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A Centennial Sign For Striking Hollywood LWIL # 28

A Centennial Sign For Striking Hollywood LWIL # 28

Last updated on: November 19, 2023 at 10:54 am by Mark Wilson

A Centennial Sign For Striking Hollywood LWIL # 28 2023-11-19T10:54:49-05:00 Mark Wilson

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A century ago on July 13, the famous Hollywood sign that today marks the Dream Factory was first put up for the viewing public.

Prof. Frank McDonough@FXMC1957 (July 13, 2023) The famous Hollywood Sign was opened but was originally called “Hollywoodland” and was not related to the film industry. It was an advertisement for a new housing estate financed by Los Angeles Times publisher, Harry Chandler. The billboard cost $21,000.

A century later it still stands while the actors and writers that keep it going are on strike in a dispute with the higherups at the major film studies.

Petros L. Ioannou@PetrosofSparta (July 16, 2023)
Disney won’t give up 0.091% of their revenue to stop the strikes.

Netflix won’t give up 0.214% of their revenue to stop the strikes.

Warner Bros won’t give up 0.108% of their revenue to stop the strikes.

Support the writers, support the actors who make the product you watch!!

Besides the hollywood sign centennial anniversary other things happen this past week in life…

Evolution went on Trial,
Former secretary of state ALEXANDER HAMILTON and V.P. Raymond Burr face off in a armed duel,
SQPN gives us info on Mother Catherine Spalding and Servant of God Black Elk,
Fr. Casey Cole educates us about the church teaching on euthanasia and suicide,
A Former Manson Family member gets parole,
Meet the first man to ever get fired,
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha celebrated her feast day,
Bishop Barron asks if were listening to God after he has spoken
The Rolling Stones and the Super Mario Bros. appeared in the culture,
Twitter turns 17
And lots and lots of historical trivia.

Also

Learn about the New York City Draft Riots of 1863 that occurred during the Civil War.
Learn why the actor and writer strikes matter.

All that and more

That Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

Monday July 10, 2023

Day 191: The Babylonian Exile — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 191: The Eucharist Changes Us — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1890 – Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
1921 – Belfast’s Bloody Sunday occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
1938 – Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
1991 – The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
2012 – The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage.
2019 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Puebla, Mexico. The last of 5,961 “Special Edition” cars will be exhibited in a museum.
2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (July 11, 2023) According to a new report, the USPS is in possession of 452 cremated remains that it cannot identify, with one remaining unclaimed for over eight years. 1440 Daily Digest on Twitter
Quote of the Day

A Catholic Adventurer@forthequeenbvm (Jul 10, 2023) The rosary is a meditative prayer by its nature. Simply “saying it” is ok. But try to meditate through it, even if you only do it a couple of decades at a time throughout the day. It’s an entirely different experience.

Hadrian +T+ אדריאל@voxwilderness (Jul 10, 2023) It’s also conducive using each bead for a specific person/relationship for forgiveness and blessing.

Tuesday July 11, 2023

Saint Benedict, Abbot

Day 192: The Prophet Isaiah — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 192: Unity in the Eucharist — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius).
1616 – Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
1735 – Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
1796 – The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
1804 – A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
1889 – Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
1893 – The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
1977 – Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
2015 – Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
2021 – Richard Branson becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his Virgin Galactic spacecraft.[
2023–Deaths from xylazine are on the rise. The White House has a new plan to tackle it
Quote of the Day

Matt Swaim@mattswaim (July 11, 2023) The line between righteous anger and all-consuming cynical misanthropy is maybe like a millimeter thick, max

Wednesday 12, 2023

Day 193: The Book of Tobit — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 193: Communion Forever in Heaven — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.[4]
1580 – The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1962 – The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London‘s Marquee Club.
1963 – Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
1979 – The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
2023-A former Manson Family member is free, after her parole was reversed 5 times

Quote of the Day

Marvin Williams@marvinlwilliams (Jul 12, 2023)
I pray that as we follow Jesus, we are becoming…

Less religious and more righteous
Less judgmental and more gracious
Less hateful and more loving
Less rude and more kind

When he transforms us, there will always be less of us and more of him.

What would you add?

Thursday July 13, 2023

Saint Henry

Day 194: Holy Is the Lord — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 194: Summary of the Sacrament of the Eucharist — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1863 – American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history.
1923-The Hollywood sign, was officially dedicated to the Hollywood Hills atop Mount Lee in Los Angeles, California.
1956 – The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
1977 – New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
1985 – The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.
1985 – Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
2023-Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth
Quote of the Day

Fr. Casey, OFM@caseyofm (July 14, 2023)
So here’s the question: what do we do when someone uses a word that we deem offensive or not preferred today?

The common response is anger and disgust. “I can’t believe you used this term that is offensive to me.” Which I get. I don’t want to be called offensive things either.

But given the lack of consensus and fluidity of words, I have to encourage all of us to be patient with one another and to consider one’s intention. Not everyone is aware of the shifts in language, and I’d like to say that few people actually mean to offend.

There is room to admit that we’re not up with the times and so apologize and change our vocabulary.

There is room to admit that political correctness has gone too far and shifts too much.

There is room to let some things slide.

There is room to patiently educate the ignorant.

Friday July 14, 2023

Saint Kateri Tekakwitha,

Day 195: Tobias and Sarah Pray — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 195: Penance and Reconciliation — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1430 – Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
1874 – The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago’s city council.
1933 – Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring requiring the compulsory sterilization of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.
1943 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
1983 – Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super Mario Bros franchise.
2023-Suspect arrested in Gilgo Beach serial killings searched updates on police probe— A man connected to the Long Island murders that inspired the 2020 Netflix film Lost Girls was arrested in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday night.

Movies Opening

The Miracle Club

Leonard Maltin@leonardmaltin (July 16, 2023) ‘The Miracle Club‘ is a story of forgiveness and understanding, two qualities that seem to be scarce these days. Any movie that encourages people to be kinder to one another gets my vote. #TheMiracleClub #MaltinOnMovies

Quote of the Day

Ted@punishedforest (Jul 14, 2023)
I learned today that Cuban cigar factories would have a hired man sit on an elevated platform to read the news and works of classical literature to keep the workers’ minds occupied while they made cigars.

Guys is such a cozy idea, we need to bring this back.

Saturday July 15, 2023

Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Day 196: Destruction of Israel — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 196: Conversion of the Baptized — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1838 – Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage.
1870 – Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
2006 – Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
2023- 988 mental health crisis line gets 5 million calls, texts and chats in first year
2023-Vatican grants plenary indulgence for St. Thomas Aquinas jubilee celebrations | Catholic News Agency
Quote of the Day

Fr. Casey, OFM@caseyofm(July 15, 2023 )
Have you loved your enemy today?

I don’t mean sentimentality, I mean real love.

Prayed for them. Tried to understand them. Worked to free them from their sin and make it so that they are no longer an enemy.

This is not optional for Christians.

Sunday July 16, 2023

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
National Ice Cream Day
World Snake Day

Day 197: Woe and Consolation — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 197: Forms of Penance — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1251 – Celebrated by the Carmelite Order–but doubted by modern historians–as the day when Saint Simon Stock had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California‘s first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
1915 – At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
1935 – The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
1945 – Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
1945 – World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb “Little Boy” bound for Tinian Island.
1954-On This Day She@OnThisDayShe

#OTD in 1854, teacher Elizabeth Jennings refused to get off a NY streetcar when told to by the conductor. She was forcibly removed & left with her “bonnet smashed and her dress soiled”. Jennings took the streetcar company to court & won for desegregation.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and her sister, Lauren Bessette, die when the aircraft he is piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.
2004 – Millennium Park, considered Chicago’s first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
2019 – A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.
2023– Meet Carmen Wilkey, a 10-year-old amputee who became a successful track star and is now on her way to competing nationally. 1440 Daily Digest on Twitter:

Quote of the Day

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire (July 16, 2023)

D&D is fun! It’s a game about make-believe and math, and make-believe math! Like yesterday, where I got a 31 on 2d10!

Maura @itsmaur71 (July 16, 2023) The Irish songs that involve clapping are some of the best.

HolySoulsVocation@HolySouls3 (July 16, 2023)
Let’s say three Hail Marys for the souls who died today.

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