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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 48/ Day: 331
Today: H 61°…L 19°
Averages: H 47° L 20°
Records: H
70°(1949)…L -8°(1906)
Wind: ave: 2mph; Gusts: 16mph Today’s ave. humidity: 51%
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
"Alice
in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in US—1865
"The
Price Is Right" debuts on NBC—1956
1st lion
exhibited in America (Boston) —1716
1st
meteor photograph—1885
1st
modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," premieres in Hollywood—1952
1st
national Thanksgiving—1789
1st
recording session under name "Beatles"—1962
29th
Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (QB) —1963
American
football huddle created by A A Stagg of U Chicago—1896
English
archaeologist Howard Carter opens Toetanchamon's (Tut) tomb—1922
Maya King
Siyaj Chan K'awill II (Stormy Sky) ascends the Tikal throne in Guatemala—411
Random
House buys Richard Nixon’s memoires for $3,000,000—1985
Terrorist
attacks in Mumbai, India: Ten coordinated attacks by Pakistan-based
terrorists
kill 164 and injure more than 250 people in Mumbai—2008
Tony
Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address
the
Republic of Ireland's parliament
University
of Notre Dame is founded—1842
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts:
A very nice Sunday…Did a lot of laundry. It was really nice outside most of the afternoon so took a short walk. Watched the Broncos win and the AZ Cards loose badly. My neighbors had their turkey dinner today and dropped by a plate…that was nice. Native neighbors are quite nice.Here we go again…Fiscal Cliff. Let’s hope that the outgoing Congress finally does something to help out middle and lower America. It’s time for Statesmanship, not politics.
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 (2 solutions)
Lifestyle
Substance:
Old Saying Explained:
FREELANCE…In the Middle Ages freelances were soldiers who fought for anyone who would hire them. They were literally free lances.
Ok, then?
TV Theme Songs you may remember:
Mission:Impossible - Lalo Schifrin
Read This Headline Carefully!!
Two sisters reunite after eighteen years at checkout counter
Beautiful Scotland:
Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
London's Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms, including 78 bathrooms, 92 offices, 52 royal and guest bedrooms and 188 staff bedrooms.
Harper’s Index:
- Amount at which the average dollege-eduated man’s annual salary maexes out, at age 48: $95,000
- At which the average college-educated woman’s does, at 39: $60,000
Ruminations:
I set all my clocks five minutes ahead so I can trick myself into not being late for anything. Now I automatically subtract five minutes every time I look at them. Nice try.
Unusual Fact of the Day:
In car design circles, a hood ornament is properly called a "mascot." The first American automobile to sport a mascot was the 1912 Cadillac.Found on You Tube:
Joke-of-the-day:The Top Ten Differences Between Cats & Dogs:10. Dogs come when you call them. Cats take a message and get back to you when they are good and ready.9. Dogs will let you give them a bath without taking out a contract on your life.8. Dogs will bark to wake you up if the house is on fire. Cats will quietly sneak out the back door.7. Dogs will bring you your slippers or the evening newspaper.Cats might bring you a dead mouse.6. Dogs will play Frisbee with you all afternoon. Cats will take a three-hour nap.5. Dogs will sit on the car seat next to you. Cats have to have their own private box or they will not go at all.4. Dogs will greet you and lick your face when you come home from work. Cats will be mad that you went to work at all.3. Dogs will sit, lie down, and heel on command. Cats will smirk and walk away.2. Dogs will tilt their heads and listen whenever you talk. Cats will yawn and close their eyes.1. Dogs will give you unconditional love forever. Cats will make you pay for every mistake you've ever made since the day you were born.
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
GETTING A JOB…Most job seekers can expect 1 to 5 job leads and/or interviews for every 100 resumes they mail out.
Yeah, It Really Happened
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - A Swedish woman accused of using human bones as sex toys told authorities she collected the remains because she is interested in history. Prosecutors said the 37-year-old woman -- who was arrested in September and charged Tuesday in Gothenburg District Court with violating the peace of the dead -- was in possession of a CD labeled "My necrophilia" and "My first experience" when she was arrested, The Local.se reported Tuesday. Prosecutor Kristina Ehrenborg-Staffas said authorities do not know how the woman obtained the bones but an initial homicide investigation was later dropped. The woman, who pleaded not guilty, said she has done nothing illegal. She faces fines and as much as two years in prison if convicted.
Somewhat Useless Information
LAST
DEATH FROM SMALLPOX
In September, 1978, Janet Parker, an English medical photographer, was exposed
to smallpox as the result of a laboratory accident. She subsequently died. On
May 8, 1980, the World health Organization declared smallpox eradicated. Some
samples remain in laboratories in Atlanta and Moscow. When scientists destroy
the samples the smallpox virus will become the first life form intentionally
eliminated from the earth.
LAST
EXECUTION IN TOWER OF LONDON
The last execution in the Tower of London took place on Thursday, August 14,
1941, when Josef Jakobs, a German spy, was shot by an eight-man firing squad.
Because he had suffered a broken ankle when he had parachuted into England on
the night of January 31, 1941, he could not stand before the firing squad and
he was, instead, seated in an old Windsor chair and tied up. Five of the eight
shots pierced his heart.
LAST
GUILLOTINE EXECUTION
The last public execution by guillotine was on June 17, 1939.
Eugen Weidman was executed before a large crowd in Versailles, France. The
last nonpublic use of the guillotine in France, at Baumetes Prison, in
Marsailles, was the execution of convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi, a
Tunisian immigrant, on September 10, 1977. France abolished capital punishment
on September 9, 1981.
LAST
PERSON BURNED AT THE STAKE
Phoebe Harrius was convicted of coining false money, a crime of high treason at
that time, and was executed by being burned at the stake in front of Newgate
Prison in England, in 1786.
LAST
SURVIVING SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Charles Carroll was the last of the 59 men who signed the Declaration of
Independence to die. He passed away in 1832 at the age of 95.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
21-28
National Deal Week
22-26
Church/State Separation Week
Today Is
Cyber Monday
International Aura Awareness Day
Shopping Reminder Day
~Mongolia: Republic Day (1911)
Today’s Events through History
1st
college fraternity founded Kappa Alpha Union College, NY—1825
1st
lesbian theme TV movie - "Question of Love"
4 soviet
soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border—1939
Amateur
tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro—1941
Captain
Cook discovers Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) —1778
Concorde
makes its last ever flight over Bristol, England
France
launches 1st satellite, 92 lb (42 kg) A1-capsule (Asterix) —1965
French
Huguenots & Roman Catholics sign peace treaty—1580
Great
storm hits Southern England 1000s killed, Royal Navy losses 13 ships
and around
1500 seamen—1703
Lottery
for Selective Service draftees bill signed by President Nixon—1969
Nixon's
personal sec, Rose Mary Woods, tells a federal court she accidentally
caused
part of 18½ minute gap in a key Watergate tape
Refrigerated
railroad car patented by JB Sutherland of Detroit—1867
Today’s Birthdays
In their 70’s
Rich
Little, Ottawa Canada, impressionist/actor (Love on a Rooftop) is 74
Tina
Turner, [Anna Mae Bullock], Brownsville Tx, singer (Proud Mary) is 73
In their 60’s
Daniel
Davis, Gurdun Ark, actor (Niles-Nanny) is 67
In their 30’s
Peter
Facinelli, TV actor is 39
Under 30
Chris
Hughes, American businessman, co-founder of Facebook is 29
Remembered for being born today
William G
Armstrong, Baron/British industralist (hydraulic crane) (1810-1900)
Katharine
Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (1858-1955)
Robert
Goulet, American singer and actor (1933-2007)
Bruno
Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Lindbergh’s som(1899-electrocuted-1936)
Charles M
Schulz, Minneapolis MN, cartoonist (Peanuts), (1922-2000)
George
Segal, American painter and sculptor of lifelike mixed-media figures (1924-2000)
Eric
Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) (1912-1992)
Ellen G.
White, American religious leader (1827-1915)
Karl
Ziegler, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (polymers), (1898-1973)
Today’s Historical Obits
Robert
Coote, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe)—in his sleep—1982—at 73
Tommy
Dorsey, big bandleader—choked in sleep—1956—at 51
John
Spottiswoode, Scottish historian—1639—at 74
Sojourner
Truth, abolitionist/women's rights advocate—1883—at 86
Verne
Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur—heart attack—2002—at 87
Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles
EDGED, ONION
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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