On this day....
Lots of things have happened throughout history lol.
January 31st has been a very busy day in years past. Here are just a few of the things that have happened on this day:
1865 The US house senate passed the 13th amendment abolishing slavery
1930 3M first marketed scotch tape
1936 Green Hornet Radio show debutes
1958 America launched its first successful satellite, Explorer 1
1961 Ham the chimpanzee traveled into space aboard the Mercury-Redstone
1971 Apollo 14 liftoff mission for the moon
1990 the first McDonald's opens in the soviet union at Moscow, Russia
2000 Alaska airlines flight crash killing 88
2023 the very last Boeing 747 airplane was delivered
There are also many notable birthdays on this date including:
1872 Zane Grey, author
1919 Jackie Robinson, baseball player
1947 Nolan Ryan, baseball player
1981 Justin Timberlake, singer
Some more lighthearted things I ran across:
Dorothy from The Golden Girls has a birthday of January 31st, 1929 on the show.
In 1940 Ida May Fuller received the first Social security check of $22.54, she lived to be 100.
It is eat Brussel sprouts day, national hot chocolate day, and backwards day.
Now I did have fun looking up all of these things and if you have time check out some of the other stuff that went on on this day. But there's another reason behind me having this meet n greet today. Geo_wolf1 has a birthday the following week (February 6th) and I'm doing this meet up as a surprise birthday party for him!
It is always really hard for me to surprise him with anything but I think I can pull this one off lol! He doesnt check events unless I tell him to. So yall all come help wish GeoWolf (Marcus) a Happy 38th Birthday!
This is his favorite type of food to eat and what better way to celebrate than with his favorite group of people! And don't worry if you don't actually know him, come on anyways everyone is welcome! He loves meeting new people and talking about Geocaching! Lol if you do know him PLEASE DON'T MENTION THIS or post it anywhere online so it can hopefully be kept a secret!!!
Hope to see old and new friends there and thanks for taking the time to read all of this!
*No purchase required to attend but it is a business so please no outside food or drinks
"Recipe For Greatness - To bear up under loss; To fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief; To be victor over anger; To smile when tears are close; To resist disease and evil men and base instincts; To hate hate and to love love; To go on when it would seen good to die; To look up with unquenchable faith in something ever more about to be. That is what any man can do, and be great."
-Zane Grey