November 2022
Daily Almanac for
Flagstaff
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Weekly
Observations
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: 11-17
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 12-18 Link
International Fraud Awareness Week: 12-18
International Fraud Awareness Week: 12-18 Link
National Cider Week: 12-19
National Cider Week: 12-19 Link
National Split Pea Soup Week: 12-18
National Split Pea Soup Week: 12-18 Link
National Nurse Practioner's Week: 12-18 Link Link
Perioperative Nurse Week: 12-18 Link
Roc Your Moc Week: 12-18 Link
World Kindness Week: 12-18
World Kindness Week: 12-18 Link
International Restorative Justice Week: 13-19
International Restorative Justice Week: 13-19 Link
National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 13-19
National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 13-19 Link
American Education Week: 13-17 Link
Daily Observations
America Recycles Day
George Spelvin Day or More
Than One Role Day
GIS Day (Geographic Information Systems) Link
I Love to Write Day
National Bundt (Pan) Day
National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
National Educational Support Professionals Day Link
National Philanthropy Day
National Spicy Hermit Cookie
Day
Raisin Bran Cereal Day
Roc Your Mocs Day Link
Steve Irwin Day Link
TechDay Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Cold
night, decent fall day.
Sean
Penn flew to Ukraine to loan Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine his Oscar and
invited Zelenskyy to come to Mailbu, when they win the war to return it. A little
weird but newsworthy.
Twelve
states now have female governors. WOW!
The
Cards beat the Rams, but the Broncos lost to the Titans. It sure is a crazy
season.
I
did some Xmas shopping this morning. Almost done…but have until Friday then off
to Mexico.
Favorite
Memes
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Little
known Native American History
In the
movies, male Native American warriors rode off to battle while their female
counterparts remained behind to cook, sew, and take care of the camp. In real
life, this wasn't always the case. Many warrior Native American women fought
alongside men. The most famous of these was probably Buffalo Calf Road Woman, a
member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe who fought in the Battle of the Rosebud
and the Battle of Little Bighorn. In fact, according to the elders of the
Northern Cheyenne tribe, it was she who dealt Custer his final deadly blow.
Buffalo Calf Road Woman is just one of many incredible women you didn't read
about in history class.
Meaning/history
of a phrase
Bum-rush
We've all seen moments when crowds
bum-rush the field when their teams win an important game. It essentially means
a great force. Its origins? Well, it was used back in the 19th century to
convey eviction or dismissal of freeloaders in saloons.
Historical
Events
1660 – First kosher butcher (Asser Levy)
was licensed in New York City (New Amsterdam).
1791 – The first US Catholic college,
Georgetown University, opened.
1894 – First newspaper Sunday color
comics section was published (NY World)
1904 – King Camp Gillette was issued a US
patent (#775,134) for his invention of a safety razor using disposable blades.
1926 – The NBC radio network opened (24
stations).
The murders of the Clutter Family in
Holcomb, Kansas, were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote’s novel, 1959’s In
Cold Blood.
1969 – Wendy’s Hamburgers opened in
Columbus, Ohio.
1990 – The world discovered that Milli
Vanilli, the hot, new Grammy-winning pop duo, were lip-synching in their songs,
and resulted in losing the Grammy award for Best New Artist.
Birthdays
Today
@98 – Georgia O’Keeffe, American painter, educator (d. 1986)
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t
say any other way – things I had no words for.”– Georgia O’Keeffe
@93 – C. W. McCall [William Dale
Fries Jr.], American Singer/Songwriter, politician (d. 2022)
90
– Petula Clark, English Singer/Songwriter, and actress
@83 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer, composer discovered
infrared radiation, (d. 1822)
82
– Sam Waterston, American actor
@81 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor, screenwriter (d. 2021)
“I’m afraid that I’m either going to have to write myself something
or direct something if I’m going to get somewhere.”– Yaphet Kotto
@74 – Mantovani, Italian conductor, and composer (d. 1980)
71
– Beverly D’Angelo, American actress, singer, producer
65
– Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist, composer
60
– Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, producer
“Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more
willing to listen if they can laugh.”– Judy Gold
@52 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 1944; suicide/cyanide)
“Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas. “– Erwin
Rommel
31
– Shailene Woodley, American actress
