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Aug 19, 2017 Week: 33 \ Day: 231
86004 Today: H 84° \ L 46°
Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: 16mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Aug Averages: 80°\49°
Aug Records: H: 93° (1902) L: 24(1968)
Record High: 88°[1973] Record Low: 35°[1979]
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Quote of the Day
We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination.
Nelson Mandela
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Observances Today
"Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day
(8/19/1893 by Frank J. Wisner, Cripple Creek Brewing Co., CO. Link
Coco Chanel Day
International Orangutan Day Link
World Humanitarian Day Link
World Photo Day Link
International Geocaching Day ay)
International Homeless Animals Day
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Observances This Week
11-19
Elvis Week Link
13-19
National Motorcycle Week Link
National Resurrect Romance Week
15-21
National Aviation Week
18-24
Minority Enterprise Development Week
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1200’s
★1263 King James I of Aragon censors Hebrew writing
1700’s
★1745 Jacobite Rising 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charlie, raises his standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, igniting the second Jacobite rebellion.
1791 Benjamin Banneker sends a copy of his Almanac and writes a letter to Thomas Jefferson criticizing his pro-slavery stance and requesting justice for African Americans using language from the Declaration of Independence
1800’s
★1839 Details of Louis Daguerre's 1st practical photographic process are released in Paris
★1887 Dmitri Mendeleev makes a solo ascent by balloon to an altitude of 11,500 feet (3.5 km) above Klin, Russia to observe an eclipse
★1897 1st electric taxis drive in London
1909 Indianapolis 500 race track opens
1900’s
★1919 Afghanistan declares independence from UK
1934 The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
★1953 The democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name 'Operation Boot') and the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project)
1955 US raises import duty on bicycles 50%
1955 WINS radio, announces it will not play "copy" white cover versions of R&B (DJs must play Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame," not Pat Boone's)
★1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
1960 The first commercial atomic energy reactor, owned by the Yankee Atomic Electric Company, achieves a self-sustaining nuclear reaction in Rowe, Deerfield River, Massachusetts
★1970 The Chinese Community in South Africa is granted 'White' status
1979 "My Sharonna" by the Knack hits #1 (stays for 42 days)
★1985 Following the Rubicon speech four days earlier, Archbishop Desmond Tutu snubs P. W. Botha's invitation to attend a meeting to discuss the role and actions of the police and security forces in South Africa
1993 Mattel & Fisher Price toy companies merge
★1998 South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairperson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, releases documents revealing an alleged plot by Western countries to assassinate UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden
2000’s
2015 US Food and Drug administration approves Female Viagra libido pill Addyi
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice Friday. Headed out for my haircut and everything went well. Stylist was about 15 minutes late (not unusual) but her reason was priceless. She had a guy work on her car. He returned it and drove off with his assistant. Forgot to leave her the keys. Hmmm. Sounds possible. (A few years ago I took my ride in for service. Hopped on the dealer’s shuttle to go home. Got home and realized the keys to the house were in the vehicle. Called them, they picked me up, took me back to get the keys and then home. In my case is was snowing, 15° outside and the wait was 20 minutes.)
Nice day to spend some time on the deck.
Can’t say #45 didn’t show us his style of leadership: either you are with me 100% or you are fired. The door just keeps swinging on the butts of his inner circle.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@87- Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel,
French fashion designer (Chanel), born in Saumur, France
(d. 1971)
@86- Charles Hires,
American Inventor and Manufacturer of the Hires Root Beer beverage, born in Philadelphia,
(d. 1937)
70’s
79- Diana Muldaur,
American actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law), born in NYC
78- Ginger [Peter] Baker,
England, drummer (Cream-White Room)
77- Jill St John, [Oppenheim],
actress (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California
@76- Orville Wright,
aviator (Wright Brothers), born in Dayton, Ohio
(d. 1948)
74- Billy J Kramer,
rock vocalist (Little Children), born in Liverpool, England
@73- Seth Thomas,
American pioneer in mass production of clocks (
d. 1859)
@73- Fred Thompson,
US senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire), born in Sheffield, Alabama
(d. 2015)
@72- Willie Shoemaker,
jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)
(d. 2003)
71- Bill Clinton [William Jefferson],
42nd US President (Democrat, 1993-2001), born in Hope, Arkansas
70- Gerald McRaney,
American actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad), born in Collins, Mississippi
@70- Malcolm Forbes,
American publisher of Forbes Magazine, born in Brooklyn, New York
(d. 1990)
@70- Gene Roddenberry,
executive producer (Star Trek), born in El Paso,
(d. 1991)
60’s
@68- Ogden Nash,
humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself), born in Rye, NY,
(d. 1971)
@62- Edward John Dent,
British Clockmaker to Queen Victoria and commissioned to make Big Ben, London (completed after his death by his son Frederick Dent), born in London, England
(d. 1853)
50’s
54- John Stamos,
Cypress California, actor (General Hospital, Full House)
52- Kyra Sedgwick,
actress (Phenomenon, Singles, Julia-Another World)
@51- Dawn Steel,
American filmmaker, 1st woman to head Hollywood studio, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1997)
40’s
48- Matthew Perry,
Canadian/American actor (Chandler Bing on Friends), born in Williamstown, Massachusetts
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@93-1994 Linus Pauling,
Nobel prize scientist (Vitamin C advocate)
80’s
@86-2009 Don Hewitt,
television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes
@86-1977 Groucho Marx,
NYC, comedian (Marx Bros)
@83-1819 James Watt,
Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist (steam engine)
70’s
@71-2011 Raúl Ruiz,
Chilean filmmaker, lung infection
50’s
@53-1974 Rodger Davies,
US ambassador to Cyprus, murdered by Greek Cypriot gunmen during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Nicosia
@50-14 Augustus Caesar [Gaius Octavius],
First Roman Emperor (27BC-14AD)
30’s
@39-1662 laise Pascal,
French mathematician, physicist and Christian philosopher (Pascal's Law, Pascal's Wager), stomach tumor
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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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