Nov 22, Thanksgiving 2018

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Nov 22, 2018 Week: 47 \ Day: 326

86004 Today: H 56° \ L 30° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

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

Record High: 68°[1903]   Record Low: -2°[1939]

Nov Averages: 51°\23°

Today’s Quote

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.

If you concentrate on what you don't have,

you will never, ever have enough.

Oprah Winfrey

Random Tidbits

Arizona Children ages 0 to 17 in poverty: 377,445

(23.6% of all children in this age range in the state)

Children ages 0 to 4 in poverty: 106,817

(24.9% of all children in this age range in the state)

Children ages 5 to 17 in poverty: 263,614

(22.6% of all children in this age range in the state)

Median household income: $53,481

Observances This Week

           

16-23

International Games Week

17-24

American Sand Sculpting Competition Link

18-22

American Education Week Link 

Observances for Today

           

Go For a Ride Day

Humane Society Day

National Cashew Day

National Cranberry Relish Day

Substitute Educators Day 

Thanksgiving

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1500’s                                         

1573 The Brazilian city of Niterói is founded

1800’s                                         

1809 Peregrine Williamson of Baltimore patents a steel pen

1842 Mount St Helens in Washington erupts

1900’s                                         

1928 "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly (Paris)

1930 Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit

1934 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show

1963 American President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas

1963 Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as the 36th US President after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

1968 Terence O'Neill, then Northern Ireland Prime Minister, announced a package of reform measures granting concessions to the Catholic minority, in response to protest movement

1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between NY and Europe begins

1985 Largest swearing-in ceremony, 38,648 immigrants become US citizens. Ronald Reagan, President

2000’s                                         

2005 Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany

2016 US President Barack Obama posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to pioneering computer scientist and Navy Admiral Grace Hopper

2017 Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid $100,00 to keep quiet

My Rambling Thoughts

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. I’m taking a break from the blog for a few days. Lots of good stuff happening around here.

Made a quick trip to Sam’s Club this morning. I was hoping to get gas, but turns out I was not the only one. There were several cars waiting in line for next pump. Figured many were filling up for travel, so I just left. I have about ½ tank so will do just fine. I’m making my cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie later today. Turkey breast is ready for the oven. Fresh green beans and fresh mushrooms  are ready for their casserole. Grilling Brussel sprouts too.  House will smell very nice for a day or two.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@83- Thomas Cook,

British founder and CEO of Thomas Cook & Son travel agency (Cook Travel Bureau), born in Derbyshire, England (d. 1892)

@83- Robert Vaughn,

actor (Napolean Solo in Man from UNCLE, I Spy), born in NYC, New York (d. 2016)

@82- Rodney Dangerfield, [John Cohen],

comedian (Caddyshack), born in Babylon, NY (d. 2004)

@82- Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael,

American composer, singer and actor (In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1981)

70’s

@79- Charles de Gaulle,

President of France (1958-69), born in Lille, France (d. 1970) ruptured blood vessel

75-Billy Jean King,

 Tennis player

@73- Abigail Adams,

2nd US First Lady (1797-1801) (11/11 O.S.), born in Weymouth Massachusetts (d. 1818) typhoid fever

60’s

@61- George Eliot, [Mary Anne Evans],

English author (Middlemarch, Silas Marner), born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire (d. 1880) kidney disease

60- Jamie Lee Curtis,

American actress (Halloween, True Lies), born in Los Angeles, California

50’s

51- Mark Ruffalo,

American actor

30’s

34-1984 Scarlett Johansson,

American actress (Lost in Translation, Avengers), born in NYC, New York

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@87-1980 Mae West,

actress (She Done Him Wrong)

@83- Mary Kay Ash,

American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics

70’s

@76-1993 Anthony Burgess,

British novelist and essayist (A Clockwork Orange), cancer

@73-1982 Jean Batten,

New Zealand aviator (first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936), complications from dog bite

60’s

@69-1963 Aldous Huxley,

English author (Brave New World), cancer/LSD

@64-1963 C. S. Lewis [Clive Staples],

Irish author (Silver Chair), renal failure

@63- Henry Wilson,

Vice President of the United States (US Grant) strokes

@60-1955 Shemp Howard [Samuel Horwitz],

American actor and comedian (3 Stooges), heart attack

50’s

@59-1993 Bill Bixby,

US actor (My Favorite Martian), cancer

40’s

@46-1963 John F. Kennedy,

35th president of the United States (1961-63), assassinated

@40-1916 Jack London,

American activist and author (Call of the Wild), uremia (alcoholism)

30’s

@39-1963 J. D. Tippit,

American police officer, murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald

@38-1718 Blackbeard (Edward Teach or Edward Thatch),

notorious English pirate, in battle

@37-1997 Michael Hutchence,

Australiann rocker (INXS) and actor, commits suicide

@37-1896 George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.,

American engineer and inventor (Ferris Wheel), typhoid fever