BWTG - January 2019 Event Cache
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BWTG - January 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 6:30am - 7:30am.
What's Special on today?
Events
1773 – Captain James Cook commands the first expedition to sail south of the Antarctic Circle.
1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens: Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.
1873 – A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, part of the Modoc War.
1893 – Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
1903 – El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
1917 – The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
1945 – The SS-Totenkopfverbände begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
1961 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
1991 – Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
Birthdays
1640 – Jonathan Singletary Dunham, American settler (d. 1724) He was a prominent early American settler of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, who built the first gristmill in New Jersey. He is also U.S. President Barack Obama’s eighth great-grandfather and the first of Obama’s Dunham ancestors to be born in North America.
1706 – Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
1828 – Lewis A. Grant, American lawyer and general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1918)
1867 – Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1939)
1886 – Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (d. 1955) After several mergers, the company today is known as Lockheed-Martin Corporation, an American global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technologies company.
1899 – Al Capone, American mob boss (d. 1947) Also known as Scarface, his many criminal activities included murder, robbery, bootlegging and extortion. But ultimately he ended up in jail on tax evasion.
1911 – John S. McCain Jr., American admiral (d. 1981) His father, John S. McCain Sr., was also an admiral in the Navy and was a naval aviator; and the two were the first father-son pair to achieve four-star rank. His son, John S. McCain III, was a former naval aviator who was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam, and then became a United States Senator.
1922 – Betty White, American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist.
1927 – Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1928 – Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (d. 2012)
1931 – James Earl Jones, American actor
1933 – Shari Lewis, American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (d. 1998)
1939 – Maury Povich, American talk show host and producer
1942 – Muhammad Ali, American boxer and activist (d. 2016)
1949 – Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian (d. 1984) “T'ank you veddy much.”
1957 – Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host
1962 – Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and producer
1964 – Michelle Obama, American lawyer and activist, 46th First Lady of the United States
1971 – Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1980 – Zooey Deschanel, American singer-songwriter and actress
Deaths
1718 – Benjamin Church, American colonel (b. 1639) He was a military leader of the historic predecessor of the United States Army Rangers and captain of the first Ranger force in America in 1676. Go Army!
1893 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
1927 – Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
1952 – Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877) He was an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner. He was part-owner of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1935, and then sole owner from 1935 to his death in 1952. Briggs also helped found the Detroit Zoo in 1928, and personally paid for many of its first exhibits.
1977 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940) “Let’s do it.”
2008 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
Today is ” Cable Car Day ”!
Today is Cable Car Day. The day we celebrate the first patent for the cable car, awarded to Andrew Smith Hallidie in 1871.
As the story goes, Hallidie saw horses struggle to pull cars up the steep hills of San Fransisco. Many fell and some died. So he invented a system where strong cables would move the cars up and down the hill.
With this system, huge steel cables were spliced to form loops, and powerful steam engines moved the cables over gigantic wheels and pulleys. These cables ran just under the street. The cable cars would then latch onto the moving cables to move and let go to stop.
People were skeptical, and Hallidie could only find a few investors, so it took a while to get it built. But in 1873, the first cable car line opened on Clay Street. Horses around the city gave thanks. But by this time the new invention of the electric streetcars created competition throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Streetcars, which run on steel rails and are connected to overhead wires, were cheaper to build and maintain than cable cars, which run on steel rails and are propelled by an underground cable.
By the mid-20th century, San Francisco was considering completely eliminating cable car lines. Concerned citizens protested the proposal and, thanks to their efforts, the cable cars were saved. Today, San Francisco’s cable cars are protected as a National Historic Landmark so you can still ride on a San Francisco cable car.
A little known fact is that Andrew Smith Hallidie initially named his system the, “endless wire ropeway“.
So if your looking for a way to celebrate Cable Car Day, the best thing would be to visit San Francisco. Or more specifically for us geocachers, the GC7CAFP Cable Car Museum . Look, street Trains are Cool!
Quote of the day – “It’s better to be a failure at something you love, than a success at something you hate.” – George Burns
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, January 19, 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 LaRue’s Family Resturant, with easy access from US-131 and 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!
Additional Hints
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