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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 52/ Day: 366
Today: H 30°…L 10°
Averages: H 42° L 17° Records: H 62°(1917)…L -16°(1911)
Wind: ave: 4mph; Gusts: 25mph ave. humidity: 62%
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope: 1687
1st New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square: 19041st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year: 1907
22,990 mm [901.5”] of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam, India world record: 1861
60 U boats sunk this month (330,000 ton) :1942Bank of North America, 1st US bank opens: 1781
Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip :1995
Charles Darrow patents Monopoly :1935
CNN Headline News debuts: 1981
Cornerstone laid for Honolulu's Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US) : 1879
Jockeys W Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year: 1950
Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year: 1953
Window tax is imposed in England, many shopkeepers brick up windows to avoid the tax: 1695
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Returns in the new year
Free Rambling Thoughts:
Well, it’s that last day of 2012. Looking forward to 2013. Personally, it was a good year all around but I certainly feel for the poor, the sick, and the hungry. Here’s some stuff others remember of 2012:Top Googled stories of 20121. Hurricane Sandy2. Kate Middleton pictures released3. Olympics 20124. SOPA debate5. Costa Concordia crash6. Presidential Debate7. Stratosphere jump8. Penn State scandal9. Trayvon Martin shooting10. Pussy RiotYahoo year in review#1 Election 2012#2 Whitney Houston#3 Hurricane Sandy#4 Gas prices#5 Trayvon Martin case#6 Colorado shooting#7 Jerry Sandusky trial#8 Joran van der Sloot#9 Connecticut school shootings#10 Miami cannibal attackIt was a good day for the Broncos as they heard to the playoffs…not a good day for the Cards as they head for the showers. Snow is just starting to fall on our little mountain town.
Game
Center: (answers at the end of post)
Hidden Countries
Find two countries in the sentence
The children put on galoshes to go out in the rain.
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today:
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Picture of the Day:
Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who built India's Taj Mahal as a memorial for his favorite wife, intended to build his own grand mausoleum next to the Taj, but he was overthrown and imprisoned by one of his sons before construction began.
Harper’s Index:
- Date on which Grum , a Russian spambot, was taken offline: 7-18-2012
- Percentage of the world’s spam for which Grum was responsible at its peak: 17
Unusual Fact of the Day:
If your morning commute to work is 20 minutes or less, it's below the national average. New Yorkers have some of the longest commutes, averaging 40 minutes.Joke-of-the-day:
One reason the Military Services have trouble operating jointly is that they don't speak the same language. For example, if you told Navy personnel to "secure a building," they would turn off the lights and lock the doors. The Army would occupy the building so no one could enter. Marines would assault the building, capture it, and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat. The Air Force, on the other hand, would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
SIMULATION COMPLEXITY
If your simulation has N parameters it needs to produce at least N+1 nontrivial
Yeah, It Really Happened
MOSCOW - A Russian woman told police two other women robbed her by using hypnotism to trick her into handing over $40,000. The Moscow woman told police the thieves approached her after she withdrew the money from her bank account and hypnotized her to convince her to hand over the cash to break a spell placed on her husband and son, RIA Novosti reported Friday. Police said the thieves could face a possible 10 years in jail if they are caught and convicted.
Somewhat Useless Information
- Frank Sinatra always carried a roll of dimes.
- On December 16, 1811, an earthquake caused parts of the Mississippi to appear to flow backwards.
- The body creates and kills 17 million red blood cells per second.
- The eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in November 2004 blasted gas emissions so high that airlines were forced to divert their flights.
- The tin can was invented by Peter Durand in 1810. The modern can opener was not invented until 1856. Before the can opener, people used a chisel and hammer to open cans.
- Cows are one of the main contributors to global warming. In the United States, cattle release some 5.5 million metric tons of methane annually.
Calendar Information
Happening Next Week:
1-7
New Year's Resolutions Week
Celebration of Life Week
Diet Resolution Week
Silent Record Week
Today Is
Leap Second Time Adjustment Day
Make Up Your Mind Day
New Years Eve
No Interruptions Day
Universal Hour of Peace Day
World Peace Meditation Day
Today’s Events through History
100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily: 1492
1st performance of Beach Boys: 1961
25 U boats sunk this month (81,000 ton) : 1939
37 U boats sunk this month (213,000 ton) :1940Alabama becomes 1st state to license dental surgeons: 1841
BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID :1923Bonnie Prince Charlies army meets with de Esk: 1745
Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin :1970General Motors Corporation becomes the first U.S. Corp to make over $1 billion USD in a year: 1955
Import of African slaves banned by all of the Northern states:1783
Indian and British forces, under General Phineas, will attack Buffalo, New York today. They will burn the small village to the ground. Settlers will return soon, and rebuild: 1813
James I of Aragon the Conqueror enters Medina Mayurqa (now known as Palma, Spain) thus consummating the Christian conquest of the island of Majorca: 1229
Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize: 1911
Official opening of Taipei 101, the current tallest skyscraper in the world, standing at a height of 509 meters (1,670 feet) :2004President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union: 1862
Ratification of UN Charter completed :1945Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting :1990Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado: 1977
USSR, last day of existence: 1991
Today’s Birthdays
In their 70’s
Anthony Hopkins, actor (Elephant Man, QB
VII, Magic, Bounty) is 75
Andy Summers, Blackpool England, rock
guitarist (Police-Roxanne) is 70
In their 60’s
Ben Kingsley [Krishna Pandit Bhanj], actor
(Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice) is 69
Tim Matheson, actor (Animal House, Fletch, Up
the Creek) is 65
In their 50’s
Val Kilmer, actor (Top Secret, Top Gun,
Willow) is 53
Bebe Neuwirth, actress (Lilith-Cheers, Damn
Yankees) is 54
Remembered for being born today
Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and
songwriter (1920-1999)
Elizabeth Arden, Canadian Cosmetic
businesswoman (1878-1966)
Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show)
(1914- alcoholism-1972)
Jacques Cartier, French explorer (1491-1557)
John Denver, NM, singer (Rocky Mt High, thank
God he's a country boy) (1943-exp. Plane crash-1997)
Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham Ala, folk singer
(Sanctuary) (1930- heart
disease-2008)
Henri Matisse, French impressionist painter
(Odalisque), (1869-1954)
Donna Summer, singer (Love to Love You Baby,
On the Radio), (1948-lung cancer from 9/11-2012)
Today’s Historical Obits
1985 - Rick Nelson, singer/actor
(Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)at 45
1997 - Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville
Sound): cancer: 1997: at 64
2000 - José Greco, Italian-born American
flamenco dancer and choreographer: 2000: at 82
Answer: Hidden Countries
The children put on galoshes to go out in the
rain.
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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