June 20


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1675: Start of "King Philip's war1782: Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as its symbol
1840: Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1911: NAACP incorporates (NY)
1947: Pres Harry Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
1967: Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services
1988: Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women & minorities
1990: Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 
                   Returns tomorrow
 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
We had our weekly lunch early as Mary leaves for a month in Oregon on Thursday. Great lunch at the best Mexican Restaurant in AZ. Still family owned and operated with much of the same great wait staff that has been there for decades. Nice. Mary got her SS thing straightened out or at least understood. She retired in May, turned 62 in July and someone put the wrong income in her forms. She had earned too much money in that year and should not have got paid anything from SS that year. Since they paid her, now they want that money back. She sent the check off today. Cheryl is getting ready for summer visits from her son and his family and as soon as they leave, her sister will fly in for a couple of weeks. So everyone will be busy for the next month.

Egypt is certainly having its problems with their new democracy. I am so thankful that I was able to visit and see the beautiful country with all its history before the Arab spring began. It is such a difficult time for all the people who live there. While we were assured that all the military escorts and tourist police who were with us whenever we left the hotel were just for ‘show’ and was Mubarak’s way of providing jobs. Not so sure that was all true now. All our security was friendly and provided us with help from the most aggressive vendors. They were armed and ready. One security guard who was with us most of the trip in Cairo talked a little right at the end of the trip and said he had never had to draw his weapon, but had been trained if necessary. Hmmm

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

NPR Sunday Puzzle
Every answer is a word starting with the letter V. Use an anagram of the clue to find the answer. For example, if the clue is "serve," the answer would be "verse."
1.     Rival:
2.     Lovely:
3.     Caveat:
4.     Devote:
5.     Irving:
6.     Livery:
7.     Selves:
8.     Latvian:
9.     Savior:
10.  Observe:
11.  Octavian:
12.  Dovetail:
13.  Levantine:

What is the answer?
Rearrange the following letters to give the title of a popular song.
ECHO IN MUDDY LANE
4X4 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.
1.     crossbow ammunition
2.     do what you're told
3.     jump
4.     category

Lifestyle  Substance     
One Hit Wonders of the 1950’s
  • Volare, Domenico Modugno, 1958

Harper’s Index         
Percentage increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes in the US: 50
Found on You Tube 
        Returns tomorrow
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
Earl and Bob, both obsessed with baseball, never missed their favorite team’s game. They promised, whoever died first, and went to heaven, would come back to earth and tell the other if there was baseball in heaven. One day, Earl died. Bob waited for him to come back. Finally Earl did.
He said to Bob. "I have good news and bad news. I'll tell you the good news first. There is baseball in heaven."
Bob said, "That’s the best news!"
Then Earl said, time for the bad news....”You're pitching tomorrow night."

Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
If a choking person can verbally request the Heimlich maneuver, he or she doesn't need it.
Yeah, It Really Happened
 Lincoln, NE (AP) --A handgun stolen from a Lincoln store nearly five years ago has turned up during the arrest of a man after a traffic stop in Northern California, officials said.The .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun was one of 79 handguns and rifles stolen in fall 2007 when two teenagers broke into the Scheels store at South Pointe Pavilions shopping center in Lincoln.The gun was found Monday in the center console of a car after a 25-year-old man was pulled over for speeding down U.S. Highway 101 in Petaluma, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
The driver told police he had been using the gun for target practice but that it belonged to his uncle. The driver was arrested on suspicion of possessing a loaded gun.Two people were eventually convicted of breaking into Scheels. Cleophus Collier, 22, is in prison. Dominique Barton, 22, has been assigned to a community corrections program.Authorities have recovered 50 of the weapons stolen on Oct. 1, 2007."It's amazing how far these guns have ended up," said Lincoln Police Sgt. Jeri Roeder.Four of the rifles and 26 handguns were recovered the morning after the break-in, police said. Twenty more have turned up in various spots across the country, including Boulder County, Colo., and Phoenix. A soldier from Phoenix who had served in Afghanistan used one of the stolen semiautomatics to kill himself.Twenty-nine of the guns have not been recovered, and it's likely more have ended up in California.Trista Frederick, a spokeswoman for the Kansas City Division of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said California has stricter gun controls than some other states. Criminals buy weapons elsewhere and move them surreptitiously into California to sell on the black market, Frederick said.
Somewhat Useless Information    
British children have their own version of Santa Claus. Called Father Christmas in the United Kingdom, he traditionally wore a green hooded cloak. But as American culture slowly worked its way across the Atlantic in the 1930s, Father Christmas started wearing the traditional red fur coat associated with the iconic American Santa Claus.Thirteen-year-old Charles Manson was sent to Father Flanagan's Boys Town in 1947. Within a week of arriving, he and another boy escaped and committed two armed robberies.According to the American Retail Association, Americans spend about $2 billion less on gifts for Dad on Father's Day than they do for Mom on Mother's Day. However, more collect calls are placed on Father's Day than any other day of the year.The hymn "Eternal Father" is known in the United States as The Navy Hymn" because it has been sung at each Sunday's Divine Services in Annapolis since 1879. It was Franklin D. Roosevelt's favorite hymn, and the Navy Band played it as John F. Kennedy's body was carried up the stairs of the Capitol to lie in state.Humorist Ralph Schoenstein has many books to his credit, including the I Hate Preppies Handbook, but one of his most popular publications doesn't even list his name on the cover. Schoenstein was the ghostwriter responsible for Bill Cosby's mega-selling book Fatherhood.
Some historians believe that Father Time is actually based on Cronus, the Titan god of agriculture, who carried a scythe for harvesting purposes. Perhaps it's because of this agricultural connection that Father Time is often depicted as being married to Mother Nature.

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
14-21
   Nursing Assistants Week
17-23
   Universal Father's Week
   Meet A Mate Week
   Old Time Fiddlers Week

Today Is                                                                      
American Eagle Day
Ann & Samantha Day is meant for reflection on Anne Franks and Samantha Smiths
Ice Cream Soda Day
National Daylight Appreciation Day
Summer Solstice
World Juggling Day
World Refugee Day

West Virginia Admission Day (1863—35th state)
Argentina: Flag Day  

Today’s Other Events                                                             
Before 1000CE
451: Germans & Romans beat Atiila the Hun at Catalarinische Fields

1200’s
1214: The University of Oxford receives its charter

1500’s
1567: Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique
1600’s
1631: The sack of Baltimore: the Irish village of Baltimore is attacked by Algerian pirates
1675: Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan & Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom
1700’s
1756: India rebels defeat Calcutta on British army
1780: British Captain Henry Bird commands a force of 1000 men, of which 850 are Indians. Today, they attack Ruddle's Station, Kentucky. Three hundred settlers have taken refuge in the station. Bird's forces have a cannon, and the settlers soon realize they are outmatched. They agree to surrender. When they settlers open the gate, the warriors rush in and start killing them. Before Bird could intercede, over 200 people will be killed. This will be called the "Ruddle's Station Massacre."
1787: Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the United States
1800’s
1819: 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
1863: 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport Iowa)
1871: Ku Klux Klan trials began in federal court in Oxford Miss
1900’s
1919: Treaty of Versailles: Germany ends incorporation of Austria
1936: Jesse Owens of US sets 100 meter record at 10.2
1943: Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded
1963: US & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line"
1966: Sheila Scott completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman
1968: Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds
1969: 150,000 attend Newport '69, Jimi Hendrix gets $120,000 to appear
1994: OJ Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Lord George ESMH Carnarvon, England, Egyptologist (Tutankhamen) in 1866
Errol Flynn, Hobart Tasmania, actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood) in 1909
George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) in 1642
Audie Murphy, most decorated American WW II hero/actor (Joe Butterfly) in 1924
Jacques Offenbach, Cologne, French composer (Tales of Hoffmann) in 1819
Moses Waddel, American educator/minister and bestselling author in 1770
Betty Washington- sister of George Washington in 1733

In their 80’s
Olympia Dukakis, Lowell Mass, actress (Moonstruck, Cemetery Club) is 81
Martin Landau, actor (Mission Impossible) is 84
In their 70’s
John Mahoney, Manchester England, actor (Fraiser, Frantic, 8 Men Out) is 72
Brian Wilson, Inglewood California, vocalist (Beachboys-In My Room) is 70
In their 60’s
John Goodman, actor (Dan Conner-Roseanne, Babe) is 60
Lionel Richie, singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover) is 63

In their 40’s
Nicole Kidman, actress (Dead Calm, Far & Away) is 45

Today’s Obits                                                           
Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies in 1846 at about 67
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (Benjamin Siegelbaum), gangster, shot dead in 1947 at 41
Bob Stump, American politician (AZ) dies of blood disorder in 2003 at 76

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?
Unchained Melody
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     Rival: viral
2.     Lovely: volley
3.     Caveat: vacate
4.     Devote: vetoed
5.     Irving: Virgin
6.     Livery: verily
7.     Selves: vessel
8.     Latvian: valiant
9.     Savior: various
10.  Observe: verbose
11.  Octavian: vacation
12.  Dovetail: violated
13.  Levantine: Valentine
4X4 boxes
BOLT
OBEY
LEAF
TYPE
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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