Good Morning & God Bless To Every One !!!
Today is January 17, the 17th day of 2014 and there are 348 days left this year where it is another Blessed day in the work for our Lord here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
It’s again, a beautiful day here in Albuquerque where at 8 a.m. it is 31 degrees outside with partly cloudy skies and no wind. High’s today will reach the mid to upper 50s with sunny skies all afternoon and evening but boy oh boy do we need some rain or snow. It has been way too dry and the summer fire season seems to be setting in across the western United States as they are already experiencing fires over in California. We are fortunate that we haven’t had any here yet. Summer fires in Winter! Sheesh!!!
So, What Happened Today In 1893:
Americans Overthrow Hawaiian Monarchy
On the Hawaiian Islands, a group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrow Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and establish a new provincial government with Dole as president. The coup occurred with the foreknowledge of John L. Stevens, the U.S. minister to Hawaii, and 300 U.S. Marines from the U.S. cruiser Boston were called to Hawaii, allegedly to protect American lives.
The first known settlers of the Hawaiian Islands were Polynesian voyagers who arrived sometime in the eighth century, and in the early 18th century the first American traders came to Hawaii to exploit the islands’ sandalwood, which was much valued in China at the time. In the 1830s, the sugar industry was introduced to Hawaii and by the mid-19th century had become well established. American missionaries and planters brought about great changes in Hawaiian political, cultural, economic, and religious life, and in 1840 a constitutional monarchy was established, stripping the Hawaiian monarch of much of his authority. Four years later, Sanford B. Dole was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to American parents.
During the next four decades, Hawaii entered into a number of political and economic treaties with the United States, and in 1887 a U.S. naval base was established at Pearl Harbor as part of a new Hawaiian constitution. Sugar exports to the United States expanded greatly during the next four years, and U.S. investors and American sugar planters on the islands broadened their domination over Hawaiian affairs. However, in 1891 Liliuokalani, the sister of the late King Kalakaua, ascended to the throne, refusing to recognize the constitution of 1887 and replacing it with a constitution increasing her personal authority.
In January 1893, a revolutionary “Committee of Safety,” organized by Sanford B. Dole, staged a coup against Queen Liliuokalani with the tacit support of the United States. On February 1, Minister John Stevens recognized Dole’s new government on his own authority and proclaimed Hawaii a U.S. protectorate. Dole submitted a treaty of annexation to the U.S. Senate, but most Democrats opposed it, especially after it was revealed that most Hawaiians did want annexation.
President Grover Cleveland sent a new U.S. minister to Hawaii to restore Queen Liliuokalani to the throne under the 1887 constitution, but Dole refused to step aside and instead proclaimed the independent Republic of Hawaii. Cleveland was unwilling to overthrow the government by force, and his successor, President William McKinley, negotiated a treaty with the Republic of Hawaii in 1897. In 1898, the Spanish-American War broke out, and the strategic use of the naval base at Pearl Harbor during the war convinced Congress to approve formal annexation. Two years later, Hawaii was organized into a formal U.S. territory and in 1959 entered the United States as the 50th state.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On January 17 In History:
1562 – French protestants are recognized under the Edict of St. Germain;
1601 – The treaty of Lyons ends a short war between France and Savoy;
1773 – Captain James Cook becomes the first person to cross the Antarctic Circle;
1781 – During the Revolutionary War, relying upon strategic creativity, Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and a mixed Patriot force rout British Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton and a group of Redcoats and Loyalists at the Battle of Cowpens. American rifles, scorned by Britain’s professional soldiers, proved devastatingly effective in this engagement. The British lost 110 men and more than 200 more were wounded, while an additional 500 were captured. The American losses totaled only 12 killed and 60 wounded in the first Patriot victory to demonstrate that the American forces could out fight a similar British force without any other factors—such as surprise or geography—to assist them;
1865 – In the Civil War, Union General William T. Sherman’s army is rained in at Savannah, Georgia, as it waits to begin marching into the Carolinas. Sherman’s army did not begin moving until the end of January 1865. When the army finally did move, it conducted a campaign against South Carolina that was worse than the one against Georgia. Sherman wanted to exact revenge on the state that had led secession and started the war by firing on Fort Sumter;
1916 – A group of golf professionals and several leading amateur golfers gather at the Taplow Club in New York City, in a meeting that will result in the founding of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA);
1917 – United States pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands;
1929 “POPEYE” makes his first appearance in a comic strip “Thimble Theater“;
1939 – The German Reich issues an order forbidding Jews to practice as Dentists, Veterinarians and Chemists;
1944 – In World War II, Operation Panther, the Allied invasion of Cassino, in central Italy, is launched. Although the campaign to take Cassino commenced in January, the town was not safely in Allied hands until May. The campaign caused considerable destruction, including the bombing of the ancient Benedictine abbey Monte Cassino, which took the lives of a bishop and several monks;
1945 – German concentration camp, Auschwitz, begins evacuation;
1945 – Warsaw is liberated by Soviet troops ending the Nazi occupation;
1946 – United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting;
1950 – 11 men steal more than $2 million from the Brinks Armored Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts. It was the perfect crime–almost–as the culprits weren’t caught until January 1956, just days before the statute of limitations for the theft expired;
1951 – China refuses cease-fire in Korea;
1953 – A prototype Chevrolet Corvette sports car makes its debut at General Motors’ (GM) Motorama auto show at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. The Corvette, named for a fast type of naval warship, would eventually become an iconic American muscle car and remains in production today;
1961 – In his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns the American people to keep a careful eye on what he calls the “military-industrial complex” that has developed in the post-World War II years;
1966 – A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 jet tanker over Spain’s Mediterranean coast, dropping three 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs near the town of Palomares and one in the sea. It was not the first or last accident involving American nuclear bombs;
1971 – During the Vietnam War, led by South Vietnamese Lt. Gen. Do Cao Tri, and with U.S. air support and advisers, some 300 paratroopers raid a communist prisoner of war camp near the town of Mimot in Cambodia on information that 20 U.S. prisoners were being held there. They found the camp empty, but captured 30 enemy soldiers and sustained no casualties;
1972 – President Richard Nixon warns South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu in a private letter that his refusal to sign any negotiated peace agreement would render it impossible for the United States to continue assistance to South Vietnam;
1984 – Eight years after it began, the court battle over the legality of the video cassette recorder (VCR) and its allegedly detrimental effect on the motion-picture industry comes to an end with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Universal vs. Sony. Two years later, 50 percent of American homes had VCRs and the sales of movies on videocassette were greater than the annual theatrical box-office haul;
1985 – A jury in New Jersey rules that terminally ill patients have the right to starve themselves;
1991 – In the Persian Gulf War, Desert Storm, Iraq fires eight scud missiles at Israel;
1994 – Paula Jones, a former Arkansas state clerk, files suit against President Bill Clinton in the federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas asking for $700,000 in damages;
1994 – An earthquake rocks Los Angeles, California, killing 54 people and causing billions of dollars in damages. The Northridge quake (named after the San Fernando Valley community near the epicenter) was one of the most damaging in U.S. history;
1997 – NBA fines Dennis Rodman $25,000 and suspends him indefinitely for kicking a cameraman;
2010 – Former Iraqi minister, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as ‘Chemical Ali’, is sentenced to death for the poison gas attack at Halabja;
2013 – After stripping Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France Titles, the IOC takes away the cyclist’s bronze medal from the 2000 Summer Olympics when he was found guilty of doping;
2013 – In efforts to turn its back on nuclear power, Japan announces plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the Fukushima Prefecture, near the site of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant;
2013 – IT WAS ONE YEAR AGO TODAY!
Now, Off To The Fun Stuff:
Today’s ‘Awe Of God’ Picture:
Today’s Thought For The Day:
“He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” — Benjamin Franklin
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
HE Is With Us – https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qYLoigK4WSI
Today’s ‘Who said dogs & cats can’t get along’ Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMG5rEon7nY&feature=player_embedded
Today’s ‘From Mom’s Dictionary’:
HANDI-WIPES: Pants, shirt-sleeves, drapes, etc.
Today’s Word Of The Day:
Caveat – A caveat is a warning or admonition. It can also mean a detail or condition to be taken into consideration while doing something.
Today’s ‘How The Heck Did That Happen’ Picture:
Today’s Crazy Law:
In Grand Haven, Minnesota – No person shall throw an abandoned hoop skirt into any street or on any sidewalk, under penalty of a five-dollar fine for each offense.
Today’s Crazy ?/Thought:
How can something be “new” and “improved”? if it’s new, what was it improving on?
Today’s Work Related Problem:
I use to work in the woods as a Lumberjack, but just couldn’t hack it, so they gave me the axe.
Today’s Cute Faces:
Today’s Yiddish Word You Should Know:
Glitch – Or glitsh. Literally “slip,” “skate,” or “nosedive,” which was the origin of the common American usage as “a minor problem or error.”
Today’s Joke Of The Day:
One summer evening, during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her small boy into bed.
She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.
“I can’t dear” she said.
“I have to sleep with Daddy.”
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: “The Big Sissy!”
Today’s Oops Construction Site Picture:
Today’s Patriotic Quote:
“It’s the quality of the ordinary, the straight, the square, that accounts for the great stability and success of our nation. It’s a quality to be proud of. But it’s a quality that many people seem to have neglected.” – Gerald R. Ford
Today’s ‘A Sign For Every Profession’:
On a septic tank truck – “Yesterday’s Meals On Wheels”
Today’s ‘A Nation Run By Idiots’:
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes, more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing and free cell phones – you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
Today’s Moment That Makes Us Happy:
Today’s Verse & Prayer:
Do everything without complaining and arguing so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did not run the race in vain and that my work was not useless.
God, the incredible expanse of your universe, with its billions of stars, exceeds my limited comprehension. But I thank you for calling me to be a place of light in the dark world around me and I pledge to shine your light today in the lives of all those I might. In the glow of the Light of the Bright and Morning Star I pray. Amen.
Today’s Christian Thought:
Today’s Funny Church Sign:
Until Tomorrow – GOD BLESS To Every One !!!
