AFM | Monday, 10/15/2018 | #30
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
- Breast Health Day
- National White Cane Safety Day
- Global Handwashing Day
- International Adjust your Chair Day
- International Day of Rural Women
- National Cheese Curd Day
- National Aesthetician Day
- National Grouch Day
- National Mushroom Day
This day in history
- World’s First Manned Balloon Flight Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, a teacher from France, spent about 4 minutes in the air in a balloon made by flight pioneers Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Ètienne Montgolfier. The Montgolfier brothers were responsible for the world’s first balloon flight and for sending the first living being – a duck – on a balloon.
- 1783
Born on this day
- Fela Kuti · Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, activist · 1938 · A. P. J. Abdul Kalam · Indian scientist, politician, 11th President of India · 1931 · Michel Foucault · French philosopher · 1926 · My Mom Is a Student Day · Mikhail Gorbachev is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize The then President of the Soviet Union received the prestigious award given out by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, for his role in lessening tensions during the Cold War. · 1990 · P. G. Wodehouse · English author · 1881 · Friedrich Nietzsche · German philosopher · 1844 · National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day · Mario Puzo · American Novelist, Screenwriter · 1920 · Virgil · Ancient Roman Poet · 70 · Multicultural Diversity Day · Thomas Sankara killed Thomas Sankara, the President of Burkina Faso, was killed during a coup led by Blaise Compaoré. · 1987 · Jarold Schulz · Reality TV Star (Storage Wars) · 1977 · National Roast Pheasant Day · National Chicken Cacciatore Day · I Love Lucy Airs for the First Time The American sitcom aired on CBS and featured real-life couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The popular show lasted for 6 years and it had several spin-offs after it went off air. · 1951
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
Died on this day
- Cole Porter · American composer · 1964 · Stepan Bandera · Ukrainian politician · 1959 · National Pug Day · Hermann Göring · German military leader, politician, Minister President of Prussia · 1946 · Herbert Henry Dow · American Chemical Industrialist · 1930 · Carlo Gambino · Italian American Gangster · 1976
Recorded as a single run in the source sheet; we haven't matched each name to a year.
One moment can change a day, one day can change a life, and one life can change the world.— Buddha
The answer
footsteps
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 #30 · 10/15/2018 ·