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Sept 18, 2018 Week: 38 \ Day: 261
86004 Today: H 82° \ L 49° \ Average Sky Cover: 25%
Wind: 9mph\Gusts:
0mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 86°[1956]
Record Low: 27°[2006]
Sep Averages: 74°\42°
Today’s Quote
Rather fail
with honor than succeed by fraud.
Sophocles
Harper’s Index
1:33
Estimated ration of us money spent on LEGAL sports
gambling to that spent on ILLEGAL sports betting
Observances This
Week
15-22 Farm Animal Awareness
Week
Build A Better Image Week
International Clean Hands Week
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities
Week
National Indoor Plant Week
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
National Security Officer Appreciation Week
http://www.p2.org/p2-week/National Singles Week
Tolkien Week
17-23 Constitution Week
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
Observances for
Today
Air Force Birthday
Chiropractic Founders Day Link
Get Ready Day Link
Hug A Greeting Card Writer Day
International Day Against DRM Link
National Ceiling Fan Day Link
National Cheeseburger Day Link Link
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day Link
National IT Professionals Day
National Respect Day Link
Rice Krispie Treat Day
Today’s Significant
US Historical Events
Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
1700’s
1755 Fort Ticonderoga in New York opens
1800’s
1812 Great Fire of Moscow burns out after
5 days, 75% of the city destroyed and 12,000 killed
1846 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning
exchange last letters before eloping
1851 New York Times starts publishing (2
cents a copy)
1891 Harriet Maxwell Converse is 1st white
woman to become an Indigenous chief (Senaca)
1895 Daniel David Palmer of Davenport,
Iowa gives the first chiropractic adjustment
1900’s
1919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal
drown 280 along Gulf Coast
1944 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes
Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed, including 1,377 allied POWs and 4,200 Javanese slave
labourers.
1947 US Department of Defense 1st day of
operation
1947 US Air Force created as a separate
military service by passing of the National Security Act
1948 Ralph Bunche confirmed as acting UN
mediator in Palestine
1957 "Wagon Train" premieres
1958 The Fresno Drop: Bank of America
mails out 60,000 BankAmericards in Fresco, California, the first credit card
(later renamed VISA)
1982 Sabra and Shatila massacres -
Christian militia massacre at least 700 Palestinians in retaliation for
assassination of Bachir Gemayel
1997 Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the
United Nations, creating the public charity, the United Nations Foundation
1997 Voters in Wales vote yes (50.3%) in a
referendum on Welsh autonomy.
2000’s
2012 The Chicago Teachers Union and
Chicago Public Schools reach a deal that ends an 8-day strike.
2014 Scotland votes to stay a member of
the United Kingdom in an independence referendum
2016 Earliest known fishhooks at 23,000
years old discovered on Okinawa Island, Japan, findings published in PNAS
journal
2017 Hurricane Maria passes over the
Caribbean island of Dominica as a category 5 hurricane, destroying 90% of
structures and killing 27
My Rambling Thoughts
The
smoke is still ruining our beautiful city. It seems to just come in and sit.
Seems with all the technology, there should be a way, short of a very big fan,
to get rid of the smoke. This is the second full day of our town looking like
we are in the middle of a partial eclipse.
Last
night I did a load of towels in my 20+ year old washer. Suddenly it stopped
agitating and spinning. After taking the towels out of the washer and hand
wringing them I called Sears Repair. They said they could have someone to my
house between 8a and noon on Monday. I was shocked. First because our local
Sears is closing. Second, how fast they would show up. About 7:45 I was sitting
in my office and the truck pulled up. The guy waited until 8a exactly to come
to my door. Turns out he was a former student. He checked and said he could fix
it. In less than 45 minutes the washer was up and running. Turns out the repair
service is not connected to the retail side of Sears, so they will be around
for quite some time. The part was $30, the labor cost brought it up to $200. I
ain’t complaining. It is a great washer and he said it is a common break down
for an ‘older’ washer. He also said that it is better than the newer ones.
Sears also will fix all appliances, even it not bought at Sears. Cool and good
to know. Need any appliance repair…check with Sears!!
I
have never been a coffee drinker. Partly because I’m not a ‘hot’ drinker, and I
prefer my liquid intake to be cold. I discovered Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte
is sold in 40oz containers for around $4 at local grocery stores. I’m on my
second bottle since Saturday. Loving it. And a whole lot cheaper than buying it
at a Starbucks.
What
a mess in DC. Too bad these allegations didn’t come up sooner. If true, a drunken
party at a private high school with underage drinkers is no surprise. An assault
or rape at such a party, while horrific, is also no surprise. This will be an
interesting week in DC.
Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
85►Robert Blake,
Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)
70’s
@75►Samuel Johnson,
English scholar and lexicographer (A Dictionary of the English Language), born
in Lichfield Staffordshire (d. 1784)
60’s
67►Ben Carson,
American neurosurgeon, Republican politician and US Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, born in Detroit, Michigan
40’s
48►Alisa Tyler,
TV actress, game show host
47►Lance Armstrong,
disgraced Cyclist
45►James Marsden,
movie actor (X-Men)
42►Ronaldo
Lopes Da Cruz, Brazilian soccer player
30’s
@39►J. D. Tippit,
American police officer murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the
assassination of John F. Kennedy, born in Texas (d. 1963)
Historical Obits Today
70’s
@76►1783 Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (Euler's Constant), brain
hemorrhage
@70►2013 Ken Norton, American heavyweight boxer, strokes
50’s
@56►1961 Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish public servant, 2nd
Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953-61) and posthumous Nobel Peace
Prize winner (1961), air crash over Congo
20’s
@27►1970 Jimi Hendrix, American rock guitarist (Purple Haze), asphyxiation
