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Mar 4, 2018 Week: 10\ Day: 63

86004 Today: H 53° \ L 30° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind ave.:   23mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Wind Advisory until 9a Sun up to 50mph

Nearest Lightning:  2003 miles away

Record High: 68°[1910]   Record Low: -16°[1966]

Marb Averages: 46°\19°

Mar Records: H: 73° (2007) L: -16° (1966)

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Today’s Quote

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

 Dalai Lama

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Observances This Week

1-7

National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Pet Sitters Week Link
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week Link
Will Eisner Week

2-4
Festival of Owls Week

2-16
National Days of Action Link

3-9

Endometriosis Week Link

4-10

Celebrate Your Name Week
National Consumer Protection Week Link
National Dental Assistants Recognition Week  Link
National Procrastination Week
National Schools Social Work Week  Link
National Words Matter Week
Professional Pet Sitters Week
Read an E-Book Week Link  Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week0
Save Your Vision Week Link 
Teen Tech Week
Will Eisner Week  Link
Women in Construction Week  Link

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Observances for Today

Academy Awards (Oscar Night)
Benjamin Harrison Day
Courageous Follower Day
Daughters' and Sons' Day  
Finisher's Medal Day    Link 
Holy Experiment Day    Link and Link
Hug a GI Day Link
International Scrapbooking Industry Day
March Forth-Do Something Day
Marching Music Day  Link
Namesake Day  Link
National Grammar Day  Link
Old Inauguration Day
Toy Soldier Day Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

00’s                                               

≈51 Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).

1600’s                                          

≈1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania

1700’s                                          

1789 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)

1791 Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)

1793 Washington's 2nd inauguration as US President, shortest speech (133 words)

1800’s                                          

≈1824 The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.

1829 Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball

1837 Chicago becomes incorporated as a city

1841 Longest US presidential inauguration speech (8,443 words), William Henry Harrison

1863 Territory of Idaho established

1881 California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation

≈1890 The longest bridge in the Great Britain, the Forth Bridge (railway) (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII.

1900’s                                          

1902 American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago

1913 1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed

1913 US Department of Commerce & Labor split into separate departments

1913 NY Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)

1918 First recorded case of Spanish flu at Funston Army Camp, Kanas; start of worldwide pandemic killing 50-100 million

1921 Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas

≈1922 1st vampire film Nosferatu released in Germany, an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula

1929 Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American VP

1933 Frances Perkins becomes Secretary of Labor, 1st female member of the US Cabinet

≈1944 1st US bombing of Berlin

≈1945 In the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, joins the British Auxiliary Transport Service as a driver.

1959 US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet

≈1966 John Lennon says "We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

1978 Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue

≈1980 Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) comes to power, winning the parliamentary election in Zimbabwe, making Mugabe Zimbabwe's first black prime minister

1997 US President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research

1998 Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.

2000’s                                          

≈2005 United Nations warns that about 90 million Africans could be infected by HIV in the future without further action against the spread of the disease.

≈2009 International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur becoming the first sitting head of state to be indicted

≈2012 Over 10,000 illegal Peruvian gold miners clash with police to gain control of Puerto Maldonado

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My Rambling Thoughts

Nice Sat. as we prepare for….wait for it…another little snowstorm…tomorrow. We need the moisture!

Not the least bit surprised that 45 pulled back on his tough NRA talk. The leader just says whatever fits the situation and seems to have no underlying philosophy as to where we are headed. A leader who believes all publicity is good. So frightening.

Thank you FB for showing me two great recipes recently. I have always loved my mom’s meatloaf recipe…Campbell’s tomato soup, egg, Saltine cracker crumbs, hamburger and sausage. But I found on that is even better…hamburger, sausage, box of Stuffing mix (I used the herb one) and a cup of milk. It is fantastic.  The second one is a corn casserole with corn, cream of corn, Jiffy Cornbread mix, and sour cream. Soooooooo good. Guess I’m still not too old to find something new.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@92- Benjamin Waterhouse,

physician co-founder of Harvard Medical School

(smallpox vaccine pioneer),

born in Newport, Rhode Island

(d. 1846)

80’s

@86- Garrett Morgan,

African-American inventor (gas mask and traffic signal),

born in Claysville, Kentucky (

d. 1963)

70’s

@76- Miriam Makeba,

singer (Grammy 1965),

born in Johannesburg, South Africa

heart attack (d. 2008)

60’s

68- Rick Perry,

American politician, Governor of Texas (R) (2000-2015),

born in Paint Creek, Texas

65- Emilio Estefan,

Cuban-American musician and producer

(Miami Sound Machine),

born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

@63- Antonio Vivaldi,

Baroque violin virtuoso and composer (The Four Seasons),

born in Venice, Italy

internal infection (d. 1741)

60- Patricia Heaton,

actress (Debra-Everybody Loves Raymond),

born in Cleveland

50’s

55- Jason Newsted,

US heavy-metal bassist (Metallica-Nothing Else Matters),

born in Battle Creek, Michigan

40’s

@49- Pearl White [Victoria],

American actress and stunt woman (Perils of Pauline),

born in Green Ridge, Missouri

cirrhosis (d. 1938)

49- Chaz Bono [Chastity Sun Bono],

American actress (Sonny & Cher Show),

born in Los Angeles

@43- Knute Rockne,

Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame)

plane crash (d. 1931)

30’s

@34- Casimir Pulaski,

Polish military leader (called the father of American cavalry),

 born in Warsaw, Poland

shot in battle (d. 1779)

20’s

@22- Bobbi Kristina Brown,

daughter of Whitney Houston

born in Livingstone, New Jersey

OD (d.2015)

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@92-2009 Horton Foote,

American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Academy Award-winning screenwriter

80’s

@84-1996 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley],

American country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry, Hee-Haw)

@84-1992 Arthur Babbitt,

animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy)

70’s

@72-1986 Elizabeth Smart,

Canadian author

(By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept),

heart attack 

@71-1974 Adolph Gottlieb,

US painter,

heart failure

@70-2016 Pat Conroy,

American writer (The Great Santini, Prince of Tides),

pancreatic cancer

60’s

@63-1858 Matthew C. Perry,

Commodore of the United States Navy

opened Japan to Western influence and trade,

rheumatism

@63±-1868 Jesse Chisholm,

American Cherokee pioneer of the Chisholm Trail

50’s

@55±-1193 Saladin,

1st Sultan of Egypt and Syria and

founder of the Ayyubid dynasty,

fever 

40’s

@43-1994 John Candy,

actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck),

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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