September 27, 2022 is upon us. Mostly I try to think about today and not tomorrow. That’s not possible. The light at the end of the tunnel is a train named Ian. I’m not too worried because people who die in hurricanes from flooding and then after the storm passes, carbon monoxide poisoning because they have lost power. Neither of those are a problem for me. Today is Ancestor Appreciation Day, National Chocolate Milk Day, National Corned Beef Hash Day, National Crush a Can Day, National Day of Forgiveness, and World Tourism Day. I appreciate my ancestors every day because I exist, thanks to them. In 1066 William the Conqueror set sail from Normandy with a fleet of 726 ships to conquer England. On this day in 1290 an earthquake in the Bohal Sea near China killed 100,000. This is the day in 1694 that a hurricane hit Carlisle Bay Barbados sinking 27 Britch ships and killing 3,000. On this day in 1864 the Centralia Massacre took place. Pro-Confederate guerrillas lead by William Anderson and Jesse James loot Centralia, MO and attack a train carrying Union troops and execute 24 of them. This is the day in 1892 that book matches were patented by the Diamond Match Company. In 1908 on this day the first Model T left the Piquette Plant in Detroit. The 1st Santa Claus Training School opened in Albion NY on this day in 1937. On this day in 1954 “The Tonight Show” premiered hosted by Steve Allen. Today we visit the grave of author William Safire who stopped living in 2009. He said, “Never assume the obvious is true” and “The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.” Next is one of the greatest female athletes of all time, Babe Didrikson Zaharias died in 1956 at the age of 45. The Babe said, “Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised” and “All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else.” The last one for today is: “The Babe is here. Who’s coming in second?” Abide.
