Table of Contents January 24th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts |
January 24th History Highlights |
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January 24th is… |
Belly Laugh Day Eskimo Pie Day ‘Just Do It’ Day National Compliment Day National Lobster Day National Peanut Butter Day Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day |
National Compliment Day |
| National Compliment Day is a day for people to focus on the positive and appreciate others. National Compliment Day is not well-documented, but it is believed that National Compliment Day began in 1998 by two women from New Hampshire. These two women, Kathy Chamberlin of Hopkinton Debby Hoffman of New Hampshire, USA created National Compliment Day to let people know how easy paying compliments can be and that they are also a very positive way to connect with another human being! The pair wanted “to tell the people in our lives how much we appreciate them.” National Compliment Day is a great way to start out National Compliment Week, which begins on January 24th. National Compliment Week was created by the National Compliments Foundation in 2015 as an organization that encourages people to pay compliments and focus on positivity every day! |
January 24th Birthday Quotes |
Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we’ve been given. The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it. Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn’t pay off. Enjoy every sandwich. Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no! Everything that’s realistic has some sort of ugliness in it. Even a flower is ugly when it wilts, a bird when it seeks its prey, the ocean when it becomes violent. In America, you break law. In Soviet Russia, law breaks you! In America, you watch Big Brother. In Soviet Russia, Big Brother watch you! |
January 24th Birthdays |
1670 – William Congreve, English playwright, and poet (died in 29) 1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (died in 1786) 1862 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and short-story writer (died in 1937) 1906 – Wilfred Jackson, American animator, and composer (died in 1988) 1916 – Jack Brickhouse, American baseball announcer (died in 1998) 1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (died in 2012) 1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (died in 2009) 1930 – John Romita Sr., American comic book illustrator 1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter 1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer 1943 – Sharon Tate, American model, and actress (died in 1969) 1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (died in 2003) 1948 – Michael Des Barres, English singer-songwriter 1949 – John Belushi, American comedic actor (died in 1982) 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian, and actor 1957 – Ade Edmondson, English comedian, and musician 1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast 1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor 1974 – Ed Helms, American actor 1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress 1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress, and singer 1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat 1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress |
January 24th History |
41 – Roman Emperor Caligula was assassinated. 1848 – Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, Coloma, California by James W. Marshall. 1899 – The US patent (#618128) for a rubber ‘safety heel’ was issued to Humphrey O’Sullivan 1922 – The ‘Eskimo Pie’, an ice cream center covered in chocolate, was patented (#1404539) by Christian K. Nelson of Onawa, Iowa. 1935 – The 1st beer in a can – ‘Krueger Cream Ale’ was sold by the Kruger Brewing Company. January 24, 1950 Birthday (fictional) Chucky, Chucky, Horror, Film 1950 – A microwave oven patent (#2495429) was issued to Percy LeBaron Spencer under the title ‘Method of Treating Foodstuffs’. 1963 – Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers becomes WWWF wrestling champ and Thesz becomes NWA champion. 1976 – #1 Hit January 24, 1976 – January 30, 1976: Diana Ross – Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To) January 24, 1979 Birthday (fictional) Dean Winchester, Supernatural, TV January 24, 1984 The Apple Macintosh was released. 1987 – #1 Hit January 24, 1987 – February 6, 1987: Billy Vera and the Beaters – At This Moment 1989 – Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, was executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison. 2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially began operation. 2014 – I, Frankenstein debuted in theaters. |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie. #Ireadthatonline “They call me Mister Tibbs!” – Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) in In the Heat of the Night, 1967 A proliferation of new laws creates a proliferation of new loopholes. Darth Vader’s helmet/facemask isn’t straight black, it’s a checkerboard paint scheme with alternating sections of black and gunmetal grey. A group of Journalists are called a Scoop. The biggest film of 1944: Going My Way earned ~ $16,000,000 “She swam by me she got a cramp.” “He ran by me got my Sudan.” #misunderstoodlyrics The two types of people in this world: people who wet their hands first, then apply soap vs people who put soap on dry hands to wash them. “Wherever you go, there you are.” – Buckaroo Banzai #moviequotes Roulette Odds: numbers 1 to 18: Payoff: 1:1 True Odds: 47.37% The biggest film of 1999: Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace (Sci-Fi) earned ~ $475,000,000 Jean Harlow – Real Name: Harlean Carpenter People used to keep diaries and get mad when anyone read them. Now we post personal stuff online and get mad when people don’t read it. 7 Things Miley Cyrus said she hated about you in 2008: you’re vain, your games, you’re insecure, you love me, you like her, you make me laugh, you make me cry. TV Quotes… “Dyn-o-mite” (J.J.) on “Good Times” Might and ‘might not’ both mean the same thing. |
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