Tuesday, February 18, 2014




Today is...
National Battery Day!

Batteries are in virtually every household item – remote controls, smoke alarms, phones, toys, and beyond. Benjamin Franklin coined the term “battery” – but the version we know today was created by Allesandro Volta, an Italian physicist. Today commemorates his birth, and marks the importance of the modern day battery.
Can you imagine a world without batteries? Celebrate today by appreciating all the items that they allow you to use. Use today as a reminder to check the batteries in your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
Gather up any dead batteries, and bring them to be recycled. Many big-name retailers offer recycling kiosks inside their stores. Or better yet, switch to rechargeable ones! 
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Today is also Drink Wine Day

February is Black History Month & National Weddings Month & Potato Lover's Month

This week is National Engineers Week & National Pancake Week

 
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History
for February 18th


1930 - Pluto, the ninth planet of our solar system, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh. Pluto has been reclassified, losing its 'planetary' status.

1943 - Joseph Goebbels delivers his "Sportpalast" speech, also known as the "Total War" speech, which mentioned the dangers facing Germany.

1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California, by its founder L. Ron Hubbard.

1970 "Chicago Seven" students found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots (verdict later overturned).

  1970 -   US President Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine", also known as the "Guam doctrine", which advocated partnership with allies.





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"Insist on yourself. Never imitate."

--
Ralph Waldo Emerson























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