This day’s name is Friday, January 13th, 2023. There’s two Friday the 13th this year. The other one is in October. In Western culture, this is a most unlucky day. I’m not worried. I’ve had so much good luck in my life, I can take some bad luck if it comes my way. And if that happens, I’ve got plan because today is also Blame Someone Else Day. Pretty convenient. It’s also Korean American Day, Make Your Dreams Come True Day, National Peach Melba Day, National Rubber Ducky Day, National Sticker Day, Public Radio Broadcasting Day, and Skeptics Day International. Now to history: On this day in 1404 the English Parliament passed the Act of Multipliers which forbid alchemists to create precious metals. In other words, they ordered people not to do something that they couldn’t do in the first place. On this day in 1842 Dr. William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army becomes famous for being the sol survivor of an army of 16,500 that was attacked in the 1st Anglo-Afghan War. On this day in 1893 US Marines landed in Honolulu to force Queen Liliuokalani to sign the Bayonet Constitution which ended the monarchy and allowed the United States to annex Hawaii. On this day in 1930 the 1st Mickey Mouse comic strip was published. In 1962 Chubby Checker’s song “The Twist” goes to #1. On the same day, Wilt Chamberlain scores 73 points in a basketball game. This is the third highest personal score in history. The second highest was 81 points scored by Kobe Bryant and Wilt has the highest at 100 points which he scored in March of 1962. Today we will visit the grave of the author James Joyce who said, “Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it.” “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” “They lived and laughed and loved and left.” “Love loves to love love.” “Ask no questions and you’ll hear no lies.” I’ll end with this gem: “There’s no friends like the old friends.” Abide.
