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Almanac: Day: 234
/ Week: 34
August
Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
Average Sky Cover: 85%
H 64°… L 48°… Ave. humidity: 65%
Wind: ave:
2mph;
Gusts: 16mph
Average High: 79° Record High: 88° (1938)
Average Low: 48°
Record Low: 32° (1968)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
565 - St Columba reported seeing monster in
Loch Ness
1138 - English
defeated Scots at Cowton Moor-Battle of the Standard
1582 - King
James IV of Scotland captured
1639 - Madras
(now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company
1762 - 1st
female (Ann Franklin) US newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury
1848 - The
United States annexes New Mexico
1849 – 1st
air raid in history; Austria launches pilotless balloons against Venice.
1851 - Gold
fields discovered in Australia
1877 - Nez
Perce flee into Yellowstone National Park
1902 - Pres
Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
1906 - 1st
Victor Victrola manufactured
1911 - Mona
Lisa stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perugia (Recovered in 1913)
1944 - Hitler orders
Paris to be destroyed
1945
- Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup
1956 - Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon re-nominated
by Rep convention in SF
1972 - Rhodesia
expelled by the International Olympic Committee for racist policies.
1975 - McNichols
Sports Arena in Denver opens
♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today
below
My
Rambling Thoughts
Another school year is starting at NAU. Our group met for lunch by
the University this afternoon…not the best idea. Traffic was horrific. Cheryl
said that Target was packed. Mary and I were glad we didn’t have to deal with
all that. There was a solid line of cars on the main road into NAU dorms….moving
about 3mph. This made getting out of the parking lot quite a feat for Mary.
Well, we know to stay away from that side of town until things settle down
again.
SecDef Hagel sez to ‘get ready for ISIS on American soil’. Reports
coming to him suggest that there are American citizens with American passports
that are working with ISIS. This makes it easy to re-enter the US on American
passports and without VISAs. What next?
Nice monsoon this afternoon, slow steady rain. Ground is
saturated. Flood advisory for most of our county.
Game Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain
Teasers
A
Name Train is a puzzle where each name is connected together like box cars in a
train. You are given the first car (the Engine) and the last car (the caboose),
and you have to fill in the car or cars in between. Every two consecutive cars
will form a name of a person or character. Joan [ ] Li. The answer is Joan Jet
Li (Joan Jet-Female singer, Jet Li-Actor) Ready? OK here goes:
1. Matthew [ ] Mason
2. Bruce [ ] Majors
3. Larry [ ] [ ] Fonda
4. Ashley [ ] [ ] Mandela
5. Rick [ ] [ ] [ ] Luther
1. Matthew [ ] Mason
2. Bruce [ ] Majors
3. Larry [ ] [ ] Fonda
4. Ashley [ ] [ ] Mandela
5. Rick [ ] [ ] [ ] Luther
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain :
Africa
Facts…
Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at
the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
Brain
Facts…
Déjà vu occurs when your brain tries to apply a memory of a past
situation to your current one, fails, and makes you feel like it's happened.
Computer
Facts…
Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is colorblind and best
sees the shade of blue.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
100 YEARS
AGO
Bob Taylor, order man for Babbitt’s Grocery, was thrown from his
buggy Monday morning when his horse was frightened by a passing auto. While he
was severely bruised and shaken up no bones were broken, so he is expected to
be able to resume his duties soon.
Harper’s
Index
Estimated percentage of women in the US military who are ‘very
interested’ in taking combat positions: 9
Language
Facts…
The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
Rules of
Thumb…
FOLLOWING SPRING
Spring moves north
about 13 miles a day.
Superstitions…
Collect seven or nine different flowers on Midsummer Eve and place
them under your pillow and it is said that you will dream of your future
spouse. (Sweden)
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
When
Milton Bradley introduced Twister in 1966, critics denounced the
game as "sex in a box."
Joke-of-the-day
A man was
checking into a hotel when he saw a golden retriever sitting on a rug near the
hotel elevator. Talking to the man behind the desk, he asked, "Does your
dog bite?" The attendant said, "No, he doesn't." But as the man
let his hand down to pat the dog, it bit his hand and held on so tightly that
the man had to throw him across the room.
Returning to the desk, the man said, "I thought you said that your dog didn't bite." He directed the attendant's attention to the dog, who now had returned to the rug. The attendant simply answered, "My friend that is NOT my dog."
Returning to the desk, the man said, "I thought you said that your dog didn't bite." He directed the attendant's attention to the dog, who now had returned to the rug. The attendant simply answered, "My friend that is NOT my dog."
Yeah, It
Really Happened
A Georgia man who is accused of impersonating a police officer in
order to get free continental breakfast from a Dunwoody hotel has been
arrested. Roche Harris was charged with impersonation of a police officer,
simple battery, theft by taking, and loitering and prowling. In December,
Harris went to the Staybridge Hotel and attempted to eat the continental
breakfast even though he was not a guest at the establishment. When he was
confronted by staff, Harris allegedly threw hot water in a manager's face. Last
month, Harris returned to the hotel and displayed a badge in an attempt to pass
himself off as a law enforcement officer in order to get free food. According
to Officer Tim Fecht, Harris returned to the hotel on Sunday and began taking
food again. Employees called 911 after recognizing the 36-year-old and Harris
was taken into custody.
Somewhat
Useless Information
For
a product to be labeled "Made in the USA" the Federal Trace
Commission requires that at least 70 % of the parts and labor come from the
United States.
The FBI's fingerprint database is the largest in the world. It receives 34,000 new fingerprint cards a day.
On its first night of operation in 1982, the UPS Worldport facility processed 2,000 packages. It now handles that number in 30 seconds.
On June 19th, 1885, the French frigate "Isere" delivered the Statue of Liberty to the United States. For transit, it was broken down into 350 pieces and packed into 214 crates.
In the 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, officials were unsure if a skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom. They asked a broadcaster if they could review the videotape and the "instant replay" was born.
The tuna's ultra-efficient swimming ability has inspired the U.S. Navy to commission construction of a robotic tuna for surveillance missions.
The FBI's fingerprint database is the largest in the world. It receives 34,000 new fingerprint cards a day.
On its first night of operation in 1982, the UPS Worldport facility processed 2,000 packages. It now handles that number in 30 seconds.
On June 19th, 1885, the French frigate "Isere" delivered the Statue of Liberty to the United States. For transit, it was broken down into 350 pieces and packed into 214 crates.
In the 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California, officials were unsure if a skier had missed a gate in the men's slalom. They asked a broadcaster if they could review the videotape and the "instant replay" was born.
The tuna's ultra-efficient swimming ability has inspired the U.S. Navy to commission construction of a robotic tuna for surveillance missions.
Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
14-24
Little League Baseball World Series
18-24
Minority Enterprise Development Week
Today
Is
Be an Angel Day
Hug Your Boss Day
National Tooth Fairy Day
National Tooth Fairy Day
Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
Take Your Cat To The Vet Day2
(World) Daffodil Day
Take Your Cat To The Vet Day2
(World) Daffodil Day
Today’s
Events through History
1670 - Hiacoomes
preaches 1st sermon to his Wampanoag
people Martha's Vineyard.
1862 - Santee Sioux attack Fort Ridgely
1921 - J.
Edgar Hoover becomes Assistant Director of the FBI
1962 - Failed
assassination on French president Charles de Gaulle
Birthday’s
Today
Honor Blackman, actress
(Goldfinger, The Avengers) is 89
Morton Dean, TV newscaster (CBS,
ABC) is 80
Carl Yastrzemski, Red Sox great (1967
AL MVP, Hall of Fame) is 75
Valerie Harper, actress (Mary Tyler
Moore Show, Rhoda) is 75
Bill Parcells, NFL coach (Giants, Jets,
Patriots) is 73
Cindy Williams, actress (Shirley-
Laverne & Shirley) is 67
Remembered
for being born today
Melville E. Stone, American newspaper
publisher (1848-1929)
Claude Debussy, composer (Clair de
lune) (1962-1918)
Dorothy Parker, short story writer (1893-1967)
Deng Xiaoping, Chinese party
leader (1904-1997)
David Dellinger, social rights\peace
movement leader (1915-2004)
James Hillier, Co-inventor of the
electron microscope (1915-2007)
John Lee Hooker, blues guitarist
(Boogie Chillen) (1917-2001)
Ray[mond Douglas] Bradbury, Ill, sci-fi author (Fahrenheit
451), (1920-2012)
Historical
Obits Today
Jomo
Kenyatta, 1st premier of Kenya (1963-78), 1978, @83
Sebastian
Cabot, actor (Mr French-Family Affair), stroke. 1977, @59
Richard
III, king of England (1483-85), in battle, 1485, @32
Michael
Collins, Irish nationalist leader, ambushed, 1922, @31
Brain Teasers
1. Matthew Perry Mason
2. Bruce Lee Majors
3. Larry King Henry Fonda
4. Ashley Judd Nelson Mandela
5. Rick James Dean Martin Luther
2. Bruce Lee Majors
3. Larry King Henry Fonda
4. Ashley Judd Nelson Mandela
5. Rick James Dean Martin Luther
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 Is All for
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