Aug 20

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 34 Day 231  Ave. Sky Cover 60%\ Visibility  23mi. Flagstaff Today  76° \ 57° 

Wind  7mph \ Gusts  15mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning:  324mi

Air Quality:      Moisture Days this month: 7 days Mostly cloudy 

August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

14-20
US Amateur Golf Week
16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link
18-24
Minority Enterprise Development Week
20-26
Brake Safety Week Link
World Water Week Link
World Princess Week Link 

Daily Observations

Bacon Lovers Day
Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
International Day of Medical Transporters Link 

Lemonade Day
National Accessible Air Travel Day Link
National Radio Day  Link
World Mosquito Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Cloudy today, hoping for some monsoon later.

Cleaned my bedroom and bathroom this morning. That’s enough work for today.

There is getting to lotws of sword rattling in Europe. Belarus says it would use nuclear weapons in case there is ‘aggression.’ Calm down everybody.

Enjoy



 

Statue of Liberty …

10. Suffragettes protested the unveiling of the statue.

When it was unveiled in October 1886, women’s rights groups lamented that an enormous female figure would stand in New York harbor representing liberty, when most American women had no liberty to vote.

Only two women attended the actual unveiling on what is now known as Liberty Island: Bartholdi’s wife, and the 13-year-old daughter of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French engineer who had designed the Suez Canal. The wives of the American Committee members were forced to watch the proceedings from a navy vessel off the island. Suffragettes chartered a boat to circle the island during the unveiling. They blasted protest speeches, but those could not be heard over the din of steam whistles and cannon blasts in the harbor.

Random Trivia…

King Henry VIII of England had servants who were called "Grooms of Stool," whose job was to wipe his bottom after he went to the bathroom. During his reign, he had all of those four such people knighted.

Historic Events

  • 1920 – The first(?) commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), began operating in Detroit.
  • 1920 – The National Football League was organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio.
  • 1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill shot and killed14 of his co-workers, injured 6 more, and then committed suicide. It was the initial example of “going postal”.

Birthdays with some quotes

92 – Don King, American boxing promoter
” If you want to sell a steak, you can’t just have the sizzle, you gotta have sauce.”
88 – Ron Paul, American politician, and physician
77 – Connie Chung, American journalist
75 – Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter
69 – Al Roker, American news anchor, and television personality
“No, I’ve never thought that I was gay. And that’s not something you think. It’s something you know.”@67 – Benjamin Harrison, American politician, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
@65 – Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2008; stroke)
” I don’t sit back and count up what I’ve done. There’s just always something else to do. There’s always a challenge ahead.”
61 – James Marsters, American actor
58 – KRS-One (Lawrence "KrisParker), American rapper and producer
” Educate yourself make your world view bigger, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture.”
@38 – Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Lance Abbott), American guitarist, songwriter (d. 2004; murdered)
53 – Fred Durst, American singer-songwriter
49 – Misha Collins, American actor
” Don’t pressure yourself. Don’t worry about what others think you should do or what the societal “norm” is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the good will follow.
@46 – H.P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (d. 1937; suicide)
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
@40 – Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964; private plane crash)
40 – Andrew Garfield, American-English actor
31 – Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
“Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That’s my life motto.”
 

…The End for today…

 

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