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Apr.
16, 2020 Week: 16
Day:
107
86004:
H
61°
\ L
30°
\ Average
Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:
4mph\Gusts: 8mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest
lightning: 640mi.; Nearest active fire: 449mi.
Record
High:
77°[1948]
Record Low:
13°[1995]
Apr.
Averages:
60°\27°
(3
days with moisture)
Today’s
Quote
"Never
let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."
-Babe Ruth
Random
Tidbits
Dolphins
have been venerated since ancient Greece where they were called
hieros ichthys "sacred fish," and the Greeks believed the
sun god, Apollo, assumed the form of a dolphin when he founded his
oracle at Delphi at Mount Parnassus.
In
Rome, dolphins were thought to carry souls to the "Islands of
the Blest," and images of dolphins have been found in the hands
of Roman mummies, presumably to ensure their safe passage to the
afterlife.
Observations
This Week
Week
of The Young Child:
11-17 Link
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week: 12-18 Link
National Dog Bite Prevention Week:12-18 Link
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week: 12-18
National Student Employment Week: 12-18 Link
Orthodox Holy Week: 12-18
Pan American Week: 12-18
World Hula Week: 12-18
National Occupational Health Nursing Week: 13-17 Link
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 13-19 Link
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week: 12-18 Link
National Dog Bite Prevention Week:12-18 Link
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week: 12-18
National Student Employment Week: 12-18 Link
Orthodox Holy Week: 12-18
Pan American Week: 12-18
World Hula Week: 12-18
National Occupational Health Nursing Week: 13-17 Link
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 13-19 Link
Observations for Today
Emancipation
Day (DC
holiday that affects Tax Day)
National Baked
Ham with Pineapple Day
National
D.A.R.E. Day
National Health Care Decisions Day
National Health Care Decisions Day
World
Voice Day Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
A
nice day to be outside...so I took a nice long forest walk. Refreshed
and ready to continue with this stay at home stuff. For the first
time in weeks, there were 3 kids playing in the commons area. For the
past month, there are never more than one dog walker at a time out
there. Usually during school vacations there are always about 5-6
kids playing outside on such a great weather day. Ahhh...the good old
days. As I was returning from my walk, one of my neighbors was
standing at her front door. I was walking on the paved driveway. We
had a nice conversation at about 15 feet. Her husband is still
working, she is enjoying the quiet of staying home. Neither of us
know anyone who is sick from this virus. We had both read that there
are 38 cases with no deaths in our zip-code.
The
Flag High Native American Club is starting a campaign to rename the
peaks in Flagstaff. These peaks are sacred to 13 tribes from the
area. Mt. Agassiz, the highest one of the five peaks is named after a
geologist from this area, who also believed that non-Whites were
inferior to Whites. Since so many tribes are involved, they are
asking for a name that is acceptable to all the tribes. They have a
plan and realize this will be a long battle. Good for them.
This
Facebook post describes me very well: My desire to be
well-informed is currently at odds with my desire to remain sane.
I'm
not sure that Trump has the power to suddenly stop allocated Federal
money to the WHO without congressional approval. I'm sure it is just
more bluster. I am not happy with the WHO early response to the
virus, but they are doing much better now.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
Can
you think of a common word that contains double C, double S and
double L? Can you think of a second one?
Historical
Events
73
AD - Masada, a Jewish fortress, fell to the Romans after several
months of siege.
1881 - In Dodge City, Kansas, gunslinger Bat Masterson fought his last gun battle. He paid an $8 fine and retired.
1908 - Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah.
1912 - American aviator Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel. She was also the first US licensed female pilot.
1943 - Albert Hoffmann accidentally discovered the psychedelic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
1947 - Bernard Baruch, in a speech given during the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina House of Representatives, coined the term 'Cold War' to describe relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1962 - Walter Cronkite became the news anchor for the CBS network.
1990 - 'Doctor Death', Jack Kevorkian, participated in his first assisted suicide. Janet Adkins was the patient, in Detroit, Michigan.
1995 - Governor George W. Bush named April 16 as Selena Day in Texas, after the singer was killed two weeks earlier.
1881 - In Dodge City, Kansas, gunslinger Bat Masterson fought his last gun battle. He paid an $8 fine and retired.
1908 - Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah.
1912 - American aviator Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel. She was also the first US licensed female pilot.
1943 - Albert Hoffmann accidentally discovered the psychedelic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
1947 - Bernard Baruch, in a speech given during the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina House of Representatives, coined the term 'Cold War' to describe relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
1962 - Walter Cronkite became the news anchor for the CBS network.
1990 - 'Doctor Death', Jack Kevorkian, participated in his first assisted suicide. Janet Adkins was the patient, in Detroit, Michigan.
1995 - Governor George W. Bush named April 16 as Selena Day in Texas, after the singer was killed two weeks earlier.
2007 - Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 17 before committing suicide.
Birthdays
Today
93-Religious
leader, Pope Benedict XVI [Joseph
Aloisius Ratzinger]
@88-Actor, Charlie Chaplin (d.1977)
85-Musician, Bobby Vinton (1935)
@82-Actor,
Peter Ustinov (d. 2004)
73-NBA player, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar [Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr]
@70-Musician,
Henry Mancini (d.1994; pancreatic cancer)
@59-Musician, Dusty Springfield ( d.1999; breast cancer)
55-Actor, Martin Lawrence (1965)
@45-Aviator, Wilbur Wright (d. 1912; typhoid)
@23-Musician,
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez
(d.1995; murdered)
Puzzle
Answer:
Unsuccessfully
