Mar 5

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Mar 5, 2018 Week: 10\ Day: 64

86004 Today: H 47° \ L 16° \ Average Sky Cover: 50% 

Wind ave.:   22mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning:  771miles away

Record High: 68°[1910]   Record Low: -5°[1948]

Marb Averages: 46°\19°

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

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Today’s Quote

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

  Dalai Lama

Harper’s Index

2-Rank of Russia among the US’s greatest national enemies,

    According to Democrats

18- According to Republicans

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Observances This Week

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

2-16
National Days of Action Link

3-9

Endometriosis Week Link

4-10

Celebrate Your Name Week
National Consumer Protection Week Link
National Dental Assistants Recognition Week  Link
National Procrastination Week
National Schools Social Work Week  Link
National Words Matter Week
Professional Pet Sitters Week
Read an E-Book Week Link  Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week0
Save Your Vision Week Link 
Teen Tech Week
Will Eisner Week  Link
Women in Construction Week  Link

5-9

National School Breakfast Week

5-11

Women of Aviation Worldwide Week

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Observances for Today

Casimir Pulaski Day  Link 
Fun Facts About Names Day  Link 
Multiple Personality Day

National Absinthe Day Link
National Poutine Day
Saint Piran's Day
World Tennis Day

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                          

≈1616 Astronomical work 'de Revolutionibus' by Nicolaus Copernicus placed on Catholic Forbidden index

1700’s                                          

1743 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published in Boston

≈1746 Jacobite troops leave Aberdeen

1750 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC

1770 Boston Massacre (Incident on King Street): British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them. African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die; later held up as early black martyr. Massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings.

1800’s                                          

1836 Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model

1856 Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads

1872 George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains

1900’s                                          

≈1904 Nikola Tesla describes the process of the ball lightning formation in Electrical World and Engineer

1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired

≈1921 The Durban Land Alienation Ordinance passes, enabling the Durban City Council to exclude Indians from ownership or occupation of property in white areas, South Africa

≈1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property

1934 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Texas)

1936 8th Academy Awards: "Mutiny on the Bounty", Victor McLaglen & Bette Davis wins

≈1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri, popularizes the term and draws attention to the division of Europe

1956 "King Kong" 1st televised

≈1971 "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin first played live at Ulster Hall, Belfast by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones

1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene

≈1985 Mexican authorities find the body of US drug agent Enrique "Kike" Camarena Salaazar

≈1994 Largest milkshake made; 1,955 gallons of chocolate in Nelspruit, South Africa

2000’s                                          

≈2015 -8th Islamic State militants ransack and destroy ancient cities of Nimrud, Hatra and Dur-Sharrukin in Iraq

2017 US President Donald Trump in a tweet accusses former President Obama without offering any evidence of wiretapping Trump Towers during the presidential campaign

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My Rambling Thoughts

Quiet Sunday. Still awaiting the snow that was promised. Lots of wind last night, but alas, no moisture. Wind today and still no moisture.

Working on updating Focus Trans-Siberian trip on the Focus site. This great trip is filling up fast. We already have taken over one car on the train and maybe able to get a few rooms on the adjoining car. If interested, get your deposit in quickly.

It is time for Congress to look at proportional electoral votes. Nebraska and Maine already have it. It makes sense. This would give your vote more importance. Living in a very conservative state, I would really like it. The way it is now, I know that when I vote for a liberal candidate for President, my vote will count in the popular vote but won’t count in the electoral college…and that does matter. The idea is picking up some steam.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

100’s

@105- Soong Mei-ling [Madame Chiang Kai-shek],

Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China

(1948-75),

born in Shanghai

(d. 2003)

90’s

@96- Momofuku Ando,

Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles

and cup noodles,

born in Wu Baifu, Chiayi County, Taiwan

(d. 2007)

80’s

@82- Rex Harrison,

English actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle),

born in Huyton, England

(d. 1990)

70’s

@77- Emmett J Culligan,

founder of water treatment organization

auto accident (d. 1970)

@77- Zhou Enlai,

Premier of the People's Republic of China,

born in Huai'an, China cancer

(d. 1976)

60’s

64- Marsha Warfield,

comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court)

63- Penn Jillette,

magician (Penn & Teller-Penn & Teller are Dead)

50’s

55-Joel Osteen,

religious leader,

worth $60+ million

40’s

44- Eva Mendes,

American actress (Training Day, 2 Fast 2 Furious),

born in Miami

30’s

@30- Andy Gibb, 

singer/TV host (Solid Gold),

born in Manchester, England

inflammation of the heart (d. 1988)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@83-2014 Geoff Edwards,

American game show host

@82-1827 Alessandro Volta,

Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery

70’s

@76-1999 Richard Kiley,

American actor and singer

(Kismet, Man of La Mancha, Endless Love),

bone marrow disease

@74-1929 David Dunbar Buick,

Scottish-born American automobile pioneer

colon cancer

@73-1953 Joseph Stalin,

Dictator and leader of the Soviet Union (1922-53),

stroke 

60’s

@67-1980 Jay Silverheels [Harold Preston Smith],

Canadian actor (The Lone Ranger, Key Largo),

born on Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation,

stroke

@67-1974 Billy Dewolfe,

American character actor (Good Morning World),

lung cancer

@61-1953 Sergei Prokofiev,

Russian composer (Peter and the Wolf),

funeral delayed because body could not be moved due to

crowds mourning Stalin

stroke

50’s

@58-2013 Hugo Chávez,

President of Venezuela,

respiratory failure

40’s

@47±-1770 Crispus Attucks,

possible slave,

1st of 5 killed during Boston Massacre at beginning of the

American Revolution

30’s

@33-1982 John Belushi,

comedian (Sat Night Live),

OD

@30-1963 Patsy Cline,

country singer (Crazy),

plane crash 

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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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