BWTG - November 2016 Event Cache

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Hidden : Thursday, November 17, 2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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BWTG - November 2016

Thursday, November 17, 2016 from 6:30am - 7:30am.

What's Special on today?

Events

1603 – English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1777 – Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
1810 – Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
1856 – American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. The area was acquired largely so that the U.S. could construct a transcontinental railroad along a deep southern route, which was later completed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1881/1883. Trains are cool.
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
1896 – The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
1933 – United States recognizes Soviet Union.
1939 – Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
1967 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
1968 – Viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
1970 – Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
1970 – Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, Republican President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
1978 – The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.
1993 – United States House of Representatives passes resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to Republican President George Bush in 1991.
2013 – A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes. I went caching with The Wandering Wierdos and Allenite this weekend and we chased those tornados north today checking out overturned trucks, campers, and barns strwn across the highway. But we still got our caches!

Birthdays

1749 – Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning (d. 1841)
1790 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868)
1877 – Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943) He is most notable for serving as the first president of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1917 until his death in 1943, and was instrumental in the transition from the NHA to the NHL and presided over the expansion of the NHL from Canada into the United States.
1906 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)
1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor and singer (d. 1985)
1938 – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1944 – Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
1944 – Lorne Michaels, Canadian-American screenwriter and producer, created Saturday Night Live
1951 – Stephen Root, American actor
1966 – Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model and actress

Deaths

1796 – Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
1858 – Robert Owen, Welsh theorist and activist (b. 1771) who travelled to America to invest the bulk of his fortune in an experimental 1,000-member utopian colony on the banks of Indiana's Wabash River, called New Harmony.
1917 – Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
1990 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915) The character ‘Leonard Hofstadter’ from the TV show ‘The Big Bang Theory’ is supposedly named after him.
2006 – Bo Schembechler, American football player and former coach at the University of Michigan. (b. 1929)

Today is ” Great American Smokeout Day ”!

The goal of this special day is quite obvious: to get people to quit smoking, resulting in fewer health problems, and less cancer and emphysema deaths resulting from smoking and secondary smoke.
Quitting smoking is not an easy task. As an ex-smoker, this writer knows how hard it is to quit smoking. Often(usually), it takes repeated efforts. That's okay, as long as you keep trying until you finally succeed. The health benefits, and the prospect of a longer life are crystal clear.
The American Cancer Society created this day back in 1977 and they have promoted it annually since then. They encourages all smokers to give up the "butt" today. Join millions of other Americans today and take a big step to a happier, healthier, longer life. And what better way is there to get some fresh air than to go geocaching!




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, November 17, 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)

Trg lbhe ohgg bhg!

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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