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Oct 23, 2017 Week: 43 \ Day: 296
86004 Today: H 64° \ L 35°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts: --mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 76°[2003] Record Low: 10°[1906]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°
Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)
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Quote of the Day
We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent
of what nature has revealed to us.
Albert Einstein
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Observances Today
IPod Day
Lung Health Day Link
Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
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Observances This Week
Asexuality Week: 17-23 Link
Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 17-24
Kids Care Week: 22-28
National Chemistry Week: 22-28
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: 22-28 Link
National Massage Therapy Week: 22-28 Link
National Respiratory Care Week: 22-28 Link
Pastoral Care Week: 22-28 Link
Pro Bono Week: 22-28 Link
Rodent Awareness Week: 22-28
National Nuclear Science Week: 23-27
Red Ribbon Week: 23-31 Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
BC’s
◄42 BC Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi - Brutus's army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide.
1000’s
◄1091 Tornado (possible T8/F4) strikes the heart of London killing two and demolishing the wooden London Bridge
1600’s
◄1641 Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 - Catholic uprising in Ulster
1700’s
◄1739 War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain
1760 First Jewish prayer books printed in North America
1775 Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army
1800’s
◄1813 The Pacific Fur Company trading post in Astoria, Oregon is turned over to the rival British North West Company (the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest was dominated for the next three decades by the United Kingdom).
1900’s
1915 25,000 women march in New York City demanding right to vote
◄1934 Jean Piccard & Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m (rec)
1941 Walt Disney's animated film "Dumbo" released
◄1958 Soviet novelist Boris Pasternak, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
◄1958 USSR lends money to UAR to build Aswan High Dam
1963 Neil Simon's "Barefoot in the Park" premieres in NYC
◄1977 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces discovery of a 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossil, the earliest life form
1981 US national debt hits $1 trillion
1988 Robert Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by US Senate
◄1998 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a "land for peace" agreement.
2000’s
2000 "Monday Night Miracle", down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, New York Jets pull together an improbable comeback with 4 touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Miami Dolphins 40-37 in overtime
2001 Apple releases the iPod
◄2015 Adele releases her single "Hello" - becomes 1st song with more than a million downloads in 1st week (1.1m)
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice fall day with almost clear blue sky and very little breeze. Glad I cleaned up yesterday so I could enjoy this nice weather.
Bronco’s game won’t be on my TV, so thanks to the internet I can keep up with it. Gotta be better than the Cards game in London.
Sunday morning news shows spent way too much time on 45. One would have to live on another planet not to know his inappropriateness. The constant repeating of his faux pas does not speak well of the media.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@84- Gummo [Milton] Marx, American actor and comedian (Marx Brothers) (d. 1977)
82- Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson)
70’s
@79- Johnny Carson, Corning Iowa, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust) (d. 2005)
77- Pelé [Edson Arantes do Nascimento], Brazilian footballer (Player of the Century - 1281 goals in 1363 games), born in Três Corações, Minas Gerais
60’s
@66- John Heisman, American pioneering football coach/trophy namesake, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1936)
@66- Michael Crichton, novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2008)
63- Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born American filmmaker (Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi), born in Chaochou, Pingtung
61- Dwight Yoakam, country singer (Honky Tonk Man), born in Pikeville, Kentucky
50’s
58- Weird Al Yankovic [Alfred Matthew], American parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun), born in Downey, California
40’s
@41- Louis Riel, Canadian politician, founder of the province of Manitoba and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies, born in Red River Colony, Rupert's Land, British North America (d. 1885)
41- Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor and comedian (Deadpool), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Historical Obits Today
100’s
@106-2003 Soong Mei-ling [Madame Chiang Kai-shek], Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China (1948-75)
90’s
@94-2011 Herbert A. Hauptman, American Mathematician whose models for determining the chemical crystal structures vital for life revolutionized chemistry
80’s
@84-2011 John McCarthy, American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of Artificial Intelligence, inventor of the Lisp programming language)
70’s
@76-2016 Tom Hayden, American civil rights and antiwar activist and politician (Rep-D-Ca), lengthy illness/stroke
60’s
@69-1978 Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), poor health
@67-1939 Zane Grey, American western writer (Spirit of the Border), heart failure
@66-1994 Robert Lansing, actor (Blade Runner, Equalizer), cancer
@64-1950 Al Jolson [Asa Yoelson], American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent actor (Mamie, Swanee), heart attack
50’s
@52-1957 Christian Dior, French fashion designer (New Look), heart attack
40’s
@43-42 BC Marcus Junius Brutus, Roman senator, suicide
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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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