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Oct 11, 2017 Week: 41 \ Day: 284
86004 Today: H 52° \ L 32°
Average Sky Cover: 0%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts: 16mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 80°[1965] Record Low: 19°[1920]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°
Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)
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Quote of the Day
The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Observances Today
International Day of The Girl Link
International Top Spinning Day
Myths & Legends Day For All Fantasy Movie, Books and Legends
Cephalopods Link
National Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work & School Day
National Coming Out Day
National Food Truck Day Link
S.A.V.E. (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Link
Southern Food Heritage Day
Stop Bullying Day
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Observances This Week
National Physicians Assistant Week: 6-12
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta: 7-15 Link
Death Penalty Focus Week: 8-14
Drink Local Wine Week: 8-14
Emergency Nurses Week: 8-14
Fire Prevention Week: 8-14 Link
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week: 8-14
National Chestnut Week: 8-14
National Metric Week: 8-14
Teen Read Week: 8-14
Veterinary Technicians Week: 8-14 Link
National School Lunch Week: 9-13
Take Your Medicine Americans Week: 10-17
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1100’s
1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria kills an estimated 230,000
1500’s
1521 Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"
1800’s
1864 Slavery abolished in Maryland
1871 Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, 300 killed
1881 David Houston patents roll film for cameras
1887 A Miles patents elevator
1890 First 100 yard dash under 10 seconds run by John Owen in 9.8 sec at Analostan Island, Washington D.C.
1890 Daughters of American Revolution founded
1900’s
1906 San Francisco Board of Education orders segregation in separate schools of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children sparking diplomatic crisis
1922 First woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson)
1924 Bureau of Surrealist Research opens in Paris, directed by Antonin Artaud, resource centre for surrealist writers
1929 JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1939 Albert Einstein informs FDR of the possibilities of an atomic bomb
1945 Chinese civil war begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party
1950 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
1975 "Saturday Night Live" created by Lorne Michaels premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host
1976 Mao Zedong's widow Jiang Qing & "Gang of Four" arrested & charged with plotting a coup
1983 Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
1985 President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands
1986 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
1987 200,000 march for gay and lesbian civil rights in Washington D.C.
1992 Deion Sanders, plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) & Braves (Baseball)
2000’s
2000 The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.
2001 The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2012 Mo Yan, a Chinese hallucinatory realist writer, wins the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature
2013 The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize
2016 South Korean firm Samsung announces it will permanently stop production of Note 7 phones after complaints devices caught fire
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My Rambling Thoughts
Another cloudless sky with cool fall temps.
I turned of my office TV last night about 10p. When I went in at 6a, it was mysteriously back on. I left it on while I checked my computer. When I was ready to start the day I tried to turn off the damn thing. The remote didn’t work. And there is only one button on the TV, with no marking as to what it is for. I went downstairs, got new batteries, put them in the remote. Still nothing. I left the TV on. While out and about, I bought a cheap universal remote. That one didn’t do anything either, after putting in about 2 dozen codes. Got on the internet machine and found customer service. Called. A very nice guy. He had me push that one button, nothing. So, he had me unplug the TV, push that one button for about 20 seconds, plug the TV back in, and push the button. TV comes on. Tried the remote, TV turned on. I was concerned that I was going to have a skinny black thing sitting on my desk. Luckily, it all worked. Yeah! Vizio for the great customer service.
Can’t believe the horrific fires in CA that seem to have come out of basically nowhere. Homes lost, lives lost, and the wine industry destroyed. What a mess.
Now that Bannon has announced that he is working hard to oust Republican Senators and Reps that do not toe the line on conservative issues, the Republican party is in deep trouble. That also means our two-party system is in deep trouble.
Too add to those problems, Maddow, on MSN, showed some of the FB posts that were made by Russian money. They were very negative and had lots of English grammar mistakes, but millions of Americans read them, and shared them. I must say, this is very concerning.
I am used to seeing grammatical errors in posts. I ignore them if they are ‘sponsored’ posts or posts that are ‘shared’ by someone I know. Not claiming to be part of the grammar police, at times I will send a private message to someone if it is really bad.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
100’s
@101- Florence Ebersole Finch,
Philippine American war hero (WWII), born in Santiago, Philippines
(d. 2017)
90’s
@93- Fred Trump,
American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump, born in NYC,
(d. 1999)
80’s
@81- Wilhelm Olbers,
discovered asteroids (Pallas & Vesta)
(d. 1840)
70’s
@78- Eleanor Roosevelt,
American 1st lady (1933-1945) human rights advocate (UN), born in NYC,
(d. 1962)
@74- Henry John Heinz,
founded prepared-foods company (Heinz-57 varieties), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(d. 1919)
71- Daryl Hall, [Hohl],
Penn, rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile)
50’s
56- Steve Young,
NFL quarterback (SF 49ers, NFL Player of Year '92), born in Salt Lake City
55- Joan Cusack,
American actress (Working Girl, SNL, Addams Family Values), born in Evanston Illinois
51- Luke Perry,
American actor (Beverly Hills 90210), born in Mansfield, Ohio
40’s
48- Ty Murray,
rodeo cowboy (5-time all-around world champion)
41- Emily Deschanel,
American actress (Bones), born in Los Angeles
40- Matthew Bomer,
American actor (White Collar)
20’s
28- Michelle Wie,
American golfer
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@91-2007 Werner von Trapp,
member of the Trapp Family Singers
60’s
@68-1985 Tex Williams,
American country-western singer,
cancer
40’s
@48-1988 Wayland Flowers,
ventriloquist (Madame),
AIDS
@47-1963 Edith Piaf,
French singer (No, I don't regret anything),
liver cancer/alcoholism
30’s
@35-1809 Meriwether Lewis,
(Lewis & Clark Expedition),
suicide or murdered
@34-1779 Casimir Pulaski,
Polish military leader (called the father of American cavalry),
killed in action
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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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