June 9

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1628: 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass

1650: The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas

1790: 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"

1868: 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California

1923: Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans

1969: Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice

1997: British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

I got some OTC meds for my summer cold…seems to be getting better, or at least hiding the symptoms.  I was out and about today, with lots of errands. I ran into a former student at Sam’s Club. I knew him at Navajo Mountain way back in 1985—when he was in 6^th grade…and he still recognized me…cool. His daughter is graduating from high school today. Very cool.

It’s the weekend, and our discussion group meets tomorrow night to discuss Indonesia. Should be a good discussion. It’s the last one of the year and we have learned a lot about the world so far. Summer is a busy time so we don’t meet during the summer and will start up again in January…when the new books come out.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Matching Categories

Returns tomorrow

What is the answer?

Which of these numbers is the odd-one-out?
43    26    50    37    17    82

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.              witty saying

2.              singular

3.              coffee alternative

Lifestyle  Substance     

Summer Songs of the 1960’s

• Paperback Writer, The Beatles 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks)  

• All You Need Is Love, The Beatles 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week)  

• Ode To Billie Joe, Bobbie Gentry 1967 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (4 weeks)  

• Leader Of The Pack, Shangri-Las 1964 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (1 week)

Harper’s Index         

Cost of a 50-sq-ft storage unit in the basement of the One57 building on West 57^th St. in NYC: $200,000

Found on You Tube 

       

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

A man at the airline counter tells the rep. “I’d like this bag to go to Berlin, this one to California, and this one to London.The rep says, “I’m sorry sir. We can’t do that.” The man replied: Nonsense. That is what you did last time I flew with you.

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

A girl will reach her full height 18 months after she starts to menstruate.

Yeah, It Really Happened

NEW YORK – The teams participating in the World Lacrosse Championships in England represent 30 nations, from Argentina to Latvia to South Korea to Iroquois.The Iroquois helped invent lacrosse and, in a rare example of international recognition of American Indian sovereignty, they participate at every tournament as a separate nation. But they might not be at this year’s world championship tournament because of a dispute over the validity of their passports.The 23 players have passports issued by the Iroquois Confederacy, a group of six Indian nations overseeing land that stretches from upstate New York into Ontario, Canada.The U.S. government says it will only let players back into the country if they have U.S. passports, a team official said. The British government, meanwhile, won’t give the players visas if they cannot guarantee they’ll be allowed to go home, the official said.Iroquois team members born within U.S. borders have been offered U.S. passports, but the players refuse to carry them, because they see the government-issued documents as an attack on their identity, said Tonya Gonnella Frichner, a member of the Onondaga Nation who works with the team.“It’s about sovereignty, citizenship and self-identification,” said Frichner, who also is the North American Regional Representative to the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.The Iroquois have used their own passports in the past, but State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the new dispute can be traced to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which went into effect last year. The new rules require, among other things, that Americans carry passports or high-tech documents to cross the country’s borders.“Since they last traveled on their own passports, the requirements in terms of the kind of documents that are necessary to facilitate travel within and outside the hemisphere have changed,” Crowley said. “We are trying to help them get the appropriate travel documents so they can travel to this tournament.”Tribes’ efforts to meet the new security requirements have been ongoing. A group of American Indian leaders requested funding from the Department of Homeland Security in 2009 to develop cards that would comply with the new rules, according to an agency document. Idaho’s Kootenai tribe and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed last year to develop the first enhanced tribal card acceptable under the new guidelines.Asked whether the Iroquois passport could be acceptably modified to meet the stricter standards, Crowley referred questions to the Department of Homeland Security.That agency declined to discuss the specifics of the case. Matt Chandler, a Homeland Security spokesman, said his agency was working with the Department of State and others to resolve the issue.One Iroquois player, Brett Bucktooth, said he would rather miss the tournament than travel under a U.S. passport.               

Somewhat Useless Information   

Vine gar is amazing for your hair, but baking soda has its place in the shower too. Sprinkle a small amount of baking soda into your palm along with your favorite shampoo. Shampoo as usual and rinse thoroughly with baking soda helps remove the residue that styling products leave behind so your hair is cleaner and more manageable.
Clean and deodorize your vinyl shower curtain by sprinkling baking soda directly on a clean damp sponge or brush. Scrub the shower curtain and rinse clean. Hang it up to dry. 

For AZ centennial celebration: town names

• Vail, AZ: in Pima County, population is 10,208, 18.2 sq mi (47.2 km2), named after pioneer rancher Edward Vail, who established a ranch in the area in the late 19th century,  originally a station and water stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad, known for the nearby Colossal Cave, a large cave system, the racial makeup of the CDP was 87.16% White, 0.64% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 7.45% from other races, and 3.70% from two or more races. 16.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

• Valentine, AZ: in Mohave County, population is 36, 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Kingman

• Valley Farms, AZ: in Pinal County. Valley Farms is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Coolidge

• Vernon, AZ: in Apache County, settled by B.H. Wilhelm, who named it, in 1894, for W.T. Vernon, important at first as a sawmill town, but as activity diminished, people moved away, been a Mormon ward, but they disbanded it in 1954

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

4-9

   National Sun Safety Week
   National Tire Safety Week

7-10

   Superman Week

Today Is                                                                      

Belmont Stakes

Donald Duck Day

International Young Eagles Day

The Wicket World of Croquet Day

Today’s Other Events                                                             

Before 1000CE

68 : Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging

1500’s

1529: Zurich declares war on Catholic cantons

1549: Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England

1600’s

1647: New England synod clergy meet at Cambridge today. A large number of Indians attend the meeting to hear Roxbury minister John Eliot deliver a sermon in their own language

1700’s

1772: 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion

1800’s

1802: US Academy at West Point founded

1838: Chickasaw Chief Ishtahotapa, and 129 of his followers leave Pontotoc, Mississippi, with A.M.M.Upshaw for the Indian Territory. The Chickasaw remaining east of the Mississippi are concerned about moving west because of the epidemic of smallpox raging in Indian Territory. During the trek west, Ishtahotapa's wife would die.

1869: Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)

1900’s

1902: 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)

1910: Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

1931: 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)

1934: 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released

1943: "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized

1953: "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV

1970: Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University

1978: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood

1983: 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim

1989: Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football

1999: Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

Robert Cummings, Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder) in 1910

Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune) in 1812

Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar) in 1915

Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], tsar of Russia (1682-1725) in 1672

Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate) in 1891

Wayman Tisdale, NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns) in 1964

Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender) in 1900

Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops, Night) in 1934

In their 80’s

Joe Santos, Bkln NY, actor (Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus) is 81

In their 70’s

Jackie Mason, Wisc, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup) is 76

In their 50’s

Michael J. Fox, Canadian actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf)  is 51

In their 40’s

Johnny Depp, Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street, Ed Wood) is 49

In their 30’s

Natalie Portman [Natalie Hershlag], Jerusalem, Israeli/American actress (Professional, Everyone Says I Love You) is 31

Today’s Obits                                                           

William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society dies in 1934 at 72

Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies of stroke in 1870 at 58

Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies of stomach cancer in 1981 at 63

Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies of Ill in mind and body in 1911 at 64

Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide in 68 at 31

Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero in ritual sucide ordered by husband in 62 at 22

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

43—all the others are one more than a square

NPR Sunday Puzzle

Returns tomorrow

3x3 boxes

MOT

ONE

TEA

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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