It is Monday June 1st, Let’s start the podcast!
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1925: Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig’s streak of playing in 2,130 consecutive games began when he pinch hit for shortstop Pee Wee Wanniger.
• 1926: Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
• 1944: The British Broadcasting Corp. aired a coded message intended to inform the French resistance that the D-Day invasion was imminent.
• 1967: The album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles was released.
• 1980: CNN made its debut.
• 2007: Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian walked out of a Michigan prison, where he’d spent eight years for ending the life of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease.
• 2008: Presidential candidate Barack Obama announced he had resigned his 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
• 2009: General Motors filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. It was the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
• 2013: Russia enacted a country-wide smoking ban, affecting most public places.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Baby Boomers Recognition Day
• Global Day of Parents
• Heimlich Maneuver Day
• Go Barefoot Day
• Olive Day
• Say Something Nice Day
• World Reef Awareness Day
• Hazelnut Cake Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
55 million: Meeting a day in the U.S.
NEWS ATTACK!
- The CDC says if you think you had coronavirus back in December, January or even early February you didn’t.
- A rocket ship built by SpaceX took two Americans to the space station.
- Because of rioting, Target put a list on its website of stores that were closing “until further notice.”
- A survey shows that more people than expected experience notable skin reactions from their tattoos.
- A study says that 10 minutes of vigorous exercise has proven to boost your metabolic rate for a good hour.
- June is here. It’s the month that gives us Father’s Day and Donut Day.
- Costco plans to start bringing back its legendary free samples this month with some changes. Costco execs say they are targeting a mid-June return of the freebies.
- Wives, keep an eye on your man as he tackled home improvement projects. Each year…
• 1,304 men puncture fingers with nail guns.
• 4,535 men cut fingers on portable power saws.
• 1,686 men who bruised (severe enough to go to the ER) hands using hammers.
• 1,467 men punctured hands with screwdrivers.
- An Idaho man drank a liter of lemon juice through a straw in under 17 seconds for a Guinness World Record. David Rush, who has broken more than 100 Guinness records to promote STEM education, emptied the glass in 16.53 seconds.
- According to a survey (Vancouver, Washington’s Banfield Pet Hospital) 45 percent of pet owners say their household’s happiness has increased while spending more time with their pets during self-isolation.
- A man in Germany who was mugged got mugged two more times while waiting for police to arrive.
Water Cooler Question
The average person eats these just once per year. (Waffles)
