Aug 24

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 34 Day 236  Ave. Sky Cover 20%\ Visibility  24mi. Flagstaff Today  78° \ 51° 
Wind  4mph \ Gusts  7mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Low Nearest Lightning:  46mi
Air Quality: Fair           Moisture Days this month: 9 days Sunshine 
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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 
21-25
21-25
National Safe at Home Week
21-27
National Composites Week Link

Daily Observations

International Strange Music Day Link
Knife Day Link
Maryland Day
National Waffle Iron Day Link 
Peach Pie Day

Pluto Demoted Day
Vesuvius Day
Waffle Day
Wayzgoose Day Link
William Wilberforce Day

Today’s Thoughts

 Looks like it will be a nice sunny day.

There were lots of lightning and warnings of heavy rain during yesterday’s afternoon. The only rain was to dampen the street and sidewalk for 15 minutes around 5pm.

News networks are filled with private plane crash in Russia. Wagner Group leader Prigozhin is on the passenger manifest. He and a couple more were probably killed in the crash that appears to have been shot from the sky. Some are saying it was Putin who shot it down, others are saying it was Prigozhin faking his own death. We may never know the truth.

Enjoy


Unique National Treasures for the US …

The full-scale anthropomorphic test device (ATD) was invented by the late Samuel W. Alderson in 1960 to gauge the impact of car wrecks on humans. It was widely put into use after the publication of consumer advocate Ralph Naders book, Unsafe at Any Speed.

In the 1980s and 90s, commercials starring crash test dummies Vince and Larry (“You can learn a lot from a dummy”) led to an increase in safety belt usage (from 14 percent to 79 percent), saving an estimated 85,000 lives, according to the Ad Council.

Random Trivia…

While in power, Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were to be associated with devil worship and had them exterminated. Some believed that the disappearance of those cats helped rats spread the bubonic plague, aka the Black Death, that killed millions of people in the 1300s.

Historic Events

  • 1682 – William Penn received the area that is now the state of Delaware, and added it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
  • 1932 – Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey.
  • 1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was banned from baseball ‘forever’ for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
  • 1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America. 

Birthdays with some quotes

85 – Mason Williams, American guitarist, and composer
@83 – Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d. 2008)
@81 – Kenny Baker, English actor, R2-D2 (d. 2016)
78 – Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, co-founded WWE
” I’m not afraid of failing. I don’t like to fail. I hate to fail. But I’m not afraid of it.”
@77 – Duke (Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola) Kahanamoku , American swimmer, actor, surfer (d. 1968; heart attack)
“Just take your time – wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.”
@75 – Yasser Arafat, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d. 2004; stroke)
@56 – (Charles Adams Claverie )Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005; suicide)
68 – Mike Huckabee, American minister, and politician
66 – Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, and screenwriter
63 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
“Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.”
58 – Marlee Matlin, American actress
” You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream, and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.”
50 – Dave Chappelle, American comedian, and actor
“I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.”
46 – John Green, American author, and vlogger
42 – Chad Michael Murray, American model, and actor

…The End for today…

 

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