BWTG - January 2016 Event Cache

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Hidden : Thursday, January 21, 2016
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BWTG - January 2016

Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 6:30am - 7:30am.

What's Special on today?


Events

1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris
1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston.
1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
1899 – Opel manufactures its first automobile.
1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor. You’ve come a long way baby…
1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania, the day before, members of the far right Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
1961 – Four hundred thirty-five workers are buried alive when a mine in Coalbrook, Free State (South Africa) collapses.
1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
1978 - The soundtrack album to Saturday Night Fever hits #1 and stays on top for 24 weeks.
1979 - Superbowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 35-31 MVP: Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh's Quarterback.
1981 – Production of the iconic DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland.
1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
2004 – NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.

Birthdays

1610 – Elizabeth Fones, English-American settler (d. 1673)
1738 – Ethan Allen, American general (d. 1789)
1824 – Stonewall Jackson, American general (d. 1863)
1884 – Roger Nash Baldwin, American author and activist, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (d. 1981)
1905 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957)
1905 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (d. 1978) In 1978, at age 73, Wallenda attempted a walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 121 ft (37 metres) above the pavement. Due to high winds, he fell to his death during the attempt.
1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000) Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1964 (joint with Feodor Lynen) for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism. Don’t let cholesterol Bloch your arteries!
1922 – Telly Savalas, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1994) “who loves ya baby…”
1924 – Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1938 – Wolfman Jack, American radio host and actor (d. 1995)
1940 – Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster
1942 – Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1953 – Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist; co-founded Microsoft
1963 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
1965 – Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (d. 2002) He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run–D.M.C., who on October 30, 2002, while recording new music at his studio was shot and murdered by an unknown assailant.

Deaths

1793 – Louis XVI, King of France (b. 1754) He supported the Colonists in the American Revolution against Britain and in 1780, France sent Rochambeau and de Grasse to help the Americans, along with large land and naval forces. The French naval blockade was instrumental in forcing a British army under Lord Cornwallis to surrender at the Siege of Yorktown. In 1789 As the French Revolution was taking place, his support by other European monarchies (fearing their own revolutions) led to trumped up charges and false accusations in which the newly formed National Assembly declared France to be a Republic and abolished the Monarchy. In November 1792 the ‘iron chest’ incident took place and in December by the Assembly vote, he was declared guilty and sentenced to death. As he maintained his innocence with his last words, he was guillotined on January 21, 1793.
1901 – Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
1924 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
1950 – George Orwell, Indian-English journalist and author (b. 1903)
1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
1998 – Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920) “Book’em Danno!”
2001 – Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin of Medgar Evers (b. 1921)
2002 – Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1920)


Today is ” National Hug Day ”!

National Hug Day or National Hugging Day is an annual event dedicated to hugging. It was created by Kevin Zaborney who is credited with coming up with the idea of National Hugging Day in 1986. It was included in Chase's Calendar of Events; Zaborney's friend at the time was the granddaughter of the proprietors of the publication. He chose January 21 as it fell between the Christmas and New Year's Holidays and Valentine's Day and birthdays when he found people are generally in low spirits. Zaborney considered that "American society is embarrassed to show feelings in public" and hoped that a National Hugging Day would change that, although he thought that his idea would fail.
According to scientific studies when we hug another person, our bodies release oxytocin, a hormone associated with “happiness”. Researchers at Harvard University also noted that babies being hugged, helped promote normal levels of cortisol necessary for child development.
NATIONAL HUGGING DAY has caught on internationally and is a different form of sharing. We've got more than our quota of whiners and far too few huggers these days. Most of us have a little person inside who needs human contact in this stainless steel, computerized society where we are kept at arms length. Consider hugging as non-sexual, like a handshake or a high-five. Such personal contact makes you feel good. A good hug warms relationships between people. That's what NATIONAL HUGGING DAY is all about. We're not talking sex here. Part of the problem huggers face is this guarded age where hugs are easily misinterpreted and subject to a leering look or a lawsuit. A hug has a universal meaning of support, concern or just a way of saying, 'I'm here.'" Of recent concern is the growing number of schools and places of employment banning hugging. There is a fear of sexual harassment at the core of such bans. One of the most recent examples is of 17 year old student, Sam McNair, from Daluth, Georgia. His school reports he violated their policy of sexual harassment when he hugged a teacher. Would the situation be different if he asked for permission first? Some schools have banned all physical contact, including hugging, which has led to student-led non-violent protests against such bans. Hugging should be open and safe. The problem with restictive hug policies is that hugging is evidence to be good for one's soul, mind and behaviors.
So stop and have a bite to eat and maybe someone will offer up a hug and everyone can be happier and feel better.

Of course there is one more thing to remember before you hug someone, if you’re unsure – ask!

Also today is the little known “Squirrel Appreciation Day”. I’m not easily distracted but…

The event??
Breakfast With The Gang. Breakfast With The Geocachers. Bulging Waistlines Totally Grew. Breakfast With The Goofballs. Beware When Travis Geocaches. Breakfast With Team Geochef. Best Way To Geocache. Breakfast While Talking Geocaching. BWTG="Brian-Wussy; Travis-Greatest".

Call it what you want, but whatever you call it, it IS good food and great company. So let's get together, talk caching, and eat!

When?
Thursday, January 21, 2016 from 6:30am - 7:30am. (Oh yes, AM, in the morning, bright and early, rise and shine sleepy head). You may stay longer if you'd like, that depends on what time you have to show up for work or be somewhere else.

Where?
We will be meeting for a good, hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrel, just South of I-94.

Who?
Everyone is welcome at the event!

What Do I Bring?
Bring a good, hearty appetite and be ready to share some of the best memories you have of geocaching; including, but not limited to, best caches, best events, best hospital story, best encounter with local law enforcement authorities, etc.

Celebrating a Milestone?
We want to know! Post it on the event page and you'll be acknowledged here as an official part of this event's history!

What do I do AFTER the event?
If you don't have to go to work or be somewhere else, we suggest you get out and cache!!! Either alone or with one of the groups that will, undoubtedly, be formed before, during or after the event. A great geocaching day can start here and then head north to Conman/Team Peterson’s potluck event in GR. A twofer with a lot o'fun inbetween!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gfzbyn arrqf n uht naq lbh qba'g unir gb nfx.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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