Good morning friends and family of Phoenix. It’s time once
again for TBT! I’m quite sure that one Thursday I will find that absolutely
nothing of importance happened, but until then, here we go….
• 1908: The Ford Model T was introduced to the public, and
was the first car that was affordable and reliable for the ordinary citizen of
the United States. Known as the "Tin Lizzie,” it was the first car built using
mass production methods and when first introduced cost $850, seating two
people, and by the time it was discontinued in 1927, nearly 15,000,000 Model
T's had been sold.
• 1910: The Los Angeles Times building is bombed with
dynamite, causing the death of 21 people. Union organizers were believed to be
responsible due to the ongoing fight between the publisher and local unions.
• 1918: Arab and British forces commanded by Lawrence of
Arabia capture Damascus from Turkish forces.
• 1937: The US House of Representatives passed The Marihuana
(Marijuana) Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 the bill was an
important bill on the path that led to the criminalization of cannabis. It
stipulated that pot could not be sold without a license and licenses were never
issued.
• 1946: Mensa, the well-known high-IQ society is formed
which is nonpolitical and free from all social distinctions (racial, religious,
etc.). The society is created by Roland Berrill and Dr. Lancelot Ware, the only
qualification for membership being a high IQ in the top 98th percentile.
Membership is estimated to be over 100,000 worldwide. Over the years Mensa has
attracted some surprising members including boxers, actors and actresses,
writers, politicians and inventors.
• 1962: James Meredith registered at the University of
Mississippi accompanied by 400 U.S. deputy marshals and 1000 troops to guard
the campus from further trouble , there were 2 lives lost and 75 injuries to
allow this man to break the schools 110 year history of segregation at this
school by being the first Negro to attend classes.
• 1962: The late night talk show "The Tonight
Show" starring Johnny Carson is broadcast for the first time from New York
City by NBC. He retired from the show in 1992 when Jay Leno started as the
host.
• 1971: Walt Disney World Resort Opens in Orlando Florida.
The resort opened with the Magic Kingdom theme park featuring the Cinderella
Castle at its center and has since added Epcot and the others. The project had
begun way back in 1959 after the success of Disneyland in California ( opened
1955 ) , and because he did not want land speculators to realize what he was up
to he bought land through dummy corporations (27,400 acres) in the area. The
Walt Disney World Resort is not actually in Orlando as it is outside city
limits. Epcot opened on this day in 1982.
• 2013: The United States government stopped all
non-essential functions after Congress failed to reach a deal on the budget.
The shutdown meant that national parks and museums would be closed and hundreds
of thousands of workers would not be able to go to work. (It was narrowly
averted this year.)
To end today’s post, here’s a quote from Johnny Carson: “And
finally, democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in
one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head
-- this signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck
for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights
out for the American eagle."
Have a fangtastic day everyone!
<3 Brock V"""V
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