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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 060   / Week: 08  

Today: L 34°…H 48°… Ave. humidity: 62%

     Wind: ave:   21mph; Gusts:  34mph  

     Average Low: 21° Record Low:  -10° (1997)

    Average High: 47° Record High:  66° (1921)

Quote of the Day

 

Today’s Historical Highlights

1831 - Georgia law, deadline for all whites to be out of CHEROKEE lands deadline.

1872 - Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park

1873 - E. Remington and Sons begins production of the first practical typewriter.

1879 - Library of Hawaii founded

1890 - 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published

1913 - Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)

1932 - Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12

1933 - Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks

1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed.

1937 - 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)

1941 - "Captain America" appears in a comic book

1941 - 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville

1947 - International Monetary Fund begins operation

1950 - Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa

1961 - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp

1962 - K-Mart opens

1970 - White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain

1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points

1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides

1980 - Snow falls in Florida

1981 - Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike 

2003 - Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States 

     Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice 

     to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

2006 - English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

2013 - The 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays

 

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

What a great birthday. Started with a nice phone call from my brother, continued with a great lunch and more presents with my friend Martha. I got a candle, a Nelson Mandela Book of Quotes, and a great CD. Then there were the many birthday wishes on FB…very nice.

 

I had to go to my local bank to get action on my insurance check. Juan claimed to have never received my email with the required documents. After over an hour of wasted time on the phone with the Bank help center, I gave up and went to my local branch. The manager was very kind, spent about an hour getting the document sent to Juan, a follow-up call to Juan and let him know that she would continue the follow-up until this case is resolved. I will wait patiently until Monday and all hell will probably break loose if the check isn’t ‘in the mail’. Try to keep laughing and shaking my head, but it is getting harder and harder. Sure glad I have experience dealing with bureaucracy or I would have been in the Looney bin by now. Several people have suggested I just cancel the check and pay with a credit card. Nope…cancelling means ‘they’ win, and since the words ‘Cuba Insurance’ on the memo line is what started all this with the ‘all seeing’ government, cancelling the check could mean that I was really trying launder money as seen my some small minded bureaucrat and that could lead to even closer scrutiny of my financial life.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

What am I? I will help you with your writing, Probably through me you will see, But if you want to ship me, You'll put me right inside of me. <> I wear many different hats you know, In construction plus I'm tracing, I also do work for the board, Lots of kids use me for a racing. <> You can fold me, tear me, Rip me without using all your might, But be careful how you touch me, I may give you my famous bite.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• David Niven winning Best Actor for "Separate Tables"

• Frank Sinatra Dinah Shore Medley

• Harry Belafonte - "Banana Boat Song (Day O)"

• Hollywood Remembers 'One Day at a Time' Actress Bonnie Franklin

• Roger Daltrey - Say It Ain't So Joe

Remembering TV’s great shows

"Late Night/Late Show With David Letterman"--After a quirky 30-plus-year run, Dave still keeps us up late wondering what he'll do or say next.

Look back at History

The American Revolution

The establishment of America as a nation all its own occurred from 19 April 1775 to October 1781. Hostilities were required because the British considered the Thirteen Colonies nothing more than another exclave of the global British Empire, and King George wanted the lion’s share of all the Colonies’ wealth. America’s Founding Fathers had had enough, and when 8 Minutemen were killed on Lexington Green, the fight was on.

The next year, in one of the Continental Congress’s many meetings, Benjamin Franklin, on signing the Declaration of Independence, said, “Now, gentlemen, if we don’t all hang together in this, we’ll all hang separately.” They were traitors to the Crown. The only reason they are not thought of as such today is because George Washington, with a lot of help from the French, won the War.

He lost about 6 major battles, and won only about 3, but the three he won were the three that mattered in the end. His primary enemy was Charles Lord Cornwallis, who was more than a match for him many times. But when Washington combined all his American forces with those of the French of Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, Cornwallis could not overcome them. When he surrendered, The United States of America became a nation all its own.

NEW***Lexiophiles Delights

"Lexophile" is a word used to describe those that have a love for words, such as "you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish", or "to write with a broken pencil is pointless."

A competition to see who can come up with the best lexphillies is held every year in an undisclosed location. This year's winning submission is posted at the very end.

. When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.

NEW***Ancient Sports

Pitz: Culture: Mayan

Littered with cultural and religious significance, the sport known to the Mayans as pitz is one of the oldest games in human history, believed to have originated as early as 2,500 BC. A number of different variations existed, with the rules on ball size or what was used to hit it changing to fit the context of the game. Nevertheless, the game was originally much like racquetball, with the later addition of hoops that served as goals. The main focus of every town in the Mayan empire, the ball court was often used as a proxy for war, a way for enemies to settle their disputes without bloodshed.

In addition, Mayan kings, much like their Aztec counterparts, would often stage dramatic reenactments of their myths right on the court. The most popular myth played out on the court was that of the Maize Gods and the Hero Twins. As they were avid fans of pitz, the Maize Gods would often play loudly, which angered Xibalba, the god of the Underworld. So he killed the two of them and buried them on the court; he also took one of their heads and hung it from a tree in the Underworld. It spat on one of the princesses of the Underworld, who became pregnant, and she gave birth to the Hero Twins, who resurrected the Maize Gods.

Human sacrifice also played a role—captured kings or the captains of the losing team would often be decapitated after the game, although the games may have just been an elaborate ritual, with the outcome predetermined.

OK Then…

 

Harper’s Index 

Portion of hyperlinks included in Supreme Court decisions that no longer work: 1/2

Unusual Fact of the Day

The Cockroach can live up to two weeks without a head because its "brain" (or control center) is spread throughout its body.

Joke-of-the-day

A man goes to the police station wanting to speak to the burglar who broke into his house the night before. ‘You’ll get your chance in court,’ says the desk sergeant. 

‘No, no, no! says the man. ‘I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I’ve been trying to do that for years!’

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

EATING WILD GAME

The more arctic an animal's habitat, the greater the danger in eating its liver.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

A veteran University of Colorado administrator is on forced leave after her sideline made news in December. Resa Cooper-Morning, 54, "cultural diversity coordinator" in the ethnic studies department at CU Denver, also ran a phone-sex business for which she took calls ($1.49 a minute, "phone sex that will rock every part of your body," according to her website) during hours she worked for the university. Said her daughter-in-law: "I've been in her office, and she's said, 'Oh, let me be right back, I have a phone call.' She takes them very discreetly, shuts her door." A KCNC-TV investigation found that the phone-sex hours listed on the website had recently been cut back, from "7:30 a.m. until late at night" to "weekdays after 3 p.m." [KCNC-TV, 12-12-2013]  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Peter Gloystein, Economy Minister in the state of Bremen, poured wine over the head of  Udo Oelschlaeger, a homeless man, during the launch of German wine week. “Here’s something for you to drink,” he said as he poured the wine. “Who are you? Why are you doing this?” a tearful Mr Oelschlaeger retorted, according to BBC News. Mr Gloystein was forced to resign after the “not funny incident” and said he had not intended to insult the homeless man.
• Lana Del Ray was once a singer of a different style, having a different name and not the current success. She rewrote her past and was acclaimed as a new star. Del Ray originally attempted a singing career under her real name, Lizzy Grant, which failed. She was then supported by her millionaire father and her management picked a new name for her and  tried to delete any online evidence of her former image or name.
• Natural resources are not unlimited and humans put extreme pressure on them since thousands of years. However, it is not only water or oil that the Earth is running out of, but also many of our creature comfort commodities.Here’ s a list of things that the world is running out of: Chocolate (cocoa supply); Sardines; Tequila (Mexico’s blue agave yield); Helium; Wine; Goat Cheese; Bacon (pork meat)

Calendar Information        

Happening This Month: March

Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month 
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month     

Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month 
Berries and Cherries Month 
Brain Injury Awareness Month 

Child Life Month 
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Credit Education Month

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month 
Deaf History Month 

Employee Spirit Month
Endometriosis Month 
Exotic Winter Fruit & Leeks and Green Onions Month 
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science & Engineering Month 

Honor Society Awareness Month 
Humorists Are Artists Month

International Expect Success Month 
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
International Women's Month: 
Irish-American Heritage Month

Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month
Music In Our Schools Month 

National Athletic Training Month  
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month 
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Color Therapy Month 
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Craft Month 
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month 
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month 
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National March Into Literacy Month
National Nutrition Month
National On-Hold Month
National Peanut Month
 National Social Work Month 
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month

Optimism Month

Play The Recorder Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month

Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month  
Spiritual Wellness Month
Supply Management Month

Transgender Month of Action for Healthcare Equality 
Trisomy Awareness Month (three instances of a particular chromosome, instead of the normal two)

Women's History Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month

Youth Art Month

Happening This Week:
1-16

Iditarod Race
1-2

National Maple Syrup Days

1-7

National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week 
Will Eisner Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day

·        Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day

·        National Horse Protection Day

·        National Peanut Lovers Day

·        Peace Corps Day (Historical 3/1/1961 by Pres. Kennedy)

·        Pig Day

·        Plan a Solo Vacation Day

·        Refired, Not Retired Day

·        Sock Monkey Day

·        World Compliment Day

·        Zero Discrimination Day

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·        Admission Day (Nebraska-1867-37^th)

·        Admission Day (Ohio-1803-17^th)

·        Beer Day (Iceland)

·        Town Meeting Day (Vermont)

·        Independence Day (Bosnia/Herzegovina-1992- from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

·        Omizutori (Japan - Water-Drawing Festival)

·        St. David's Day (Wales)

Today’s Events through History  

1784 - E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain

1909 - 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn

1921 - Rwanda ceded to Great Britain

1969 - NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires

1973 - Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race

1993 - Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Harry Belafonte, Harlem calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher) is 87

Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], actor (Wild Wild West) is 79

Dirk Benedict, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica) is 69

Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy) is 70

Alan Thicke, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains) is 67

Ron Howard, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days) is 60

Catherine Bach, actress (Daisey Duke-Dukes of Hazzard) is 60

Timothy Daly, actor, director is 58

Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell) is 40

Justin Bieber, Canadian pop singer (Baby, One Time) is 20

Remembered for being born today

1732 - William Cushing, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States. 

1904 - Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)

1904 - Paul Hartman, SF California, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)

1910 - David Niven, actor (Casino Royale, The Pink Panther)
 

1914 - Harry Caray, American sportscaster 

1917 - Dinah Shore, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)

1922 - Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994)

1926 - Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales, 589, @100ish

Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello), 1988, @80

Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), heart attack, 1984, @69

Bonnie Franklin, actress (1 Day at a Time),cancer, 2013, @69

Brain Teasers

Paper.

I will help you with your writing- You draw on paper

Probably through me you will see- Usually you can see through paper

But if you want to ship me,

You'll put me right inside of me- An envelope, you put a letter (paper) inside an envelope (paper) 

I wear many different hats you know,

In construction plus I'm tracing,

I also do work for the board- Construction Paper,Tracing Paper,Cardboard Paper

Lots of kids use me for a racing- Paper Airplane Race

You can fold me, tear me,

Rip me without using all your might- It's easy to rip paper

But be careful how you touch me,

I may give you my famous bite- Paper cut

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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