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Sep 4, 2017 Week: 36 \ Day: 247
86004 Today: H 84° \ L 52°
Average Sky Cover: 10%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts: --mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Sep Averages: 74°\42°
Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20°(1912)
Record High: 90°[1945] Record Low: 27°[1961]
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Quote of the Day
Leap, and the net will appear.
John Burroughs
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Observances Today
Cow Chip Throwing days
Labor Day
Great Bathtub Race
National Wildlife Day:4 Link
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Observances This Week
1-7
International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week7 (UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week Link
3-9
National Waffle Week
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
4-8
National Payroll Week
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1600’s
★1609 Navigator Henry Hudson first European to discover island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]
★1682 English astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet named after him
1700’s
★1781 Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes)
1800’s
1813 First US religious newspaper (Religious Remembrance (Christian Observer))
1862 General Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederate troops during US Civil war
1882 1st large-scale test of Thomas Edison's light bulb - lighting of NY's Pearl Street Station
1885 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war
1888 George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
★1893 English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5-year-old boy
1900’s
★1933 Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista
1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
1972 US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals
★1972 Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America.
1988 Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
1998 Google is formally incorporated by Larry Pageand Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University
2000’s
★2008 "The Hurt Locker" directed by Kathryn Bigelowand starring Jeremy Renner premieres at the Venice Film Festival (Best Picture 2010)
★2016 Mother Teresa canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican
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My Rambling Thoughts
Lazy Sunday as I continue to recover and my digestive system decides to start working properly. Just wish it would hurry up a little. Ready to go out and walk around.
Looking forward to a great Labor Day. Hope everyone enjoys the day and remembers how the day came about.
Hopefully, the theatrics of North Korea are just that. Now is the time to let the military leaders in our country speak, and put a muzzle on 45 so that this mess does not escalate. Surprise, surprise…DOJ found no wiretapping by Obama. 45 and the conspiracy theorists will never let this go.
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Bizarre News
*-- The Wheels On The Bus Go 'Round and 'Round --*
A man who wanted a ride to Florida stole a school bus and led police in a high-speed chase, according to police in Alabama. Blount County Sheriff's Office notified the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office of a school bus that had been stolen in their jurisdiction. The description of the bus was given and the suspect was described as a white male. At approximately 8:00 a.m., Jefferson County Deputies in the Bessemer Division came into contact with the stolen bus and attempted to get the vehicle to stop. The driver refused to stop and a pursuit ensued. Deputies along with several other law enforcement agencies continued to follow the bus throughout the Birmingham area. The bus finally came to a stop after an Alabama State Trooper vehicle was hit as the trooper was attempting to deploy stop sticks. He then threw two guns out of the bus. The driver told police that his friends were taking him to Florida when he got into a fight with them. He was kicked out of the car in Alabama, then decided to steal the school bus to drive himself to Florida.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@90- Paul Harvey,
news commentator (Rest of the story), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
80’s
@83- William Lyons,
British industrialist (Jaguar cars), born in Blackpool, Lancashire
(d. 1985)
@80- Lewis Howard Latimer,
American inventor (carbon filament light bulbs), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts
(d. 1928)
70’s
@74- Clive Granger,
Welsh-born British economist and Nobel laureate, born in Swansea, Wales
(d. 2009)
60’s
@63- Dick York,
American actor (Darrin #1-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
(d. 1992)
50’s
57- Damon Wayans,
actor/comedian (In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman)
30’s
36- Beyoncé Knowles,
singer (Destiny's Child), born in Houston, Texas
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@81-2014 Joan Rivers,
American comedienne (Late Show, Hollywood Sq),
serious complications from a procedure on her vocal cords
@80-1962 William Clothier, American tennis player (US Open-1906) and 1st president of tennis hall of fame
60’s
@64-1907 Edvard Grieg,
Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite),
heart failure
50’s
@58-1991 Dottie West,
country singer (Here Comes my Baby),
car crash
@50-1993 Herve Villechaize,
actor (Fantasy Island),
shoots self
40’s
@44-2006 Steve Irwin,
Australian naturalist and TV personality (The Crocodile Hunter),
killed by a stingray
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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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