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Dec 6, 2017 Week: 49 \ Day: 341
86004 Today: H 41° \ L 16°
Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind ave.: 12mph\Gusts: 24mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 62°[1977] Record Low: -6°[1951]
Dec Averages: 50°\23°
Dec Records: H: 68° (1950) L: -23° (1990)
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Quote of the Day
Civilization began the first time an angry person
cast a word instead of a rock.
Sigmund Freud
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Observances Today
Miners' Day
National Pawnbrokers Day
Special Kids Day Link
World Trick Shot Day Link
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Observances This Week
3-9: Clerc-Gallaudet Week
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Computer Science Education Week Link
( Always week with 12/9. Birthday of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper.)
4-8: Cookie Exchange Week
International Coelenterate Biology Week Link
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1500’s
1534 Quito, Ecuador, founded by Spanish
1700’s
1732 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army retreats to Scotland
1768 1st edition of "Encyclopedia Brittanica" published in Scotland
1800’s
1825 US President John Adams suggests establishment of a national observatory
1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland for the 2nd and final time
1862 US President Abraham Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux Indians
1865 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery
1876 US Electoral College picks Rutherford B. Hayes as President, despite Samuel J. Tilden winning more votes
1877 1st recording made of the human voice made by Thomas Edison reciting "Mary had a little lamb"
1877 Washington Post publishes 1st edition
1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs
1900’s
1904 Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) 1933 Ban on James Joyce's "Ulysses" in US lifted
1955 New York psychologist Joyce Brothers wins "$64,000 Question" with topic of boxing
1956 Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa
1965 Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
1969 300,000 attend Altamont California, rock concert feature Rolling Stones
1973 Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected Vice President, succeeds Spiro Agnew who resigned over corruption allegations
1988 Yasser Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden
1994 Maltese Falcon auctioned for $398,590
1998 Hugo Chávez is elected President of Venezuela
2000’s
2001 The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador
2012 Typhoon Bopha’s death toll rise to 418 with 318 missing and 179,000 displaced
2013 Pope Francis gives his ascent to a proposal to create a permanent post on the Pontifical Commission on cases of sin and sexual abuse of minors
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My Rambling Thoughts
Yesterday I started doing loads of laundry. Then I got a message that my best boss’ wife had passed. It is sad, but she had been in poor health for several years, and really declined after her husband passed. Then Cheryl called and she was in town and so we did a late lunch. Have to say: SmashBurger has the best hamburgers and great haystack onion rings. She had a great time in CA with her son and his family. She’ll be heading back for Christmas. And, thanks to text messaging we were able to set up our Christmas lunch/gift exchange with Mary who is in Oregon. Got home, finished laundry and relaxed. Busy day.
Today I finished the laundry, caught up on mail, and put everything where it belongs.
Very disappointed with 45’s cutting Bear’s Ears and Escalante National Monuments to a fraction of their original size. Our government is losing its understanding of a heritage for the next generations.
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Bizarre News
Train passengers were shocked to see two men having sex late at night, according to police in Australia.
Melbourne police said that officers were called to the Flinders Street Station after the two men, 22, and 25, stripped naked and had sex.
The two men, who were not identified, were charged with willful and obscene exposure. They were also charged with theft for allegedly stealing potted plants from Melbourne Town Hall.
Witnesses at the scene told police that the two men stripped naked and danced around two potted plants, which they allegedly stole earlier in the day. The two men then performed sex acts on each other.
Some people laughed at the two lovers but one elderly woman yelled at them to stop their public display of love.
A video of the incident was uploaded to the Internet, where it went viral. Police arrived at the scene and forced the men to get dressed.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
@86- Ira Gershwin,
lyricist ('S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm)
(d. 1983)
70’s
@73- Agnes Moorehead,
American actress (Endora in Bewitched),
born in Clinton, Massachusetts
(d. 1974)
60’s
69- JoBeth Williams,
American actress (Kramer vs Kramer, Poltergeist),
born in Houston, Texas
@65- Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin,
French magician and father of modern magic,
born in Blois, France
(d. 1861)
50’s
@55- Satoru Iwata,
entrepreneur (4th President of Nintendo)
55- Janine Turner,
actress (Northern Exposure)
40’s
@48- Wally Cox,
actor (Mr Peepers, Hollywood Squares), born in Detroit, Michigan
(d. 1973)
30’s
@31- Joyce Kilmer,
American poet (Trees),
born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
(d. 1918)
20’s
24- Elian Gonzalez,
Cuban boy at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States,
born in Cuba
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@92-2016 Peter Vaughan,
British actor (Porridge, Game of Thrones)
80’s
@87-1990 Tunku Abdul Rahman,
Malaysia's founding father, 1st Prime Minister of Malaya (1957-63) and Malaysia (1963-70)
@86-1989 Frances Beauvier,
actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry)
@85-1993 Don Ameche,
actor (Cocoon)
@81-1889 Jefferson Davis,
President of Confederate States of America (1861-65)
@80-2000 Werner Klemperer,
German-born actor (Hogan's Heroes)
70’s
@75-1892 [Ernst] Werner von Siemens,
German inventor and industrialist (siemens electrical conductance unit and Siemens corporation)
@73-343 Saint Nicholas [Nikolaos of Myra],
Greek Bishop who became the model for Santa Claus
@70-1996 [Alvin] Pete Rozelle,
NFL commissioner,
brain cancer
60’s
@68-1985 Burr Tillstrom,
puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie)
50’s
@52-1988 Roy Orbison,
American musician (Pretty Woman),
massive heart attack
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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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