Aug 14

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 33 Day 226 Ave. Sky Cover 60%\ Visibility  24mi. Flagstaff Today  75° \ 48° 
Wind  8mph \ Gusts  14mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:  6mi
Air Quality: Fair           Moisture Days this month: 5 days mostly cloudy 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

8-17
Elvis Week
13-19
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: Link  Link 
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
US Amateur Golf Week

Daily Observations

Creamsicle Day
Military Marriage Day 
National Lizard Day 
Link
National Navajo Code Talkers Day

Romance Awareness Day Link
Social Security Day
V-J Day
World Calligraphy Day 
Link

Today’s Thoughts

Nice day, not too hot, not too cool. Goldilocks is happy.

This year we had an early monsoon start in May, then there was nothing in June or July. Now the monsoon has returned. I’ll take the moisture whenever it comes.

Today is laundry day…again. Enough said.

Check out this article on Navajo Code Talkers.

Enjoy


Statue of Liberty …

The statue’s torch was exhibited in Philadelphia—and she almost ended up there.

The torch was exhibited to great success at the 1876 world’s fair in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia; fairgoers paid admission to climb up into the torch and take in the view from the top. With the funds raised from that exhibit, Bartholdi finally had enough capital to build the statue’s head. He was so pleased with Philadelphia’s reception to the statue that for a time he considered giving it to them instead of New York.

Hoax proved wrong…

Flair for exploitation

American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum is remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes as much as his flair for exploiting the public's desire to be amazed. During an early spectacle in 1835, he introduced Joice Heth as George Washington's 161-year-old nursemaid: after her death, an autopsy revealed her to be no more than 80 years old. In 1842, he unveiled his first major hoax, a creature with a body of a monkey and the tail of a fish known as the "Feejee" mermaid in the frame.

Random Trivia…

In 1945, a balloon bomb launched by Japan landed in Oregon. It fell upon a woman and five children, who died when it exploded. These were the only World War II casualties on US soil.

Historic Events

  • 1592 – The Falkland Islands were discovered by John Davis.
  • 1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
  • 1975 – The Gager’s Diner softball team played the Bend’n Elbow Tavern team for 365 innings, to raise money for the Montecillo Community General Hospital (NY) for the construction of a softball field.
    The Gagers won, 491-467. It remains the longest softball game of all time.
  • 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opened in London.
  • August 14, 1989 – Sega Mega Drive/Genesis was released, Video Game Console

Birthdays with some quotes

@90 – Buddy Greco, American singer, and pianist (d. 2017)
@84 – Alice Ghostley, American character actress (d. 2007)
82 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter
” Don’t waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power – it’s time.”
78 – Steve Martin, American actor, comedian and screenwriter
” Be so good they can’t ignore you.”
77 – Susan Saint James, American actress
76 – Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein- Steel, American author
” It’s hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don’t want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.”
73 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist, The Far Side
64 –  Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, American basketball player
57 – Halle Berry, American model, and actress, Miss World United States 1986
” There have been so many people who have said to me, ‘You can’t do that,’ but I’ve had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.”
@56 – William Hutchinson, founder of Rhode Island (d. 1642)
55 – Catherine Bell, English-American actress
40 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress
” Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone’s throat.”
@36 – Doc Holliday, American dentist, and gambler (d. 1887; TB, alcohol abuse)

 

…The End for today…

 

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