Jan 7

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Jan 7, 2018 Week: 02\ Day: 7

86004 Today: H 60° \ L 29° \ Average Sky Cover: 60% 

Wind ave.:   10mph\Gusts:  18mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1914]   Record Low: -17°[1913]

Jan Averages: 50°\23°

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

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Today’s Quote

Harper’s Index

7,000,000: Estimated number of leeches legally bred in Russia each year for medicinal purposes

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Observances This Week

1-8

Diet Resolution Week 

National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week

New Year's Resolutions Week

Silent Record Week

2-8

Someday We'll Laugh About This Week

7-13

Home Office Safety and Security Week  Link

National Folic Acid Awareness Week Link

Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week

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Observances for Today

Golden Globes

Harlem Globetrotter's Day

I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day

International Programmers' Day Link

Old Rock Day

Orthodox Christmas

National Bobblehead Day Link

National Tempura Day Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                          

1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia

1610 Galileo discovers first three satellites of Jupiter, Io, Europa & Ganymede

1700’s                                          

1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)

1784 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia

1785 1st balloon flight across English Channel by Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries

1800’s                                          

1890 African American inventor William Purvis receives a patent for the fountain pen

1892 Mine explosion kills 100 in Krebs, Oklahoma; blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns

1900’s                                          

1904 Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st international radio distress signal

1914 1st steamboat passes through the Panama Canal

1916 In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare

1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan

1927 Harlem Globetrotters play their 1st game in Hinckley, Illinois

1929 "Buck Rogers" sci-fi comic strip's 1st appearance in a newspaper

1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts

1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union

1953 US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb

1955 Marian Anderson becomes the 1st African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera

1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV

1969 US Congress doubles president salary

1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"

1975 Gary Geld & Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah" premieres in NYC for 1050 performances

1980 American President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation to bail out the Chrysler Corporation with a 1.5-billion-dollar loan

1983 President Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala

1986 US President Reagan announces economic sanctions against Libya

1989 International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris

1991 Saddam Hussein prepares his troops for what he says will be a long violent war against the US

1996 "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1622 performances

1999 Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins in the US Senate

2000’s                                          

2007 Phil Jackson wins his 900th game as a head coach, becoming the fastest coach to reach 900 career wins

2015 Terrorist attack on the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris kills 12 (including Jean Cabut and Stéphane Charbonnier), injures 11

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My Rambling Thoughts

Quite lazy Saturday with high clouds and warm temps…for winter.

Counting my blessings that I am not friends with 45. Seems like a man who doesn’t understand friendship. One false move and twitter erupts with vile comments.  Over the years I worked with a couple of people who were bi-polar. They could turn on a friend for no apparent reason. Coincidence…I don’t think so.

Speaking of bi-polar...it seems to be at the head of DOJ. For decades Sessions wanted more state control for just about everything…except abortion laws.  Now he is going after states that have approved marijuana for medical and recreational purposes.  What a waste of Federal money. Sounds like he saw Reefer Madness in his youth and stopped reading anything about it since then.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@89- William Peter Blatty,

American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist,

born in NYC

(d. 2017)

@85- Alan Napier,

British actor (The Sword in the Stone, Batman),

born in Birmingham, England

(d. 1988)

@84- Butterfly McQueen [Thelma],

American actress (Gone With the Wind, Flame of Barbary Coast),

born in Tampa, Florida

(d. 1995)

70’s

@76- Paul Revere,

American pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders),

born in Harvard Nebraska,

(d. 2014)

@74- Millard Fillmore,

13th US President (Whig: 1850-53),

born in Moravia, NY

stroke (d. 1874)

70- Kenny Loggins,

American singer (Loggins and Messina-This is it, Footloose),

born in Everett, WA

60’s

68- Erin Gray,

actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers),

born in Honolulu

@66- Juan Gabriel, [Alberto Aguilera Valadez],

Mexican singer,

born in Michoacan state  

heart attack (d. 2016)

@63- Johann Christian Fabricius,

Danish Entomologist (named nearly 10,000 species),

(d. 1808)

62- David Caruso,

American actor (NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes),

born in Forest Hills, NY

61- Katie Couric, [Katherine],

TV news host (Today),

born in Arlington

60- Donna Rice,

model/Gary Hart's lover,

born in New Orleans

50’s

55- Rand Paul,

US politician (Senate-R-Kentucky 2011-),

born in Pittsburgh

54- Nicolas Cage,

American actor (Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon),

born in Long Beach

40’s

47- Tina Anderson,

American LGBT-comic-book writer

41- Dustin Diamond,

actor (Screech-Saved By Bell),

born in San Jose, California

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@86-1943 Nikola Tesla,

Serbian-American physicist (tesla motor)

@84-2015 Rod Taylor,

Australian actor (Time Machine, The Birds)

70’s

@78-1943 George Washington Crile,

American Surgeon (blood transfusion, surgical shock)

50’s

@50-1536 Catherine of Aragon,

1st wife of England's King Henry VIII,

poisoned?/cancer

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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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