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Oct 19, 2017 Week: 42 \ Day: 292
86004 Today: H 72° \ L 40°
Average Sky Cover: 20%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts: 15mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 77°[2003] Record Low: 6°[1971]
Oct Averages: 63°\31°
Oct Records: H: 85° (1980) L: -2° (1971)
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Quote of the Day
To be free is to have achieved your life.
Tennessee Williams
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Observances Today
Conflict Resolution Day Link
Get to Know Your Customers Day
Get Smart About Credit Day
International Credit Union Day Link
LGBT Center Awareness Day
Read for The Record Day Link
Spirit Day Link
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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
1500’s
◄1512 Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia)
1700’s
◄1781 British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends
1800’s
1818 US Government & Chickasaw Indians sign a treaty
1853 First flour mill in Hawaii begins operations
1870 1st African Americans (4) elected to US House of Representatives
1900’s
◄1901 Edward Elgar's "Pomp & Circumstance March" premieres in Liverpool
◄1901 Santos-Dumont proves airship maneuverable by circling Eiffel Tower
◄1904 Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through superintendence of American C.A. O'Reilley
1914 US post office 1st used an automobile to collect & deliver mail
1917 Love Field in Dallas, Texas, is opened
◄1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
1943 Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University
1957 "Damn Yankees" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,022 performances
1971 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published
◄1973 Saudi Arabia, Libya, and other Arab states proclaim an embargo on oil exports to the United States
1976 US President Gerald Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909
1983 Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday
1987 Black Monday: Dow Jones stock index falls 508.32 points (22%), 4½ times the previous daily record
1990 "Dances with Wolves" directed by Kevin Costner and starring Kevin Costner and Mary McDonnell premieres in Washington, D.C. (Academy Awards Best Picture 1991)
1998 The Earth Liberation Front sets fire to Vail Mountain ski resort in Colorado, causing $12 million in damage
2000’s
◄2005 Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity
2014 A working human intestine is generated in a laboratory from stem cells in the United States
2015 US scientists from University of California find evidence life on earth may have begun 4.1 billion years ago, 300 million earlier than previously thought
◄2015 Canadian federal elections: Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party win a majority with 184 seats
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My Rambling Thoughts
Midweek shopping was successful. Sam’s continues its constant moving of items. Every week for over 2 months one has to search for items. One week the item will be on the last row, next week, in the middle of the store, next week on the far wall. It makes no sense. If the prices weren’t so good, I’d quit shopping there until they let everything find a nice home where they will stay.
Another warm day with the slightest chance of showers. We need lots of moisture for our forest. The sooner the better.
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Bizarre News
Police were called after two women posed as workers from a cable television company to gain access into a home, where they robbed a woman.
Authorities in Massachusetts said that 29-year-old Lily B. Bodenlos and an accomplice robbed the home of the elderly woman.
The women sprayed pepper spray on her face and tied her up before taking more than $8,000 in cash, several bottles of prescription pills and a key to the woman's safe.
According to detectives, Bodenlos, who is from Naugatuck, Connecticut, forgot something very important in the house, her resume.
After arriving at the victim's home, detectives in Springfield found a folder with Bodenlos' history, telephone number and email address in the first-floor bathroom, according to the arrest report.
Three weeks later, Bodenlos and her accomplice, Melissa Mimitz, 37, from Newington, Connecticut, were arrested and charged with seven felony counts, including possession of firearms, armed robbery, possession of firearms, and kidnapping.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@83- Jack Anderson,
journalist (Wash Post), born in Long Beach, CA
(d. 2005)
@81- LaWanda Page,
actress (Aunt Esther-Sanford & Sons), born in Cleveland,
(d. 2002)
81- Tony Lo Bianco,
actor (Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner!), born in Brooklyn
80- Peter Max,
American psychedelic artist (Dynamite Chicken), born in Berlin, Germany
70’s
@79- Annie S Peck,
mountain climber/explorer/diplomat
(d. 1935)
@75- Bertha Landes,
1st woman elected mayor of a major US city (Seattle)
(d. 1943)
@74- Miguel Ángel Asturias,
Guatemalan novelist (Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67), journalist and poet, born in Guatemala City
(d. 1974)
@72- James Bevel,
American civil rights activist (Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Direct Action), born in Itta Bena, Mississippi
(d. 2008)
72- John Lithgow,
actor (Harry & Hendersons, Pelican Brief), born in Rochester, New York
72- Patricia Ireland,
feminist/president (National Organization of Women)
@70- Charles E. Merrill,
American investment banker (Merrill Lynch), born in Green Cove Springs, Florida
(d. 1956)
50’s
@59- Robert Reed,
Highland Park Ill, actor (Mike-Brady Bunch, Nurse)
(d. 1992)
55- Evander Holyfield,
American boxer (Olympic bronze 1988) and world champion (1990-92), born in Atmore, Alabama
53- Ty Pennington [Gary Tygert Burton],
American television host (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), born in Atlanta
50- Amy Carter,
US President Jimmy Carter's daughter and peace activist
40’s
@42- Peter Tosh [Winston Hubert McIntosh],
Jamaica, reggae musician (Mystic Man, Mama Africa)
(d. 1987)
@42- Divine, [Harris Glenn Milstead],
Balt MD, actress (Pink Flamingo)
(d. 1988)
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@87-1966 Elizabeth Arden,
US cosmetic manufacturer
@86-2008 Mr. Blackwell,
American fashion critic, born in Brooklyn
@83-2010 Tom Bosley,
American actor
@81-2008 Rudy Ray Moore,
American comedian and actor (Dolemite)
70’s
@78-1994 Martha Raye,
actress (Pin Up Girl),
pneumonia
@78-1745 Jonathan Swift,
English writer (Gulliver's Travels)
60’s
@64-1978 Gig Young,
American actor,
kills his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide
50’s
@58-1950 Edna St Vincent Millay,
American poet/dramatist/feminist (Harp Weaver-Pulitzer Prize),
heart attack/fall
30’s
@36-1912 John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer,
cricketer (Aus-born Sussex bowler 1906-09)
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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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