209 June 24,A Day in history

June 24 – What & Who Happened

Hello, readers and Facebook friends. Surprise! I have no rants and just one ironic “oh, good grief story.”

It was a calm week for dear husband and me! I can’t even complain about the weather. Here’s the quick take on the “oh, good grief story.” 

Our Directv box in the kitchen was being strange. One day, fine; the next day, no signal. About midnight I got a bit irritated (i.e. p…..d off) and called the 24 hour Directv service. I got an English speaker on the phone. We could have a service call for about $200 or an upgrade for $0. Since this is the only service available to us, I said, “FREE? Upgrade? Why not?” Scheduled for between 8 a.m. and noon the next day. Sure. 

The nice, wonderfully geeky tech guy comes. Well, seems the box that is in the kitchen does not have the same serial number as that which Directv has on file. SOOO…in order to switch the box out, get rid of the bad, install the new, the poor tech had to have his boss’s permission to submit an error form, wait for the boss to okay, take out the old, install a new working box. Shall I tell you the poor guy got a tip? I think it is the first time we have EVER tipped a utility-type workman. But we can now watch both PBS and trashy TV in four different rooms. 

Apologies for the LONG introduction, but while I couldn’t watch TV but needed to be at home, guess what this Savvy Broad was doing? YEP! YOU GOT IT. Google. Oh, Google, my pal, my time-waster friend. 

Here is what I found that is really fun to do. Pick a date and you can find out everything that happened historically of note, who was born, who died, and even what the Cancer (June 24th--day this blog appears) zodiac sign “means.”

The following is thanks to Google, Wikipedia, and historynet.com (much duplication of info!). Here are some interesting faces, facts, and figures for you to share with friends and colleagues this week!

JUNE 24 - Cancer (the Crab)--quirky, generous, but not always organized, can be a “drama queen.”

Lucky numbers: (go get that lotto ticket) 5, 6, 10, 17, 23

• 451 – 10th recorded view of Halley’s Comet

• 1497 – John Cabot claims eastern Canada (Nova Scotia) for England, but thought he had landed in Asia

• 1509 - Henry VIII crowned king

• 1519 – Lucrecia Borgia dies (she was Pope Alexander VI’s daughter!!)

• 1664 – colony of New Jersey founded

• 1771 – French chemist E I DuPont born

• 1853 - President Franklin Pierce signed the Gadsden Purchase for $10 million from Mexico – now Arizona and New Mexico

• 1861 – American Civil War - Tennessee is 11th and last state to secede

• 1901 - Pablo Picasso--first show; he was 19!

• 1901 – Chuck Taylor--basketball player and shoe salesman born

• 1908 – Grover Cleveland dies

• 1916 – Mary Pickford-- movie contract for $1 million – first woman to make a million in the movies

• 1933 – John Wayne marries  

• 1948 – Berlin blockade put into effect--the Cold War begins

• 1949 – Hopalong Cassidy show first aires

• 1976 – President Jimmy Carter pays no taxes (hmmm? Bad peanut year?)

• 1982 – Equal Rights Amendment fails

• 1992 – Mafia Boss John Gotti begins life sentence

• 2006 – Johnny Depp in “Pirates of the Caribbean” premieres at Disneyland - $1billion + gross

• 2017 – Yemen cholera outbreak--worst in history

• 2018 – Women in Saudi Arabia win right to drive cars

A few interesting tidbits for the water cooler chats or a few “did you knows.” This was entertaining for me. Hope something of interest caught your eye!

Remember: “divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived!” Thanks, Henry VIII!

Enjoy the weather!! I know I will likely complain come August!

Savvy Glenne