Hols of the Day

I figured with January slipping away we'd better do something.

First of all, mention must needs be made of an anniversary which took place just seven days ago...

January 24--Eskimo Pie Day. This is incredibly important because the man who invented them lived right here in lil' ol' Ioway :-)

Have I not said time and again that Iowa is a happenin' kind of place?

Today in History:

1928--Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company

1929--Leon Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey

1933--Hitler promises parliamentary democracy

1934--FDR devalues the dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce

1958--"Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host

1958--James van Allen discovers radiation belt (Oh hey...van Allen was at the University of Iowa! It seems there is no end to the Hawkeye state's contributions to culture and science :-)

1964--US report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung cancer

1975--Barry Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold (now, now...I liked Barry Manilow)

1994--Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36

2008--Loren Hoyt visits the dentist

Here at ye olde homesteade it's currently 10 degrees with fair skies and only -5 wind chill.

What I want to know is...can Hill chill Bill?
 

Tweet