May 16


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Todays  Historical  Highlights
1763: Samuel Johnson meets his future biographer James Boswell in London
1770Marie Antoinette (14) marries future King Louis XVI (15) of France
1817Mississippi River steamboat service begins
1836Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia
1860::18] Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate
1866: Congress authorizes nickel 5 cent piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1868: By one vote, Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson
1891George A Hormel & Co introduce Spam
1910US Bureau of Mines forms
1920Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint
1939: Food stamps are 1st issued
1956Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
1985Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year
2005: Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote

Happy Birthday To:  

 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
I learned quite a bit today about Wells Fargo Bank. I have had an account with them since my days in Tuba. I didn’t keep much money in the account and only used it for cash I needed during the week as there was no ATM for Chase in Tuba. When I was on a detail, I used it more to keep my records straight. I then used it for travel. I noticed a few months ago that I was paying an $8 fee/month. I knew I had really dropped the balance of the linked savings account for my trips. So today I stopped by to find out what total balance I needed for no fees. Well it seems WF changed my account to make it a non-free checking account. They said that they sent me an email, but I guess I didn’t read the ‘fine print’. I told them that I wanted a free account or I would close both accounts. After way too many questions I got it. Then I found out that my mom’s name was never removed from the account, even though I took a death certificate in. The guy says that she is marked ‘deceased’ on the account, but without scanning in death certificate, it would still be possible for someone to steal her identity and use that account. He played with the phone, used a bunch of numerical verbal codes and finally said I had to bring in the death certificate AGAIN. A nice guy but a total bureaucrat with no power. Interestingly, his trainee, who had to sit though all this, was from Shonto. I knew his mom, an aide who became a teacher, and we had a good conversation. I let the trainee know something too. An elderly Navajo grandpa was at the other desk, trying to get information. He spoke some English, but was having trouble. He kept saying that his grandson was in the truck outside. Neither of the two people helping him went out to get the grandson. They just kept stumbling through and getting nowhere. I told the trainee that it was too bad that the bank didn’t have a translator to help the customer. As I was leaving, the young lady, another trainee, went outside and got the grandson…who was in his thirties.

Game   Center   (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle
Given anagrams plus an extra letter that must be unscrambled to name a river. For example, given "roil" plus E, the answer would be "Loire," the river in France.
Goal + v:
Heir + n:
Goon + c:
Bite + r:
Agnes + g:
Haste + m:
Grits + i:
Gnome + k:
Unbag + i:
Preheats + U:

Riddle of the day
There are four brothers in this world that were all born together. The first runs and never wearies. The second eats and is never full. The third drinks and is always thirsty. The fourth sings a song that is never good.
Anagram: unscramblenumbers represent the number of letters in each answer word

Lifestyle  Substance     
Harper’s Index         
Portions of the Veterans Health Administration’s budget devoted to veterans with mental-health or addiction problems: 1/3
Found on You Tube 
  Monty Python – Spam      
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
Officer to driver going the wrong way up a one way street. "And where do you think you are going?" Driver: - "I'm not sure, but I must be late as everyone else is coming back."
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
Returns tomorrow
Yeah, It Really Happened
STOCKHOLM, N.Y. (AP) --Authorities say a northern New York man had his friend shoot him in the leg with a rifle because he wanted to know what it feels like to be shot.State police in St. Lawrence County say the shooting occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday in the rural town of Stockholm when 25-year-old Shawn Mossow of neighboring Norfolk relented to his friend's repeated requests and shot him once in the right leg with a .22-caliber rifle.The 24-year-old man from Norfolk is expected to make a full recovery. Police haven't released his name.Mossow was charged with reckless endangerment. He's being held in the county jail on $10,000 bail. It could be immediately determined if he had a lawyer.
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.
  • Whales and dolphins can literally fall half asleep. Their brain hemispheres alternate sleeping, so the animals can continue to surface and breathe.
  • Unlike most fish, electric eels cannot get enough oxygen from water. Approximately every five minutes, they must surface to breathe, or they will drown. Unlike most fish, they can swim both backwards and forwards.
  • The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off several times a year with new growth.
  • The term "dog days" has nothing to do with dogs. It dates back to Roman times, when it was believed that Sirius, the Dog Star, added its heat to that of the sun from July 3 to August 11, creating exceptionally high temperatures. The Romans called the period dies caniculares, or "days of the dog."
  • The Pacific Giant Octopus, the largest octopus in the world, grows from the size of pea to a 150 pound behemoth potentially 30 feet across in only two years, its entire life-span.


Calendar Information        
…Happening This Week:
10-16
Universal Family Week
12-19 
National Tourism Week
National Nursing Home Week
Reading is Fun Week
Salute to Moms 35+ Week
National Return To Work Week
National Women's Health Week
American Craft Beer Week
National Bike to Work Week
National Etiquette Week
National Hospital Week
15-21
National Dog Bite Prevention Week
National Educational Bosses' Week
National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Police Week
National Transportation Week
World Trade Week
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week

Today Is                                                                      
Biographer's Day
National Employee Health & Fitness Day
National Sea Monkey Day
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
Wear Purple for Peace Day

Todays Other Events                                                             
1500’s
1568Mary Queen of Scotland flees to England
1600’s
16062,000 foreigners murdered in Russia
1700’s
1760: Creek warrior Chief Hobbythacco (Handsome Fellow) has often supported the English, but, at the outbreak of the Cherokee war, he decides to support the Cherokees. He leads an attack on a group of English traders in Georgia. Thirteen of the traders are killed during the fighting. Creek Chief "The Mortar" also participates in the fighting.
1792Denmark abolishes slave trade
1800’s
1864: Last battles at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (6,666 casualties)
1875Quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000
1879Antonin Dvorák's "Slavic Dancing," premieres
1881World's 1st electric tram goes into service in Lichterfelder (near Berlin)
1894Fire in Boston destroys baseball stadium & 170 other buildings
1900’s
1903: George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US
1927: Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
1941: Germans made their last major air attack on Britain (Birmingham)
19441st of 180,000+ Hungarian Jews reach Auschwitz
1946Musical  "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman premieres in NYC
1951The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between John F Kennedy International Airport in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines
1956: Kraft Theater presents an act from "Profiles in Courage"
1965: The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand
1966Beach Boys' "Pets Sounds" is released
19711st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)
1975: Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1981:  "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes hits #1 for next 9 weeks
1986"Top Gun," premieres 1986Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from dead on Dallas
1988Surgeon Gen C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
1991: Queen Elizabeth becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress
2000’s
2003: In Casablanca, Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks
2007: Alex Salmond is elected First Minister of Scotland. He is the first Scottish National Party leader to be elected as First Minister after winning a historic victory at the Scottish general election on the 3rd May
2011: Space shuttle Endeavour launches for its final commission in space

Todays Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Philip Danforth Armour, founder (Armour Foods) in 1832
Ernest Watson Burgess, US sociologist (ecological school) in 1886
Henry Fonda, Grand Is Nebraska, actor (Mr Roberts, On Golden Pond ) in 1905
Billy Martin, baseball 2nd baseman/manager (NY Yankees, Oakland A's) in 1928
Levi Parsons Morton, (R) 22nd US VP (1889-93) in 1824
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, educator/founder (US kindergarten) in 1804
William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State, bought Alaska at 2 ¢/acre in 1801
Studs Terkel, NYC, author/host (Stud's Place, Working) in 1912
Robert Tisdall, Ireland, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1932) in 1907
In their 50’s
Pierce Brosnan, County Meath Ireland, actor (Remington Steele , Golden Eye) is 59
Debra Winger, Columbus Oh, actress (Officer & Gentleman) is 57
In their 40’s
David Boreanaz, actor (Bones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is 41
Tracey Gold, NYC, actress (Carol-Growing Pains, Incredible Sunday)is 43
Janet Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer, Michael's sister (Control) is 46
John Salley, NBA star (Detroit Pistons is 48
In their 30’s
Tori Spelling, actress is 39
Under 30 years old
Megan Fox, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, American actress (Transformers) and model is 26


Todays Obits                                                           
Lean Bear (Awoninahku), Cheyenne chief, murdered in 1864 at about 50
Bodacious the Bull, Famous rodeo bull dies of infected foot in 2000 at 12
Sammy Davis Jr, singer (Candy Man)/actor (Golden Boy), dies of throat cancer in 1990 at 64
Jim Henson, puppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), dies of septic shock in 1990 at 53
Andy Kaufman, comedian (Latka-Taxi), dies of cancer in 1984 at 35
Levi P. Morton, United States Vice President under Benjamin Harrison dies in 1920 at 96
Mugg, an Arosaguntacook Indian Chief, dies  in 1677 in Black Point, Maine. At the outset of King Philip's war, Mugg attempted to arrange a peace treaty with the British. Instead they jail him for a short time, and gain a bitter enemy. He destroys much of Black Point, Maine in a raid on October 12, 1676. Later he captures a few ships and stages a brief naval war before his death
Eliot Ness, American federal agent dies of heart attack in 1957 at 54

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

Riddle of the day
Water, fire, earth, wind
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.      Goal + v: Volga
2.     Heir + n: Rhine
3.     Goon + c: Congo
4.     Bite + r: Tiber
5.     Agnes + g: Ganges
6.     Haste + m: Thames
7.     Grits + i: Tigris
8.     Gnome + k: Mekong
9.     Unbag + i: Ubangi
10.  Preheats + u: Euphrates

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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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