Today in History for 18th May 2015

Historical Events

1912 – Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies
1927 – Grauman’s Chinese Theater opens in Hollywood Calif
1956 – Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time
1964 – US Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
1986 – South African army occupies Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia
1994 – AC Milan of Italy win UEFA Champions League final against Barcelona of Spain 4-0 in Athens

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Famous Birthdays

1662 – George Smalridge, English bishop of Bristol (d. 1719)
1911 – Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell, British newspaper proprietor and journalist
1951 – Rodger Davis, Australian golfer, born in Sydney, New South Wales
1971 – Craig Hentrich, NFL punter (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1977 – Danny Mills, English footballer
1983 – Gary O’Neil, English footballer

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Famous Deaths

1692 – Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies
1829 – Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. 1803)
1910 – Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66
1961 – Henry O’Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies
1996 – Dermot O’Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76
2009 – Dolla American Rapper a.k.a. Roderick Anthony Burton II (b.1987)

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Today’s Daily Brain Teaser (May 18, 2015)

Words With YO

Six words that contain YO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words?

YO—, YO—-, -YO—, –YO–, —YO-, —-YO

Pool: A, B, B, C, C, D, D, D, E, E, E, E, I, L, M, M, N, N, N, N, P, R, R

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A “Relatively” Cool Intarsia Project

Another great puzzle project from lumberjocks.com

Hello, welcome to my first posted project.

Since all of my woodworking is done on a very tight budget, this is all made from pine. I downloaded this famous picture of Albert Einstein and used a free on line photo editing site (see above about budget) to turn it into a photo that consisted of only 3 colours. I then used the site to sharpen up the edges between colour transitions. Once I was satisfied with how it looked I printed it off, stuck it to a piece of wood, and headed for the scroll saw.

I cut out and sanded down each individual piece. Some pieces were left a natural pine, some had a medium stain applied, and some had a dark stain applied. Once everything was dry it was put together like a big puzzle and glued on to a piece of plywood. I then built a frame and finished it.

It was a fun project, but between the computer work, wood work, and finishing it easily took me a month of evenings to complete. Hope everyone likes it.

Cheers!

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In 2007, a US Marine in Iraq befriended a stray desert dog called Nubs. After someone…

In 2007, a US Marine in Iraq befriended a stray desert dog called Nubs. After someone stabbed the dog with a screwdriver, the marine nursed him back to health, developing such a bond that when the unit left, Nubs picked up the scent and walked 70 miles through Iraqi desert warzone to be with him.

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Stephen King threw away his original drafts of “Carrie” because he couldn…

Stephen King threw away his original drafts of “Carrie” because he couldn’t write from a woman’s perspective. His wife retrieved them and launched his career.

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According to John Deere farmers don’t own the tractors but merely have…

According to John Deere farmers don’t own the tractors but merely have “an implied license for the life of the vehicle to operate the vehicle” and claims it is illegal to access to the diagnostic software because someone might pirate music from the system.

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The average height of a human being stayed constant from the stone age…

The average height of a human being stayed constant from the stone age all the way until the 1800’s, yet the average human today is four inches taller on average than 150 years ago.

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