Mar 3

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Mar 3, 2018 Week: 09\ Day: 62

86004 Today: H 52° \ L 28° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind ave.:   18mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning:  844 miles away

Record High: 66°[1910]   Record Low: -9°[1915]

Marb Averages: 46°\19°

Mar Records: H: 73° (2007) L: -16° (1966)

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Today’s Quote

Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

  Nelson Mandela

Harper’s Index

4/5-Portion of US senators who had military experience in 1975

1/8-Today

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Observances This Week

Feb 25- Mar 3

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Justice for Animals Week Link  Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week

National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link

1-7

National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Pet Sitters Week Link
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week Link
Will Eisner Week

2-3
Texas Cowboy Poetry Week

2-4
Festival of Owls Week

2-16
National Days of Action Link

3-9

Endometriosis Week Link

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Observances for Today

Caregiver Appreciation Day

I Want You to be Happy Day
If Pets Had Thumbs Day

International Ear Care Day
Iditarod  (First Saturday)
National Frozen Food Day Link 
National Mulled Wine Day  Link
National Anthem Day
Pasty Day Link
Peach Blossom Day

Princess Day Link
Simplify Your Life Day
Sock Monkey Day
Soup It Forward Day  Link
World Birth Defects Day
World Wildlife Day Link 

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1200’s                                          

≈1284 Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England

1600’s                                          

1634 1st tavern in Boston (Mass) opens (Samuel Cole)

1700’s                                          

1791 1st US internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)

1791 Congress establishes US Mint

≈1794 1st performance of Joseph Haydn's 101st Symphony in D

1812 US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)

1800’s                                          

1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms

1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi

1820 Missouri Compromise passes, allowing Missouri to join the United States despite slavery still being legal there.

1845 Florida becomes 27th state of the Union

1847 US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps

1849 US Home Department (later renamed the Department of the Interior) established by Congress

1863 US Congress authorizes track width of 4'8½" for Union Pacific Railroad

1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences

1863 Gold certificates (currency) authorized by US Congress

1863 Idaho Territory forms

1865 US Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established by Abraham Lincoln to help destitute free blacks

≈1865 Opening of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.

1869 University of South Carolina opens to all races

1871 US Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent

1871 US Congress establishes the civil service system

1873 US Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail

1879 1st female lawyer heard by US Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)

1879 US Geological Survey director authorized in Department of the Interior

1885 1st US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission

1885 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates

1885 US Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government)

1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-year-old blind-deaf Helen Keller

1891 US Congress creates Courts of Appeal

1900’s                                          

1900 US Steel Corporation organizes

1901 US Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce

1903 North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses

≈1904 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder

1905 US Forest Service forms

1910 Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can be devoted full time to being a philanthropist

1911 1st US federal cemetery with Union & Confederate graves opens, Missouri

1915 US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) created, the predecessor of NASA

≈1917 Mexico and the USA renew diplomatic relations

1926 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Fla)

1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution

1933 Mount Rushmore dedicated

≈1939 Mahatma Gandhi begins a fast in Mumbai (Bombay) to protest against autocratic rule in India

≈1945 RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511

≈1945 US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor

≈1956 Morocco gains independence from France (Anniversary of throne)

1966 Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)

1972 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, & Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain Georgia

1985 "Moonlighting" with Cybill Shepard & Bruce Willis premieres on ABC TV in the US

1985 Bill Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million

1991 Los Angeles police officers severely beat motorist Rodney King, the beating is famously captured on amateur video and later leads to riots when the police officers are acquitted

1992 US President George H. W. Bush apologizes for raising taxes after pledging not to

≈1992 Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina established.

≈1997 The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.

2000’s                                          

≈2002 Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.

2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.

≈2017 Mass grave of 800 children and infants confirmed at a former Catholic care home in Tuam, Ireland

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My Rambling Thoughts

Had a great birthday lunch with our retirement group yesterday. Lots of laughs, memories, and some nice gifts too. Got home with not enough time to write this post.

Started today off with a good dental appointment. It was just a cleaning, but I have been on a 4-month schedule for the last two visits and all is well. I give credit to my Sonicare diamond electric toothbrush. As a mouth breather at night I have been doing 3-month cleanings for over a decade. Now it looks like I’m on a 4-month cycle. Maybe part of it is the CPAC machine. It keeps my mouth moist while I sleep.

Looks like a tiny storm is headed our way for part of the weekend. Not sure if it will arrive Sat. or Sun. Doesn’t really matter. We need the moisture and this one only to drop an inch or so. The only snow left from the storm of 2 days ago is tiny amounts in the shaded areas.

I’m sure there have been other administrations with people resigning. This one just seems like there are so many. I’m sure other administrations have had Congressional and Judicial investigations. This one just seems like there are so many. I know other administrations have appointed people with little experience. This one just seems like there are so many. The only surprise I get from this administration is a day without degrading tweets or a day with no new open investigations or a day with no resignations. Sad…

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@87- Ruby Dandridge [Ruby Jean Butler],

American actress (Father of the Bride),

born in Wichita, Kansas

(d. 1987)

@85- James Doohan,

Canadian actor (Star Trek-Scotty),

born in Vancouver, British Columbia

(d. 2005)

70’s

@75- Alexander Graham Bell,

Scottish-born British-American inventor (telephone),

born in Edinburgh, Scotland

(d. 1922)

@75- Henry Wood,

British conductor associated with London's promenade

concerts (Proms),

born in London, England

(d. 1944)

60’s

68- Ed Marinaro,

actor (Hill Street Blues)

@66- George M Pullman,

inventor (railway sleeping car)

(d. 1897)

Note: Fearing that some of his former employees or other labor supporters might try to dig up his body, his family arranged for his remains to be placed in a lead-lined mahogany coffin, which was then sealed inside a block of concrete. At the cemetery, a large pit had been dug at the family plot. At its base and walls were 18 inches of reinforced concrete. The coffin was lowered, and covered with asphalt and tar paper. More concrete was poured on top, followed by a layer of steel rails bolted together at right angles, and another layer of concrete. The entire burial process took two days.

50’s

56- Herschel Walker,

WFL/NFL running back (NJ Generals, Dallas Cowboys)

56- Jackie Joyner-Kersee,

heptathele (Olympic gold 1988, 92)

40’s

44- David Faustino,

actor (I Had 3 Wives, Bud-Married With Children),

born in Los Angeles, California

20’s

@26- Jean Harlow, [Harlean Carpentier],

30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8),

born in Kansas City,

kidney failure (d. 1937)

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@95-1991 Arthur Murray,

dance instructor

@93-1921 P.J.H. [Pierre] Cuypers,

Dutch architect (Amsterdam museum)

80’s

@89-1966 William Frawley,

American actor (I Love Lucy, My 3 Sons)

@86-1993 Albert Sabin,

physician (oral polio vaccine)

70’s

@76-1987 Danny Kaye [David Daniel Kaminski],

American comedian and actor

(Danny Kaye Show, White Christmas),

heart failure

@75-1983 Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi],

Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin),

blood disease

60’s

@67-1703 Robert Hooke,

scientific genius

50’s

@54-1992 Sandy Dennis,

actress (Up the Down Staircase),

cancer

@52-1959 Lou Costello,     

American comedian and actor

(The Abbott and Costello Show),

heart attack

40’s

@48-1966 Alice Pearce,

American comedienne and actress

(On the Town, Bewitched),

ovarian 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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Mar 1

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Mar 1, 2018 Week: 09\ Day: 60

86004 Today: H 45° \ L 17° \ Average Sky Cover: 10% 

Wind ave.:   7mph\Gusts:  12mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning: 854 miles away

Record High: 66°[1921]   Record Low: -10°[1997]

Marb Averages: 46°\19°

Mar Records: H: 73° (2007) L: -16° (1966)

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Today’s Quote

Perfection is attained by slow degrees;

it requires the hand of time.

  Voltaire

Harper’s Index

65-Percentage increase last year in the number of Afghan

children killed or wounded by explosive remnants of war

+44-Percentage change since 2005 in the volume of the

global arms trade

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Observances This Week

Feb 25- Mar 3

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Justice for Animals Week Link  Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week

National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link

1-7

National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Pet Sitters Week Link
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week Link
Will Eisner Week

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Observances for Today

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day Link
Baby Sleep Day
Dadgum That's Good Day (Masterbuilt food products & cookbooks)
National Black Women in Jazz & The Arts Day  Link
Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day
National Horse Protection Day
National Peanut Lovers Day Link
National Pig Day

Peace Corps Day
Peanut Butter Lovers' Day

Purim - begins at sundown
Refired, Not Retired Day
Saint David's Day Link
Self-injury Awareness Day  Link
World Book Day Link
World Compliment Day
Zero Discrimination Day Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                          

≈1565 Portuguese soldier Estácio de Sá founds the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1600’s                                          

≈1628 Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date

1700’s                                          

1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)

1790 1st US census authorized

1800’s                                          

1803 Ohio becomes 17th state of the Union

1845 US President John Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas

1847 Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)

≈1854 SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbour with apprpx 480 passengers and crew; she was never seen again

1864 Rebecca Lee in the US becomes 1st African American woman to receive a medical degree

1867 Howard University, Washington, D.C., chartered

1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)

1872 Yellowstone becomes world's first national park

1873 E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter

≈1886 The Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.

1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published

≈1896 Battle of Adwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in Ethiopia

1900’s                                          

1909 1st US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota

≈1919 The March 1st, or Samil Movement, begins in Korea: it is a demonstration of resistance to Japanese occupation

≈1927 Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) becomes an American National Bank

1928 Paul Whiteman & orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records

1932 The "Lindbergh kidnapping", 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh kidnapped from home in East Amwell, New Jersey, found dead 12 May

1936 Boulder (Hoover) Dam fully completed

1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)

1941 Captain America first appears in comic book form, published by Timely Comics

≈1953 Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.

1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 members

1956 The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.

1961 US President JFK establishes the Peace Corps

1962 Kresge Corporation opens the first Kmart store in Garden City, Michigan

1970 End of US commercial whale hunting

1972 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points

1973 Pink Floyd release their album "Dark Side of the Moon", since sold over 45 million copies

1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides

1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for its credit cards

1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery

≈1981 Republican prisoners in the Maze began a second hunger strike; among them is Bobby Sands

1992 Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 secs)

1994 Senate rejects a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory

1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced in USA

2000’s                                          

≈2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan as US special operations forces infiltrate the Shahi-Kot Valley in Eastern Afghanistan

2003 Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

2006 English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station

≈2011 Tomb of a 700-year-old female mummy, discovered by road workers, opened in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China

2014 US President Barack Obama warns Russian President Vladimir Putin over involvement in Ukraine

≈2016 Gene for grey hair (IRF4) discovery announced by Scientists from University College London in "Nature Communications"

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My Rambling Thoughts

 Woke up on my birthday with a good 5+” of powder snow, and it continued to snow until about 10a. Now the clouds are mostly gone, the sun is shining, and the snow is melting. Flagstaff was kind enough to close school today…they said it was the snow, but I know it was my birthday. I getting txt messages, phone calls and lots of social media posts wishing me a happy one. Nice.

Thank You Dick’s Sporting Goods for stopping the sale of AR-15’s and no rifles until the buyer is 21. This is a start.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

91- Harry Belafonte,

American calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher),

born in Harlem

80’s

83- Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk],

actor (Wild Wild West),

born in Chicago

70’s

@77- Dinah Shore,

singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet),

born in Winchester, Tenn

ovarian cancer (d. 1994)

74- Roger Daltrey,

English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)

@73- David Niven,

British actor (Casino Royale, The Pink Panther),

born in London, England

ALS (d. 1983)

@73- Yitzhak Rabin,

Prime Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95) and

1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner,

born in Jerusalem

assassinated (d. 1995)

73- Dirk Benedict,

American actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica),

born in Helena, Montana

@70- Pete Rozelle [Alvin Rozelle],

American NFL commissioner (1960-89),

born in South Gate, California

brain cancer (d. 1996)

60’s

@69- Alan Thicke,

Canadian actor, singer-songwriter

(Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains),

born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario

aortic dissection (d. 2016)

@64- Sandro Botticelli,

Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus),

(d 1510)

64- Ron Howard,

actor, director

64- Catherine Bach,

actress (Daisey Duke-The Dukes of Hazzard)

62- Timothy Daly,

actor (Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven)

50’s

51- George Eads,

American actor (CSI),

born in Fort Worth, Texas

40’s

49- Javier Bardem,

Spanish actor (No Country for Old Men)

44- Mark-Paul Gosselaar,

actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell)

@40- Glenn Miller,

American bandleader and jazz composer 

(Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood),

born in Clarinda, Iowa

missing plane (d. 1944)

40- Jensen Ackles

TV actor (Supernatural)

30’s

@39- Frederic Chopin,

Polish/French pianist and composer (Concert in F Minor),

born in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw

lengthy illness (d. 1849)

35- Lupita Nyong’o,

Mexican-Kenyan actress (12 Years a Slave),

born in Mexico City

20’s

24- Justin Bieber,

Canadian Pop Singer (Baby, One Time),

born in London, Ontario

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@92-2017 Paula Fox,

American writer for children (The Slave Dancer) and adults

80’s

@81-1991 Edwin Land,

American inventor of instant photography and

co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation

60’s

@69-1984 Jackie Coogan,

American actor (Addams Family, The Kid, Oliver Twist),

heart attack

@69-2013 Bonnie Franklin,

American actress,

pancreatic 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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