Dear Friends,
“If you wish to make an apple pie
Truly from scratch…
…you must first
Invent the universe.”
~~~ Carl Sagan
Lincoln, Civil War, and the Gettysburg Address (1863.11.19)
Lincoln had been invited on this date in 1863 to give a “few appropriate remarks” to dedicate a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at Gettysburg. Despite its brevity and earning little attention at the time, the Gettysburg Address is one of Lincoln’s greatest speeches which you are invited to celebrate on Crosscurrents, 11/19 at 8 am.
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS ON KRNN, 11/19 at 8 am. live on air link: http://www.krnn.org
Speed, Duration, Altitude in Aviation, Louise Thaden (1905.11.12)
American pilot who set altitude and endurance records, she used her fame to promote the status of women in aviation and to bring more women into the profession, Louise Thaden was born on this date in 1905. Please join us on the airwaves for a Thaden birthday on Crosscurrents, 11/12 at 8 am.
LOUISE THADEN ON KRNN, 11/12 at 8 am live radio link: http://www.krnn.org
Get Out to Vote and Susan B. Anthony (1872.11.05)
American civil rights activist Susan B. Anthony was later arrested for voting “illegally” in the presidential election on this date in 1872. You are encouraged to vote on Tuesday after you listen to the suffragist song fest on Monday Crosscurrents 11/5 at 8 am.
SUSAN B. ANTHONY ON KRNN, 11/5: live onair link: http://www.krnn.org
Quotes:
Nothing is hopeless that is right.
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball – the further I am rolled the more I gain.
We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever.
“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.”
Women should have equal pay for equal work and they should be considered equally eligible to the offices of principal and superintendent, professor and president. So you must insist that qualifications, not sex, shall govern appointments and salaries.
“Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.”
“No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.”
“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.”
Post script:
She was fined $100 though she never paid it.
The legal arguement on her behalf was based on the 14th and the 15th Amendment.
She pledged her vote for U.S. Grant.
OLD DOG AND NEW TRICK, STS-95 John Glenn (1998.10.29)
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The first American in Earth orbit, John Glenn, made history again by serving as the oldest person to fly in space on STS-95 aboard the space shuttle Discovery which launched on this date in 1998. No matter your age, you are invited to join the blast off on Crosscurrents, 10/29 at 8 am.
JOHN GLENN STS-95 ON KRNN, 10/29: http://www.krnn.org
Rock Star of the Romantic Age, Pianist, Franz Liszt (1811.10.22)
A fabulous and flashing pianist, teacher, and composer, Franz Liszt was born on this day in 1811. You are invited to celebrate Liszt, the “rock star of the romantics era,” on Crosscurrents, 10/22 at 8 am.
FRANZ LISZT ON KRNN, 10/22: live on-air link: http://www.krnn.org
Ask Jeeves, Edwardian England, and P.G. Wodehouse (1881.10.15)
English-born novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, best known as a satirist of the Edwardian British upper class, P.G. Wodehouse was born on this date in 1881. You can ask your smart speaker or the butler Jeeves to tune into the Wodehouse birthday on Crosscurrents, 10/15 at 8 am.
P.G.WODEHOUSE ON KRNN, 10/15: live on-air: http://www.krnn.org
P.G. Wodehouse quotes – – –
There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.”
He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.”
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.”
Everything in life that’s any fun, as somebody wisely observed, is either immoral, illegal or fattening.”
“I always advise people never to give advice.”
What’s the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don’t yield to them?”
Some minds are like soup in a poor restaurant—better left unstirred.”
An apple a day, if well aimed, keeps the doctor away.”
Every day you seem to know less and less about more and more”
Laurel and Hardy, silent movie, and “Second Hundred Years” (1927.10.08)
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy first appeared together as convicts escaping from a penitentiary in the silent short-film “Second Hundred Years” released on this date in 1927. Laurel and Hardy are perfect inspiration to the craziness to which you are invited on Crosscurrents, 10/8 at 8 am. STAN AND OLLIE ON KRNN 10/8: live on-air link: http://www.krnn.org
Peanut Farmer, Nobel Peace Prize, and Jimmy Carter (1925,10,01)
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JIMMY CARTER ON KRNN, 10/1: A Georgia peanut farmer who became the 39th President later known for humanitarian work and the Noble Peace Award, Jimmy Carter was born on this date in 1924. With peanuts on our minds, we invite you to the Jimmy Carter birthday on Crosscurrents, 10/1 at 8am.
Roaring 1920’s, The Lost Generation, and F.Scott Fitzgerald (1896.09.24)
