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Almanac: Week: 12 \ Day: 078
March
Averages: 50°\23°
86004
Today: H 63°\L 41° Average Sky
Cover: 75%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 27mph
Ave. High: 51° Record High: 71°
(1907) Ave. Low: 23° Record Low:
1° (1963)
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Observances
Today:
Absolutely
Incredible Kid Day
Client's
Day
Companies
That Care Day
Goddess
of Fertility Day
National
Chocolate Caramel Day
Operation
Iraqi Freedom Day
Poultry
Day
Swallows
Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
Observances This
Week:
…National YoYo and Skills Toys Days
…American Chocolate Week
…Campfire USA Birthday Week
…Health Information Professionals Week
…National Animal Poison Prevention Week
…National Button Week
…National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week
…Termite Awareness Week
…International Brain Awareness Week
…Shakespeare Week
…Flood Safety Awareness Week
…Act Happy Week
…Wellderly Week
…Wildlife Week
…World Folktales & Fables Week
Quote of the Days s
US Historical
Highlights for Today
1628 - Massachusetts Bay Colony granted land by
England
1748 - Naturalization Act passes granting Jews
right to colonize North American colonies
1822 - Boston, Mass, incorporated as a city
1873 - Tucson army camp
was moved to a site on Rillito Creek where a permanent post was built and named
Fort Lowell.
1915 - Pluto photographed for 1st time (although
unknown at the time)
1918 - US Congress authorizes time zones &
approves daylight saving time
1928 - "Amos & Andy" debuts on radio
(NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling
1942 - FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to
register for nonmilitary duty
1949 - 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic
energy, Oak Ridge, Tn
1951 - Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny"
published
1985 - "Spin Magazine" begins publishing
1995 - Arizona outside of Phoenix begins using new
area code 520
2012 - Wendy's overtakes Burger King to become the
2nd best selling hamburger chain
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Today’s World
Events through History
1279 - A Mongolian victory ends the Song Dynasty in
China.
1644 - 200 members of Peking imperial family/court
commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor
1932 - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened
1945 - Adolf Hitler issues "Nero
Decree" to destroy all German factories
1965 - Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil
companies
1967 - French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to
continue association with France
1982 - Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on
South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.
1990 - 1st world ice hockey tournament for women
held (Ottawa)
1992 - Britain's Prince Andrew & Sarah, Duchess
of York, announce separation
1994 - Largest omelet (1,383sq ft) made with
160,000 eggs in Yokohama, Japan
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Overcast most of the day again, with no precipitation. Nice
weather but I miss the sun.
Turned on the news around 12 after running errands to find that
there was a huge police action in Mesa, part of Metro-Phoenix. Some crazy
killed one and shot 5 more in 5 different areas in Mesa. He was caught after a
couple of hours, but the horror of his actions will resonate for many for a
long time.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
What
large and well known city in the U.S.A. is half golden and half silver?
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Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
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Average
Facts…
-- A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
--On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds;
someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
25 YEARS AGO-1990
--While 7 inches of fresh snow was being
recorded at the airport on Sunday night, traffic westbound on the Interstate
was backed up for miles due to several spin- outs.
--The Snow Bowl has opened a new “pipe”
for snowboarders, not for smokers. It’s named Boarders Heaven, where they are
doing 360-degree free turns and other wild things. Next weekend there will be a
special rate for students to learn to use the pipe and contests for downhill
skiers on Saturday, then boarders on Sunday. $60 for students, $40 for just the
contests. The price includes the tow ticket and instruction.
Funny
Facts…
-- In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of
its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus
Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
--New Google employees are called "Nooglers", and are
given a propeller beanie cap to wear on their first Friday.
Harper’s
Index…
12, 80
Percentage of American and Chinese respectively, who believe their
government is ‘on the side of the average citizen’
73, 17
Who believe their government in ‘on the side of corporations’
Skin
Facts…
-- Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal
severe wounds in just a few minutes. The spray mainly contains important
proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to
young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process
from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
--Scientists found that 15% of matter in the air at subway
stations is human skin, from areas such as heels, belly buttons, armpits, and
rear ends.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
On a 2011 episode of NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!,
Bill Clinton correctly answered three questions about My Little Pony:
Friendship Is Magic.
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2 jokes
for the day
Computers are like air conditioners. They work
fine until you start opening windows.
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A man in a hot air balloon realized he was
lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a man below. He descended a bit more and
shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him
half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 42 degrees north
latitude and between 58 and 60 degrees west longitude."
"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.
"I am," replied the man, "but how did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is
technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and
the fact is I am still lost."
The man below responded, "You must be a manager."
"I am," replied the balloonist, "how did you know?"
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you
are going. You made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you
expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are exactly in the same
position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."
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Yep, It
Really Happened
RASOOLABAD,
India (UPI)
A mathematically-challenged groom in India was dumped by his
bride-to-be when he failed to correctly answer a basic addition problem just
prior to the ceremony. Police in Uttar Pradesh said they were called to mediate
between the bride and groom's families Wednesday in Rasoolabad after Lovely
Singh backed out of plans to wed Ram Baran when she discovered her intended
husband could not add 15 and six. Baran gave the answer as 17 instead of the
correct 21. Mohar Singh, the father of the bride, said Baran's family failed to
disclose his lack of education before the marriage plans were arranged.
"Any [first grade] student must be able to solve the simple problem asked
by us. The family of the groom had kept us in dark about the youth's qualification,"
Singh said. "It was a very embarrassing situation for all of us as we had
come with all preparations and it was a matter of social prestige as well. We
have been cheated," he told The Times of India. Police mediated between
the families and both sides agreed to return all gifts they received in advance
of the wedding.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
--Only
eight teams competed in the first NCAA tournament. Oregon, nicknamed the
"Tall Firs" due to the height of its starting frontcourt, beat out
seven other teams to win the first NCAA men's basketball championship in 1939.
The field began growing soon after, reaching 16 teams from 1951 to 1952 and
varying between 22 and 25 teams from 1953 to 1974. It then steadily increased
from 32 teams in 1975 to 64 teams in 1985. The most recent expansion came in
2011, when 68 teams were invited to participate.
--The NCAA tournament used to take a backseat to the NIT. The National
Invitation Tournament, or NIT, which predates the NCAA tournament by a year,
was once considered the preeminent college basketball event. It was especially
attractive to teams that wanted the media attention of playing at Madison
Square Garden in New York.
--The 1966 tournament struck a blow to racial exclusion. African-Americans
played a prominent role on some early NCAA championship teams, including future
Hall of Famer Bill Russell, who led San Francisco to back-to-back titles in
1955 and 1956. Nonetheless, many schools refused to integrate until after Texas
Western (now UTEP) became the first team with an all-black starting lineup to
win the tournament in 1966.
--A point-shaving scandal disgraced one NCAA champion. In 1950 the City College
of New York became the only school ever to win the NIT and the NCAA tournament
in the same year. The following season, however, several of its players were
arrested for taking bribes from gamblers to shave points. This scandal eventually
spread to more than 30 players at seven colleges, four of them in New York
City. College hoops in the Big Apple has never been the same since.
--The single-game tournament record for most points has stood for over 40
years. In 1970 Notre Dame shooting guard Austin Carr scored a tournament-record
61 points in a first-round win over Ohio. He followed that up with 52 points in
a loss against Kentucky, good enough for fourth all-time. Since then, the
closest anyone has come to breaking his mark is when Navy's David Robinson
notched 50 points in his final collegiate game in 1987.
--No. 1 seeds are a good bet to make the Final Four. Since the NCAA began
seeding teams in 1979, at least one No. 1 seed has made the Final Four every
year except for 1980, 2006 and 2011. But all four No. 1 seeds have only
advanced once, when Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina and UCLA pulled off the
feat in 2008.
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Birthday’s
Today
79 - Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland,
actress (She, Sensuous Nurse)
72 - Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist, Nobel
laureate
71 - Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, LBJ's daughter
68 - Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The
Big Chill, Fatal Attraction)
60 - Bruce Willis, Penna Grove NJ, actor
(Moonlighting, Die Hard)
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Remembered
for being born today
1589-1657@68 - William Bradford, gov of Plymouth
colony for 30 years (baptized)
1813-1873@60 - David Livingstone, Scotland, explorer
(found by Stanley in Africa)
1848-1929@80 - Wyatt Earp, sheriff (OK Corral)
1860-1925@65 - William Jennings Bryan, "The Great
Commoner" orator-statesman
1891-1974@83 - Earl Warren, Gov-CA/14th supreme court
chief justice
1894-1975@81 - Jackie
"Moms" Mabley, comedienne
1906-1962@56 - Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi
Gestapo officer
1910-1991@80 - Joseph F. Carroll, Founding Director,
Defense Intelligence Agency
1914-1991@77 - Jiang Qing [Madame Mao], wife of
Mao Zedong
1920-2007@87 - Tige Andrews, American actor (Capt Adam
Greer-Mod Squad)
1928-2009@80 - Patrick McGoohan, Astoria NY, actor
(#6-Prisoner, Secret Agent)
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Historical
Obits Today
Sir
Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author and inventor-2008@90
John De
Lorean, American automobile engineer-2005@80
Edgar
Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), heart attack-1950@74
Thomas
Killigrew, English dramatist-1683@71
Rene-Robert
Cavelier La Salle, Fren explorer (Louisiana), mutiny-1687@43
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Brain Teasers Answers
Denver is half golDEN and half silVER
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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…§
