| Good Morning, Do! Today is Monday, April 17 ___________________________________________________ History: Today, April 17 in 1961, About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was a failure. ____________________________________________________ Bonehead Award: Worker killed in shooting at central Phoenix Burger King, suspect arrested _____________________________________________________ Q 1961, About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was a failure. A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. --- Edmond de Goncourt (1822 - 1896) (That was long before televised parliament) ______________________________________________________ Some newly married friends were visiting us when the topic of children came up. The bride said she wanted three children, while the young husband said two would be enough for him. They discussed this discrepancy for a few minutes until the husband thought he`d put an end to things by saying boldly, "After our second child, I'll just have a vasectomy." Without a moments hesitation, the bride retorted, "Well, I hope you'll love the third one as if it was your own." ___________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ A man went to the doctor complaining of insomnia. The doctor gave him a thorough examination, found absolutely nothing physically wrong with him, and then told him, "Listen, if you ever expect to cure your insomnia, you just have to stop taking your trouble to bed with you." "I know" said the man, "but I can't. My wife refuses to sleep alone." ____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ A handyman was working for a temple in Allentown, PA, had asked for a raise and was turned down. He decided to quit and went out to look for work. First he went to a Catholic church and was told that in order to work there he would have to answer one question. The priest asked, "Where was Jesus born"? The man answered, "Pittsburgh," and was thrown out. He then went to a Baptist church. The minister told him that in order to get a job there he would have to answer a question. He was asked, "Where was Jesus born"? The man answered, "Philadelphia." He was tossed out. Walking away he met the rabbi who was looking for him. The rabbi exclaimed, "The board approved your raise. Please come back immediately." The man said to the rabbi, "I will come back only if you answer a question. "Where was Jesus born?" The rabbi says, "Bethlehem." "Damn," cries the man. "I knew it was somewhere in Pennsylvania." _______________________________________________ An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by Vasquez Alvarez, Phoenix, Arizona, USA Worker killed in shooting at central Phoenix Burger King, suspect arrested Phoenix Police officials say a suspect has been arrested in connection to a shooting at a fast-food restaurant that left a woman dead and a teen hurt. According to Phoenix Police Sergeant Phil Krynsky, officers responded at 9 p.m. on April 12 to a shooting call at a Burger King in the area of 19th Avenue and Buckeye Road. "When they arrived, they found a woman and a juvenile female inside the business suffering from gunshot wounds," Sgt. Phil Krynsky said. The woman, identified as 25-year-old Maria Ledesma Ramirez, died at the scene. The teen was rushed to a hospital with serious injuries. She is currently in stable condition. The suspect fled the scene after the shooting. According to investigators, officers learned that the victims were Burger King employees and the suspect in the shooting, 29-year-old Gerardo Vazquez Alvarez, was Ramirez's ex-boyfriend. Detectives were able to find Alvarez in an area south of Phoenix, and he was taken into custody. "Vasquez Alvarez was interviewed and admitted to his involvement in the shooting," Krynsky said. "He will be booked into the Maricopa County Jail for multiple felony charges to include First Degree Murder and Attempted Murder." He is being held on a $1 million cash bond. _______________________________________________ DeaWebby's Tech Support Pits From: Ida Re: How do you recognize a thumbnail? Dear Webby, How do you recognize a thumbnail? On your pages I recognize thumbnails easily, but on others I don't. Is there a trick? Thanks Ida Dear Ida Just mouse over the picture. If the cursor changes, when you do that, then it is a thumbnail. Have FUN! DearWebby _____________________________________________________ Today, April 17 in 1492, Christopher Columbus signed a contract with Spain to find a passage to Asia and the Indies. 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. 1524, New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano. 1535, Antonio Mendoza was appointed first viceroy of New Spain. 1629, Horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1704, John Campbell published what would eventually become the first successful American newspaper. It was known as the Boston "News-Letter." 1758, Frances Williams published a collection of Latin poems. He was the first African-American to graduate from a college in the western hemisphere. 1808, Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France ordered the seizure of U.S. ships. 1810, Pineapple cheese was patented by Lewis M. Norton. 1824, Russia abandoned all North American claims south of 54' 40'. 1860, New Yorkers learned of a new law that required fire escapes to be provided for tenement houses. 1861, Virginia became the eighth state to secede from the Union. 1864, U.S. Civil War General Grant banned the trading of prisoners. 1865, Mary Surratt was arrested as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination. 1875, The game "snooker" was invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain. 1895, China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the end of the first Sino-Japanese War. In the treaty China ceded Taiwan to Japan. 1916, The American Academy of Arts and Letters obtained a charter from the U.S. Congress. 1917, A bill in Congress to establish Daylight Saving Time was defeated. It was passed a couple of months later. 1935, "Lights Out" debuted on NBC Radio. It ran until 1952. 1941, Igor Sikorsky accomplished the first successful helicopter lift-off from water near Stratford, CT. 1941, The office of Price Administration was established in the U.S. to handle rationing. 1946, The last French troops left Syria. 1961, About 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was a failure. 1964, Jerrie Mock became the first woman to fly an airplane solo around the world. 1964, The Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model. 1967, The U.S. Supreme Court barred Muhammad Ali's request to be blocked from induction into the U.S. Army. 1969, In Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. 1969, Czechoslovak Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek was deposed. 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on- board accident with an oxygen tank. 1975, Khmer Rouge forces capture the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. It was the end of the five-year war. 1983, In Warsaw, police routed 1,000 Solidarity supporters. 1983, In New York, a transit strike that began on March 7 ended. 19840, In London, demonstrators outside the Libyan Embassy were fired upon from someone inside. Eleven people were injured and an English Police woman was killed. 1985, In Lebanon, the cabinet resigned as Shiites took W. Beirut. 1987, In Sri Lanka, Tamil guerrillas killed 122 people in a road ambush. 1989, In Poland, courts gave Solidarity legal status. 1993, A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted. 1996, Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing their parents. 1999, In India, the government of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee collapsed after losing a vote of confidence. 2023, Do smiled.
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