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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 50/ Day: 346
Today: H 43°…L 9°
Averages: H 43° L 17°
Records: H
65°(1939)…L -5°(2009)
Wind: ave: 8mph; Gusts: 30mph Today’s ave. humidity: 50%
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
103 Mayflower
pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock—1620
13 black
soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot—1917
1st class
postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents—1975
1st
dental use of nitrous oxide—1844
1st
non-native recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US—1719
1st yacht
race across Atlantic Ocean—1866
Adolf
Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel—1961
Bernard
Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion
Ponzi scheme—2008
Buenos
Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover—1928
Che
Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell
at the building during the speech. —1964
French
Panama Canal company fails—1888
JFK
provides US miltary helicopters & crews to South Vietnam—1964
Marconi
sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld—1901
Spain
suspended from UN—1946
UN
Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965) —1946
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts:
A very chilly day around Flag both last night and today…no moisture…just cold. Certainly bearable, but not pleasant. My brother and sister-in-law got back to NYC after time in Miami…good trip, and were welcomed back to clouds and much colder weather.
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 V
Lifestyle
Substance:
Old Saying Explained:
LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER…This is from Isaiah 53:7 'He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter'. Later this verse was applied to Jesus.
Ok, then?
Movie Theme Songs you may remember:
The Bodyguard (I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston)
Read This Headline Carefully!!
In a Nairobi restaurant: CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER
Coptic Christian Art:
Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
On Christmas Eve 1914, five months after the outbreak of World War I, German and British troops celebrated an unofficial truce. They sang carols and exchanged cigarettes with each other, and some even played a game of soccer.
Harper’s Index:
Factor by which the Polish population of Loecknitz, Germany has increased since Poland joined the EU in 2004: 33
Ruminations:
Déjà moo: the feeling that you have heard this bull before
Unusual Fact of the Day:
The Jolly Corks was a social club formed in New York in 1867. They’re still around, but today they’re now known as the Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks.Found on You Tube:
Joke-of-the-day:
Peter says. Doctor, I see double!
Sit on the chair please the doctor says. Which one? Peter replied.
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
ELECTRONICS REPAIR…Each electronics (TV, Computer) repair shop requires a population of 50,000 to support it.
Yeah, It Really Happened
Police say Michael first lied to police saying someone shot him while he was walking down the street. After being questioned by police he admitted to accidentally doing it himself.
Doctors say the bullet went through his penis, his left testicle and then lodged itself in his thigh.And if his luck wasn't bad enough, while police were investigating at the home where it happened, they discovered marijuana in the house. That led to the arrest of the homeowner on drug charges.
Somewhat Useless Information
- Nobel Prizes are awarded on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
- December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
10-17> Human Rights Week
Today Is
International Mountain Day
UNICEF Birthday
National Noodle Ring Day
Indiana: Admission Day (1816-19th state)
Today’s Events through History
1st black
US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) —1872
1st visit
to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) —1983
6 masked
men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NY Kennedy
Airport & made off with $5.8 M in cash
& jewelry—1978
Captain
Page, and almost 700 Choctaw, reach their destination at Fort Towson,
in eastern Indian Territory—1833
Color
moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC—1909
Hank
Williams begins to record on Sterling label—1946
Joe
DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement—1951
Kyoto
Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
opens for signature—1997
Llywelyn
ab Gruffydd/Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales,
is killed—1282
People's
Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization—2001
Tiger
Woods announced an indefinite leave from professional golf to
focus on his marriage—2009
US
president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo—1906
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Rita
Moreno, [Rosita Dolores Alverío], singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story) will
be 81
In their 70’s
David
Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You) is 72
Donna
Mills, actress (Knots Landing, Incident will be 70
In their 60’s
Teri
Garr, actress (Mr Mom, Young Frankenstein) will be 63
Lynda Day
George, actress (Casey-Mission Impossible) is 68
John
Kerry, Aurora, Colorado, politician and 2004 presidential nominee is 69
Brenda
Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], Lithonia Ga, singer (I'm Sorry) is 68
In their 50’s
Nikki
Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe) is 54
In their 40’s
Mo'Nique
[Monique Angela Hicks], comedienne and actress will be 45
In their 30’s
Rider
Strong, SF California, actor (Shawn Hunter-Boy Meets World) is 32
Remembered for being born today
David
Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope) (1781-1868)
Robert
Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) (1843-heart
attack-1910)
Fiorello
La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45) (1882-cancer-1947)
Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn, Kislovodsk, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970),
(1918-2008)
Today’s Historical Obits
Charles
XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)—shot invading Norway at Fortress of Fredriksten—1718—at
36
Dick
Hoerner, football player (Rams)—2010—at 88
Maurice
"Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer—1971—at 69
Bettie
Page, model/pin up—2008—at 85
Robert
Shelton (Shapiro), music, film critic—1995—at 69
Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles
BANANA
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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