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Nov 18, 2017 Week: 46 \ Day: 323
86004 Today: H 54° \ L 21°
Average Sky Cover: 95%
Wind ave.: 6mph\Gusts: 16mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 68°[1898] Record Low: -13°[1958]
Nov Averages: 50°\23°
Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)
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Quote of the Day
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
Salvador Dali
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Observances Today
European Antibiotic Awareness Day Link
Family Volunteer Day
Guinness World Record Day Link
Married To A Scorpio Support Day
Mickey Mouse Day
National Apple Cider Day Link
National Princess Day Link
Playmobil's National Day of Play Link
Push-button Phone Day
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Observances This Week
11-20
12-18
Perioperative Nurse Week Link
National Split Pea Soup Week Link
13-19
National Book Awards Week
17-26
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
300’s
326 Old St. Peter's Basilica consecrated in Rome (stood 4th - 16th century), later replaced by current Basilica
1400’s
1421 Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
1477 First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton
1600’s
1626 St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated, replacing earlier basilica, world's largest Christian basilica
1700’s
1755 Worst quake in Massachusetts Bay area strikes Boston; no deaths reported
1787 First Unitarian minister in US ordained, Boston
1800’s
1805 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America
1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
1872 Suffragette Susan B. Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal and charged with illegally voting
1874 National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland
1883 Standard time zones forms by railroads in US & Canada
1900’s
1902 Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names the teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt
1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives US exclusive canal rights in Panama
1906 Anarchist's bomb St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon1929 Large earthquake in Atlantic breaks transatlantic cable in 28 places
1941 Mussolini's forces leave Abyssinia/Ethiopia
1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
1959 "Ben-Hur" directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston premieres in New York City (Academy Awards Best Picture 1960)
1960 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
1961 JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
1964 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
1966 US Roman Catholic bishops end rules against eating meat on Fridays
1970 Linus Pauling declares large doses of Vitamin C could ward off colds
1978 In Jonestown Guyana 918 members of Peoples Temple are murdered or commit suicide under leadership of cult leader Jim Jones
1979 Ayatollah Khomeini charges US ambassador and embassy with espionage
1982 Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
1989 Pennsylvania is first to restrict abortions after US Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
1991 Muslim Shi'ites release hostages Terry Waite & Thomas Sutherland
1993 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passes US House of Representatives
1997 Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft
1999 In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
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My Rambling Thoughts
Moisture has finally arrived. May not be enough to be measured, but after a few hours, the streets are just damp. Cloudy sky, looks like a real fall day. Hoping for more moisture before this ends. Weatherman says this ‘mist’ is all we are going to get.
Senators are responsible to their constituents. Representatives are responsible to their constituents. The President is responsible to all Americans. I am saddened to hear about all the sexual assault that is and has been taking place around the country. Saddened especially when it involves someone who is elected or trying to be elected to represent some constituents. As this continues, the enemies of the US are winning. Real men who have done this would stand up and take their punishment. Fake men will simply deny it and move on. Hopefully the voters will see the difference.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@92- Imogene Coca,
comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl), born in Philadelphia,
(d. 2001)
80’s
@86- Sojourner Truth [Isabella Baumfree],
African-American abolitionist and feminist, born in Swartekill, New York
(d. 1883)
@86- Ted Stevens,
American politician: Alaska Senator
(d. 2010)
@82- George Gallup,
American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, born in Jefferson, Iowa
(d. 1984)
70’s
78- Brenda Vaccaro,
American actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls), born in Brooklyn
78- Margaret Atwood,
Canadian author/poet, born in Ottawa, Ontario
@74- William Schwenck Gilbert,
English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator (Gilbert & Sullivan), born in London,
(d. 1911)
@74- Alan Shepard,
American astronaut and 1st American in space, born in Derry, NH
(d. 1998)
60’s
@66- Johnny Mercer,
American lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic), born in Savannah, Georgia
(d. 1976)
@64- Wilma Mankiller,
Native American activist, 1st woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma
(d. 2010)
@63- Louis-Jacques Daguerre,
French inventor and photographer (daguerreotype), born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France
(d. 1851)
50’s
56- Steven Moffat,
English TV Producer: New Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Who
57- Elizabeth Perkins,
actress (About Last Night, Big), born in Queens
40’s
49- Owen Wilson,
American actor (Meet the Parents, Zoolander), born in Dallas
47- Megyn Kelly,
American television news anchor
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@92-2005 Harold J Stone,
American actor (Spartacus, The Wrong Man)
80’s
@86-1994 Cab[ell] Calloway,
US band leader/actor (Missourians)
@81-1969 Joseph P Kennedy,
JFK/RFK/TMK father
70’s
@77-1962 Niels Bohr,
Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), 1st to apply the quantum concept,
heart failure
@74-2002 James Coburn,
American actor, (Our Man Flint),
heart attack
@70-1966 Jean Peugeot,
French auto manufacturer
50’s
@57-1886 Chester A. Arthur,
21st US president (1881-85),
stroke
40’s
@47-1978 Jim Jones,
US pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult,
suicide
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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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