June 6

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1536: Mexico begins its inquisition

1664: New Amsterdam renamed NYC

1795: Fire destroy 1/3 of Copenhagen; 18,000 injured

1813: US invasion of Canada halted at Stoney Creek (Ont)

1850: Levi Strauss make his 1st pair of blue jeans

1868: Captain D.Monahan, and troops from Troops G and I, 3rd Cavalry, leave Fort Sumner, in western New Mexico. The troops are chasing a group of NAVAJO Indians, who have been accused of killing 4 settlers about 12 miles from the fort. After following their trail for 100 miles, the army surprises the NAVAJOs, who are in a ravine. The Army reports killing 3 Indians, and wounding 11; the rest escape. No soldiers are killed

1885: Sitting Bull signs contract today to work in Buffalo Bill"s Wild West Show.

1912: The eruption of Novarupta in Alaska begins. It is the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century

1932: US Federal gas tax enacted

1934: Securities & Exchange Commission established

1946: Henry Morgan is 1st to take off shirt on TV

1968: Senator Robert F. Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

A very windy day and another Red Flag day…so worrisome. We did have high humidity by afternoon, 19%, but still a big danger. Flag is in stage 2 fire restrictions which means no charcoal cooking, and the only outdoor cooking is with a gas grill with on/off switch. Yet we have a few idiots (4) in the paper today who had open fires within the city limits, at their residences, during the weekend. Some were given warnings, others have to appear in court. I don’t get the warnings since we have in the past had out of control fires from this same behavior. I enjoy a good cookout as much as anyone else, but during high fire season I do not mind foregoing a cookout.

I’m not an astronomer, but today’s Venus thing is very cool. Somehow them old time astronomers used this usual event to determine distances between planets. Wow—very interesting.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Calculated Risks

Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word starts with C-A and the second word starts with R. For example, given "basis for computing insurance rates," the answer would be, "calculated risk."

1.     What a store clerk uses to ring up purchases:

2.     A trip by taxi:

3.     A walk-on part in a movie:

4.     Place where they use branding irons:

5.     The first James Bond book:

6.     Oriole who set the record most consecutive games played:

7.     Dancing fruit in old TV commercial:

8.     Part of a typewriter that allows you to from the end of one line to the start of the next line:

9.     A kind of tube:

10.  Mountains in British Columbia and Alberta:

11.  Steinbeck novel set in Monterey:

12.  Beatle’s label before Apple Records:

13.  Division on an army on horseback:

14.  Baptism and first communion:

15.  Non-profit group finding homes for dogs:

16.  Lakefront or riverfront business that offers paddles:

What is the answer?

What number gives the same result when it is added to 1.5 as when it is multiplied by 1.5?

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.     female sheep
2.     happy dog activity
3.     chicken farm product

Lifestyle  Substance     

Summer Songs of the 1960’s

Sugar Sugar, The Archies 1969 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks)
Runaway , Del Shannon 1961 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks)
I Heard It Through The Gravevine, Marvin Gaye  1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (7 weeks)
Will You Love Me Tomorrow, The Shirelles  1961 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

Harper’s Index         

Cost of an IED-resistant ‘tactical protector vehicle’ purchased by the Fond du Luck, WI Sheriff’s Department: $230,000

Found on You Tube 

How to use the typewriter – 1943       

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

Martin had just received his brand new driver's license.The family troops out to the driveway, and climbs in the car, where he is going to take them for a ride for the first time. Dad immediately heads for the back seat, directly behind the newly minted driver."I'll bet you're back there to get a change of scenery after all those months of sitting in the front passenger seat teaching me how to drive," says the beaming boy to his father."Nope," comes dad's reply, "I'm gonna sit here and kick the back of your seat as you drive, just like you've been doing to me all these years."

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

You can teach your children how to find books at their own reading level. Tell your child to open a book near the middle and read from the top of any full page. If there are five words the child doesn't know before getting to the end of the page, the book is too hard.

Yeah, It Really Happened

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) --Bulgarian archaeologists say they have unearthed centuries-old skeletons pinned down through their chests with iron rods — a practice believed to stop the dead them from turning into vampiresAccording to Bozhidar Dimitrov, head of the National History Museum in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, two skeletons from the Middle Ages were found in such a state last weekend near the Black Sea town of Sozopol.He said Tuesday that corpses were regularly treated in such a way before being buried in some parts of Bulgaria, even until the beginning of the last century.Widespread superstition led to iron rods being hammered through the chest bones and hearts of those who did evil during their lifetimes for fear they would return after death to feast on the blood of the living.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The word sophomore is based on a combination of Greek words that translates to "wise fool." The term was first used in the academic sense to describe students at Cambridge University when it opened in the 16th century.

• When Latin was still the common language, a baccalarius was "a junior member of the guild." Over the years, the spelling of the word changed, as did the meaning: an apprentice student or tradesman, someone who had passed a basic level of training. That's why today we call a four-year diploma a "Bachelor's degree."

• The square cap students wear on graduation day is called a "mortarboard" because of its resemblance to the tool of the same name used by masons. A version of the mortarboard has been worn by academics since the 16th century, but the tassel wasn't added until the 19th century.

• Since 1970, a three-year degree from an accredited law school has been a "Juris Doctor" or J.D. in the United States, replacing the LL.B. (Bachelor of Law) degree issued up to that time. 

• The very first university degree were licenses to teach. As part of the graduation process, the student delivered his first lecture as an officially licensed teacher. This ceremony was called "commencement" because it represented a beginning - the graduate could now "commence to teach."

• A diploma is referred to as a "sheepskin" because diplomas were once handwritten on thin sheets of sheep flesh (before the art of papermaking was fine-tuned).

For AZ centennial celebration: town names

• Rio Verde, AZ: in Maricopa County, a gated, master planned community, population is 1,811, 5.4 sq mi (14.0 km2) the racial makeup of the CDP was 99.65% White, 0.07% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.07% from two or more races. 0.28% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

• Rock Point,AZ: (Navajo: Tsé Nitsaa Deezʼáhí "The rock extends"), in the Dinetah, in Apache County, population was 724, the racial makeup of the CDP was 97.79% Native American, 1.66% White, 0.14% from other races, and 0.41% from two or more races. 0.14% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

• Roll, AZ: an unincorporated community in central Yuma County, Named for early settler John H. Roll, population is 1,235, between the Yuma Proving Ground and the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

Week

   Black Single Parents Week

2-8

   Black Single Parents Week
   International Clothesline Week
   National Business Etiquette Week
   National Headache Awareness Week

   (World) Dystonia Awareness Week
4-9

   National Sun Safety Week
   National Tire Safety Week

Today Is                                                                      

D-Day (1944)

Drive-in Movie Day

National Applesauce Cake Day

National Running Day

National Tailor’s Day

Teacher's Day

China: Dragon Boat Festival
Sweden: Flag Day
Korea: Memorial Day

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1200’s

1242: 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris

1500’s

1520: France & England sign treaty of Scotland

1600’s

1639: Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill

1700’s

1716: 1st slaves arrive in Louisiana

1800’s

1844: Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) forms in London

1882: Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC

1889: Great Fire in Seattle destroys 25 downtown blocks

1900’s

1904: National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ

1919: Finland declares war on Bolsheviks

1925: Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp

1933: 1st drive-in theater opens (Camden NJ)

1942: 1st nylon parachute jump (Hartford Ct-Adeline Gray)

1944: D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France

1944: Theodore Roosevelt Jr receives congressional medal of honor

1955: Bill Haley & Comets, "Rock Around the Clock" hits #1

1960: South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill

1971: "Ed Sullivan Show" last broadcasts on CBS-TV

1971: Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR

1974: 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte

1977: "Washington Post" reports US has developed neutron bomb

1977: Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws

1985: 58th National Spelling Bee: Balu Natarajan wins spelling milieu

1994: 6.0 earthquake/avalanche destroys Toez Colombia (about 1000 killed)

2000’s

2002: Eastern Mediterranean Event. A near-Earth asteroid estimated at 10 metres diameter explodes over the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Libya. The resulting explosion is estimated to have a force of 26 kilotons, slightly more powerful than the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

2004: Tamil is established as a Classical language by the President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in a joint sitting of the two houses of the Indian Parliament.

2005: The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder in 1867

Nathan Hale, hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country in 1755

In their 70’s

Gary "US" Bonds, [Anderson], Fla, singer/songwriter (New Orleans) is 73

In their 60’s

Robert Englund,  actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V) is 63

In their 50’s

Sandra Bernhard, actress (King of Comedy, Nancy-Roseanne) is 57

Colin Quinn, American comedian is 53

Today’s Obits                                                           

Anne Bancroft, American actress, dies from uterine cancer in 2005 at 73

J Paul Getty, oil magnate/billionaire, dies in 1976 at 83

Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies of liver cancer in 1991 at 64

Jack Haley, actor (Wizard of Oz), dies of cancer in 19979 at 80

Patrick Henry, American revolutionary dies of stomach cancer in 1799 at 63

Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss Psychiatrist, dies in 1961 at 85

Robert F Kennedy, (Sn-D-NY), assassinated in LA by Sirhan Sirhan at 42

Barry Sullivan, actor (Great Gadsby), dies in 1994 at 81

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

3

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     What a store clerk uses to ring up purchases: cash register

2.     A trip by taxi: cab ride

3.     A walk-on part in a movie: cameo role

4.     Place where they use branding irons: cattle ranch

5.     The first James Bond book: Casino Royale

6.     Oriole who set the record most consecutive games played: Cal Ripkin

7.     Dancing fruit in old TV commercial: California Raisons

8.     Part of a typewriter that allows you to from the end of one line to the start of the next line: carriage return

9.     A kind of tube: cathode ray

10.  Mountains in British Columbia and Alberta: Canadian Rockies

11.  Steinbeck novel set in Monterey: Cannery Row

12.  Beatle’s label before Apple Records: Capitol Records

13.  Division on an army on horseback: Calvary regiment

14.  Baptism and first communion: Catholic Rights

15.  Non-profit group finding homes for dogs: Canine Rescue

16.  Lakefront or riverfront business that offers paddles: canoe rental

3x3 boxes

EWEWAGEGG

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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