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Jun 15, 2020 Week: 25 Day: 167
86004: H 79° \ L 42° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 6mph\Gusts:
17mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest
lightning: 231mi.; Nearest active
fire: 107mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 92°[1974]
Record Low: 28°[2001]
Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with
rain)
Today’s Quote
"The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched
- they must be felt with the heart."
-Helen Keller
Random
Tidbits
Irving
Berlin was born on this day in 1888. Berlin is famous for writing classic
American songs such as "White Christmas," "God Bless
America," "Puttin' on the Ritz," and "There's No Business Like
Show Business."
Known
as the King of Tin Pan Alley, he wrote more than 1000 songs that appeared in
movies, TV shows, and Broadway musicals. Because of this legacy Berlin is
widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.
He was
Russian by birth.
Have
a smile
Thanks to one
of my readers
Question:
Why don't penguins go to England?
Because they're afraid of
Wales!
You know what they say
about Anthropologists
They are all outstanding
in their field...
Observations
This Week
National Hermit Week: 13-20
Animal
Rights Awareness Week: 14-20 Link Link
Greencare For Troops Week: 14-20
National
Little League Week: 14-20 Link Canceled due to COVID-19
National Play Catch Week: 14-20
National Pet Wedding Week:14-20 Link
National
Right of Way Professionals Week: 14-20 Link
National Flag Week: 14-20
National
Waste & Recycling Workers Week: 14-20 Link
Bartender
of The Year Week: 15-18 Link
Meet A Mate Week: 15-21
Men's
Health Week: 15-21 Link Link
US Open Golf
Championship: 15-21 (Canceled due
to the COVID19)
Observations
for Today
Global Wind Day Link
Lobster Day
Magna Carta Day
Native American Citizenship Day
National Nature Photography Day Link
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers
National Lobster Day Link
Prune Day
Ride To Work Day (Motorcycles) Link
Smile Power Day
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Link
Worldwide Day of Giving Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
A
bit cooler today, genuinely nice, and so far, no real wind issues. Wandered
Andy’s property after checking the drip sprinklers. It is a really nice day.
In
2018 US police shot over 1000 people, the highest by far in the developed
world. US trains police officers for 21 weeks with little required up-to-date training
after hired. Most of Europe require 2 years of training to become an officer
with lots of additional training after being hired. No wonder we have a police
issue.
In college
(’68-’71) I knew that change was coming…it was in the news, in the music, in
the Universities, everywhere. I felt like I was part of a generation that was bringing
much needed change. Today, in this world, I hope that change is coming and that
it will remain as peaceful as possible. While I don’t feel that my generation
is leading the change, like we did back then, I sure hope we are not blocking
necessary change for equality for all.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
I am a five letter word. If
you remove the first letter, I become murderous. If you remove the first two
letters, I may die unless the whole word is there to save me. What word am I?
Historical
Events
763 BC -
Assyrians recorded a solar eclipse, and that detail was later used to fix the
chronology of Mesopotamian history.
1215 -
The signed (sealed) Magna Carta guaranteed King John would respect
feudal rights and privileges, uphold the freedom of the church within his
kingdom. This was probably the same King John of Robin Hood lore.
1648 -
Margaret Jones was hanged in Boston for witchcraft in the first such execution
for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1752 -
Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the
exact date is unknown).
1776 - Delaware Separation Day: Delaware
voted to suspend government under the British Crown and officially separate
from Pennsylvania.
1844 - Charles
Goodyear received a patent (#3,633) for vulcanization, a process to strengthen
rubber.
1846 -
The Oregon Treaty established the 49th parallel as the border between the
United States and Canada, from the Rocky Mountains to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
1878 -
Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of
a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion
pictures. The purpose of the shoot was to determine whether a galloping horse
ever lifts all four feet completely off the ground during the gait, since the
human eye could not break down the action. It is considered by many to be the
first 'motion picture.'
1919 -
The first US patent (#228,904) for a safety razor was issued to (brothers)
Frederick and Otto Kampfe of New York.
1934 - The Great Smoky Mountains National
Park was founded.
1985 - Rembrandt's painting Danaë is
attacked by Bronius Maigys (later judged insane) who threw sulfuric acid on the
canvas and cut it twice with a knife.
2012 - Nik Wallenda became the first person
to successfully tightrope walk over Niagara Falls.
2015-Remains of a 2,000-year-old woman dubbed "the sleeping
beauty" are announced discovered in Northern Ethiopia from ancient kingdom
of Aksum
2015-800-year anniversary of "the birthplace of modern
democracy", the signing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runymede,
England
2017-Scotland Yard launches criminal inquiry and British Prime Minister
Theresa May announces a public inquiry a day after the Grenfell Tower fire
2018-Physicist Stephen Hawking's ashes are interred in Westminster
Abbey, London, between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin
2018-Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud over
company's blood tests
Birthdays Today
67-World Leader Xi Jinping
@64-Musician Waylon Jennings (d.2002; diabetic
complications)
57-Actor
Helen Hunt
56-Actor Courtney Cox-Arquette
@52-Singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson (d.
1994; heart attack)
51-Actyor/Rapper Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson)
50-Actor Leah Remini
47-Actor Neil Patrick Harris
Puzzle
Answer
Skill
