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Almanac:
Week: 36 \ Day: 244
September
Averages: 74°\42°
86004
Today: H 75° \ L 51°
Average Sky Cover: 80%
Wind
ave: 3mph\Gusts: 22mph
Ave.
High: 77° Record High: 91°[1948]
Ave. Low: 46° Record Low: 33°[1962]
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Observances
Today:
Building
and Code Staff Appreciation Day
Calendar
Adjustment Day
Chicken
Boy's Day
Emma
M. Nutt Day, the first
woman telephone operator
International
Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji Link
National
No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day
Toy
Tips Executive Toy Test Day
Save
Japan's Dolphins Day
Constitution Day (Slovakia)
Independence Day (Uzbekistan)
Orthodox Ecclesiastical New Year
Revolution Day (Libya)
Observances
This Week:
1-5
National Payroll Week
1-7
International Enthusiasm Week Self-University
Week Link
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link
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Observations
this Month:
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month Link
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Baby Safety Month Link
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind To Editors & Writers Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month Link
Bourbon Heritage Month Link
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Link
Cholesterol Education
Month Link
College Savings Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month Link
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Histiocytosis Awareness Month Link
Hunger Action Month Link
Intergeneration Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Speak Out Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
International Square Dancing Month
ITP Awareness Month Link
Library Card Sign-up Month
(World) Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month Link
National Recovery Month Link
Million Minute Family
Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month
National Campus Safety Awareness Month Link
National Chicken Month Link
National Child Awareness Month Link
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Link
National Coupon Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also June)
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month Link
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month Link
National ITP Awareness
Month Link
National Mushroom Month Link
National Organic Harvest Month Link
National Osteopathic Medicine Month Link
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (Gov't)
National Pet Memorial Month Link
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Prime Beef Month Link
National Prosper Where You
Are Planted Month
National Recovery Month
National Save A Tiger Month Link
National Sewing Month Link
National Service Dog Month
National Sickle Cell Month Link
National Translators Month (Moved
from Feb.) Link
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month Link
National Preparedness Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Link
National Rice Month
National Shake Month (Ice Cream)
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Link
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month Link
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Save The Koala Month Link
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month Link
September Is Healthy Aging Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Sports and Home Eye Health & Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
Superior Relationships Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month Link
Update Your Resume Month
Whole Grains Month
Wild Rice Month Link
Women's Friendship Month
World Alzheimer's Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1752 - Liberty Bell arrives in Phila
1799 - Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC
(forerunner to Chase Manhattan)
1859 - 1st Pullman sleeping car in service
1866 - Last Navaho chief Manuelito with 21 others
turns himself in at Fort Wingate
1897 - The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground
rapid transit system in North America
1901 - Construction begins on NY Stock Exchange
1906 - International Federation of Intellectual
Property Attorneys (FICPI) established.
1916 - US Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from
interstate commerce)
1921 - The University of
Arizona cut room and board fees to $25 a month.
1922 - NYC law requires all "pool" rooms
to change name to "billiards"
1942 - US Federal judge upholds detention of
Japanese-Americans
1972 - Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris
Spassky (USSR) for world chess title
1975 - Gunsmoke goes off the the air
1979 - LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop
wearing Lone Ranger mask
1982 - The United States Air Force Space Command is
founded
1995 - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland
Ohio
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1267 - Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish
community in Jerusalem
1535 - French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches
Hochelaga (Montreal)
1875 - A murder conviction effectively forces the
violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to
disband
1900 - Cumann na nGaedheal (Irish Council) founded
by Arthur Griffith in order to promote a buy Irish campaign
1905 - Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th &
9th Canadian provinces
1914 - St Petersburg, Russia changes name to
Petrograd
1923 - 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama,
kills 142,000
1948 - UN's World Health Organization forms
1951 - PM Ben-Gurion orders establishment of
Israeli secret service Mossad
1962 - 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
1962 - UN announces Earth's population has hit 3
billion
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Wasn’t expecting the monsoon, but rained a lot last night and is
cloudy enough to rain some more this evening through the night.
Ran a few errands this morning and some light cleaning this
afternoon.
Nice to see that Obama is renaming the US’s highest peak back to
its aboriginal name. May make some people angry but recognizes the original
people of Alaska. Way to go! Not nice to
see that he is up in Alaska to talk about more oil drilling in the ocean. He
should be leading the way on setting a decline in fossil fuels.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
If
E times ILE equals BANISH, and TE times T equals BOOK, what does TO times IN
equal?
A. BREATH
B. TEASER
C. RUTABAGA
D. POISON
E. COPPER
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Found
on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing
Facts…
There was a man named Li Ching-Yuen, a Chinese
herbalist and martial artist, who allegedly lived 197 - 256 years. There's even
an official document from the Chinese government congratulating him on his
150th birthday in 1827.
The most children birthed by ONE mother was 69
children over 27 pregnancies: 16 sets of twins, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets
of quadruplets. This was in Russia, in the 1700s.
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…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
The Police Department is holding a three-day class in weapons
handling conducted by the FBI. The “Shoot” is being held at the County Pistol
Range at the Fairgrounds. Chief Elmo E. Maxwell.
No evidence of rabies has been found in Flagstaff area animals.
Dead dogs, cats, chipmunks, gophers and bats in the Grand Canyon and Tuba City
have yielded no symptoms.
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…Harper’s
Index…
88 – percentage
of political contributions made by pizza companies that go to Republicans
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeoPhoto by @markleongphotography. In the village of Hongphoi,
Konyak tribesmen celebrate the Aoleang planting festival by wearing traditional
costumes, beating log drums and firing off their muskets. This is probably my
favorite outtake from our Naga coverage. The Northeast Indian state of Nagaland
is home to 16 indigenous hill tribes.
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…Foreigners
Find These American Customs Offensive…
14. Keeping your shoes on
While you probably think you're doing the world a favor by keeping
your socks under wraps, in most Asian and Caribbean cultures it is expected
that you take your shoes off when entering someone's home.
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…USA
Facts…
The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In
fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the
national bird of the United States!
A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree
earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school
diploma.
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…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Food chemist William A. Mitchell helped invent Tang, Cool Whip,
and Pop Rocks.
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2
jokes for the day
Q. What did the fish say when it swam into the
wall?
A. Dam!
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Four southern ladies were sitting around
having Bloody Marys and talking about how much their husbands loved them.
The first one says, "My husband loves me so much that he bought me a
diamond ring." But, of course, she was in such a hurry she forgot her
rings, but all the women still said, "Oh, how nice."
The second woman says, "Well, my husband loves me so much he got me a fur
coat." But it was the middle of July and too hot to wear a coat, but still
all the ladies said, "Oh, how nice."
So then the third woman says, "Well, my husband loves me so much he bought
me a Mercedes-Benz." And, of course, she was being chauffeured in the
family Buick."
So they all looked at the fourth woman and said, "Well, honey, how much
does your husband love you?"
She replied, "He loves me so much that he bought me lesson to a charm
school so I could learn to say 'Oh, how nice' instead of sarcastically saying
'Oh, ya, right' after everything you ladies say."
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Yep,
It Really Happened
YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - A disappointed visitor to Yellowstone National Park left a
note on a feedback form asking rangers to train bears to hang out where they
can be seen. The note, shared on Reddit by a person who purported to be a friend
of an employee at a Yellowstone lodge, was written on the bottom of a feedback
form for trouble with maintenance and housekeeping. The note reads: "Our
visit was wonderful but we never saw any bears. Please train your bears to be
where guests can see them. This was an expensive trip to not get to see
bears." A Redditor commenting on the post said the note reminded them of a
quote from a Yellowstone park ranger: "There is considerable overlap
between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the stupidest
tourists."
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Three
dogs (from First Class cabins!) survived the sinking of the Titanic - two
Pomeranians and one Pekingese.
It's rumored that, at the end of the Beatles song, "A Day in the
Life," Paul McCartney recorded an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to
dogs, just for his Shetland sheepdog.
Dalmatian puppies are pure white when they are born and develop their spots as
they grow older.
Dogs and humans have the same type of slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye
movement (REM) and during this REM stage dogs can dream. The twitching and paw
movements that occur during their sleep are signs that your pet is dreaming.
Dogs' eyes contain a special membrane, called the tapetum lucidum, which allows
them to see in the dark.
A large breed dog's resting heart beats between 60 and 100 times per minute,
and a small dog breed's heart beats between 100-140. Comparatively, a resting
human heart beats 60-100 times per minute.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
86 - George
Maharis, Astoria New York, actor (Buz-Route 66)
(84) - Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian actress (Lily-Munsters)
d.2007
(76) - James G. Bennett, Sr., Scotland, newspaper
publisher (New York Herald) d.1872
76 - Lily
Tomlin, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me)
(74) - Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author
(Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga) d.1950
(73) - Ann W. Richards, Lakeview Texas,
American politician d.2006
69 - Barry
Gibb, Manchester England, guitarist/singer (Bee Gees)
(67) - "Boxcar" Willie, singer
d.1999
65- Dr. Phil McGraw-TV host
(59) - Conway Twitty, [Harold Jenkins], Miss,
country singer (Hello Darlin') d.1993
58 - Gloria
Estefan, [Fajardo], Havana, singer (Miami Sound Machine-Conga)
(45) - Rocky Marciano, heavyweight champion
boxer d. 1969
40 - Scott
Speedman, English-born actor
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Historical
Obits Today
Ethel
Waters, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather)-1977@80
Henry "Scoop"
Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), aneurism-1983@71
William
Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition-1838@68
Jacques
Cartier, French explorer claimed what is now Canada for France, typhus-1557@
65
Samuel
Coleridge Taylor, African-British composer, pneumonia-1912@37
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Brain
Teasers Answers
POISON
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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.
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Is All for Now…▲
