Sep 1, 2012


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Flagstaff Almanac…  
Week: 35 / Day: 245 Today: High   77°Low 56°
Records: High   89°(1950, ’49, ‘48)Low 35°(1957)
Averages: High  77°…Low 47°
Wind: average:   5mph;  Gusts: 16mph
Today’s average humidity:  54%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…
2006 - Luxembourg became the first country to complete the move to all 
            digital television broadcasting.
1995 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland Ohio
1979 - Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings
1978 - Last broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC TV
1941 - Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star
1939 - Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill
1932 - NYC Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges) 
1922 - NYC law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards"
1914 - The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity 
             in the Cincinnati Zoo
1914 - St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
1866 - Last Navaho chief Manuelito, and 23 others turns selves in at Fort Wingate
1807 - Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire
1752 - Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia

   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts…   
Blue Moon on the 31st was cool. And yes, when I looked at it, I thought of Neil and the other astronauts who have been there. Now it’s time to look at September…time sure flies. Below are the many observances for September. It is hard for me to believe that summer is almost over. August has been nice rain almost every day. We are still below normal here in Flag, but in much better shape than we were in July.

Clint Eastwood certainly gave an interesting speech at the RNC last night. Parts were a little hard to understand, most was more like that of a standup comic at a lounge act in Vegas. His talk also made me remember his movie ‘Gran Torino’ where he played a crotchety old man. According to many news sources it was a very strange event for the RNC convention…I think it was a very strange event for just about anywhere on the planet. I also listened to Romney. Still no plan. He promised 12 million jobs, but didn’t say how he would do it. He promised a better America, but didn’t say how—except to get Obama out. Now it’s time for the Dems to strut their stuff. I fear more rhetoric and very little substance.

Both sheriffs (Arpaio and Babeu) in AZ have learned that neither one will have criminal charges filed. Babeu is the openly gay sheriff was accused by his ex that he was threatened. Arpaio was under investigation by the US Attorney for ‘abuse of power’. Interesting…but Arpaio isn’t out of the woods left, he still has other investigations that are still ongoing.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the rhyming answer?
Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)
permit at this time (5,3)
Rebus…
Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance…     
Do you remember this?

Read This Headline Carefully!!
Blind Woman Gets New Kidney From Dad She Hasn't Seen in Years
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
Fauxhawk
Scottish Castles—…

Movie music…:
  • King Kong…(1933) – Max Steiner
  • You might not remember the score, only Kong fighting the biplanes atop the Empire State Building, but that’s because Steiner was a master at doing just what film scores were always intended to do: blend in with the film and enhance the drama. Steiner studied music in Vienna with Johannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler. So when he came to Hollywood, he had more than sufficient education to get the job done. His most famous score is Gone With the Wind (which should have beaten that of The Wizard of Oz). Steiner, today, is nicknamed “the father of film music,” as one of the first to write primarily for films, but really, Richard Wagner deserves that epithet more. You can set many films to Wagner’s music, and actually improve them over the original scores. Steiner continued the Wagnerian tradition through Mahler.As such, his score for Kong is classic in every way, and even today, when giant monster movies are made, the scores always pay homage to Steiner’s themes: the terrifying, bombastic bass theme for the monster; the lush, sultry baritone brass and strings for the jungle scenes; and of course, an overriding drive of tympani for the island natives. It’s possible that Hollywood simply didn’t know what to do with this, the first film of its kind. They didn’t have a category for special effects back then, and it failed to receive a single nomination for anything at all.
  • Ivan the Terrible (1944) – Sergei Prokofiev
  • One of the greatest – and least known in the West – films ever made. Sergei Eisenstein’s two-part epic about one of the vilest rulers is fairly middle-of-the-road in terms of judgment for and against Ivan, but does not shy away from what happened. Every scene is mesmerizing. Add to this some of the finest music in all of film, from one of history’s greatest composers, and you’re in for some powerful drama. Prokofiev’s music is some of his best work, so good in fact, that after his death in 1953, his music was rearranged into an oratorio, and then in to concert incidental music. Prokofiev scored both parts, and they are Opus 116 of his canon. Whereas, most film scores showcase three of four themes at most, and simply orchestrate these differently to suit various scenes, this is scarcely the style of a classically trained composer. His score for Ivan is perhaps the closest movies have ever gotten to genuine opera (along with John Williams’ E.T. The Extraterrestrial).

Harper’s Index…         
year in which the federal government began using crash-test dummies modeled on female proportions: 2010
Unusal Fact of the Day…
The number "five" is important to the Pentagon in many ways. Sure, it has five sides, but the building also has five stories, and the courtyard in the center encompasses an area of five acres.
Found on You Tube… 
Rocky Marciano Tribute
Joke-of-the-day…
"Dad, where did I come from?" asks this 10-years-old.
The father was shocked that a 10 year old would be asking a question like that. He was hoping to wait a few more years before he would have to explain the facts of life, but he figured it was better a few years early than a few days too late, so, for the next two hours he explained everything to his son.
When he got finished, he asked his son what prompted his question to which his son replied, "I was talking to the new kid across the street and he said he came from Ohio, so I was just wondering where I came from."  
Rules of Thumb…   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
CHOOSING A BARBER: Between two barbers in a shop, choose the one with the worst haircut. They cut each other's hair.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
HOBBS, N.M. -- New Mexico corrections officers say an inmate escaped his jail cell by breaking a window bar with a razor blade and a Popsicle stick but changed his mind once he got outside.Carlos Garcia told police it took about five months to break the bar on his cell window at the Lea County jail with those materials. He also used plastic, newspaper and more Popsicle sticks to fashion a fake window.The Hobbs News-Sun reports that Garcia changed his mind and climbed back into his second-story cell using a bedsheet.Garcia has been moved to a maximum-security ward at the state penitentiary. He is serving time for two murder convictions and other crimes.A state Corrections Department spokeswoman says the Aug. 20 escape attempt is under investigation.
Somewhat Useless Information…   
  • While the Peanuts have collectively appeared in various commercials for Dolly Madison snack cakes, Metropolitan Life insurance, and the like, the character known as Pig Pen got his own gig in 1993, starring in spots for Regina vacuum cleaners. 
  • Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz seemed destined for a career in the comics. As an infant, an uncle gave him a nickname that stuck with him for the rest of his life: Sparky, short for Sparkplug, which was the name of Barney Google's horse.
  • On May 5, 2007, a comic book containing more than 100 Peanuts strips not seen since their initial run was given away free by retailers around the world as part of the Free Comic Book Day celebration.
  • Charles Schulz was said to be upset in 1950 when he learned that, in order to "go national," United Press Syndicate changed the title of his comic strip from Li'l Folks to Peanuts to avoid confusion with another similarly named series.
  • In Peanuts, when Charlie Brown's younger sister, Sally, was found to be suffering from amblyopia ("lazy eye"), the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare commissioned creator Charles Schulz to come up with an informational pamphlet titled "Security Is an Eye Patch."
  • Bookstores are filled with comic-strip compilations, but it wasn't always that way. The first one, which was published by Rinehart & Company, was a 1952 grouping of some of the earliest Peanuts strips.

Calendar Information…        
Happening This Month
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month…All American Breakfast Month…Attention Deficit 
       Hyperactivity Disorder Month…Apple Month…Atrial Fibrillation Month
Baby Safety Month…
Backpack Safety America Month…Be Kind To Editors & Writers 
       Month…Bourbon Heritage Month 
Childrens' Good Manners Month…Childhood Cancer Awareness Month…Chili Peppers 
       and Figs Month…College Savings Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month…
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat 
      Pizza Bake Month…Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
International  or National Guide Dogs Month…
International People Skills Month…International 
      Self-Awareness Month…International Strategic Thinking Month
Library Card Sign-up Month…(World) Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month

Mold Awareness Month
National Chicken Month…National Child Awareness Month…National Childhood Obesity
      Awareness Month…National Coupon Month…National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell 
      Education Month…National Fruit and Veggies Month…National Head Lice Prevention 
     Month…National Home Furnishings Month…National Honey Month…National Mushroom 
     Month…National Organic Harvest Month…National Osteopathic Medicine Month…National 
     Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month…National Prime Beef Month…National Prosper Where
     You Are Planted Month…National Recovery Month…National Sickle Cell Month…National 
     Pediculosis (Head Lice)  Prevention Month…National Piano Month…National 
     Preparedness Month…National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month…National Rice 
     Month…National Skin Care Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month…One-on-One Month
Passion Fruit and Peach Month…
Peas and Radish Month…Pediatric Cancer Awareness 
      Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month
Save The Koala Month…
Sea Cadet Month…Self Improvement Month…September Is Healthy
        Aging Month…Shameless Promotion Month…Sports and Home Eye Health & Safety 
        Month…Subliminal Communications Month
Update Your Resume Month
Whole Grains Month…Women's Friendship Month…World Animal Remembrance Month

Happening This Week:
1-7: National Nutrition Week / Self-University Week / International Enthusiasm Week
Today Is…                                                                      
Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day
Chicken Boy's Day: Pop Icon of LA in the 1970’s
Emma M. Nutt Day: world's first female telephone operator
National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day
Orthodox Ecclesiastical New Year: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of 
      North America
Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day: NY: senior corporate executives test toys and 
      learn how to use creativity in the workplace
~Libya: Revolution Day (1969 Gaddafi abolished the monarchy against King Idris I 
      in a bloodless coup d'état)
~Slovakia: Constitution Day (1992)
~Uzbekistan: Independence Day (1991 from Soviet Union)

Today’s Events Through History…  
2000’s
2004 - The Beslan school hostage crisis begins when armed terrorists take hundreds 
            of school children and adults hostage in the Russian town of Beslan in North 
            Ossetia
1900’s
1982 - The United States Air Force Space Command is founded
1975 - All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh
1962 - 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
1938 - Benito Mussolini cancels civil rights of Italian Jews
1931 - Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & his 6th HR in consec games
1800’s
1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit 
            system in North America
1867 - Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School
1862 - Federal tax levied on tobacco
1859 - 1st Pullman sleeping car in service
1859 - R C Carrington & R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare; affects 
            electrical telegraph service
1836 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington
1804 - Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, was discovered by German
            astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding
1700’s
1799 - Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan)
1600’s
1689 - Russia began taxing men's beards
1640 - A treaty agreement cover land cessions between the Mohegan and Connecticut
1500’s
1535 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal)

1200’s
1267 - Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem

Before 1000CE
69 - Traditional date of destruction of Jerusalem

Today’s Birthdays…                                                           
In their 30’s
Scott Speedman, actor is 37
In their 40’s
Tim Hardaway, NBA guard (Miami Heat, Warriors) is 46
In their 50’s
 Gloria Estefan, [Fajardo], Havana, singer (Miami Sound Machine-Conga) is 55
In their 60’s
Barry Gibb, Manchester England, guitarist/singer (Bee Gees) is 66
Don Stroud, actor (Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story) is 69
In their 70’s
 Lily Tomlin, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me) is 73
In their 80’s
George Maharis, actor (Rich Man, Poor Man, Route 66) is 84
Remembered for being born today
Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga) b. 1875
James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, heavyweight champion boxer b. 1866
Rocky Marciano, Brockton, Massachusetts, heavyweight champion boxer 
      (1952-56) b. 1923
"Boxcar" Willie [Lecil Travis Martin], singer b. 1931
Ann Richards, (Gov-D-Tx) b. 1933
Lydia Sigourney, US, religious author (How to Be Happy) b. 1791
Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss, country singer (Hello Darlin') b. 1933

Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           
Jacques Cartier, French explorer—typhus (?)—1557—at 65 
William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition—1838—at 68
Henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash)-- aortic aneurysm—1983-- at 71
Louis XIV, the sun king of France (72 years, 100 days)—gangrene—1715—at  76
Ethel Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather)—1977—at 80

Answers…                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
The hairstyle in which a strip of hair across the top of the head is longer and higher than the hair on the remainder of the head, as once worn by David Beckham. The name is a play on words, referring to the style's more dramatic inspiration, the Mohawk, in which the sides of the head are completely shaved, elevating the remaining top hairs to a splendid crest. American Paratroopers during World War II adopted the cut and it was popularized by the actor Mr. T in the Eighties television series The A-Team.
What is the answer?
Allow now
Rebus
 Get up and go
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.
    And That Is All for Now 

August 31


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Flagstaff Almanac…  
Week: 35 / Day: 244   Today: High   78°Low 53°
Records: High   90°(1948)Low 36°(1907, ’42, ‘75)
Averages: High  77°…Low 47°
Wind:   Average:  3.9mph;  Gusts: 16mph
Today’s average humidity:  60%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…
  2006 - Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream 
              was recovered from a raid by Norwegian police
1994 - Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire
1988 - 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1972 - Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
1909 - A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball
1842 - US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland 
   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts…   
 We had a great lunch at a Chinese place. They have added a new touch to their menu—while several dishes are marked ‘hot’ with a little chili now you can ask for more chili in the dish. Exciting and very good. Mary had a great time in Chicago with her two grandkids. She said she was holding the newest one most of the day—everyday. Cheryl brought us each tomatoes from her garden…huge, red, and I’m sure delicious.  I’ll wait till tomorrow, since I am quite full right now. We are planning on a trip to ‘Out of Africa’—a wild animal park down near Camp Verde next week. It has been around for a few years and should be interesting. They have 45 min jeep safari rides into the ‘wild’ to see African animals, along with lots of other stuff. The ad says to expect to spend 5 hours, but we doubt we will be there that long. I hope I am not disappointed. I’m sure Mary and Cheryl won’t be. Should be fun.

I did listen to the speeches last night. The VP nominee sure had some interesting ‘facts’ about the Obama administration. He wants change in DC and sure had some good campaign lines, but most of that goes to his speech writer. If the RNC has a better plan, tell me what it is. It shouldn’t be necessary to use change facts to get the plan out there. It’s going to be a very dirty campaign for the next few months.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the rhyming answer?
Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)
order a famed spy to flee from the law (7,4)
Rebus…
Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance…     
Do you remember this?

Read This Headline Carefully!!
 Autos killing 110 a day, let's resolve to do better
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
 Fines
Scottish Castles—…

Movie Scores…
  • Psycho…(1960) – Bernard Herrmann
  • The part of this score everyone remembers is the shrieking violins in the shower scene, and that might lead some to say the score didn’t deserve an Oscar nod, but the rest of the score is equally creepy, suspenseful, and just right for one of Hitchcock’s finest achievements. The main theme is not for the lead character, played by Janet Leigh, but for the crime she’s committing: larceny. She steals a wad of cash from her boss and takes to the road.
  • Gettysburg…(1993) – Randy Edelman
  •  Ted Turner’s labor of love bombed at the box office, probably because no one likes him, but the film is actually very good and very accurate. Edelman’s score is, by far, the greatest thing about it. They toned down the violence but still show tons of people getting blown up and shot down. The real theme of the film is intended to be the glory of the Union holding off the Confederacy, and the gentlemanly manner in which the sides fought (not true).

Harper’s Index…         
Percentage by which a woman is more likely than a man to be killed in identical traffic accidents: 28
Unusal Fact of the Day…
Japanese golfers take out insurance policies against scoring an ace while golfing, since a player "lucky" enough to get a hole-in-one is obligated to buy gifts for all his friends.
Found on You Tube… 
Buddy Hackett on The Tonight Show
Joke-of-the-day…A panda bear walks into a restaurant and orders a meal. After eating he pulls out a gun, shoots the place to the ground, and runs away. Quickly the bartender runs after him yelling, "HEY YOU CAN'T DO THIS!!!" The panda turns around and yells "Yes I can. Look me up in the encyclopedia!" So, the bartender looks up "Panda" in the encyclopedia, and it reads "Panda: increasingly rare species of bear that can be found in the eastern part of Asia. It eats shoots and leaves.”
Rules of Thumb…   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
NEGOTIATING--If you are negotiating for money, pay careful attention to the increments of change in your opponent's demands. When the increments begin to decrease in size, your opponent is reaching his or her bargaining limit.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
VASTERAS, Sweden - Swedish authorities said a woman sent her cell phone in for repairs and it was returned to her with a video of a man masturbating. Police said the woman took her phone to a Kristinehamn company in June and the broken device was sent to a Vasteras factory for repairs, The Local.se reported Monday. The woman called the company shortly after getting her phone back and reported there was a video of a man masturbating saved on the device. The company filed a police report and investigators said the man depicted in the video is believed to be a factory worker since he was wearing factory-issued shoes and the clip was recorded in the factory's bathroom.
Somewhat Useless Information…   
  • Talk about accuracy. After 36 weeks in space (and 350,000,000 miles), Curiosity touched down within one minute of schedule and hit a target 4 & 1/2 by 12 miles. 
  • NASA puts the cost of the Curiosity mission at $2.5 billion, which includes spacecraft development, science investigations, and the cost of launch and operations.

Calendar Information…        
Happening This Week:
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
National Safe at Home Week
29-9/9
XIV Paralympics Games

Today Is…                                                                      
Love Litigating Lawyers Day
National Trail Mix Day
Kazakhstan: Constitution Day (1995)
Malaysia: Freedom Day
(1957 from Britain)
Kyrgyzstan: Independence Day
(1991 from Soviet Union)
Moldova: National Language Day
(1989-- pressured the authorities of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic to adopt a language law)
Trinidad,Tobago: Independence Day (1962 from UK)
Spain: La Tomatina
(since 1945: in Buñol: World’s Biggest Food Fight—throwing tomatoes )

Today’s Events Through History…  
2000’s
2005 - A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people
1900’s
1998 - North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite
1983 - Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
1980 - Poland's Solidarity labor union forms
1977 - Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general 
            election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote
            1968 - 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
1955 - 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
1955 - 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill
1935 - FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1920 - Belgium starts paying old age pensions
            1902 - Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider)
1800’s
1887 - Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1886 - 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die
1700’s
1778 - British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
            1715 -  After a history of occasional skirmishes, at the urging of Europeans living
                       in Pennsylvania, the Conestogas and the Catawba tribes agree to sign a peace
                       treaty. They agree to stop fighting among themselves.
1600’s
1666 -  Mohawk Chief Agariata is attending a peace conference in Quebec between
             the Iroquois and the French. Governor Alexandre de Proville asks, during a 
             dinner, if anyone knew who killed his son a few months ago. Agariata brags that
             he did it. The governor becomes so angry, he has Agariata seized, and hung. 
             This ends the peace process. Governor de Proville leads French troops 
             against the Mohawks, himself.

1100’s
1142 - With the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker, 
            the Iroquois tribes establish the Confederation of the Haudenosaunee
1000’s
1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, 
            without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty

Today’s Birthdays…                                                           
Under 30
Larry Fitzgerald, football player (Cardinals)
     is 29
In their 40’s
Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)
     is 42
Chris Tucker, actor and comedian 
    is 40
In their 50’s
 Marcia Clark, [Kleks], Berkeley CA, LA DA (OJ Simpson Case) 
     is 59
In their 60’s
Richard Gere, actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman) 
     is 63
Van Morrison, Northern Irish musician 
     is 67
Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim (14 Grammys) 
     is 67

Remembered for being born today
Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor 
     b. 12
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican 
     b. 1935
James Coburn, Laurel Nebr, actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven) 
     b. 1928
Buddy Hackett, comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Man) 
     b. 1924
Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady) 
     b. 1918
Fredric March, Wisc, actor (Dr Jeckyll-Acad Awards 1932/1946) 
     b. 1897
Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) 
     b. 1870
Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS) 
     b. 1916
Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands 
     b. 1880

Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           
John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress)
     —fever—1688—at 59
John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach)
     —1973 -- at 78
Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect for Danish Royal Family
     —1799—at 79 
Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ
     -- a plane crash—1969-- at 45
Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion
     --lung cancer—1968-- at 60
Icarus Nestor ‘Ike’ Pappas, American news correspondent
      heart failure—2008—at 75
Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales
     --car crash--1997-- at 36

Answers…                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
The dusty remnants at the bottom of cereal boxes - particularly delicious in the more sugary brands. The cold cereal business began in the late-19th century with the desire for a healthier diet, as an alternative to the heavy, meat-laden breakfasts people were eating at the time. In 1863, American James Caleb Jackson developed the first breakfast cereal, which he called Granula. It was a healthy concoction of grains, nuts and husks of bran.
What is the answer?
 Abscond bond
Rebus
 small talk
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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