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Almanac: Week: 19 \ Day: 126
May Averages: 68°\35°
86004 Today: H 58°\L 38° Average Sky Cover: 75% 
Wind ave:   9mph\Gusts:  24mph
Ave. High: 64° Record High:  82° (1947) Ave. Low: 32° Record Low:  14° (1975)
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Observances Today:
Asthma Day                                         No Diet Day
Beverage Day                                       No Homework Day
Bike To School Day                             No Pants Day
Great American Grump Out                 Nurses Day or National RN Recognition Day
Joseph Brackett Day                           Occupational Safety & Health Day
Military Spouse Appreciation Day                  School Nurse Day
National Tourist Appreciation Day
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Observances This Week:
1-7 Choose Privacy Week

2-10 National Tourism Week


3-9

Be Kind To Animals Week                           National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week 
Children's Mental Health Week                   National Correctional Officer's Week
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week  National Family Week
Drinking Water Week                                  National Hug Holiday Week
Dystonia Awareness Week                          National Pet Week 
Flexible Work Arrangement Week               National Post Card Week
Goodwill Industries Week                           National Raisin Week 
Kids Win Week                                  NAOSH Week                                             

Public Service Recognition Week     
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week

4-10

Children's Book Week                                PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
National Occupational Safety & Health Week       Screen-Free Week Screen-Free Week 
National Small Business Week                             Teacher Appreciation Week     
National Wildflower Week


6-12 National Nurses Day and Week     

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1626 - Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local
  Indians for 60 guilders worth of trinkets
1822 - All nonprofit government trading houses are closed on or near
  Indian lands. All future trading posts are commercial enterprises.
1833 - John Deere makes 1st steel plough
1835 - James Bennett, Sr. publishes 1st issue of the New York Herald (1 cent)
1851 - Dr John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine"
1851 - Linus Yale patents Yale lock
1861 - Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th & 10th states to secede from US
1861 - Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy
1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act: US Congress ceases Chinese immigration
1890 - Mormon Church renounces polygamy [1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)]
1918 - The government announces that it will cancel summer tourist rates
  to cooler spots. The Arizona Corporation Commission objects stating
  that Arizonans need the opportunity to escape brutal heat.
1921 - American Soccer League forms
1935 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Audrey Wurdemann (Bright Ambush)
1940 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
1941 - At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show
1945 - World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast
1946 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur M Schlesinger (Age of Jackson)"
1957 - Pulitzer prize awarded to John F Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
1960 - US President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
1963 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Barbara Tuchman (Guns of August)
1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament
1987 - Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
2013 - Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list
2013 - The US Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales
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Today’s World Events through History
1527 - Spanish & German Imperial troops sack Rome; ending Renaissance
1682 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles
1753 - French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1889 - Exposition Universelle (World Fair) opens in Paris - Eiffel Tower
1910 - George V becomes King of UK upon the death of his father, Edward VII
1937 - German airship Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ (36 die)
1941 - Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia
1967 - Zakir Hussain elected 1st Muslim president of India
1969 - Northern Ireland Prime Minister Chichester-Clark announces an
  amnesty for all offences associated with demonstrations since 5
  October 1968, resulting in the release of, among others, Ian Paisley
  and Ronald Bunting
1994 - Channel tunnel linking England & France officially opens
1994 - Nelson Mandela and the ANC, finally confirmed winners in
  South Africa's 1st post-apartheid election
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today


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My Rambling Thoughts
Cloudy with rain last night. So I headed out to get a birthday present for a friend. Just as I got to the highway, it started sprinkling. The store is only about 1 mile from my place, so I kept going. Got in, bought what I needed. As I walked back to the car it was a light rain. Drove home and just as I pulled in, the clouds opened up with a torrential rain. Parked and ran to the house…clothes go very damp. Rained for about ½ hour, then just on and off the rest of the day. May is usually a very dry month, so I am not complaining about any moisture our dry forest receives…even if I rust a little.
Happily my vision is much better today after the right eye laser yesterday. NICE!
Yeah, AZ is in the headlines…again. The two crazies who killed a cop in Texas to protest the Anti-Muslim Cartoon thing were living in the Phoenix area. Embarrassing for sure.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
What has wings,
But can not fly.
Is enclosed,
But can outside also lie.
Can open itself up,
Or close itself away.
Is the place of kings and queens,
And doggerel of every means.
What is it upon which I stand?
Which can lead us to different lands.

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Cat Facts…
A group of kittens is called a "kindle".

The station master and operating officer at the Kishi Station, Japan, is a cat!

…Cool Facts…
During the 1930’s depression, Australian businessman Sidney Myer provided Christmas dinner for 10,000 unemployed people, including a gift for every child.

In Ukraine, there's a thousand-foot-deep salt mine that is used to treat respiratory ailments. Inside, there is substantially less bacteria in the air than in the most sterile room in a hospital.

Each year, Canada Post receives a million letters addressed to "Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0". They reply to everyone.

…Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
~The new Ponderosa Pulp Mill is expected to employ 150 to 175 men, according to Donald K. Miller, general plant manager. The July 1 target date for opening has been much delayed by this winter’s storms. The mill is being engineered to utilize a completely closed “White Water” recovery system so the water will be used over and over again. The city and the mill have agreed that the mill will drill a new well in the Lake Mary field.
~The City Council has proceeded with the sale of $204,000 in general obligation sewer bonds for the expansion of the present plant and has accepted a grant to cover some of the cost from the federal government through the Public Health Department.

…Harper’s Index…
3/4--Portion of American police officers who are white

10--Percentage of white Americans who say police do a poor job protecting people from crime

33--Of black Americans who say so

…100 People…
If the World were 100 PEOPLE:
26 would be children
There would be 74 adults,
8 of whom would be 65 and older

…Murphy’s Real Laws…
8.    Seen it all.  Done it all.     Can't remember most of it.

9.    Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

…Unusual Fact of the Day…
Tug of War was an Olympic event from 1900 to 1920
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2 jokes for the day
Building Security has notified us that there have been 5 suspected terrorists working at our office. Four of the five have been apprehended. Bin Sleeping, Bin Loafing, Bin Gossiping, and Bin Surfing have been taken into custody. Security advised us that they could find no one fitting the description of the fifth cell member, Bin Working, in the office. Police are confident that anyone who looks like Bin Working will be very easy to spot. They thought they had apprehended Bin Working sitting at a desk, but it was actually Bin Surfing trying to impersonate Bin Working.
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This guy wins the lottery and decides to buy the nicest car he could find. He buys a Ferrari. 
It went 320 mph, had a V-12 engine, and went from 0-60 in 3 seconds. He thought nobody would be able to pass him. 
He decided to show his car off around town. He approaches a stoplight and at that stoplight came an old guy on a moped. 
The old guy says, "Nice car you have there can I take a look inside." The man says, "Sure look around all you want." 
When the old guy came out he said the car was all right. The guy who owned the Ferrari was pissed. His car was more than all right. 
So he decides to show the old man what his car could do. When the light turned green the man accelerated to 140 mph. 
Just as the guy thought he had lost the old man he saw a black dot in his rear view mirror and it was gaining on him. IT WAS THE OLD GUY ON THE MOPED. 
The moped passed the Ferrari. The guy in the Ferrari was like "No way." He then sped up to 240 mph and dusted the moped. 
But just as the guy in the Ferrari thought he had it made he saw a black dot in his rear view mirror and it was gaining on him. IT WAS THE OLD GUY ON THE MOPED. 
The moped passed him again. The guy in the Ferrari was getting mad, how could a moped do this. The guy then said, "That’s it" and floored it. 
He blazed past the old man going 320 mph. The guy in the Ferrari said "There’s no way he can pass me now." But just as he said that he saw a black dot in his rear view mirror and it was gaining on him. IT WAS THE OLD GUY ON THE MOPED. 
There was nothing the guy in the Ferrari could do. He was going as fast as he could. But this time the guy on the moped didn't pass him; it hit the back of his car. 
The guy in the Ferrari stopped immediately and ran to the old man. Amazingly the old man was still alive. The guy asked the old man if there was anything he could do. The old man replied, "Unhook my suspenders off of your mirror."   

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Yep, It Really Happened
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Twenty-five years ago today, April 24, 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope -- the world's preeminent orbital observatory -- was launched into low Earth orbit. For last quarter-century, it's been capturing stunning images of deep space and the celestial bodies that populate it.
Hubble's construction began in the 1970s. It's launch was originally slated for 1983, but its completion was delayed nearly a decade by technical challenges and budget issues. But the massive mirrored telescope, orbiting just 100 miles beyond the International Space Station, quickly proved it was worth the wait.
"Hubble has completely transformed our view of the universe, revealing the true beauty and richness of the cosmos," John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, said in a press release. "This vista of starry fireworks and glowing gas is a fitting image for our celebration of 25 years of amazing Hubble science."
A series of upgrades over the years has resulted in an increasingly impressive resolution, delivering remarkable photos of faraway galaxies, nebulas and supernovas.
More than just provide pretty pictures, Hubble's observations advanced the work of astronomers in understanding the vast universe. Its data helped scientists estimate the universe's age more accurately. Its observations also led to the realization that the universe is still expanding. Its imagery allowed researchers to better understand the relationship between galaxies and massive black holes.
And the the world's most famous telescope isn't done. NASA officials suggest its scientific life will continue well into the next decade. But all good things must come to an end; the telescope will have to be replaced eventually. Sometime between 2030 and 2040, a combination of atmospheric drag and solar activity will push and pull back into Earth's atmosphere.  

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Somewhat Useless Information
For a while, each Girl Scout council could choose its own baker, and at one point there were 29 different companies making the cookies. To streamline the process, that number went down to four in the late 1970s, and in the 1990s, it decreased even further to two: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers.
The cookies were first sold in 1917. Back then, the scouts baked the cookies themselves and sold them door to door. By the 1920s, they were using a simple sugar cookie recipe, perhaps based on one published in a July 1922 issue of The American Girl magazine. In 1935, the words "Girl Scout Cookies" appeared on the boxes for the first time, and in 1936, the national organization began using commercial bakers. 
Samoas, second in sales only to the iconic Thin Mints, were added to the Little Brownie cookie line in 1975. No one seems sure where the name Samoa comes from. One popular theory is the coconut connection. Of the island Samoa's top exports, number eight is coconut oil while number 15 is coconuts, brazil nuts, and cashews.
A trefoil is a kind of three-leafed plant-hence the shape of the shortbread cookie with the same name. The word trefoil comes from the Latin trifolium, "three leaf." The trefoil is also the emblem of both the Girl Scouts of the U.S. and the Girl Guides of Canada.
If the name Savannah Smiles sounds familiar, that's because it was a 1982 family-friendly movie about an unhappy little girl named Savannah who runs away from home, but in the end is happily reunited with her mother. However, the actress who played Savannah, Bridgette Andersen, didn't have such a happy ending; she died of an apparent drug overdose at age 21.
While the Girl Guides of Canada were established two years before the Girl Scouts, they began selling cookies later, in 1927. Past cookie varieties included vanilla crème, maple cream, and shortbread, but nowadays, the Canadian cookie selection is much more streamlined than the Girl Scouts'. In the spring they offer "classic chocolate and vanilla cookies," and in the fall, their version of Thin Mints: Chocolately Mint cookies.

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Birthday’s Today
84 - Willie Mays, baseball centerfielder (Giants, NY Mets)
70 - Bob Seger, singer
60 - Tom Bergeron, TV Host
55 - Roma Downey, Derry Ireland, actress (Touched by an Angel)
54 - George Clooney, Lexington Kentucky, actor (ER, Batman)
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Remembered for being born today
Phebe Ann Coffin, 1st female ordained minister in New England1829-1921@92 
Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and father of psychology 1856-1939@83
Amedos Peter Giannine, founded Bank of America1870-1949@79 
John McCutcheon, cartoonist (Pulitzer Prize-1931) 1870-1949@79
- Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, boxer-murder overturned-19 years in prison1937-2014@76 
Theodore H White, historian/writer (Making of President) 1915-1986@71
Orson Welles [George], actor (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds) 1915-1985@70
- Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary1758 -1794@36
Rudolph Valentino, Castellaneta Italy, sheik/actor (Eagle) 1895-1926@31 
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Historical Obits Today
Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), 1992@90
George Lindsey, actor (Goober Pyle), 2012@83
Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist-1952@81
William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), brain tumor-1987@73
Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombia pres.\independence leader-1840@47

Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), TB-1862@44
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Brain Teasers Answers
A Stage.
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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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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.