Oct 01, 2012


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Flagstaff Almanac:  
Week: 40/ Day: 275   Today: High   75°…Low 36° Records: High   83°(2010)…Low 24°(1907) Averages: High  68°…Low 37°Wind: average:   2mph;  Gusts:  18mphToday’s average humidity:  49%
Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:
1995 - Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence
1989 - US issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
1977 - Department Of Energy established
1964 - SF cable cars declared a national landmark
1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency
1948 - California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages
1942 - Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing
1903 - 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)
1896 - Yosemite becomes a National Park
1888 - National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time
1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes new director of US Marine Corps Band
1867 - Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published
1843 - News of the World began publication in London
1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France
1574 - -2] Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers

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

Free Rambling Thoughts:   
A nice relaxing Sunday. Warm cloudless fall day, makes Flagstaff so nice. The leaves are turning on the peaks and the evenings are getting much cooler.
 
As the election draws nearer, the ads are becoming more evident, more negative, and more boring. I sure hope that all this money that is being pumped into the economy is helping workers. At least some are making money by being in the ads, developing the ads, and putting them on TV even if I don’t watch them.
 
Ahmadinejad spouted is rhetoric on a TV interview with Fareed on CNN. He chose to play the role of the victim and wondering why the West hated his country. Words mean little or nothing compared to actions. I do get that he wants to have nuclear power, but am not sure he will not use it. It’s like the cold war all over again…Israel has the bomb, so he has to have the bomb. I studied the Persian Empire back in school. This was all well before any problems our country had with them. Now, Iran, with all its history and beauty is not a tourist destination for any Westerners. Sad.
 
I didn’t watch the Bronco-Raider game but was glad to see that my hometown team beat its rival big time. I did catch most of the last quarter + the OT of the Cardinal-Dolphin game…it was the Cards fourth win.  
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)
layover of 24 hours duration (3,4)
Rebus:
Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance:     
Dedication: Guinness World Records:
The world record for the highest jump cleared by a dog is 172.7 cm (68 in), achieved by Cinderella May a Holly Grey, owned by Kate Long and Kathleen Conroy (both USA) of Miami, Florida, USA, at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals, Gray Summit, Missouri, USA on 7 October 2006.
Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:
See the USA in Your Chevrolet In 1952, Dinah Shore sang this famous jingle for Chevrolet. “Make a date today to see the USA and do it in your Chevrolet…” It combined the spirit of patriotism with the dependability of a Chevy. Adding America’s favorite singer and television personality of the day didn’t hurt either.
Read This Headline Carefully!!
In a nonsmoking area, "If we see you smoking, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
lithophilia
Iconic Photographs:

Great Melodies:
Wagner didn’t call it Here Comes the Bride, of course. In the opera Lohengrin, Elsa marries Lohengrin, and this is the music played as she proceeds in wedding dress to the chapel. It is now the standard repertoire for all weddings in the western world, and for that reason it has probably been heard at least once by absolutely everyone in the western world.
Harper’s Index:         
Number of babies born in Alberta, Canada, last year, who were given the name ‘Unique’: 2
Unusual Fact of the Day:
The Republic of Ireland has the busiest Supreme Court in the world, handling more than double the number of cases as the Supreme Court of the United States per year. This is because the Republic of Ireland is the only country in the world whose constitution gives every citizen convicted of a crime the automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Found on You Tube: 

Joke-of-the-day:
Just something funny to read. 1) It’s better to be crazy & know it than being sane & doubt it. 2) I’m lost. I've gone out to find me. If I come back before I return, please ask me to wait. 3) I live in my own little world!!! But that's okay, cause they know me there. 4) No lifeguard on duty. Swim at your own risk... 5) Daydreaming is way better than school!
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
MAKING COFFEE FOR LARGE GROUPS...A one-pound can of regular grind tossed into a commercial urn will brew 50 cups of decent coffee or 60 cups of weak coffee. A pound and a half of regular grind will make 90 cups of decent coffee.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Swedish authorities said an international arrest warrant has been issued for a man who had a friend pose as him to avoid a prison term. Police said the 37-year-old Gothenburg man was sentenced to one year in prison in January 2008 after being convicted of charges including copyright infringement, breaking Swedish medical laws and handling smuggled goods, the Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday. However, the man was not held in remand in between being sentenced and the start of his prison term, and police said during that time he convinced a friend to serve the sentence for him. Investigators said the convict took out a driver's license bearing his own name and the picture of his friend to carry out the identity swap. Police said the other man had served the majority of the sentence by the time the ruse was discovered. The man was set free. "We were the victims of advanced con," said Ulf Jonson of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Police said an international arrest warrant has been issued for the convict, who is believed to have fled to the Philippines.  
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th vice president (1861-1865), serving under President Abraham Lincoln. He claimed that learning of his nomination ruined a good hand of cards. He and Lincoln didn’t meet until after the election. He rarely attended Cabinet meetings or visited the White House, which was the custom at the time. Of the vice presidency, he said: "I am only a fifth wheel of a coach and can do little for my friends."
  • Andrew Johnson was the 16th vice president (1865), serving under President Abraham Lincoln. He was reported to be "shamefully drunk" at his vice presidential inauguration. When Lincoln was assassinated, Johnson assumed the office. He battled Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction plans after the Civil War. He was impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate by one vote.
  • Schuyler Colfax was the 17th vice president (1869-1873), serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. He is one of only two people (John Nance Garner is the other) to have served as both speaker of the House and vice president. Grant (age 46) and Colfax (age 45) were the youngest presidential duo until the inauguration of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1993. He left office under the cloud of a financial scandal.
  • Henry Wilson was the 18th vice president (1873-1875), serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. His reputation was tarred by the same financial scandal that Schuyler Colfax had been involved in, but Wilson was later cleared by the Senate. He was partly paralyzed after a stroke in 1873 but continued to do his vice presidential duties. He died from a second stroke while working in the Capitol building in 1875.

Calendar Information
Happening This Month:
Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
AIDS Awareness Month (President Reagan)
American Cheese Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Apple Month 
Bat Appreciation Month
Bullying Prevention Month 
(World) Blindness Awareness Month 
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Children's Magazine Month
Christmas Seal Campaign begins
Church Library Month
Church Safety and Security Month
Class Reunion Month 
Co-op Awareness Month
Cut Out Dissection Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month 
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Employee Ownership Month 
Energy Management is a Family Affair-Improve Your Home Month
Fair Trade Month 
Financial Planning Month 
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month  
Gay & Lesbian History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month 
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Italian-American Heritage Month 
International Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month
International Starman Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month  
LGBT History Month 
Long Term Care Planning Month
Month of Free Thought
National AIDS Awareness Month  
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Book Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Caramel Month  
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month 
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Ergonomics Month 
National Family Sexuality Education Month - Let's Talk! 
National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month
National Go On A Field Trip Month
National Kitchen & Bath Month 
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month 
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month 
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Sarcastic Awareness Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Window Covering Safety Month 
National Work and Family Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Pear and Pineapple Month 
Photographer Appreciation Month
Pizza Month 
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Rhizomes and Persimmons Month 
Rhubarb Month 
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month 
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month  (Different Than Squirrel Appreciation Day in January)
Tackling Hunger Month 
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Vegetarian Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Menopause Month
Happening This Week:
1-7Customer Service Week
Financial Planning Week
National Newspaper Week
 Spinning & Weaving Week
Universal Children's Week
World Dairy Expo
Today Is                                                                      
CD Player Day
 Child Health Day
 Fall Astronomy DayFire Pup Day
 International Day of Older Persons
 Magic Circles Day: one of the most basic of devices in Magical Art
Model T Day
 National Lace Day UN International Day of Older PersonsWorld Card Making DayWorld Day of Bullying Prevention / Blue Shirt Day  World Habitat Day
 World Vegetarian Day
~South Korea: Armed Forces Day (South-Korean forces broke through the 38th parallel:1950)~China: National Day (founded 1949)~Cyprus: Independence Day (1960 from UK)~Nigeria: Independence Day (1960 from UK)
Today’s Events through History  
2000’s
2005 - Bombing kills 23 people in Bali
2000 - Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia
1900’s
1992 - Cartoon Cable Network premieres
1989 - Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
1984 - Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus
1979 - US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years
1979 - Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in "The Thrilla in Manila"
1974 - Watergate cover-up trial opens in Wash DC
1971 - Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
1964 - Free Speech Movement launched at University of California , Berkley
1954 - British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation
1952 - 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or
1939 - Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1936 - Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain
1931 - The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York
1800’s
1898 - Jews are expelled from Kiev Russia
1891 - In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors
1890 - Congress creates Weather Bureau
1890 - Yosemite National Park forms
1885 - Special delivery mail service begins in US
1874 - Rotterdam opens drink water pipes
1869 - 1st postcards are issued (Vienna)
1829 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to 
            separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College 
            Schools
1700’s
1728 (through the 5th)- Conference on alliance and land cessions will be held for 
           the next 4 days between the British in New York and the "SIX NATIONS."
1600’s
 1661 - Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James
1500’s
 1539 - De Soto's expedition reaches the APALACHEE village of Ivitachuco (also 
             called Ibitachuco), in north eastern Florida. The Spanish will set up camp 
             near the village. Throughout the evening, the Indians will shoot arrows at the
             Spanish with little effect.
1100’s
 1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed
            in the Siege of Acre
Before 1000CE
331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
In their 40’s
Mark McGwire, 1st baseman (AL rookie of year 1988, Oakland A's, Cards) is 49
Cindy Margolis, glamour spokesmodel is 44
In their 50’s
Esai Morales. Actor [La Bamba] is 50
In their 60’s
 Rod Carew, baseball slugger (AL Rookie of Year 1967) is 67
Randy Quaid, Houston Tx, actor (Midnight Express, Vacation, SNL) is 62
In their 70’s
Julie Andrews, actress/singer (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)  is 77
Stella Stevens, actress (Girls! Girls!, Manitou)is 76
In their 80’s
 Jimmy Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981) is 88
Richard Harris, actor (Man Called Horse)/singer (MacArthur Park) is 80 
Remembered for being born today
William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co (Boeing) b. 1881
Tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote) b. 1927
Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev Ukraine, pianist (Carmen) b. 1904
James Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!") b. 1781
Walter Matthau, NYC, actor (Odd Couple, Bad News Bears) b. 1920
William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court (1972-86)/chief justice b. 1924)
James Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry) b. 1921
Roger Williams, American pianist b. 1926
Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock)—1945—at 73
Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer [Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, To the Manor Born]—2007—at 79
Louis Leakey, English anthropologist—heart attack—1972—at 69
Curtis E LeMay, USAF General/VP candidate—1990—at 83
Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield)—heart attack—2004—at 58 
Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter—executed—1943—at 32
Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter—executed—1943—at 24
E B White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web)—1985—at 86

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
Preference for rocks, as in the case of certain micro-organisms that live within rocks (from the Greek lithos = stone)
What is the rhyming answer?
 Day stay
Rebus
downpipe
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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Sep 30, 2012


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Flagstaff Almanac:  
Week: 40/ Day   274:   
Today: High   72°…Low 37° Records: High   83°(2010)…Low 22°(1902)
Averages: High  68°…Low 37°
Wind: average:   3mph;  Gusts:  16mph
Today’s average humidity:  49%
Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:
1993 - 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
1962 - Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers
1960 - Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show)
1953 - Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1934 - FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1877 - 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)
1864 - Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
1791 - Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1452 - 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts:   
A good Saturday. A little cloudy most of the day, but cleared up in the afternoon. Good day to do laundry…if there is such a thing. Also did some light cleaning while waiting for washer and dryer to do their thing. I also pulled out my great-grandmother’s quilt that she made in the 1920’s. I only use it for a few months each winter…and it’s still in great shape.

I’ve added some new items to this blog. Hope you enjoy them. One is Guinness World Records…never wanted to be on the list, but these people must have a passion. Another is Commercial Jingles You May Remember…as we all get them stuck in our head every now and then. Ok…then? Is just some funny or odd stuff from Facebook.
I did catch some of the NAU game—and they won again…having a good season. CU lost again…not having a good season. I don’t follow sports closely, but have found that there are some good games every now and then to watch.
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)
headache (5,4)
Rebus:
Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance:     
Dedication: Guinness World Records:
Kevin Fast (Canada) pulled a CC-177 Globemaster III airplane, weighing 188.83 tonnes (416,299 lb), a distance of 8.8 m (28 ft 10.46 in) at Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, on 17 September 2009. 
Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:
"I'd like to teach the world to sing." 1971
Read This Headline Carefully!!
Shoplifters Robbed While Stealing from Grocery Store
Do you know what this word means?
What is this not so common name of a common object?
Hibernophilia
Iconic Photographs:

Great Melodies:
Hallelujah Chorus…George F. Handel
Handel wrote the entire Messiah oratorio in 24 days. He borrows from his own works quite liberally in it, and some melodies by other composers, but the immortal Hallelujah Chorus is entirely his. He claimed to have not heard it in his head, but in his ears, being played by the angels in Heaven, while he simply took it down on paper. Its text comes from the King James version of the Revelation, 19:6, 11:15, and 19:16. When Haydn heard it once, he said, “Handel is the master of us all.” It is so famous now, that it is usually performed at Christmas even though the chorus comes at the end of the Easter section.
Harper’s Index:         
  • Date on which a Slovakian government agency opened online voting to name a bridge over the Morava River: 2/21/2012
  • Percentage of voters who sought to name the bridge after Chuck Norris: 75
Unusual Fact of the Day:
The ostrich doesn't stick its head underground to hide from predators. It bends its neck down low and flattens its head against the ground.
Found on You Tube: 

Joke-of-the-day:
Now that we are into renaming things like Mount Diablo, President Obama wants to rename the San Andreas Fault. His suggestion, Bush's Fault.  
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
SELLING AND TALKING…The sale is made while the customer is talking.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
EBENSBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania municipality is seeking a buyer or tenant for a unique property -- the former county prison. The Ebensburg Borough Council said the back portion of the facility, which is newer than the front, is being used to house county records, but the front portion, which was the original Cambria County Prison, has been vacant for 15 years, WJAC-TV, Johnstown, Pa., reported Thursday.
"If it wasn't the landmark that it is in town, if it wasn't on the national list of historic places, we still couldn't tear it down," Ebensburg Borough Manager Dan Penatzer said. "I think it's probably impossible to tear this building down." He said there are many different potential uses for the building. "A restaurant, a microbrewery, retail, offices, anything," Penatzer said. "There's so much crazy character about this building that could apply it to any business theme like that. I think there's a lot of possibilities."  
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • George M. Dallas was the 11th vice president (1845-1849), serving under President James K. Polk. Dallas didn’t hold a very high opinion of the office, saying of the vice president: "Where is he to go? What has he to do? — no where, nothing." He called his wife "Mrs. Vice."
  • Millard Fillmore was the 12th vice president (1849-1850), serving under President Zachary Taylor. When Taylor died in office, Fillmore became president, the last member of the Whig Party to do so. Taylor and Fillmore disagreed over extending slavery to territory won in the Mexican-American war. Taylor opposed expanding slavery while Fillmore supported it. Fillmore became president when Taylor died in office.
  • William R. King was the 13th vice president (1853), serving under President Franklin Pierce. King was terminally ill with tuberculosis. He had gone to Cuba to help ease his health problems and was too sick to return to Washington, D.C., for the inaugural. Congress passed a special act to allow him to take the oath of office in Cuba, the only time it has been done on foreign soil.
  • John C. Breckinridge was the 14th vice president (1857-1861), serving under President James Buchanan. He was the youngest person to hold the office, being elected at 35 (the minimum age under the Constitution) and taking office at 36. He later served as a general in the Confederate States Army.

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
Gotta wait for October for any special events
Today Is                                                                      
Blasphemy Day
Gold Star Mother's DayNational Mud Pack Day
~Botswana: Independence Day (1966 from UK)
Today’s Events through History  
2000’s
 2005 - The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish 
              newspaper Jyllands-Posten
1900’s
1993 - General Colin Powell retires at 56
1990 - The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in 
            Canada's capital city of Ottawa
1988 - Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
1980 - Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and 
            Digital Equipment Corporation
1975 - The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache 
            makes its first flight
1970 - New American Bible published
1960 - On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
1946 - 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg
1942 - 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons)
1941 - 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons)
1940 - 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons)
1935 - Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" premieres in Boston
1929 - 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
1920 - Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St NYC
1800’s
1867 - Midway Islands formally declared a US possession
1865 - Acoording to a report dated today, the following number of Indians were 
            present at the Fort Sumner, New Mexico reservation in September: 
           402 Apache, 7,318 Navajo.
1813 - Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla
1700’s
1787 - 1st US voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston
1730 - In British Court in London, seven Cherokee leaders sign the "Articles of 
            Agreement" with the Lords Commissioners. It is a formal alliance covering 
            allegiance, peace and the return of captives.
1100’s
1199 - Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide
             of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
In their 40’s
Jenna Elfman, actress (Townies, Dharma & Greg) is 41
In their 50’s
 Crystal Bernard, actress (Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings) is 51
Fran Drescher, actress (Cadillac Man, Nanny)  is 55
Eric Stoltz, actor: Pulp Fiction, Mask is 51
Barry Williams, Santa Monica California, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch) is 58
In their 60’s
Marilyn McCoo, Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension) is 69
In their 70’s
Johnny Mathis, SF, voclaist (Chances Are, 12th of Never) is 77
In their 80’s
 Angie Dickinson, actress (Police Woman) is 81
Elie Wiesel, Romania, author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986) is 84
Remembered for being born today
Truman Capote, New Orleans LA, author (In Cold Blood) b. 1924
Deborah Kerr, Helensburg Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana) b. 1921
Frankie Lymon, NYC, rocker (The Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love) b. 1942
José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary b. 1765
Chung Hee Park, general/pres of S Korea b. 1917
Jody Powell, press mouthpiece (Jimmy Carter) b. 1943
Buddy Rich, New York, American jazz drummer and band leader b. 1917
William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials b. 1631
William Wrigley Jr., chewing gum industrialist b. 1861

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Oops, see yesterday.

Answers                                                                                                                                            
Do you know what this word means?
Love of all things Irish (from the classical Latin Hibernia = Ireland)
What is the rhyming answer?
 Brain pain
Rebus
Broken promise
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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