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Mar 1, 2018 Week: 09\ Day: 60

86004 Today: H 45° \ L 17° \ Average Sky Cover: 10% 

Wind ave.:   7mph\Gusts:  12mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning: 854 miles away

Record High: 66°[1921]   Record Low: -10°[1997]

Marb Averages: 46°\19°

Mar Records: H: 73° (2007) L: -16° (1966)

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Today’s Quote

Perfection is attained by slow degrees;

it requires the hand of time.

  Voltaire

Harper’s Index

65-Percentage increase last year in the number of Afghan

children killed or wounded by explosive remnants of war

+44-Percentage change since 2005 in the volume of the

global arms trade

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Observances This Week

Feb 25- Mar 3

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Justice for Animals Week Link  Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week

National Invasive Species Awareness Week Link

1-7

National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Pet Sitters Week Link
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week Link
Will Eisner Week

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Observances for Today

Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day Link
Baby Sleep Day
Dadgum That's Good Day (Masterbuilt food products & cookbooks)
National Black Women in Jazz & The Arts Day  Link
Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day
National Horse Protection Day
National Peanut Lovers Day Link
National Pig Day

Peace Corps Day
Peanut Butter Lovers' Day

Purim - begins at sundown
Refired, Not Retired Day
Saint David's Day Link
Self-injury Awareness Day  Link
World Book Day Link
World Compliment Day
Zero Discrimination Day Link

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                          

≈1565 Portuguese soldier Estácio de Sá founds the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1600’s                                          

≈1628 Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date

1700’s                                          

1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)

1790 1st US census authorized

1800’s                                          

1803 Ohio becomes 17th state of the Union

1845 US President John Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas

1847 Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state)

≈1854 SS City of Glasgow leaves Liverpool harbour with apprpx 480 passengers and crew; she was never seen again

1864 Rebecca Lee in the US becomes 1st African American woman to receive a medical degree

1867 Howard University, Washington, D.C., chartered

1867 Most of Nebraska becomes 37th US state (expanded later)

1872 Yellowstone becomes world's first national park

1873 E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter

≈1886 The Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.

1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published

≈1896 Battle of Adwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in Ethiopia

1900’s                                          

1909 1st US university school of nursing established, University of Minnesota

≈1919 The March 1st, or Samil Movement, begins in Korea: it is a demonstration of resistance to Japanese occupation

≈1927 Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) becomes an American National Bank

1928 Paul Whiteman & orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records

1932 The "Lindbergh kidnapping", 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh kidnapped from home in East Amwell, New Jersey, found dead 12 May

1936 Boulder (Hoover) Dam fully completed

1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)

1941 Captain America first appears in comic book form, published by Timely Comics

≈1953 Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses. He dies four days later.

1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US House of Representatives injuring 5 members

1956 The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.

1961 US President JFK establishes the Peace Corps

1962 Kresge Corporation opens the first Kmart store in Garden City, Michigan

1970 End of US commercial whale hunting

1972 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points

1973 Pink Floyd release their album "Dark Side of the Moon", since sold over 45 million copies

1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides

1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for its credit cards

1978 Charlie Chaplin's coffin and remains are stolen from a Swiss cemetery

≈1981 Republican prisoners in the Maze began a second hunger strike; among them is Bobby Sands

1992 Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle US record (54.48 secs)

1994 Senate rejects a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches his 1,000th victory

1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced in USA

2000’s                                          

≈2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan as US special operations forces infiltrate the Shahi-Kot Valley in Eastern Afghanistan

2003 Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.

2006 English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station

≈2011 Tomb of a 700-year-old female mummy, discovered by road workers, opened in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China

2014 US President Barack Obama warns Russian President Vladimir Putin over involvement in Ukraine

≈2016 Gene for grey hair (IRF4) discovery announced by Scientists from University College London in "Nature Communications"

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My Rambling Thoughts

 Woke up on my birthday with a good 5+” of powder snow, and it continued to snow until about 10a. Now the clouds are mostly gone, the sun is shining, and the snow is melting. Flagstaff was kind enough to close school today…they said it was the snow, but I know it was my birthday. I getting txt messages, phone calls and lots of social media posts wishing me a happy one. Nice.

Thank You Dick’s Sporting Goods for stopping the sale of AR-15’s and no rifles until the buyer is 21. This is a start.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

91- Harry Belafonte,

American calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher),

born in Harlem

80’s

83- Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk],

actor (Wild Wild West),

born in Chicago

70’s

@77- Dinah Shore,

singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet),

born in Winchester, Tenn

ovarian cancer (d. 1994)

74- Roger Daltrey,

English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)

@73- David Niven,

British actor (Casino Royale, The Pink Panther),

born in London, England

ALS (d. 1983)

@73- Yitzhak Rabin,

Prime Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95) and

1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner,

born in Jerusalem

assassinated (d. 1995)

73- Dirk Benedict,

American actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica),

born in Helena, Montana

@70- Pete Rozelle [Alvin Rozelle],

American NFL commissioner (1960-89),

born in South Gate, California

brain cancer (d. 1996)

60’s

@69- Alan Thicke,

Canadian actor, singer-songwriter

(Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains),

born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario

aortic dissection (d. 2016)

@64- Sandro Botticelli,

Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus),

(d 1510)

64- Ron Howard,

actor, director

64- Catherine Bach,

actress (Daisey Duke-The Dukes of Hazzard)

62- Timothy Daly,

actor (Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven)

50’s

51- George Eads,

American actor (CSI),

born in Fort Worth, Texas

40’s

49- Javier Bardem,

Spanish actor (No Country for Old Men)

44- Mark-Paul Gosselaar,

actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell)

@40- Glenn Miller,

American bandleader and jazz composer 

(Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood),

born in Clarinda, Iowa

missing plane (d. 1944)

40- Jensen Ackles

TV actor (Supernatural)

30’s

@39- Frederic Chopin,

Polish/French pianist and composer (Concert in F Minor),

born in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw

lengthy illness (d. 1849)

35- Lupita Nyong’o,

Mexican-Kenyan actress (12 Years a Slave),

born in Mexico City

20’s

24- Justin Bieber,

Canadian Pop Singer (Baby, One Time),

born in London, Ontario

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@92-2017 Paula Fox,

American writer for children (The Slave Dancer) and adults

80’s

@81-1991 Edwin Land,

American inventor of instant photography and

co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation

60’s

@69-1984 Jackie Coogan,

American actor (Addams Family, The Kid, Oliver Twist),

heart attack

@69-2013 Bonnie Franklin,

American actress,

pancreatic 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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