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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 196 / Week: 29
July Averages: 81° \ 51°
Today: Average
Sky Cover: 80%
H 79°… L 57°… Ave. humidity: 60%
Wind:
ave: 9mph; Gusts:
24mph
Average High: 83° Record
High: 92° (1970)
Average Low: 50°
Record Low: 38° (1905)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1099 - 1st
Crusaders capture, plunder Jerusalem
1741 - Alexei
Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat,
making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska.
1795 - "Marseillaise"
becomes French national anthem
1799 - The
Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain
Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
1806 - Zebulon
Pike began journey to explore SW with Pawnee & Osage
1823 - A
fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul in Rome.
1830 - Indian
tribes, Sioux, Sauk & Fox, sign fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien giving
the US most of Minnesota, Iowa & Missouri
1869 - Margarine
is patented for use by French Navy
1904 - 1st
Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles
1932 - President
Hoover cuts own salary 15%
1948 - Alcoholic
Anonymous founded in Britain
1964 - Barry
M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans
2002 - "American
Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
We don’t often have a day of rain, but today was pretty close.
Woke up about 6a to overcast sky and drizzle. The sun did come out for a couple
of hours, but the clouds returned. This weather is really good for our forest and
I ain’t complaining about it. Decided it was a good day to do laundry and
change the sheets and towels. Everything is clean, and put away, smelling very
fresh.
Gaza Strip and Israel need to learn to get along. Death and destruction does nothing but hurt
innocents.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
What
Phrase do this suggest?
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Lifestyle Substance:
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
Harper’s
Index
Average
portion of the Great Lakes that has iced over during the winter in the past 40
years: 1/2
Portion
that iced over this winter: 9/10
Unusual
Fact of the Day
Your foot is the same size as the distance between your wrist and
elbow.
Trivia
about AZ…
Arizona became the 48th state on February 14, 1912
Interesting
facts about Islam…
Islam grants women numerous rights in the home and in society.
Among them are the right to earn money, to financial support, to an education,
to an inheritance, to being treated kindly, to vote, to a dowry, to keep their
maiden name, to worship in a mosque, etc., etc.
Weather
Facts…
It is possible to see a rainbow at night!
People
Facts…
Yu Youzhen, a Chinese millionaire, works as a street sweeper for
the sanitation department to set an example for her children.
Historical
Facts…
During World War 1, Harry Houdini
took 1 year off performing to help sell war bonds and teach American soldiers
how to escape from German handcuffs.
Retro
Native Humor…
A Cheyenne guy went to Chinatown in San Francisco. While there he
found a bronze rat at a thrift store. "How much do you want for the
rat" he asked. "$3 for the rat
and $1000 for the story that goes with it" said the shopkeeper. "Just
give me the rat," the Cheyenne said, and then he left with it. As he walked down the street he noticed a
couple of rats following him. As he walked further, more and more rats started
chasing him. By the time he got to the bay, there were thousands of rats
chasing him. So he climbed up a pole and threw the bronze rat into the water.
To his amazement, all the rats jumped into the water.
The Cheyenne then returned to the thrift store. "Ahh" the China man said. "Now
you would like to hear the story?"
"No" said the Cheyenne, "I just came back to see if
you had any bronze white men!"
Common
Phrase Origins…
Butter
Someone Up
Meaning: To
flatter someone
History: An
ancient Indian custom involved throwing balls of clarified butter at statues of
the gods to seek favor.
Joke-of-the-day
A Sunday school
teacher asked her little children, as they were on the way to church service,
"And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"
One bright little
girl replied, "Because people are sleeping."
Rules of
Thumb:
CHOOSING A BICYCLE FRAME
The crossbar on your
bicycle frame should come just to your crotch when you straddle the bike with
your shoes off and your feet flat on the ground.
Yeah, It
Really Happened
SANTA FE, N.M. (UPI) -- A New Mexico man claims a Santa Fe police
officer pulled a rifle on him during a really crappy case of mistaken identity.
Artist Mateo Romero was cleaning dog poop out of the back of his SUV in a
stranger's driveway and the homeowner got spooked. Maria Markus, 60, called
police and reported a burglary in progress after blocking Romero in with her
vehicle. "I tried to talk to her to explain that I was cleaning up dog
poop," Romero told the Albuquerque Journal. "But she got all
hysterical and I just backed away. I couldn't leave. It was crazy."
According to a police report, the responding officer pulled out a rifle and
detained Romero. After he was searched and it was determined that Romero didn't
have any of Markus' property, he was released. "It appeared to be a
misunderstanding," the police report said. "Mr. Romero was
understanding and polite." "It's kind of embarrassing, but that's
what happened," Romero told the Santa Fe New Mexican. Romero's paintings
have been exhibited in Canada and throughout the United States.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Eyes
are among the most significant organs of a human being, extremely necessary for
our daily lives and experiencing things. However, there are several things we
may ignore about them…
~The
eye muscles are most active muscles in the whole body.
~Eyes
are composed of more than two million working parts.
~The
eye can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.
~A
normal lifespan will bring you almost 24 millions images of the world around
you.
~Eyes
can instantaneously set in motion hundreds of muscles & organs in our body.
~A
blink of an eye lasts about one tenth of a second.
~The
average persons blink their eyes about 11,500 times per day and about 4.2
million times per years.
~Chewing
gum while peeling onions will keep you away from crying.
~Men
can read smaller print than women, women can hear well.
~You
can’t sneeze with your eyes open
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
13-19
Sports Cliché Week
15-21
Rabbit Week; National Baby Food Week; National Ventriloquism Week
Today
Is
Be A Dork Day
Cow Appreciation Day
Gummi Worms Day
National Ice Cream Day
National Pet Fire Safety Day
England: Saint Swithin's Day-- tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days
England: Saint Swithin's Day-- tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days
Today’s
Events through History
1958 - Pres
Eisenhower sends US troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months
1968 - "One
Life to Live" premieres on TV
1987 - Boy
George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
Birthday’s
Today
Ken Kercheval, actor (Cliff
Barnes-Dallas) is 79
Jan-Michael Vincent, Denver, actor is 70
Linda Ronstadt, Tucson Az, singer/actress
is 68
Arianna Huffington, Athens, columnist;
The Huffington Post is 64
Jesse "The
Body" Ventura,
wrestler/actor/Governor is 63
Forest Whitaker, actor (Bloodsport,
Platoon, Stakeout) is 53
Brigitte Nielsen, Denmark, actress
(Red Sonja, Rocky IV) is 51
Brian Austin Green, actor
(David-Beverly Hills 90210) is 41
Remembered
for being born today
1273-1352 - Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and
religious leader
1573-1652 - Inigo Jones, London, architect (Coven
Garden)
1606-1669 - Rembrandt van Rijn, Netherlands, painter
(Night Watch)
1779-1863 - Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas
the Night Before Xmas)
1850-1917 - Francesca Xavier Cabrini, [Mother
Cabrini], 1st US saint
1905-1974 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist (I'm in the
Mood for Love)
1935-2012 - Alex Karras, NFLer (Lions)/actor
(George-Webster)
Historical
Obits Today
Celeste Holm, American actress,
2012, @95
John J. Pershing, [Black Jack], US
general (Mexico, WW I), 1948, @87
Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair
Exchange), cancer, 1983, @78
Bert Convy, game show host,
brain tumor, 1991, @57
William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use
ether), 1868, @48
Juan Ponce de León, Spanish Explorer,
injuries, 1521, @47
Gen. Tom Thumb, famous small person
(40"), stroke, 1883, @44
Brain Teasers
Rising to the occasion
(Rising two 'the occasion')
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.
§ And That
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