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Flagstaff Almanac…
Week: 38 /
Day: 263 Today: High 77°…Low 38°
Records: High
86°(1956)…Low 27°(2006)
Averages: High
72°…Low 41°
Wind: average: 3mph; Gusts: 22mph
Today’s average
humidity:
49%
Quote of the Day…
Today’s Historical
Highlights…
2006 - The
Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked
and martial
law is declared
1995
- The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's
manifesto
1981 - Paul
Simon & Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park
1959 - Nikita
Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1950
- UN rejects membership of China's People Republic
1947 - Jackie
Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year"
1940 - Nazi
decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes
1854 - Henry
Meyer patents sleeping rail car
1848 - Hyperion,
moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (US) & Lassell (England)
1796 - George
Washington's farewell address as president
♪
Happy Birthday To: ♪..
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts…
A really good weather day today…nice walk. Then some light cleaning. Good way to spend the day.
I freely admit that I enjoy the Daly Show and have been a fan for a long time. I was really impressed when he had Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General. It was a serious interview and very informative. If you haven’t seen it, check out Youtube.
AZ is back in the news…SB1070, papers please section of the law is back …A sad day for all.
Romney did not surprise me with his 47% comment. It is what he believes. If you are not an entrepreneur you are not helping the US. I am not a victim and I do believe the government has a responsibility to help those in need. It certainly looks like the Republican Party is playing to many masters—the rich superconservatives, the conservatives, and the independents—and that will not work.
Fall TV schedules are changing. Jeopardy, one of my ‘can’t miss’ shows changed channels and times. Local news and Rachael Maddow are now on at the same time. Thank goodness for DVRs. Not only can I watch the shows when I want to, I can skip all the commercials with little effort. That alone makes for much better viewing. I seldom watch a series show that I didn’t DVR. Most of the time I have the TV on, it’s just for the noise. If a show is worth watching, it’s worth DVRing.
Game
Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the rhyming answer?
Answer
the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If
only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g.
voodoo)
a car race in the vale (6,5)
Rebus…
Can you figure
out what this means?
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Lifestyle Substance…
Do you remember this?
Read This Headline Carefully!!
Miners Refuse to Work After Death
Do you know what this word means?
What
is this not so common name of a common object?
Voussoir (Or Wedgestone)
Gorilla:
Great Scenes in Musical Movie
History…:
La Vie Boheme…RENT (2005)
Harper’s Index…
Average cost of American wedding today: $25,361
Unusal Fact of the Day…
The first VCR, developed by the Ampex Corporation in 1956, weighed nearly 1,500 lbs. It took another 15 years before a commercially viable product hit the scene.Found on You Tube…
Joke-of-the-day…
The teacher said; “Take a pencil and paper, and write an essay with the title ‘If I Were a Millionaire.’” Everyone but Joe, who leaned back with arms folded, began to write feverishly. “What’s the matter,” the teacher asked. “Why don’t you begin?” “I’m waiting for my secretary,” Joe replied.
Rules of Thumb…
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
USING THE SUBWAY IN NEW YORK CITY…On weekends and after 9 p.m. on weekdays, give yourself at least 15 minutes longer to complete your subway trip for every half hour it usually takes.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
A robbery victim returning home after a drunken night on the town fell down on the tracks at subway station south of Stockholm. He was knocked unconscious when his head hit the tracks. A bystander who witnessed the accident jumped down after him - but not for a daring rescue before the train arrived. Instead, the witness steals the man's valuables, climbs back on the platform and leaves his victim to be hit by a train. The man - who was on his way home from a party - survived, but was seriously injured and doctors had to amputate half his left foot. Swedish police now hope that surveillance camera footage of the disturbing incident will help them find and arrest the thief.
Somewhat Useless Information…
- John Adams was the first vice president (1789-1797), serving under President George Washington. Before 1804, the vice president was the candidate who came in second in Electoral College votes. He was nicknamed "His Rotundity" due to his weight and his pompous attitude. He was the first vice president to later be elected president.
- Thomas Jefferson was the second vice president (1797-1801), serving under President John Adams. He spent much of his term at his home in Monticello. Angered by President Adams’ moves to increase federal power, Jefferson and James Madison anonymously wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, which formed the basis of states' rights and could have led to the dissolution of the Union.
- Aaron Burr was the third vice president (1801-1805), serving under President Thomas Jefferson. In 1804, Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton, his political rival, an act that ended his political career. Jefferson dropped him from the ticket in 1804. Burr’s economic schemes after he left office led to his arrest and trial on treason charges, but he was acquitted.
- George Clinton was the fourth vice president (1805-1812), being one of only two people to serve two different presidents (Thomas Jefferson and James Madison). He was also the first vice president to die in office (April 20, 1812). There was no constitutional provision to fill the office at that time, so there was no vice president until March 4, 1813.
- circa 1800: American politician, Elbridge Gerry, (1744-1814), delegate to the Continental Congress, involved in the 'XYZ Affair' in France, 1797, elected governor of Massachusetts, 1810, achieving fame for manipulating voting districts, a practice that came to be known as 'gerrymandering,' vice president of United States, 1813-14.
Calendar Information…
Happening This Week:
15-22: National Singles Week / Pollution
Prevention Week / Build A Better Image Week / Deaf Awareness Week / National Clean Hands Week / National
Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week / Prostate Cancer Awareness Week / Substitute
Teacher Appreciation Week / Tolkien Week / Turn Off Week / Balance
Awareness Week / Constitution Week / National Love Your Files Week
Today Is…
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
International Women's Ecommerce Day
National Butterscotch Pudding Day
National Women Road Warrior Day
~Japan: Respect for the Aged Day
Today’s Events Through History…
2000’s
2000 - Ken
Griffey, Jr. pinch-hits his 400th home run. The first major leaguer to reach
the mark as a pinch-hitter
1900’s
1992
- UN Security Council votes 12-0 (3 abstentions) to dump Yugoslavia
1970 - "Mary
Tyler Moore" show premieres
1967 - Nigeria
begins offensive against Biafra
1955 - Argentine
president Juan Peron, resigns & flees
1952 - The
United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country
after a trip to
England.
1948
- 68th US Mens Tennis: "Pancho" Gonzales beats E Sturgess
1928 - Mickey
Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
1800’s
1893 - NZ
is 1st country to grant all its women the right to vote
1888 - World's
1st beauty contest (Spa Belgium)
1879 - Thomas
Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record
pole-vaulting
11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days
1876 - 1st
carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)
1838 - Ephraim
Morris patents railroad brake
1827 - At
Fort St. Joseph, present-day Niles, Michigan, a treaty (7 stat. 305) is signed
by Lewis Cass, and the Potawatomi Indians. Tribal lands are ceded, old
boundaries
are redrawn, and the Indians receive an annuity.
1700’s
1795 - Tula,
leader of Curacao slave opposition, imprisoned
1778 - The
Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States
1737 -
Start of the walking for the "Walking Purchase" from the Delaware.
The walkers
are Solomon Jennings, Edward Marshall, and James Yates. The
"walkers"
barely stay below a run. By the next day at noon, Edward
Marshall has covered
sixty-five miles. Yates, who passes out from the exertion,
dies three days later.
Jennings gives up the first day and is sickly for the
rest of his life. Many Indians
complain the "walk" does not live up
to the spirit of the agreement.
1500’s
1559 - 5
Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
Today’s Birthdays…
In their 30’s
Jimmy Fallon, actor and comedian is 38
Alison
Sweeney, reality show host (Biggest Loser) is 36
In their 40’s
Soledad
O'Brien, American journalist is 46
Trisha
Yearwood, country singer (Sweetest Gift) is 48
In their 60’s
Jeremy
Irons, Isle of Wight, England, actor (Reversal of Fortune, The Lion KIng) is 64
Joan
Lunden, Fair Oaks California, news host (Good Morning America) is 62
Randolph
Mantooth, Sacramento California, actor (Emergency, Loving) is 67
In their 70’s
David
McCallum, Glasgow Scot, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE; NCIS) is 79
Paul
Williams, Omaha NE, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes) is 72
In their 80’s
Adam West,
Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman, Last Precinct) is 84
In their 90’s
Dana
Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1952) is 90 [wife
of Emil]
Remembered for
being born today
Jean
Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer
(The History of
Astronomy) b. 1749
Brook
Benton, soul vocalist (Rainy Night in Georgia) b. 1931
"Mama"
Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist (Mamas & The Papas) b. 1941
Leon
Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor b. 1905
Joseph
Pasternak, film producer (Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy) b. 1901
Edwin
"Duke" Snider, Bkln Dodger centerfielder (406 HRs) b. 1926
Christopher
Stone, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom b. 1882
Emil
Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, 5K/10K/marathon (Olympic-gold-1952)
[husband of
Dana] b. 1922
Today’s Historical Obits…
Skeeter
Davis, American singer—breast cancer—20004—at 72
Red Foley,
country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington)-- respiratory
failure—1968--at 58
James A
Garfield, 20th president (1881)--gunshot wound, 80 days
later—1881--at 49
Rex
Ingram, actor/director (Elmer Gantry)--heart attack—1969--at 73
Gram
Parsons, rocker (Byrds)—OD—1973--at 26
Orville
Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, heart attack and drowned in
Jacuzzi—1995--at 88
Answers…
Do you know what
this word means?
The term for one of the individual, slightly tapered stones forming the curved part of an arch. The top one is called the keystone (or quoin) and the lowest is the springer.
What is the answer?
Valley rally
Rebus
Water (H2O )
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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