Many people in the St. Louis area go to Pere Marquette State Park in the winter months to watch the many bald eagles that return from the north to feed on the fish that go through the three main rivers in the area, the Mississippi, the Missouri, and the Illinois Rivers. When the fish pass through the locks and dams along the Mississippi they get a little stunned, momentarily, and they become easier pickings for the bald eagles. This happens mainly at the locks and dams in Alton and East Alton IL, and in Winfield and Clarksville MO.
The bald eagles always return to the same airy (nest) each and every winter, so they are easy to find. Also, bald eagles mate for life.
The Pere Marquette State Park Bald Eagle Viewing Program is a great way to spend 6 hours on a Saturday morning.
George H.W. Bush’s first White House chief of staff was John Sununu, former Governor of New Hampshire, who had been instrumental to Bush’s winning the state’s primary in 1988. Sununu was notoriously bossy and abrasive. A joke that made its way around Washington had him asking an aide why people took such an instant dislike to him.
According to speech expert Henry Higgins, in Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen, though the rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.
1993 was a year of three Prime Ministers in Canada. Brian Mulroney, leader of the Progressive Conservatives, resigned as party leader and was succeeded by Kim Campbell. She called an election which she promptly lost, as Mulroney had driven the PC brand into the ground. Jean Chrétien of the Liberals took over as prime Minister with a healthy majority.
According to this, George lost his virginity while John, Paul, and (not Ringo but) Pete Best secretly observed. When George was done, the others applauded.
George Washington’s clothes were pierced by enemy bullets several times during both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, but he was never hit.
Lafayette Escadrille veteran Raoul Lufbery introduced the first American pilots to combat in WW1, including Eddie Rickenbacker, whose enthusiasm Lufbery quickly sobered:
Rupert Murdoch was born in Melbourne on 11 March 1931, the only son of Sir Keith Murdoch and his wife Elisabeth (née Greene, later Dame Elisabeth Murdoch).
The Court of Wards and Liveries was a major source of income for the English monarchs in the 17th century. As with so many other institutions which were abused by the Stuarts to raise money, the Court was abolished following the Restoration.
Baseball’s Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball’s Negro Leagues. They were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930.
In 1930, the Monarchs became the first professional baseball team to use a portable lighting system which was transported from game to game in trucks to play games at night. This was five years before any major league team did.
Netball is a popular women’s sport in many Commonwealth countries. There are seven members in a team, each of whom is assigned a specific role on the court. This role is signalled by the letters on the bib that each player wears:
Goal Keeper GK
Goal Defence GD
Wing Defence WD
Centre C
Wing Attack WA
Goal Attack GA
Goal Shooter GS
