The Origins of Star Wars Day; May 4th
4 years ago
Star Wars Day, which occurs every year on May 4th, as this date is reminiscent of the phrase, “may the force be with you” (e.g. “May the Fourth be with you”) started on May 4, 1979, the day Margaret Thatcher took office as prime minister of Britain. A large advertisement was published on this date in recognition of Thatchers achievement which read “May The Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations.”
Share This Interesting Fact: Advertising Magnate Tim Bell, the Politicians He Helped Build, and the Governments He Helped Destroy: How Bell Fell into Marketing and Public Relations, Iraqi Businessperson Charles Saatchi Offering Bell the Opportunity to Create English Advertising Firm Saatchi & Saatchi, the View of Bell Within Saatchi & Saatchi, Bell’s Role Between Charles Satchi and Iraqi Businessperson Maurice Saatchi (Charles Satchi’s Brother), the Person Who Created the Concept of Sleeping at Work, the Reason Bell Was Attracted to Marketing and Public Relations, the Belief System of Irish Salesperson Arthur Leigh Bell (Bell’s Father), Arthur Leigh Bell Meeting a Person With Kyphosis (Hunchback), Arthur Leigh Bell Revealing His Career Path to This Person, Arthur Leigh Bell Offered to Become the Sales Director for U.S. Airway Pan-American World Airways, the Impact This New Career Had Upon Bell, Marketing and Public Relations Helping to Create Social Media, the Ultimate Goal of Advertising, the Reason Saatchi & Saatchi Became the Largest Advertising Firm World Wide, the Catalyst for the Introduction of Science Within Marketing and Public Relations, the First Female Conservative Party Leader in England, Bell Applying Marketing Strategies to Political Campaigns, the Most Important Aspect of This Project, the Reason English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Implemented Negativity Within Her Political Rhetoric, Bell Creating the Slogan “Labor Isn’t Working”, the Reason Thatcher Did Not Like This Slogan, the View of the Labour Party Within the U.K. During the Period, the Reason English Prime Minister James Callaghan Postponed the 1978 Prime Ministerial Election, the Hypothesized Reason Why Callaghan Lost the Next General Election, the 3 News Publications Which Held the Key to Winning U.K. Elections During the Period, How Bell Encouraged Liberal Voters to Adopt Conservative Policies, the Benefit Provided to Those Who Helped Thatcher Win the 1979 Prime Ministerial Election, Bell Meeting Australian Media Magnate Rupert Murdoch, the Informal Agreement Between Bell and Murdoch, the Reason Thatcher’s Staff Detested Covert Meetings Between Thatcher and Bell, the Largest Military Arms Sale in History, the Reason Bell Was Tasked With Overviewing English Businessperson Mark Thatcher (Thatcher’s Son), the Reason Bell Found This Task Difficult, One of Bell’s Main Strategies to Suppress Information, the Reason Bell Controlled Everything Said by Thatcher, Bell Developing the Concept of Conservative Ideology, the Reason Thatcher Privatized and Nationalized Many Aspects of the U.K., the Company Bell Created After Leaving Saatchi & Saatchi, the Origin of Political Consulting, Bell’s Account of Working With Chilean President Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, the Reason Bell Hand Delivered a Letter From Thatcher to Pinochet, the Impact of Pinochet’s Dictatorship for the Chilean Public, Bell’s First International Contract, Bell’s View of Pinochet, English Communications and Reputation Management Firm Lowe Bell Communications Understanding the Psychology of Political Messages, Lowe Bell Communications Understanding the Psychology of Individuals and the Psychology of Groups, the Benefit of This Psychology, How Lowe Bell Communications Handled Data Which Could Not be Replicated, the Benefit of Political Science, the Shifting of Advertising and Marketing From Art to Science, Lowe Bell Communications Conducting Political Scientific Experimentation World Wide, the Impact of Political Science Upon Democracy, Bell Attempting to Work With South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk, the Reason Lowe Bell Communications Was a Strategic Advantage for de Klerk, the Ambiguity of Political Finance Within de Klerk’s Presidential Campaign, the Reason de Klerk Did Not Believe He Could Win Against South African President Nelson Mandela, de Klerk’s Main Objective During the 1994 South African Presidential Election, Violence Spreading Across South Africa During the Period, the National Party Covertly Promoting Violence Within South Africa, Bell’s View of Why Civil Conflict Was Inevitable, Political Science Experimentation Within South Africa, the Number of Votes de Klerk Acquired, South Africa Becoming a Democracy, the Result of the 1994 South African Presidential Vote Occurring Prior to Vote Ballots Being Submitted, the Hypothesized Reason the South African Public Accepted the Outcome of the 1994 Presidential Election, the Hypothesized Result if de Klerk Had Acquired 50% of Vote Ballots, the Final Result of the 1994 South African Presidential Election, the Political Party Which Most Often Constructs Constitutional Agreements World Wide, the Reason Some Believe the National Party Outmaneuvered the African National Congress Party Long Term, the Reason the Political System Remained the Same After the 1994 South African Presidential Election, the Consequence of Excluding Black South Africans From the South African Economy, Lowe Bell Communications Creating a Commercial With U.S. Media Corporation the Walt Disney Company’s Snow White and the 7 Dwarves, the Barrier to Entry for Advertising Firms Decreasing During the 1990’s, Bell Creating Relationships With Large Corporations and Governments, de Klerk’s View of the Global Leadership Foundation, Bell’s Rationale for Lowe Bell Communications Conducting Political Science, Bell Creating a Political Campaign for Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, the Person Who Photographed Russian Author Alexander Litvinenko Post Assassination Attempt, the Benefit of This Photograph for Western Democracies and Russia, the Governments Bell Has Provided Political Science Services for, Bell’s View of This Work, the Person Who Discovered Lowe Bell Communications’ Contract With the Iraqi Government, the Number of Lowe Bell Communications Employees Stationed Within Iraq During the Period, the Special Projects Unit Dedicated to the Lowe Bell Communications Iraq Contract, the Reason the U.S. Government Permitted Private U.S. Corporations to Work With the Iraqi Government, the Concept of “Title 50” of the United States Code, “Title 50” of the United States Code vs “Title 10” of the United States Code, the Production Desired by the Iraqi Government, the Number of Media Projects Produced and the Budget of the Lowe Bell Communications Iraq Government Contract, Lowe Bell Communications Understanding Patriotism and Change Within Iraq, the Reason U.S. Intelligence Agencies Train Agents to Leave Cultural Truths Unchallanged, Lowe Bell Communications Creating an Iraqi Soap Opera, the Reason Lowe Bell Communications’ Iraq Contract Was Terminated by the U.S. Congress, the Hypothesized Reason This Contract Dissolved, Explosives Becoming Common Within Iraq During the Period, the Political State of South Africa During South African President Jacob Zuma’s Administration, the Promise Indian Mining and Energy Collective the Gupta Family Made to the South African Government, How the Gupta Family Consolidated Political Power Within South Africa, Zuma Abdicating Virtually All Authority to the Gupta Family, the Reason the Gupta Family Controlled Members of State Owned Businesses Within South Africa, the Estimated Total Economic Value the Gupta Family Embezzeled From the South African Government, the Power and Authority of the Gupta Family Within South Africa, Lowe Bell Communications Working With the Gupta Family to Improve South African Public Perception, the South African Political Issues Exploited to Accomplish This Goal, the Image Narrative Promoted by the Gupta Family, the Gupta Family Utilizing Software Bots to Target Journalists Upon Social Media, the Programming Directive of These Software Bots, the Reason This Plot Was Discovered, Fringe Political Organizations Targeting Journalists Within South Africa, the Reason Lowe Bell Communications Chose to Promote Non-Caucasian Nationalist Interests Within South Africa, South African Journalists Possessing Computer Hard Drives With 195,000 Gupta Family Emails, the Largest Regulator of Public Relations World Wide, the Punishment Lowe Bell Communications Received From English Media Company the Public Relations and Communications Association, the South African Public Demanding the Abdication of Zuma, the Possibility of Russia Being 30 Years Ahead of the U.S. for Propaganda and Misinformation, How Russian Information Obfuscation is Conducted, Bell’s View of Amorality and Immorality, and the Death of Bell Date May 12, 2021 In relation to Interesting Facts Chlorofluorocarbons and the Hole in the Earth’s Ozone Layer: The Period When Life Upon Earth Migrated From the Oceans Onto Land and the Reason for This, the Reason the Depletion of the Earth’s Ozone Layer Did Not Cause Politicians or the World Public to Initially Intervene, the Persons Who Discovered the Harmful Effects of Chlorofluorocarbons Upon the Ozone Layer, the Treatment of U.S. Professor Frank Sherwood Rowland Post Revealing the Danger of Chlorofluorocarbons, the Reason Rowland and Mexican Chemist Mario Molina Were Met With Opposition and Controversy for This Discovery, the Strategy Utilized to Discredit Rowland and Molina, the Reason Those Alive During the 1970’s Were Able to Mobilize and Attack the Problem of Chlorofluorocarbons, the First Earth Day and the Number of Patrons Who Attended, the Zenith of the Chlorofluorocarbon Problem Within U.S. Media, the Causation of the Decline of Aerosol Products Within the U.S. Post the Release of the All in the Family Archie and the Editorial Episode, Examples of Politicians Denying the Problem of Chlorofluorocarbon’s During the 1970’s, U.S. Secretary of Energy Donald Hodel’s Resolution for the Problem of Chlorofluorocarbons, the Persons Who Leaked Hodel’s Comments, Hodel’s Office Confirming the Statement, the View of Hodel Post the Release of These Comments, the Reason U.S. President Ronald Regan Understood the Danger of Ultraviolet Radiation, the Person Who Hypothesized Why the Hole in the Ozone Layer Appears Over the Antarctic During the Spring Season, the Reason Aircraft Fly Above Clouds, U.S. Atmospheric Chemist Susan Solomon’s Hypothesis of Clouds Providing the Ideal Surface for Chlorine Gas, the Reason the Ozone Layer Becomes Rapidly Destroyed During the Spring Season, How Solomon’s Hypothesis Was Examined, the Number of Scientists and the Length of Time Required to Collect and Analyze Data Related to Solomon’s Hypothesis, the Aircraft Used During the National Ozone Expedition Experiment and the Reason for This, the Most Beneficial Aircraft Available to Scientists During the National Ozone Expedition Experiment, the Date and the Number of Countries Which Agreed to the Montreal Protocol On Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, the First Global Treaty to Reduce Pollution in History, Regan’s View of the Montreal Protocol On Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, U.S. Government Agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Publishing Data Which Definitively Correlated Human Activity and Chlorofluorocarbons With the Destruction of the Ozone Layer, the Discovery of Ozone Layer Destruction Within the Northern Hemisphere, How U.S. Environmental Academic Researcher Mack McFarland Calculated the Total Chlorofluorocarbon Volume Which Would Need to Become Eradicated Within the Future, U.S. Chemical Manufacturer DuPont’s Response After 14 Years of Scientific Analysis and Data Collection Related to Chlorofluorocarbons, the Reason the Eradication of Chlorofluorocarbons Massively Impacted Multiple Industries World Wide, English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s View of and Response Toward Industrialized and Non-Industrialized Countries Cooperating to Eradicate Chlorofluorocarbons World Wide, the Result of Thatcher’s Intervention, the Ozone Layer Displaying Signs of Reparation During the 21st Century, Thatcher and Regan’s View Upon Industry Regulation, the Hypothesized Period When the Ozone Layer Will Have Completely Recovered, the Hypothesized Result if World Governments Had Not Intervened to Eradicate Chlorofluorocarbons During the 20th Century, the Chemical Which Replaced Chlorofluorocarbons, the Addition of Hydrofluorocarbons to the Montreal Protocol On Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer, and the Most Successful Environmental Agreement in History Date May 12, 2021 In relation to Interesting Facts The Anglo-Spanish War (1584 – 1604): English Queen Elizabeth I vs. Spanish King Phillip II – The Person English Queen Mary I Married, the Reason England’s Religious Future Became Ambiguous During the 16th Century, the Person Who Succeeded Mary I’s Administration and Inherited the English Monarchy, the Primary Antagonist of Mary I and Elizabeth I (Mary I’s Half Sister), the Reason Mary I Despised the Idea of Elizabeth I Becoming the Monarch of England, the Person Who Imprisoned and Released Elizabeth I, the Reason Philip II Did Not Want Scottish Queen Mary Stuart (Mary Queen of Scots) (Elizabeth I’s and Mary I’s Cousin) to Control England, the Reason Mary Stuart’s Administration Would Cause the English Government to Become Absorbed by the French Government in 1559, the Reason Philip II Believed He Could Convince Elizabeth I to Convert to Catholicism, the Result of This Endeavor, the Strategy Philip II Adopted Post the Death of Mary I, the First Task of Spanish Diplomat Gómez Suárez de Figueroa y Córdoba Post Arriving Within England, the Reason Elizabeth I Refused to Become Married, Elizabeth I Refusing All Marriage Proposals, the Person Elizabeth I Sent Upon Daring Naval Exploration Expeditions, the Person Who Provided Philip II With a Monopoly of Trade Routes Between Europe, North America, and South America, the Military Strategy Elizabeth I Utilized to Protect Protestant Interests, the Reward Elizabeth I Provided English Explorer Francis Drake for Circumnavigating the World, Philip II Becoming Increasingly Hostile to Elizabeth I, How the English Government Created Chaos and Distraction for the Spanish Government, the Political Propaganda Elizabeth I Released to Justify the English Government’s Antagonization of the Spanish Government in 1585, English Military Ships Continually Raiding Spanish Ports, the Development of the Spanish Armada, the Strategy Philip II Developed to Eliminate the Threat of the English Government, the Length of Time the Spanish Armada Was Planned for, the Game Drake Played as the Spanish Armada Invaded England, the Alleged Quote of Drake During This Altercation, the Ambiguity of the Accuracy of This Account, the Length of Time Before a Historical Document Was Created to Record the Spanish Armada, the Period When the Account of Drake Receiving the Spanish Armada Was Created, the Fallacy of the Spanish Armada Being the Largest Naval Invasion Within English History, the Number of Military Ships Controlled by the Spanish Armada in 1588 vs the Number of Military Ships Controlled by the English Government in 1588, the English Government Commandeering Ships to Combat the Spanish Armada, the Problems Which Occurred During the Migration of the Spanish Armada, the Person Who Led the Spanish Armada, the Strategy the Spanish Armada Leveraged to Invade England, the Causation of the First Dual Casualties During the Anglo-Spanish War, the Reason Drake Successfully Captured the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Ship (Our Lady of the Rosary), the Benefit of Drake Capturing the Nuestra Señora del Rosario for the English Government, the Professions Which Became Agents of Propaganda During the 16th Century, the Most Popular Form of Political Media During Late 16th Century, the Reason Stories and Songs of Invasion and Conquest Were Popular With the English Public During the Late 16th Century, the Reason Stories of Conquest Were Important for English Propaganda During the Late 16th Century, the English Military Stalking the Spanish Armada Along the English Channel, the Reason the Spanish Armada Became Vulnerable to Attack During This Procession, Elizabeth I Migrating to Tilbury, England to Rally the English Military, Elizabeth I Delivering the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration to Rally the English Military, the Quote Elizabeth I Stated to the English Military During the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration, the Modification Made Within the Traditional Version of This Account, the Reason the English Military Set Fire to its Own Ships During the La Empresa de Inglaterra (Enterprise of England) Invasion by the Spanish Armada, the Spanish Military’s Reaction to This Strategy, the Number of Ships the Spanish Military Lost During This Initial Conflict, the Spanish Military Retreating Back to Spain Post the La Empresa de Inglaterra Conflict, the Ambiguity of the Authenticity of This Account, the State of the Spanish Armada’s Invasion Prior to Elizabeth I Delivering the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration vs the State of the Spanish Armada’s Invasion After Elizabeth I’s Delivery of the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration, the Period When Elizabeth I Delivered the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration, the Reason English Soldiers Were Dismissed From Duty Early During the Anglo-Spanish War, the Reason English Diplomat James Aske Wrote the Elizabeth Tirumphans (Elizabeth Triumphant) Poem, Aske Not Including Elizabeth I’s Most Well Known Quote From the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration, the Person Who Created the Account of Elizabeth I’s Most Well Known Quote From the Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration, Experts Debating the Validity of This Claim During the Modern Day, the Number of Ships the Spanish Armada Lost During the Retreat to Spain, the View of This Natural Disaster During the Late 16th Century, How the Dutch Public Celebrated the Defeat of the Spanish Armada Within the Netherlands, the English Government Asserting its Dominance Over Europe During the Late 16th Century, the Letter Published Across Europe Which Highlighted Elizabeth I as a Unifying Monarch, the Person Who Published This Letter, How This Propaganda Was Leveraged for the Benefit of Elizabeth I, the Date the Armada Portrait Procession Passed Through London, England, the Major Cause of Death for English Soldiers During the La Empresa de Inglaterra Invasion, the Economic Benefit Ill Soldiers Provided to the English Monarchy, Elizabeth I Becoming Unpopular Amongst the English Public During Economic Crisis Within England, Elizabeth I Commissioning Many Propagandized Portraits During Her Administration, the Year the English Military Began Plotting an Anglicized Spanish Armada, the Volume of Spanish Ships Which Migrated Back to Spain for Repairs During the Anglo-Spanish War, the 3 Primary Objectives of Drake in 1589, the Result of the English Military’s English Armada Invasion of Spain, How the English Government Propagandized This Failure, English Propaganda Unable to Conceal the Economic Strain of the Anglo-Spanish War, the Length of Time Elizabeth I Controlled the English Monarchy, the 3rd Longest Reigning Monarch Within English History During the 16th Century, the End of the Tudor Dynasty (1485 A.D. – 1603), the Cult of Personality Which Developed Post Elizabeth I’s Death, the English Public’s View of Elizabeth I and the English Navy During the Early 17th Century, the Person Who Commissioned 10 Tapestries to Celebrate the English Military’s Victory Over the Spanish Armada During the Anglo-Spanish War, the Economic Cost of These 10 Tapestries, the Size of These 10 Tapestries, the Person English Lord Privy Seal William Howard Sold These Tapestries to, the Importance of These Tapestries Within Westminster Abbey During the 18th Century, the Reason English Caricaturist James Gillray Created the Consequences of a Successful French Invasion Political Imagery, the Illustrations Gillray Depicted Within the Consequences of a Successful French Invasion Political Imagery, the Symbolism of the 10 Tapestries Within Westminster Abbey and Their Destruction, the Event Which Destroyed These 10 Tapestries, the Recreation of These 10 Tapestries During the 19th Century, the Reason a Statue of English Queen Victoria Was Added to This Recreation, the Period of the Beginning of the British Empire (1583 – 1997), the Purpose of English Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Britain Awake Speech, the Nickname of Thatcher and the Reason for This, the View of Thatcher by Supporters During the 1980’s, Much of the Account of Elizabeth I’s Speech to the Troops at Tilbury Oration Deemed Inaccurate by Experts During the Modern Day, Thatcher Understanding the Influence of Elizabeth I as a Warrior Monarch, the Person Thatcher Campaigned for to Help Release From Prison, the Gift Thatcher Provided to Chilean President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, and the Possible Reason the Story of the Spanish Armada and England Has Remained Relevant During the Modern Day Date May 12, 2021 In relation to Interesting Facts
