23 June

 

23 June 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 25 Day 174 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  31mi. Flagstaff Today  77° \ 46° 
Wind  7mph \ Gusts  14mph  Nearest active fire: 21miles Nearest Lightning:  408mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 5 days
Risk of fire: Extreme June Averages: Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° June Average: 1 Day of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

17-23  
National Week of Making Link
18-24  
Animal Rights Awareness Week Link Link
18-24  
Greencare For Troops Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week Link 
Old Time Fiddlers Week
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week
National Mosquito Control Awareness Week Link 
National Play Catch Week
Universal Father's Week
19-25  
National Play Catch Week
Universal Father's Week
19-25  
Learning Disabilities Week Link  Link
National Pollinator Week Link 
19-25  
19-25  
National Insect Week
20-24  
Royal Ascot Link
22-25  
Watermelon Thump Seed Spitting Week Link   
Water Ski Days 
Water Ski Days Link

Daily Observations

International Rose' Day Link 
International Widows' Day 
International Widows' Day Link
International Women in Engineering Day Link
Let It Go Day Link
National Detroit-style Pizza Day  Link
National Hydration Day  Link
Pecan Sandy Day
Pink Flamingo Day (Lawn Ornaments) Link and birds Link
Public Service Day
Runner's Selfie Day
SAT Math Day Link
Take Your Dog To Work Day Link  
Ugliest Dog Day   Link  Link
Typewriter Day 
Typing Day

Today’s Thoughts

Great summer day.

I had lunch with Mary & Mike today. Faith is still recovering so she and Andy didn’t join us.

The ‘experimental’ submersible has been found. It suffered a catastrophic implosion on its way down. The entire crew was lost. Not the outcome the world hoped for. While all 5 adventurers knew this was possible, none expected this.

The Writer’s strike has lasted 53 days. Live programing is missed for sure.

Enjoy

 

History revisited

The Tulsa Race Massacre left thousands of Black citizens homeless.

With over 800 injured and an immeasurable amount of deaths, the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 is considered the single worst incident of racial violence in American history by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The incident began when a 19-year-old Black man was accused of assaulting a 17-year-old white female in an elevator. A mob of more than 2,000 white residents gathered demanding justice for the supposed crime and began attacking Tulsa which was then known as the Black Wall Street of America.

Around 10,000 Black citizens were left homeless with $1.5 million in property and $750,000 in personal damage done. This vibrant and successful Black neighborhood was leveled within days leaving no trace of its progressive former self. The incident is rarely ever mentioned in schools across America.

Historic Events

• 1926 – The College Board administered the first SAT exam.
• 1960 – “The Pill” was approved in the US.
• 2016 – The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%. 

Birthdays with some quotes

@101 – Frances Gabe, American artist, inventor (d. 2016)
87 – Richard Bach, American novelist, essayist
75 – Clarence Thomas, American lawyer, judge, Supreme Court Justice
“Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.”– Clarence Thomas
@73 – June Carter-Cash, American singer (d. 2003; heart valve issues)
66 – Frances McDosrmand, American actress
@60 – Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, director (d. 1987; heart attack)
@54 – Wilma Rudolph, runner (d. 1994; multiple cancers)
“Human beings are born with the instinct to express themselves through movement. Even before he could communicate with words, primitive man was dancing to the beat of his own heart.”– Bob Fosse
52 – Selma Blair, American actress
“I think we all feel like misfits when we open our mouth sometimes, you know?”– Selma Blair
49 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
43 – Melissa Rauch, American actress
“I love an arcade. I love a boardwalk game. But I also love a rollercoaster. Though I think the rollercoaster love comes from the fact that it took a really long time for me to reach the height requirement, so I promised myself very early on that when I reach that, I will not take it for granted.”– Melissa Rauch
@41 – Alan Turing, English mathematician, computer scientist (d. 1954; suicide)
“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.”– Alan Turing
39 – Duffy (Aimée Anne Duffy), Welsh singer-songwriter
“I do write songs about love but I don’t really know love that well.”– Duffy