This day is April 22, 2021. The Commission has decided that it is “In God We Trust” Day, April Showers Day, International Mother Earth Day, Love Your Thighs Day, National Teach Children To Save Day and National Jelly Bean Day. Not a long list but I do like jelly beans. Good enough for me. This is the day in 1526 of the 1st slave revolt in the American colonies which occurred in South Carolina. In 1692 on this day Edward Bishop was jailed for proposing flogging as a cure for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. They preferred to burn them alive. On this day in 1793 President Washington attended the opening of Rickett’s, 1st circus in the US. John Ricketts brought the circus to America from England and it wasn’t a traveling circus. It was an amphitheater in Philadelphia that featured horses, acrobats and clowns. In 1876 the first National League game in baseball history played at Philadelphia’s Jefferson Street Grounds when the Boston Red Stockings beat Philadelphia Athletics, 6-5. On this day in 1915 is the 1st military use of poison gas (chlorine, by Germany) in WW I. Finally, in 1976 Barbara Walters became the 1st female nightly network news anchor (Today Show). This is the birthday of the German Philosopher Immanuel Kant. He has lots of quotes for me to choose from. I like these: “Three things tell a man: his eyes, his friends and his favorite quotes” “We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” and “The wise man can change his mind; the stubborn one, never.” This is also the day that the comedian Erma Bombeck’s life ended. Her advice is “Stop sweating the small stuff. Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what. Instead, let’s cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us”. I agree with Erma. That’s a wrap for this day. Abide.
