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Almanac: Flagstaff: Week: 28/ Day: 189 Today: H 82°…L 50°
Wind: ave: 14mph; Gusts: 21mph Ave. humidity: 63%
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Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1st Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian
soldiers march in religious procession
around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders
look on…1099
500th anniversary Russian Orthodox Church
celebrated in Moscow…1948
Congress authorizes registration of trademarks…1870
Harding becomes 1st sitting president to visit
Alaska…1923
Hernán Cortés and army escape from
Tenochtitlán (modern Mexico City)…1520
NYC authorizes 1st police uniforms in American
colonies…1693
Paris is founded…951
Public Works Administration becomes effective…1933
Sabra Starr finishes longest recorded belly
dance (100 hrs)…1977
Senate confirms Sandra Day O'Conner to Supreme
Court (99-0)…1981
Thor Heyerdahl & reed raft Ra II land in
Barbados 57 days from Morocco…1969
US bans all monetary transactions with Cuba…1963
US State Dept issues 1st American passport…1796
♫ Today’s
Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
Very nice Sunday…not too hot, not too windy, and the clouds kept things cool. Other parts of town got some rain, but alas, here in Christmas Tree Estates we got nada.I’m still amazed that the plane was evacuated over 300 people so quickly….less than 90 seconds. When I’m on one of those planes it takes at least 15 minutes after the doors are opened at the gate. While I have found some flight crews less than enjoyable on long flights, I must say, they are well trained for emergencies…and that is sure a good thing to see. One Chinese lady talked about exiting the plane, holding her 4 year old son and her carry on through the hole left by the missing tail section. That must have been quite an experience. I have a morbid curiosity as to how the two teenagers died on the runway…assuming they had internal injuries from the crash.Our HOA is really going crazy. Now they have added signs on two of the towing parking signs on our side of the parking area that say ‘Guest Parking…unauthorized vehicles will be towed’. Are they going to knock on doors of all the units to see if the vehicle is a guest parker? We were never given ‘guest permits’ for our guests. Does that now mean that residents can’t park there…I assume that. The drama continues.
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
What phrase is represented below?
Sigh_
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Hmmmm…Oxymorons
Military intelligence Minor crisis Modern historyOk, then?
Harper’s Index
Pew Research: Portion of the world’s countries in which Christians face religious harassment: 2/3
Picture of the Day: Street Markets
Unusual Fact of the Day
The “mystery flavor” Dum-Dum Pop is truly random. The Spangler Candy Company combines the last of their flavorings at the end of a production run to turn out lollipops of mixed (and mysterious) flavors.Joke-of-the-day
Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop."
Customer: "Ok."
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?" Customer: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote click'."
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
FLYING PAST A THUNDERSTORM
If you're flying towards a stationary thunderstorm, pass it on the right - you'll get a tailwind.
Yeah, It Really Happened
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio - An Ohio man has been charged with impersonating a diplomat from the Vatican while trying to buy a car, prosecutors said. Derek J. Bishop, 42, of Shaker Heights, has been charged with fictitious obligations, impersonating a diplomat and wire fraud, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio said Bishop used fake checks to buy a 2013 Nissan Armada for $54,098 from Ganley Nissan in Mayfield Heights. At the dealership, Bishop allegedly claimed he was a foreign diplomat of the Vatican/Postmaster General of the Divine Province in an attempt to avoid paying taxes on the car. Bishop allegedly claimed to be a Vatican diplomat while demanding his release from the Cuyahoga County Jail, his indictment states. Bishop pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all charges against him.
Somewhat Useless Information
- 67 million pounds of pesticides and about 3 million tons of fertilizer are used annually on lawns in the US.
- A single share of Coca-Cola stock, purchased in 1919, when the company went public, would have been worth $92,500 in 1997.
- Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.
- Americans consume 29 billion, or 58 percent, of the 50 billion aspirin tablets which are taken worldwide each year.
- Americans spend more than $5 billion a year on cosmetics, toiletries, beauty parlors and barber shops.
- Americans spent over $360 million in 1982 to avoid having bad breath.
Calendar Information
4-10
Freedom Week: 4-10
7-13
Be Nice To New Jersey Week
Creative Maladjustment Week
National Farriers Week
Nude Recreation Weekend
7-13
Be Nice To New Jersey Week
Creative Maladjustment Week
National Farriers Week
Nude Recreation Weekend
Today Is
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Math 2.0 Day: to get people interested in the ways they use math every day
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International Town Criers Day
·
SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama)
·
Video
Games Day
Today’s Events through History
Chippewa turn over huge tract of land in
Ontario to the United Kingdom…1822
Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC…1947
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched; final
mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program…2011
US stops aid to Persia…1953
US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam…1969
Wall Street Journal begins publishing…1889
Today’s Birthdays
In their 60’s
Kim Darby, actor (True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich
Man Poor Man) is 66
Anjelica Huston, actress (Prizzi's
Honor, Alien) is 62
Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef is
64
Jeffrey Tambor, actor (Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry
Sanders) is 69
In their 50’s
Kevin Bacon, actor (Diner, Footloose, She's
Having a Baby) is 55
Toby Keith, country music singer-songwriter
is 52
Under 30
Jaden Smith, actor, rapper, dancer is 15
Remembered
for being born today
Roone Arledge, head of sports broadcasting
(ABC) [1931-2002]
Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein)
[1934-1982]
John D Rockefeller, US capitalist/founder
(Standard Oil), [1839-1937]
Nelson A Rockefeller, (Gov-R-NY) 41st VP [1908-1979]
George W Romney, Gov-Mich)/US Secretary of HUD
[1907-1995]
Craig Stevens, actor (Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn)
[1918-2000]
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, inventor (rigid
dirigibles) [1838-1917]
Today’s Historical Obits
Ernest Borgnine, American actor…2012…at 95
Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)…1957…at
78
Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing)…heart
attack…1990…at 76
Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States…2011…at
93
Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus
unbound)…drowns…1822…at 29
Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea…1994…at
82
Answer: Brain
Teasers
No end in sight.
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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