This day is called September 3, 2022. As usual, I’m in a good mood. It’s a choice I make every morning. Yesterday I read that the average life expectancy in America his declined by 2.3 years and now stands at 76.6 years (2021). We live on average more that 5 years less than our peer nations. I’m beating the odds. Another reason to be in a good mood. 09.03 is Franchise Appreciation Day, International Bacon Day, National Hummingbird Day, National Tailgating Day, National Welsh Rarebit Day, US Bowling League Day, and National Beard Day. Bacon for breakfast? Could happen. On this day in 301 San Marino was founded. It is the smallest nation in the world and still exists. In 2012 their 9 person Olympic team won their first medal, a bronze in women’s trap shooting. On this day in 1189 Richard the Lionheart was crowned in Westminster. To celebrate the coronation, 30 Jews were put to death. When King Richard found out, he ordered the perpetrators to be executed. This is the day in 1709 that the 1st group of Swiss German colonists reached North and South Carolina. This is the day in 1783 that the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolutionary War. On this day in 1855 a force of 700 soldiers attacked a Sioux village in Nebraska killing 100 men, women, and children. This was the beginning of the “Indian Wars”. On this day in 1916 President Woodrow Wilson signed the Adamson Act establishing an 8-hour workday for railroad workers to prevent a national railroad strike. This is the day in 1944 that Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Today’s dead people’s quotes come from the legendary coach Vince Lombardi. Vince said, “Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.” “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.” “Ones desire, not ability, determines success.” “When you are through trying to improve you are through.” Abide.
