BWTG - September 2018 Event Cache

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Hidden : Thursday, September 20, 2018
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BWTG - September 2018

Thursday, September 20, 2018 from 6:30am - 7:30am.

What's Special on today?

Events

1378 – Cardinal Robert of Geneva, called by some the "Butcher of Cesena", is elected as Avignon Pope Clement VII, beginning the Papal schism. Known as an antipope, he personally commanded troops lent to the papacy to reduce the small city of Cesena in the territory of Forlì. There he authorized the massacre of 3,000 - 8,000 civilians.
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
1737 – The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony through a fraudulent document. It was in Pennsylvania district court in 2004 that the suit on behalf of the Native Americans was deemed valid but thrown out on a technicality.
1863 – American Civil War: The conclusion of the Battle of Chickamauga in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
1881 – U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death. Garfield was shot on July 2nd at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington D.C. by Charles J. Guiteau, but the wound was not immediately fatal. It was his doctors' uncleaned and unprotected hands which are said to have led to infection that caused his death on September 19.
1941 – The Holocaust in Lithuania: Four hundred three Jews (128 men, 176 women and 99 children) were murdered by Einsatzkommando 3 and the local police in Nemenčinė.
1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: In the course of two days a German einsatzgruppen murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv.
1962 – James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror". Yeah, how’s that going….
2017 – Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian crisis.

Birthdays

1819 – Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor (d. 1895) best known for the invention of a cut-off valve for steam engines in 1841.
1842 – James Dewar, Scottish-English chemist and physicist (d. 1923) He is best known for his invention of the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with research into the liquefaction of gases. He invented the vacuum-jacketed vessels for the storage of liquid gases, called the Dewar flask. It is more commonly known now as a Thermos after the company that stole his idea. A lunar crater was named in his honour.
1878 – Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1968) He acquired particular fame for his classic muck-raking novel ‘The Jungle’, which exposed labor and sanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry, causing a public uproar that contributed in part to the passage a few months later of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
1917 – Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach (d. 2006)
1920 – Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (d. 1989) He produced animated series based on such characters as Crusader Rabbit, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, and Super Chicken.
1934 – Sophia Loren, Italian actress
1941 – Dale Chihuly, American sculptor and educator best known for his blown glass.
1948 – George R. R. Martin, American novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his series of epic fantasy novels, ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, which was later adapted into the HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’ (2011–present). Winter is coming….
1956 – Gary Cole, American actor
1967 – Kristen Johnston, American actress

Deaths

1793 – Fletcher Christian, English lieutenant (b. 1764) He was master's mate on board HMS Bounty during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the Bounty, Christian seized command of the ship from Bligh on 28 April 1789.
1973 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943) The man who knew Leroy Brown could not put time in a bottle.
2005 – Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian human rights activist, Holocaust survivor (b. 1908) He survived the Janowska concentration camp (late 1941 to September 1944), the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (September to October 1944), the Gross-Rosen concentration camp, a death march to Chemnitz, Buchenwald, and the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp (February to 5 May 1945). After the war, Wiesenthal dedicated his life to tracking down and gathering information on fugitive Nazi war criminals so that they could be brought to trial.
2015 – Jack Larson, American actor (b. 1928) He is best known for his portrayal of photographer/cub reporter Jimmy Olsen on the television series ‘Adventures of Superman’.

Today is ” National Rum Punch Day ”!

Since September 19th is ‘Talk Like a Pirate day’ it would seem only logical that it would be followed by ‘National Rum Punch Day’! Although the origins are murky (maybe too much rum?) people have celebrated this holiday for a number of years now. So how should one celebrate the day? With a rum punch drink of course!
So here’s a recipe to get started. The first known print reference to Planter's Punch was in the August 8, 1908 edition of The New York Times:

PLANTER'S PUNCH
This recipe I give to thee,
Dear brother in the heat.
Take two of sour (lime let it be)
To one and a half of sweet,
Of Old Jamaica pour three strong,
And add four parts of weak.
Then mix and drink. I do no wrong —
I know whereof I speak.

So what better way than to start your day with a good hearty breakfast, and maybe if you’re feeling a little punchy…



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, September 20, 2018 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 LaRue's. They take cash or check but no plastic. Or just have a glass of water and enjoy our company!

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 GC7VAQP 'SW Michigan Geocachers - Carpool CITO' event in GR @ 6pm. A twofer with a lot o'fun inbetween!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nnneett, 'gvf or ehz gvegl fhz jurer zngrl.

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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