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Oct 18, 2017 Week: 42 \ Day: 291
86004 Today: H 73° \ L 31°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: --mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 78°[1921] Record Low: 10°[1971]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°
Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)
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Quote of the Day
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
George Washington Carver
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Observances Today
BRA Day USA Link (Breast Reconstruction Awareness)
Hagfish Day Link
Hard Boiled Guy/Girl Day Link
Information Overload Day Link
International Necktie Day Link
International Print Day Link
Meatloaf Appreciation Day Link
Medical Assistants Recognition Day Link
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
National Take Your Parents To Lunch Day
Newpaper Comic Strip Appreciation Day
Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce
World Menopause Day
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Observances This Week
Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week: 12-20 Link
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: 15-21
Freedom From Bullies Week: 15-21
International Infection Prevention Week: 15-21 Link
Mediation Week: 15-21 Link
National Character Counts Week: 15-21
National Business Women's Week: 15-21 Link
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week:15-21 Link
National Food Bank Week: 15-21
National Forest Products Week: 15-21
National Friends of Libraries Week:15-21
National Pharmacy Week: 15-21 Link
National Save For Retirement Week: 15-21 Link
National Teen Drivers Safety Week: 15-21 Link
Choose To Be G.R.E.A.T. Week: 16-20 Link
Medical Assistants Recognition Week: 16-20 Link
National Health Education Week: 16-20 Link
National School Bus Safety Week: 16-20
YWCA Week Without Violence: 16-20 Link
Freedom of Speech Week: 16-22 Link
Asexuality Week: 17-23 Link
Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week: 17-24
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◄ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1000’s
◄1009 The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock
1300’s
◄1356 Basel earthquake, the most significant historic seismological event north of the Alps, destroys Basel in Switzerland.
◄1386 Opening of the University of Heidelberg
1600’s
1648 1st labor organization forms in North American colonies (Boston Shoemakers)
◄1685 French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes canceling rights of French Protestants
1700’s
1767 Mason Dixon line, the boundary between Maryland & Pennsylvania agreed upon
1775 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.
1776 In a bar decorated with bird tail in Elmsford, New York, a customer requests a glassful of “those cock tails” from bartender Betsy Flanagan
1800’s
◄1855 Franz Liszt's "Prometheus" premieres
◄1867 US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia having paid $7.2 million
1873 Columbia Princeton Rutgers & Yale set rules for collegiate football
1878 Edison makes electricity available for household use
1892 1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)
1898 American flag raised in Puerto Rico
1900’s
1910 E. M. Forster publishes novel "Howards End"
◄1921 Biding its time, Soviet Russia agrees to independence for the Crimea
◄1922 British Broadcasting Company (BBC) founded, later called British Broadcasting Corporation
◄1929 Women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law
1931 American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion
1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of Philadelphia Athletics after 50 years, longest serving manager in MLB history
1952 Date of the first Mad Magazine issue
1954 Texas Instruments Inc. announces the first transistor radio.
1961 "West Side Story", directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, the film adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical, starring Natalie Wood, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1962)
◄1962 James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA
1968 Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas
◄1968 US Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith & John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony
1969 Federal government bans use of cyclamates artificial sweeteners
1973 Congress authorizes bi-centennial quarter, half-dollar & dollar coin
2000’s
◄2013 Saudi Arabia becomes the first country to turn down a seat on the UN Security Council in protest over Syria
2016 US White Houses says it is "confident" Russia behind recent email hacking and attempts to influence US election
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My Rambling Thoughts
Another great fall day…warm, blue sky, almost no breeze. However; our forests need moisture and a good amount. Ready for any moisture, including snow.
Did some shopping and saved some money. I’m not a big WalMart shopper, but do buy household things, bird seed, etc. there. They have a program called ‘Savings Catcher’. One can quickly enter every receipt to the app on the phone. Any item that is cheaper somewhere else gives you that much credit. Today I cashed in $49 worth of savings…about 8 months of shopping. As my mom would say…easy-peasy.
While AZ Senator John McCain is trying to bring statesmanship back to this country, the kindergarten name-calling continues: 45 uses ‘Little Rocket Man’ and now N. Korea responded with ‘Mad Dog Trump’. Seriously, everybody just grow up.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@90- Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen],
guitarist and singer-songwriter (Roll over Beethoven), born in St Louis,
(d. 2017)
80’s
@86- Jesse Helms,
(Sen-D/R-North Carolina)
(d. 2006)
@85- Leo G. Carroll,
English actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), born in Weedon
(d. 1972)
@80- Pierre Trudeau,
15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), born in Montreal,
(d. 2000)
70’s
78- Mike Ditka,
NFL coach and tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961), born in Carnegie, PA
@71- George C. Scott,
American actor and director (Patton, Dr. Strangelove), born in Wise, Virginia
(d. 1999)
@71- Peter Boyle,
American actor (Joe, Candidate, Everybody Loves Raymond), born in Norristown, PA
(d. 2006)
60’s
66- Pam Dawber,
actress (Mindy-Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam), born in Detroit
@65- Victor Sen Yung,
actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family), born in San Francisco,
(d. 1980)
61- Martina Navratilova,
Czech tennis star (Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87), born in Prague, Czech Republic
50’s
57- Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Belgian actor (Double Impact, Kickboxer, No Retreat), born in Brussels, Belgium
@56- Erin Moran,
American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), born in Burbank, California
(d. 2017)
56- Wynton Marsalis,
jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
40’s
@49- Laura Nyro,
singer/songwriter (Eli's Coming, Stoney End), born in The Bronx
(d. 1997)
30’s
38- Ne-Yo [Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr],
Camden, Arkansas, American pop and R&B singer and songwriter
@35- Inger Stevens,
actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), born in Stockholm,
(d. 1970)
33- Milo Yiannopoulos,
controversial journalist
33- Lindsey Vonn,
American alpine skier
30- Zac Efron,
American actor (High School Musical, 17 Again), born in San Luis Obispo, CA
20’s
@24- Lee Harvey Oswald,
American assassin of JFK, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
(d. 1963)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@97-1982 Bess Truman,
1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo
80’s
@84-2013 Tom Foley,
American politician (Rep-D, 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95)
@84-1931 Thomas Edison,
American inventor
70’s
@75-1893 Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone,
US abolitionist/feminist,
stomach cancer
@70-1997 Nancy Dickerson,
American pioneering journalist, 1st female news correspondent (CBS),
stroke
60’s
@60-1973 Walt Kelly,
American cartoonist and animator (Pogo),
diabetes complications
20’s
@29-1676 Nathaniel Bacon,
rallied against the Virginian government,
fever
@26-1984 Jon-Erik Hexum,
actor (Bear),
gun loaded with blanks
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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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