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Nov 17, 2017 Week: 46 \ Day: 322
86004 Today: H 59° \ L 39°
Average Sky Cover: 35%
Wind ave.: 12mph\Gusts: 24mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 67°[2007] Record Low: -10°[1964]
Nov Averages: 50°\23°
Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)
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Quote of the Day
The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.
Richard L. Evans
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Observances Today
National Unfriend Day Link
Petroleum Day Link
Substitute Educators Day
World Prematurity Awareness Day Link
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Observances This Week
11-20
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week Link
12-18
Geography Awareness Week Link
International Fraud Awareness Week Link
Perioperative Nurse Week Link
National Split Pea Soup Week Link
World Kindness Week: 12-18 Link
13-17
American Education Week Link
13-19
National Book Awards Week
National Global Entrepreneurship Week Link
17-26
American Sand Sculpting Competition Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1500’s
1558 Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends English throne upon death of her half sister Queen "Bloody" Mary
1558 The Church of England is re-established
1600’s
1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
1700’s
1774 First City Troop Philadelphia City Cavarly formed at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia - oldest US military unit still in service
1800’s
1853 Street signs authorized at San Francisco intersections
1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe
1856 On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
1869 Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking Mediterranean and Red seas
1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's patriotic Slavonic March made its premiere in Moscow to a warm reception by the Russian people.
1900’s
1914 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral
1931 Charles Lindbergh inaugurates Pan Am service from Cuba to South America in the Sikorsky flying boat "American Clipper"
1953 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland are evacuated to the mainland
1970 Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse
1973 US President Richard Nixon tells AP "...people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
1989 Student demonstration in Prague put down by riot police, leading to an uprising (the Velvet Revolution) that will topple the communist government on Dec. 29
1991 1st TV condom ad aired (FOX- TV)
1993 US House of Representatives approve Nafta
1996 Time White and T. Assebework discover the first fossils of 2.5 million year old Australopithecus garhi, an ancestor on the human family tree, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by 6 Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then kill the assailants).
2000’s
2004 Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
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My Rambling Thoughts
Had a good lunch with Mary at Smash Burger…their onion rings are awesome! Cheryl is in CA with her son and his family.
Sexual harassment is a blight on this country, the extent is just now coming to light. As hard as it is to hear, we must all understand that it is now and always has been wrong. Now is the time to end it everywhere…the workplace, the home, the church, the stores we shop in, everywhere.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@88- Bernard Montgomery,
1st Viscount Alamein, British WWII Field Marshal (African campaign, D-Day) and WWI officer, born in London
(d. 1976)
@80- Lee Strasberg,
Austrian acting coach and actor (The Godfather: Part II, Somewhere in the Night), born in Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
(d. 1982)
70’s
79- Gordon Lightfoot,
Canadian folksinger (Sundown), born in Orillia, Ontario
@75- Bob Mathias,
American decathlete (Olympic gold 1948, 52) and congressman, born in Tulare, California
(d. 2006)
75- Bob Gaudio,
rocker (Four Seasons-Sherry), born in The Bronx, New York
75- Martin Scorsese,
American film director (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, The Departed), born in Queens
73- Danny Devito,
American actor (Taxi, Ruthless People, Twins), born in Neptune Township, NJ
73- Lorne Michaels [Lipowitz],
Canadian producer, actor and comedy writer (Saturday Night Live), born in Toronto
60’s
69- Howard Dean,
American politician
@64- Pierre Gaultier,
French-Canadian trader and explorer
(d. 1749)
50’s
@59- Rock Hudson,
Winnetka, Ill, actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms)
(d. 1985)
57- RuPaul Andre Charles,
American drag queen, actor and singer (RuPaul's Drag Race), born in San Diego
51- Daisy Fuentes,
model/MTV veejay (America's Funniest Videos)
40’s
49- Robin Li [Li Yanhong],
Chinese founder of the Chinese search engine Baidu, born in Yangquan, Shanxi
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@83-1971 Gladys Cooper,
actress (Margaret-The Rogues)
70’s
@78-2014 Jimmy Ruffin,
American soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted)
@78-1998 Esther Rolle,
American actress (Good Times, Maude),
diabetes
@77-1917 Auguste Rodin,
French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker),
lung disease
60’s
@67-1796 Catherine the Great [Catherine II],
Empress of Russia (1762-96),
stroke
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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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