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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1689 - Montreal taken by Iroquois
¬ 1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, founded1540 - Explorer Hernando de Alarcon travels up Colorado River (from Baja to current AZ-CA border)
¬ 1916 - Dept of Interior forms National Park Service
¬ 1919 - 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)
¬ 1968 - Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to win US singles championship1910 - Yellow Cab is founded
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
Another very warm day with no rain…
Our lunch was great today. We met a day early because Mary is heading for another reunion tomorrow. We ate at La Fonda’s and the food was great. Cheryl is doing well. Mary brought pics of her family reunion…quite a clan. I ran into an old hunting buddy and his sister, his wife, and his sister’s daughter. We had a great catch-up talk. I saw his sister wave in my direction but couldn’t see across the restaurant. My buddy came over after we finished eating. When we finished our discussions, I joined them for about 30 minutes. Their dad is in the hospital, again, so I will be visiting him tomorrow. The dad is having lots of health problems since his wife passed earlier this year. He should be OK from this visit, but has a messed up esophagus and has to have a feeding tube stuck in for a month while it heals. They say he will be going home in a couple of days, heal at home and then return to have the tube removed. Doesn’t sound very pleasant, but they say it is going to be fine. It was great to see them again.
The Feds charged two men with starting the Wallow fire. They are in their mid-20’s and claimed to be ‘seasoned campers’. Their campsite was ground zero for the largest fire in AZ’s recorded history—840 sq miles were burned, it burned 35 residences, 4 commercial buildings, 36 outbuildings and cost over $79million to fight. Each man was charged with five counts of causing timber to burn; leaving a fire unattended and unextinguished; leaving a fire without completely extinguishing it; causing and failing to maintain control of a fire; and building a campfire without removing all flammable material from around the campfire adequate to prevent its escape. A conviction for each of the offenses charged in the complaint carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison, a $5,000 fine or both. That means that if they are convicted on all counts they will have 2 ½ years in jail and $25,000 in fines. I thought we had a law that said they can also have to pay back the cost of fighting the fire…but maybe not. Attention: John McCain and our Governor—they are both legal residents of AZ—not illegals and from their names do not appear to be Latino. No pictures yet and no listing of their ancestry. Good work Feds.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. How was Billie Jean Moffitt later known in the tennis world?
2. Who won the Wimbledon singles in 1998 after twice losing in the final?
3. In which decade did people last get the chance to see Halley's Comet?
4. Where does Greg Norman come from?
5. In which Park was the New York marathon run until 1970?
6. The Walker Cup is competed for in which sport?
7. In the charity AHA, what part of the body does H stand for?
8. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man was a hit for which singer after his death?
9. In which state did both Kennedy and Johnson die?
10. The Fresh Prince of where was the subject of a sitcom of 140+ shows?
11. Who is younger, Serena or Venus Williams?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ New Florida law requires drug testing of all welfare recipients. After two months percentage of Florida welfare recipients who failed new mandatory drug test: 2
¬ Study out today—percentage of all Floridians using illegal drugs: 13.2
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ Adding three of four sugar cubes to a suitcase before storage will help prevent musty odors.
¬ A spoonful of sugar added to a vase of water will prolong the life of freshly cut flowers.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
JOLIET, Ill. - Residents of an Illinois neighborhood said they want their city to take action to curb the population of skunks in their area. Neighbors in the Bryan Avenue area of Joliet said the skunk population has been steadily growing during the past few summers and the smell has become a major problem, The (Joliet) Herald-News reported Monday.
Doreen and Bob Swanson described the problem to the Joliet City Council last week as an epidemic and called on officials to create an action plan for the skunk infestation. The Swansons said they rented two traps from the Joliet Township Animal Control Center and have caught four of the animals during the past two weeks. Bryan Jones, an animal control officer for Joliet Township, said he picks up an average of three skunks per day, but he doesn't seem to be making a dent in the population.
National Zoo: following yesterday’s DC earthquake:
The zoo documented a broad range of animal behavior before, during and after the tremor that began in central Virginia and shook much of the eastern United States. For example, a gorilla, Mandara, shrieked and grabbed her baby, Kibibi, racing to the top of a climbing structure just seconds before the ground began to shake dramatically. Two other apes — an orangutan, Kyle, and a gorilla, Kojo — already had dropped their food and skedaddled to higher turf.
The 64 flamingos seemed to sense the tumult a number of seconds in advance as well, clustering together in a nervous huddle before the quake hit. One of the zoo’s elephants made a low-pitched noise as if to communicate with two other elephants.
And red-ruffed lemurs emitted an alarm cry a full 15 minutes before the temblor, the zoo said.
During the quake, the zoo grounds were filled with howls and cries. The snakes, normally inert in the middle of the day, writhed and slithered. Beavers stood on their hind legs and then jumped into a pond. Murphy the Komodo dragon ran for cover. Lions resting outside suddenly stood up and stared at their building as the walls shook.
Damai, a Sumatran tiger, leaped as if startled but quickly settled down. Some animals remained agitated for the rest of the day, wouldn’t eat and didn’t go to sleep on their usual schedule.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
A man goes to an optician asking for help about his shortsightedness.
The optician invites the man to go outside the shop, points to the sun and asks the man what that is. The man somewhat stunned replies obviously: that’s the sun!
Thereafter the optician asks: but how far do you want to see?
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
19-28: Little League Baseball World Series
22-26: National Safe at Home Week
25-31: Be Kind To Humankind Week
‡ TODAY IS
¬ Kiss-And-Make-Up Day
¬ National Second-hand Wardrobe Day
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¬ Somalia: Constitution Day (1979)
¬ Uruguay: Independence Day (1825 from Brazil): Official name: República Oriental del Uruguay: English--Oriental Republic of Uruguay and sometimes Eastern Republic of Uruguay
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1970 - Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
1981 - Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years
· IN ATHLETICS
1804 - Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1875 - Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m)
1960 - 17th summer Olympics opens in Rome
1985 - Met Dwight Gooden becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)
1991 - Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds
· IN BUSINESS
1908 - National Association of Colored Nurses, forms
1925 - Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem NY)
· IN EDUCATION
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· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1737 - Agreement is signed by Thomas Penn and Munsee Chiefs Manawkyhickon and Nutimus. Teeshacomin and Lappawinzoe also sign. The agreement recognizes an old deed made in 1686. The agreement calls for Indian lands to be sold along the Delaware River for the distance that a man can walk in a day and a half. This is called the "Walking Purchase"
1868 - Acting Governor Hall of Colorado telegraphs to the military that 200 Indians are "devastating southern Colorado." The military also receives a report of Indians killing an animal herder near Fort Dodge, in southwestern Kansas.
2003 - The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko)
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1830 - Belgium revolts against Netherlands
1898 - 700 Greeks and 15 Englishmen are slaughtered by the Turks in Heraklion, Greece
1997 - Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill Berlin Wall policy
· IN RELIGION
325 - Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
1940 - 1st parachute wedding
· IN SCIENCE
1932 - Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
· IN US POLITICS
1814 - British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1950 - Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
1952 - Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1918 - Leonard Bernstein, conductor/composer (West Side Story)
Tim Burton, American film director turns 53
Frederick Forsyth, author (Day of the Jackal, Deceiver, Odessa File) turns 73
1913 - Walt Kelly, cartoonist, creator (Pogo)
· ATHLETES
Rollie Fingers, relief pitcher (Oakland Athletics, MVP/Cy Young-1981) turns 65
1927 - Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion in a major event
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Sean Connery, actor turns 81
Billy Ray Cyrus, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart) turns 50
1917 - Don Defore, actor (George-Hazel, Ozzie & Harriet)
1917 - Mel Ferrer, American actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor)
1918 - Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood)
Monty Hall, TV game show host (Lets Make a Deal) turns 88
1916 - Van Johnson, actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks
Tom Skerritt, actor turns 78
Regis Philbin, TV turns 78
Gene Simmons, [Chaim Witz], rock guitarist (KISS-Beth) turns 62
Blair Underwood, actor (Jonathan-LA Law, High Incident) turns 47
Anson Williams, actor (Happy Days), director turns 62
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1819 - Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency
Claudia Schiffer, super model turns 41
· POLITICIANS
1530 - Ivan IV (the Terrible), 1st tsar of Russia
· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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‡ Today’s Obits:
1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary, shot by Chinese armed guard at 27…John Birch Society formed 13 years after his death
1984 - Truman Capote, author (In Cold Blood), dies of liver cancer and multiple drugs at 59
1822 - F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85
1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian dies of cancer at 65
2009 - Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts dies of cancer at 77
1956 - Alfred C Kinsey, US sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies of pneumonia at 62
1901 - Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever
1900 - Friedrich Nietschze, philosopher (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies of tertiary syphilis, dementia and stroke at 55
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. How was Billie Jean Moffitt later known in the tennis world?
a. Billie Jean King
2. Who won the Wimbledon singles in 1998 after twice losing in the final?
a. Jana Novotna
3. In which decade did people last get the chance to see Halley's Comet?
a. 1980s
4. Where does Greg Norman come from?
a. Australia
5. In which Park was the New York marathon run until 1970?
a. Central Park
6. The Walker Cup is competed for in which sport?
a. Golf [is named in honor of George Herbert Walker (grandfather and namesake of the former President of the United States George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of former President George W. Bush AND is for amateur golfers from the United States and Great Britain and Ireland)
7. In the charity AHA, what part of the body does H stand for?
a. Heart
a. Buddy Holly
9. In which state did both Kennedy and Johnson die?
a. Texas
10. The Fresh Prince of where was the subject of a sitcom of 140+ shows?
a. Bel Air
11. Who is younger, Serena or Venus Williams?
a. Serena
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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 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] may not be totally accurate.
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