10-14 Emergency Nurse Day
October 14th, 2009
Emergency Nurses Day:
(excerpted from http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/emergencynursesday.htm)
Emergency Nurses Day recognizes an important care giver. According to the Emergency Nurse’s Association “Emergency Nurses Day salutes the dedication and commitment of emergency nursing professionals, who bring care, comfort, and compassion to patients…….”
Emergency room nurses see it all. And, often it “ain’t good”. Yet, they return to work, knowing they make a difference to sick, injured and sometimes dying people that enter the ER each and every day.
National Dessert Day:
(excerpted from http://holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/nationaldessertday.htm)
Celebrate National Dessert Day today. For just one day, forget about the calories and high fat content in many desserts. Then, tomorrow you can go back to your diet.
It’s easy to enjoy National Dessert Day . You can make your own desserts, buy them at the store, or go out to a restaurant and enjoy a dessert, or two. Make sure to have dessert with family or friends. It’s even more fun that way
Martin Luther King Wins Nobel Peace Prize:
(excerpted from http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/20081014.html)
On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. (Go to article.)
Theodore Roosevelt is shot (1912):
(excerpted from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5436)
Before a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Theodore Roosevelt, the presidential candidate for the Progressive Party, is shot at close range by saloonkeeper John Schrank while greeting the public in front of the Gilpatrick Hotel. Schrank’s .32-caliber bullet, aimed directly at Roosevelt’s heart, failed to mortally wound the former president because its force was slowed by a glasses case and a bundle of manuscript in the breast pocket of Roosevelt’s heavy coat–a manuscript containing Roosevelt’s evening speech. Schrank was immediately detained and reportedly offered as his motive that “any man looking for a third term ought to be shot.”
Roosevelt, who suffered only a flesh wound from the attack, went on to deliver his scheduled speech with the bullet still in his body. After a few words, the former “Rough Rider” pulled the torn and bloodstained manuscript from his breast pocket and declared, “You see, it takes more than one bullet to kill a Bull Moose.” He spoke for nearly an hour and then was rushed to the hospital.
Despite his vigorous campaign, Roosevelt, who served as the 26th U.S. president from 1901 to 1909, was defeated by Democrat Woodrow Wilson in November. Shrank was deemed insane and committed to a mental hospital, where he died in 1943.
Celebrity Birthdays:
(excerpted from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=802)
American Colonial statesman and religious leader. William Penn was born to Admiral William Penn, a gentleman naval officer, and Margaret Jasper, a high-society lady, at a particularly turbulent time in British history. Oliver Cromwell was in power and conditions in the government and the church were in flux. A brilliant young man, William attended Oxford University, where he studied the classics and prepared for a career in the law. The authority of the Church of England was being questioned by religious groups such as the Puritans. William became friends with a Quaker named Thomas Low and, impressed by the religion’s egalitarian views, at the age of 22 joined the Religious Society of Friends (the official name of the Quakers).
In 1682 Penn, along with other religious dissidents, set sail on the ship Welcome to establish a colony in this forested land, named Pennsylvania, “Penn’s Woods,” by King Charles in memory of William’s father. Penn established the city of Philadelphia, carefully laying it out on a grid and including trees and parks in his “greene country town,” making him the first city planner in the New World.
(excerpted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower)
Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was a five-star general in the United States Army and the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.
As President, he oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean War, maintained pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, launched the Space Race, enlarged the Social Security program, and began the Interstate Highway System. He was the last World War I veteran to serve as U.S. president, and the last president born in the 19th century. Eisenhower ranks highly among former U.S. presidents in terms of approval rating. He was also the first term limited president in accordance with the 22nd amendment.
Birthday Greetings:
Betty Maxwell
Happy Birthday Betty!!
