AFM | Monday, 9/24/2018 | #18
From the founding era. In 2018 this went out every weekday as a card, not an essay — so there is no narrative to publish here, and none has been invented. What follows is the edition itself, reconstructed from the two spreadsheets that recorded it.
Today is
- Gallbladder Good Health Day
- Jim Henson
- American puppeteer, director, producer, founded The Company
- 1936
- Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving
- Honda Motor Company is founded by Soichiro Honda The automobile manufacturer is also the world's largest producer of motorcycles.
- 1948
- Black Friday in the United States A group of speculators headed by James Fisk and Jay Gould started hoarding gold, which led to high gold prices. The US Treasury under the orders of President Ulysses S. Grant sold a large amount of gold leading to a plummet in gold prices within the span of minutes.
- 1869
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
- Polish military commander
- 1621
- Amazon prime is free for all college students OR anyone with a .edu email address\!
This day in history
- Camp Nou, a stadium that seats over 99,000 opens its doors for football fans Situated in Barcelona, Spain, it is the largest stadium in Europe and the 11th largest in the world.
- 1957
- US Congress Adopts the Judiciary Act of 1789 The act was passed by the first Congress of the United States. It created the US federal judiciary including the Supreme Court.
- 1789
Born on this day
- Ryan Briscoe — Australian race car driver (1981)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald — American author (1896)
- John Marshall — American jurist, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (1755)
- Alaungpaya — Burmese king (1714)
Died on this day
- Dr. Seuss · American author, poet, illustrator · 1991 · Pedro I of Brazil · 1834 · Life Hack of the Day
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
I've heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've brought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!— Dr. Seuss
The answer
no such thing
The riddle itself wasn't kept. The index recorded the answer for every edition and the question for only some — this is one it didn't.
Aloha Friday Motivation
· Edition #18 · 9/24/2018 ·