Jun 13

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Jun 13, 2018 Week: 24\ Day: 164

86004 Today: H 85° \ L 50° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest Lightning:  557miles away

Wind ave.:   9mph\Gusts:  16mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 92°[1974]   Record Low: 30°[1976]

Jun Averages: 68°\41°

Today’s Quote

You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.   

    Anthony Bourdain

Harper’s Index

$5.96,825

Amount the US Treasury has pais for congressional staff in legal settlements since 2008

More Observances This Month

Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month
Potty Training Awareness Month Link
Professional Wellness Month
PTSD Awareness Month Link

Observances This Week

National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 10-16
National Flag Week: 10-16 
National Little League Baseball Week: 11-16   Link
US Open Golf Championship: 11-17
Men's Health Week: 11-17 Link
National Hermit Week: 13-20

Observances for Today

Brain Injury Awareness Day Link
International Albinism Awareness Day
National Weed Your Garden Day

Random Acts of Light Link
Roller Coaster Day

Sewing Machine Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

✪ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1700’s                                          

1774 Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves

1789 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington

1800’s                                          

1828 Simon Bolívar proclaimed dictator

1854 Anthony Faas patents the 1st US accordion, having made improvements to both the keyboard, and to enhance the sound (11,062)

1866 US House of representatives passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights)

1888 US Congress creates Department of Labor

1900’s                                          

1920 US Post Office says children cannot not be sent by parcel post (after various instances) 1927 Ticker-tape parade welcomes Charles A Lindbergh to NYC

1933 German Secret State Police (Gestapo - Geheime Staats Polizei) established by Hermann Goering

1966 US Supreme Court's Miranda decision; suspects must be informed of rights

1967 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st African American Supreme Court justice

1978 Film "Grease" opens, starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical

1994 A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages

1996 Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents

2000’s                                          

2007 The Al Askari Mosque in Samarra is bombed reportedly by Iraqi Baathists, destroying the mosque's two ten-story minarets

2007 First large scale exhibition of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's work in Mexico opens at Palacio de Bellas Artes on the 100th anniversary of her birth

2017 Otto Warmbier returns to the US in an unresponsive state after being held in Norther Korean jail for 17 months

My Rambling Thoughts

Lazy day, doing laundry. And it is very warm outside.

Landscaping crew showed up early to clear out the pine needles. And the cleaned the gutters. Glad for that. Made it very dusty so doors and windows had to be closed for a couple of hours. Now trying to cool the place off again.

The summit happened. Good photos. Not a whole lot more. It is a beginning that is long overdue. Hopeful that more are in the works. Now, it’s time to be nice to our closest allies!!!

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@87- Harold "Red" Grange, American "Galloping Ghost" of football (University of Illinois, Chicago Bears), born in Forksville, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)

86- John Nash, American mathematician (subject of movie "A Beautiful Mind") and Nobel laureate, born in Bluefield, West Virginia

@85- Mary Wickes, American actress (Dennis the Menace, Sister Act), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1995)

70’s

@75- Basil Rathbone, South African born British actor(Sherlock Holmes), born in Johannesburg (d. 1967) heart attack

74- Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations (2007-16), born in Injō, Japanese Korea

60’s

67- Richard Thomas, American actor (John Boy-Waltons, Last Summer, Johnny Belinda), born in NYC

65- Tim Allen, Canadian comedian (Home Improvement, Jungle2Jungle), born in Denver, Colorado

30’s

37- Chris Evans, American actor

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@81-2010 Jimmy Dean, American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)

@81-1989 Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie)

70’s

@77-1986 Benny Goodman, clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), heart attack

50’s

@58-2008 Tim Russert, American television host, NBC News Meet the Press moderator, heart attack

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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