GC71EAW BWTG - April 2017 (Event Cache) in Michigan, United States created by Moldslug

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Hidden : Thursday, April 13, 2017

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BWTG - April 2017

Thursday, April 13, 2017 from 6:30am - 7:30am.

What's Special on today?

Events

1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
1613 – Samuel Argall captures Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father; she is brought to Henricus as hostage. Not quite like the Disney version probably.
1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces are ambushed and defeated in the Battle of Bound Brook, New Jersey.
1861 – American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces.
1865 – American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.

Birthdays

1743 – Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
1780 – Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (d. 1868) Screwpile lighthouses were relatively inexpensive, easy to construct, and comparatively quick to build with one being built in Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio.
1852 – Frank Winfield Woolworth, American businessman, founded the F. W. Woolworth Company (d. 1919)
1866 – Butch Cassidy, American criminal (d. 1908)
1892 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the Radar (d. 1973)
He demonstrated the first practical radio system for detecting aircraft when he successfully bounced a radio wave from a BBC short-wave transmitter off a Handley Page Heyford aircraft. Having proved radar detection technology could work and received a patent for his system, on 1 September 1936
1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993)
1923 – Don Adams, American actor and director (d. 2005) “I missed it by that much…”
1923 – Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (d. 2010)
1950 – Ron Perlman, American actor
1964 – Davis Love III, American golfer and sportscaster

Deaths

862 – Donald I, Scottish king (b. 812)
1886 – John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community in Oneida, New York in 1848 (b. 1811) The community believed that Jesus had already returned in AD 70, practiced communalism (in the sense of communal property and possessions), complex marriage, male sexual continence, and mutual criticism. He is credited with coining the term "free love". The community dissolved in 1881, and eventually became the giant silverware company Oneida Limited.
1941 – Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863) whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme.
2009 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (b. 1954) ‘The Bird’ pitched his entire short career for the Detroit Tigers (1976–1980).

Today is ” Dönerstag ”!

You may ask, “What is Dönerstag?” Or in German it would be “Was ist Dönerstag?“
In 2017, Groundspeak is celebrating geocaching around the world. You’re invited to join Signal the Frog as he travels to different countries to geocache like a local. No plane ticket required!
Signal’s first stop: Germany. On Thursday, April 13, players will gather to celebrate the 11th annual Dönerstag, an annual tradition that began in 2007 when German cachers met at kebab shops around the country all at the same time. These special events are held each year on a Thursday. In German, this makes the name “Dönerstag” a pun: The German word for Thursday is “Donnerstag.” Kebab translates to “Döner.” Last year, over 6000 players attended 233 Dönerstag events. The events were held all over Europe, from Germany and Austria to the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
But you might be asking “What does that mean to us in the United States?” Well the lily pad is releasing a special piece of geoart and you can earn the first-ever Dönerstag souvenir for anyone who attends an event on Thursday the 13th. So I thought it would be fun to move the BWTG event forward a week and let all attendees get a twofer today!

So come join the gang on the second Thursday to not only get the usual smiley, but also get Dönerstag souvenir to boot!

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! Kommen Sie hast frühstücken mit der Bande!

When?
Thursday, April 13, 2017 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 cachetoburn’s event “Donerstag Grand Prix” in GR. A twofer with a lot o'fun inbetween!