This day’s name is February 23, 2024. This is the time each day that I stop what I’m thinking and time for my daily affirmations of gratitude. I still exist! Carpe Diem! 02/23/2024’s holidays are Curling is Cool Day, Diesel Engine Day, International Stand Up to Bullying Day, National Banana Bread Day, National Rationalization Day, Pinocchio Day, Play Tennis Day, Skip The Straw Day, World Understanding and Peace Day, and Tootsie Roll Day. Now let’s see what happened on this day in history. In 1455 on this day Johannes Gutenberg printed his first Bible. In 1540 on this day Francisco Vazquez de Coronado began his expedition to find Mexico’s Seven Cities of Gold. On this day in 1836 General Santa Anna directed the Mexican Army to attack the Alamo. 13 days later the entire garrison would be dead. On this day in 1886 “The Times” of London newspaper published the world’s 1st classified ad. On tis day in 1905 the Rotary Club was formed by 4 men in Chicago. In 1919 on this day Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist Party in Italy. On this day in 1942 a Japanese submarine fired on the Ellwood, California oil refinery. This is the day in 1945 that Marines raised the flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima. In 1954 on this day the 1st mass inoculation against polio took place at Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh. In 1978 on this day “Hotel California” by the Eagles won a Grammy. Today’s dead person is the 6th President, John Quincy Adams. John said, “Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.” “To believe that everyone is honest is folly, but to believe that no one is honest is worst.” “All that I am, my mother made me.” “Whoever tells the best story wins.” “A stranger would think that the people of the United States had no other occupation than electioneering.” I’ll end with that one because it’s yet another example that things don’t really change. Abide.
