Oct 8


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Oct  8, 2018 Week: 41 \ Day: 281
86004 Today: H 50° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 90% 
Wind:   18mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 7 mi
Record High: 80°[1980]   Record Low: 21°[1900]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Today’s Quote

            When a man tells you that he got rich through
  hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
  Don Marquis


Harper’s Index

            37
            Number of states that prevent cities from
            Enacting rent control laws


More Observances This Month
           
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Pizza Month
 Link  Link
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month 
Link
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month 
Link 


Observances This Week
           
3-10
No Salt Week
World Space Week Link

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
Link   
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
           
Alvin C. York Day
Columbus Day 

National Fluffernutter Day
National Kick Butt Day  Link
National Online Banking Day Link 
National Pierogy Day
National Salmon Day
World Octopus Day 
Link


Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events 
1800’s                                         
1821 The government of General José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.

1871 Great Fire of Chicago kills 200 people and destroys over 4 square miles (10 square km) of buildings and the original Emancipation Proclamation

1900’s                                         
1918 American soldier Alvin York single-handedly attacks German gun nest, killing at least 25 and capturing 132 Germans

1932 The Indian Air Force is established.

1945 Microwave oven patented

1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

1998 José Saramago is the first person from Portugal to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

2000’s                                         
2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

2004 Kenyan Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"


My Rambling Thoughts
Our peaks are covered with snow, with a small dusting around town. Guess fall has officially arrived. And it has been raining most of the day at my place. A nice Female rain, just what we need.

Very happy with the Buffs win yesterday. Not too excited about the Broncos, but at least I get to watch them on live TV. The Cards played a good first half.

I am happy that Flagstaff City Council voted to change to ‘Indigenous People’s Day’, it is only a first step in recognizing the many different cultures we have here. Sad to see how many Americans still think Chris discovered this land. First: it was fully inhabited by Indigenous people, so it was already ‘discovered’. Second: he missed Florida and landed somewhere else in the Caribbean. It was Italians that worked so hard to end their discrimination here by perpetuating the myth that an Italian even landed here. It has been the time for teach true history for decades. It is time to honor the cultures that make up America.


Birthdays Today
@-  indicates age at death

80’s
@82Eddie Rickenbacker,
American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI),
born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)

70’s
79Paul Hogan,
Australia, actor (Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack)

@78Juan Perón,
Argentine military officer and
President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74),
born in Buenos Aires (d. 1974)

77Jesse Jackson,
clergyman, presidential candidate (D),
born in Greenville, South Carolina

75R. L. Stine,
children's book writer (Goosebumps),
born in Columbus, Ohio

75Chevy Chase,
American comedian and actor (SNL, Vacation,
Fletch, Caddyshack), born in NYC, New York

60’s
69Sigourney Weaver [Susan Alexandra],
American actress (Alien, Working Girl),
born in Manhattan, New York

40’s
48Matt Damon,
American actor (Good Will Hunting,
Ocean's trilogy, Bourne trilogy),
born in Cambridge, Massachusetts

30’s
38Nick Cannon,
American actor and rapper
(Love Don't Cost a Thing),
born in San Diego, California

33Bruno Mars [Peter Gene Hernandez],
American singer
("Just the Way You Are", "Grenade"),
born in Honolulu, Hawaii

20’s
25Angus T. Jones,
American actor (Two and a Half Men)


Historical Obits Today

80’s
@822011 Al Davis,
American football executive

70’s
@781992 Willy Brandt [Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm],
German statesman, leader of the SPD party (1964-1987)
 Chancellor of West Germany (1969-74, Nobel 1971),
 cancer

60’s
@671982 Fernando Lamas,
Argentine American actor and director
(Lost World, You look marvelous),
cancer

@641869 Franklin Pierce,
14th US President (Democrat: 1853-57)

50’s
@581953 Nigel Bruce,
British actor (Rebecca, Suspicion, Sherlock Holmes),
heart attack

@561793 John Hancock,
American merchant and statesman
1st to sign the Declaration of Independence

40’s
@431990 B.J. Wilson (Barrie James),
English musician (Procol Harum)
OD led to vegetative state, pneumonia


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