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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 166
/ Week: 25
June Averages: 78° \ 42°Today: Average Sky Cover: 0%
H 75°… L 43°… Ave. humidity: 31%
Wind: ave: 2mph; Gusts: 36mph
Average High: 79° Record High: 92° (1974)
Average Low: 41° Record Low: 28° (2001)
Quote of the Day
Today’s
Historical Highlights
1215 - King
John signs Magna Carta
1389 - Battle
of Kossovo; Turks defeat Serbs 1664 - New Jersey established
1804 - 12th amendment ratified; deals with manner of choosing president
1844 - Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
1846 - Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N
1860 - 1st White settlement in Idaho (Franklin)
1864 - US Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
1876 - Tsunamis after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000
1896 - Tsunami strikes Shinto festival-Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed
1908 - World congress for Women's rights opens in Amsterdam
1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
1924 - Native Americans are proclaimed US citizens
1956 - John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13) meet for 1st time
1982 - Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education
1994 - Disney's "Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million
1994 - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
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Today’s Birthdays: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays below
Another windy day, but still nice enough for a nice walk. Wrist is
till tender, but not that bad. While I could be taking a pill every four hours
I took one last night to sleep and one just a little while ago.
I have been watching FIFA on and off. Not a huge soccer fan, but
was traveling with Hamdy a few years ago during FIFA and he gave me enough savvy
that I can enjoy the matches.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
The following four (4) clues are the definitions of words that have been jumbled below and turned into anagrams. Your job is to correctly unravel the anagrams and then place them next to their proper definition. Good luck!
1.
The formal activities conducted on some important public or state occasion.
2.
Extremely funny.3. Exhilarated or stupefied by, or as if by alcohol.
4. Causing serious thoughts, or a grave mood.
Jumbled
Anagrams:
Hi!
Our sail
One
mercyMelons
Bare in diet
Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Percentage
change since 2008 in the number of earthquakes in OK resitering magnitude 3 or
higher: +5400
Unusual
Fact of the Day
The genetic mutation that causes red hair also causes redheads to
be more resistant to anesthesia. They can require up to 25% more than patients
of other hair colors.
Presidential
Fun Facts…
Zachary
Taylor: No formal education. Taylor served in the regular Army for 40
years and never voted, never belonged to a political party nor took any
interest in politics until he ran for president at age 62. He was elected in
the first national election held on the same day in all states (November 7,
1848). He pastured his old Army horse, Whitey, on the White House lawn and
visitors would take horse hairs as souvenirs. Died in office of gastroenteritis
on July 9, 1850.
Ben
Franklin on Character…
Justice. Wrong
none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
Common
misused words...
Who's
and whose
"Whose password
hasn't been changed in six months?" is correct. "Who is (the
un-contracted version of who's) password hasn't been changed in six
months?" sounds silly.
Pen Names
of famous authors…
Jayne
Anne Krentz Pen names: Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle
Romance novelist Jayne Anne Krentz has churned out books under her
own name as well as two separate pen names since 1979. These names establish
three separate literary worlds: Krentz for romantic suspense, Quick for
historical fiction, and Castle for futuristic science fiction. But this wasn’t
Krentz’s original plan. “Trust me, I did not set out to establish three pen
names … The idea back at the start was that I would stick with the name that
proved most successful,” she toldUSA Today. Eventually, these identities just
kind of evolved until they stuck, giving the author room to develop distinct
types of writing.
The World
as 100 people…
SHELTER:
77 have a place to shelter; 23 have no shelter
**NEW** Facts
about SPACE…
Weight
Most of the planets in the space are quite lightweight. Some
researchers are of the view that there are some planets that will actually
float if placed on water. The density of some of the planets is so low that we
cannot even estimate their exact weight.
Joke-of-the-day
The strong young
man at the construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a feat
of strength. He made a special case of making fun of one of the older workmen.
After several minutes, the older worker had had enough. "Why don't you put
your money where your mouth is," he said.
"I will bet
a week's wages that I can haul something in a wheelbarrow over to that
outbuilding that you won't be able to wheel back." "You're on, old man," the braggart replied. "Let's see what you got."
The old man reached out and grabbed the wheelbarrow by the handles. Then, nodding to the young man, he said, "All right. Get in."
Rules of
Thumb:
STORING HEAT IN A GREENHOUSE
Containers of water
are excellent for storing heat in a solar greenhouse. Start with 1 cubic foot
of water for each square foot of greenhouse glass.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
JUNEAU, Alaska (UPI) - An Alaska mom thinks her 2-year-old
daughter deserves a name that’s as "Awesome" as her personality. Lisa
Flores, of Juneau, Alaska, has asked a judge to change her daughter's name from
Viviana Contea Flores to Viviana Awesome Flores. Flores, 36, recently told the
Juneau Empire that she got the idea from her 13-year-old son, Dominic, who was
11 when he suggested that his unborn baby sister should have a creative middle
name. "The big reason why I wanted to do this is because when I got
pregnant, she was a surprise, and the father didn't stay in the picture for
very long," Flores said. "My son was very supportive, and I thought
it was a good opportunity to give her the name he chose and to recognize my son
for all of the help he gave." "'My middle name is Awesome,' that's
what I want her to say," Dominic said. "It's just one of those
childhood things, like I always wanted my name to be Awesome." Dominic and
his mother originally discussed the name Danger, but decided that "it's so
much to live up to," Flores told Good Morning America. ("Danger"
happens to be the middle name Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong gave his
son Jakob. But when she chose the name "Contea," her son was
disappointed. "He was pretty sad about it and I've been working to change
it since," Flores said. The Flores family has a hearing scheduled for July
7.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Fear
of the number 13 is known as triskaidekaphobia, while fear of Friday the 13th
is known as paraskavedekatriaphobia.
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt apparently suffered from triskaidekaphobia: According to
The Huffington Post, he refused to travel on the 13th day of any month and
would not host a dinner party with 13 guests.
A
13th guest at a table is considered unlucky, and in Paris sometimes a
quatorzieme is hired to be a professional 14th guest and balance out the luck.
There
is at least one Friday the 13th in every year, and at the most there are three.
Last Friday the only Friday the 13th of 2014!
The
number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who
consider the latter to be a complete number - 12 months in a year, 12 signs of
the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12
apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.
The
ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on Apr. 11, 1970. The sum of the
date's digits (4-11-70) is 13 (as in 4+1+1+7+0 = 13). And the explosion that
crippled the spacecraft occurred on April 13 (not a Friday). The crew did make
it back to Earth safely, however.
Calendar
Information
This
Week’s Observances:
12-19
Nursing Assistants Week
12-15
Superman Days
US Open Golf Championship
Duct Tape Days
13-20
National Hermit Week14-22
Worldwide Knit (and crotchet) in Public Week
15-21
Animal Rights Awareness Week
Universal Father's Week
Meet A Mate Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week
Animal Rights Awareness Week
Universal Father's Week
Meet A Mate Week
Old Time Fiddlers Week
Today
Is
Smile Power Day Dollars Against Diabetes Day(s)
Family Awareness Day
Father's Day Family Awareness Day
Global Wind Day
Husband Caregiver Day
Magna Carta Day
Native American Citizenship Day
Nature Photography Day
National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers
Strawberry Moon
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Worldwide Day of Giving
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Admission Day (Arkansas-1826-25th)
Today’s
Events through History
1219 - Dannebrog - oldest national flag in the
world - and flag of Denmark.
1775 - George
Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army1869 - Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, NY
1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy
1955 - The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual "Operation Alert" (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA's preparations for a nuclear attack.
1992 - Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell "potato," "potatoe" during spelling bee
Today’s
Birthdays
Mario M Cuomo, NYC, (Gov-D-NY, 1982-94) is 82
Xaveria Hollander, [DeVries], author (Happy Hooker) is 71James Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live, Trading Places) is 60
Wade Boggs, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman is 56
Helen Hunt, actress (Jamie-Mad About You, Twister) is 51
Courteney Cox, actress (Monica Geller - Friends) is 50
Ice Cube, rap singer/actor (Boyz in the Hood, Anaconda) is 45
Leah Remini, actress (King of Queens) is 44
Neil Patrick Harris, Albuquerque, actor (Doogie Howser MD) is 41
Remembered
for being born today
1902-1994 - Erik H Erickson, psychologist
(Existentionalist)
1914-1984 - Yuri Andropov, Russian KGB chief/1st
secretary1922-1998 - Mo[rris K] Udall, (Rep- -AZ)
1937-2002 - Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
1949-2000 - Jim Varney, actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern)
1941-1994 - Harry Nilsson, Brooklyn, singer/guitarist
Today’s
Historical Obits
Hume Cronyn, Canadian actor, 2003, @91
Choi Hong Hi, founder of Taekwon-Do, 2002, @83 Ella Fitzgerald, singer, long illness, 1996, @79
John Connally, (Gov-D/R-Texas), lung disease, 1993, @76
Francois de Vries, economist, 1958, @74
James Knox Polk, 11th US President, cholera, 1849, @53
Brain
Teasers
Anagrams:
Hi! Our sail - HilariousOne mercy - Ceremony
Melons - Solemn
Bare in diet - Inebriated
Rearranged anagrams now placed next to their correct definition:
1. The formal activities conducted on some important public or
state occasion - Ceremony
2. Extremely funny - Hilarious3. Exhilarated or stupefied by, or as if by alcohol - Inebriated
4. Causing serious thoughts, or a grave mood - Solemn
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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