Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 26 Day: 176 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 55% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff
Today 81° \51°
Wind: 8mph \ Gusts: 11mph Air
Quality: FAIR
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
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Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A little
more monsoon rain expected today. We need it.
The 2 local
fires: Pipeline is 80% contained;
Haywire compound is 65% contained. Looking very good.
Our
discussion group meets tomorrow night to discuss Climate Change. Should be a
great discussion.
So Roe v
Wade is no more…. it’s up to the states to decide. Sad that the SC has become
so political…since two of the justices seemed to say that Roe was settled law
at their confirmation hearing yet voted to overturn it. I hate to break this to
the court, but sex is a normal, natural activity throughout the animal kingdom.
Humans found a way to have sex not lead to procreation. For all the anti-abortion
people, I have questions: How are YOU going to help the unwanted child? How are
you going to ensure that the sperm donor is also made legally responsible for
the child? What new services are you going to provide to rape victims or incest
victims who now may have to bring their pregnancy to term? What new laws are
you going to pass to make adoptions easier? What ad campaigns are you going to
have to encourage your constituents to apply to be adoptive parents for those
children who can’t or won’t be raised in a safe environment? How are you going
to help the pregnant women who choose not to complete a pregnancy? You got what
you wanted, now you need to deal with the consequences. Please remember, Roe
did not require any woman to get an abortion.
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Earth’s Secrets
We Don't
Know Who "Named" the Earth
Unlike other
planets, no real historical data can be found on the person (or group) that
named our planet "Earth." The term Earth comes from Old English and
High Germanic and is the only planet not named after a Greek or Roman god.
US Flag Myths
The familiar
story of George Washington walking into a shop and asking Betsy Ross to sew a
flag originated with William Canby, a grandson of Ross, said Peter Ansoff,
president of the North American Vexillological Association, a group devoted to
the study of flags. Canby presented his tale with little supporting evidence to
the Pennsylvania Historical Society in 1870, nearly a century after the
original flag was created. He claimed Ross told him the story right before her
death in 1836, when he would have been around 11 years old.
"Obviously,
he was still a youngster at the time, and he was writing this much later than
that,” Ansoff said. “There are many discrepancies in the story — some things
that just don't make sense."
Since
Washington was out in the field commanding the army, for example, he didn't
spend much time in Philadelphia, where Ross’ upholstery shop was located.
Additionally, flags were first made not for ground troops but for naval forces,
which Washington had little to do with, Ansoff said. The true creator of the
first American flag is likely lost to history.
Historical Events
Ë 1788 – Virginia became the tenth state to
ratify the United States Constitution.
Ë 1867 – Barbed wire was patented (#66,182)
by Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio.
Ë 1876 – Native American forces, led by
Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, defeated the US Army troops lead by
Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a battle near southern Montana’s
Little Bighorn River.
Ë 1910 – The US Congress passed the Mann
Act, which prohibited interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes.”
Ë 1910 – Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The
Firebird premiered in Paris.
Ë 1950 -The Korean War began with the
invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
Ë 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay
pride was presented for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day
Parade.
Ë 1997 – The National Hockey League
approved expansion franchises for Nashville (1998), Atlanta (1999), Columbus
(2000), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000).
Ë 2009 – Michael Jackson died after
suffering from cardiac arrest caused by a fatal combination of drugs given to
him by his personal doctor, Conrad Murray.
Birthdays Today
97
– June Lockhart, American actress
77
– Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter
75
– Jimmie Walker, American comedic actor
@64 – Peyo, Belgian author, illustrator, created The Smurfs (d.
1992; heart attack)
@61 – Anthony Bourdain, chef (d. 2018; suicide)
61
– Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, director, producer
56
– Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player
@53 – George Michael, English singer-songwriter (d, 2016; heart
issues)
@46 – George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, critic (d. 1950;
burst artery in lungs)
