June 10


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1639: 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
1760: NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
1793: 1st public zoo opens in Paris
1857: England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system
1905: 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me
1939 – My parents, Charles and Beryl, were married in Denver today
1963: JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women
1976: 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy
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Free Rambling Thoughts   
Today is a short version of the blog, as our discussion group meets tonight and I had to get prepared. It was another very windy day here in town. My cold is much better and I did spend a nice afternoon on my deck, reading to get ready for tonight.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle
Returns tomorrow
What is the answer?
Note: yesterday, another answer could have been 50, the only number divisible by 5
Rearrange the letters of the following phrase to give the name of a U.S. state:  VIEWING A STIR
4x4 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 4 letters.1.              matter unit
2.              lion handler's task
3.              warning sign
4.              fix

Lifestyle  Substance     
Songs of the 1970’s
Hotel California , The Eagles--1977
Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin--never charted
American Pie, Don McLean--1972 
Stayin' Alive, Bee Gees--1978
Harper’s Index         
Median sale price of a single-family US home sold last year: $166,200
Found on You Tube 
Spencer Tracy: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner        
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
"Honey," said this husband to his wife, "I invited a friend home for supper."
"What? Are you crazy? The house is a mess, I didn't go shopping, all the dishes are dirty, and I don't feel like cooking a fancy meal!"
"I know all that."
"Then, why did you invite a friend for supper?"
"Because the poor guy is thinking about getting married."
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
On a cold day, soaking wet blue jeans will draw heat from your lower body twice as fast as wearing no pants at all.
Yeah, It Really Happened
 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch artist said he decided to pay tribute to his departed cat by turning the departed feline's taxidermied remains into a working helicopter. Bart Jansen said his cat, Orville, was named after legendary aviator Orville Wright and the feline's namesake helped inspire him to transform the stuffed remains into a radio-controlled helicopter with the help of RC expert Arjen Beltman, The Mirror, Britain, reported Monday. Jansen said the "Orvillecopter," which is being displayed at the Kunstrai art festival in Amsterdam, is a tribute to his beloved pet. "After a period of mourning he received his propellers posthumously," he said. The artist said his "half cat, half machine" creation will soon be "flying with the birds." "He will receive more powerful engines and larger props for his birthday. So this hopping will soon change into steady flight," Jansen said.              
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • New York physician George Huntington was only 22 years old in 1872 when he published a paper describing the condition that caused involuntary twitches and tremors now known as Huntington's Chorea. He also correctly surmised at the time that the disease was hereditary and never skipped a generation.
  • Alois Alzheimer was a German doctor who would eventually gain fame after studying an otherwise healthy 51-year-old female patient who was showing signs of dementia. After her death, he autopsied her brain and noted abnormalities in the cerebral cortex.
  • For hundreds of years, leprosy was thought to be a hereditary disease or a curse from God. In 1873, Dr. Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen of Norway discovered the bacterium that causes leprosy, and the condition is now more properly referred to as Hansen's disease.
  • James Parkinson was a British physician who wrote some of the first medical papers describing gout and the connection between an inflamed appendix and peritonitis. But he will always be remembered for his 1817 essay on the "Shaking Palsy" which today is known as Parkinson's Disease.
  • Until 1961, the condition known as Down Syndrome was commonly referred to as "Mongolian Idiocy." The World Health Organization voted to change the name to honor John Langdon Down, the physician who first described the characteristic head shape and hand folds of children born with the syndrome.
  • When campaigning for the presidency, John F. Kennedy went to great lengths to project an image of youth and vigor in order to hide the fact that he was suffering from Addison's Disease. Various photos of Kennedy during that era show the facial puffiness that resulted from the heavy doses of steroids he was taking.


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
7-10
   Superman Week
10-16
   National Flag Week
   Jim Thorpe Native American Games
   Men's Health Week
   National Automotive Service Professionals Week

Today Is                                                                      
Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day
Alcoholics Anonymous (Founders) Day
Ball Point Pen Day
Children’s Sunday
Iced Tea Day
Multicultural American Child Day
Race Unity Day National Yo-Yo Day
Ride The Wind Day, Ride For Wind Day or World Wind Day

Portugal: Day of Portugal

Today’s Other Events                                                             
1100’s
1190: Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem

1600’s
1619: Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt
1652: In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America
1700’s
1719: Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel
1752: Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning
1776: Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Decl of Ind
1800’s
1850: Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of US (replacing Taylor)
1851: California treaty: According to the Costan internet one in a series of treaties with California Indians will be signed today at Camp Persifer F. Smith. The treaty's purpose was to guarantee reserved lands and protections from the Europeans
1900’s
1902: Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan
1911: Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam
1915: Girl Scouts founded
1924: 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
1943: FDR becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime
1955: 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
1972: An Act of Congressional today (17 stat. 391) will further define the SAUK and FOX reserve in Kansas
1977: Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II
1990: Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
1997: Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold
2000’s
2001: Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint Saint Rafqa
2003: The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Clyde Beatty, US animal trainer/actor (Big Cage) in 1903
Saul Bellow, Lachine Quebec, author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976) in 1914
Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System in 1913
Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], Minnesota, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz) in 1922
Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago) in 1637
Maurice Sendak, NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are) in 1928
In their 90’s
Philip Mountbatten, Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr Elizabeth II is 91

In their 70’s
F Lee Bailey, Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam Shepard case, OJ case) is 79
In their 60’s
Jeff Greenfield, NYC, media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline) is 69

In their 40’s
Elizabeth Hurley  actress (Christabel) is 47
In their 30’s
Tara Lipinski  figure skater (1997 World Champ) is 30

Today’s Obits                                                           
Alexander the Great, Macedonian king, dies from either fever or excessive wine in 323BC at 32
Ray Charles, Grammy winning crooner who blended gospel and blues, dies of liver failure in 2004 at 73
Louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie), dies of cancer in 1988 at 80
Nathaniel Pryor, Sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies in 1839 at 59
Spencer Tracy, US actor (7th Cross, Father ot Bride), dies of heart attack in 1967 at 67
Richard Webb, actor (Captain Midnight), shoots himself in 1993 at 77

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?
West Virginia
NPR Sunday Puzzle
RETURNS TOMORROW
4X4 boxes
ATOMTAMEOMENMEND 
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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June 9


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Today’s  Historical  Highlights
1628: 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass
1650: The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas
1790: 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"
1868: 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
1923: Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans
1969: Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice
1997: British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires
♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 

 
Free Rambling Thoughts   
I got some OTC meds for my summer cold…seems to be getting better, or at least hiding the symptoms.  I was out and about today, with lots of errands. I ran into a former student at Sam’s Club. I knew him at Navajo Mountain way back in 1985—when he was in 6th grade…and he still recognized me…cool. His daughter is graduating from high school today. Very cool.

It’s the weekend, and our discussion group meets tomorrow night to discuss Indonesia. Should be a good discussion. It’s the last one of the year and we have learned a lot about the world so far. Summer is a busy time so we don’t meet during the summer and will start up again in January…when the new books come out.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Matching Categories
Returns tomorrow

What is the answer?
Which of these numbers is the odd-one-out?
43    26    50    37    17    82
3x3 Word Boxes
The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.
1.              witty saying
2.              singular
3.              coffee alternative

Lifestyle  Substance     
Summer Songs of the 1960’s

Harper’s Index         
Cost of a 50-sq-ft storage unit in the basement of the One57 building on West 57th St. in NYC: $200,000
Found on You Tube 
       
Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day
A man at the airline counter tells the rep. “I’d like this bag to go to Berlin, this one to California, and this one to London.The rep says, “I’m sorry sir. We can’t do that.” The man replied: Nonsense. That is what you did last time I flew with you.
Rules of Thumb   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
A girl will reach her full height 18 months after she starts to menstruate.
Yeah, It Really Happened
NEW YORK – The teams participating in the World Lacrosse Championships in England represent 30 nations, from Argentina to Latvia to South Korea to Iroquois.The Iroquois helped invent lacrosse and, in a rare example of international recognition of American Indian sovereignty, they participate at every tournament as a separate nation. But they might not be at this year’s world championship tournament because of a dispute over the validity of their passports.The 23 players have passports issued by the Iroquois Confederacy, a group of six Indian nations overseeing land that stretches from upstate New York into Ontario, Canada.The U.S. government says it will only let players back into the country if they have U.S. passports, a team official said. The British government, meanwhile, won’t give the players visas if they cannot guarantee they’ll be allowed to go home, the official said.Iroquois team members born within U.S. borders have been offered U.S. passports, but the players refuse to carry them, because they see the government-issued documents as an attack on their identity, said Tonya Gonnella Frichner, a member of the Onondaga Nation who works with the team.“It’s about sovereignty, citizenship and self-identification,” said Frichner, who also is the North American Regional Representative to the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.The Iroquois have used their own passports in the past, but State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the new dispute can be traced to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which went into effect last year. The new rules require, among other things, that Americans carry passports or high-tech documents to cross the country’s borders.“Since they last traveled on their own passports, the requirements in terms of the kind of documents that are necessary to facilitate travel within and outside the hemisphere have changed,” Crowley said. “We are trying to help them get the appropriate travel documents so they can travel to this tournament.”Tribes’ efforts to meet the new security requirements have been ongoing. A group of American Indian leaders requested funding from the Department of Homeland Security in 2009 to develop cards that would comply with the new rules, according to an agency document. Idaho’s Kootenai tribe and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreed last year to develop the first enhanced tribal card acceptable under the new guidelines.Asked whether the Iroquois passport could be acceptably modified to meet the stricter standards, Crowley referred questions to the Department of Homeland Security.That agency declined to discuss the specifics of the case. Matt Chandler, a Homeland Security spokesman, said his agency was working with the Department of State and others to resolve the issue.One Iroquois player, Brett Bucktooth, said he would rather miss the tournament than travel under a U.S. passport.               
Somewhat Useless Information   
Vine gar is amazing for your hair, but baking soda has its place in the shower too. Sprinkle a small amount of baking soda into your palm along with your favorite shampoo. Shampoo as usual and rinse thoroughly with baking soda helps remove the residue that styling products leave behind so your hair is cleaner and more manageable.
Clean and deodorize your vinyl shower curtain by sprinkling baking soda directly on a clean damp sponge or brush. Scrub the shower curtain and rinse clean. Hang it up to dry. 
For AZ centennial celebration: town names
  • Vail, AZ: in Pima County, population is 10,208, 18.2 sq mi (47.2 km2), named after pioneer rancher Edward Vail, who established a ranch in the area in the late 19th century,  originally a station and water stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad, known for the nearby Colossal Cave, a large cave system, the racial makeup of the CDP was 87.16% White, 0.64% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 7.45% from other races, and 3.70% from two or more races. 16.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
  • Valentine, AZ: in Mohave County, population is 36, 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Kingman
  • Valley Farms, AZ: in Pinal County. Valley Farms is 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Coolidge
  • Vernon, AZ: in Apache County, settled by B.H. Wilhelm, who named it, in 1894, for W.T. Vernon, important at first as a sawmill town, but as activity diminished, people moved away, been a Mormon ward, but they disbanded it in 1954


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
4-9
   National Sun Safety Week
   National Tire Safety Week
7-10
   Superman Week

Today Is                                                                      
Belmont Stakes
Donald Duck Day
International Young Eagles Day
The Wicket World of Croquet Day

Today’s Other Events                                                             
Before 1000CE
68 : Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditos to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging

1500’s
1529: Zurich declares war on Catholic cantons
1549: Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England
1600’s
1647: New England synod clergy meet at Cambridge today. A large number of Indians attend the meeting to hear Roxbury minister John Eliot deliver a sermon in their own language
1700’s
1772: 1st Protestant church west of Penn (in Ohio) holds communion
1800’s
1802: US Academy at West Point founded
1838: Chickasaw Chief Ishtahotapa, and 129 of his followers leave Pontotoc, Mississippi, with A.M.M.Upshaw for the Indian Territory. The Chickasaw remaining east of the Mississippi are concerned about moving west because of the epidemic of smallpox raging in Indian Territory. During the trek west, Ishtahotapa's wife would die.
1869: Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Phila)
1900’s
1902: 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Phila)
1910: Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)
1931: 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R Goddard)
1934: 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released
1943: "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized
1953: "Milton Berle Show/Texaco Star Theater," last airs on NBC-TV
1970: Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University
1978: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1983: 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
1989: Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
1999: Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and North Atlantic Treaty Organization sign a peace treaty

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Remembered for being born on this day
Robert Cummings, Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder) in 1910
Johann G Galle, German astronomer (discovered Neptune) in 1812
Les Paul, Waukesha Wi, guitarist/inventor (Les Paul guitar) in 1915
Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], tsar of Russia (1682-1725) in 1672
Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate) in 1891
Wayman Tisdale, NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns) in 1964
Fred Waring, Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender) in 1900
Jackie Wilson, Detroit, singer (Lonely Teardrops, Night) in 1934

In their 80’s
Joe Santos, Bkln NY, actor (Rockford Files, AKA Pablo, Shamus) is 81
In their 70’s
Jackie Mason, Wisc, comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup) is 76

In their 50’s
Michael J. Fox, Canadian actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf)  is 51
In their 40’s
Johnny Depp, Queensboro Ky, actor (21 Jump Street, Ed Wood) is 49
In their 30’s
Natalie Portman [Natalie Hershlag], Jerusalem, Israeli/American actress (Professional, Everyone Says I Love You) is 31

Today’s Obits                                                           
William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society dies in 1934 at 72
Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies of stroke in 1870 at 58
Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies of stomach cancer in 1981 at 63
Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies of Ill in mind and body in 1911 at 64
Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide in 68 at 31
Claudia Octavia, wife of Nero in ritual sucide ordered by husband in 62 at 22

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?
43—all the others are one more than a square
NPR Sunday Puzzle
Returns tomorrow
3x3 boxes
MOT
ONE
TEA
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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