Jul 1

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Jul 1, 2018 Week: 27\ Day: 182

86004 Today: H 82° \ L 48° \ Average Sky Cover: 10% 

Nearest Lightning:  389miles away

Wind ave.:   2mph\Gusts:  16mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 92°[1990]   Record Low: 31°[1913]

Jul Averages: 82°\50°

Today’s Quote

The eye of a human being is a microscope,

which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

    Khalil Gibran

Harper’s Index

12/21/2017

Date on which the drink company Long Island Iced Tea Corp. changed its name to Long Blockchain Corp.

+183

Percentage change in its share price that day

Observances This Month

Air-Conditioning Appreciation Days (7/3 to 8/15)  Link
Alopecia Month for Women
Bereaved Parents Awareness Month
Bioterrorism/Disaster Education & Awareness Month
Cell Phone Courtesy Month  Link
Day of the Knife (July 25 to August 22)  Link
Dog Days (7/3 to 8/11)   Link

Observances This Week

1^st-7^th

Beans and Bacon Days Link 
National Unassisted Homebirth Week
Be Nice To New Jersey Week

Observances for Today

Build A Scarecrow Day

Canada Day / Dominion Day
Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day

Estee Lauder Day
Fast of Tammuz
Hop A Park Day
International Chicken Wing Day

International Joke Day

National GSA Employee Day
National Postal Workers Day  Link
Resolution Renewal Day
U.S. Postage Stamp Day
Zip Code Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                         

1535 Sir Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason

1600’s                                         

1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrive in Boston (arrested)

1698 Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal founded by Marguerite Bourgeoys canonically constituted a community

1700’s                                         

1776 1st vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain's North American colonies

1800’s                                         

1836 US President Andrew Jackson announces to Congress bequest by James Smithson of 100,000 gold sovereigns to found institution in Washington.
1847 1st US postage stamps go on sale, 5 cent Franklin and 10 cent Washington, NYC

1858 1st Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent)

1858 The joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's papers on evolution to the Linnean Society

1862 Congress outlaws polygamy for the 1st time

1862 US Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco and on incomes over $600 (progressive rate)

1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Lee's northward advance halted

1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3 cents per oz

1867 The Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the first Prime Minister

1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada

1874 1st US zoo opens (Philadelphia)

1881 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, Maine to St Stephen, New Brunswick

1885 The United States terminates reciprocity and fishery agreement with Canada

1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood

1898 Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill

1899 Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels

1900’s                                         

1902 US Congress passes the Philippines Government Act, providing that the Philippines be governed by a commission appointed by the President, with consent from the senate; Filipinos are to be treated as citizens of their land, no the USA

1903 Tour de France: Inaugural race begins in Montgeron, a south-eastern suburb of Paris

1905 Albert Einstein introduces his theory of special relativity

1908 "SOS" (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal becomes the worldwide standard for help

1916 Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market

1917 In contradiction of a state law, the Robins (Dodgers) play their 1st Sunday MLB game in Brooklyn. Owner and manager arrested but escape with a fine

1931 Ice vending machines introduced in LA 25 lbs, 15 cents

1943 "Pay-as-you-go" - 1st withholding tax from paychecks

1944 Bretton Woods Conference starts, dominated by Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes and leads to establishment of the IMF and the World Bank

1946 US drops atom bomb on Bikini atoll (4th atomic explosion)

1959 World Refugee Year begins

1960 The independent Somali Democratic Republic, commonly known as Somalia, is formed out of former British and Italian territories

1960 Fidel Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba

1961 Haleakala National Park forms in Hawaii

1963 ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) Codes are introduced for United States mail

1971 State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination

1971 Twenty-sixth Amendment, which lowers the voting age from 21 to 18, is ratified and becomes part of the United States Constitution

1972 Feminist magazine "Ms" founded by Gloria Steinem publishes its first issue with Wonder Woman on the cover

1972 The first Gay Pride march in England takes place.

1974 General Augusto Pinochet becomes president and dictator of Chile

1978 Former US President Richard Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974

1979 Sony introduces the Walkman

1998 The NBA commences a player lockout after no agreement with players about salary issues - lasted 204 days, season shortened by 50 games

2000’s                                         

2013 Demonstrations occur across Egypt with 15 million people calling for the resignation of their President, Mohammed Morsi

2017 Mexican police kill 19 gunmen in drug-related shootout in northern state of Sinaloa

My Rambling Thoughts

A friend from the rez stopped by Thursday, stayed up way to late watching Netflix. Then we hung out around Flag most of the day Friday.

A nice summer day today with a little breeze. Great summer day.

I will never understand the 45’s supporters. For weeks 45 has been bad mouthing the press. Then, after the horrific shooting that killed 5 journalists because some crazy was upset about a story that was published 5 years ago, he suddenly sees journalists as a great part of the American fabric.

Very impressed by the turnout around the country who are protesting the latest family separation. I sure wish Congress would get it's sh’t together and reform out outdated immigration system. Every rep and senator is getting a very nice salary + perks to represent the people. Nowhere in the constitution does it say ‘forget what is good for the country, and support only your base’. Nor does it say ‘every vote should be considered to guarantee your reelection.’

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

100’s

102- Olivia de Havilland, American actress (All the King's Men, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone with the Wind), born in Tokyo, Japan

90’s

@95- Estée Lauder, CEO (Estée Lauder cosmetics) born in NYC (d. 2004)

80’s

@81- Jo Sinclair [Ruth Seid], American writer (Wasteland), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)

70’s

@73- Sydney Pollack, American diretcor, actor and producer (Tootsie, Out of Africa), born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 2008) cancer

@74- Karen Black, American actress (5 Easy Pieces, Pyx), (d. 2013) cancer

73- Deborah Harry, singer (Blondie-Heart of Glass), born in Miami, Florida

@70- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician & philosopher (differential and integral calculus), born in Leipzig, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1716)

60’s

66- Dan Aykroyd, comedic actor

50’s

57- Carl Lewis, American sprinter/long jumper (9 Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92, 96), born in Birmingham, Alabama

51- Pamala Anderson, actress

40’s

41- Liv Tyler, American actress and daughter of Aerosmith's frontman, Steven Tyler (Stealing Beauty, Lord of the Rings), born in NYC

30’s

@37- Amy Johnson, British pilot, first female pilot to fly alone Britain to Australia, born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 1941) drowned after plane crash

@36- Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, born in Sandringham, England (d. 1997) car crash

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@97-2009 Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich], American actor (Streets of San Francisco, American Express, A Streetcar Named Desire)

80’s

@89-2015 Lawrence Herkimer, American "Grandfather of Cheerleading" (founded National Cheerleading Association, patented the pom-pom)

@87-1983 R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher (Geodesic dome)

@86-2017 Norman Dorsen, American lawyer, human rights advocate and president of the American Civil Liberties Union

@85-1896 Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

@80-2004 Marlon Brando, American actor (The Godfather, A Street Cart Named Desire and On the Waterfront)

70’s

@79-2000 Walter Matthau, American actor and comedian (The Odd Couple, Bad News Bears), heart disease

@79-1997 Robert Mitchum, American actor (Out of the Past, Winds of War, North & South), lung cancer

@78-1974 Juan Perón, Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), heart attack 

@77-1931 Alice Mary Robertson, American educator, social worker and 2nd woman in US Congress

60’s

@64-1894 Allan Pinkerton, American private detective and founder of Chicago detective agency, malaria/stroke

50’s

@59-1860 Charles Goodyear, American chemist and manufacturing engineer who invented the vulcanization process for rubber, when he hears news that his daughter had died

@57-1995 Wolfman Jack [Robert Weston Smith], American disk jockey (Midnight Special), heart attack

@54-2005 Luther Vandross, American singer, heart attack

@54-1991 Michael Landon, American actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven), cancer

40’s

@41-1996 Margaux Hemingway, American fashion model and actress (Lipstick), suicide

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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