Dec 11, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 50/ Day: 346   

Today: H   43°…L 9° Averages: H  43° L 17°

Records: H   65°(1939)…L -5°(2009)

Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  30mph Today’s ave. humidity:  50%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock—1620 

13 black soldiers hanged for participation in Houston riot—1917

1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents—1975

1st dental use of nitrous oxide—1844

1st non-native recorded display of Aurora Borealis in US—1719

1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean—1866

Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel—1961

Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion

     Ponzi scheme—2008

Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover—1928

Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

     An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech. —1964

French Panama Canal company fails—1888

JFK provides US miltary helicopters & crews to South Vietnam—1964

Marconi sends 1st transatlantic radio signal, Cornwall to Nfld—1901

Spain suspended from UN—1946

UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965) —1946

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

A very chilly day around Flag both last night and today…no moisture…just cold. Certainly bearable, but not pleasant. My brother and sister-in-law got back to NYC after time in Miami…good trip, and were welcomed back to clouds and much colder weather.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Duplicate Letter Puzzles

Find common words with certain letters duplicated in the given positions. V stands for a duplicated vowel, C stands for a duplicated consonant, and _ stands for any letter

_ V C V C V

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Old Saying Explained:

LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER…This is from Isaiah 53:7 'He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter'. Later this verse was applied to Jesus.

Ok, then?

Movie Theme Songs you may remember:

The Bodyguard (I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston)

Read This Headline Carefully!!

In a Nairobi restaurant: CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE, OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER

Coptic Christian Art:

Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel

On Christmas Eve 1914, five months after the outbreak of World War I, German and British troops celebrated an unofficial truce. They sang carols and exchanged cigarettes with each other, and some even played a game of soccer.

Harper’s Index:         

Factor by which the Polish population of Loecknitz, Germany has increased since Poland joined the EU in 2004: 33

Ruminations:

Déjà moo: the feeling that you have heard this bull before

Unusual Fact of the Day:

The Jolly Corks was a social club formed in New York in 1867. They’re still around, but today they’re now known as the Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks.

Found on You Tube: 

• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Interview

• Bettie Page TV Interview

Joke-of-the-day:

Peter says. Doctor, I see double!
Sit on the chair please the doctor says. Which one? Peter replied.

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

ELECTRONICS REPAIR…Each electronics (TV, Computer) repair shop requires a population of 50,000 to support it.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

Police say Michael first lied to police saying someone shot him while he was walking down the street. After being questioned by police he admitted to accidentally doing it himself.

Doctors say the bullet went through his penis, his left testicle and then lodged itself in his thigh.

And if his luck wasn't bad enough, while police were investigating at the home where it happened, they discovered marijuana in the house. That led to the arrest of the homeowner on drug charges.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Nobel Prizes are awarded on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
• December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

10-17> Human Rights Week

Today Is                                                                      

International Mountain Day
UNICEF Birthday
National Noodle Ring Day
Indiana: Admission Day (1816-19^th state)

Today’s Events through History  

1st black US gov took office, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (La) —1872

1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) —1983

6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NY Kennedy

   Airport & made off with $5.8 M in cash & jewelry—1978

Captain Page, and almost 700 Choctaw, reach their destination at Fort Towson,

     in eastern Indian Territory—1833

Color moving pictures demonstrated at Madison Square Garden, NYC—1909

Hank Williams begins to record on Sterling label—1946

Joe DiMaggio announces his baseball retirement—1951

Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

   opens for signature—1997 

Llywelyn ab Gruffydd/Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales,

     is killed—1282

People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization—2001

Tiger Woods announced an indefinite leave from professional golf to

   focus on his marriage—2009

US president Roosevelt attacks abuses in the Congo—1906

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Rita Moreno, [Rosita Dolores Alverío], singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story) will be 81

In their 70’s

David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You) is 72

Donna Mills, actress (Knots Landing, Incident will be 70

In their 60’s

Teri Garr, actress (Mr Mom, Young Frankenstein) will be 63

Lynda Day George, actress (Casey-Mission Impossible) is 68

John Kerry, Aurora, Colorado, politician and 2004 presidential nominee is 69

Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], Lithonia Ga, singer (I'm Sorry) is 68

In their 50’s

Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe) is 54

In their 40’s

Mo'Nique [Monique Angela Hicks], comedienne and actress will be 45

In their 30’s

Rider Strong, SF California, actor (Shawn Hunter-Boy Meets World) is 32

Remembered for being born today

David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope) (1781-1868)

Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905) (1843-heart attack-1910)

Fiorello La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45) (1882-cancer-1947)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Kislovodsk, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970), 

   (1918-2008)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718)—shot invading Norway at Fortress of Fredriksten—1718—at 36

Dick Hoerner, football player (Rams)—2010—at 88

Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer—1971—at 69

Bettie Page, model/pin up—2008—at 85

Robert Shelton (Shapiro), music, film critic—1995—at 69

Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles

BANANA

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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