Genealogy tip for today: Highlighting today’s
genealogy blog
We Tree blog
Genealogy
Tip for today: Amy Coffin is the
blogger at this blog site and lives in Texas
Today’s post is an
announcement about the upcoming Forensic Genealogy Institute. She tells you
what it is about as well as the particulars about the next offerings from FGI. She
has also announcements of other societies and their meetings in and around Texas
She has information on her
personal genealogy as well. She says
this about her research and blog:
This blog is like my kitchen table. I use it
to talk about everything genealogy and you're invited to the discussion. Now
settle in because we have a lot to talk about...
There are tabs at the top of
her blog. One of these is a list of her surnames she has in her family tree. This
gives you the opportunity to see if you have any common surname lines. This is
smart – everyone should do that because you never know when you’ll fall into
the serendipity pool.
Part of her work includes
helping others, so if you like what she does maybe she can help you as well. I
have never had an interaction with this blogger so this is not meant as a
recommendation, just passing on the information. You would have to contact her
for information.
Goings on at the Library:
Lunch and Learn will resume next week. The topic is Early Arkansas Explorers.
This is being presented by Denis Dean. So if you are interested, be here at the
library by noon on the 10th. Be sure to bring your own sandwich. The
beverage and cookies will be provided.
Today
in History
1260 At the Battle of
Montaperto in Italy
1479 After four years
of war, Spain agrees to
allow a Portuguese monopoly of trade along Africa's west coast and Portugal acknowledges Spain 's
rights in the Canary Islands .
1781 Los Angeles
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| Louis XVI |
1790 Jacques Necker is
forced to resign as finance minister in France
1820 Czar Alexander
declares that Russian influence in North America extends as far south as Oregon
1862 Robert E. Lee's
Confederate army invades Maryland
1870 A republic is
proclaimed in Paris
1881 The Edison electric lighting system goes into operation as a
generator serving 85 paying customers is switched on.
1886 Elusive Apache
leader Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon , Ariz.
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| Beatrix Potter |
1915 The U.S. military places Haiti
under martial law to quell a rebellion in its capital Port-au-Prince
1941 German submarine U-652
fires at the U.S. destroyer Greer
off Iceland
1942 Soviet planes
bomb Budapest
1943 Allied troops
capture Lae-Salamaua, in New
Guinea
1944 British troops
liberate Antwerp , Belgium
1945 The American flag
is raised on Wake Island after surrender
ceremonies there.
1951 The first
transcontinental television broadcast in America
1957 Arkansas
governor Orval Faubus calls out the National Guard to bar African-American
students from entering a Little Rock
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| National Guard |
1967 Operation Swift
begins as US Marines engage North Vietnamese Army troops in Que Son Valley
1972 Mark Spitz
becomes first Olympic competitor to win 7 medals during a single Olympics
Games.
1975 Sinai II
Agreement between Egypt and Israel
1998 Google founded by
Stanford University
Birthdays
today:
1768 Vicomte François
René de Chateaubriand, French writer and chef who gave his name to a style of
steak
1846 Daniel Hudson
Burnham, architect and city planner
1905 Mary Renault
(Mary Challans), author who wrote about her wartime experiences in The Last
of the Wine and The King Must Die.
1908 Richard Wright,
novelist best known for Native Son
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| Paul Harvey |
1920 Craig Claiborne, food
critic and cookbook author
1920 Maggie Higgins,
the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize (1951) for international reporting,
for her work in Korean war zones.
1924 Joan Delano Aiken, author of
supernatural fiction and alternative history novels for children; won Guardian
Children's Fiction Prize (The Whispering Mountain), an Edgar Allen Poe
Award (Night Fall) and an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the
British Empire) for her contributions to children's literature.
1927 John McCarthy,
computer and cognitive scientist who coined the term "artificial
intelligence"
1931 Mitzi Gaynor,
actress, singer, dancer (film adaptations of There's No Business Like Show
Business, South Pacific)
1934 Sir Clive William
John Granger, British economist who received the Nobel Prize in Economic
Sciences
1935 Charles A. Hines , US
1958 Dr. Drew (David
Drew Pinsky), syndicated radio talk show (Loveline) and television
host (Dr. Drew, Lifechangers).
 |
| Shinya Yamanaka |
1971 Ione Skye,
actress (Say Anything … )
1978 Wes Bentley,
actor (American Beauty, The Hunger Games)
1981 Beyonce Knowles,
singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, producer; won five Grammy Awards for Dangerously
in Love album (2003) and six for I am … Sasha Fierce (2008).
Word for the
day:
skosh
PRONUNCIATION:
(skoash)
MEANING:
noun: A small amount; a little bit.
ETYMOLOGY:
From
Japanese sukoshi (a little). Earliest documented use: 1955.
USAGE:
"The
obesity rate would have been 30.2% for women in that age group -- again, just a
skosh lower than the actual rate of 30.4%."
Karen Ravn; We're Fat Because ...; Los Angeles Times; Jul 14, 2008.
Karen Ravn; We're Fat Because ...; Los Angeles Times; Jul 14, 2008.
Quote for the day:
I am,
indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. -Pietro Aretino, satirist
and dramatist (1492-1556)
August
is Sandwich Month
Today’s
Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 (14 1/2-ounce) can green
beans, drained and rinsed
- 3 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1 medium onion, diced and sauteed
- 1 (8-ounce) can water
chestnuts, drained and chopped
- 1 (4-ounce) can pimentos, drained
- 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed cream of celery
soup
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 (6-ounce) box long-grain and wild rice, cooked
according to package directions
- 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar
- Pinch salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix all ingredients together and pour into a greased 3-quart casserole dish. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until bubbly.
ENJOY!
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