2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 32 Day 222 Ave. Sky
Cover 50%\ Visibility 18mi.
Flagstaff
Today 75°
\ 56°
Wind 6mph \
Gusts 15mph Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk
of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning: 1mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 5 days Cloudy
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
4-13
Sturgis Rally Link
6-12
Assistance Dog
Week: Link Link
Knights of Columbus Family Week:
National Button Week: Link
National Farmers' Market Week: Link Link
International Psychic Week:
International Psychic Week: Link
Stop on Red Week
Stop on Red Week Link
7-11
Psychic Week
7-12
Fiddlers Week
7-13
National Bargain
Hunting Week
National Exercise With Your Child Week
Safe + Sound Week Link
World Karaoke Championships Link
8-17
Elvis Week
10-13
National
Hobo Week Link
Daily Observations
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Agent Orange Awareness Day Link |
Paul Bunyan Day Link Link |
Today’s Thoughts
Nice
monsoon gentle rain last night, woke up to lots of clouds.
I
am used to monsoon rains. Today I went grocery shopping. When I pulled out of
my place, it was cloudy with lots of thunder and lightning. About ½ mile on the
road, there was a huge downpour for about a mile. Then suddenly the pavement
was dry. About another mile and another downpour where even the highest speed
wipers couldn’t make it easy to see. Another ½ mile, dry pavement. Don’t remember
such changes on a single highway.
Keep
your eye on Hawaii. They are having horrific wildfires. The flames are being
fueled by a hurricane 400 miles away. Lots of dwellings and stores are being
destroyed.
Enjoy
History you may not
have learned in school…
The
Emancipation Proclamation didn't free all enslaved people.
The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't written by Abraham Lincoln with the intention
of abolishing slavery. The proclamation freed enslaved people in designated
areas in the South, and it was actually written as part of Lincoln's military
strategy, according to History.com.
It
freed slaves in the South, but it exempted Confederate states already under
Union control and border states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and
Missouri. The Union and Confederacy had been at war for two years when Lincoln
issued the proclamation, so it was meant to bolster support for the Union's
cause.
Slavery
wasn't completely abolished until the 13th Amendment, which banned slavery, was
added to the U.S. Constitution. Raquel White writes that "a clause in the
amendment, however, says that it is illegal to enslave anyone unless they are a
criminal." That amendment has allowed mass incarceration, where inmates
work without pay often in inhumane conditions, to persist in the modern-day
U.S
Hoax proved wrong…
The Martians have landed!
On Sunday, October 30, 1938,
an episode of 'The Mercury Theatre on the Air' was performed and broadcast on
the radio. The program, directed and narrated by actor Orson Welles, was an
adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel 'The War of the Worlds' and was presented as a
series of live news bulletins. The increasingly alarming news updates were so
realistic that widespread panic ensued, as listeners really believed the Earth
was under attack from Martians.
Random Trivia…
British poet and politician Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his
dormitory while studying at Cambridge. Known for being an avid animal lover,
when he found out he couldn’t bring his dog, he decided to bring a tame bear to
live with him on campus instead. He was even known to take it on walks with a
leash!
For over 30 years, Canada and Denmark have been playfully
fighting for control of a tiny island near Greenland called Hans Island. Once
in a while, when officials from each country visit, they leave a bottle of
their country's liquor as a power move.
Historic Events
§ 1346 Majorcan explorer Jaume Ferrer sets
sail to find the legendary 'river of gold' along the West African coast
(disappears without trace)
§ 1675 King Charles II and John Flamsteed
lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London
§ 1680 Tewa medicine man, Popé, leads the
Pueblo Rebellion against Spanish colonizers in the New Mexican Province,
killing 400 and driving out another 2,000
§ 1743 Earliest recorded prize fighting
rules formulated
§ 1776 American Revolutionary War: word of
the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
§ 1793 Louvre palace officially opens in Paris
as The Museum Central des Arts
§ 1821 Missouri admitted as 24th US state
§ 1827 Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000
blacks leave for Canada)
§ 1833 Chicago incorporates as a village
of about 200
§ 1921 FDR stricken with a paralytic
illness at summer home on Canadian island of Campobello. At the time it was
thought to be polio, but could possibly have been Guillain–Barré syndrome
§ 1990 NASA's Magellan spacecraft lands on
Venus
§ 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn in as a
US Supreme Court Justice
Birthdays with some
quotes
@97 – Rhonda Fleming, American actress
@90 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the
United States (d. 1964)
” Freedom is the open window through which
pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”
@83 – Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke &
Company (d. 1905)
@81 – Jack Haley, American actor, and singer (d. 1979)
@78 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (d.
1967)
” You can only protect your liberties in this
world by protecting the other man’s freedom.”
@82 – Eddie Fisher, American singer, and actor (d. 2010)
@82 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and
screenwriter (d. 2013)
@81 – Jimmy Dean, singer, actor, founder of Jimmy Dean Food
Company (d. 2010)
“I can’t change the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
81
– Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
“There is an excitement about having
nightmares.”
@78 – Ronnie Spector, American singer (d. 2022; cancer)
” But, you know, the Stones were my opening
act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there
and shook their hair.”
76
– Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter
64
– Rosanna Arquette, American actress
” I think the most important thing for an
artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what
comes from your heart and your being and put it out there that’s true in any of
the arts.”
63
– Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
” I think the worst enemy for success is the
anxiousness to get it.”61
– Suzanne Collins, American author
52
– Justin Theroux, American actor
51
– Angie Harmon, American actress
26
– Kylie Jenner, American television personality
…The End for today…
