Nov 14

 

Week: 47 Day: 318 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   59°\ 29° Wind: 1mph\ Gusts: 7mph High risk of fire Active fire: 75mi. \ Lightning: 1099mi. Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

7-14	Dear Santa Letter Week Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link  National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week  Link    Polar Bear Week
8-14	Childrens' Book Week: Link  National Global Entrepreneurship Week Link
12-14	National Donor Sabbath
13-19	World Antibiotic Awareness Week
13-21	National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: Link
14-20	International Fraud Awareness Week Link    National Split Pea Soup Week Link Perioperative Nurse Week Link

 

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Have a laugh

When will a net hold water? When the water is frozen.

 

Trivia

Red hair is a recessive trait, which means that a child must inherit one red hair gene from each parent. Recessive traits often come in pairs, and redheads are more likely than other people to be left-handed. While Scotland has the highest proportion (13 percent) of redheads (followed by Ireland with 10 percent), the United States has the largest population of redheads in the world, with between 6-18 million redheads.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice fall day with a little wind. Not a lot happening in Flag. Guess I’ll clean my house. Certainly not a deep clean, but vacuuming and dusting should suffice.

 

 

Historical Events

Female journalist Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completed the trip in 72 days, in 1889. The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) began radio service in the United Kingdom in 1922. Ruby Bridges became the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana (1960) In 1967, Theodore Maiman was given a patent for his ruby laser system. 2008 – The first G-20 economic summit opened in Washington DC. 2018 Attempt to move 720,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar from Bangladesh refugee camps amid international criticism. They refuse to go. 2018 Archaeologists announce discovery of ancient Greek city of Tenea near Corinth, supposedly founded by captives from Trojan War

 

Birthdays Today

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– Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926) – Brian Keith, American actor, and director (d. 1997; emphysema) – P. J. O’Rourke, American political satirist and journalist – Charles Philip Arthur George (Prince of Wales) – McLean Stevenson, American actor, screenwriter (d. 1996; bladder cancer) – Yanni [Yiannis Chryssomallis], Greek-American pianist, composer, producer – Curt Schilling, American baseball player, and sportscaster – Josh Duhamel, American model, and actor – Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, producer