1914 - Lincoln Memorial    

The Lincoln Memorial was commissioned by Congress (You'll love this) in 1867.

Of course, they couldn't come up with the money. For nearly 50 years! After three failed efforts to pass a bill in 1901, 02, 10, the bill was passed in 1910. The first stone was placed four years later in February 1914. It was completed in 1922.

1964- The British Invasion   

The British Invasion semi-officially began with the Beatles appearing on Ed Sullivan on Feb. 9th.

No wonder no one got their homework done.

1964 - He Shook Up The World

    

Who Is This Guy?

1964 - The NY World's Fair

1989 - The Geomagnetic Storm 

18 Victorian Slang Words You Should Be Using.

Downton Abbey is back!

Here's some help with understanding some of the more arcane language of the Victorian Age. OK, we know that this season takes place in the 1920's, but cut us some slack. It's a great list. Let's hear you speak Victorian!

Afternoonified -- A society word meaning "smart." Forrester demonstrates the usage: "The goods are not 'afternoonified' enough for me."

Make a stuffed bird laugh -- "Absolutely preposterous."

Arfarfan'arf-- A figure of speech used to describe drunken men. "He's very arf'arf'an'arf," Forrester writes, "meaning he has had many 'arfs,'" or half-pints of booze.

Bags o' Mystery -A term for sausages, "because no man but the maker knows what is in them.

Bang up to the elephant--Originated in London and means "perfect, complete, unapproachable."

Mad as Hops - Excitable. (Probably from too many)

Batty-fang--Low London phrase meaning "to thrash thoroughly."

Bow wow mutton -- A naval term referring to meat so bad "it might be dog flesh."

Bricky -- Brave or fearless. "Adroit after the manner of a brick,"

Got the morbs -- Indicated "temporary melancholy."

Butter Upon Bacon--Extravagance. Too much extravagance. "Are you going to put lace over the feather, isn't that rather butter upon bacon?" (This is the only way to make bacon better!)

Church-bell -- A talkative woman. (We didn't come up with that, just so you know.)

Chuckaboo-- A nickname given to a close friend.

Cop a Mouse -- To get a black eye. "'Cop' in this sense, is to catch or suffer."

Gas-Pipes -- A term for especially tight pants.

Damfino-- This creative cuss is a contraction of "damned if I know."

Doing the Bear -- "Courting that involves hugging."

Fly rink - A term for a polished bald head. (We think we'll stop here.)

1989 - One Man's Bravery

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident, in Chinese, were student-led popular demonstrations in Beijing which took place in the spring. They received broad support from city residents, exposing deep splits within China's political leadership.

The protests were forcibly suppressed by hard-line leaders who ordered the military to enforce martial law in the country's capital. The crackdown that initiated on June 3-4 became known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

Troops with assault rifles and tanks inflicted thousands of casualties on unarmed civilians trying to block the military's advance on Tiananmen Square, which student demonstrators had occupied for seven weeks. The scale of military mobilization and the resulting bloodshed were unprecedented in the history of Beijing, a city with a rich tradition of popular protests in the 20th century.

Joann P. knew that the Ounce was in Helsinki (how do you people find these things out?) and Richard S. won his favorite movie - Miracle on 34th St.  

One last thought - we don't get to say 'thank you for playing' to all of you - but we do very much appreciate your playing with us. We wish we could make you all winners every month.

Hey...its 2014 - that means 24 more chances to win!

Making an ant sculpture out of an ant hill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IugvemOyZY

These are some pretty cool parents. Wonder how the kids feel.

http://m.quickmeme.com/p/3vpa2h

Miyoko Shida's astonishing, phenomenal balancing act.

http://bit.ly/19GJAir

Hold on. We're more likely to be 400,000 years old

Weegee's Alien Kiss. Oh that Weegee.