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Sep 12, 2017 Week: 37 \ Day: 255
86004 Today: H 78° \ L 45°
Average Sky Cover: 50%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: --mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Sep Averages: 74°\42°
Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20°(1912)
Record High: 88°[1990] Record Low: 25°[1985]
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Quote of the Day
Live as brave men, and if fortune is adverse,
front its blows with brave hearts.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Observances Today
Ants On A Log Day Link
International Day for South-South Cooperation Link
National Day of Encouragement Link
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Observances This Week
10-16
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week
International Housekeepers Week Link
Line Dance Week
National Assisted Living Week
National Environmental Services Week Link
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1600’s
★1624 1st submarine publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I
1695 New York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
1700’s
★1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto
★1759 British soldiers capture the town of Quebec.
1776 Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission
1800’s
★1895 Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] completes the first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle in 15 months and collects her $10,000 prize
1900’s
★1909 World's first patent for synthetic rubber granted to German chemist Fritz Hofmann
1910 United States' 1st known female cop appointed, Alice Stebbins Wells by LAPD
★1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
1928 -17] Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000
1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph
★1940 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings
1944 -16] Hurricane, kills 389 in NC
1956 Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school
1958 US Supreme Court orders the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to integrate
1959 "Bonanza" premieres on NBC-TV
1960 John F. Kennedy avers he does not speak for the Roman Catholic Church, and neither does the Church speak for him.
1964 Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
1966 "Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV
★1974 Coup overthrows Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie on Ethiopia's national day
1978 Situation comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television
1992 Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii
1992 Mae Jemison is the 1st African American woman to go into space (aboard Endeavour STS-47)
★1995 Belarus military shoots down a hydrogen balloon, killing its two American pilots.
2000’s
2012 Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and iOS 6
★2012 Excavators announce that they may have found the remains of King Richard III of England under a carpark in Leicester
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My Rambling Thoughts
Today would have been my mother’s 98th birthday. She had a good life of 89 years, a loving husband, and 2 great kids who loved her very much. She is missed.
Took my vehicle to a quick car wash. It looks much better. Summer rain and dirt is gone. In a few weeks, I’ll do a full-service wash and get everything looking like new. Just in time for fall.
A few months ago I saw a post from a young environmentalist. We became ‘Friends’ and I just finished his new book We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement That Restores the Planet’. He was also just on Real Time. He is a 17 year old Aztec/Mexican and was raised in Boulder, CO. Check out Xiuhtezcatl Martinez’s new book, his Ted Talks, and his bio. A young man with a true mission.
Florida seems to have survived. I’ve heard from most of my friends down there and all are OK/Safe. Now they are into cleanup. The one colleague I haven’t heard from is one I never hear from, but a friend will let me know later this week.
I have two suggestions to all the 24-hour news channels. #1: When a disaster occurs it is not necessary to put your reporters out in the elements 24/7. You claim they are were all protected and many were tethered. And they are telling everyone in the area to hunker down inside, while they are outside. Many watching do not know all the safety precautions, and might just go outside. Also, many announced that electricity was out for miles and then said ‘Keep watching our station for the latest on this disaster, and what you should do.’ Really?
#2: We need to have updates and maybe some live shots, but not 24/7. How about having a 30 minute broadcast every hour with other news. The world situation did not stop while Irma was doing her damage.
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Bizarre News
*-- Fest Goers Milk Woman For All She's Worth --*
A woman offered her breast milk to fellow attendees at Burning Man, for lattes and hangover cures. Miki Agrawal shared photos of herself pumping breast milk while walking around the festival to share with other guests. "I pumped my breasts every three hours at Burning Man and gave away most of my milk," Argawal wrote. "Some people downed a whole four ounces hoping for a hangover cure. Some wanted it for their coffee to make lattes." Argawal estimated that about 30 to 40 people tried her breast milk and she gave a bag to a coffee camp. "They had regular, soy and breast milk as the options," she said. Argawal tried some herself, noting it tasted like sweet coconut milk, but said the experience helped her notice a lack of awareness about motherhood. Argawal added that she believes it's time to have "a greater conversation about" why people find it uncomfortable to discuss breast pumping.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@83- Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer, "thank heaven for little girls" (Gigi), born in Paris (d. 1972)
@85- Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor: James Bond’s Q (d. 1999)
86- Ian Holm, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, Alien), born in Ilford Essex
81- George Jones, country musician (d. 2013)
70’s
77- Linda Gray, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas), born in Santa Monica, California
73- Leonard Peltier, AIM activist
60’s
@66- Jesse Owens, American track and field star who spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold medals, born in Oakville, Alabama (d. 1980)
@66- Gunther Gebel-Williams, lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus) (d. 2001)
62- Peter Scolari, New Rochelle New York, American actor (Newhart, Bosom Buddies)
50’s
@58- Barry White, singer (Love's Theme), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2003)
51- Darren E Burrows, Kansas, actor (Ed Chigliak-Northern Exposure)
50- Louis C.K. [Louis Székely] Comedian (Louie), born: Washington D. C.
40’s
@40- Paul Walker, American actor (The Fast and the Furious), born in Glendale, California (d. 2013)
30’s
37- Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
36- Jennifer Hudson, American actress and singer (Dreamgirls), born in Chicago, Illinois
@35- Henry Hudson, English navigator and explorer (Hudson River), born in England (d. 1611)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@90-1934 Catherine Breshkovsky, Babushka/Grandmother of Russian revolution
80’s
@80-2013 Ray Dolby, sound expert/inventor (Dolby noise limiting system)
70’s
@79-2015 Max Beauvoir, Haiti Chief Voodoo Priest
@76-1993 Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason), liver cancer
@71-2003 Johnny Cash, American country singer (I Hear the Train Coming), diabetes/broken heart
60’s
@60-1992 Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), AIDs
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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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