Nov 20

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Nov 20, 2018 Week: 47 \ Day: 324

86004 Today: H 52° \ L 20° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind:   5mph\Gusts: - mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 71°[1976]   Record Low: -5°[1964]

Nov Averages: 51°\23°

Today’s Quote

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground,

but a kind word is never thrown away.

Arthur Helps

Random Tidbits

Several Hindi terms, picked up from Indian Army soldiers and already circulating in the regular, professional army, were also disseminated widely. One of those most used at the front was "cushy" from khush ('pleasure'). Soldiers would describe cushy, or comfortable billets, as well as cushy trenches, in quiet sectors.

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The most well-known term derived from Hindi though was "Blighty", from bilati, meaning "foreign", which, when applied by Indians to Britons, came to be perceived by Indian Army servicemen as the term "British".

Observances This Week

           

16-23

International Games Week

17-24

American Sand Sculpting Competition Link

18-22

American Education Week Link 

Observances for Today

           

Absurdity Day

African Industrialization Day
Beautiful Day

Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day aka G.O.H.A.R.D. Link
Name Your PC Day
National Educational Support Professionals Day
National Peanut Butter Fudge Day  Link
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Universal Children's Day

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1400’s                                         

1431 First meeting of Order of the Golden Fleece

1600’s                                         

1695 Zumbi last leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, is executed

1700’s                                         

1789 New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights

1800’s                                         

1817 First Seminole War begins in Florida

1866 Howard University founded (Washington, D.C.)

1873 Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary

1900’s                                         

1914 US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports

1919 1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)

1929 Salvador Dali's first one-man show

1938 1st documented anti-Semitic remarks over US radio (by Father Coughlin)

1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000

1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million

1984 McDonald's makes its 50 billionth hamburger

1984 SETI Institute (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) is founded.

1986 World Health Organization announces first global effort to combat AIDS

1993 Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.

1995 FDA approves new therapy for use as an initial AIDS treatment, 3TC

1997 Yohannes Haile-Selassie discovers the partial skull of a 2.5 million year old human ancestor, confirming and establishing the new species Australopithecus garhi, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia

2000’s                                         

2001 US President George W. Bush dedicates the US Department of Justice headquarters the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, on what would have been his 76th birthday

2014 Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes

2017 Atlanta's Georgia Dome, once the world's largest covered stadium, is destroyed in a controlled implosion

My Rambling Thoughts

Started my day and my week with a much needed pedi. Turns out I wasn’t the only one needing one. One Grandma brought in her daughter and 3 young (under 12) granddaughters for manicures and pedi for the daughter and oldest granddaughter. I had to wait a little while, but just watching it was enjoyable.

Still waiting for the painters to do their thing on my front security door. I’m not alone, anyone with is security door is waiting just like me. Might be the cold weather.

Not sure which is worse…45 not showing up at a Veteran’s Day remembrance at Arlington or his excuse that he was busy making phone calls on the holiday. I figure he didn’t show up because the Generals convinced him that his ‘military’ parade was expensive, and not very American.  And then he bad mouthed retired Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, the man who killed Osama because he was/is a Hillary supporter.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@92- Robert Byrd,

US Senator (Democrat-WV, 1959-2010), majority leader and once the longest-serving Senator in history, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (d. 2010)

91- Estelle Parsons,

American actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde), born in Lynn, Massachusetts

80’s

@81- Selma Lagerlöf,

Swedish author and Nobel laureate (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils), born in Mårbacka, Värmland (d. 1940)

@81- Fran Allison,

American actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), born in La Porte City, Iowa (d. 1989)

70’s

79- Dick Smothers,

American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show), born in NYC

@79- Richard Dawson,

Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud), (d. 2012) cancer

@78- Emilio Pucci,

fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954), born in Naples, Italy (d. 1992)

76- Joe Biden,

American politician (Vice President: 2009-2017), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania

71- Joe Walsh,

Wichita Ks, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy)

70- John Bolton,

American security advisor and diplomat (US Ambassador to UN), born in Baltimore, Maryland

60’s

@69- Judy Canova,

American comedian and actress (Cannonball), born in Starke, Florida (d. 1983) cancer

@67- William Painter,

American inventor (crown cork bottle cap and opener), born in Ireland (d. 1906)

@63- Edwin Hubble,

American astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift), born in Marshfield, Missouri (d. 1953) stroke

62- Bo Derek, [Mary Collins],

actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California

40’s

@42- Robert F. Kennedy,

American politician (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), born in Brookline, Massachusetts (d. 1968) assassinated

42- Dominique Dawes,

gymnast (3 medals @ 3 Olympics)

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@82-1975 Francisco Franco,

Spanish dictator (1936-75)

@82-1910 Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich],

Russian novelist (Anna Karenina, War & Peace)

@81-2006 Robert Altman,

American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player, M*A*S*H, Nashville)

40’s

@48-1973 Allan Sherman,

American parody singer and songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah), emphysema

20’s

@28-1995 Sergei Grinkov,

figure skater (Olympic gold), heart attack