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Oct 17, 2017 Week: 42 \ Day: 290
86004 Today: H 73° \ L 38°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 16mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 78°[1973] Record Low: 18°[1998]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°
Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)
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Quote of the Day
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
John W. Gardner
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Observances Today
Black Poetry Day
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Mulligan Day
National Edge Day Link
National Pharmacy Technician Day Link
Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity Link
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Observances This Week
Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week: 12-20 Link
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: 15-21
Freedom From Bullies Week: 15-21
International Infection Prevention Week: 15-21 Link
Mediation Week: 15-21 Link
National Character Counts Week: 15-21
National Business Women's Week: 15-21 Link
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week:15-21 Link
National Food Bank Week: 15-21
National Forest Products Week: 15-21
National Friends of Libraries Week:15-21
National Pharmacy Week: 15-21 Link
National Save For Retirement Week: 15-21 Link
National Teen Drivers Safety Week: 15-21 Link
Choose To Be G.R.E.A.T. Week: 16-20 Link
Medical Assistants Recognition Week: 16-20 Link
National Health Education Week: 16-20 Link
National School Bus Safety Week: 16-20
YWCA Week Without Violence: 16-20 Link
Freedom of Speech Week: 16-22 Link
Asexuality Week: 17-23 Link
Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 17-24
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1300’s
◄1346 Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England at Calais, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years.
1400’s
◄1456 The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern continental Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
1800’s
◄1814 A Beer Flood occurs in London killing nine.
1855 Bessemer steelmaking process patented
1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)
1894 Ohio national guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a black man
1900’s
◄1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors
1919 Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created
◄1933 Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany
◄1943 Burma railway completed, built by allied POWS and Asian laborers for the Japanese army
◄1945 Loyalty Day in Argentina, mass demonstrations held to release Juan Perón
◄1956 England's 1st large-scale nuclear power station opens
1956 "Around the World in 80 Days", based on the book by Jules Verne, directed by Michael Anderson and starring David Niven and Cantinflas premieres in New York
◄1957 French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd
1967 "Hair" premieres on Broadway
1968 "Bullitt" directed by Peter Yates and starring Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset is 1st released
◄1971 It is estimated today that approximately 16,000 households were withholding rent and rates for council houses as part of the campaign of civil disobedience against internment organised by the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Northern Ireland
1978 President Jimmy Carter signs bill restoring US citizenship to Jefferson Davis
◄1979 Mother Teresa of Calcutta awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1979 US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education
1986 US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
◄1990 "Les Miserables" opens at Imperial Theatre, NY & His Majesty's Theatre, Perth
1991 Blue Man Group's 1st performance in New York City
◄1998 At Jesse, in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline explodes killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom are scavenging gasoline.
2000’s
◄2003 The pinnacle was fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 50 meters (165 feet) and become the World's tallest highrise.
2005 "The Colbert Report" hosted by Stephen Colbert first airs on US TV
◄2007 The Dalai Lama receives the United States Congressional Gold Medal
2012 Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal
◄2016 Chinese spacecraft Shenzhou-11 launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China
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My Rambling Thoughts
Headed out this a.m. to get a pedi. So much easier than trimming my own. Also, enjoy the foot/leg massage.
On the way home, I picked up my mail…Whoopee, I have Jury Duty on Nov. 2. It’s always a ‘maybe’ until the day before after 5p. I’ll do my duty and not try to get out of it. It is also the municipal court, so even if I get picked, it is seldom over 2 days.
I’m a big fan of Star Talk with Neil deGrasse Tyson. It is on National Geographic Channel on Sunday night. If you haven’t caught it yet, it is certainly worth a watch or a show to DVR. Kareem Abdul Jabbar talked about the physics of basketball and some of his many projects to help kids.
Here is an idea:
Number of bank employees in Changzhi, China, who were recently publicly spanked for poor performance: 8
Glad I wasn’t on the AirAsia plane that dropped 24,000 ft. in 9 minutes flying from Perth, Australia to Bali. There was lots of screaming (including the flight attendants), and one guy proposed to his girlfriend while wearing an oxygen mask.
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Bizarre News
*------ Never Bring a Gun To a Gun Fight? ------*
Police in Detroit released surveillance video, which showed 29-year-old Sanchez Quinn trying to rob two men, who are cousins, at gunpoint outside the Super X Market. The suspect was seen pulling a gun and pointing it at the two victims. One victim was able to push the gun away and the two victims tried to escape. At that point, Sanchez fired some shots in their direction, hitting one man. The second victim, who was a Concealed Pistol License holder and was armed, pulled his own gun and shot Sanchez. Police said that the video evidence showed that this was a case of self-defense. Sanchez will be charged after he is released from the hospital. The victim who was shot is also recovering at a hospital.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@91- Nicolas Appert,
French inventor of airtight food preservation (food canning, bouillon tablet), born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France
(d. 1841)
80’s
@89- Arthur Miller,
American playwright (Death of a Salesman, Crucible), born in NYC
(d. 2005)
@88- Jimmy Breslin,
American author and columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday), born in NYC
(d. 2017)
@85- Tom Poston,
American actor (Steve Allen Show, Newhart), born in Columbus, Ohio
(d. 2007)
@84- Spring Byington,
American actress (December Bride), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
(d. 1971)
@81- Jerry Siegel,
comic book writer (Superman)
(d. 1996)
70’s
@72- Robert Atkins,
American nutritionist
(d. 2003)
@70- Irene Ryan,
American actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), born in El Paso, Texas
(d. 1973)
70- Michael McKean,
American actor (Laverne & Shirley, Saturday Night Live, Spinal Tap), born in NYC
60’s
@69- Robert "Evel" Knievel,
American motorcycle daredevil (Snake River Canyon), born in Butte, Montana
(d. 2007)
69- George Wendt,
American actor (Norm in Cheers), born in Chicago, Illinois
69- Margot Kidder,
Canadian American actress (Lois Lane in Superman films, Amityville Horror), born in Yellowknife, Canada
@68- Rita Hayworth,
NY, [Marguerita C Casino], actress (Gilda, Pal Joey)
(d. 1987)
@65- John Paul I [Albino Luciano],
263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978), born in Canale d'Agordo, Belluno, Veneto region of Northern Italy
(d. 1978)
61- Mae Jemison,
1st African American woman in space (STS 47), born in Decatur, Alabama
60- Dolph Lundgren,
actor (Rocky 4, Masters of Universe)
50’s
59- Alan Jackson,
Newnan Ga, country singer (Here in the Real World)
55- Mike Judge,
director (Beavis & Butthead)
54- Norm MacDonald,
Canadian comedian
40’s
49- Ziggy Marley,
reggae performer and son of Bob Marley
45- Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers III],
American rapper and movie star (The Real Slim Shady, Stan, and 8 Mile), born in St. Joseph, Missouri
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@93-1868 Laura Secord,
Canadian heroine of the war of 1812
@91-1910 Julie Ward Howe,
American poet (Battle Hymn of Republic) and author
80’s
@89-2007 Joey Bishop,
American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack
@87-1987 Ruby Dandridge [Ruby Jean Butler],
American actress (Father of the Bride)
70’s
@76-2007 Teresa Brewer,
American pop and jazz singer,
neuromuscular disease
@72-1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford,
American country singer (Sixteen Tons),
liver disease
60’s
@64-1990 Ralph Abernathy,
American civil rights leader (Southern Christian Leadership Conference),
blood clot
30’s
@39-1849 Frederic Chopin,
Polish/French pianist/composer,
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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