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Almanac: Week: 45 \ Day: 312
November
Averages: 51° \ 22°
Holiday Observances
Today:
Abet and Aid Punsters
Day
Cook Something Bold
and Pungent Day
Dunce Day
National Parents as
Teachers Day
X-ray Discovery Day-1895
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Admission Day
(Montana-1889-41st)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1864 - Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd
term as American President
1892 - Grover Cleveland (D) elected 24th US
President
1904 - American President Theodore
Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)
1932 - Franklin Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd
President for 1st time
1960 - JFK (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon
(R) to become 35th US president
1988 - George W H Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D)
for presidency
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1519 - 1st meeting of Montezuma II &
Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico
1602 - The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is
opened
1731 - In Philadelphia, Benjamin
Franklin opens 1st US library
1789 - Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by
Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)
1880 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made US
debut at NY's Booth Theater
1910 - William H. Frost receives the 1st U.S.
patent for electrical insect destroyer
1939 - Failed assassination attempt
on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich
1950 - 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
1966 - Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected
Governor of California
1979 - ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American
Held Hostage" (later "Nightline")
1981 - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Mazda Japan
Golf Classic
1984 - Anna Fisher becomes 1st "mom" to
go into orbit
1987 - IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, North
Ireland, 11 killed
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
Another really nice weather day…not a cloud in the sky, warm
temps, little wind…and the next few days are to be the same. NICE!
The city water workers are still working on whatever broke/leaked
at the end of our units. This is like day 4 with no end in sight. They cover
everything in the late afternoon, come back the next day with more stuff and do
more digging. If they are still around Monday, I’ll talk to them to figure out
what is going on.
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Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
Each
statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated
word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which
order the two words are attached. Example: This is the average oldness of a
tablet (pill + age = pillage).
1) This is an automobile's domesticated animal.
2) This is a group of wolves, much like stone or bronze.
3) This is an alcoholic beverage that is made from a part of a fish.
4) This is a volume's military partner.
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
Dog Facts…
—George, the world's largest dog, weighed 233 pounds, stood at 43
inches tall from paw to shoulder, and ate 180 pounds of food a month.
—Rex the German Shepherd was a rescue dog with a bad temper. He
refused to be fed by humans and would attack strangers, but he’s a changed dog
after falling in love with Geraldine the goose!
Facebook
Facts…
—Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is colorblind and best
sees the shade of blue.
—In 2013, Candy Crush made $850,000 per day!
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
75 YEARS
AGO
Members of the local Lumber and Saw Mill Workers Union #2772
employed by the Arizona Lumber and Timber Co. in the wage bracket of 50 cents
per hour or less volunteered to assess themselves last spring for two
weeks following an increase in pay for the purpose of promoting local timber
products. The sum came to $868.
Gender
Facts…
—According to Harris Interactive, 70% of men and 57% of women
shower daily.
—According to the American Society for Microbiology, 90% of women
and 75% of men wash their hands after using a public restroom.
Harper’s
Index…
—Percentage change since 202 in the average annual income of a
recent college graduate: -8
—In the average debt load from student loans: +70
Internet
Facts…
—Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss
someone over the internet.
—45% of all online gamers are female, and women over the age of 18
are the industry's fastest growing demographic.
That’s
Outrageous from Reader’s Digest…
Coworkers of a NYC court stenographer guessed he was having a
rough day after he’d handed in a transcript. He had purportedly typed I hate my job, I hate my job over and
over again. The man was fired for misconduct.
Rules of
Thumb…
USING
YOUR NOSE TO AVOID CONTAMINATION
If a material has
any "scent" - it's "outgassing" and cannot be used for
space applications where cleanliness is important.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
During
childbirth scenes in movies and sitcoms, infant actors are smeared with cream
cheese and red jam for an authentic "just born" look.
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Joke-of-the-day
A very successful businessman had a meeting
with his new son-in-law. I welcome you into the family,” said the man. “To show
you how much we care for you, I am making you a 50-50 partner in my business.
All you have to do is go to the factory every day and learn the operation.”
The son-in-law interrupted. “I hate factories. I can’t stand the noise.”
“I see.” replied the father-in-law, “Well,
then you’ll work in the office and take charge of some of the operations.”
“I hate office work,” said the son-in-law. “I
can’t stand being stuck behind a desk.”
“Wait a minute,” said the father-in-law. “I
just made you half owner of a money-making industry, but you don’t like
factories, and won’t work in an office. What am I going to do with you?”
“Easy,” said the son-in-law. “Buy me out.”
Yep, It
Really Happened
NYC
A pair of what appeared to be skinned goat heads were found
dangling from a street light at a busy Park Slope intersection in New York,
police said.
At least one witness called 911 after spotting the bloody animal heads attached
to a piece of twine hanging above Ninth Street and Fifth Avenue - sparking a
police investigation.
The skulls dangled in the wind until shortly before noon, when a staffer from a
nearby car service company carried a ladder to the pole and knocked them down
with a stick.
That's what they call a New York Pinata.
Some wondered whether it was Santeria, a Halloween prank or voodoo.
"Maybe it's some of those wackos who go for Santeria or voodoo," said
local resident Louis Katenzakes. "It's the occult. They do rituals. They
kill animals."
The sighting wasn't the first example of animal body parts discovered in the
area. In March, severed goat heads and rooster heads were found in Prospect
Park.
Other locals said they were unmoved.
"It's New York. I've seen the towers come down, so beyond
that, nothing really stings that bad," said J. Sapp, who works in the
area.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Ten
quotes by Mark Twain!
—It
is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to
open it and remove all doubt.
—The
secret of getting ahead is getting started.
—Age
is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.
—The
best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
—If
you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
—Giving
up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it
thousands of times.
—Good
friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
—The
only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you
don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.
—Wrinkles
should merely indicate where smiles have been.
—Loyalty
to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
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Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13
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Today’s
Events through History
1701 - William Penn presents Charter of Privileges
1900 - Theodore Dreiser's novel "Sister
Carrie" is published
1910 - 1st Washington State election in which women
could vote
1933 - FDR creates Civil Works Administration
1942 - Operation Torch; US & British forces land
in French North Africa
1946 - Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain
Respecteuse" premieres in Paris
1965 - "Days of Our Lives" premieres on TV
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Birthday’s
Today
Morley
Safer, TV newscaster (60 Minutes) is 83
Rickie
Lee Jones, Chicago, singer (Chuck E's in Love) is 60
Leif
Garrett, singer/actor\teen trob is 53
Gordon
Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality is 48
Tara Reid, model\actress
is 39
Jack
Osbourne, English television star is 29
Remembered
for being born today
Vlad III the
Impaler, Wallachian prince (1431-1476)
Edmund
Halley, English astronomer (comet of Halley) (1656-1742)
Milton
Bradley, American game manufacturer (1836-1911)
Bram
Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) (1847-1912)
Frank
Speck, Brooklyn Anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes) (1881-1950)
Margaret
Mitchell, author (Gone With the Wind), (1900-1949)
Frank
McGuire, basketball coach (w-550 games in 30 college seasons) (1914-1994)
Esther
Rolle, actress (Good Times)(1920-1998)
Jack
Kilby, Nobel laureate (handheld calculator, integrated circuit), (1923-2005)
Patti
Page, [Clara Ann Fowler], singer (Tennessee Waltz), (1927-2013)
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Historical
Obits Today
Bil Keane,
cartoonist (Family Circus), 2011, @89
Norman
Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), 1978, @ 84
John
Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), kidney failure, 1674, @65
John Doc Holliday, gambler
and gunfighter, TB\alcoholism, 1887, @36
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Brain Teasers Answers
1) car + pet = carpet
2) pack + age = package
3) fin + ale = finale
4) liter + ally = literally
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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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 Now…§
