Nov 9

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Nov 9, 2017 Week: 45 \ Day: 313

86004 Today: H 55° \ L 32°

Average Sky Cover: 3% 

Wind ave.:   4mph\Gusts:  0mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 71°[1973]   Record Low: 3°[1898]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)

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Quote of the Day

Many a trip continues long after movement in time 

and space have ceased.

   John Steinbeck

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Observances Today

Chaos Never Dies Day 

International Tempranillo Day  Link

Kristallnacht--: 10

Microcia Awareness Day  Link

World Freedom Day  Link

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Observances This Week

5-11

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link   

National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Link   

National Radiologic Technology Week Link

6-10

Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link 

National Young Reader's Week Link   

7-13

Dear Santa Letter Week

8-11

International Dyslexia Reading, Literacy Week

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                 

◘1541 Queen Catherine Howard (Henry VIII's fifth wife) confined in Tower of London

1600’s                                 

◘1620 After a month of delays off the English coast and about two months at sea, the Mayflower spots land (Cape Cod)

1700’s                                 

◘1764 Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.

◘1799 Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of First Consul

1800’s                                 

1821 1st US pharmacy college holds 1st classes, Philadelphia

1842 The first U.S. design patent for typefaces and borders was issued to George Bruce of New York City

1857 Atlantic Monthly magazine 1st published

1862 US General Ulysses S. Grant issues orders to bar Jews from serving under him

1872 The Great Boston Fire of 1872. Close to 1,000 buildings destroyed

1900’s                                 

1906 Theodore Roosevelt is 1st US President to visit another country (Puerto Rico and Panama)

◘1918 Emperor Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I

1938 Al Capp, cartoonist of Lil' Abner, creates Sadie Hawkins Day

◘1938 Kristallnacht begins: progrom against Jews in Germany and Austria - first large-scale physical act of anti-Jewish violence, begins

1944 Red Cross wins Nobel peace prize

1946 US President Harry Truman ends wage/price freeze

◘1953 Cambodia (aka Kampuchea) gains independence from France, within the French Union

◘1961 Paddy Chayefsky's "Gideon" premieres in NYC

1961 The X-15 rocket plane achieved a world record speed of 4,093 mph (Mach 6.04) and reached 101,600 feet (30,970 m or over 19 miles) altitude

1976 UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa

◘1991 Joint European Torus (JET) scientists in Culham England successfully harness nuclear fusion to produce the first large amount of controlled fusion power

1998 Brokerage houses are ordered to pay 1.03 billion USD to NASDAQ investors to compensate for price-fixing - largest civil settlement in US history

2000’s                                 

2007 Alicia Keys releases her 3rd studio album “As I Am” (Grammy Award Best Female R&B Vocal Performance 2008, 2008 Billboard Album of the Year)

◘2014 Asia-Pacific countries, including China and the United States, announce plans to co-operate more closely in the fight against corruption

2015 San Diego's SeaWorld announces it will overhaul its killer whale show after controversy over the whale's treatment

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My Rambling Thoughts

Typical fall Wednesday. Thankfully not much breeze so can enjoy our beauty.

Watched the news channels this morning just after sunrise. CNN was wall to wall about Dems victories, Faux was busy talking about 45’s trip. No wonder our country is so divided. Both now have their own bias and it is hard to find any non-biased information anywhere...except NPR/PBS I’m actually interested in both issues, but can’t do it on one site. Sad.

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Bizarre News

*- Man Smashes Record 302 Walnuts in 55 Seconds -*

A kung fu master in China broke a Guinness World Record when he used his bare hands to smash 302 walnuts in 55 seconds. A video recorded in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, shows kung fu expert Li Weijun using his bare hands to break 302 walnuts in 55 seconds. The martial artist's feat bested the previous record of 212 walnuts in one minute, which a man in India set weeks earlier. The accomplishment has been submitted to Guinness for official recognition.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@95- Sargent Shriver,

Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp

(d. 2011)

80’s

@86- Hedy Lamarr,

Austrian-American actress (Ecstasy, Samson & Delilah) and inventor (radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary

(d. 2000)

@86- Imre Kertész,

writer (Nobel Laureate 2002) and concentration camp survivor, born in Budapest

(d. 2016)

70’s

@79- Ed Wynn, [Isaiah Edwin Leopold],

comedian (Ed Wynn Show), born in Philadelphia,

(d. 1966)

@77- Spiro Agnew,

American politician (Vice President, 1969 until resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), born in Baltimore, Maryland

(d. 1996)

@74- Benjamin Banneker,

African American mathematician and surveyor of Washington D.C., born in Ellicott's Mills, Maryland

(d. 1806)

@72- Gail Borden,

American manufacturer and inventor of condensed milk, born in Norwich, NY

(d. 1874)

@72- Mary Travers,

folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary), born in Louisville, KY

(d. 2009)

60’s

@68- [Albert] Edward VII,

King of England (1901-10)

(d. 1910)

66- Lou Ferrigno,

American body builder/actor (Incredible Hulk), born in Brooklyn

@62- Carl Sagan,

astronomer, author, professor (Cosmos, Broca's Brain), born in Brooklyn,

(d. 1996)

40’s

@48- Tom Fogerty,

American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), born in Berkeley, California

(d. 1990)

@42- Dorothy Dandridge,

American actress/singer/dancer (Porgy & Bess), born in Cleveland,

(d. 1965)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@85-2015 Andy [Andrew] White,

Scottish drummer, drummed on early Beatles records ("Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You")

@85-2003 Art Carney,

American actor (Ed Norton-Honeymooners)

70’s

@79-1970 Charles de Gaulle,

President of France (1958-69),

ruptured blood vessel

@78-1953 Abdulaziz Ibn Saud,

 Founder and first King of Saudi Arabia (1932-53),

heart attack

60’s

@65-1980 Victor Sen Yung,

actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family),

propane gas poisoning while curing clay

@61-1881 Edwin Drake,

Father of the oil industry, drilled the first oil well.

50’s

@59-1938 Edward Murray East,

American Botanist and Geneticist who developed hybrid corn,

various illnesses

30’s

@39-1953 Dylan Thomas,

Welsh poet (Child's Christmas in Wales),

alcoholism

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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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