Sep 13

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Sept  13, 2018 Week: 37\ Day: 256

86004 Today: H 79° \ L 44° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind ave.:   23mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[1990]   Record Low: 25°[1985]

Aug Averages: 80°\49°

Today’s Quote

   Adapt or perish, now as ever,

   is nature’s inexorable imperative

H G Wells

Harper’s Index

    38

    Percentage of students at the top 30 US law schools

    who are Asian-American

    0.2

    Of elected prosecutors who are

Observances This Week

9-15    International Air Ambulance Week  Link

Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week

Direct Support Professional Recognition Week  Link

International Housekeepers Week   Link

National Assisted Living Week   

Suicide Prevention Week 

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week  Link

Line Dance Week

12-16  National Guitar Flat-Picking Days  Link

Hummingbird Celebration Link

Observances for Today

Blame Someone Else Day

Chocolate Milkshake Day

Defy Superstition Day

Fortune Cookie Day

International Chocolate Day Link 
Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day  Link
National Celiac Awareness Day
National Peanut Day Link
National Programmers Day Link 
Positive Thinking Day

Roald Dahl Day
Scooby-Doo Day
Uncle Sam Day  Link

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

100’s                                           

122 Building begins on Hadrian's Wall, Northern England

1500’s                                         

1503 Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.

1700’s                                         

1788 NY City becomes 1st capital of US

1800’s                                         

1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla

1900’s                                         

1922 The Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as people protest the right to wear straw hats beyond the accepted end date of September 15

1925 1st US University for African American, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans

1940 Buckingham Palace damaged by German bombs

1948 Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress

1956 IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage, weighs over a ton

1973 Congress passes & sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout

1977 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap

1985 Super Mario Bros game first appears, created by Shigeru Miyamoto at Nintendo

1989 Archbishop Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa

1997 Mother Teresa's State Funeral held in India

2000’s                                         

2015 Governor of California Jerry Brown declares a State of Emergency after wildfires devastate Lake and Napa counties

2017 UN Secretary-General António Guterres says Rohingya refugee crisis now "catastrophic" as 370,000 confirmed to have fled Myanmar

My Rambling Thoughts

Cheryl came into town yesterday, so we had a Bon Voyage lunch for Mary as she left for Italy this morning. Hope she has a great adventure with her daughter. One night they are staying in a 3,000-year-old cave/hotel . Should be interesting to say the least.

Sure glad I don’t live in the path of any hurricanes. All the news channels are doing complete coverage. I get that no one wants to leave their home or business during any disaster, but those who don’t evacuate in a mandatory evacuation should all be told that no first responders will be coming to ‘save’ them.

One of the things I never thought I would see was a President of the US that has zero empathy. He is so concerned about himself that he doesn’t care about anyone else. To say FEMA did a great job in Puerto Rico is disgusting. Almost 3,000 Americans died after the hurricane because of lack of electricity, food, and medical needs. Shameful.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@93►Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts Bay (d. 1868)

80’s

@88►Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company) and philanthropist, born in Derry Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1945)

@87►Samuel Wilson, American meat packer and possible namesake of Uncle Sam, born in Menotomy, Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1854)

@87►John J. Pershing [Blackjack], American general and WWI commander, born in Laclede, Missouri (d. 1948)

70’s

@74►Roald Dahl, British author (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG), born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1990) blood cancer

@70►Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), born in London, England (d. 1731) lethargy, stroke

60’s

@68►Alain LeRoy Locke, African American writer and philosopher “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” (d. 1954) heart disease

50’s

@51►Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever (d. 1902) ruptured appendix, peritonitis

40’s

49►Tyler Perry (Emmit Perry, Jr.), actor, director, playwright, filmmaker  

30’s

37►Ben Savage, actor

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@85►2017 Pete Domenici, American politician, U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973-2009)

70’s

@79►1998 George Wallace, American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, septic shock

@73►2006 Ann Richards, 46th Governor of Texas , cancer

60’s

@68►1872 Ludwig A Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats)

30’s

@32►1759 James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, in battle