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Sep 26, 2017 Week: 39 \ Day: 269
86004 Today: H 61° \ L 28°
Average Sky Cover: 20%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: 15mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Sep Averages: 74°\42°
Sep Records: H: 91° (1948) L: 20° (1912)
Record High: 84°[1899] Record Low: 22°[1934]
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Quote of the Day
I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.
Stephen Hawking
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Observances Today
Compliance Officer Day Link
National Dumpling Day Link
National Voter Registration Day Link
Shamu the Whale Day
Situational Awareness Day Link
World Contraception Day Link
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Observances This Week
24-30
Banned Books Week
Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link
International Interpreters and Translators Week
National Fall Foliage Week Link
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
World Reflexology Week
25-29
Ally Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1500’s
◄1580 Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of the world, sailing into Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind
1700’s
1772 New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine
1789 Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st US Secretary of State; John Jay becomes 1st US Chief Justice
1800’s
1872 The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City.
1892 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ)
1900’s
1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
◄1950 UN troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul
1957 Bernstein & Sondheim's musical "West Side Story" premiere at the Winter Garden Theater in NYC
◄1959 Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, causing the deaths of 4,580 people with 658 missing
1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
◄1960 Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivers a 4 hrs, 29-minute speech at the UN
1963 1st edition of NYC Review of Books
1964 "Gilligan's Island", starring Bob Denver as Gilligan, debuts on CBS
1968 "Oliver!" directed by Carol Reed and starring Mark Lester and Ron Moody premieres in London (Best Picture 1969)
◄1969 The Beatles release "Abbey Road" album
1972 American Museum of Immigration dedicated
◄1973 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic (Washington, D.C. to Paris) in record-breaking time (3h33m).
◄1980 Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor ending "freedom flotilla"
1982 "Knight Rider", starring David Hasselhoff, debuts on NBC
1984 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa
1995 "George" magazine premieres, published by John F. Kennedy Jr
◄1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
00’s
2006 Martin Scorsese's "The Departed", starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Mark Wahlberg, premieres in New York City (Best Picture 2007)
◄2014 World Health Organizations estimates that Ebola death toll has reached 3,091 - with Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone hit hardest
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My Rambling Thoughts
Not a bad fall day. Chilly last night. Leaves are quickly turning. Did some quick shopping this morning. Cleaned a little, vacuumed, and took out the trash.
More great news from DC. If the current healthcare bill does not pass, they will figure out a way to bring it up again. This reminds me of the movie Groundhog Day where we just relive the same day over and over.
Broncos lost. Wasn’t available on my TV here in AZ. Probably a good thing. Just waiting for the Cards tonight.
Also wondering what the two teams will be doing during the National Anthem. 45 just can’t take care of the business of his current job and keeps drawing attention away from the important stuff. I wish the news media on all sides would take a course in ‘How to deal with a bully’. All the literature talks about how important it is to ignore the bully. Well, surprise…it ain’t that easy when you are the one being bullied.
Interesting…Trump signed a memorandum for $200million/year to go to STEM education in schools. Lots of cute kids, teachers, and Cabinet members were present. Let’s hope this actually happens.
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Bizarre News
A groom in the United Kingdom thought his bride was very generous when she offered to arrange his bachelor party. However, the deceitful woman had other plans as she ran away with money and called off the wedding.
Chris Mahone, 27, and his friends were excited to travel to Ibiza, Spain, to celebrate his bachelor party.
The group of 29 friends paid a total of 13,200 British pounds (about $17,500) for the airline tickets and hotel rooms. However, when the group arrived at the Leeds-Bradford airport, they learned that they had been conned by the bride, 29-year-old Rachel Doran. Doran had given the men documents, which appeared to be from a tour company, but they turned out to be fake.
After learning that their tickets were never paid for, the groom called the hotel, where they were supposed to stay, and he learned that the rooms were never booked either.
When Mahone tried called his fiancee for an explanation, she had vanished from the home they shared, and she went into hiding.
Since some of the men had taken time off from work, they decided to go ahead with their planned trip despite losing their money to Doran's scam.
However, the brokenhearted groom was not in the mood of going on a trip. He went home to file a police report against Doran.
Mahone posted a message on Facebook, in which he apologized to his friends. "I totally want to apologize to all my fantastic mates who were going to celebrate what was supposed to be my stag do. I can't apologize enough. I'm sorry boys, I really am."
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@82- Bill France, Sr., American racing car driver and co-founder of NASCAR, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1992)
@81- Donna Douglas, American actress (Elly May Clampett-The Beverly Hillbillies), born in Pride, Louisiana (d. 2015)
@80- Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope (d. 1978)
70’s
@76- T. S. Eliot, American poet (The Waste Land), dramatist and critic (Nobel Prize 1948), born in St Louis Missouri, (d. 1965)
60’s
69- Olivia Newton-John, Australian singer and actress (Lets Get Physical), born in Cambridge, England
@67- Lynn Anderson, American country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden), born in Grand Forks, North Dokota (d. 2015)
50’s
@57- Marty Robbins, American country singer (Devil Woman, I Walk Alone), born in Glendale, Arizona (d. 1982)
55- Melissa Sue Anderson, Cal, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
40’s
@44±- Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order, born in Assisi, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1226)
@43-1968 Anthony Shadid, New York Times foreign correspondent and two time Pulitzer winner, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2012)
30’s
@38- George Gershwin, [Jacob Gershvin], composer (Rhapsody in Blue), born in Brooklyn, (d. 1937)
36- Serena Williams, American tennis star (41 major titles), born in Saginaw, Michigan
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Historical Obits Today
100’s
@100-2010 Gloria Stuart, American actress (Rose: Titanic)
80’s
@88-1952 George Santayana, US philosopher/poet (Last Puritan)
@85-1820 Daniel Boone, frontiersman
@83-2008 Paul Newman, American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), racing car driver and popcorn mogul (Newman's Own)
70’s
@72-1991 Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (Sail Along Sil'vry Moon), cancer
40’s
@43-1937 Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues, in car crash
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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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