Sep 17

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Sept  17, 2018 Week: 38 \ Day: 260

86004 Today: H 82° \ L 49° \ Average Sky Cover: 30% 

Wind:   14mph\Gusts: 0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[1956]   Record Low: 27°[1903]

Sep Averages: 74°\42°

Today’s Quote

     The best and most beautiful things in the world

     Cannot be seen or even touched—

     They must be felt with the heart

        Helen Keller

Harper’s Index

9/10

     Estimated portion of food-poisoning claims by British

     Tourists at Spanish hotels that are fraudulent

$70,000,000

     Amount such claims cost the Spanish tourism

     industry last year

Observances This Week

15-22  Farm Animal Awareness Week

Balance Awareness Week Link   

Build A Better Image Week

International Clean Hands Week

National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week

National Indoor Plant Week

National Rehabilitation Awareness Week

National Security Officer Appreciation Week

National Love Your Files Week Link  

National Singles Week

Tolkien Week

17-23  Constitution Week

National Postdoc Appreciation Week Link

Pollution Prevention Week Link

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  

Observances for Today

Citizenship Day
Constitution Day Link
International Country Music Day Link
National Apple Dumpling Day

National Monte Cristo Day Link
Time's Up Day
VFW Ladies Auxiliary Day
Respect for The Aged Day  Link

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                         

1683 Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the first to report the existence of bacteria

1700’s                                         

1787 The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention

1800’s                                         

1849 Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers

1862 Battle of Antietam [Battle of Sharpsburg], bloodiest day in the American Civil War 23,110 die in first battle on Union soil

1900’s                                         

1954 "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is published by Faber and Faber in London

1963 "The Fugitive" starring David Janssen premieres on ABC TV

1972 "M*A*S*H," premieres on NBC TV

1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors" is #1 for 19th straight week

1978 Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel

1988 24th Olympic games open at Seoul, Korea

My Rambling Thoughts

Smoky and smelly here at 7000’. There are two fires near Sedona that have now moved up onto the Mogollon Rim. There has been a little smoke around for a couple of days, but late yesterday and into today the smoke became very bothersome. It is a lightning caused fire and has been in rugged and steep areas, now that it is on the rim, they can now really deal with it.

As I was channel surfing I found the 1997 movie ‘Starship Troopers’. After watching about 15 minutes I decided this is the movie that gave 45 the idea of a space force. It was a little too campy for my taste, so I never finished it. In the part I watched, no one had bone spurs. But the soldiers were shooting nukes from shoulder-fired weapons on an enemy planet where they didn’t need to wear a space suit.

Decided it was time for a deep clean of the laundry room and downstairs’ bathroom. Glad it is now done.

Mary is IM-ing me and posting pics on her Italian adventure. Beautiful area she is in…Sassie di Matera, Italy.

No Broncos on TV but at half time, they need some energy. Cards are on TV and look like they forgot how to play football. Maybe the 2^nd half will help both teams.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@87►Warren E Burger, Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86) (d. 1995)

@84►John Willard Marriott, American hotelier (d. 1985)

70’s

79►David Souter, American retired 107th Supreme Court Justice (1990-2009), born in Melrose, Massachusetts

60’s

@66►Ken Kesey, author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), born in La Junta Colorado (d. 2001) stroke

65►Rita Rudner, comedienne (Funny People)

50’s

@54►John Ritter, comedian, actor (d, 2003) aorta discection

40’s

47►Bobby Lee, comedian, Mad TV

47►Nate Berkus, Designer, TV host

20’s

@29►Hank Williams, Sr. country singer (d. 1953) heart problem

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@92►2012 Russell E. Train, American environmentalist

70’s

@77►1996 Spiro Agnew, American politician (Vice President, 1969 until resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), leukemia

60’s

@62±►1858 Dred Scott, US ex-slave who sought to sue for his freedom, TB

@61►1948 Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist (Patterns of Culture)

@60►1985 Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, businesswoman and co-founder of Laura Ashley, falling down the stairs

50’s

@56►1899 Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist, heart attack