Jan 14

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Jan 14, 2018 Week: 03\ Day: 14

86004 Today: H 48° \ L 17° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind ave.:   7mph\Gusts:  15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1943]   Record Low: -15°[2007]

Jan Averages: 50°\23°

Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)

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Today’s Quote

Harper’s Index

2  Factor by which recalled Bombay Sapphire gin in Canada was more alcoholic than advertised

1/5  Portion of the gin that was returned

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Observances This Week

Caesarean Section Day

International Kite Day 

Dress Up Your Pet Day Link 

National Sunday Supper Day Link 

No Pants Subway Ride Day? Link

Organize Your Home Day Link

Ratification Day

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Observances for Today

8-14

Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week

11-17

Cuckoo Dancing Week

14-20

Healthy Weight Week

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                          

1526 Charles V and Francis I sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy and Flanders

1600’s                                          

1690 Clarinet invented, in Nurnberg, Germany

1699 Massachusetts holds day of fasting for wrongly persecuting "witches"

1700’s                                          

1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets

1900’s                                          

1943 World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill, becoming the first American president to travel by airplane

1954 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.

1956 Little Richard releases "Tutti Frutti"

1963 George Wallace sworn in as Governor of Alabama, his address states "segregation now; segregation tomorrow; segregation forever!"

1967 Sonny & Cher release single "Beat Goes On"

1979 US President Jimmy Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday

1981 US Federal Communications Commission frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish

1985 Martina Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors & Evert)

1989 1,000 Muslims burn Salman Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradford, England

1995 Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex's $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico

2000’s                                          

2004 The national flag of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag" restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years

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My Rambling Thoughts

Stayed busy yesterday helping out a friend. Running around town looking for an auto part. Success.

A little cleaning today. Not too much, cause it’s the weekend.

Still trying to comprehend 45’s comment about other countries. This man does not represent my views. I have made 6 trips to Africa, mostly to 3^rd world countries. While there was a lot of poverty, the people in every country were kind, friendly, and willing to share their culture with our group. Only someone who visits with a closed mind would not be able to see their beauty. I doubt that 45 has truly traveled outside the US. Traveling is so much more than visiting a place…it’s eating their food, seeing their sites, and listening to their stories. What a sad excuse for a leader.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

100’s

@100- Hal Roach,

early film director and producer (1 Million BC)

(d. 1992)

90’s

@92- Andy Rooney,

CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes),

born in Albany, NY

@90- Albert Schweitzer,

doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)

(d. 1965)

80’s

80- Jack Jones,

singer (Love Boat Theme),

born in Los Angeles

70’s

@77- Mark Goodson, A

merican game show producer

pancreatic cancer (d. 1992)

77- Faye Dunaway,

American actress (Chinatown, Bonnie & Clyde),

born in Bascom, Florida

@75- Julian Bond,

American civil rights leader and politician (D-Ga),

born in Nashville

vascular disease (d. 2015)

75- Holland Taylor,

actress (Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth),

born in Philadelphia

74- Nina Totenberg,

American journalist NPR

70- Carl Weathers,

actor (Apollo Creed-Rocky)

born in New Orleans

60’s

@65- Guy Williams,

American actor (Zorro, Lost in Space),

born in NYC,

found in Argentina hotel (d. 1989)

@60- Benedict Arnold,

US general turned traitor (American Revolutionary War),

born in Norwich, CT

dropsy (d. 1801)

50’s

@58- William Bendix,

American actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley),

born in NYC,

stomach ailment (d. 1964)

54- Shepard Smith,

American news anchor

@53- Mark Antony [Marcus Antonius],

Roman Politician and General (Battle of Actium), born in Rome suicide

suicide (d. 30 BC)

50- LL Cool J,

American rapper (Bigger & Deffer), actor

born in Bay Shore, New York

40’s

49- Dave Grohl,

drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@89-2013 Conrad Bain,

Canadian-born American actor

@88-2009 Ricardo Montalbán,

Mexican actor (How the West Was Won, Fantasy Island)

@85-2006 Shelley Winters,

American actress (Lolita, A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue

& Poseidon Adventure)

@85-1742 Edmond Halley,

English mathematician and astronomer (Halley's comet),

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@81-1984 Ray Kroc,

American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) and

owner of baseball's San Diego Padres

@81-1978 Blossom Rock [Edith Marie Blossom MacDonald],

American actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family)

70’s

@73-1977 Anaïs Nin,

French author

cancer

60’s

@69-2016 Alan Rickman,

English actor (Die Hard, Harry Potter franchise),

cancer

@65-1898 Lewis Carroll,

English writer (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland),

influenza

@60-1977 Peter Finch,

actor (Network, The Nun's Story, Judith),

heart attack

0’s

@57-1957 Humphrey Bogart,

American actor (Casablanca, Caine Mutiny),

cancer of the esophagus

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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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