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Jan 22, 2018 Week: 04\ Day: 22
86004 Today: H 40° \ L 11° \ Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind ave.: 6mph\Gusts: 0mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 62°[1970] Record Low: -30°[1937]
Jan Averages: 50°\23°
Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)
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Today’s Quote
Harper’s Index
-83 Estimated percentage change in the number of glaciers in
Glacier National Park since its founding
857 Minimum number of animal species that are NOT officially
extinct but have not been observed for the last 10 year
184 For at least one hundred years
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Observances This Week
17-23
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
National Soccer Coaches of America Week
18-25
Week of Christian Unity
18-28
Sundance Film Festival
20-28
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Link
Hunt For Happiness Week
National Activity Professionals Week
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
22-26
Clean Out Your Inbox Week
National Medical Group Practice Week
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Observances for Today
Answer Your Cat's Questions Day
National Bible Sunday Link
Roe vs. Wade Day
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1500’s
1506 The first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrive at the Vatican
1600’s
1690 Iroquois tribes renew allegiance to British against French
1700’s
1771 Spain cedes Falkland Islands to Britain
1800’s
1816 Lord Byron completes poems "Parisina" and "Siege of Corinth"
1879 Zulu warriors attack British Army camp in Isandhlwana, South Africa
1881 Ancient Egyptian obelisk "Cleopatra's Needle" erected in Central Park, New York
1900’s
1938 "Our Town", Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, premieres (NJ)
1946 US president Harry Truman sets up the Central Intelligence Agency
1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens in Hollywood, California
1953 Arthur Miller's "Crucible" premieres in NYC
1968 "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" premieres on NBC
1973 Roe vs Wade: US Supreme Court legalizes most abortions
1982 75% of North America is covered by snow
2000’s
2002 Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
2006 Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president
2017 Chile declares a State of Emergency and requests international assistance as wildfires rage out of control
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My Rambling Thoughts
Blue sky greeted my home, snow is rapidly melting. Never got the 5” we hoped for, but did get a couple of inches and had a real day of snow. Nice.
Light housekeeping before the games. Sunday news programming caught me up. Sunday local paper was some news and a whole lot of ads. Most of the ads went directly into the recycle bin, just don’t tell the advertisers…without the ads we wouldn’t have a small town local paper.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
86- Piper Laurie, [Rosetta Jacobs],
actress (Twin Peaks),
born in Detroit
@85- Beatrice Potter Webb,
English sociologist, economist
(founded London School of Economics)
writer (My Apprenticeship),
born in Standish (d. 1943)
81- Joseph Wambaugh,
American police writer ("The Onion Fields"),
born in Pittsburgh
70’s
@79- George Balanchine,
Russian-American ballet composer and choreographer
founded the New York City Ballet,
born in St. Petersburgh, Russian Empire
(d. 1983)
77- John Hurt,
English actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express),
born in Chesterfield
pancreatic cancer (d. 2017)
@73- D.W. Griffith,
American film director and producer (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance),
born in LaGrange, Kentucky
stroke (d. 1948)
60’s
69- Steve Perry,
vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
@65- Francis Bacon,
statesman/essayist (Novum Organum),
born in London, England pneumonia
(d. 1626)
@65- U Thant,
Burmese politician
3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961-72),
born in Pantanaw, Myanmar
lung cancer (d. 1974)
@61- Albert Neisser [Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser],
German physician who discovered the bacteria that cause
gonorrhea and leprosy
septicemia (d.1916)
50’s
@59- Bill Bixby,
actor (Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian),
born in San Francisco
prostate cancer (d. 1993)
59- Linda Blair,
American actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St),
born in St Louis
50- Guy Fieri,
chef
40’s
@47- William Kidd,
Scottish pirate legend,
born in Greenock (or Dundee), Scotland
executed (d. ±1701)
30’s
@36- Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron],
English romantic poet (Don Juan),
born in London
sepsis from ‘medical bleeding’(d. 1824)
@33- Sam Cooke,
soul singer (You Send Me),
born in Clarksdale Mississippi
shot (d. 1964)
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Historical Obits Today
100’s
@104-1995 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy,
mother of pres JFK, RFK, & Ted
80’s
@85-2012 Joe Paterno,
disgraced American college hall of football coach (Penn State)
Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of 1986
@81-2003 Bill Mauldin,
American cartoonist famous for his World War II cartoons depicting
American soldiers (Pulitzer-1945, 59)
@81-1901 Victoria, [Alexandrine],
Britain's Queen (1837-1901)
70’s
@72-1994 Telly Savalas,
American actor (Kojak),
prostate cancer
60’s
@68-1900 David Edward Hughes,
British-American inventor (microphone, teleprinter)
@64-1973 Lyndon B. Johnson,
36th US President (Democrat: 1963-69),
heart attack
20’s
@28-2008 Heath Ledger,
Australian-American Actor (Brokeback Mountain, The Dark Knight),
OD
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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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