Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 19 Day: 121 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 69° \28°
Wind: 5mph \ Gusts: 9mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 12mi \ nearest
Lightning: 686mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° (3 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
ALS Awareness
Month Link
(Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
American Cheese Month Link (Moved from
October in 2019)
America's
Wetlands Month Link
Apraxia Awareness Month Link
APS Awareness Month Link
Aramanth Month Link
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asthma Awareness Month
Awareness of Medical Orphans Month
Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A nice Saturday.
I spent much of the morning cleaning my deck after the long winter. I am finally
ready for spring. My one pine tree in the back can produce more cones and dead
needles than anyone can imagine. Then the really windy days also break off
small new growth branches that land on the deck.
I have lots
of non-tracking programs on my computer and my phone. Yet, whenever I search
for something, it appears as ads in every site I visit. If these jerks can beat
my non-tracking software, why can’t they turn it off when I buy the item? I
really like my air-fryer. I wanted to one with larger capacity with more bells
and whistles. One popped up on Morning Save, so I bought it online. It will
replace my toaster oven & my air fryer. Three days later, ads for Air
Fryers are still popping up. There is NO privacy on the internet.
Everyone
knows I am a Jeopardy! fan. The current champion is setting records for wins,
she is only 23 years old and is from
Canada. Mattea Roach is the youngest person to win 17+ games and still going.
The NBC website wanted to recognize her. Their post said ‘Mattea Roach is a
lesbian tutor from Canada….’ One can image the instant backlash from that introduction.
Does that mean she tutors individuals to become lesbian? Many didn’t realize
that was a career.
Favorite Memes
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Myths that are not true
Drinking coffee stunts growth
While excess
caffeine is not the healthiest thing for a child, drinking coffee has no link
to growth. Stature and height are determined by genes.
We only use 10% of our brain
This common
misconception is far from the truth. While you may not be using every bit of
the brain at any given time, you do use your entire brain over the course of
the day.
A full moon alters behavior
The most
research has ever been able to do is prove correlations between a full moon and
abnormal or altered behavior, which as we all (should) know, does not equal
causation.
Country Names
Saudi Arabia
The word
"Saudi" refers to the Sa'ūd ibn Muhammad ibn Muqrin dynasty. The word
actually means "good fortune," making the country's literal
translation, "Land of Good Fortune."
Thailand
"Thai"
means "Free," which makes Thailand's translation "Land of the
Free."
Australia
It was the
Greeks who came up with the name "Terra Australis Incognita," which
means "Unknown Southern Land." Australia then, translates to mean
"Southern Land."
Historical Events
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1707 – The
Act of Union, uniting England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain
took effect.
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1759 –
Josiah Wedgwood founded the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
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1884 – Construction
of the world’s first skyscraper began in Chicago. At 10 stories high, the Home
Insurance Company building opened in 1885.
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1893 – The
influential Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago.
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1899 – Bayer
introduced aspirin in powder form, in Germany. The pill came about in 1915.
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1939 –
Batman debuted in Detective Comics #27
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1941 –
Citizen Kane premiered in New York City, at the RKO Palace.
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1956 – The
polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk was made available to the public.
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1958 – “A
national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law. Law Day underscores how
law and the legal process have contributed to the freedoms that all Americans
share.”
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1958 – The
discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts that surround Earth by James Van
Allen was published in the Washington Evening Star.
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1960 –
American U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union.
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1961 – Fidel
Castro, proclaimed Cuba a socialist nation and abolished elections.
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1964 – The
BASIC computer program was used for the first time at Dartmouth University by
John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. The name is an acronym for ‘Beginner’s
All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code’.
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1971 –
Amtrak took over the operation of the American passenger rail service.
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1989 –
Disney/MGM Studios opened at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United
States.
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1999 – The
body of British climber George Mallory was found on Mount Everest, 75 years
after his disappearance in 1924.
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2009 –
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Sweden.
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2011 – Osama
bin Laden was reported killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan.
Birthdays Today
@92 – Louis Nye, American comedic actor (d.
2005)
@90 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor
(d. 2006)
@85 – Jack Paar, American comedian,
author and talk show host (d. 2004)
83
– Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter
@79 – Kate Smith, American singer and
actress (d. 1986; diabetic complications)
77
– Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter
55
– Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter
@53 – Calamity Jane [Martha
Jane Cannary], American
frontierswoman, professional scout (d. 1903; alcohol related)
