12/08/20 Grif.Net - What to Get Dad?
Robert Griffin
December is the month when the kids begin to discuss what to get Dad for Christmas.
Some insist on a shirt.
Others insist on a pair of socks.
Seems the argument always ends in a tie.
~~ANSWERS~~ to Monday’s 1960’s Trivia
1. 1960 – Deep-sea vessel Trieste reached record 35,800 depth in the Pacific’s MARIANAS TRENCH
2. 1961 – John F. Kennedy was the youngest president at age 43 when inaugurated.
3. 1962 – The first of the now-common WAL-MART retail store was opened in Arkansas.
4. 1963 – America’s famous maximum security prison ALCATRAZ closed.
5. 1964 – To insure better and faster communication, the US Post Office developed ZONE IMPROVEMENT PLAN or “zip code”
6. 1965 – The Broadway musical MAN OF LAMANCHA on the life of Don Quixote featured the song “The Impossible Dream”.
7. 1966 – Ground was broken for the iconic New York City landmark WORLD TRADE CENTER
8. 1967 – South African doctor Christiaan Barnard performed the first HEART TRANSPLANT operation.
9. 1968 – Two American politicians, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR and ROBERT F KENNEDY were both assassinated, shaking the nation.
10. 1969 – ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet, relays its first communication between UCLA and Stanford.
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"