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Nov 28, 2018
Week: 48 \ Day: 332
86004 Today: H 55° \ L 26° \ Average Sky Cover: 65%
Wind: 9mph\Gusts:
-mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 68°[1980]
Record Low: -3°[1905]
Nov Averages: 51°\23°
Today’s
Quote
In three words I can sum up everything
I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost
Random
Tidbits
Hippos'
sweat is red.
The
colored pigment both acts
a
sunscreen and kills bacteria.
Observances
This Week
24-30
Church/State Separation
Week
GERD Awareness Week Link
National Family Week
National Game & Puzzle Week
GERD Awareness Week Link
National Family Week
National Game & Puzzle Week
24-12/1
National Bible Week
24-28
25-30
Better Conversation Week
27-12/2
National Deal Week
Observances
for Today
Today’s
Significant Historical Events
1600’s
1660
The Royal Society forms in London
1700’s
1720
Anne Bonny and Mary Read are tried, found guilty of pirating, and sentenced to
death in Spanish Town, Jamaica, although their discovered pregnancies won them
stays of execution
1729
Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at
Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1745
-29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga, NY
1775
Second Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy
1785
The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the
United States of America and the Cherokee people
1800’s
1814
The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by
German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer - makes
newspapers available to a mass audience
1853
Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory
1900’s
1943
FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy
1948
"Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV
1988
Picasso's "Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million
2000’s
2016
"Hamilton" sets new record for most money earned in a week on
Broadway - $3.3 million
My
Rambling Thoughts
Saw
my blood doctor this morning. Had another phlebotomy with another on in Dec and
another one in Jan. Haven’t had any for quite a while so no big deal. Almost
took longer for the scheduling those than for the actual procedure.
I’m
really tired of the daily crises to further 45’s agenda. Tijuana is in the news
as tear gas is used…yet nothing from the administration to fix the immigration
problems...except to build the wall. GM
closes 3 US plants and nothing from the administration to fix it…except to
threaten to stop subsidies to GM. We need plans, not threats. We need action,
not threats.
Birthdays
Today
@-
indicates age at death
80’s
89-
Berry
Gordy,
record
company owner (Motown), born in Detroit, Michigan
82-
Gary
Hart,
(Sen-D-Co,
1975-86)
70’s
75-
Randy
Newman,
vocalist
(Short People, Love LA, Raindrops), born in New Orleans
@74-
Freidrich
Engels,
German
social philosopher (Communism), born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1895) throat cancer
60’s
@69-
William
Blake,
English
poet and artist (Songs of Innocence & Experience), born in London, England
(d. 1827)
69-
Paul
Shaffer,
orchestra
leader (SNL, David Letterman), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario
68-
Ed
Harris,
American
actor (Right Stuff, Swing Shift, Walker, Coma), born in Englewood, New Jersey
66-
S
Epatha Merkerson,
Saginaw
Michigan, American actress (Jacob's Ladder, Terminator 2)
50’s
@59-
John
Bunyan,
England,
cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) (d. 1888) fever
@57-
Henry
Bacon,
American
architect (Lincoln Memorial), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1924) cancer
56-
Jon
Stewart [Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz],
American
Comedian (The Daily Show), born in NYC, New York
30’s
@39-
Anna
Nicole "Vickie" Smith,
playmate
(May 1992), born in Houston, (d. 2007) OD
Historical
Obits Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@97-2015
Marjorie
Lord [Wollenberg],
American
actress (Make Room for Daddy, Sherlock Holmes in Washington)
@90-2016
Grant
Tinker,
American
TV executive (Chairman of NBC)
80’s
@84-2010
Leslie
Nielsen,
Canadian
actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun)
@82-2016
Van
Williams,
American
actor (Green Hornet, Tycoon)
70’s
@78-1993
Garry
Moore,
TV
host (I've Got A Secret), emphysema
@78-1939
James
Naismith,
Canadian-American
physical educator and inventor (basketball, football helmet), stroke
@76-1859
Washington
Irving,
American
author (Legend of Sleepy Hollow), heart attack
50’s
@53-1954
Enrico
Fermi,
Italian-American
nuclear physicist (Nobel 1938), stomach cancer
