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Today’s Historical Highlights
1683: West Indian Company
sells 1/3 of Suriname
1819: 1st bicycles (swift walkers) in US
introduced in NYC
1840: NZ became a British
colony
1846: 1st steamship arrives in
Hawaii
1856: Lawrence Kansas
captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
1891: Boxers Peter Jackson
& Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds
1908: 1st horror movie (Dr
Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
1927: Lindburgh lands in
Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic
1964: 1st nuclear-powered
lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
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Free Rambling
Thoughts
Amazing eclipse here in
Northern AZ. Very pleased to see a friend made the front page of the local
paper, talking about Navajo beliefs regarding the eclipse. I seem to have found
a good setup for my deck…spent a few restful hours out there reading the paper
and jammin’ on the iPod. Looking forward to lots more days out there this year.
Quiet day…quiet night.
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up
picture of what?
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NPR Sunday Puzzle
Given anagrams of the
names of constellations plus one letter, name the constellations. For example,
given "ray" plus L, the answer would be "Lyra."
1.
Sire + A:
2.
Bail + R:
3.
Iron + o:
4.
Card + O:
5.
Voir + g:
6.
Sutra + U:
7.
Pauses + g:
8.
Rosarium + n:
9.
Macaronis + J:
Riddle of the day
A white dove flew down by the castle. Along came a king and picked it up handless, ate it up toothless, and carried it away wingless.
Anagram: unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s Index
Number of people deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the 2011 fiscal year: 396,906
Found on You Tube
Dorjee Sherpa's trip to Mt. Everest
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
Two Antartians were walking down the street.
One stops and says, "Oh my god!!! A dead bird."
The other looks up and says, "Were, were?"*
BONUS
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
Rules of Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guessYou should spend about four times your fee for a single gig on a suit or dress for your performance and one night's fee on the shoes.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
Michigan -- A Michigan couple said their family will no longer be eating fast food after the woman's 14-year-old son found a piece of a human finger in his Arby's sandwich. Jamie Vail and Joe Wheaton said the woman's son, Ryan Hart, discovered the finger fragment when he bit into his Arby's junior roast beef sandwich at the Jackson restaurant and spit the object out to identify it as a piece of finger. Jackson Police and the Jackson County Health Department determined a worker had cut her finger on a meat slicer at the restaurant moments prior to the incident. Steve Hall, environmental health director for the Jackson County Health Department, said he believes other workers stepped in to the woman's station without being aware of what had taken place. Vail said she has obtained a lawyer but has not yet decided on a course of action. Wheaton said the long-term consequences of the incident are clear. "We don't eat fast food no more," Wheaton said.
Somewhat Useless
Information
- Introduced in 1963, the very first Easy-Bake Oven was turquoise and came equipped with a carrying handle and fake stove top. In its first year, America's first working toy oven sold over 500,000 units.
- Although it achieved fame as a popular children's toy, Noah and Joseph McVicker originally invented Play-Doh in 1965 for use as a wallpaper cleaner. Although Play-Doh's exact makeup is a closely guarded secret, it is known to contain, among other things, wheat flour, water, salt, and some sort of petroleum distillate.
- First released by Atari in 1972, Pong is generally considered to have ushered in the video game era. An adaptation of table tennis or ping-pong, it was the first commercially successful video game.
For AZ centennial
celebration: town names
- Bapchule, AZ (O’odham word): unincorporated town located in Pinal county; Its elevation is 1,197 feet (365 m)
- Bellemont, AZ: unincorporated community in Coconino County, Arizona about 18 miles from Flagstaff: population 231
- Big Park, AZ: census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona also known as Village of Oak Creek; population 5,245; The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.56% White, 0.36% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.53% from other races, and 1.56% from two or more races. 6.79% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.
- Bisbee, AZ: a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, 82 miles (132 km) southeast of Tucson, population of the city 6,177, founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee. The racial makeup of the city was 84.12% White, 0.46% Black or African American, 1.22% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 11.07% from other races, and 2.58% from two or more races. 34.38% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Calendar Information
…Happening This 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
19-25
National Safe Boating Week
21-27
Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week
National Medical Transcription Week
National Backyard Games Week
Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing
Territories Old-Time Player Piano Week
Today Is
American Red Cross Founder's Day 1881
I Need A Patch For That Day
National Endangered Species Day
National Memo Day
National Waitresses/Waiters Day
Sister Maria Hummel Day
Victoria Day
UN Work Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and
Development
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue &
Development
Today’s Other Events
Before 1000CE
143: Earliest known date in
Amer-pre Mayan king Harvest-Bergvorst installed
à
1500’s
1542: Hernando de Soto dies
with a high fever in the village of Guachoyo, along the Mississippi River.
Before his death, he appoints Luis de Moscoso to be his replacement. Fearing
that the Indians might exhume his body, Moscoso has de Soto's body weighted
down, and deposited in the Mississippi River.
à
1800’s
1832: 1st Democratic National
Convention (Baltimore)
1832: As a part of Black
Hawk’s War, a group of approximately fifty Potawatomis attack a settlement on
Indian Creek near modern Ottawa, Illinois. Fifteen settlers are killed in the
fighting. This is often called the "Indian Creek Massacre." This is
also reported to have happened on May 20th.
1864: Russia declares an end to the
Russian-Circassian War and many Circassians are forced into exile. The day is
designated to be the Circassian Day of Mourning.
1900’s
1906: Louis H Perlman patents
a demountable
tire carrying rim for cars
1914: Greyhound Bus Co begins
in Minnesota
1917: Leo Pinckney, 1st
American drafted during WW I
1918: House of Representatives passes
amendment allowing women to vote
1932: 1st transatlantic solo
flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands in Ireland
1944: Hitler begins attack on
English/US "terror pilots"
1954: Amendment to give
18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
1961: Governor Patterson
declares martial law in Montgomery
1969: Robert Kennedy's
murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death
1979: Elton John becomes 1st
western rocker to perform live in USSR
1980: "Empire Strikes
Back" premieres
1990: Last episode of
"Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
1994: South Yemen secedes from
Yemen
2000’s
2001: French Taubira law
officially recognizes the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against
humanity
2004: Sherpa Pemba
Dorjie climbs Mount Everest in 8 hours 10 minutes, breaking his rival Sherpa
Lakpa Gelu's record from the previous year
2007: The Cutty Sark is
badly damaged by fire in London, England. She was the last surviving clipper,
now there is none
Today’s Birthdays
Remembered for being born on this day
Raymond Burr, BC Canada,
actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla)in 1917
Peggy Cass, Boston MA,
actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame) in 1924
Dennis Day, Irish
tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy) in 1916
The Notorious B.I.G.
[Christopher Wallace], New York City, New York, rapper (Life After Death)in
1972
Alexander Pope, London,
English poet (Rape of the Lock, translation of Homer in 1688
Harold Robbins, NYC,
author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy) in 1916
Fats Waller, [Thomas
Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin') in 1904
à
In their 60’s
Al Franken,
comedian/writer/actor (SNL, Stuart Saves His Family)/US Senator (MN)is 61
Leo Sayer, [Gerard],
England, singer (When I Need Love) is 64
Mr. T [Lawrence Tureaud],
Chicago, American actor (A-Team, Rocky III) is 60
In their 50’s
Bruce Buffer, American
Mixed Martial Arts Announcer is 55
Judge Reinhold Wilmington DE, actor
(Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is 56
Today’s Obits
Al "Lash" La
Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies in 1996 of emphysema at 74
Vaughn Monroe,
singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies in 1973 following operation
at 61
Alejandro Rey, actor
(Carlos-Flying Nun), dies of lung cancer in 1987 at 57
Hernando de Soto, dies
while searching for gold, near Mississippi River in 1542 of fever at about 45
Answers
Brain Game: Close Up
Picture
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Riddle of the day
Snow melted by the sun
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Sire + A: Aires
2.
Bail + R: Libra
3.
Iron + o: Orion
4.
Card + O: Draco
5.
Voir + g: Virgo
6.
Sutra + U: Taurus
7.
Pauses + g: Pegasus
8.
Rosarium + n: Ursa Minor
9.
Macaronis + J: Canis Major
Anagrams
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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