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July 19, 2017 Week: 29 \ Day: 200

86004 Today: H 86° \ L 56°

Average Sky Cover: 80% 

Wind ave:   4mph\Gusts:  17mph

Visibility: 10 mi

July Averages: 82°\50°

July Records: H: 97° (1973) L: 32 (1955)

Record High: 92°[1989]   Record Low: 34°[1987]

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Quote of the Day

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

  Saint Augustine

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Observances Today

Flitch Day Link 

National Hot Dog Day Link 

National Raspberry Cake Day

Take Your Poet To Work Week 

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Observances This Week

Rabbit Week: 15-21

Captive Nations Week: 16-22 

Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 16-22 Link 

National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 16-22Link  

National Zoo Keeper Week: 16-22 Link  

National Independent Retailers Week:16-22 Link  

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25

National Baby Food Week: 19-22 Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

★  Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s

★1595 Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe

1800’s

★1843 Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becomes first ocean-going craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and the largest vessel afloat in the world

1845 Fire in NYC destroys 1,000 homes & kills many

1848 1st US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott

1866 Tennessee is 1st to ratify 14th Amendment to the US constitution, guaranteeing civil rights

1900’s

★1903 1st Tour de France won by Maurice Garin of France

1912 A meteorite of estimated 190kg mass explodes over Holbrook in Navajo County, Arizona, causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the town.

★1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union

★1952 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland

1961 1st in-flight movie shown (TWA)

★1969 Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit

★1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; US & others boycott

1984 Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), wins Democratic VP nomination

1985 Christa McAuliffe chosen as 1st school teacher to fly aboard the space shuttle

1991 Cal Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game 1993 President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions

★1996 26th Olympic Games opens in Atlanta, Georgia

2000’s

2007 TV drama "Mad Men" debuts starring Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Moss and Vincent Kartheiser on cable network AMC

★2015 World Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284

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My Rambling Thoughts

Cloudy day, awaiting the monsoon. Wind is picking up, so it won’t be long.

Got my CPAP machine set for something. Not real sure what he did or if it will fix the issue, or now, if there is even an issue. No matter what the little screen shows, the printout says I’m averaging 7.5, whatever that means. I have never been so confused by something that seems so simple. Guess I’ll find out next Fri when I see my PCP.

And now the Conservative spin begins. ‘We can’t pass a better plan than Obamacare, so we will just wait for it to fail and blame the liberals.’…oh, and some of our own who didn’t get in lock step with a bad plan.  One side: The failure to pass a bill now puts healthcare solely on the Republican Congress. Other side: The Democrats got us into this healthcare mess and any failure falls solely on them. Hello? Can you hear us? Healthcare is an important piece of America and is important to all Americans.

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Today’s Trivia Hive

(answers at the end of post)

How many Wimbledon titles did U.S. tennis player Pete Sampras win?

5          0

7          3

37.0% taking the internet quiz got it correct.

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Harper’s Index

3→Minimum number of US politicians who have distributed AR-15 assault rifles at campaign events this year

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Yep, It Really Happened

A Texas police officer responded to an unusual plea for help when a Good Samaritan called 911 to report someone slipped a note through the receipt slot of an ATM, saying they were trapped inside.

The incident happened at a Bank of America branch in Corpus Christi.

Officer Richard OIden arrived at the scene after the repairman had pushed out handwritten notes that read: "Please help. I'm stuck in here, and I don't have my phone. Please call my boss."

At first, Olden said he thought someone was playing a prank. Then he heard a faint voice coming from behind the machine and realized someone was actually inside.

The repairman, who was not identified, had gone inside the room housing the ATM to fix a broken lock on the door. Unfortunately, the lock got the better of the worker and he'd left his cellphone in his truck, rendering him helpless.

The man had apparently put several notes through the machine, though previous customers either didn't notice them or thought they were a joke.

When police realized what had happened, they kicked open the door to the security room, freeing the man inside.

           

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Somewhat Useless Information

It is a myth that a duck's quack won't echo. This has been conclusively disproved through different scientific acoustic tests, and was even featured as "busted" on an episode of the Discovery Channel show Mythbusters.

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Ducks have been domesticated as pets and farm animals for more than 500 years, and all domestic ducks are descended from either the mallard or the Muscovy duck.

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Ducks are omnivorous, opportunistic eaters and will eat grass, aquatic plants, insects, seeds, fruit, fish, crustaceans and other types of food.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@-93- Robert Aitken,

Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha), born in Philadelphia,

(d. 2010)

80’s

@-84- Pat Hingle [Martin Patterson],

American actor (Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), born in Miami

(d. 2009)

70’s

77- Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)],

singer (Let it Be Him), born in El Paso, Texas

73- Commander Cody (George Frayne IV),

singer/pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)

60’s

@-66- Lizzie Borden,

American woman acquitted of the murder of her parents (gave her mother forty whacks), born in Fall River, Mass

(d. 1927)

50’s

55- Anthony Edwards,

actor (It Takes Two, Dr Greene-ER), born in Santa Barbara, California

40’s

@-47- Samuel Colt,

American inventor and industrialist (Colt 6 shot revolver), born in Hartford, Connecticut

(d. 1862)

41- Benedict Cumberbatch,

English actor (12 Years a Slave, Sherlock), born in London, England

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@93-2016 Betsy Bloomingdale,

American socialite and fashion leader

80’s

@86-2014 James Garner,

American actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)

@81-2016 Garry Marshall,

American TV and film director (Happy Days, Pretty Woman)

40’s

@49-1974 Joe Flynn,

actor (McHale's Navy), drowning/heart attack?

@47-1975 Lefty Frizzell,

American country music singer and songwriter, stroke/alcoholism  

@43±-1543 Lady Mary Boleyn,

mistress of King Henry VIII of England

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Trivia Hive  Answers

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Game, set, match! On the tennis courts, Pete Sampras is a name familiar to many ears. In addition to five wins at the U.S. Open, the tennis great would net seven Wimbledon titles in his career. Sampras started professionally serving up ferocious forehands and spellbinding backhands at the young age of 16. A child of Greek immigrants, Sampras would go on to make his parents proud with 14 Grand Slam wins and induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Source: Biography.com

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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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