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Aug 13, 2017 Week: 33 \ Day: 225
86004 Today: H 83° \ L 50°
Average Sky Cover: 75%
Nearest Lightning: 4.2mi
Wind ave: 10mph\Gusts: 18mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Aug Averages: 80°\49°
Aug Records: H: 93° (1902) L: 24(1968)
Record High: 90°[2002] Record Low: 39°[1999]
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Quote of the Day
Much that passes as idealism is
disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
Bertrand Russell
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Observances Today
Kool-Aid Day: 12-13 Link
Perseid Meteor Showers: 9-13
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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
7-13
National Bargain Hunting Week
10-13
National Hobo Week Link
11-19
Elvis Week Link
13-19
National Motorcycle Week Link
National Resurrect Romance Week
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
BC’s
★3114 BC According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Mayan calendar
1500’s
★1521 Spanish conquistadors under Hernán Cortéscapture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan marking the end of the Aztec Empire
1600’s
1608 John Smith's story of Jamestown's first days submitted for publication
★1642 Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap
1700’s
★1784 British parliament accepts East India Company Act 1784, bringing the East India Company's rule in India under the control of the British Government.
★1792 Revolutionaries imprison French royals, including Marie Antoinette
1800’s
★1814 Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch
★1868 Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)
★1876 The Bayreuth Festspielhaus opens with the first complete performance of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle
★1886 John A. Macdonald uses a silver hammer to pound a gold spike, officially completing the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in British Columbia
1900’s
1907 1st taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen
★1913 Invention of stainless steel by Harry Brearley, Sheffield, England
1914 Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota
★1918 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany
1950 US President Harry Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime of Bao-Dai
1953 US President Dwight Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
★1960 Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France
★1961 Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany
1967 "Bonnie and Clyde", directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, is released
1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5½" jump
1993 US Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail
2000’s
★2015 Swedish Prosecutors announce they are dropping allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange of sexual molestation and coercion
2015 US Government formally returns to France Picasso's painting La Coiffeuse, stolen from Paris' National Museum of Modern Art in 2001
2016 American swimmer Michael Phelps ends his career at Rio Olympics winning 4x100 medley relay, his 23rd Gold medal, as world's most decorated Olympian
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My Rambling Thoughts
Took an early morning walk, beautiful day. I don’t usually shop on weekends because that was the only time I could shop for my entire career on the Rez. I usually let the people who need to shop do it on the weekends. Today, I needed a couple of things from Home Depot. Got what I needed and was back home in about 20 minutes. Nice to have them so close by. Now I am awaiting today’s monsoon.
Turned on the news when I got home as thought I was watching a documentary for the mid-1960’s. Turns out it was today’s news. We are all allowed to have different ideas and we are able to speak them in our country. The addition of violence makes our country look rather Neanderthal. One of the protestors was David Duke who stated on CNN that his people voted for Trump to bring back our country and this is how they are going to do it. Wake up Dave, it is 2017 and we are a country of various colors. Live with it or leave.
In my travels, I have visited places where Free speech and free ideas are not popular with the government. Usually, if a provocative question is asked to a guide, the answer is the government line. It is obvious that they do want to discuss the matter further. I do want to live in those countries. Visit, yes; live, no.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@90- Fidel Castro,
Cuban revolutionary, Prime Minister (1959-76) and President (1976-2008), born in Birán, Holguin Province
(d. 2016)
80’s
@86- Pat Harrington Jr,
actor (Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time), born in NYC, New
(d. 2016)
@84- Ben Hogan,
American PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53), born in Stephenville, Texas
(d. 1997)
84- Jocelyn Elders,
15th US Surgeon General (1993-94) 1st African American holder, born in Schaal, Arkansas
@80- Alfred Hitchcock,
English director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window), born in Leytonstone, Essex
(d. 1980)
70’s
@76- Don Ho, Hawaii,
ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles)
(d. 2007)
73- Kevin Tighe,
actor (Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9), born in Los Angeles
@72- Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim],
US comic and actor (Lion in The Wizard of Oz)
(d. 1997)
71- Janet Yellen,
American economist (Chair of US Federal Reserve 2014-), born in Brooklyn
60’s
@66- Annie Oakley [Phoebe Ann Moses], American sharp shooter (Buffalo Bill's Wild West), born in North Star, Ohio
(d. 1926)
50’s
@51- Johann Christoph Denner,
inventor (clarinet)
(d. 1707)
58- Danny Bonaduce,
actor (Danny-Partridge Family)/Chicago DJ (WLUP)
@56- Dan Fogelberg,
Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne)
(d. 2007)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@94-2009 Les Paul,
American jazz, country and blues guitarist, songwriter and inventor (solid-body electric guitar)
@91-2004 Julia Child,
American chef and television personality
@90-1910 Florence Nightingale,
British nurse (Crimean War)
70’s
@79-1946 H. G. Wells,
English sci-fi author (The War of the Worlds, Time Machine)
60’s
@68-1982 Joe E Ross,
American comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show),
heart attack
@65-1991 Jack Ryan,
inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels, Chatty Cathy), 6th husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor,
suicide
@63-1995 Mickey Mantle,
American baseball great (NY Yankees),
cancer
40’s
@46-1826 René Laënnec,
French physician (invented the stethoscope), TB
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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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