, the son of auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, forms a philanthropic organization called the Ford Foundation with a donation of $25,000. The foundation, which was established in part as a legal way for the Ford family to avoid the hefty inheritance taxes that President Franklin D Roosevelt’s administration imposed on large estates, grew into a multi-billion dollar institution that today supports programs in the U.S. and over 50 other countries around the globe for the purpose of the “advancement of human welfare.”;
1943 – Work is completed on the Pentagon, headquarters for the United States Department of War;
1951 – Following World War II, Ilse Koch, wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in West Germany. Ilse Koch was nicknamed the “Witch of Buchenwald” for her extraordinary sadism;
1953 – Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prior to taking office as the new secretary of state, John Foster Dulles argues that U.S. foreign policy must strive for the “liberation of captive peoples” living under communist rule;
1962 – Asked at a news conference if U.S. troops are fighting in Vietnam, President Kennedy answers “No.” He was technically correct, but U.S. soldiers were serving as combat advisers with the South Vietnamese army, and U.S. pilots were flying missions with the South Vietnamese Air Force. While acting in this advisory capacity, some soldiers invariably got wounded, and press correspondents based in Saigon were beginning to see casualties from the “support” missions and ask questions;
1970 – Muammar al-Qaddafi, a young Libyan army captain who deposed King Idris in September 1969 is proclaimed ‘Premier of Libya’ by the so-called General People’s Congress;
1973 – President Richard M Nixon suspends military action in North Vietnam on this day in 1973, giving peace talks between his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, and North Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho a chance to succeed;
1976 – Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison for her failed attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford;
1991 – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II approves Australia instituting its own Victoria Cross honors system, the first country in the British Commonwealth permitted to do so;
1993 – Historic disarmament ceremony ended with the last of 125 countries signing a treaty in Paris, France banning chemical weapons;
2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online;
2007 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, former Iraqi Intelligence Chief and half-brother of Saddam Hussein, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former Chief Judge of the Revolutionary Court, are executed by hanging in Iraq;
2009 – A potential disaster turned into a heroic display of skill and composure when Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III safely landed the plane he was piloting on New York City’s Hudson River after a bird strike caused its engines to fail. David Paterson, governor of New York at the time, dubbed the incident the “miracle on the Hudson.”;
2013 – It was one year ago TODAY!
Now, Off To The Fun Stuff:
Today’s ‘From Mom’s Dictionary’:
FOOD: The response Mom usually gives in answer to the question “What’s for dinner tonight?” See “SARCASM”
Today’s Construction Oops:
Today’s Founder’s Quote:
“I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.” –Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Ludlow, 1824
Today’s Thought For The Day:
Don’t count every day of the week; make every day of the week count. – Mark Amend
So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. – Ephesians 5:15-16
Today’s Inspirational Quote:
“I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” – Abraham Lincoln
Today’s ‘How Did That Happen’ Picture:
Today’s Crazy Law:
In Ventura County, California – cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
Today’s Crazy ?/Thought:
When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny?
Today’s Joke Of The Day:
A doctor, a civil engineer and a computer scientist were arguing about what was the oldest profession in the world.
The doctor remarked, “Well, in the Bible it says that God created Eve from a rib taken from Adam. This clearly required surgery, so I can rightly claim that mine is the oldest profession in the world.”
The civil engineer interrupted and said, “But even earlier in the book of Genesis, it states that God created the order of the heavens and the earth from out of the chaos. This was the first and certainly the most spectacular application of civil engineering. Therefore, fair doctor, you are wrong; mine is the oldest profession in the world.”
The computer scientist leaned back in his chair, smiled and said confidently, “Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?”
Today’s Funny Warning Sign:
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 Word Of The Day:
Patois – is a regional dialect, which is different from the standard or literary language. A synonym of patois is jargon. It comes from the French patois, which means local speech.
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
Pieces – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4vs2kAnh5KY
Today’s Funny Animal Picture:
Today’s Verse & Prayer:
Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:31-32
To the only true God be glory, honor, power and praise. Father I seek not only your presence in my daily life, but also your pleasure in the choices I make. Please teach me more of your truth as I pledge to live today in obedience to your word and your will. Through Jesus living Word I pray. Amen.
Today’s Funny Church Sign:
Until Tomorrow – GOD BLESS To Every One !!!
