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Oct 12, 2017 Week: 41 \ Day: 285
86004 Today: H 68° \ L 42°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 24mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 83°[1950] Record Low: 9°[1969]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°
Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)
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Quote of the Day
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Samuel Butler
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Observances Today
Day of the Six Billion Link
Drink Local Wine Day
Free Thought Day
International Moment of Frustration Day
Spanish Language Day Link
Stem Cell Awareness Day Link
World Arthritis Day Link
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Observances This Week
National Physician’s Assistant Week: 6-12
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta: 7-15 Link
Death Penalty Focus Week: 8-14
Drink Local Wine Week: 8-14
Earth Science Week: 8-14 Link
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: 8-14Link
National School Lunch Week: 9-13
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1200’s
◄1216 King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash as the flood tide swamps his wagons, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
◄1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany and are set on fire
1600’s
◄1609 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" published in London
◄1654 The Delft Explosion (gunpowder) devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100
1700’s
1792 First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
1800’s
◄1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
1850 First women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens
1854 Lincoln University founded in Pennsylvania as Ashmun Institute
1871 US President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
◄1879 British troops occupy Kabul, Afghanistan
◄1891 Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
1892 US Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools during Columbus Day
1900’s
1901 Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion" as "The White House"
1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citizens who identify themselves with dual nationalities
1920 Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC
1928 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
1933 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
◄1960 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe on his desk at UN General Assembly session
◄1962 US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience forms with Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell
◄1968 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
◄1968 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain
◄1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
1973 US President Richard Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President
1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to University of California Med School
1991 Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
1992 Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life)
◄1999 The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born
2000’s
◄2000 American destroyer USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39
◄2002 Terrorists explode two bombs in Bali's nightclub district killing 202 and injuring 209 mostly foreign tourists
◄2012 The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves of an African-led force to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali
◄2012 The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, sparking a series of critical commentary
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My Rambling Thoughts
Warm temps have returned to our fair town. Windows open. Teva’s back in use.
Did my weekly shopping. All good in this beautiful weather.
As today is the anniversary of the Mexico Olympics, it is time to remember the American athletes who stood on the platform with raised fists. Some saw them as heroes while others saw them as unpatriotic. Their message resounds today with the NFL players who take a knee. In 50 years, this too will be seen much differently.
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Bizarre News
Lee County, Florida Sheriff Deputies say a man attempted to jump a canal with his car in a Lehigh Acres neighborhood.
Witnesses say they saw a man in a blue Toyota Corolla drive to the edge of the canal and stop. Then, he got out of the car to observe the distance, got back into the vehicle and tried to make the jump of about 20 feet.
His vehicle had to be towed out of the canal.
Neighbors believe the driver was "misbehaving, or under the influence of alcohol or drug-related."
Deputies say the man was not injured, but the car was totaled. The Lee County Sheriff's Office is still investigating.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@84- Dick Gregory,
American comedian, civil rights activist and dietician (Bahamian Diet), born in St. Louis, Missouri
(d. 2017)
82- Sam Moore,
rock vocalist (Sam & Dave-Soul Sister), born in Miami, Florida
70’s
@71- Luciano Pavarotti,
Italian operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio, 3 Tenors), born in Modena, Italy
(d. 2007)
60’s
@69- Elmer A Sperry,
inventor (gyrocompass)
(d. 1930)
40’s
49- Adam Rich,
American actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy), born in NYC
49- Hugh Jackman,
Australian actor and singer (X-men, Real Steel), born in Sydney, Australia
48- Nancy Ann Kerrigan,
Woburn Mass, figure skater (Olympics-silver-1994)
47- Kirk Cameron,
Panorama City California, actor (Mike-Growing Pains)
40- Bode Miller,
American alpine ski-racer
20’s
@25- Lane Frost,
American professional bull rider, born in La Junta, Otero County Colorado
(d. 1989)
25- Josh Hutcherson,
American actor (Hunger Games films), born in Union, Kentucky
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@97-2015 George Mueller,
NASA Systems Engineer (managed 1969 Moon landing)
80’s
@85-2002 Ray Conniff,
American bandleader and musician
70’s
@75-2003 Joan Kroc,
American philanthropist,
brain cancer
@75-1985 Johnny Olsen,
TV announcer (Price is Right),
stroke
@72-2003 Willie Shoemaker,
American jockey
@70-2011 Dennis Ritchie,
American computer scientist (created C programming language, helped developed Unix),
prostate cancer
60’s
@69-1989 Jay Ward,
American cartoonist (Rocky & His Friends),
kidney cancer
@65-1845 Elizabeth Fry,
English prison reformer, social reformer and Quaker Minister who is depicted on the British £5 note,
stroke
@63-1999 Wilt Chamberlain,
American NBA basketball player (5 time MVP),
congestive heart failure
@63-1870 Robert E. Lee,
American General who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War,
pneumonia
50’s
@57-1969 Sonja Henie,
figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36),
leukemia
@53-1997 John Denver,
American country music star (Country Boy),
plane 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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