Aug 6

 

August 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 31 Day 218 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  28mi. Flagstaff Today  85° \ 50° 
Wind  5mph \ Gusts  10mph  Nearest active fire: 17miles Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning:  393mi
Air Quality: Fair           Moisture Days this month: 5 days
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Sunshine 

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Weekly Observations

28-8-6

World Police and Fire Games

1-7

Happiness Happens Week Link
International Clown Week 
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National Cleanse Your Skin Week 
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National Minority Donor Awareness Week

Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week Link
4-6

Tall Timber Days

4-7

Rock for Life Week Link

4-13

Sturgis Rally Link 
5-6
Satchmo Days
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6-12

Assistance Dog Week:   Link Link
Knights of Columbus Family Week  
National Button Week:   
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National Farmers' Market Week:  Link Link 

National Health Center Week:  Link 
International Psychic Week:  
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Stop on Red Week
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Daily Observations

Fresh Breath Day
Root Beer Float Day
Wiggle Your Toes Day

American Family Day  Link  
Friendship Day
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Hiroshima Day

National Doll Day Link 
National Fresh Breath (Halitosis)Day
National Kids' Day  
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National Psychic Day  
Link  Link  
National Root Beer Float Day  
Link 
Sister's Day

Today’s Thoughts

 A warm summer day…just like it should be.

It sure is a lazy weekend. I changed linen, cleaned two bathrooms. That’s enough for the entire weekend.

Enjoy



 

History you may not have learned in school…

Harriet Tubman was the first woman to lead a raid during the Civil War

Harriet Tubman is well known as the woman who fled slavery and then helped lead other enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad. But that's not all she did: On June 2, 1863, during the Civil War, she also led the Combahee Ferry Raid under Union Colonel James Montgomery, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She was the first woman to lead a major military operation in the U.S. During that operation, she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 enslaved people.

Hoax proved wrong…

Piltdown Man

In 1912, amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson and Arthur Smith Woodward, a geologist at the British Natural History Museum in London, announced the unearthing of the remains of skull fragments and a jawbone of a previously unknown early human from a gravel pit near Piltdown, England. Dawson claimed he had found the "missing link" between ape and man. In fact, the bones were stained to resemble ancient fossils, and the teeth, probably from an orangutan or chimpanzee, were filed down to appear human.

Random Trivia…

In Ancient Greece, they believed redheads became vampires after death! This was partly because redheaded people are very pale-skinned and sensitive to sunlight—unlike the Mediterranean Greeks, who had olive skin and dark features.

Historic Events

·         1497 Italian explorer John Cabot returns to Bristol from North America (Newfoundland) - first European to do so since the Vikings
·         1675 Russian Tsar Alexis bans foreign hair styles to those below the nobility
·         1825 Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day)
·         1856 The Great Bell is cast for the Great Clock of Westminster, London (Big Ben)
·         1901 Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation
·         1926 American Gertrude Ederle (20) becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel in 14 hours, 39 minutes, a record for male or female
·         1945 Atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"
·         1952 St. Louis Browns veteran pitcher Satchel Paige, 46, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout, 1-0 v Detroit Tigers in 12 innings
 ·         1960 Chubby Checker performs his version of Hank Ballard's "The Twist" on "The Dick Clark Show", starting a worldwide dance craze
·         1965 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities
·         1970 "Festival for Peace" concert held at Shea Stadium, NYC to mark 25th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing; performers include Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Steppenwolf, Miles Davis, Johnny Winter, Herbie Hancock, Dionne Warwick, John Sebastian, The Rascals, and the Broadway cast of "Hair"
·         1984 American athlete Carl Lewis wins long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at Los Angeles Olympics

·         Birthdays with some quotes

@91 – Louella Parsons (Louella Rose Oettinge), American gossip columnist (d. 1972)
@64 – Susie Taylor, American writer and first African-American Army nurse (d. 1912)
@77 – Lucille Ball, American comedic actress and television producer (d. 1989; aneursym)
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”
@79 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997; emphysema)
@73 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955; heart attack)
” One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on Sept. 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I guess that was exactly what I did.”
@73 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999; heart attack)
@58 – Andy Warhol, Pop artist (d. 1958; cardiac arrhythmia)
“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.”
58 – David Robinson, American basketball player
“You’re always going to face criticism, you’re always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.”
53 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, and screenwriter
“You don’t get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can’t.”
41 – Adrianne Curry, American model
@34 – Dutch Schultz, American gangster (d. 1935; shot)

 

…The End for today…

 

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