5-29-15

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Almanac: Week: 22 \ Day: 149
May Averages: 68°\35°
86004 Today: H 78°\L 37° Average Sky Cover: 25% 
Wind ave:   9mph\Gusts:  28mph
Ave. High: 72° Record High:  86° (2000) Ave. Low: 37° Record Low:  22° (1918)
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Observances Today:
Bats Days—meeting in Anaheim CA of goths
End Of The Middle Ages Day- 1453 is considered by many historians to be the end of the Middle Ages, (and therefore the Beginning of the Renaissance)
Hug Your Cat Day
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Learn About Composting Day
Put A Pillow On Your Fridge Day - to bring luck and wealth to the household

Admission Day (Wisconsin-1848-30th)
Ratification Day (Rhode Island-1790-of US Constitution)
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Observances This Week:
24-30
Hurricane Preparedness Week              
National Tire Safety Week
Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1721 - South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1765 - Patrick Henry's historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1849 - Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
1851 - Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
1876 - Interior Department is told to cooperate with the War Department so the military can round up the "hostiles" whenever they may appear on a reservation or an agency.
1900 - Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1910 - Pima County, AZ Board of Supervisors offered $500 for the arrest and convictions of the killer of stage line operator and rancher Oscar Buckalew. Mr. Buckalew, who was found with a fatal bullet wound to the head, was shot through the window by an unknown assailant as he sat down for his evening smoke at his ranch in Helvetia on April 18. 
1912 - 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1916 - Official flag of president of US adopted
1916 - US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1943 - Meat & cheese rationed in US
1960 - Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
1968 - US Truth in Lending Act signed into law
1980 - Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
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Today’s World Events through History
1453 - Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1733 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City
1864 - Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot.
1928 - Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1953 - Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition
1972 - The Official IRA announce a ceasefire
1974 - Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today


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My Rambling Thoughts
Ah, a real summer day…sunny, warm, and little wind. Gotta love this town.
Had a good lunch with our retirement group. Cheryl is leaving for CA then on to Michigan for a couple of weeks. Mary had some great pics of her daughter and grandkids. Good conversation.
Live anthrax sent by the military through FedEx to 22 destinations including one to US Base in S. Korea. Good thing I’m not a conspiracy theorist or I could have a lot to say about that. I would like to see a picture of the first scientist that thought he was working with dead spores and found out that the spores were alive and deadly. Even better, his next phone call would be interesting to hear.
Hopefully, AZ won’t be in the headlines tomorrow for another stupid act.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
We are four brothers in this world and we're all born together.
The first one runs and never wearies.
The second eats and is never full.
The third drinks and is ever thirsty,
The fourth sings a song that is barely heard.

Who are we?

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…China Facts…
According to official documents, Luo Meizhen was born in 1885, which would make her 127 years old when she died in 2013 and the oldest person ever to have lived.

In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed – the number 9 in China means forever

…Cool Facts…
There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.

The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.

In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.

…Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO- 1915
Babbitt Bros. are hauling all the dirt from their excavation for their new garage to the east end of Aspen Avenue to fill in the street near their big warehouse, which will improve the loading and unloading space.

For Sale: 1915 Hup-mobile $550 and a 1912 Cadillac $750. Both thoroughly overhauled. The Cadillac has a self-starter and electric lights. Babbitt Bros. Garage.

…Harper’s Index…
$8,152 – number of votes the Internet Party received in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections last fall
5 – number of the party’s 17 candidates who were registered under the name Darth Vader

…Unusual Fact of the Day…
The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer. A collector of broken laser pointers bought it for $14.83.

…Water Facts…
By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.

The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.

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2 jokes for the day
Q. Why did the student eat his homework?

A. His teacher said it was a piece of cake.

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A man appeared before St. Peter at the pearly gates. "Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asked.
Well, I can think of one thing," the man offered. "On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of high-testosterone bikers, who were threatening a young woman.
I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. "So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him on the head, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground." I yelled, "Now, back off!! Or you'll answer to me!"
St. Peter was impressed: "When did this happen?"
"Just a couple of minutes ago"     

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Yep, It Really Happened
BEIJING (UPI) - A Chinese beekeeper broke a world record - by covering himself with 240 pounds of squirming bees. Gao Bingguo, of Tai'an City, in the eastern province of Shandong, began the challenge early Monday, Sky News reported. The 55-year-old veteran beekeeper has cultivated bees for more than 30 years, and was stung multiple times before breaking the world record. Around 1.1 million bees at one point weighed down on Gao, the International Business Times reported. Weighing at 240 pounds, the bees shattered a previous record of 184 pounds - also set by a Chinese beekeeper in China's inland Shaanxi province. Gao's fellow beekeepers were dressed in military camouflage pantsuits as they prepared their colleague for the battle of his lifetime. Working together, they poured the pollinating insects onto his geared body. Queen bees came first, in order to attract more of the insects to fly and land on Gao's protected head, arms and legs. Video footage showed Gao smoking a cigarette in a nonchalant manner, as thousands of bees swarmed over him then crawled over his seated body. Luo Xing, a judge at the event said, "After we checked and searched [the] database, and witnessed it at scene, we announce, Mr. Gao Bingguo successfully breaks the record."          
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Somewhat Useless Information
Tortoises inspired the ancient Roman military. During sieges, soldiers would get in testudo formation, named after the Latin word for tortoise. The men formed rows and held shields in front or above them to completely shelter the unit.

Tortoises have an exoskeleton and an endoskeleton. The shell has three main parts: the top carapace, the bottom plastron, and the bridge that fuses these pieces together. You can't see them, but every tortoise has ribs, a collar bone, and a spine inside its shell.

They can't swim, but tortoises can hold their breath for a long time. They're extremely tolerant of carbon dioxide. It's a good thing-tortoises have to empty their lungs before they can go into their shells. You'll often hear them exhale when they're startled and decide to hide.

Tortoises can extract water and nutrients from even the most paltry bites. Their hindgut system works like a double digestive tract, separating water from their waste. When water's scarce, they'll hang on to water waste and simply excrete the urates, which look like white toothpaste.

Like other reptiles, tortoises detect the faintest of smells with the vomeronasal organ, or Jacobson's Organ, on the roof of their mouths. Instead of flicking their tongues, they pump their throats to circulate air through the nose and around the mouth.

In 1968, the Soviet Union's Zond 5 spacecraft was the first to circle the moon and return safely to Earth. The tortoises on board lost about 10 percent of their body weight, but were still ready for a meal when they touched down.

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Birthday’s Today
83 - Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist\author founder-Zero Population Growth
76 - Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
68 - Anthony Geary, Coalville Utah, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital)
62 - Danny Elfman, composer (Simspon Show Theme)
59 - LaToya Jackson, American singer/model 
57 - Annette Bening, Topeka KS, actress (Grifters) 
54 - Melissa Etheridge, US singer/songwriter/guitarist (Never Enough)

31 - Carmelo Anthony, Knicks basketball player
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Remembered for being born today
Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes Hope], British born American entertainer 1903-2003@100 
 - Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death" 1736-1799@63 
T. H. White, Bombay India, English author (King Arthur) 1906 -1964@57
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres 1917-1963@46 
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Historical Obits Today
Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me)-1995@97
Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets)-1979@87
William Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist (Gilbert & Sullivan), heart attack-1911@74
John Barrymore, actor (Dinner at 8), cirrhosis-1942@60
Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer (1st European to round Cape of Good Hope), drowns-1500@48ish
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Brain Teasers Answers
Water, Fire, Earth and Wind.
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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.
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