Archive for January 3rd, 2023

WALTER CUNNINGHAM HAS DIED AT 90

Pizzimenti BLOG: Apollo 7: Il Colonello Walter Cunningham

Pushing the frontier: Astronaut Walt Cunningham touches down in Walsall to share his space story ...
Ronnie Walter Cunningham (March 16, 1932 – January 3, 2023)

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first
successful crewed space mission in
NASA’s Apollo program,
died Tuesday in Houston. He was a
lunar module pilot on the 
1968 Apollo 7 mission. NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death
on Twitter.


Walter Cunningham: El hombre que abrió las puertas de la Luna - La Tercera

Apollo 7 crewmates Donn Eisele (at left), Wally Schirra
(center) and Walt Cunningham. 
(NASA)

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AUTHOR WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1892

J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings" – with Joseph Pearce Catholic Podcast
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
(3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973

    
    
    

   

English writer and philologist J.R.R. Tolkien was the author of
the
high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

The great success of these two books led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused him to be popularly
identified as the "father" of
modern fantasy literature—or, more 
precisely, of
high fantasy.   
    

The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien (English) Hardcover Book Free | eBay   The Lord of the Rings (1954), by J.R.R. Tolkien | All-TIME 100 Novels | TIME.com

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MARCH OF DIMES FOUNDED ON THIS DAY

President Franklin Roosevelt and Basil O’Connor count dimes at the White House desk in 1944, after the President founded March of Dimes to fight polio.
President Franklin Roosevelt (left) and Basil O’Connor
count dimes at the White House desk in 1944, after the
President founded March of Dimes to fight polio.
(March of Dimes)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founded the
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later
renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938.


William Clark Gable
(February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960)

Polio was eventually cured because he founded the March of Dimes! - Picture of Little White ...

A Brief History of the Fight Against Polio | Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham

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BIBLICAL SITE WILL BE OPENED FIRST TIME

ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-ARCHAEOLOGY-JERUSALEM-HISTORY

The biblical site of the Pool of Siloam will be fully open to the
public for the first time in 2,000 years following excavation,
according to a recent announcement from the Israel Antiquities
Authority (IAA), the Israel National Parks Authority (INPA) and
the City of David Foundation (CDF).

The Pool of Siloam is recorded in the Bible in 2 Kings 20:20 after
King Hezekiah made the pool to bring water to Jerusalem and
again in John 9:1-11 when Jesus healed a blind man with mud,
according to the Biblical passage. The IAA
announced the
excavation on its Facebook page last week.

The Siloam Pool: Where Jesus Healed the Blind Man – philip howarth

Picture
Jesus Heals the Blind Man at Pool of Siloam.

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THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN!

Editorial endorsements May 2022: Elect Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell Multnomah  County's next sheriff - oregonlive.com

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County is set to swear
in its first female sheriff  Wednesday.

Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell was elected by voters in May. She
currently serves as undersheriff and will be replacing outgoing
Sheriff Mike Reese, who is leaving the position due to term limits.

O’Donnell will become the 41st sheriff of Multnomah County, and
the first woman to serve in the role.

She grew up in Clatskanie, Oregon and moved to the Portland area
to attend the University of Portland. She was first hired as a
corrections deputy with the sheriff’s office in 1996.

             

Oregon primary: Multnomah County sheriff

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