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Oct 2, 2017 Week: 40 \ Day: 275
86004 Today: H 69° \ L 41°
Average Sky Cover: 0%
Wind ave: 21mph\Gusts: --mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 82°[1991] Record Low: 18°[1971]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°
Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)
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Quote of the Day
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi
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Observances Today
Child Health Day
Day of Unity Link
Guardian Angels Day
International Day of Non-violence
Peanuts (Cartoon) Day
Phileas Fogg's Wager Day
World Day of Architecture Link
World Day of Bullying Prevention / Blue Shirt Day
World Farm Animals Day
World Habitat Day
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Observances This Week
Universal Children's Week: 1-7
Great Books Week: 1-7 (1st Full Week)
International Post Card Week: 1-7 Link (1st Full Week)
Mental Illness Awareness Week: 1-7 (1st Full Week)
Mystery Series Week: 1-7 (1st Full Week)
National Carry A Tune Week: 1-7 (Always had 7th in it)
National Chimney Safety Week: 1-7 (Week before Fire Prevention Week)
National Midwifery Week:1-7 (1st Full Week) Link
National Work From Home Week: 1-7 (1st Full Week)
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week : 1-7 (1st Full Week)
Customer Service Week: 2-6 (1st M-F Week) Link
Financial Planning Week: 2-8 (1st Mon-Sun Week)
Health Information and Technology Week: 2-6 Link
Kids' Goal Setting Week: 2-6 (First Week)
National Health Care Food Service Week: 2-8 Link (First Week)
National Heimlich Heroes Week: 2-6 (First Full M-F Week)
Spinning & Weaving Week: 2-6 Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1200’s
◄1263 The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1500’s
◄1535 Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)
1600’s
◄1608 Hans Lippershey applies for patent for first known early telescope in the Netherlands
1800’s
◄1835 Battle of Gonzales fought between Texan settlers and Mexican forces. First engagement of the Texas revolution
1866 J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener
1871 Brigham Young, mormon leader, arrested for bigamy
1889 In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
1895 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper
1900’s
◄1902 Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London
1916 San Diego Zoo founded
1919 US President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed ◄1935 Mussolini's Italian army attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1939 Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF
◄1944 Nazis crush Warsaw Uprising killing 250,000 people
1950 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks", later "Peanuts", by Charles M. Schulz published in 9 papers
1955 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres on CBS television in the US
1957 "The Bridge on the River Kwai", directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1958)
◄1958 Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day)
1967 Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
◄1968 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed
◄1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea
◄1991 Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 professional tennis matches
2000’s
2002 The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks
2016 Vin Scully broadcasts his last Dodgers game after a record 67 seasons
◄2016 Kim Kardashian is robbed at gunpoint of $10 million worth of jewelry in her hotel in Paris
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice quiet Sunday. Caught up on my Sunday morning news shows, read the Sunday paper and many of the ads. Now time to just chill. Cards play in a while, as do the Broncos, but alas, no Broncos on AZ TV. I’ll have to follow it on the internet machine.
When I upgraded to Windows 10 I put all my emails on the Outlook-Live-Mail. Now that I have Outlook 2016 I wanted to start using it. Can’t seem to get my email address and passwords to work in Outlook 2016. Now I am going to learn out to migrate the accounts from Live-Mail to Outlook. It shouldn’t be that hard, but seems several steps are needed and I will discover them tomorrow. I’ll need a lot of luck for this to work.
All the new series are starting up on TV. Found some I will watch, some that are a waste of my time. Glad I can use my DVR to help make the choice. I’ll watch the first episode, then decide if I should continue recording it. Already gave up on a couple of shows that were not worthy of my time.
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Bizarre News
*------- That's One Way To Beat the Fare -------*
A subway rider captured video of an unusual subway surfing stunt when a man clung to the outside of a door on the underground train. The video, posted on Instagram, shows a man pressed up flat against the outside of the door to a subway car while the train is in motion. Amused passengers laugh and congratulate the man as he holds tight to the train. The filmer dubs the surfer a "gangster" and gives him an honorary fist-bump through the window. Authorities said the man was holding on by the windshield wiper on the rear window of the train and was lucky to escape the incident unharmed.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@86- Groucho Marx, [Julius],
American comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life), born in NYC,
(d. 1977)
70’s
79- Rex Reed,
movie critic/actor (Myra Breckinridge), born in Fort Worth, Texas
@78- Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi],
Indian pacifist and spiritual leader, born in Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, India
(d. 1948)
72- Don McLean,
singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent), born in New Rochelle, New York
60’s
69- Donna Karan,
fashion designer (Coty Award-1977), born in Forest Hills, New York
68- Annie Leibovitz,
American photographer (Rolling Stones), born in Waterbury, Connecticut
@67- Johnnie Cochran,
attorney (O.J. Simpson defense attorney)
(d. 2005)
66- Sting [Gordon Sumner],
British actor, songwriter and singer (The Police), born in Wallsend, Northumberland
63- Lorraine Bracco,
actress (Sopranos, Goodfellas), born in Brooklyn
50’s
@56- Chris LeDoux,
Biloxi Miss, country singer (Ridin' for a Fall)
(d. 2005)
40’s
47- Kelly Ripa,
actress (Hayley Vaughan-All My Children), born in Statford, New Jersey
30’s
@32- King Richard III,
of England
(d. 1485)
@31- Nat Turner,
American leader of a major slave rebellion in 1831, born in Southampton County, Virginia
(d. 1831)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@92-1846 Benjamin Waterhouse,
American physician co-founder of Harvard Medical School and smallpox vaccine pioneer
@91-1998 Gene Autry,
American singer, actor, and entrepreneur
80’s
@87-2005 Nipsey Russell,
American comedian
@84-1973 Paul Hartman,
actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
@83-1993 Henry Ringling North,
circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus)
@81-1968 Marcel Duchamp,
French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase)
@81-1803 Samuel Adams,
US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politician
@80-1994 Harriet Nelson,
American actress
70’s
@76-1973 Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi,
who won 6 Olympic gold medals
50’s
@59-1985 Rock Hudson,
actor (MacMillian & Wife),
AIDS
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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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