9-17-11


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…TODAY’s “Geez”…
  • 1956 - Television is first broadcast in Australia
  • 1850 - Great fire in San Francisco
  • 1983 - Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America, first non-white
  • 1683 - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports existence of bacteria


HaPpY  BiRtHdAy to

…Free Rambling Thoughts…
A good day here in Flagstaff. I ran errands around town. Fall is certainly in the air. Nights are in the high 30’s and days in the low 60’s. Windows are now closed at night, opened in the afternoon. Still no furnace necessary.

My brother’s 60th birthday is in October, and they are celebrating in Mexico right after the first of the year. So looks like I’ll be headed over/down there then. Should be a good time. Holy crap…just looked at possible flights…$700-$1500…anywhere from 7 hours to 26 hours. This will certainly be an adventure. I guess not a lot of people fly from Phoenix to Merida, Yucatan. One of the cheaper flights has three stops in Mexico including Mexico City. Gotta be an easier way. They fly from NYC to either Houston or Miami then to Merida. None of the Expedia flights use either of those airports…so maybe I’ll fly to NYC and just go with them. My only thought is that the 26 hr travel time must include a burro ride or maybe in a bus. The flight to Ethiopia isn’t even $1500.  No matter what I do, I’ll need to brush up on my HS Spanish.  Donde esta el baño? Me llamo Charlie….I’m in trouble….or maybe I’ll get a tablet that translates so I can talk to the tablet, let the other person hear it in Spanish, have them answer in Spanish and hear it in English. Mmmm…if only it worked that well. With my luck it wouldn’t recognize Yucatan Spanish dialect.

I am currently watching a beautiful sunset with huge billowing clouds of grey and pink and white. Very cool to live in Flagstaff.

Interesting T-Shirt:

…Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)…
1.    How long was the longest filibuster on record, by South Carolina Republican Senator Strom Thurmond?
2.     What was the first name of the reformer Wilberforce, the composer Walton, and the politician Gladstone?
3.      What US politician made claims of communist infiltration in the 1950s?
4.      What politician’s spouse was found innocent of defrauding US banks in 1990?
5.      What presidential candidate except for George Washington, to run unopposed?
6.     Who was the future senator that scored the only touchdown for Harvard when they played Yale in 1955?
7.    What was the name of the future politician the led the AFL in passing yards for the 1960s?
8.   Who was the only U.S. Senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?
9.  Reports of an affair with Donna Rice ended the presidential campaign of what Senator?
10.   What has been the most common name for Popes through the millennium?
11.   Pope Clement VIII officially recognized a beverage as a Christian drink in an edict issued in 1592. What was that beverage?
12.   Pope John Paul II succeeded who as Pope?
13.   What was the name of the Pope with died in 1978 after only 33 days in office?
14.   In the 20th century, who has been Pope the longest?

… Wuzzles…
What concept or phrase does this suggest?

…Hmmmmm…
Average salary difference between a starting NY public school teacher and a first year private lawyer in 1970: $2,000 (2010 USD-$ $11,103)
Difference today: $106,000

…Somewhat Useless Information…
When Bob Hope met Anthony Dominick Benedetto, he told him to change his name to Tony Bennett. Anthony complied.
Stephen Foster wrote a song about the Yazoo River, but his brother didn't like the name Yazoo, claiming it wasn't very musical. Foster changed the name and published the song as "Swanee River."
When in the field, Confederate general Stonewall Jackson always carried three books: the Bible, Webster's dictionary, and Napoleon's Maxims of War.
Robert Moses, head of several municipal offices in New York City, was responsible for planning many of the highways, parks, beaches, bridges and tunnels of NYC. He himself never learned how to drive a car.
Council Bluff, Iowa, was named for a meeting that took place there in 1804 between members of the Lewis and Clark expedition and some Otoe Indians.
The section of Paris known as the Latin Quarter got its name during the Middle Ages when it was home to crowds of students who spent most of their time debating various subjects in Latin.

…Yeah, It Really Happened…
Colorado Springs, CO - A robbery went awry Thursday night at a Colorado Springs liquor store when a robber waiting outside shot his accomplice, who had been locked inside the shop by the owner, police said.
The robber was trying to steal a bottle of liquor and leave, but the owner used a remote to lock the door of the store near Delta Drive and Hancock Expressway on the city's southeast side, police said.
The shoplifter's accomplice shot at the door in an effort to free the trapped robber, but ended up shooting his friend in the foot, police said.
Police apprehended the wounded suspect, who was treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening injury. The second robber fled.

…Guffaw…or at least smile…
From a passenger ship, everyone can see a bearded man on a small island who is shouting and desperately waving his hands.
"Who is it?" a passenger asks the captain.
"I've no idea. Every year when we pass, he goes nuts."

…Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…

…Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
11-17 
Balance Awareness Week 
National Assisted Living Week
12-17 

Line Dance Week 
17-23 

  • Balance Awareness Week
  • Constitution Week  
  • Deaf Awareness Week National Clean Hands Week National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week National Dog Week
  • National Love Your Files Week
  • National Singles Week
  • Pollution Prevention Week 
  • Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
  • Tolkien Week Turn Off Week

 …TODAY IS…
  • Big Whopper Liar Day
  • International Eat An Apple Day
  • International Coastal Cleanup Day
  • National Apple Dumpling Day
  • Responsible Dog Ownership Day
  • Saturday Puppy Mill Awareness Day  
  • VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day

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  • Angola: Day of the National Hero
  • US: Citizenship Day


…Today’s Events...
IN ARTS
1931 - 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed
1963 - "Fugitive" premieres on ABC TV
1964 - "Bewitched" premieres on ABC TV
1967 - "Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
1972 -  "M*A*S*H," premieres on NBC TV
1977 - Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors"  is #1 for 19th straight week
IN ATHLETICS
1920 - National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join
1939 - Taisto Mäki (Finland) becomes the first man to run the 10,000 meters in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6 : current recored 26:17.53 by Ethiopian Kenkenisa Bekele in 2005)
1947 - Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
1988 - 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea
1992 - NFL decides to suspend World League Football
IN BUSINESS
1819 - 1st whaling ship arrives in Hawaii
IN EDUCATION
642 - Arabs conquer Alexandria, library destroyed
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1778 - 1st treaty between the US & Indian tribes signed (Fort Pitt)
IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1745 - Edinburg occupied by Jacobites under Young Pretenders
1900 - Queen Victoria disbands British parliament
1916 - World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France
IN RELIGION
1562 - Council of Trente takes ecclesiastical canon
IN SCIENCE
1789 - William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn
1975 - Rollout of 1st space shuttle orbiter Enterprise (OV-101)
1989 - through 21st] Hurricane Hugo, kills 85 in Charleston SC
IN US POLITICS
1947 - US Dept of Defense forms
1952 - "I am an American Day" & "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day"
1984, 1st black 1986 - US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
…Today’s Birthdays...
ARTISTS:  (AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1935 - Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Electric Kool Aid Acid Test)
ATHLETES
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ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1931 -Anne Bancroft, actor (The Graduate…)
1938 - Paul Benedict, actor (Harry-Jeffersons)
Bobby Lee, American comedian; Mad TV turns 39
1928 - Roddy McDowall, actor (Planet of Apes, Lord Love a Duck)
Dustin Nguyen, actor (Harry-21 Jump Street) turns 49
1948 - John Ritter, actor (Jack-3's Company, Hearts Afire)
Rita Rudner, comedienne (Funny People) turns 56
1923 - Hank Williams, country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin' )
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1900 - John Willard Marriott, American hotelier
POLITICIAL FIGURES
1907 - Warren E Burger, Supreme Court chief justice 

1819 - Thomas Andrews Hendricks, (D) 21st US VP; died in office
David H Souter, 107th Supreme Court Justice turns 72
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits:
1984 - Richard Basehart, actor (Rage, TV-Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), dies several strokes at 70
1823 - Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76
1868 - Roman Nose (Wiquini), Cheyenne leader, killed at Battle of Beecher Island at 33
1652 - Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69
1899 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist  dies at 57
1869 - Peter M Roget, England, lexographer (Roget's Thesaurus), dies at 90
1858 - Dred Scott, US slave (REV-decision Supreme court), dies of TB at 63
1997 - Red Skelton, comedian (Red Skelton Show), dies at 84

ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1.      How long was the longest filibuster on record, by South Carolina Republican senator Strom Thurmond?
a.      24 hours and 18 minutes
2.      What was the first name of the reformer Wilberforce, the composer Walton, and the politician Gladstone?
a.      William
3.      What US politician made claims of communist infiltration in the 1950s?
a.      Joe McCarthy
4.      What politician’s spouse was found innocent of defrauding US banks in 1990?
a.      Imelda Marcos
5.      What presidential candidate except for George Washington, to run unopposed?
a.      James Monroe
6.      Who was the future senator that scored the only touchdown for Harvard when they played Yale in 1955?
a.      Edward M. Kennedy
7.      What was the name of the future politician the led the AFL in passing yards for the 1960s?
a.      Jack Kemp
8.      Who was the only U.S. Senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?
a.      Andrew Jackson
9.      Reports of an affair with Donna Rice ended the presidential campaign of what Senator?
a.      Senator Gary Hart
10.   What has been the most common name for Popes through the millennium?
a.      John
11.   Pope Clement VIII officially recognized a beverage as a Christian drink in an edict issued in 1592. What was that beverage?
a.      Coffee, which had been introduced to Europe by Arab traders and was considered by many Roman Catholics to be the wine of infidels
12.   Pope John Paul II succeeded who as Pope?
a.      John Paul I
13.   What was the name of the Pope with died in 1978 after only 33 days in office?
a.      John Paul I
14.   In the 20th century, who has been Pope the longest?
a.      John Paul II

Wuzzle
 Coming Down with Pneunomia

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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