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Jul 28, 2020 Week: 31 Day: 210
86004:
H 85° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 25%
Wind:
6mph\Gusts: 6mph Visibility:
10mi
Nearest lightning: 10mi.; Nearest active fire: 67mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 94°[1995]
Record Low: 36°[1913]
Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
"There are no secrets to success.
It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from
failure."
-Colin Powell
Random Tidbits
America's aircraft carriers are the largest in
the world. The Nimitz class carriers have an overall length of 1,092 feet. The
newest super carriers, the Gerald R. Ford class, have the same length, but
carry about a 3,00-ton greater displacement than the Nimitz class.
One the most deadly
airplane accidents actually happened on the ground. In 1977, two fully loaded
planes carrying a total of over 600 passengers collided head-on in the middle
of the runway in what is now known as the Tenerife Accident, named after
Tenerife Island, where the accident occurred. Over 500 people died.
Remember these movie quotes?
#3 You
don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender.
I could've been
somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
Marlon Brando On the
Waterfront 1954
Observations This Week
World Rope Skipping Week:
24-8/3 Link
National Little League Baseball Week: 25-8/23 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
Tour de France: 27-7/19 Moved to 8/29-9/20
Observations
for Today
Buffalo Soldiers
Day Link
National Hamburger Day
National Milk Chocolate
Day Link
National Waterpark Day Link
World Hepatitis Day Link
My Rambling Thoughts
It is the start of another week of staying home and
staying safe. Getting really tired of all this mask stuff.
Read this morning that Walmart, Lowes, Walgreens, and
CVS have mask requirements. The problem is they are not going to enforce the requirement.
WTH? They have all posted signs, but if a customer doesn’t have a mask, they
will be reminded once, then allowed to proceed to shop without a mask. They claim
that they don’t want to have any physical confrontations against their
employees. I understand that, but the real bottom line for these companies is
money. Their signs have nothing to do with Covid it is simply a publicity ploy.
Another mask thing I read: The non-mask wearing people
who are angry when they see a Mask Required sign at a place of business are
suddenly getting an education about Whites Only signs from days long gone.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
A
farmer has 10 cows, all but six die.
How
many are left?
Bonus
What
goes up when rain comes down?
Historical Events
1854 - The USS Constellation, the last all-sail
warship built by the United States Navy, was commissioned.
1868 - The 14th Amendment to the
United States Constitution was certified, establishing African American citizenship,
and guaranteeing due process of law.
1896 - The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.
1933 - The first Singing Telegram
was delivered, to Rudy Vallee for his 32nd birthday.
1945 - A US Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th
floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 and injuring 26.
1973 - Nearly 600,000 people attended the Summer Jam
at Watkins Glen rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
1996 - The remains of the
prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered near Kennewick, Washington.
2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek
Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were rescued after 77 hours underground.
2005 The Provisional Irish
Republican Army call an end to their thirty year-long armed campaign in
Northern Ireland
2014 UN Security Council hold emergency meeting
calling for an immediate and indefinite humanitarian ceasefire between Israel
and Hamas
2014 Israel criticizes John Kerry's proposed
ceasefire, stating that no ceasefire deal will be accepted without the destruction
of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel and the demilitarization of the Gaza
Strip
2017 US Senate vote for "skinny" repeal of
Obamacare fails 51-49 when John McCain casts deciding vote against
2017 General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff
by US President Donald Trump
Birthdays Today
@84 -
Rudy Vallée, American actor and singer(d. 1986)
@77 -
Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943)
@64 -
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 37th First Lady (d. 1994; cancer)
56 -
Lori Loughlin, American actress
48 -
Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
Puzzle Answer
Six,
four died but six lived.
Bonus
Umbrellas
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