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Dec. 2, 2019 Week: 49 Day:336
86004: H 38° \ L 23° \
Average Sky Cover: 60%
Nearest active fire: 297mi. Nearest lightning: 923mi
Wind: 2mph\Gusts:
3mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 62°[1946] Record Low: -5°[1991]
Dec. Averages: 44°\17° (5 days with moisture)
Today’s Quote
“I am thankful to all
those who said No.
Because of them, I did
it myself.”
~ Albert Einstein
Observances This Month
Operation
Santa Paws (1-17)
Safe
Toys and Gifts Month
Spiritual
Literacy Month
Universal
Human Rights Month
Worldwide
Food Service Safety Month
Youngsters
on The Air Month
Observances This Week
Thru 12/4
1-7
Cookie Cutter Week Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
Observances for Today
Cider
Monday
Cyber Monday
Feast of St. Bibiana
Cyber Monday
Feast of St. Bibiana
My Rambling Thoughts
Chilly Sunday with mostly overcast sky. No precip is
expected and very little snow melting. Thankfully the main roads are clear and
most of the side roads are also clear. I assume that parking lots are clear…the
business need to make it easy for shoppers.
Broncos are playing, but not on my TV, so it will be
followed on the internet machine. Cardinals play this afternoon and I may watch
that game.
Sunday morning news shows caught me up on the news.
It’s always interesting to hear of a snowstorm anywhere near the East Coast or
Midwest, like the storm in an anomaly that will paralyze the area, and never a
mention of Flags snow on the National shows. Life in a small town, I guess.
While Flag got almost 2 feet, the nearby San Francisco Peaks ski area got four
+ feet. Great for skiers, except that it was a very wet snow so it packed down
quickly and I’m sure it is now rather icy on the slopes.
The week ahead gives me time to shop for Christmas
while I await the arrival of my new bed. I’m ready for it to arrive.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of this page
John is taller than Kim and Carl.
Sam is shorter than Kim.
Nancy is shorter than Kim and Sam; however,
Sam is shorter than Carl.
Who is the shortest?
Historical Events
1697 - St Paul's Cathedral was consecrated in London.
1763 - Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport,
Rhode Island.
1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon
Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French.
1816 - The first US savings bank, the Philadelphia
Savings Fund Society (PSFS), opened for business.
1823 - US President James Monroe introduced the
Monroe Doctrine.
1859 - Abolitionist leader John Brown was hanged for
his raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
1867 - In a New York City theater, British author
Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States
1877 - Louis-Paul Cailletet (1832-1913) became the
first to liquify oxygen. He went on to liquify nitrogen, hydrogen, nitrogen
dioxide, carbon monoxide, and acetylene.
1901 - King Camp Gillette patented (US #775134A) his
safety razor.
1927 - Paleoanthropologist
Davidson Black announces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient
human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named
'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus')
1927 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled its second
mass production model, the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1939 - The New York Municipal Airport opened. It was
renamed LaGuardia Airport, after the mayor who pushed it for construction, in
1953.
1942 - Enrico Fermi produced the first nuclear chain
reaction, below Stagg Field at the University of Chicago.
1950 - "I Robot" collection of sci-fi short
stories by Isaac Asimov published by Genome Press in the US
1950 - #1 Hit: Phil Harris - The Thing
1954 - The US Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy for what it called "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into
dishonor and disrepute." He was looking for communists within the
government.
1960 - Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovers 1.4-million-year-old
Homo erectus (Olduvai Hominid 9) in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
1967 - #1 Hit: The Monkees - Daydream
Believer
1969 - On I Dream of Jeannie, Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
became Mrs. Anthony Nelson.
1970 - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
proposed by President Richard Nixon, began operating. William Ruckelshaus was
the first director.
1971 - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) formed as a
federation from the seven emirates of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras
al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain.
1972 - #1 Hit: The Temptations - Papa Was a
Rollin' Stone
1982 - University of Utah Medical Center performed
the first implant of a permanent artificial heart in Barney Clark, designed by
Robert Jarvik The Jarvik-7. It expended Barney's life by 16 weeks.
1988 - The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
was released in theaters.
1993 - Drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to death by
police forces in Medellin, Colombia.
1995 - #1 Hit: Mariah Carey & Boyz II
Men - One Sweet Day
1997 - Good Will Hunting, starring and written by
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck debuted in theaters.
2001 - Enron filed for bankruptcy.
2006 - #1 Hit: Akon featuring Snoop Dogg -
I Wanna Love You
2009 - Nidal Hasan with thirty-two counts of
attempted premeditated murder at the Fort Hood shooting spree on November 5th.
There has been a lot of debate on whether it was an act of terrorism or 'work
place violence.'
2014 - Stephen Hawking claims that Artificial
Intelligence could be a "threat to mankind" and spell the end of the
human race
2016 - Donald Trump takes a call with Taiwanese
leader Tsai Ing-wen, in a break from America's long standing "One
China" policy
2018 - Trade war truce agreed between US President
Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at G-20 meeting in Argentina
2018 - Israeli police recommend Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife be charged with fraud and bribery
Birthdays Today
@85 - Alexander Haig, American politician,
59th United States Secretary of State
(died in 2010)
@55 - William Cooper, politician, founded
Cooperstown, NYH;
father of James Fenimore Cooper
(died in 1809)
@53 - Maria Callas, American singer
(died in 1977; heart attack)
51 - Lucy Liu, American actress
@50 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer,
founder of Versace
(died in 1997; gunshot)
49 - Sarah Silverman, American comedian
46 - Monica Seles, Serbian/ American tennis player
41- Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter
38 - Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter,
dancer, and actress
@31 - Georges Seurat, French painter
(died in 1891; meningitis)
Puzzle answer:
Nancy. In order from tallest to shortest: John, Carl,
Kim, Sam, Nancy.
