Dec 11, 2012


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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 50/ Day: 346   
Today: H   43°L 9° Averages: H  43° L 17°
Records: H   65°(1939)L -5°(2009)
Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  30mph Today’s ave. humidity:  50%
Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:
103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock—1620 
13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot—1917
1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents—1975
1st dental use of nitrous oxide—1844
1st non-native recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US—1719
1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean—1866
Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel—1961
Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion
     Ponzi scheme—2008
Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover—1928
Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
     An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech. —1964
French Panama Canal company fails—1888
JFK provides US miltary helicopters & crews to South Vietnam—1964
Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld—1901
Spain suspended from UN—1946
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965) —1946

     Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   
A very chilly day around Flag both last night and today…no moisture…just cold. Certainly bearable, but not pleasant. My brother and sister-in-law got back to NYC after time in Miami…good trip, and were welcomed back to clouds and much colder weather.
Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)
Duplicate Letter Puzzles
Find common words with certain letters duplicated in the given positions. V stands for a duplicated vowel, C stands for a duplicated consonant, and _ stands for any letter
_ V C V C V
Lifestyle  Substance:     
Old Saying Explained:
LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER…This is from Isaiah 53:7 'He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter'. Later this verse was applied to Jesus.
Ok, then?

Movie Theme Songs you may remember:
The Bodyguard (I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston)
Read This Headline Carefully!!
In a Nairobi restaurant: CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER
Coptic Christian Art:

Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
On Christmas Eve 1914, five months after the outbreak of World War I, German and British troops celebrated an unofficial truce. They sang carols and exchanged cigarettes with each other, and some even played a game of soccer.
Harper’s Index:         
Factor by which the Polish population of Loecknitz, Germany has increased since Poland joined the EU in 2004: 33
Ruminations:
Déjà moo: the feeling that you have heard this bull before
Unusual Fact of the Day:
The Jolly Corks was a social club formed in New York in 1867. They’re still around, but today they’re now known as the Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks.
Found on You Tube: 

Joke-of-the-day:
Peter says. Doctor, I see double!
Sit on the chair please the doctor says. Which one? Peter replied.
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
ELECTRONICS REPAIR…Each electronics (TV, Computer) repair shop requires a population of 50,000 to support it.   
Yeah, It Really Happened
Police say Michael first lied to police saying someone shot him while he was walking down the street. After being questioned by police he admitted to accidentally doing it himself.

Doctors say the bullet went through his penis, his left testicle and then lodged itself in his thigh.
And if his luck wasn't bad enough, while police were investigating at the home where it happened, they discovered marijuana in the house. That led to the arrest of the homeowner on drug charges.
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Nobel Prizes are awarded on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
  • December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
10-17> Human Rights Week
Today Is                                                                      
International Mountain Day
UNICEF Birthday
National Noodle Ring Day
Indiana: Admission Day (1816-19th state)
Today’s Events through History  
1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) —1872
1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) —1983
6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NY Kennedy
   Airport & made off with $5.8 M in cash & jewelry—1978
Captain Page, and almost 700 Choctaw, reach their destination at Fort Towson,
     in eastern Indian Territory—1833
Color moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC—1909
Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label—1946
Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement—1951
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
   opens for signature—1997 
Llywelyn ab Gruffydd/Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales,
     is killed—1282
People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization—2001
Tiger Woods announced an indefinite leave from professional golf to
   focus on his marriage—2009
US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo—1906

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
In their 80’s
Rita Moreno, [Rosita Dolores Alverío], singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story) will be 81
In their 70’s
David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You) is 72
Donna Mills, actress (Knots Landing, Incident will be 70
In their 60’s
Teri Garr, actress (Mr Mom, Young Frankenstein) will be 63
Lynda Day George, actress (Casey-Mission Impossible) is 68
John Kerry, Aurora, Colorado, politician and 2004 presidential nominee is 69
Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], Lithonia Ga, singer (I'm Sorry) is 68
In their 50’s
Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe) is 54
In their 40’s
Mo'Nique [Monique Angela Hicks], comedienne and actress will be 45
In their 30’s
Rider Strong, SF California, actor (Shawn Hunter-Boy Meets World) is 32

Remembered for being born today
David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope) (1781-1868)
Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) (1843-heart attack-1910)
Fiorello La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45) (1882-cancer-1947)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Kislovodsk, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970), 
   (1918-2008)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)—shot invading Norway at Fortress of Fredriksten—1718—at 36
Dick Hoerner, football player (Rams)—2010—at 88
Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer—1971—at 69
Bettie Page, model/pin up—2008—at 85
Robert Shelton (Shapiro), music, film critic—1995—at 69

Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles
BANANA
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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