June 7

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1832 - Asian cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000 people in Lower Canada

1860 - 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens

1893 - Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience

1954 - 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)

1955 - 1st President to appear on color TV (Eisenhower)

1975 - Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder for sale to the public

1989 - For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

I had a bad angio-edema attack last night. Woke up about midnight with a fully swollen tongue. Got up and took my pills. By 4a I hadn’t had any sleep, sitting up and drooling and the tongue was not getting smaller. Took another pill, the first time I’ve had to do that, and by 6a was able to get some sleep. Only slept till 8a and got up, was tired all day. This is a real frustrating thing, since no one knows how to avoid it.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle Mixed-Up Company

Every answer is the name of a well-known company. You must name the company from its anagram. For example, given "Coal plus A," the answer would be, "Alcoa."

1.     Pale + P: computers

2.     Scam + y: retail company:

3.     Ahoy + o: way to get on internet:

4.     Coons + u: company in oil:

5.     Pound + t: chemicals:

6.     Litho + n: major hotel chain:

7.     Metal + t: toy company:

8.     Prize + f: pharmaceutical:

9.     Copies + p: beverage company:

10.  Accost + m: telecommunication:

11.  Traitor + m: hotel chain:

12.  Poor will + h: maker of appliances:

What is the answer?

What do the words below have in common?
ADAM   CLAIM   GALL   BUOY   FOND   RAMP

3x3 Word Boxes

The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.

1.    little
2.    mostly nitrogen
3.    towel purpose

Lifestyle  Substance     

Summer Songs of the 1960’s

• Help!
, The Beatles  1965 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (3 weeks)

• Love Child
, The Supremes 1968 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

• God Only Knows
,The Beach Boys 1966 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #39

• Are You Lonesome To-night
, Elvis Presley 1960 Billboard Hot 100 Peak: #1 (6 weeks)

Harper’s Index         

Estimated number of parking spaces per car in the US: 3

Found on You Tube 

Mahatma Gandhi - Pilgrim of Peace documentary      

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

To celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary, a couple returned to their honeymoon hotel. After retiring to bed, the wife said, “Darling, do you remember how you stroked my hair?” and so he stroked her hair. She reminded him of the way they had cuddled, and so they did. Then, with a sigh, she whispered, “Won’t you nibble my ear again?” With that, the husband got out of bed and left the room. “Where are you going?” cried the wife. “To get my teeth,” he said.

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

Managers tend to be attentive to people they like, and to avoid the ones that give them problems. Don't neglect your favorites, but as a rule, make sure to force yourself to be attentive to the problems of people you don't care for. To succeed, you have to win over the whole user group, not just the ones who cooperate.

Yeah, It Really Happened

Chicago-- A wig-wearing man broke into a suburban Chicago bank vault and nearly made off with $100,000 but got stuck in an air duct and had to be cut out hours later.
Charles Estell, 38, was found early Sunday hiding in an air duct in an office next to the bank, according to Oak Lawn police spokesman Michael Kaufmann.The Chicago man had allegedly robbed the suburban bank Saturday afternoon, and pointed a gun at bank employees who confronted him in the vault, according to the FBI."I don't want to kill or hurt you," Estell said, according to the criminal complaint. "I just want the money."He allegedly stuffed $100,000 in a backpack and fled. Employees told authorities it appeared he escaped through the ceiling.Authorities spent hours searching for him and located him around 1 a.m. Sunday. But before they could cut him loose from the air duct, they had to remove a wig of long, beaded dreadlocks he was wearing.                 

Somewhat Useless Information   

On Oct. 22, 1987 a Japanese buyer, Eiichi Kobayashi, purchased the Old Testament portion of a Gutenberg Bible for $5.4 million dollars at a Christie's Auction. The last sale of a complete version took place nine years before, again at a Christie's, for $2.2 million. Today, single pages from the first-edition Bibles fetch $25,000 each.In addition to providing their well-known Bibles in hotel rooms, the Gideons also distribute Bibles to militaries of various countries, to hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons. 

For AZ centennial celebration: town names

• Sahuarita, AZ
: a town in Pima County,  population is 25,259, Sahuarita was founded in 1911 [3] and incorporated in 1994, The first known human inhabitants of the Sahuarita region were the Hohokam people, which may be the ancestors of the modern day Tohono O'odham nation, was home to the Sahuarita Airstrip which was used to train bomber pilots for service in the WWII, The racial makeup of the town was 87.85% White, 0.59% Black or African American, 1.08% Native American, 0.99% Asian, 7.40% from other races, and 2.10% from two or more races. 24.18% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race..

• Saint David, AZ
: in Cochise County, population was 1,744, St. David was established as a result of the Mormon Battalionhaving earlier passed through the San Pedro River valley in 1846, The racial makeup of the CDP was 93.00% White, 0.40% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 3.04% from other races, and 2.58% from two or more races. 9.81% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

• Saint Michaels, AZ
: in Apache County, population is 1,295, St. Michaels was originally named Cienega Amarilla(Spanish for "yellow meadow") for the yellow late summer flowers and grass that grows here, Construction on the current Franciscan Mission started in 1896 using financing from Rev. Mother Katharine Drexel, who had founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, The racial makeup of the CDP was 7.03% White, 0.08% Black or African American, 91.12% Native American, 0.77% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. 2.16% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

• Salome, AZ
: inLa Paz County, population is 1,690, 27.4 sq mi (71.0 km2), The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.12% White, 0.30% Black or African American, 2.66% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.24%Pacific Islander, 3.14% from other races, and 2.25% from two or more races. 18.52% of the population is Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

2-8

   Black Single Parents Week
   International Clothesline Week
   National Business Etiquette Week
   National Headache Awareness Week

   (World) Dystonia Awareness Week
4-9

   National Sun Safety Week
   National Tire Safety Week

7-10

   Superman Week

Today Is                                                                      

(Daniel) Boone Day

Chocolate Ice Cream Day

VCR Day National

Jewish: Shavuot ( begins at sundown)

Malta: National Day

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1000’s

1099 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem

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1400’s

1494: The "new world" is divided by the Catholic church

1500’s

1546 - England signs Peace of Andres with Scotland/Ireland

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1700’s

1769 - Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky

1800’s

1803: A treaty with the Delaware, Shawnee, Miami, Kaskaskia, Kickapoo, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Wea and 2 other Indian Nations is concluded today at Fort Wayne on the Miami River. It will include changes in boundary lines from those established in the Greenville Treaty.

1900’s

1909 - Mary Pickford made her screen debut at the age of 16

1912 - St Pius X encyclical "On Indians of South America"

1955 - "$64,000 Question" premieres on CBS TV

1965 - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995

1965 - Supreme Court rules 1879 Ct law ban of contraceptives unconstitutional

1969 - "Johnny Cash Show," debuts on ABC-TV

1976 - NBC Nightly News with John Chancellor & David Brinkley, premieres

1979 - 52nd National Spelling Bee: Katie Kerwin wins spelling maculature

1980 - 50th French Men’s Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62)

1989 - 23 year old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires

1990 - South Africa president F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency

2000’s

2006 - British Houses of Parliament temporarily shut down due to anthrax alert

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

Richard D Blackmore, England, author (Norie, Lorna Doone) in 1825

Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950) in 1917

George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, London England, English dandy in 1778

Amelia Edwards, English author and Egyptologist in 1831

Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter in 1848

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator in 1868

Dean Martin, Steubenville Ohio, American singer/actor (with Jerry Lewis) in 1917

Sylvanus Morley, U.S. archaeologist (Mayans) and spy in 1883

Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees) in 1947

Jessica Tandy, London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included) in 1909

In their 70’s

Tom Jones [Sir Thomas John Woodward], Pontypridd, Welsh singer (What's New Pussycat) is 72

In their 60’s

Liam Neeson, actor (Schindler's List, Les Miserables) is 60

Ken Osmond, actor (Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver) is 69

In their 50’s

Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson), rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain) is 54

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In their 30’s

Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis player is 31

Under 30 years old

Michael Cera, Brampton, Ontario, Canadian actor (Arrested Development, Superbad) is 24

Today’s Obits                                                           

Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies in 1329 of "unclean ailment" at 53

Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of England  dies of plague in 1394 at 28 

Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer in 1968 at 61

[Francis] Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies in 1996 at 91

Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies of breast cancer in 1965 at 42

William B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason in 1862 at 42

Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies of cancer in 1963 at 69

Chief Seattle (an Anglicization of Si'ahl): Dkhw’Duw’Absh (Duwamish) chief dies in 1866 in his 80’s

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the word or phrase?

Each can have ANT appended to form a new word

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Pale + P: computers: apple

2.     Scam + y: retail company: Macys

3.     Ahoy + o: way to get on internet: Yahoo

4.     Coons + u: company in oil: Sonoco

5.     Pound + t: chemicals: DuPont

6.     Litho + n: major hotel chain: Hilton

7.     Metal + t: toy company: Mattel

8.     Prize + f: pharmaceutical: Pfizer

9.     Copies + p: beverage company: Pepsico

10.  Accost + m: telecommunication: Comcast

11.  Traitor + m: hotel chain: Marriott

12.  Poor will + h: maker of appliances: Whirlpool

3x3 boxes

TADA IRDRY

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] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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