Friday, January 7, 2011

Unfortunately, it's not a snow day

But you may begin the mulching of your Christmas trees in earnest.



This year, MulchFest will take place on January 8 and 9, 2011 (in NYC.) Parks will host 35 chipping sites and 35 additional drop-off locations: 70 sites in all!


Today in History -
January 7, 1800
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Millard Fillmore,13th President of the United States, was born on this date.



And no he didn't install the first bathtub in the White House, that was a hoax by Henry Louis Mencken.


January 7, 1894 -
William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for the first practical celluloid film and decided on 35 mm for the size, a standard still used.



The earliest surviving copyrighted motion picture, the Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze is a short film made by W. K. L. Dickson in January 1894 for advertising purposes. Often referred to as "Fred Ott's Sneeze," this is is one of the world's earliest motion pictures and America's best known early film production. The star is Fred Ott, an Edison employee known to his fellow workers in the laboratory for his comic sneezing and other gags.


January 7, 1912 -
Charles Addams, cartoonist known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters, was spawned on this date.






January 7, 1943 -
The world's greatest inventor, Nicola Tesla, died alone in room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel, of heart failure on this date in history.



Despite having sold his AC electricity patents, Tesla died with significant debts on the books.


January 7, 1957 -
Katherine Anne Couric, TV news host and colonoscopy spokes model, was born on this date.




January 7, 1967 -
The Newlywed Game premiered on ABC TV on this date.



I can still think of this clip and smile


January 7, 1999
This is not a great day for Bubba - The impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton began on this date.



It was only the second impeachment of a President in American history, following the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868.



And so it goes.

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