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Sep 28, 2017 Week: 39 \ Day: 271
86004 Today: H 60° \ L 35°
Average Sky Cover: 80%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts: 15mph
Nearest Lightning: 3m
Visibility: 10 mi
Sep Averages: 74°\42°
Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20° (1912)
Record High: 82°[1963] Record Low: 21°[1900]
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Quote of the Day
The young man knows the rules,
but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Observances Today
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
National Drink Beer Day Link
National Good Neighbor Day
International Right To Know Day Link
World Maritime Day
World Rabies Day
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Observances This Week
24-30
Banned Books Week
Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link
International Interpreters and Translators Week
National Fall Foliage Week Link
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
Sea Otter Awareness Week Link
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week Link
World Reflexology Week
25-29
Ally Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1500’s
◄1542 Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay, naming it San Miguel and claims it for Spain
1600’s
◄1621 Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund IIIPolish-Lithuanian Commonwealth defeats an invading Ottoman Imperial army
1700’s
1701 Divorce legalized in Maryland
◄1785 Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1800’s
1850 US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
◄1867 Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
1867 The United States takes control of Midway Island.
◄1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route
◄1889 The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice
1900’s
1920 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)
◄1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
◄1928 UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing cannabis.
1953 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 "Honeycomb," by Jimmie F. Rodgers hits #1
◄1958 Guinea votes for independence from France
1959 "Hennesey" debuts on CBS-TV
1961 "Hazel" starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV
1961 "Doctor Kildare" debuts on NBC-TV
1963 "Shari Lewis Show" last airs on NBC-TV
1963 "Tennessee Tuxedo" cartoon debuts on CBS-TV
1968 Beatles' "Hey Jude" single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
◄1970 Anwar Sadat replaces Gamal Abdel Nasser as acting Egyptian President
◄1971 Hungarian cardinal József Mindszenty after 15 years refuge in US Embassy in Budapest is allowed to leave the country
1975 Bill authorizes admission of women to military academies
1980 Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS
◄1981 “Physical” single released by Olivia Newton-John (Billboard Song of the Year 1982)
1982 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
◄1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
1997 Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting
2000’s
◄2008 SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.
◄2016 Hurricane Matthew forms near the Windward Islands, will go on to kill over 1000 in Haiti, the Caribbean and the US
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My Rambling Thoughts
Day started out a little cloudy. I headed out to do my weekly shopping. By the time I got back there was a huge very dark cloud up in the sky. About 5 minutes after I brought in my supplies, the rain started. Still coming down. Welcomed by most of us, unless you had to be outside.
Goodness. 45 is telling Indiana people that Healthcare will be back on the ‘front burner’ next year as soon as reconciliation starts again. And now he is ready to do tax reform. Promises are cheap. Not very much information, if any, in his speech…the speech that promised to give us serious information. Not a surprise.
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Bizarre News
*- World's first Sand Hostel open in Australia -*
A handful of lucky winners were given the opportunity to stay in a hostel made entirely out of sand in Australia. Mad Max and The Blue Lagoon World production designer Jon Dowding designed the "Sand Hostel" on The Gold Coast, Kurrawa Terrace. "Hostelworld North America and Destination Gold Coast have transformed beautiful Broadbeach into a hostel made out of sand - featuring everything your dream hostel would include: an outdoor bar, beach volleyball, comfy beds, good vibes, DJs and live music," the hostel's Facebook page states. Denis "Sandman" Masoud used 24 tons of sand to craft the unique hostel featuring an eight-bed dorm and a private double room. A total of 10 people were chosen to stay at the pop-up hostel, complete with free food, drinks, and other luxuries.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@88- William Windom,
American actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder She Wrote), born in NYC
(d. 2012)
@87- Avery Brundage,
CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), born in Detroit,
(d. 1975)
83- Brigitte Bardot,
sex kitten (And God Created Women), born in Paris, France
70’s
@74- Freidrich Engels,
German social philosopher
(d. 1895)
@73- Thomas Crapper,
English plumber and inventor (ballcock), born in Thorne, Yorkshire
(d. 1910)
@73- Ed Sullivan,
TV variety show host/gossip columnist (Ed Sullivan Show), born in NYC
(d. 1974)
@71± Confucius,
Chinese philosopher and founder of Confucianism, born in Zou, Lu state, China
(d. ~479 BC)
@70- Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin],
cartoonist (Li'l Abner), born in New Haven, Connecticut
(d. 1979)
60’s
@60- Peter Finch,
actor (Network, Windom's Way, Raid on Entebbe), born in London,
(d. 1977)
50’s
@54- Henri Moissan,
French chemist who isolated the element "fluorine" from its compounds (Nobel 1906), born in Paris
(d. 1907)
53- Janeane Garofalo,
American comedienne (SNL, Truth about Cats & Dogs), born in Newton, NJ
40’s
49- Naomi Watts,
English actress and producer
30’s
30- Hilary Duff,
actress and singer (Lizzie McGuire), born in Houston, Texas
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@93-2016 Shimon Peres,
Israeli Prime Minister (Labor), President (2007-14) and Nobel Peace Prize recipient (1994)
@93-2016 Agnes Nixon,
American television producer, director, and writer (All My Children)
80’s
@80-2000 Pierre Trudeau,
15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84)
70’s
@76-2003 Althea Gibson,
American golfer and 1st African American tennis champion in a major event,
infections
@75-1964 Harpo [Arthur] Marx,
comedian (Marx Bros),
following heart surgery
@72-1989 Ferdinand Marcos,
President of Philippines (1965-86),
organ failure
@72-1895 Louis Pasteur,
French bacteriologist (invented pasteurization),
stroke
@72-1891 Herman Melville,
American writer (Billy Budd, Moby-Dick),
stroke
60’s
@65-1991 Miles Davis,
jazz trumpeter,
pneumonia
@65-1978 Pope John Paul I [Albino Luciani],
263rd Roman Catholic Pope dies after 33 days as Pope,
heart attack?
@63-1953 Edwin Hubble,
American astronomer, first to announce existence of other galaxies,
stroke
50’s
@52-1970 Gamal' Abd al-Nassar,
Egypt Pres (1953-70),
heart attack
@50-1914 Richard Sears,
businessman (Sears, Roebuck, and Company)
Bright’s disease
40’s
@42-1968 Dewey Philip "Daddy-O",
American pioneering DJ,
heart failure
@41-1966 Eric Fleming,
actor (Gil-Rawhide),
movie accident
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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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