BWTG - February 2018 Event Cache
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BWTG - February 2018
Thursday, February 15, 2018 from 6:30am - 7:30am.
What's Special on today?
Events
1493 – While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
1764 – The city of St. Louis is established in Spanish Louisiana (now in Missouri, USA).
1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
1870 – Stevens Institute of Technology is founded in New Jersey, USA and offers the first Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
1879 – Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
1933 – In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
1945 – World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
1965 – A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
2001 – The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
Birthdays
1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (d. 1642)
1797 – Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (d. 1871)
1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester (d. 1884)
1812 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (d. 1902)
1820 – Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist and activist (d. 1906)
1907 – Cesar Romero, American actor and original Joker (d. 1994)
1927 – Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian (d. 2008)
1935 – Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967) GR History #2 - Roger B. Chaffee
1951 – Jane Seymour, English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer. Well known as Dr Michaela Quinn
1954 – Matt Groening, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Chris Farley, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)
Deaths
1933 – Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
1965 – Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
1984 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
1988 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1996 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
Today is ” Susan B. Anthony Day ”!
Most people now days know Mrs Anthony as the unfortunate recipient of a confusingly mis-sized dollar coin. But to be the first woman ever featured on US money she must of done something right?
Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She was brought up in a Quaker family with long activist traditions. Early in her life she developed a sense of justice and moral zeal.
After teaching for fifteen years, she became active in temperance. Because she was a woman, she was not allowed to speak at temperance rallies. This experience, and her acquaintance with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, led her to join the women's rights movement in 1852. Soon after, she dedicated her life to woman suffrage.
Ignoring opposition and abuse, Anthony traveled, lectured, and canvassed across the nation for the vote. She also campaigned for the abolition of slavery, the right for women to own their own property and retain their earnings, and she advocated for women's labor organizations. In 1900, Anthony persuaded the University of Rochester to admit women.
Anthony, who never married, was aggressive and compassionate by nature. She had a keen mind and a great ability to inspire. She remained active until her death on March 13, 1906.
When she first began campaigning for women's rights, Anthony was harshly ridiculed and accused of trying to destroy the institution of marriage. Public perception of her changed radically during her lifetime, however. Her 80th birthday was celebrated in the White House at the invitation of President William McKinley. She became the first actual woman to be depicted on U.S. coinage when her portrait appeared on the 1979 dollar coin.
After the Civil War, Anthony worked primarily for women's suffrage, the legal right of women to vote. This right was established over the course of several decades, first in various states and localities, sometimes on a limited basis. It was established nationally in 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had been introduced in Congress in 1878 by Senator Aaron A. Sargent, a friend of Anthony's. The amendment was popularly known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in recognition of her leadership in achieving its passage. She died in 1906, fourteen years before it became the law of the land.
Sometimes it’s hard to believe or imagine a time when women or people of color were not allowed to vote, but many of the rights we have today are owed by people who truly believed in the words ‘All men are created equal’ applied to all people, not just men!
The event??
Breakfast With The Gang. Breakfast With The Geocachers. Bulging Waistlines Totally Grew. Breakfast With The Goofballs. Beware When Travis Geocaches. Breakfast With Team Geochef. Best Way To Geocache. Breakfast While Talking Geocaching. BWTG="Brian-Wussy; Travis-Greatest".
Call it what you want, but whatever you call it, it IS good food and great company. So let's get together, talk caching, and eat!
When?
Thursday, February 15, 2018 from 6:30am - 7:30am. (Oh yes, AM, in the morning, bright and early, rise and shine sleepy head). You may stay longer if you'd like, that depends on what time you have to show up for work or be somewhere else.
Where?
We will be meeting for a good, hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrel, just South of I-94.
Who?
Everyone is welcome at the event!
What Do I Bring?
Bring a good, hearty appetite and be ready to share some of the best memories you have of geocaching; including, but not limited to, best caches, best events, best hospital story, best encounter with local law enforcement authorities, etc.
Celebrating a Milestone?
We want to know! Post it on the event page and you'll be acknowledged here as an official part of this event's history!
What do I do AFTER the event?
If you don't have to go to work or be somewhere else, we suggest you get out and cache!!! Either alone or with one of the groups that will, undoubtedly, be formed before, during or after the event. A great geocaching day can start here!
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