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Nov 5, 2017 Week: 45 \ Day: 309
86004 Today: H 59° \ L 35°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave.: 12mph\Gusts: 25mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 70°[1976] Record Low: -1°[1922]
Nov Averages: 50°\23°
Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)
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Quote of the Day
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward
what is arcane and concealed.
Khalil Gibran
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Observances Today
Daylight Savings Time Ends
Play Monopoly Day Link
Stout Day Link
National Love Your Red Hair Day
World Tsunami Awareness Day
Zero Tasking Day
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Observances This Week
1-7
National Fig Week
National Patient Accessibility Week
World Communication Week
3-5
National Farm Toy Show Days
Sherlock Holmes Weekend
5-11
Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Link
National Radiologic Technology Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
◘ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
00’s
◘1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
◘1605 Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. Plot discovered, Guy Fawkes caught, tortured and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, where his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.
1639 First post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
1872 American women's right to vote advocate Susan B. Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant
◘1881 1,600 police and volunteers attack Māori settlement at Parihaka in western Taranaki which had become the symbol of protest against the confiscation of Māori land, New Zealand
1895 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car
1895 US state Utah accepts female suffrage
◘1900 Under US military control since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Cuba now calls its own constitutional convention
1912 Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage
1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"
1935 Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1940 US President FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
◘1943 Vatican in Rome bombed by unknown source
1956 The Nat King Cole Show debuts on NBC, the first variety program to be hosted by an African-American
◘1973 Arab producers announce 25 percent cut in oil production
◘2000 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church
2009 US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps) killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.
◘2010 Ai Weiwei is reportedly placed under house arrest by Chinese authorities because of a planned party to mark the demolition of his new studio in Shanghai 2013 Bill de Blasio is elected New York City Mayor
2015 Collins Dictionary name "binge-watch" the word of the year, followed by "transgender"
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice quiet day. Catching up on laundry and DVR-d shows from the past few days. Wind making it a little chilly to be outside.
So 45 is off to visit some beautiful places. Hopefully, he will enjoy the beautiful places and return to this great country with a new understanding of what this world is all about. It may be the longest trip to that part of the world by any President, but then again, he has so much to learn.
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Bizarre News
*-- The Old 'I Thought It Was Trash' Defense --*
A homeowner may face a lawsuit from a woman who hurt her back while she was stealing from his property. 54-year-old Julie Ann Upright of Florida was arrested after being caught stealing decorative blocks from a house in Port Richey. Officers arrested Upright after they found 42 decorative cement blocks worth $420 in her vehicle. The homeowner told officers that Upright stole the blocks that were part of a remodeling project for his home. The blocks were placed in the family's front yard about 4 feet from the road, the owner said. Upright claimed that she thought the blocks were placed close to the sidewalk because they were trash. After she was taken into custody, Upright threatened to sue the homeowner because she injured her back on his property while loading the stolen blocks into her vehicle, police said.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@96- Will Durant,
American author/historian (Story of Civilization)
(d. 1981)
80’s
@86- Paul Sabatier,
French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1941)
@86- Roy Rogers, (Leonard Franklin Slye)
cowboy (Happy Trails, Roy Rogers Show), born in Cincinnati,
(d. 1998)
@84- Joel McCrea,
actor (Marshal-Wichita Town), born in South Pasadena, CA
(d. 1990)
70’s
77- Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz],
actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar), born in Berlin
@76- Ike Turner,
AKA Mr Tina Turner!, guitarist (A Fool in Love)
(d. 2007)
76- Art Garfunkel,
American singer/actor (Simon and Garfunkel, Carnal Knowledge), born in New York
70- Peter Noone,
rocker (Herman-Herman's Hermits-Silhouttes)
60’s
@65- Michael Dertouzos,
Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science
(d. 2001)
65- Bill Walton,
American NBA center (Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics)
@61- Teddy Flack [Edwin],
Australian athlete, double Olympic gold medalist in 1896, born in London, England
(d. 1935)
61- Kris Jenner,
American TV personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in San Diego
50’s
54- Tatum O'Neal,
Los Aangeles California, actress (Paper Moon, Little Darlings) and ex-wife of John McEnroe
@53- Vivien Leigh,
English actress (Gone With The Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire), born in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, India
(d. 1967)
20’s
@26- Jon-Erik Hexum,
Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up)
(d. 1984)
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@83-1991 Fred MacMurray,
American actor (My Three Sons),
pneumonia
70’s
@75-1977 Guy Lombardo,
orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne),
heart attack
@70-1979 Al Capp,
US cartoonist (Li'l Abner),
emphysema
60’s
@66-2010 Jill Clayburgh,
American actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough),
leukemia
@64-1942 George M Cohan,
father of musical comedy,
cancer
50’s
@57-1960 Ward Bond,
actor (Wagon Train),
heart attack
40’s
@49-1989 Barry Sadler,
singer (Green Berets),
murdered
@48-1879 James Clerk Maxwell,
Scottish physicist (speed of light),
abdominal cancer
30’s
@33-1960 Johnny Horton,
American country and rockabilly singer (The Battle of New Orleans),
car accident
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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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