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Aug 9, 2017 Week: 32 \ Day: 221
86004 Today: H 80° \ L 49°
Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 3mph\Gusts: 13mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Aug Averages: 80°\49°
Aug Records: H: 93° (1902) L: 24(1968)
Record High: 89°[1980] Record Low: 44°[1999]
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Quote of the Day
We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny.
But what we put into it is ours.
Dag Hammarskjold
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Observances Today
International Day of The World's Indigenous People
Perseid Meteor Showers: 9-13
Veep Day
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Observances This Week
4-13
Gallop International Tribal Indian Powwow Link
Sturgis Rally Link
6-12
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
(This is sponsored by the FCC and has to do with phone & mail fraud.)
National Health Center Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
7-11
Exhibitor Appreciation Week
National Psychic Week Link
Old Fiddlers' Week
Weird Contest Week
7-13
National Bargain Hunting Week
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1100’s
1173 Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.
1700’s
1778 Captain James Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering straits
1800’s
1803 1st horses arrive in Hawaii
1803 Robert Fulton tests his steam paddle-boat on the River Seine, France, but it sinks
1831 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
1854 Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"
1898 Rudolf Diesel of Germany patents the diesel internal combustion engine
1900’s
1905 Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him 1930 Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1936 Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics
1945 US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1965 Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence
1966 The Beatles release their "Yellow Submarine" single and its album "Revolver" in the US
1969 Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1974 Richard Nixon resigns as US President and VP Gerald Ford swears the oath of office to take his place as the 38th US President
1979 English seaside resort Brighton gets 1st British nude beach
1988 Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY's daily number is 888
1992 25th Olympic Games closes in Barcelona, Spain
2000’s
2012 Usain Bolt becomes the first person to win the 100m and 200m sprint in back to back Olympics
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My Rambling Thoughts
WT* is going on the international front? I would feel a whole lot safer if our leader was just a tad more aware of foreign affairs. I get that the only way to beat a bully is to stand up to the bully. The world does not have many options with N. Korea. I get that too. And I have to admit that I thought this was more of a Mouse that Roared scenario than any real threat. Guess I was wrong about that part at least. Too bad none of us really know Kim’s end game. Certainly a story to follow closely.
It is another great day here at 7000’, warm, sunny, just a light breeze. Great day to be outside and soak up summer.
The Focus Travel Club upcoming Columbia trip has been modified and is up on the website. Looks like a great trip.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
97-Elizabeth Hamilton,
Alexander’s wife
(d. 1854)
@96- Pamela Lyndon Travers,
Queensland, Australia, writer (Mary Poppins),
(d. 1996)
80’s
@89- Charles Farrell,
Cape Cod Mass, actor (Vern-My Little Margie)
(d. 1990)
70’s
79- Rod Laver,
Australian tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
73- Sam Elliott,
actor (Big Chill, Fatal Beauty), born in Sacramento, California
60’s
@65- Robert Aldrich,
American director and producer (Dirty Dozen), born in Cranston, Rhode Island
(d. 1983)
60- Melanie Griffith,
actress (Working Girl, Milk Money, Now & Then)
50’s
@59- Chris Haney,
Canadian journalist who created the board game "Trivial Pursuit", born in Welland, Ontario
(d. 2010)
58- Michael Kors,
fashion designer
@51- Robert Shaw,
England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday)
(d. 1978)
53- Hoda Kotb,
American television news anchor
50- Deion Sanders,
American NFL cornerback/wide receiver and MLB player (Dallas Cowboys and NY Yankees), born in Fort Myers, Florida
40’s
49- Gillian Anderson,
actress (The X-Files, Bleak House), born in Chicago, Illinois
@48- Whitney Houston,
singer (One Moment in Time, Bodyguard), born in Newark, New Jersey
(d. 2012)
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@84-2015 Frank Gifford,
American NFL player and broadcaster, dies at 84
1962 Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85
@84-1898 Gardner Quincy Colton,
American lecturer who was the first to use nitrous oxide as an anesthetic in dentistry
70’s
@77-1969 Robert Lehman,
US multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art)
@74-1899 Edward Frankland,
British structural chemist who co-discovered helium and developed the theory of valence, on holiday in Norway 4
50’s
@53-1995 Jerry Garcia,
rock vocalist (Grateful Dead), heart attack
@50-2008 Bernie Mac,
American comedian, actor, cardiac arrest
20’s
@26-1969 Sharon Tate,
actress (Valley of Dolls), murdered by Manson's gang
@26-1969 Abigail Folger,
US, coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered by Manson gang
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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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