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Aug 3, 2017 Week: 31 \ Day: 215
86004 Today: H 83° \ L 57°
Average Sky Cover: 45%
Wind ave: 14mph\Gusts: 18mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Aug Averages: 80°\49°
Aug Records: H: 93° (1902) L: 24(1968)
Record High: 91°[1994] Record Low: 37°[1956]
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Quote of the Day
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
Oscar Wilde
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Observances Today
Take A Penny/Leave A Penny Day Link
Friendship Day Link (Also July 30)
India Pale Ale Beer Day Link
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Observances This Week
1-7
International Clown Week Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
Simplify Your Life Week Link
World Breastfeeding Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1400’s
★1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage with three ships, Santa María, Pinta and Niña from Palos de la Frontera, Spain for the "Indies"
1600’s
1678 Robert LaSalle builds 1st ship in America, Griffon
1800’s
1860 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George NY
1900’s
1900 Firestone Tire Rubber Company founded.
★1907 Emperor Wilhelm (Germany) meets with Tsar Nicholas (Russia) to discuss Germany's plan to build a railroad to Baghdad; the discussion helps move Russia towards Britain and eventually the Triple Alliance
★1908 French brothers Amadee and Jean Bouyssonie discover the fossil remains of a nearly complete 60,000 year-old Neanderthal man 'Old man of La Chappelle' at La Chappelle-aux-Saints, France
1923 VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th US President upon death of President Warren G. Harding
1943 Gen Patton slaps a US GI in hospital, accusing him of cowardice
★1952 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland
1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing
1958 The Billboard Hot 100 is founded
★1966 South African government bans Beatle records
★1967 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
★1980 22nd Olympic games close at Moscow, USSR
1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike; US President Ronald Reagan offers ultimatum to workers: 'if they do not report for work within 48 hours, they have forfeited their jobs and will be terminated'
1992 "Unforgiven" directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman premieres in Los Angelese (Best Picture 1993)
★1995 CNN en Espanol premieres
2000’s
2001 US President George W. Bush signs into law the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) Extension Act of 2001
2004 The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
★2012 United Nations General Assembly reproaches The United Nations Security Council over its lack of action in Syria
2015 US President Obama unveils his Clean Power Plan to cut greenhouse gases
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My Rambling Thoughts
Sam’s Club day. Old People’s grocery shopping day. Both very successful. Saved money and got stuff that was needed.
Parking has become a minor issue here at my complex. One neighbor has 4 vehicles, the other has 6. Because of summer visitors. I have changed my parking habit. I have not parked directly in front of my place since we are required to have a parking permit with the name of our complex displayed in the front window. To park in front of any unit, one needs a permit. But to park in the area around the ‘commons’, no permit is needed. (This adds about 30 feet to the walk from the car to the unit…good exercise for me!) It may sound strange, but let’s say I buy a big screen TV at a local store. The guy who helps me loads it now knows where I live. If he decides he wants my TV he can drive over here, but since my vehicle isn’t parked in front of my unit, he has no idea which unit to rob. Well, the hassle of finding parking around the commons has become more of an issue than to park in front of my unit. Guess I’m not too old to change. This change also means that when I have my front door open, I see my vehicle just about 15’ away, which means I guess I will be washing my dirty vehicle more often, now that I see it all the time.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
91- Tony Bennett,
singer (Left a body part in SF), born in Queens, New York
70’s
@78- Leon Uris, novelist (Exodus, QB VII, Battle Cry), born in Baltimore, (d. 2003)
77- Martin Sheen, [Ramon Estevez],
actor (Badlands, The West Wing), born in Dayton, Ohio
76- Martha Stewart,
American business magnate and TV personality who founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, born in Jersey City, NJ
0’s
67- John Landis,
director (Animal House, Michael Jackson's Thriller video), born in Chicago
66- Jay North,
actor (Dennis the Menace, Maya), born in Hollywood
50’s
54- James Hetfield,
American heavy metal rocker (Metallica-Helpless), born in Downey, California
40’s
@49- Elisha Otis,
American founder of the Otis Elevator Company and inventor of a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails, born in Halifax, Vermont
(d. 1861)
40- Tom Brady,
American football player (New England Patriots, 4 Super Bowls), born in San Mateo, California
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@89-2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
Russian writer
70’s
@77-1995 Ida Lupino,
Anglo-American actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) and director (The Hitch-Hiker),
stroke
60’s
@66- Bubba Smith,
American football player and actor,
acute drug interaction
@66-1924 Joseph Conrad,
Polish/British writer (Heart of Darkness),
heart attack
50’s
@54-1983 Carolyn Jones,
American actress (Morticia-Addams Family),
cancer
@51-1916 Sir Roger Casement,
an Ulster Protestant and ardent Irish nationalist,
executed by the British
30’s
@39-1966 Lenny Bruce,
comedian,
morphine overdose
@39-1964 Flannery O'Connor,
writer (Good Man is Hard to Find),
lupus
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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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