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Dec 2, 2017 Week: 48 \ Day: 337
86004 Today: H 56° \ L 28°
Average Sky Cover: 94%
Wind ave.: 4mph\Gusts: 11mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 62°[1946] Record Low: -5°[1991]
Dec Averages: 50°\23°
Dec Records: H: 68° (1950) L: -23° (1990)
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Quote of the Day
Courage is found in unlikely places.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Observances Today
Earmuff Day or Chester Greenwood Day Link
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day
National Mutt Day Link
National Rhubarb Vodka Day Link
Safety Razor Day
Skywarn Recognition Day Link
Special Education Day
World Pear Day Link
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Observances This Week
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1400’s
1409 The University of Leipzig opens
1600’s
1697 St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren is consecrated for use (previous building destroyed in the Great Fire of London)
1800’s
1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of France in Paris
1823 President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine", a US foreign policy regarding Latin America
1845 Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West
1867 In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States
1882 Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
1900’s
1901 King C. Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
1927 1st Model A Ford sold, for $385
1927 Paleoanthropologist Davidson Blackannounces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus')
1929 First skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
1939 British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC
1942 World’s 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction occurs in Chicagi Pile-1 (world's 1st nuclear reactor) at the University of Chicago, overseen by Enrico Fermi
1950 "I Robot" collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov published by Genome Press in the US
1952 First human birth televised to public on KOA-TV Denver, Colorado
1960 Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovers 1.4 million year old Homo erectus (Olduvai Hominid 9) in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
1961 Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist & will lead Cuba to Communism
1961 Wind Bell, journal of San Francisco Zen Center, begins publishing
1970 Environmental Protection Agency begins in the US under Director William Ruckelshaus
1971 United Arab Emirates (Trucial States) declares independence from UK: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates
1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1975 Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1985 NFL QB legends Dan Marino and John Elwayface each other for the first time, a 30-26 victory for the Dolphins (Marino 390 yards and 3 touchdowns)
1990 First parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany
1999 The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive
2000’s
2001 Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York
2014 Stephen Hawking claims that Artificial Intelligence could be a "threat to mankind" and spell the end of the human race
2014 Comedian Bill Cosby resigns from the board of trustees of an American university following renewed sexual assault allegations
2014 The World Food Programme suspends critical food aid to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt because of a lack of funds
2016 Donald Trump takes a call with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen, in a break from America's long standing "One China" policy
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My Rambling Thoughts
Sure wish all these days of clouds would bring some moisture. Still dry. Our predicted snow has moved somewhere else.
Flynn pleads guilty to telling lies to the FBI. From a military man who swore to uphold the constitution and its laws. Hmmm. I’m sure there are a few who are chanting ‘lock him up.’
Not sure if anything exciting is happening this weekend. Time will tell.
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Bizarre News
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You don't have to be a celebrity to give your baby a stupid name. Take it from this Arkansas couple who plan to name their firstborn child after their favorite eatery: Olivia Garton. Justin and Jordan Garton of Fort Smith said they have decided to name the baby, due in December, after the restaurant where they once ate every day for seven weeks after buying a "never-ending pasta pass" in 2015. The couple said they quickly ruled out Olive Garton for the baby's name, but soon settled on Olivia. "We were able to make the joke, but a little more subtle, and it's still a pretty name," said Jordan Garton, 26. "It was definitely an easy decision." The Gartons said they hid one other Easter egg in baby Olivia's name: Her middle name will be Michelle, making her initials O.M.G. "I guess we just have to be those hashtag millennial parents," Jordan Garton said.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@87- Julie Harris,
actress (Bell Jar, East of Eden),
(d. 2013)
86- Edwin Meese III,
US attorney General (1985-88),
born in Oakland, California
70’s
73- Cathy Lee Crosby,
actress (Coach, That's Incredible)
60’s
63- Dan Butler,
actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier)
63- Stone Phillips,
news host (NBC Dateline)
50’s
@50- Gianni Versace,
Italian fashion designer (Versace),
born in Reggio Calabria, Italy
(d. 1997)
40’s
49- Lucy Liu, American actress
44- Monica Seles,
Yugoslavian-American tennis star (US Open 1992),
born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
30’s
39- Nelly Furtado,
Canadian singer and songwriter
36- Britney Spears,
American popstar ("Baby One More Time," "Oops! ...I did it again" and "I'm A Slave 4 U"),
born in McComb, Mississippi
34- Aaron Rodgers,
American NFL player (Green Bay Packers),
born in Chico, California
@31- Georges Seurat,
French post-impressionist painter (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte),
born in Paris, France
(d. 1891)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@96-2016 Sammy Lee,
American doctor and platform diver, 1st Asian American to win Olympic Gold (1948, 1952)
@90-1990 Aaron Copland,
American composer (Billy the Kid, Fanfare for Common Man)
80’s
@82-1990 Robert Cummings,
actor (Love that Bob)
70’s
@78-1967 Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman,
archbishop of NY
@78-1935 Martha Carey Thomas,
American educator, suffragist, linguist and second President of Bryn Mawr College,
coronary occlusion
@74-1814 Marquis de Sade,
French philosopher and writer (Justine), The words sadism and sadist are derived from his name.
@70-1936 John Ringling,
American circus owner
60’s
@69-1986 Desi Arnaz,
actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy),
lung cancer
@66-1995 Roxie Roker,
actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons),
breast cancer
@61±1547 Hernán Cortés,
Spanish conquistador (defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico),
pleurisy
50’s
@59-1859 John Brown,
American abolitionist and revolutionary (Harpers Ferry),
hanged
@56-1892 Jay Gould,
American entrepreneur/robber baron,
TB
40’s
@48-1982 Marty Feldman,
comedian (Young Frankenstein),
heart attack
@46-1552 Francis Xavier,
Spanish Catholic missionary,
fever
30’s
@39-1963 Sabu Sabu,
actor (Jungle Book, Drums), heart attack
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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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