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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 51/ Day: 353
Today: H 34°…L 27°
Averages: H 42° L 16°
Records: H
65°(1980,1939)…L -14°(1928)
Wind: ave: 10mph; Gusts: 20mph Today’s ave. humidity: 82%
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
"Nutcracker
Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres—1892
"To
Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV—1956
"Wonder
Woman" debuts on ABC—1976
1st
celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US—1839
1st giant
panda imported into US—1936
1st voice
from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower—1958
Dr Seuss'
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS—1966
New
Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution—1787
Piltdown Man,
later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly found in the Piltdown
Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson—1912
Thomas
Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"—1719
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♪ Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts:
A chilly and windy day…wind chill dropped the temps about 10°. Snow is slowly melting, as we prepare for the next storm.I had a great lunch and gift exchange with a very good friend. I’m sure I came out on the long end of the deal, with a beautiful brass elephant head plaque that looks so nice in my travel room. I also got some Irish Cream Fudge sauce, and a cute little tin of breath mints that advertise her book “Coming Together”. She got some South African wine, a dripless wine stopper, and some Scottish pudding. Our lunch was supposed to be at a new Pizza place, but alas they don’t open until 4pm, so we opted to go to Ruby Tuesday’s. No matter where we go, we have a good time.It sure looks like some meaningful gun control will be coming out of the horrific school shooting. Even super conservatives are saying it is time. My feelings are that is long past time, but I will take whatever they are willing to do to stop this insanity.
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, L stands for any duplicated letter, and _
stands for any letter
V C C L V _ L
Lifestyle
Substance:
Old Saying Explained:
A
LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME
This old saying comes from the Bible. In Ecclesiastes 10:20 the writer warns us not to curse the king or the rich even in private or a 'bird of the air' may report what you say.
Ok, then?
Movie Theme Songs you may remember:
8 Mile ''Lose Yourself''
Read This Headline Carefully!!
In
a Tokyo Bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
Winter-ish cartoons:
Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi—who was much more a tinkering engineer than a scientist—freely admitted he didn't really understand how his invention worked.
Harper’s Index:
Amount recently paid at auction for one of Annie Oakley’s guns: $143,000
Unusual Fact of the Day:
While it's up to individual states to determine the color of school buses, most have been painted National School Bus Chrome Yellow since a 1939 national conference recommended it as the shade of choice.Found on You Tube:
Joke-of-the-day:
Three men walked in to a bar. You think one of them would have seen it!
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
EXHALING
A healthy adult should be able to completely exhale a deep breath in three seconds.
Yeah, It Really Happened
BERLIN, Ohio - Police in Ohio said an incident resembled the 1982 hit song "Maneater" when a man named Oates allegedly bit his neighbor, a man named Hall. Erie County sheriff's deputies said they responded Sunday to the Berlin home of Scott Hall, who told them he had been bitten just above his right eye by his neighbor, Roger Oates, 48, ABC News reported Thursday. "It was apparent [Hall] had been assaulted as he had a significant injury above his left eye," the incident report reads. "There was a significant cut to his left eyebrow region in the shape of a bite." Deputies said Oates allegedly attacked Hall for refusing to testify on his behalf in a case involving a charge of supplying alcohol to minors. The arrest report said Oates was still at the home when deputies arrived and they had to use a Taser to subdue him. Oates was charged with felony assault and resisting arrest. The incident evoked 1982 rock hit "Maneater" by Daryl Hall and John Oates.
Somewhat Useless Information
- The ancient Chinese and Greeks grew fruit trees, vegetables and herbs in gardens for food and for medicines.
- In the 1500s there were five famous botanical gardens in Europe designed to study and grow herbs for medicine.
- Carolus Clusius set up a famous flower garden in Leiden in Holland in the late 1500s. Here the first tulips from China were grown and the Dutch bulb industry began.
- The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew near London were made famous by Sir Joseph Banks in the late 1700s for their extensive collection of plants from around the world.
- Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-83) was a famous English landscape gardener. He got his nickname by telling clients that their gardens had excellent 'capabilities'.
- The earliest flowerbeds were the borders of flower tufts Ancient Persians grew along pathways.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
14-18>
Halcyon Days
16-1/5>
Christmas Bird Count Week
16-24>
Gluten-free Baking Week; Posadas
17-23>
Saturnalia
Today Is
Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day
International Migrants Day
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
~Niger: Republic Day (1958)
Today’s Events through History
"A
Star is Born," with Barbra Striesand, premieres—1976
1st
Candlelight Processional at Disney World—1971
1st US
newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) —1796
1st US
postage stamps printed without the words United States or US—1920
In treaty
U.S. agrees to provide Choctaw training in the spinning of cotton
and spinning
wheels—1801
Kublai
Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán),
officially the
Yuan Dynasty of China—1271
Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania faces a series of Indian attacks—1763
People
United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson—1971
UN
Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"—1985
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Ramsey
Clark, US attorney General is 85
Roger
Smith, South Gate California, actor (77 Sunset Strip) is 80
In their 60’s
Leonard
Maltin, NYC, movie critic (Entertainment Tonight) is 62
Keith
Richards, England, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) is 69
Steven
Spielberg, Cincinnati, director (ET, Close Encounters, Jaws) is 66
In their 50’s
Ray
Liotta, Newark NJ, actor (Sacha-Casablanca, Goodfellas) is 58
In their 40’s
Christina
Aguilera, American singer (Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants) is 42
Brad
Pitt, actor and film producer is 49
Casper
Van Dien, actor (Starship Troopers) is 44
In their 30’s
Katie
Holmes, actress is 34
Remembered for being born today
Ty Cobb,
American baseball player, Colo, batted .367, stole 892 bases (Det Tigers) (1886-1961)
Ossie
Davis, Cogdell GA, actor/playwright (Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam) (1917-2005)
Betty
Grable, St Louis, great legs/actress (Gay Divorcee) (1916-1973)
Saki,
[Hector Hugo Munro], Burma, author (Reginald, When William Came) (1870-1916)
Joseph
Stalin [Josef], Gori, Russian Empire, Premier of the Soviet Union (1878-1953)
Charles
Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement) (1707-1788)
Today’s Historical Obits
John T
"Legs" Diamond, US gangster—murdered—1931—at 34
Mark
Felt, the infamous Deep Throat, American FBI official and whistle blower
during
the Watergate Scandal (b. 1932)—2008—at 95
Mark
Goodson, TV game show producer (Goodson-Toddman)—cancer—1992—at 77
Jean-Baptiste
de Lamarck, French naturalist—1829—at 85
Jack
Linkletter, American television host, son of Art Linkletter— lymphoma—2007—at
70
Bill
Strauss, American writer on generations, satirist, and founder of the
Capitol
Steps— pancreatic cancer—2007—at 60
Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles
APPEASE
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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