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Dec 14, 2017 Week: 50 \ Day: 348
86004 Today: H 55° \ L 25°
Average Sky Cover: 8%
Wind ave.: 7mph\Gusts: 18mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 66°[1946] Record Low: -14°[1972]
Dec Averages: 50°\23°
Dec Records: H: 68° (1950) L: -23° (1990)
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Quote of the Day
We live in the world when we love it.
Rabindranath Tagore
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Observances Today
Yoga Day Link
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Observances This Week
10-17: Human Rights Week
14-Jan 5:Christmas Bird Count Link
14-28: Halcyon Days
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
500’s
557 Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, is significantly damaged by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake
1200’s
1287 During St. Lucia's Flood in Northwest Netherlands the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with loss of over 50,000 lives. Fifth largest recorded flood in history
1500’s
1542 Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old
1600’s
1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
1800’s
1819 Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state
1849 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
1896 The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company
1900’s
1900 Birth of Quantum Physics: German Physicist Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law
1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
1903 The Wright brothers attempt to fly the Wright Flyer for the first time at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
1911 Norwegian Roald Amundsen's expedition is the 1st to each the South Pole
1915 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
1916 America's first board-certified doctors are named by the American Board of Ophthalmology following an examination at the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis, Tennessee
1934 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany NY)
1944 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
1947 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida
1955 16 countries join the United Nations, including Austria, Finland, Italy, and Spain
1967 DNA created in a test tube
1977 "Saturday Night Fever" film starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC
1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
1984 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
1988 US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)
1993 "Philadelphia" directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington premieres in Century City, California
1999 Flash floods in Venezuela after torrential rainfall results in the deaths of thousands of people and causes a total collapse in the state's infrastructure
2000’s
2008 President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad
2016 Amazon announces its 1st delivery by drone 2 km from their warehouse in the UK
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My Rambling Thoughts
Shopping day went well. No big crowds at Sam’s or grocery store.
When I left home for college I always knew of two presents at Christmas. One was new underwear/gold toe socks. The other was a new cologne. My mom would go to the men’s counter and talk to the salesman trying to find the newest and best scent. Since my mom passed, those presents must be bought by me. I do fine with the underwear and socks, but cologne is always an issue. I hate standing at the men’s counter and testing and talking to the salesperson. Today I found a new cologne I liked and it only took two samples to find it. The past couple of years I have just bought one I have had before to stop having to test any. I like the new one.
So, there was finally a minor shift in the Senate. All those weeks of hype, everyone in politics telling the Alabama voters how to vote, seem to have paid off for one party and not so much for the other party. Wish all that hype had been limited to the borders of Alabama and not the big deal on national news.
Now the so-called tax cut is what every channel is talking about. I’m all for a post card return, but that ain’t gonna happen this time. My greatest fear is that rushing this through will only lead to more loopholes, and more tax to be paid by me. If there is anyone that believes lowering the corporate tax rate will increase jobs and wages, I have a bridge I need to sell.
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Bizarre News
*----------- Smelly, Smelly Revenge -----------*
An Oregon mother targeted by package thieves got back at the culprits with a decoy box filled with her infant son's soiled diapers. Angie Boliek posted a photo to Facebook showing the box of diapers she put out for thieves on her porch along with a note reading, "Enjoy this you thief!" Boliek said the initial stolen package contained 4-month-old Ben's new Christmas pajamas. The mother said she put the box of dirty diapers out on Sunday and it was gone by Monday evening. "I wanted to get my own, I guess, passive-aggressive revenge," Boliek said. Boliek said she reported the theft to the police and she and her husband are looking into installing a security camera on their porch.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@97- Margaret Chase Smith,
(Rep/Sen-R-Maine)
(d.1995)
@96- James Doolittle,
USAF General who conducted the raid on Tokyo in 1942,
born in Alameda, California
(d. 1993)
80’s
@87- Morey Amsterdam,
American comedian and actor, born in San Francisco,
(d. 1996)
@86- Frances Bavier,
American actress (The Andy Griffith Show),
born in NYC
(d. 1989)
@86- Don Hewitt,
American CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes),
born in NYC,
(d. 2009)
60’s
@69- Patty Duke,
actress (The Miracle Worker),
born in New York
(d. 2016)
@62- Nostradamus [Michel de Nostre-Dam],
French astrologist and prophet (Les Propheties),
born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
(d. 1566)
@62- Charlie "Silver Fox" Rich,
vocalist (Behind Closed Doors)
born in Colt Ark,
(d. 1995)
50’s
57- James Comey,
American lawyer and former FBI director,
born in Yonkers, NY
@56- George VI,
King of the United Kingdom (1936-52),
born in Norfolk, England
(d. 1952)
@53- Spike Jones,
composer (In a Secluded Rendezvous),
born in Long Beach, CA
(d. 1965)
30’s
33- Jackson Rathbone,
actor (Twilight Sage)
20’s
29- Vanessa Hudgens,
Disney actress/singer
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@88-2015 Lillian Vernon,
founder and CEO of the Lillian Vernon Corporation (first company listed on US stock exchange started by a woman)
@85-1974 Walter Lippmann,
American journalist (Public Opinion)
@81-2013 Peter O'Toole,
Irish actor
@81-1975 Arthur Treacher,
TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show)
70’s
@74-1998 Norman Fell,
American actor (3’s Company),
bone marrow cancer
60’s
@68-1989 Andrei Sakharov,
Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975),
arrhythmia
@66-1873 J Louis R Agassiz,
Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist) Note: One of our peaks in Flagstaff is named after him
@66-1799 George Washington,
first President of the United States (1789-97)
@63-1960 Gregory Ratoff,
Russian producer, director and actor (Exodus, Skyscraper Souls, Corsican Brothers),
leukemia
50’s
@58-1964 William Bendix,
American actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley),
lobar pneumonia
@51-1985 Roger Maris,
HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees),
cancer
40’s
@45-1476 Vlad III the Impaler,
Wallachian prince,
killed in battle
30’s
@39-1963 Dinah Washington,
singer,
sleeping pill overdose
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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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