CAD - January 13 Traditional Cache
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Cache A Day – January 13th
January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 352 days remaining until the end of the year.
Today is National Rubber Duckie Day, Make Your Dreams Come True Day, and Blame Somebody Else Day. I suppose if your dream to find your very own cherished rubber duck of your youth doesn’t come true, you can always blame somebody else. Just do it today while it is official.
Historical events occurring on January 13th include:
1794 - U.S. President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.
1854 - Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion. Weird Al hosts a gala event every year on this day.
1898 - Emile Zola's "J'accuse" was published in Paris.
1900 - In Austria-Hungary, Emperor Franz Joseph decreed that German would be the language of the imperial army to combat Czech nationalism. Since They never bothered to translate the order, Czech soldiers didn’t learn about the change until 1903.
1906 - Hugh Gernsback, of the Electro Importing Company, advertised radio receivers for sale for the price of just $7.50 in "Scientific American" magazine.
1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television. He showed an ad for Duz Detergent.
1942 - Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile, which allowed for a 30% decrease in car weight.
1957 - Wham-O began producing "Pluto Platters." This marked the true beginning of production of the flying disc.
1962 - Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in west Los Angeles, CA.
1966 - Elizabeth Montgomery’s character, Samantha, on "Bewitched," had a baby. The baby's name was Tabitha.
1966 - Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member when he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by U.S. President Johnson.
1982 - An Air Florida 737 crashed into the capital's 14th Street Bridge after takeoff and fell into the Potomac River. 78 people were killed.
1984 - Wayne Gretzky extended his NHL consecutive scoring streak to 45 games.
1986 - The NCAA adopted the controversial "Proposal 48," which set standards for Division 1 freshman eligibility.
1989 - Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possession of an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he claimed were about to rob him. He was freed the following September.
1990 - L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia, the nation's first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Richmond.
1992 - Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
1998 - NBC agreed to pay almost $13 million for each episode of the TV show E.R. It was the highest amount ever paid for a TV show.
1998 - ABC and ESPN negotiated to keep "Monday Night Football" for $1.15 billion a season. A bargain at today’s prices!
1998 - One of the 110 missing episodes of the British TV show "Doctor Who" was found in New Zealand. It had teleported there by mistake.
1999 - Michael Jordan (Chicago Bulls) announced his retirement from the NBA.
2002 - Japan and Singapore signed a free trade pact that would remove tariffs on almost all goods traded between the two countries.
2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel. The pretzel was unharmed.
2009 - Ethiopian military forces began pulling out of Somalia, where they had tried to maintain order for nearly two years.
Born on January 13th
Horatio Alger 1834
Sophie Tucker 1884
Alfred Fuller 1885 (the Brush Man!)
Earle Wheeler 1908
Butter (Quentin) Jackson 1909
Jeff Morrow 1913
Robert Stack 1919
Frances Sternhagen 1930
Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester (The Chi-Lites) 1930
Charles Nelson Reilly 1931 (I’ll take Charles to block…)
Billy Gray 1938
Richard Moll 1943 (Bull Shannon from Night Court)
Trevor Rabin (Yes) 1954
Kevin Anderson 1960
Julia Louis-Dreyfus 1961
Graham McPherson (Madness) 1961
Penelope Ann Miller 1964
Patrick Dempsey 1966
Tim Kelly (Slaughter) 1967
This Cache a Day Series will run all year for 2010. Caches will remain active for one year from date of placement (unless the site becomes otherwise unsuitable for a cache prior to that time).
Bonus points for finding the cache on the day it is released.
Double bonus points if it is your birthday! (Send me a note with your date of birth and I will include it in the cache listing.)
Triple bonus points for finding the entire series. (Ok, so that should be worth a lot more. We’ll figure out some suitable award for any survivors left at the end of the year)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Jura nyy ryfr snvyf, ybbx va gur boivbhf fcbgf!
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