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Sep 7, 2017 Week: 36 \ Day: 250
86004 Today: H 84° \ L 51°
Average Sky Cover: 30%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: 14mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Sep Averages: 74°\42°
Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20°(1912)
Record High: 89°[1977] Record Low: 35°[1970]
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Quote of the Day
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare
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Observances Today
Google Commemoration (Founded) Day
Grandma Moses Day
National Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day 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
4-10
Suicide Prevention Week
5-9
Play Days
Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link
7-9
Popcorn Days: 7-9 Link
National Days
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
BC’s
★1251 BC A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
1600’s
1630 The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1800’s
1876 Frank James and his gang are involved in a disastrous raid in Northfield, Minnesota, results in the death or capture of multiple gang members (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested)
1880 Geo Ligowsky patents device to throw clay pigeons for trapshooters
1888 Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York
1900’s
★1902 In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September
1903 Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY
★1904 British forces in Tibet force the 13th Dalai Lama to sign a treaty granting Britain trading posts in Tibet and a guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers
★1910 In the Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing-rights dispute between the US and Newfoundland (still separate from Canada)
1914 NY Post Office Building opens to public
1915 Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)
1916 Workmen's Compensation Act passed by Congress
1921 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
★1923 Interpol forms in Vienna
1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
1948 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh
1954 Integration begins in Washington, D.C. & Balt MD public schools
1963 American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday
★1977 Ethiopia drops diplomatic relations with Somalia
★1977 US President Jimmy Carter and Panama's General Omar Torrijos sign the Panama Canal treaties, guaranteeing Panama control of the Panama Canal after 1999
1979 The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
★1986 Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986 Cleveland Browns becomes 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
★1991 1st South African international competition in 25 years, gymnastics
1996 Rap artist Tupac Shakur shot multiple times in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas, dies 6 days later
2000’s
★2004 Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hitting Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
★2005 First presidential election was held in Egypt.
2008 The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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My Rambling Thoughts
Recovering nicely, now that I have yet another antibiotic. Eating normal food again.
I starting a new hashtag: #tooearlyforChristmasDecorations. I did my weekly shopping this morning. The great Sam’s Club has not one, not two, but three aisles of nothing but Christmas stuff. I mentioned my dismay to the lady who checks your receipt as you leave. She said, “I have to look at that every day, I agree, they are just rushing us through our lives.” I recall telling a few stores that I would not shop there until after Thanksgiving when they put up Christmas stuff just after Halloween. That was about 30 years ago. Guess they didn’t care what I thought and just keep moving it closer and closer to Independence Day.
I have several friends who live in Florida and have visited Cuba twice. This is a very frightening time for those areas, and so many more.
Racism and fear has come to our small mountain town. Sometime Monday night someone go into a downtown Hookah bar and spray painted Nazi symbols and ‘Get Out’ on the walls. Then the intruders started a small fire. Our town if very upset. I didn’t even know there was such a place in Flagstaff, but think I will visit it. I have some great memories of Egypt and other parts of Africa and part of those memories include Hookah. The hoolkah is used when friends are around and good conversation takes place. The Iraqi lady who owns the place said she has also received death threats since opening it. Sick, igonorant people are everywhere. Cops and others are still looking for the perps and I hope they find them soon.
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Bizarre News
*---- Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire ----*
A man who swam out into the ocean to elude North Carolina police managed to escape from a shark and a drone camera, but not the long arm of the law. The Surf City Police Department said Zachary Kingsbury, 20, was pulled over and officers asked him to step out of the car when they spotted what appeared to be illegal drugs inside the vehicle. Police said Kingsbury ran into the ocean and started swimming out to sea. The police department deployed a camera drone to track the swimming suspect and the aircraft managed to keep pace with Kingsbury for about an hour before losing visual contact approximately 4,000 feet from shore. The video recorded by the drone shows a shark swimming nearby Kingsbury at one point during his swim, but the man failed to capture the predator's attention and it left him alone. Kingsbury was finally located near the Wicker Avenue Beach Access in North Topsail Beach. He was arrested on multiple drug-related charges.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
100’s
@101- Grandma Moses [Anna Maria],
American primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), born in Greenwich, New York
(d. 1961)
90’s
@99- Michael E DeBakey,
artificial heart pioneer
(d. 2008)
@94- Elia Kazan,
Constantinople Turkey, director (Streetcar Named Desire)
(d. 2003)
@91- James Van Allen,
US physicist (discovered Van Allen radiation belts)
(d. 2006)
80’s
@88- Daniel K. Inouye,
politician (US Senator, 1963-2012), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
(d. 2012)
@87- Donald Henderson,
American epidemiologist, led world campaign that eradicated smallpox, born in Lakewood, Ohio
(d. 2016)
@84- Taylor Caldwell [Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell],
Anglo-American novelist (Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician), born in Manchester, England
(d. 1985)
70’s
@79- Ed Warren [Edward Warren Miney],
American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
(d. 2006)
76- Garrison Keillor,
humorist (Praire Home Companion)
60’s
@69- Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) and daughter of Henry VIII and Anna Boleyn, born in Greenwich, London
(d. 1603)
68- Gloria Gaynor,
disco singer (I Will Survive), born in Newark, New Jersey
@67- Samuel Wilberforce, English bishop and one of the greatest public speakers of his day (remembered for his opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution), born in London
(d. 1873)
67- William Katt,
US, actor (Butch & Sundance Kid, Carrie)
@65- Harry Sinclair Lewis, US, writer (Babbitt, Nobel 1930)
(d. 1951)
63- Corbin Bernsen,
TV actor
@61- Peter Lawford, actor (Mrs Miniver, Thin Man), born in London, (d. 1984)
@60- Laura Ashley,
Welsh fashion designer, businesswoman and co-founder of Laura Ashley, born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
(d. 1985)
50’s
50- Leslie Jones
Comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), born in Memphis
20’s
@22- Buddy Holly [Charles Holley],
American musician (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day), born in Lubbock, Texas
(d. 1959)
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@84-1971 Spring Byington,
actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride)
30’s
@31-1978 Keith Moon,
rock drummer (Who), drug overdose
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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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