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Arts Council Oklahoma City is searching for talented artists from the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community to participate in the Fresh Paint Mural Project at the 58th annual Festival of the Arts.
Read moreA young person's eighteenth birthday marks something of a turning point in his or her life. In addition to acquiring various rights, such as being able to vote or serve on a jury, this is the age at which teenagers may be introduced to credit cards and loans.
Read moreAging is often associated with minor forgetfulness and loss of cognitive function, but it does not cause the types of issues that arise with dementia. According to Medical News Today, millions of people around the world have dementia, which is a term given to various chronic neurodegenerative conditions that affect cognitive abilities and memory, including Alzheimer's disease. Research is ongoing in an effort to understand more about what can be done to reduce dementia risk and cognitive impairment. Reading may be something to explore. A study published in 2021 in Neurology found that high levels of cognitive activity, such as reading, playing games like checkers and puzzles, and writing letters, can delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by 5 years among those aged 80 years and over. So how can people read more? Consider these five ideas.
Read moreEggnog is a rich and delicious beverage that has become synonymous with the most festive time of year. This milk- and egg-based concoction is tasty on its own, or it can be dressed up with other flavors and spiked with a favorite spirit when celebrating the holiday season with other adult partygoers.
Read moreFRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2023
Today is the 342nd day of 2023 and the 77th day of autumn.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1941, the United States declared war on Japan and officially entered World War II. In 1980, John Lennon was shot to death outside his Manhattan apartment building. In 1991, the leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine signed an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States. In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In 2019, China recorded the first confirmed case of COVID-19. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Eli Whitney (1765-1825), inventor; James Thurber (1894-1961), humorist; Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990), entertainer; David Carradine (19362009), actor; Jim Morrison (1943-1971), singer-songwriter; Kim Basinger (1953- ), actress; Ann Coulter (1961- ), political commentator; Teri Hatcher (1964- ), actress; Kevin Harvick (1975- ), race car driver; Ryan Newman (1977), race car driver; Ian Somerhalder (1978- ), actor; Nicki Minaj (1982- ), rapper; Sam Hunt (1984- ), singer-songwriter; Dwight Howard (1985- ), basketball player. TODAY’S FACT: SpaceX became the first private company in the world to successfully launch, place in orbit and recover a spacecraft on this day in 2010. TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1940, the Chicago Bears routed Washington in the NFL championship game, 73-0. It remains the largest margin of victory in NFL history. TODAY’S QUOTE: “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself -- and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to -- letting a person be what he really is.” -- Jim Morrison TODAY’S NUMBER: 500,000 -- pounds of cotton exported by the United States in 1793, before Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin. By 1810, the U.S. was exporting 93 million pounds of cotton annually. TODAY’S MOON: Between last quarter moon (Dec. 4) and new moon (Dec. 12).
Read moreThe Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is pleased to announce the birth of six African Painted Dog pups. Born to first-time mother Pele on November 5 and 6, the arrival of the pups is exciting news for wildlife conservationists. The species has seen its population plummet over the last decade from an estimated 11,800 in 2010 to just about 5,000 in the wild in 2022.
Read moreThe name of the USS Oklahoma — a ship that was first commissioned in 1916 and served until it capsized following the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor — lives on.
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