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Almanac: Flagstaff: Week: 26/ Day: 177 Today: H 79°…L 47°
Wind: ave: 10mph; Gusts: 25mph Ave. humidity: 26%
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Quote of
the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1st pure food law enacted in US…1848
Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats
Yellow Fever…1900
IRA proclaims resistant in North-Ireland…1972
Kennedy visits W Berlin "Ich bin ein
Berliner" (I am a Berliner)…1963
Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away
(actually happened)…1284
Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open St
Lawrence Seaway…1959
Supreme Court rules fund soliciting can be
banned at airports…1992
Toothbrush invented…1498
Two FBI agents and a member of the American
Indian Movement are killed in a
shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
in South Dakota; Leonard
Peltier later convicted of the murders in a
controversial trial…1975
UN Charter signed by 50 nations in SF…1945
♫ Today’s
Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
My Free
Rambling Thoughts
A nice quiet day here in Flag…no Red Flag warning, a nice breeze, clear blue sky…couldn’t ask for more.Last night there was a fairly big structure fire here in Flag. Up on the hill by Flag Medical Center, there is a strip mall that has been around forever….well at least since the early 70’s. The roof of the grocery store caught on fire…no one injured…store saved except for the front end of it and the paper says only smoke damage to the neighboring stores. After seeing the photos on several social media sights, it is amazing how quickly our local fire crews saved so much. I haven’t shopped there for years as none of the stores there now really are for me, but many people in that neighborhood depend on that grocery store and some of the others. Almost everything is open except the grocery store, and they say they will be open as early as Friday….amazing!
Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Every nation do I know, But so rarely do I go Anywhere, Sometimes people Come and stare, Touch me here, And poke me there, Spin me round, Then leave me alone When what they sought, They have found. What am I?
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Hmmmm
Death is Nature's way of telling you to ease up.
Ok, then?
Harper’s Index
Chance that a US driver admits to having fallen asleep at the wheel in the past 30 days: 1 in 20
Picture of the Day: Pow Wow Season
Unusual Fact of the Day
Overall U.S. consumption of poultry has doubled over the last 25 years, from 18 million pounds to 36 million pounds.Joke-of-the-day
THE
CAT:
One day, a cat dies of natural causes and goes to heaven, where he meets the Lord Himself.The Lord says to the cat, "You lived a good life, and if there is any way I can make your stay in heaven more comfortable, please let me know."The cat thinks for a moment and says, "Lord, all my life I have lived with a poor family and had to sleep on a hard wooden floor."The Lord stops the cat and says, "Say no more," and a wonderful, fluffy pillow appears.A few days later, six mice are killed in a tragic farming accident, and all of them go to heaven.Again, the Lord is there to greet them with the same offer.The mice answer, "All our lives we have been chased.We have had to run from cats, dogs, and even women with brooms.Running, running, running; we're tired of running.Do you think we could have roller skates so that we don't have to run anymore?"The Lord says, "Say no more" and fits each mouse with beautiful new roller skates.Week later, the Lord stops by to see the cat and finds him snoozing on the pillow.The Lord gently wakes the cat and asks him, "How are things since you got here?"The cat stretches and yawns, then replies, "It is wonderful here. Better than I could have ever expected. And those 'Meals On Wheels' you've been sending by are the best!"
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
PRAYING MANTISES
It takes 16 praying mantis egg cases per acre to keep other insects under control.
Yeah, It Really Happened
Brandon Antron Crosley, 22, has been charged with abusing an elderly person. He is accused of assaulting his father after an argument about how to properly make Kool-Aid, Florida Today reported.Crosley's father, 48-year-old Greg Crosley, told cops that his 22-year-old son was making Kool-Aid Wednesday and was "doing it wrong," according to a police report obtained by The Smoking Gun. Crosley said he then tried to give his son some helpful tips.Brandon Crosley allegedly didn't take kindly to his father's advice, and responded by punching his dad in the head two or three times before fleeing their shared apartment.The report notes that Greg Crosley has a permanent disability and uses a cane to walk.Brandon Crosley was charged with abusing an elderly person, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.
Somewhat Useless Information
- All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.
- Astronauts brought back about 800 pounds of lunar rock to Earth. Most of it has not been analyzed.
- In 1959, the Soviet space probe "Luna Two" became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface.
- In 1968, "Apollo Seven," the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.
- Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, and is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto.
- Olympus Mons on Mars is the largest volcano in our solar system.
- On a clear night in the Northern Hemisphere the naked eye can discern some 5000 stars.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
23-30
Carpenter Ant
Awareness Week
Fish Are Friends,
Not Food! Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week
National Mosquito
Control Awareness Week
Today Is
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America's
Kid's Day
·
International Day Against Drug Abuse and
Illicit Trafficking
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International Day in Support of Victims of
Torture
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Log Cabin
Day
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National Canoe Day
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National
Chocolate Pudding Day
^^
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British
Somaliland and Italian Somaliland: Independence Day (1960)
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Madagascar:
Independence Day (1960 from France)
Today’s Events through History
1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10
cents for admission…1896
Charles Newbold patents 1st cast-iron plow…1797
Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a
federal holiday in the United States…1870
NY Daily News begins publishing…1919
Supreme Court rules 16 year olds can receive
death penalty…1989
U.S. Supreme Court rules that the
Communications Decency Act violates the
First Amendment…1997
Universal Product Code is scanned for the 1sttime
Wrigley's chewing gum…1974
W E B Du Bois resigns position at NAACP…1934
Today’s Birthdays
In their 50’s
Chris Isaak, rock singer/songwriter (Wicked
Game) is 57
In their 40’s
Sean Hayes, actor, voice artist, and
comedian is 43
Chris O'Donnell, actor (School Ties,
Robin-Batman Forever) is 43
Shannon Sharpe, NFL tight end (Denver
Broncos-Superbowl 32) is 45
In their 30’s
Derek Jeter, shortstop (NY Yankees, Rookie of
Year 1996) is 39
Remembered
for being born today
Abner Doubleday, Mjr Gen (Union)/inventor
(baseball) [1819-1893]
Edward Holyoke, American academic [1689-1769]
William Thomson Kelvin, British physicist
(Kelvin Scale) [1824-1907]
William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO (Lear
Jet Corp) [1902-1978]
Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US, actor (M,
Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers) [1904-1964]
Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer [1898-1978]
Babe Didrikson Zaharias [Mildred Ella], U.S.
Olympic Hall of Fame [1911-1956]
Today’s Historical Obits
Roy Campanella, 3xMVP catcher (Dodgers)…heart
attack…1993…at 71
Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born fashion designer…cancer…2007…at
78
Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny)…1827…at
73
Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador conquered
the Inca Empire…
assassinated…1541…at 70ish
Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator…2003…at 100
Answer: Brain
Teasers
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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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