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Today’s Historical
Highlights
1507 - Geographer
Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America
1684 - Patent
granted for thimble1719 - Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson
Crusoe"
1859 - Ground broken
for Suez Canal
1867 - Tokyo opens
for foreign trade
1898 - US declares
war on Spain over Cuba Spanish-American War
1967 - Abortion
legalized in Colorado
1981 - More than 100
workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in
Tsuruga, Japan.
1990 - Hubble space
telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
Free Rambling
Thoughts
Such great weather today.
Outside, out and about most of the day. Very nice.
Social networking certainly
has its place. Earlier this week, I got a friend request from one of my high
school classmates. We knew each other but didn’t travel in the same circles. He
does have a nice blog that I have been following. When I checked out his page,
I found my college roommate that I haven’t seen since college graduation. We
have sent back a couple of emails to catch up and he connected me with another
of our roommates. The three of us had gone to high school and college together.
Nice to be able to connect after all these years. The second guy is a judge in
Denver. He wrote me back and said that judges are not allowed, by policy, to
have social networking accounts or private email accounts. Interesting. All his
email goes through the account he has with his job. Guess we won’t be reliving
any wild times in college through email. LOL
Game Center
(answers at the end of post)
Brain Game—A
close up picture of what?
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NPR Sunday Puzzle
Each answer is a familiar
word, name or phrase that begins with the letter P and ends in X. For example,
if the clue is "showy flower," the answer would be "phlox."
1.
Capital of Arizona:
2.
Aunt Jemima product:
3.
Where hockey players sit after an infraction:
4.
Castor’s brother in Greek Myth:
5.
Source of much funding for public schools:
6.
A body of troops in close array:
7.
Maker of ‘Cross Your Heart’ undergarments:
8.
Statistic on the average cost of goods:
9.
What ‘re’ is in review:
10.
Word to describe ‘when people are always picking on you’:
Riddle of the day
Daniel, my son, is exactly
one fifth of my age. In 21 years time, I will be exactly twice his age. My wife
is exactly seven times older than my daughter, Jessica. In 8 years time, my
wife will be three times older then Jessica. How old are Daniel and Jessica
now?
Anagram:
unscramble—numbers represent the number of letters in
each answer word
Lifestyle Substance
Harper’s
Index
Number of Italian
earthquake experts currently on trial for manslaughter for downplaying the risk
of a 2009 earthquake: 7
Found on You
Tube
Planet Earth—
Joke-of-the-day
Three buddies die in a car
crash, and they find themselves at the pearly gates.
They are all asked,
"When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning upon you,
what would you like to hear them say about you?
The first guy says,
"I would like to hear them say that I was the greatest doctor of my time,
and a great family man."
The second guy says,
"I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher
who made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."
The last guy replies, "I
would like to hear them say... LOOK!!! HE'S MOVING!!!!!"
Rules of
Thumb
Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
You generally need three volunteers to make training them worthwhile. If you have to train one volunteer, you will save time if you skip the training and do the work yourself.
Yeah, It Really
Happened
They don't teach you this in gun safety
class: A man in Roanoke, Va., shot himself in the hand while in class -- and
then the bullet continued on and struck his wife in the leg.
Michael Deel, 54, and
Michelle Deel, 49, were treated at a local hospital, Roanoke.com reported.
Bedford County Sheriff's
deputies responded to a call from the firearms safety class taught by Thomas
Starke, who had briefly left the room when the shooting happened.
About five people were at the
class last Saturday when Michael Deel fired the .45 caliber handgun, deputies
said.
An investigation was
opened, though Michael Deel called it a "stupid accident," according
to The Associated Press.
Somewhat Useless
Information
Only 2% of high school
couples end up married and not divorcing.
Men in a relationship lie
twice as often as women do.
Calendar Information
…Happening This
Week:
19-5/4
Kentucky
Derby Week
20-29
National
Dance Week
21-28
Money Smart
Week
Administrative Professionals Week
National Crime Victims Rights Week
Administrative Professionals Week
National Crime Victims Rights Week
National
Playground Safety Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
Preservation
Week
Sky Awareness Week
Week of The Young Child
(Spring) Astronomy Week
Sky Awareness Week
Week of The Young Child
(Spring) Astronomy Week
Safe Kids
Week
24-30
National
Dream Hotline
National Pie Championships
National Pie Championships
Today Is
20-Something
Service Day
Administrative
Professionals Day or Secretary's Day
DNA Day
Hairstylists
Appreciation Day
Hug A
Plumber Day or Plumbers Day
International
Guide Dogs Day
Malaria
Awareness Day
National
Zucchini Bread Day
Red Hat
Society Day
Smigus
Dyngus/Dyngus Day/Wet Monday (symbolizes
cleansing, with the coming of Spring)
State
License Plate Day
World
Penguin Day
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Australia: (remembrance in Australia and New Zealand,
originally commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the
members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who fought at
Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I)
Egypt: Sinai Day (Celebrates the final withdrawal of all Israeli military forces from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982)
Egypt: Sinai Day (Celebrates the final withdrawal of all Israeli military forces from the Sinai Peninsula in 1982)
Israel: Yom
HaZikaron (Memorial Day)
Italy: Liberation
Day (1945 by Allied Troops)
Portugal: Liberty Day (1974 revolution)
Portugal: Liberty Day (1974 revolution)
South Africa:
Family Day
Swaziland: National Flag Day
Swaziland: National Flag Day
Today’s Other Events
1500’s
1541 - Coronado leaves
Alcanfor en route to Quivira. While in Quivira, Coronado had killed many of the
inhabitants of Tiguex Pueblo
1600’s
1607 - Battle at
Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet
1660 - London
Convention Parliament begins Parliament meets & votes to restore
Charles II
1700’s
1774 - Michael Cresap is
one of many "frontiersmen" in Kentucky who wishes to instigate a war
with the local indians. He hopes that the Indians would lose the war, and be
forced off their highly coveted lands. Cresap, and a few friends, come across a
Shawnee and a Deleware Indian traveling through the woods. Cresap's group kills
them both.
1800’s
1849 - The Governor
General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging
Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots
1862 - Battle of New
Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
1886 - Sigmund Freud
opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
1900’s
1901 - In last of
9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest
comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)
1927 - Spain routes
20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)
1928 - Buddy, a
German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind in Germany
1938 - 1st use of
seeing eye dog in US
1950 - Chuck Cooper
becomes 1st black to play in NBA
1953 - Scientists
identify DNA
1960 - 1st submerged
circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton)
1971 - About 200,000
anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
1976 - Elections in
Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
1982 - In accordance
with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
1994 - 14" of
snow in Southern CA
2000’s
2005 - The final
piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the
invading Italian army in 1937.
2007 - Boris
Yeltsin's funeral - the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church
for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894
2011 - At least 300
people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since
the 1974 Super Outbreak
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
In their 70’s
Al Pacino, actor (And
Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio) is 72
In their 60’s
Talia Shire, actress
(Adrienne-Rocky) is 66
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In their 40’s
Hank Azaria,
American actor (The Birdcage) and voice behind many characters in The
Simpsons (Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson)
is 48
Jason Lee, actor and
skateboarder is 42
Renee Zellweger,
actress is 43
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Remembered for being
born on this day
Oliver Cromwell, Puritan
lord protector of England (1653-58) in 1599
Ella Fitzgerald, Newport
News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex) in 1918
Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna
Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909) in 1874
Roger de Mortimer, 1st
Earl of March, de facto ruler of England in 1287
Today’s Obits
Anders Celsius, Swed
astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies of TB in 1744 at 42
David Langton, British
actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies in 1994 at 82
Saint Mark, the first Pope
of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity (Coptic) in Africa dies in 68 at
68
Dorothy Provine, actress, dies
in 2010 at 75Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer ( Top Hat,
Stage Door), dies in 1995 at 83
George Sanders, actor (Mr
Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), suicide in 1972 at 65
Don Wilson, TV announcer
(Jack Benny Show), dies in 1982 at 81
Answers
Brain Game: Close
Up Picture
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Riddle of the day
Daniel is 7 years old and
Jessica is 4 years old.
NPR Sunday Puzzle
1.
Capital of Arizona:
a.
Phoenix
2.
Aunt Jemima product:
a.
pancake mix
3.
Where hockey players sit after an infraction:
a.
penalty box
4.
Castor’s brother in Greek Myth:
a.
Pollux
5.
Source of much funding for public schools:
a.
property tax
6.
A body of troops in close array:
a.
phalanx
7.
Maker of ‘Cross Your Heart’ undergarments:
a.
Playtex
8.
Statistic on the average cost of goods:
a.
price index
9.
What ‘re’ is in review:
a.
prefix
10.
Word to describe ‘when people are always picking on you’:
a.
persecution complex
Anagrams
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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