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Almanac: Week: 25 \ Day: 166
June
Averages: 79°\41°
86004
Today: H 76°\L 45° Average Sky Cover: 30%
Wind
ave: 5mph\Gusts: 21mph
Ave. High: 79° Record High: 92°
(1974) Ave. Low: 41° Record
Low: 28° (2001)
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Observances Today:
Global Wind Day
Magna Carta Day-1215
National Day of Prayer for Law
Enforcement Officers
Native American Citizenship Day-1924
Nature Photography Day
Ride To Work Day (Motorcycles)
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Worldwide Day of Giving Smile
Admission Day (Arkansas)1836-25th
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Observances This Week:
Nursing Assistants Week: 11-18
Superman Days: 11-14
National Hermit Week: 13-20
Worldwide Knit (and crotchet) in Public Week: 13-21
National Flag Week: 14-20
US Open Golf Championship: 15-21
Men's Health Week: 15-21
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Quote of the Day
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1664 - New Jersey established
1844 - Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
1869 - Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt,
Albany, NY
1878 - 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12
cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave
the ground
1899 -The death of John
B. "Pie" Allen occurred in Tucson. Allen first came to Arizona in
1857 to mine placer gold in Yuma. He served in the Territorial Legislature and
was a prominent builder and businessman in Tucson.
1907 - Researcher George Soper publishes the results
of his investigation into recent typhoid outbreaks in the New York area and
announces that Mary Mallon [Typhoid Mary] is the likely source of the
outbreak
1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10
millionth Model T automobile
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of
the FBI
1934 - Great Smokey Mountains National Park
dedicated
1943 - Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms
1955 - The Eisenhower administration
stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt
to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.
1967 - Governor Reagan signs liberalized
California abortion bill
1968 - "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by Ohio
Express hits #4
1982 - Supreme Court rules all children, regardless
of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1992 - Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card,
erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell
"potato," "potatoe" during spelling bee
1994 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme
Court Justice
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Today’s World Events through History
1215 - King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede,
near Windsor, England
1219 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the
world - and flag of Denmark. According to legend, fell from the sky during the
Battle of Lyndanisse (now Tallinn) in Estonia, and turned the Danes' luck.
1762 - Austria uses 1st paper currency
1908 - World congress for Women's rights opens in
Amsterdam
1969 - The Campaign for Social Justice publish a
second edition of 'Northern Ireland The Plain Truth' which set out the
allegations of discrimination against Catholics by Unionists in the region
1985 - Rembrandt's painting Danaë is attacked by a
man later judged insane; he threw sulfuric acid on the canvas and cut it twice
with his knife.
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
A quiet Sunday with light afternoon shower. Nice!
Caught up with the news on my Sunday morning news shows.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Imagine
you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?
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Found on You Tube with some
relevance to today
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… Celebrity Facts…
Kobe Bryant was named after a steak.
Johnny Depp travels with his Capt. Jack Sparrow costume to make
impromptu visits to sick kids in hospitals.
Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at
his school were in drama class.
…Cool Facts…
Yu Youzhen, a Chinese millionaire, works as a street sweeper for
the sanitation department to set an example for her children.
A Swiss man replaced his car's broken heater with a fully
functional wood burning stove.
There's a love mattress that is specifically designed for couples
who sleep on each other's arms.
…Flagstaff, AZ
History…
75 YEARS
AGO-1940
The Emerson School cornerstone from 1895 was opened on Tuesday. J.
O. Thomas Superintendent of the Flagstaff Schools and other interested persons,
including many pioneers from 45 years ago, were present. The copper box was
filled with letters, badges, school books, gold, silver and copper coins.
At the Monte Vista on Saturday evening May 4th there will be
dancing to the music of Felice Crowder’s Orchestra. 9:30 pm - 1:30 am. This is
“The Informal” of the season. Tickets $1.
…Harper’s Index…
1 – number of
US congressional districts in which trade with China has produced more jobs
than it has cost
…Unusual Fact of
the Day…
When removing the American flag after an event, the proper term is
to "Retrieve the Colors," which is commonly mistaken for "Retire
the Colors." To "Retire the Colors" is to destroy/bury an
American flag due to excessive wear or damage.
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2 jokes for the day
Timothy : "Why are you catching so many
fleas?"
Mike : "Didn't you see the Notice Board?"
"There's going to be a Flea Market at our Apartment Lobby tomorrow
morning."
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A student comes to a young professor's office
hours.
She glances down the hall, closes his door, and kneels pleadingly.
“I would do anything to pass this exam," she says.
She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, and gazes meaningfully into his
eyes.
"I mean," she whispers, "I would do anything..."
He returns her gaze, "Anything?"
"Anything."
His voice softens, "Anything?"
“Anything," she repeats again.
His voice turns to a whisper.
"Would you ... study?"
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Yep, It Really
Happened
YONGXING,
China (UPI) - Police in China released CCTV video of a drunken man posing as
an officer in an attempt to secure the release of a friend, who turned out not
to be in custody. Investigators said the man came into the Yongxing police
station in Zhejiang Province June 1 shortly after 21 people were arrested in an
illegal gambling sting and claimed to be a police officer from Chengdu.
Officials said the man, who smelled strongly of alcohol, told the Yongxing
officers he was looking for one of the suspects arrested in the sting to
transport him to another facility. However, police were suspicious of the man's
story and he eventually admitted he was posing as an officer in an attempt to
have his friend released from custody. The man, who said he learned police
procedures when he previously worked as a police assistant, admitted to his deception
in court and was jailed for five days. Police said the friend the suspect was
attempting to free turned out not to be among those arrested in the sting.
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Somewhat Useless
Information
Thomas
Edison proposed to his wife using Morse code according to edisonmuseum.org
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Birthday’s Today
72 - Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], Surabaya
Indonesia, author (Happy Hooker)
62 - Xi Jinping, General Secretary/Pres. of
the Communist Party of China
52 - Helen Hunt, actress (Jamie-Mad About
You, Twister)
51 - Courteney Cox, actress (Monica Geller
on the NBC sitcom Friends)
46 - Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson, Sr), rap
singer/actor (Boyz in the Hood)
45 - Leah Remini, American actress
42 - Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque NM, actor (Doogie
Howser MD)
2 - North West son of Kim and Kanye
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Remembered for being born today
1902-1994@91 - Erik Erikson, Am. developmental
psychologist and psychoanalyst
1932-2015@82 - Mario Cuomo, (Gov-D-NY, 1983-95)
1937-2002@64 - Waylon Jennings, country
singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
1767-1828@61 - Rachel
Donelson Jackson, wife of President
Andrew Jackson
1941-1994@52 - Harry Nilsson,
Brooklyn singer/guitarist (Midnight Cowboy)
1949-2000@50 - Jim Varney, actor (Ernest Goes to Jail)
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Historical Obits Today
Daniel
Keyes, American author (Flowers for Algernon)-2014@86
Casey
Kasem, creator American Top 40/voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo-2014@82
Meredith
Willson, composer (Music Man)-1984@82
Ella
Fitzgerald, singer-1996@78
Victor
French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), cancer-1989@54
James Knox Polk, 11th US President (1845-1849), cholera-1849@53
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Brain Teasers Answers
Stop imagining!
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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…§
