7-21-15

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Almanac: Week: 30 \ Day: 202
July Averages: 82°\50°
86004 Today: H 75° \ L 54° Average Sky Cover: 80% 
Wind ave:   5mph\Gusts:  18mph
Ave. High: 82° Record High: 92° (1937) Ave. Low: 51° Record Low: 38° (1924)
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Observances Today:
Legal Drinking Age Day
National Junk Food Day
No Pet Store Puppies Day

Liberation Day (Guam-1944-from Japan)
Independence Day (Belgium-1931-from Netherlands)
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Observances This Week:
Rabbit Week: 15-21
National Moth Week: 18-26 
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 
National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 19-26   
Captive Nations Week: 19-25 
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25   
National Zoo Keeper Week: 19-25   

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
1806 -Crow Indians steal twenty-four of Lewis and Clark’s horses.
1846 - Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley)
1861 - 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va - South wins
1865 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
1880 - Compressed air accident kills 20 workers on Hudson River tunnel, NY
1898 - Spain cedes Guam to USA
1901 - Burton Mossman was named Captain of the Arizona Rangers and was authorized to raise a company of ten or twelve men to hunt cattle rustlers and other criminals.
1930 - US Veterans Administration forms
1949 - Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
1957 - 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
1973 - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
1978 - US Postal Service & unions agree on a contract averting mail strike
1979 - National Women's Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY) dedicated
1989 - Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time
1997 - The fully restored USS Constitution (aka "Old Ironsides") celebrates her 200th birthday, setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
2002 - Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history.
2011 - NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
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Today’s World Events through History
356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
  365 - Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria
1730 - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
1836 - 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Quebec
1866 - Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in London
1920 - Irish Nationalist and Loyalists engage in street fighting over the issue of Irish independence from Britain, though Loyalist are reinforced by 1500 British Auxiliaries and 5800 British troops
1951 - Dalai Lama returns to Tibet
1960 - In Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) Sirima Bandaranaike is world's 1st woman PM
1964 - Mildred Simpson, NZ, runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
1964 - Race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay groups, 23 killed, 454 injured
1970 - Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt
1972 - Bloody Friday: within the space of seventy-five minutes, the Provisional Irish Republican Army explode twenty-two bombs in Belfast; six civilians, two British Army soldiers and one UDA volunteer were killed, 130 injured
1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
Lazy, cloudy Monday here. Stayed up way to late watching Netflix, but enjoyed every minute.
After watching the American Flag fly in Havana, and the Cuban flag fly in DC, I paid the remainder of my upcoming Cuban trip. So excited to see how things have changed in this short time with the opening of diplomatic relations.
The Clown Bus keeps just more crowded and many on the bus should just jump off so the bus doesn’t crash. That include the ones that are against diplomatic relations with our enemies, or with those who don’t agree with us.  It is really hard to talk to anyone when you refuse to acknowledge their existence. It is hard to change a mind when you refuse to talk to them.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Seven letters are we,
Four different words we make.
Guess us or be ridiculed;
Your reputation's at stake. 

The first has pictures,
Paintings and such.
The second causes sneezing,
From ragweed or dust.
The third is an adverb, 
It's hard to explain
It's the same as immensely
But it's much more plain.
If you can act like a king,
this word you will sing. 

These clues are sparse
This riddle may be tough.
But if you are smart
Then it will be enough.

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Cool Facts…
There's a woman named Veronica Seider who had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.

As part of an advertising campaign, Molson, a Canadian beer company, strategically placed 'beer fridges' around Europe that only Canadian passports could unlock.
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…Flagstaff, AZ History…
100 YEARS AGO-1915
J. M. Busby’s Minstrels played to a crowded house on Thursday night. The seating capacity was entirely filled. There were at least 1,000 people, including standees in the tent. This is the first time minstrels have visited the Flagstaff canvas. The show was new, clean, up-to-date and a real crowd-pleaser.

Delph Willard was up from Oak Creek on Wednesday and says thanks to good rains the crops are in splendid shape.
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…Harper’s Index…
6 – number of American who die from alcohol poisoning each day

3/4 – portion of those who are men aged 35-65
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… USA Facts…
Strange Illuminati Web Address Takes You to NSA Typing 'illuminati' backwards into the address bar, followed by '.com', will take you to U.S. government's National Security Agency website.

In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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…Unusual Fact of the Day…
The phrase "under god" has not always been in the Pledge of Allegiance. It was added during the Eisenhower administration to distinguish the United States from the "godless" Communists in the USSR
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2 jokes for the day
In the doctors office two patients are talking "You know, I had an appendectomy last month and the doctor left a sponge in me by mistake"
"A sponge!" exclaims the other "And do you feel much pain"
"No pain at all", says the first, "but do I get thirsty!"

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Two ladies were hanging out together and one was depressed. "What's wrong?"
The depressed one replied, "I've been married four times and every one of my husbands has passed away."
The other lady asked, "What did they used to do?"
The depressed lady replied, "Well, my first husband was a millionaire, the second was a magician, the third was an evangelist, and the fourth was a mortician."
And the other said, "Oh, one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go."           

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Yep, It Really Happened
Sure, you can go to Mexico for cheap drugs, cheap dentistry, even cheap surgeries. There was that famous story of the woman who went to Mexico to have her breasts enlarged to 36 double-Hs (or something ridiculous) because no licensed surgeon in the U.S. would do it. But you might want to draw the line at baby deliveries after you read this story. 

A baby in Mexico, was rushed to a pediatric specialist after medical students cut off his private parts, thinking they were cutting his umbilical cord, according to a complaint filed by the parents.

The father of the boy, Diego Rangel Izaguirre, said that doctors tried to cover up the injury by keeping him away from the newborn for hours. Because apparently that is accepted medical practice in Mexico. 

The mother of the boy said that he should have been left in the care of professionals and not medical students.

But never fear; the little tyke had his wee winky sewn back on and hospital officials insist that the baby is healthy and that the operation was minor...even if he ends up with a crooked pecker later in life.

The couple filed an official complaint with the hospital, which has launched an internal investigation.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Zumba was created by Alberto "Beto" Perez, an aerobics instructor in Cali, Colombia, when he forgot his workout music for a class. He improvised with some salsa and merengue tapes he happened to have in his backpack, and the class was an instant hit!

At first, Perez conducted nine to 10 classes a week, and then it took off in Bogota, Colombia. When he took Zumba to the US, it didn't catch on at first. However, one fitness director in Miami finally gave him a chance and by the end of the class, the room was full. The rest is history!

The word Zumba is Colombian slang for buzz like a bee or move very fast.

Even though Zumba is a relatively new fitness craze, it's actually been around since the mid-90s.

The dance steps in Zumba are inspired by a wide array of musical influences, including cumbia, salsa, merengue, mambo, flamenco, cha cha cha, reggaeton, soca, samba, belly dancing, bhangra, hip hop, axe music, and tango.

It is estimated that participants in a Zumba class can burn anywhere between 500-1,000 calories in one hour, although this depends on the individual and the level of exertion.

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Birthdays Today
77 - Janet Reno, US attorney general
67 - Cat Stevens [Steven Demetre Georgiou; Yusaf Islam], rock vocalist
67 - Garry Trudeau, political cartoonist (Doonesbury)
58 - Jon Lovitz, Tarzana California, actor (SNL, League of their Own, Critic)
37 - Josh Hartnett, actor (Black Hawk Down)
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Born this day…Died in __@__
Henrietta Maria Morse King, cattlewoman-1925@@93
Paul Burke, American actor (Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty)-2009@83
Frances Parkinson Keyes, American novelist (Dinner at Antoine's)-1970@85
Don Knotts, Morgantown WV, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, 3's Company)-2006@81
Robin Williams, actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy)-2014@63
Ernest Hemingway, Oak Park Illinois, author, Nobel 1954-1961@61
Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st US woman architect-1913@57
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Historical Obits Today
Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), heart attack-1967@75
Alan Shepard, astronaut (1st American in space),leukemia-1998@74
Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-born American actor (Sand Pebbles), cancer-2006@72
Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), suicide-1982@69
Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), heart condition-1796@37
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Brain Teasers Answers
Gallery, Allergy, Largely and Regally
A gallery has pictures and paintings
Allergies make you sneeze
Largely is somewhat difficult to describe - it is certainly a synonym for immensely, but not as strong.
Regally means to act royally, or kingly.

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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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