Here is a little addition to our Yesteryear Listening Guide. We've looked at all our radio shows, and have grouped them into the day of the year they were broadcast. As a little bit fun we've also added some small snippets. See what was on the airwaves on your birthday, or other memorable dates in your year. Happy Listening!
On This Day:
Batman 1st appears in a comic book (1939) BORN: Manfred von Richthofen pilot (1892) DIED: Leonardo da Vinci inventor and painter (1519)
Quote:
We most often go astray on a well trodden and much frequented road. (Seneca)
Fact:
Greek Gods: Aphrodite (Goddess of Love/Beauty) - Uranos (God of the heavens) - Nyx (Goddess of Night) - Ares (God of War/Murder/Bloodshed)
Word:
maculate (adjective) 1: marked with spots; blotched 2: besmirched, impure
Fortune Cookie:
You will live a long, prosperous life
Poem:
The orphan speaks: / The year-end party... I am even envious / Of scolded children / (Haiku by Issa)
Joke:
One thing I can't work out. Do radioactive cats have 18 half-lives?
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