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Flagstaff
Almanac: Day: 273
/ Week: 40
September
Averages: 73° \ 42°
Holiday Observances
Today:
Ask A Stupid Question Day
Blasphemy Day
International Translation Day
National Mud Pack Day
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Independence Day (Botswana-1966-from
UK)
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Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1777 - Continental
Congress, flees to York, Pa, as British forces advance
1791 - Mozart's
opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1846 - Anesthetic
ether used for 1st time to extract a tooth
1864 - Black soldiers given US Medal of Honor
1865 - The
following number of Indians were present at the Fort Sumner, New Mexico reservation
in September: 402Apache,
7,318 Navajo.
1867 - Midway
Islands formally declared a US possession
1878 - 1st
Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
1887 - Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in
8th America's Cup
1898 - City
of NY established
1929 - 1st
manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
1935
- The Hoover Dam, astride the border between AZ/NV, is dedicated
by FDR
1953
- Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
1954 - USS Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel
(sub), commissioned by the US Navy
1960 - Flintstones
premieres (1st prime time animation show)
1962 - James Meredith registers for classes at
University of Mississippi
1968 - 1st
Boeing 747 rolls out
1970 - New
American Bible published
1980 - Ethernet specifications published by Xerox
1988 - IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2
personal computer
1993
- US General Colin Powell retires at 56
2005 - Controversial drawings of Muhammad are
printed in Danish newspaper
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
We visited my castle in Kindale—Charles Fort. Very cool. Then
lunch in a small fishing village. Then
on to Kilkerry where we learned a whole lot from a very passionate woman who
makes goat cheese. Learned the importance of no drinking homogenized milk…I
remember when we had our milk delivered and sometimes there would be a thick
tasty cream at the top of the bottle. Well, homogenized milk breaks down all
the fat so that it can’t separate, which also changes some of the good stuff in
the milk fat. Anyway, she makes a very tasty selection of goat cheese. Then off
to another castle, Kilkerry Castle. Also very interesting. Then we ended our
1600 mile tour and headed for two days in Dublin. I wasn’t ready to end the
country side tour, but more good stuff awaited us in Dublin.
It is nice to be back in Flagstaff and today had beautiful
weather, so I was out and about, spending lots of money to refill the fridge
and pick up necessary things for daily living.
I have an old iPod my brother gave me for my first overseas trip.
I love it for travel. I bought a book to listen to on the plane ride and
shuttle ride to and from Phoenix. With all the changes on iTunes, I couldn’t
get it to download before the trip. I finally called Apple support. My warranty
expired 2464 days ago, but the lady took pity on the old man and found someone
who could help. After finally letting the guy look at my computer remotely, he
asked me if I had bought a ‘regular old book’ or an audiobook. I told him and
audiobook. Had to smile that at Apple a ‘regular old book’ is seen as a digital
book, not a hard copy book. Anyway, turns out I had bought a digital book,
instead of an audiobook. He was very nice and refunded my credit card for the ‘regular
old book’ and then I could buy the audiobook. I also found out that as iTunes
changed all its stuff, my library was no longer listed, so he walked me through
getting the library to show back up. Very nice guy. I had a bunch of playlists
for different moods and even one for ‘walking’ that had slow songs, fast songs,
etc to have me change my pace. Anyway, I now get to make new playlists…which I
guess is a good thing. It was time for some change anyway.
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Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
What
expression is represented here?
I hear: "It, It, It, It, ..."
You hear: "I_, I_, I_, I_, ..."
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
**NEW**Age
Facts…
There was a man named Li Ching-Yuen, a Chinese herbalist and
martial artist, who allegedly lived 197 - 256 years. There's even an official
document from the Chinese government congratulating him on his 150th birthday
in 1827.
Brain
Facts…
Music is as addictive to the brain as sex and drugs.
Computer
Facts…
The domain name www.youtube.com was registered on February 14,
2005.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
50 YEARS
AGO
City Magistrate Walter Bennet issued 34 warrants for arrest aimed
at clearing his court docket of people who have failed to appear. Chief of
Police Elmo Maxwell is to seek out these persons. This is to become a weekly
action. And there is to be a general crackdown on overdue parking tickets.
Fun
Facts…
SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude
pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
Harper’s
Index…
Portion
of US workers who working for tips who are women: 3/4
Factor
by which a tipped worker is likelier to be on food stamps than the average US
worker: 2
Rules of
Thumb…
RIDING A TRAIN
To hop a moving
freight train, use the ladder at the front of the car. The speed of the train
will throw you against the car. If you use the ladder at the end of the car,
you could be thrown between cars.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Dock
Ellis, a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1970s, threw a no-hitter
while under the influence of LSD. At certain points during the game, Ellis said
he couldn't see the batter or the catcher, and as a result, relied on the
baseball to tell him where to throw it.
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Joke-of-the-day
Bill, Jim, and Scott were at a convention
together and were sharing a large suite on the top of a 75-story skyscraper.
After a long day of meetings they were shocked to hear that the elevators in
their hotel were broken and they would have to climb 75 flights of stairs to
get to their room. Bill said to Jim and Scott, let's break the monotony of this
unpleasant task by concentrating on something interesting. I'll tell jokes for
25 flights, and Jim can sing songs for 25 flights, and Scott can tell sad stories
the rest of the way. At the 26th floor Bill stopped telling jokes and Jim began
to sing. At the 51st floor Jim stopped singing and Scott began to tell sad
stories. "I will tell my saddest story first," he said. "I left
the room key in the car!"
Yep, It
Really Happened
JINHUA, China (UPI) - A Chinese county is offering high school
entrance exam bonus points to students whose parents donate more than a gallon
of blood. The Pujiang county government issued a directive this year stating
the children of blood donors who reach the 1 gallon mark will receive a bonus
point on their high school entrance exams, and the total goes up to two points
for those whose parents donate 1.5 gallons and three points for children of
2-gallon donors. The Qianjiang Evening News said it would take about five years
for an adult who donates blood twice a year to reach the 1 gallon mark. The
county government is also offering blood donors incentives including
reimbursement for medical bills, free rides on public transportation and cash
payouts. The policy was publicized when a 28-year-old man on social media site
Weibo celebrated reaching the 1 gallon mark. "Because of this policy, I
[donated so much blood that I] have put my life at risk! [I] want to tell my
future son: No worries with the high school entrance exams, Dad has already got
you bonus marks!" the man posted.
Somewhat
Useless Information
In
the 1960s the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock
and Roll Band.
Loretta Lynn became country music's first millionairess in 1965.
The first female rock singer to be recognized by one name: Annette Funicello.
Fans knew her as Annette from The Mickey Mouse Club (1955-1959).
Willie Nelson's first gig: playing guitar in a polka band.
Most performed rock song in history: "You've Lost That Lovin'
Feeling."
Mick Jagger runs the equivalent of five miles on stage during each Rolling
Stones concert.
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Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
22-30
International
Interpreters and Translators Week
International Women's E-Commerce Days
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Today’s
Events through History
1199 - Rambam
(Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from
Arabic into Hebrew
1868 - Spain's
Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France
1895 - France
proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
1940 - 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons)
1941 - 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons)
1997 - Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in
discrimination suits
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Birthday’s
Today
Elie
Wiesel, Romania, author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986) is 86
Angie
Dickinson, [Angeline Brown], actress (Police Woman) is 83
Marilyn
McCoo, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension) is 71
Barry
Williams, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch) is 59
Fran
Drescher, actress (Cadillac Man, Nanny) is 57
Eric
Stoltz, actor (Anaconda, Pulp Fiction, Mask) is 53
Jenna
Elfman, actress (Dharma & Greg) is 43
Remembered
for being born today
William
Stoughton, judge at the Salem witch trials (1631-1701)
William
Wrigley Jr., industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (1861-1932)
Buddy
Rich, jazz drummer\band leader (Away We Go), (1917-1987)
Chung Hee
Park, general/pres of South Korea (1917-1979)
Deborah
Kerr, Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana) (1921-2007)
Truman
Capote, New Orleans, author (In Cold Blood) (1942-1968)
Frankie
Lymon, rocker (Why do Fools Fall in Love) (1942-1968)
Jody
Powell, press mouthpiece (Jimmy Carter) (1943-2009)
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Historical
Obits Today
Edith
Roosevelt, First Lady (Teddy), 1948, @87
Edgar Bergen,
ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), kidney failure, 1978, @75
Saint
Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible, 420, @73
Toohoolhoolzote, prophet
of Nez Perce, in battle, 1877, mid 50’s
John
Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged. 1630, @49
James
Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), car crash, 1955, @24
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Brain
Teasers
You will never hear the end of it.
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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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.
§…And That Is All for Now…§
