November 2022
Daily Almanac for
Flagstaff
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Weekly
Observations
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: 11-17
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 12-18 Link
International Fraud Awareness Week: 12-18
International Fraud Awareness Week: 12-18 Link
National Cider Week: 12-19
National Cider Week: 12-19 Link
National Split Pea Soup Week: 12-18
National Split Pea Soup Week: 12-18 Link
National Nurse Practioner's Week: 12-18 Link Link
Perioperative Nurse Week: 12-18 Link
Roc Your Moc Week: 12-18 Link
World Kindness Week: 12-18
World Kindness Week: 12-18 Link
International Restorative Justice Week: 13-19
International Restorative Justice Week: 13-19 Link
National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 13-19
National Global Entrepreneurship Week: 13-19 Link
American Education Week: 13-17 Link
Daily Observations
Beaujolais Nouveau Day
Link
Children's Grief Awareness Day Link
Educator For A Day
Educator For A Day Link
Great American Smokeout
Great American Smokeout Link
Have a Party With Your Bear Day
International Day for
Tolerance
National Button Day
National Check Your Wipers
Day Link
National Fast-Food Day
National Indiana Day
National Parental Involvement Day Link
National Philanthropy Day Link
National Rural Health Day Link
Teddy Bear Day (Historic) Link
Use Less Stuff Day Link
World Day of Prayer and Action for Children
World Day of Prayer and Action for Children Link
World Pancreatic Cancer Day Link
World Philosophy Day
World Philosophy Day
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another
cold night and still a little chilly today.
Biden
needs to address the border crisis. The recent resignation only makes it more
of a mess. Ignoring it only makes it worse.
In
AZ, we finally have a new governor as the race was called for the Dem. Katie
Hobbs. The Republican was an election denier. Now to hope the Dem lead for AG
holds. The fat lady is warming up her voice with the Dem having a slight lead.
This
morning 2 Russian missiles hit in a small Polish town on the border with
Ukraine. Two locals were killed. Now what?
Favorite
Memes
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Little
known Native American History
If the only
thing you knew about Native Americans came from Hollywood, you would be
forgiven for assuming every tribe lived in teepees, but this is far from the
truth. Native Americans were encompassed by many tribes who spoke different
languages and had different cultures and ways of life. Many of the Plains
Indians tribes lived in teepees, but the nations of the Iroquois nation lived
in longhouses, while the tribes of the Mesa Verde region dwelled in cliffs,
while the tribes in Taos lived in pueblos, a site which makes the area one of
the top 16 American cities for history buffs.
Meaning/history
of a phrase
Be-all, end-all
William Shakespeare has made a huge
contribution to the English language. He is credited for inventing numerous
phrases and words. "Be-all, end-all" is one of them.
The phrase is used to describe a defining
moment/the most important thing in a scenario. The playwright first used it
when Macbeth was about to kill the king in his famous play 'Macbeth.'
Historical
Events
1620 – British settlers found the first
corn (maize) in North America, including Myles Standish and William Bradford,
in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
1676 – First colonial prison was
organized in Nantucket, Massachusetts. William Bunker was the first warden.
1801 – The first edition of the New York
Evening Post was published. It is the US’ oldest continuously published daily
newspaper.
1841 – The first patent (#2,359) for a US
life preserver of cork was issued to Napoleon E. Guerin of New York City for
his “Improvement in Buoyant Dresses or Life-Preservers.”
1855 – David Livingstone became the first
European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
1910 – The first American driver to
exceed the speed of ‘a mile a minute’ (60 mph) was of A.C. Bostwick on the
Ocean Parkway Racetrack in Brooklyn, New York.
1907 – Oklahoma became the United States’
46th state.
1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the
United States officially opened.
1938 – LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
was first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz
Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
1945 – Two new elements were announced in
Chicago: americium (atomic number 95) and curium (atomic number 96).
1945 – United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was founded.
1965 – Walt Disney launched Epcot Center:
Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
1973 – President Richard Nixon signs the
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction
of the Alaska Pipeline.
2006 – Great Firewall of China began,
giving the Chinese government much control over what its citizens could see
online.
Birthdays
Today
@89 – Burgess
Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1997)
“Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and
drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and
flows.”– Burgess Meredith
72 – George S. Kaufman, American
director, producer, playwright (d. 1961)
58 – Dwight Gooden, American baseball
player
55 – Lisa Bonet, American actress,
director
52 – Martha Plimpton, American actress
50 – Missi Pyle, American actress, singer
“I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange –
so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous
comfort in that – someone who’s kind of normal just doesn’t feel as true.”–
Missi Pyle
45 – Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress,
singer
38 – Gemma Atkinson, English model, actress
29 – Pete Davidson, American comedian,
actor
