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Almanac: Week: 36 \ Day: 245
September Averages: 74°\42°
86004 Today: H ° \ L ° Average Sky Cover: 50% 
Wind ave:   mph\Gusts:  mph
Ave. High: 77° Record High: 91°[1948] Ave. Low: 46° Record Low: 35°[1953]
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Observances Today:                         
Bison-ten Yell Day

Independence Day (Vietnam-1945 from Japan/France)
Observances This Week:
1-5 National Payroll Week
1-7 International Enthusiasm Week                  Self-University Week Link
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today
 1779 - General John Sullivan, and his force of 4,500 men continue their attacks on Indians in New York who he suspects are British Allies
1789 - US Treasury Department established by Congress
1859 - Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1864
 - Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta

1885 - In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town
1900 - Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
1901 - VP Theodore Roosevelt advises "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1902 - "A Trip To The Moon", the first science fiction film, released
1914 - The US Treasury Department establishes the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to provide up to $5 million worth of insurance for merchant ships and their crews
1920 - W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez" premieres in London
1929 - Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros
1930 - 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)
1931 - Tucson dedicated the new Southern Pacific Hospital.
1940 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1963 - Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS
1963 - CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York
1987 - Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan
1987 - Philips introduces CD-video
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1192 - Ottoman Sultan Saladin & King Richard the Lion-hearted of England sign treaty over Jerusalem, at end of the Third Crusade
1666 - Great Fire of London begins at 2am in Pudding Lane, 80% of London is destroyed
1898 - Machine gun 1st used in battle
1900 - A large demonstration by Nationalists in Dublin's Phoenix Park demand that Ireland be free of British rule
2012 - A decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt
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Birthdays Today:
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts
What a day with bureaucrats. A friend from the Rez has a son (24) who tore his knee. He arrived on crutches at my house. The plan was to get his AHCCCS insurance straightened out today. He did the injury in Flag on Sat and went to the local hospital who gave him crutches and a knee brace, but couldn’t treat him anymore until he was signed up for the AZ state insurance. A lady filled out the forms and told him to check back today and make an appointment with Orthopedics. Phone call learned that the lady who filled out the forms in on vacation. Referred to Winslow IHS clinic to get more information. That lady says the AZ website was down all weekend for maintenance. Called back to the hospital and another lady said she would input the information today and call him with a tracking number. Still waiting for that call 5 hours later. Pain meds are $200, which the family can’t afford. So it’s Ibuprofin and ice packs. Tough guy is living through it. Sadly it is a typical Rez story in trying to get medical care. All I had to do was furnish the phone.
Then, yesterday I called my physician for a renewal for my allergy meds. They called it in, but the pharmacy was out until today. The pharmacy has been sending me renewal notices for one of my thyroid meds, but the Dr. gave me a different dosage, so I ignored the renewal and took the script to pick up today along with the allergy meds. Now they are out of the thyroid meds. They’ll be in tomorrow. What a pain.  
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
The following riddle was originally printed in 1867 in "London Society".

On six feet, I am a noxious drink,
Of whose effects you shudder to think.
Change only my second foot, and then
You convert me into a horrible den
Where the culprit, who gave the noxious drink,
Awaits the fate of which you shudder to think.

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing Facts…
In 1945, a man survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, dragged himself to an air-raid shelter, spent the night, caught the morning train so he could arrive at his job on time - in Nagasaki - where he survived another atomic blast.

The Chief Translator for the European Parliament can speak 32 different languages fluently.
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…Flagstaff, AZ History…
25 YEARS AGO-1990
City officials are moving to clamp down on unauthorized efforts to double the size of the Topless Dance Club on South San Francisco Street by knocking down the wall to Shakey Drake’s, which caters to the college crowd. It’s been in trouble ever since the drinking age was raised from 18 back up to 21.

A possible city/private venture may build a 66-vehicle underground parking garage as a joint venture at the northeast corner of Aspen and Leroux.
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…Harper’s Index…
5 – number of times that Republican state attorneys general jointly filed lawsuits against the Clinton Administration

68 – against the Obama Administration
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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

natgeoPhoto by @jimrichardsonng Scottish Moments: Exploring Glen Etive today led us to Right-angle Falls, much beloved by kayakers. Rivers like this swell and fall with the passing rains in a very short time. Still searching the Scottish Moors
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…Foreigners Find These American Customs Offensive…
10. Opening a present immediately
© Provided by Business InsiderIn most Asian countries, most notably China and India, tearing into a gift in front of the gift giver is poor form. It looks greedy.
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…USA Facts…
203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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…Unusual Fact of the Day…
If you want a spot on the beach in Monaco, you'd better get there early. It has only 3.5 miles of coastline, less than any other non-landlocked country.
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2 jokes for the day
Friendship between women: A woman doesn’t come home one night. The next day she tells her husband that she had slept over at a girlfriend's house. The husband calls his wife's 10 best friends. None of them know anything about it.

Friendship between men: A man doesn’t come home one night. The next day he tells his wife that he had slept over at a friend’s house. The wife calls her husband's 10 best men friends. Eight of them confirm that he had slept over, and two claim that he was still there.

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Teacher: What does your father do for a living?
Student: He is a magician.
Teacher: what is his favorite event.
Student: He cuts people in two.
Teacher: How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Student: One half-brother and one half-sister....          

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Yep, It Really Happened
A British woman was sued for biting off a man’s nose after he tried to kiss her without consent, according to wikipedia.org. Learn here what was the verdict!
She won and the judge ruled “When a man kisses a woman against her will, she is fully entitled to bite his nose”.
The case was forerunner of sexual harassment cases to come and asserted that a woman was permitted to defend her virtue, by force if necessary.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Egyptian art commonly depicts pharaohs as being trim and statuesque, but this was most likely not the case. Learn here the paradox of the situation.

Many ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were overweight and unhealthy, in contrast to their typical depiction, according to history.com.

That was likely due to a sugary diet of alcohol, bread and honey.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(88) - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter d. 2003
(80) - Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) d.1998
78 - Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner
(70) - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company d.1915
67 - Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)
64 - Mark Harmon, Burbank California, actor (NCIS)
63 - Jimmy Connors, US tennis champion (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)
60 - Linda Purl, Greenwich Ct, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock)
(56) - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader d. 1981
51 - Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed)
50 - Lennox Lewis, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)
49 - Salma Hayek, Veracruz, Mexico, actress (Desparado)
(45) - Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue) d. 1895
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Historical Obits Today
J. R. R. Tolkien, British author (The Hobbit)-1973@81
Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman, cancer-2006@75
Bob Denver, actor (Gilligan's Island), cancer-2005@70
Troy Donahue, American actor, heart attack-2001@65
Pheidippides, Greek hero and inspiration for the modern marathon-490BC@40?
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Brain Teasers Answers
poison/prison

"On six feet" means a six letter word. The first two lines refer to poison. The next two lines refer to prison. The last two refers to where "the culprit" who gave you the poison would go -- prison.

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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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