Oct 7


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Oct  7, 2018 Week: 41 \ Day: 280
86004 Today: H 63° \ L 38° \ Average Sky Cover: 75% 
Wind:   18mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 80°[1965]   Record Low: 19°[2007]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Today’s Quote

          Our deeds determine us, as much as
we determine our deeds.
  George Eliot


Harper’s Index

            1,670,000,000
            Estimated combined square footage of all the
            Self-storage units in the US

            2.6
            Factor by which this area is larger than the borough
            Of Manhattan


More Observances This Month
           
Month of Free Thought
National Aesthetician Month  
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National AIDS Awareness Month  
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National Animal Safety and Protection Month 
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National Arts & Humanities Month
National Audiology/Protect Your Hearing Month
National Bake and Decorate Month

National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Caramel Month  
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National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Health Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Critical Illness Awareness Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month 
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National Dental Hygiene Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month 
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National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Dwarfism Awareness Month 
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National Ergonomics Month 
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National Family Sexuality Education Month - Let's Talk! 
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National Field Trip Month
National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month
National Go On A Field Trip Month
National Kitchen & Bath Month 
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National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month  
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National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Pork Month 
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National Protect Your Hearing Month 
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National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month 
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National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National RSV Awareness Month 
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National Sarcastic Awareness Month
National Seafood Month
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National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Stop Bullying Month
National Substance Abuse Prevention Month 
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National Toilet Tank Repair Month 
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National Window Covering Safety Month 
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National Work and Family Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month



Observances This Week
           
1-7
National Chimney Safety Week
National Health Care Food Service  Link 
National Heimlich Heroes Week

National Primary Care Physicians Week Link
National Walk Your Dog Week Link   Link
National Work From Home Week
Spinning & Weaving Week 
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Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week 
Link
Universal Children's Week

2-7
      World Dairy Expo

3-10
No Salt Week
World Space Week Link

5-7
National Storytelling Weekend

6-7
Old-time Fiddler Days

6-14
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link
National Physicians Assistant Week

7-13
4-H Week Link  
Death Penalty Focus Week
Fire Prevention Week Link
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Great Books Week
 
International Post Card Week
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Mental Illness Awareness Week  
Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week
National Metric Week
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
Teen Read Week


Observances for Today
           
Bald and Free Day
Change A Light Day Link
Country Inn Bed & Breakfast Day
Intergeneration Day  
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International African Diaspora Day
International Blessings of The Fishing Fleet Day 
(South Africa)
LED Light Day 
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National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day  
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National Forgiveness Day
National Frappe Day
National Inner Beauty Day Link
National Personal Safety Day  
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World Communion Day
You Matter To Me Day 
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events 
1400’s                                         
1492 Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course

1700’s                                         
1737 A cyclone causes 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed 300,000 in Calcutta, India

1800’s                                         
1806 Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgwood

1868 Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens

1900’s                                         
1916 The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island, and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters

1942 US & UK government announce establishment of United Nations

1952 First "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)

1955 Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco.

1963 JFK signs ratification for nuclear test ban treaty

1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system

1991 Law Professor Anita Hill accuses Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments to her

1996 Rupert Murdoch launches Fox News with Roger Ailes as CEO

1998 Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.

2000’s                                         
2001 The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan starts with an air assault and covert operations on the ground

2015 US President Barack Obama apologises to Doctors without Borders President and the President of Afghanistan for the bombing of a hospital in Kunduz

2016 Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Peace Prize for attempts to end conflict with FARC

2016 Washington Post releases videotape of Donald Trump boasting of groping and kissing women without consent


My Rambling Thoughts
Another storm on the way. This time there should be some snow on our peaks. Fall has certainly arrived.

All the news channels are carrying more on the SCOTUS appointment. All the news channels are carrying more of the protests on the SCOTUS appointment. My TV is on the Colorado v AZ State in Boulder. Buffs can win in the 2nd half. Great plays at the end of the 2nd Q. Because I’m in AZ, the announcers are from ASU so that is a little frustrating. Still, much more enjoyable than News.

89 opened up about 7a after two days of 24/7 work with lots of workers, lots of big machines. Good work.

The deadline for registration is approaching rapidly. If you aren’t register, please do so. And VOTE on Election Day. It’s the only way our damaged democracy can survive.

Changed linens and did a couple of loads of washing. More relaxing than watching the news.


Birthdays Today
@-  indicates age at death

80’s
86Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of South Africa and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, born in Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal, South Africa

70’s
@77Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel Prize 1922), born in Copenhagen (d. 1962) heat failure

@77Andy Devine [        Andrew Vabre Devine], American character actor (Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Stagecoach), raised in Flagstaff, Arizona (d. 1977) leukemia

@77Elijah Muhammad [Elijah Robert Poole], American religious leader (Nation of Islam), born in Sandersville, Georgia (d. 1975) heart failure

60’s
67John Cougar Mellencamp, American musician, actor (Jack & Diane), born in Seymour, Indiana

66Vladimir Putin, Russian politician (President and Prime Minister), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union

63Yo-Yo Ma, cellist

50’s
59Simon Cowell, English recording executive and television producer (X-Factor, American Idol), born in London

51Toni Braxton, American singer

30’s
@36Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr, firing squad


Historical Obits Today

70’s
@731950 Willis Carrier, American engineer (developed modern air conditioning)

60’s
@691956 Clarence Birdseye, American inventor and founder of the modern frozen food industry (Birdseye),  heart attack

40’s
@401849 Edgar Allan Poe, American writer, poet and critic (The Pit and the Pendulum) considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre (Murders in the Rue Morgue)


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