Oct 14

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Oct  14, 2018 Week: 42 \ Day: 287

86004 Today: H 56° \ L 39° \ Average Sky Cover: 95% 

Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 78°[2015]   Record Low: 18°[1975]

Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Today’s Quote

Change before you have to.

Jack Welch

Harper’s Index

55

Percentage of Brazilian population that is black

 or mixed race

95

Percentage of sperm imported into Brazil that is

from white donors

52

That is from blue-eyed donors

Observances This Week

6-14

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link
National Physicians Assistant Week

9-14
World Rainforest Week Link  

10-17

Take Your Medicine Americans Week

12-20

Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week Link

14-20
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week 
Drink Local Wine Week
Earth Science Week Link 
Emergency Nurses Week
National Chestnut Week  
International Infection Prevention Week Link
Mediation Week Link 
National Food Bank Week
Veterinary Technicians Week Link

Observances for Today

Be Bald and Free Day
Clergy Appreciation Day
Father-Daughter Day 
Spider-Man Day Link 
National Dessert Day 

World Standards Day Link

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1300’s                                         

1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence

1700’s                                         

1773 The first recorded Ministry of Education, the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education), is formed in Poland.

1800’s                                         

1865 Cheyennes & Arapahos sign "peace treaty" then chased out Colorado

1900’s                                         

1916 Sophomore tackle and guard Paul Robeson is excluded from the Rutgers football team when Washington and Lee University refused to play against a black person.

1916 The Perm State University was founded in Russia.

1922 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens on Third Avenue NYC

1926 A. A. Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh" released

1952 UN General Assembly first meets at its new headquarters in New York

1958 The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members.

1960 Peace Corps 1st suggested by John F. Kennedy in a sppech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

1964 Martin Luther King Jr. announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

1979 1st Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. by over 100,000 people

1980 Presidential nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to the US Supreme Court

1986 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel, for his efforts to ensure the Holocaust was remembered

1991 Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize

1994 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres

2000’s                                         

2014 Utah State University receives terrorist threats pertaining to Anita Sarkeesian's planned lecture the following day

My Rambling Thoughts

Very rainy Saturday. I checked my phone for the nearest lighting about 15 minutes ago: 967 miles. I just heard loud thunder and a flash of light, checked phone and it said nearest lightning strike was ‘less than a mile away.’  WOW! Messed up plans for a nice leisurely walk, now that I don’t have a thick bandage on my wrist/arm. Maybe tomorrow. Healing continues with the expected itching.

I get that 45 and his followers have a different view of the world from mine. He is not the first, nor will he be the last, that I disagree with. I am pleased that the preacher was released and is back in the US. However, 45’s photo op was, in my opinion, very inappropriate. Especially when the preacher knelt of one knee, touched 45’s shoulder, and prayed, followed by his wife adding to the prayer. Bipolar Kanye ranting and cussing in the Oval office, followed by an evangelist, (who was in prison for spreading his brand of Christianity in a non-Christian country), praying…both just seems out of place.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@96→C. Everett Koop,

13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)

80’s

@89→Lawrence Herkimer,

"Grandfather of Cheerleading" (founded National Cheerleading Association, patented the pom-pom), born in Muskegon, Michigan (d. 2015)

@89→Roger Moore,

British actor (The Saint, James Bond), born in London (d. 2017)

80→John Dean,

American attorney and former White House counsel (Watergate figure), born in Akron, Ohio

70’s

79→Ralph Lauren,

American fashion designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren), born in The Bronx, New York

@78→Dwight D. Eisenhower,

34th US President (R, 1953-61) and WWII general, born in Denison, Texas (d. 1969)

@73→William Penn,

English Philosopher, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania, born in London, England (d. 1718)

60’s

@68→Sumner Welles,

American diplomat (Good neighbor policy), born in New York (d. 1961)

@67→e e cummings (Edward Estlin),

poet (Tulips & Chimneys), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1962)

40’s

48→Jon Seda,

Puerto Rican actor

40→Usher Raymond IV,

American singer (My Way, Confessions) and actor, born in Dallas

Historical Obits Today

70’s

@74→1977 Bing Crosby [Harry Lillis Crosby],

American singer and actor (Going My Way), heart attack

60’s

@69→2006 Freddy Fender,

American musician ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls"), lung cancer

50’s

@55→1880 Victorio (Bidu-ya),

Apache chief, killed by Mexican army

@52→1944 Erwin Rommel,

German Field Marshal (WWII - African campaign), suicide

@50→1959 Errol Flynn,

Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood),  heart attack