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Sep 27, 2017 Week: 39 \ Day: 270
86004 Today: H 66° \ L 36°
Average Sky Cover: 35%
Wind ave: 0mph\Gusts: --mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Sep Averages: 74°\42°
Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20° (1912)
Record High: 83°[1963] Record Low: 23°[1900]
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Quote of the Day
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone,
because I am the person I know best.
Frida Kahlo
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Observances Today
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Banned Websites Awareness Day Link
Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Link
Google's Birthday
National Women's Health & Fitness Day
National Woman Road Warrior Day
World Tourism Day
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Observances This Week
24-30
Banned Books Week
Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link
International Interpreters and Translators Week
National Fall Foliage Week Link
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
Sea Otter Awareness Week Link
25-29
Ally Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1200’s
◄1290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
1500’s
◄1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola confirmed by Pope Paul III in Rome
◄1590 Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
1800’s
◄1822 French scholar Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone
◄1825 George Stephenson's "Locomotion No. 1" becomes the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England
1852 George L Aiken's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" premieres in Troy, NY
1900’s
◄1905 The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc².
1908 Henry Ford's first Ford Model T automobile leaves the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan
1909 US President Taft sets aside some 3 million acres of oil-rich public land (including Teapot Dome, Wyoming) for conservation purposes
◄1910 1st test flight of a twin-engined airplane (France)
1912 W. C. Handy publishes "Memphis Blues", considered the 1st blues song
1916 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
1937 1st Santa Claus Training School opens (Albion NY)
1954 1st African American Supreme Court page is CV Bush
◄1960 Europe's 1st "moving pavement" (travelator), opens at Bank station on the London Underground
◄1961 Sierre Leone becomes 100th member of UN
1962 Rachel Carson publishes 'Silent Spring' about the deleterious impacts of pesticide use in the US on the environment
1964 Findings of the Warren Commission into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
1979 US Congress' final approval to create Department of Education
◄1988 The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is founded in Burma (Myanmar)
1996 The Julie N. tanker skip crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
2000’s
◄2013 7 people are killed in mosque bombings in Baghdad, Iraq
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My Rambling Thoughts
No wind at all. Cool fall temps. Lots of clouds. Good day.
About 5 years ago the only cable company here got in a fight with one of its distributors. I lost Comedy Central, MTV, Nick, BET, and a few others. For me, the biggest loss was Comedy Central. The cable company claimed it would be cheaper to have other channels. Lots of right-wing stuff showed up…channels like the Blaze. Suddenly Sunday afternoon as I was looking at the guide on the TV I suddenly saw that Comedy Central, et al had returned. I am a happy camper. Thanks to my DVR I now can watch The Daily Show and others every day. Feeling very good about that.
Disappointed by the Cardinals playing last night, not surprised, just disappointed.
I recall teaching ESL classes for teachers. One of my favorite classes dealt with teaching about various culture’s needs in learning English. How languages have sounds that are not in English and how learners will substitute a sound in their language for an English sound they have trouble pronouncing. One of the cultures we studied was the Puerto Ricans. I was always amazed at how many American citizen teachers did not know that PR’s were also American Citizens. For many back then their only knowledge for PR’s was from West Side Story. Sadly, as I listen to the news, many Americans and many in our government are having a hard time getting aid to PR. 45 even made some statement about how far they are in debt when he was talking about sending aid. I have to wonder if we would have this much trouble getting aid to Hawaii?
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Bizarre News
*--------- Around the World in 78 Days ---------*
A British cyclist set a new world record by biking around the world in less than 80 days. Ultra-endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont rode his bicycle 18,000 miles, across 16 different countries in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes to set the Guinness World Record for fastest circumnavigation by bicycle. "This has been, without doubt, the most punishing challenge I have ever put my body and mind through," Beaumont said. He began the journey in France on July 2 and made his way through frigid sub-zero winters in Australia and New Zealand and the possibility of lingering bad weather in the United States from Hurricane Irma before ending the feat by rolling through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Beaumont broke the previous world record of 123 days and 43 minutes held by Andrew Nicholson from New Zealand, on the path he dubbed the "Artemis World Cycle." During the journey, he also broke world records or the farthest distance cycled in one month with 7,031 miles. "This was a fantastic milestone to achieve during the challenge of getting around the world in eighty days. I hope it is used as a marker for other cyclists to go and smash in the near future," he said.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@95- Jayne Meadows,
Wu Chang China, Mrs Steve Allen, actress (Dark Delusion)
(d. 2015)
80’s
@85- William T. Orr,
American television producer
(d. 2002)
@81- Samuel Adams,
US revolutionary and politician (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94), born in Boston,
(d. 1803)
70’s
@74- Cosimo de Medici,
Italian banker and de facto ruler of Florence and patron of the arts, born in Florence
(d. 1464)
@73- William Conrad,
actor (Bullwinkle Show, Cannon), born in Louisville,
(d. 1994)
70- Meat Loaf, [Marvin Lee Aday],
Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell)
60’s
@67- Dick Schaap,
sportscaster/author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay)
(d. 2001)
@66- Patrick O'Neal,
actor (King Rat, Night of the Iguana)
(d. 1994)
@65- Dith Pran,
Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", born in Siem Reap, Cambodia
(d. 2008)
@62- Greg Morris,
actor (Mission Impossible, Vega$), born in Cleveland, Ohio
(d. 1996)
50’s
59- Shaun Cassidy,
American actor/singer (Hardy Boys, Breaking Away), born in Los Angeles, California
@53- Will Sampson,
Muscogee (Creek) actor
(d. 1987)
30’s
35- Gwyneth Paltrow,
American actress (Pallbearer, Emma, Hard Eight), born in Los Angeles
35- Lil Wayne,
American rapper
33- Avril Lavigne,
Canadian singer-songwriter (Complicated, Sk8er Boi), born in Belleville, Ontario
20’s
@23- Bhagat Singh,
Indian freedom fighter, born in Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab
(d. 1931)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@96-1993 James Doolittle,
US air force general (Tokyo 1942)
80’s
@89-2015 John Guillermin,
British film director (The Towering Inferno)
@83-1917 Edgar H G Degas,
French impressionist artist (ballerina)
70’s
@79-2009 William Safire,
American Columnist, pancreatic cancer
50’s
@53-1944 Aimee Semple McPherson,
Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, accidental overdose
40’s
@45-1956 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias,
American Hall of Fame athlete, colon cancer
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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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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