June 3


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1083: Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St Peter's Cathedral
1876: Lacrosse introduced in Britain & Canada
1888: "Casey at the Bat" published (SF Examiner)
1921: A sudden cloudburst kills 120 near Pikes Peak, Colorado
1946: 1st bikini bathing suit displayed (Paris)
1956: KGUN TV channel 9 in Tucson, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964: Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)

♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 

 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
I had a very productive day with beautiful weather. Yesterday my garbage disposal stopped working. I check the internet machine and found that there were some easy fixes to most problems. Read the directions, got a hex wrench out of the drawer, and fixed in about 5 minutes. I’m not real mechanical, so this was amazing to me. Then a few weeks ago a set of wind chimes that I bought my mom back in the late 60’s finally gave up…several of the cords broke in a big wind storm. Today I took them apart, refinished the old wood, restrung them, and again, everything works fine. Awesome. I should mention these wind chimes are Woodstock Gregorian Chimes that cost about $25 when I bought them. They are much more now, and don’t have the family tradition of these.

About a week ago I was concerned about our AZ fires…now it’s NM. Worse than AZ had for sure. The wilderness of the SW is in peril. The destruction of the forests, the wildlife, and everything the forest provides need everyone’s care. What a shame that people can’t be more careful while enjoying the beauty.

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

NPR Sunday Puzzle: Prepare to Be Taxed
Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase in which the first word starts with the letter C and the second word starts with P-A. For example, given "a place for electrical switches and gauges," the answer would be "control panel."
1.     Famous Las Vegas Hotel and Casino:
2.     A walk on role:
3.     A sheet that allows you to make copies on a typewriter:
4.     A social gathering with drinks:
5.     Where to read ‘Blondie’ and ‘Beatle Bailey’:
6.     Tree that might be on a desert island:
7.     Something wonderful in 1920’s slang:
8.     Implement for a boat on a lake:
9.     Birthplace of a doll craze:
10.  A baker’s container:
11.  What a citizen of Quebec carries while traveling abroad:
12.  Longtime home of the SF Giants:
13.  Humanitarian gift that is sent abroad:
14.  Extra money for a soldier during war:
15.  In slang, a place to sleep temporarily for free:
16.  NFL team in Charlotte:
17.  In football, by definition it is not intercepted:

What is the word or phrase?
HOROBOD
3x3 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.    orienteering reference
2.    time in the past
3.    pea home

Lifestyle  Substance     
Summer Songs of the 1960’s
She Loves You, The Beatles 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks)
Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #65
When A Man Loves A Woman, Percy Sledge 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks)
It's Now Or Never, Elvis Presley 1960 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (5 weeks)

Harper’s Index         
Percentage increase since 2009 in investment fraud targeting adults over 50: 100
Found on You Tube 
EL CHIMBORAZO (in Spanish)       
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
A guy goes to a girl's house for the first time, and she shows him into the living room. She excuses herself to go to the kitchen to make them a few drinks, and as he's standing there alone, he notices a cute little vase on the mantel.He picks it up, and as he's looking at it, she walks back in. He says "What's this?"She says, "Oh, my father's ashes are in there."He goes, "Geez...oooh....I..."She says, "Yeah, he's too lazy to go to the kitchen to get an ashtray."
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
Every time you mess up, your boss will remember it as three times that number. If the total number of actual mess-ups is greater than 3, your boss will remember it as "always."
Yeah, It Really Happened
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania...At least the officer here was not giving a lecture on gun safety when his firearm went off accidentally; unfortunately the person he shot was his wife...in the ass.
Dauphin County District Attorney Edward M. Marsico Jr. said Harrisburg police officer William Owens was showing off his gun at his home when the firearm accidentally discharged several times, striking Lakita Owens once in the buttocks.Marsico said investigators are working to determine whether alcohol played a role in the incident, and charges could be filed if the shooting is determined to have been reckless.Owens, who was suspended without pay, declined to comment on the investigation. He said his wife is recovering from her injury. It will also likely be the last time she will take it in the ass from her husband.                 
Somewhat Useless Information   
Returns tomorrow

For AZ centennial celebration: town names
  • Oatman, AZ
  • : former mining town in the Black Mountains of Mohave County, began as a tent camp soon after two prospectors struck a $10 million gold find in 1915, population of 128, named in the posthumous honor of Olive Oatman, a young Illinois girl who was kidnapped by (presumably) Yavapai Indians and forced to work as a slave, 
  • Oracle, AZ
  • : in Pinal County, population is 3,686, Buffalo Bill Cody owned a mine in Oracle briefly and, in 1911, appeared as "Santa" for a group of local children, the location of the Biosphere 2 experiment. , postal address for environmentalist author Edward Abbey, who never lived in the town but visited often, name "Oracle" comes from early prospectors


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
2-8
   Black Single Parents Week
   International Clothesline Week
   National Business Etiquette Week
   National Headache Awareness Week
   (World) Dystonia Awareness Week

Today Is                                                                      
Children's Awareness Memorial Day
Chimborazo Day: focus by publicizing the fact that Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, near the equator, pokes farther out into space than any other mountain on Earth, including Mount Everest

Today’s Other Events                                                             
1000’s
1098: After 5-month siege in 1st Crusade, the Crusaders seize Antioch Turkey
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1500’s
1539: Hernando De Soto claims Florida for Spain
1600’s
1620: Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec
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1800’s
1833:  Secretary of War Lewis Cass gives orders directly to the United States Marshal's office to remove white settlers, and trespassers, from Creek lands in Alabama
1851: 1st baseball uniforms worn, NY Knickerbockers wear straw hat, white shirt & blue long trousers
1871: Jesse James & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000
1875: Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission
1886: 24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo Uganda
1900’s
1916: National Defense Act establishes ROTC
1919: Liberty Life Insurance Co (Chicago) organized by blacks
1937: Duke of Windsor (Edward 8) weds Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson in France
1943: A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots
1946: US Supreme court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional
1949: 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
1959: 1st US Air Force Academy graduation
1961: JFK & Khrushchev meet in Vienna
1968: Valerie Solanas, author of SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times
1976: Queen's "Bhoemian Rhapsody" goes gold
1981: Pope John Paul II released from hospital after assassination attempt
1982: 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis
1993: 66th National Spelling Bee: Geoff Hooper wins spelling kamikaze
2000’s

2006: The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence
2007: USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Tony Curtis, [Bernard Schwartz], Bronx, NY, actor (Some Like It Hot) in 1925
Jefferson F Davis, Ky, Pres of Confederate States of America (1861-5) in 1808
Charles Richard Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research in 1904
Allen Ginsberg, Newark, New Jersey, American beat poet (Howl) in 1926
David Gregory, Scottish astronomer in 1659
William Matthew Flinders Petrie, English Egyptologist in 1853 
Curtis Mayfield, Chicago, rock vocalist (Freddie's Dead, Superfly) in 1942
Henry Scrapnel, English inventor (shrapnel shell) in 1761
In their 80’s
Chuck Barris, Philadelphia, TV game show producer/host (Gong Show) is 83
Raúl Castro, Cuban leader is 81
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In their 40’s
Anderson Cooper, CNN News anchor is 45

Today’s Obits                                                           
James Arness, American actor dies in 2011 at 88
Georges Bizet, French composer dies of heart attack in 1875 at 37
David Carradine, American actor dies of autoerotic asphyxiation in 2009 at 72
Okada Izō, Japanese samurai dies in 1865 at 33
Franz Kafka, Czech writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies of starvation related to TB in 1924 at 40
Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, right-to-die activist dies in 2011 at 83
Frances Shand Kydd, mother of Diana, Princess of Wales dies of brain cancer in 2004 at 68
Rue McClanahan, American actress dies of brain hemorrhage in 2010 at 76
Robert Morley, actor (Around the World in 80 Days), dies in 1992 at 84 Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies of cancer in 1975 at 69
John XXIII, [Angelo G Roncalli], Pope (1958-63), dies in 1963 at 81
Will Sampson, Creek actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies of kidney failure in 1987 at 54

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the word or phrase?
Robin Hood
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.     Famous Las Vegas Hotel and Casino: Caesar’s Palace
2.     A walk on role: cameo part
3.     A sheet that allows you to make copies on a typewriter: carbon paper
4.     A social gathering with drinks: cocktail party
5.     Where to read ‘Blondie’ and ‘Beatle Bailey’: comic pages
6.     Tree that might be on a desert island: coconut palm
7.     Something wonderful in 1920’s slang: cat’s pajamas
8.     Implement for a boat on a lake: canoe paddle
9.     Birthplace of a doll craze: cabbage patch
10.  A baker’s container: cake pan
11.  What a citizen of Quebec carries while traveling abroad: Canadian Passport
12.  Longtime home of the SF Giants: Candlestick Park
13.  Humanitarian gift that is sent abroad: Care package
14.  Extra money for a soldier during war: combat pay
15.  In slang, a place to sleep temporarily for free: crash pad
16.  NFL team in Charlotte: Carolina Panthers
17.  In football, by definition it is not intercepted: completed pass

3x3 boxes
MAP
AGO
POD
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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