A0ug 28

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 35 Day 240 Ave. Sky Cover 15%\ Visibility  16mi. Flagstaff Today  84° \ 53° 
Wind  2mph \ Gusts  6mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 192 mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 11 days Sunny 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
21-27
National Composites Week Link
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
26-27
International Bat Night

Daily Observations

Bow Tie Day
Cherry Turnovers Day
Crackers Over The Keyboard Day  Link
National Power Rangers Day Link
National Thoughtful Day Link
National Weed Out Hate Day

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day  Link
Radio Commercials Day
Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day (lost pets) Link
Read Comics in Public Day Link
Red Wine Day

Today’s Thoughts

Great summer day. Warm, sunny, NICE! Had a little light rain last night.

Yesterday the Broncos beat the Rams…41-0. Rams were not ready for the NFL.

Yesterday a new class of ship was christened. The USNS Navajo is a towing, salvage, and rescue ship and the first on the new class. Nice!

Enjoy


Unique National Treasures for the US …

Rodeo

 

A quarter of a million turn up in Wyoming annually to watch bull riding, steer wrestling, barrel racing and more during Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo (established in 1897), where 1,500 contestants vie for $1 million–plus in money and prizes. Rodeos go back almost 150 years in the U.S., when cowboys would compete to see who could rope or ride the best. Rodeo is about prowess but also about community. And for community spirit it’s hard to beat Tennessee’s Franklin Rodeo, says Siri Stevens of Rodeo News. The Franklin Rodeo (with 18,000 annual attendees) pours funds (more than $2.5 million since 1949) into community charities including college scholarships, food banks, medical care, literacy programs and school libraries.

Random Trivia…

In Ancient Asia, death by elephant was a popular form of execution. They could be taught to slowly break bones, crush skulls, twist off limbs, or even execute people using large blades fitted to their tusks. In some parts of Asia, this method of execution was still popular up to the late 19th century.

Historic Events

  • 1922 – The first radio ad took place on WEAF in NYC. It was a real estate commercial paid for by the Queensbosr Realty Corporation.
  • 1955 – 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten and killed for a reputed flirtatious comment to a white girl, in Money, Mississippi.
  • 1963 – The March on Washington was attended by 250,000 people and where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech.

Birthdays with some quotes

@81 – Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012)
80 – David Soul (David Richard Solberg), American actor
@80 – Peggy Ryan, American character actress (d. 2004)
@78 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor (d. 1978; suicide)
71 – Rita Dove, American poet
@69 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (d. 1991; cancer)
67 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor
@66 – Roxie Roker, American actress (d. 1995; breast cancer)
65 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater
“I had a ninth-grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.”
62 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress
57 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter
54 – Jack Black, American comedic actor
“I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the Pink Panther theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.”
54 – Jason Priestley, Canadian actor
50 – J. August Richards, American actor
@46 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun, and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (d. 1821)
“Live simply, so that all may simply live.”
“If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate… Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better.”
41 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter
37 – Armie Hammer, American actor
37 – Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter
“I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.” 

…The End for today…

 

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