Jun 4

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Jun 4, 2018 Week: 23\ Day: 155

86004 Today: H 82° \ L 43° \ Average Sky Cover: 15% 

Nearest Lightning:  178miles away

Wind ave.:  7 mph\Gusts:  17mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 89°[1990]   Record Low: 23°[1908]

Jun Averages: 68°\41°

Today’s Quote

The real problem is not whether machines think

but whether men do.

  B. F. Skinner

Harper’s Index

33

Nimber of animated Jackie Chan Adventures episodes found on Osama bin Laden’s computer

29

Of crocheting videos

Observances This Month

Adopt-A-Cat Month Link  Link
Adopt A Shelter Cat Month
African-American Music Appreciation Month
Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month Link
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month (APS) Link
Audio Book Appreciation Month

Observances This Week

Beer Pong Days: 1-5  

International Clothesline Week: 2-9 (First Sat-Sun Week)
National Lemonade Days: 2-10 Link
Bed Bug Awareness Week: 3-9
Black Single Parents Week: 3-9(First Full Week)
End Mountain Top Removal Week:  3-9 Link   (First Full Week)
National Business Etiquette Week:  3-9 (First Full Week)
National Headache Awareness Week: 3-9Link  (First Full Week)
National Sun Safety Week: 3-9 Link
Pet Appreciation Week: 3-9  (First Full Week)   Link

Observances for Today

Applesauce Cake Day

Audacity To Hope Day
Hug Your Cat Day

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
 National Cheese Day

National SAFE Day Link
National Thank God It's Monday Day
Old Maid's Day Link

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

✪ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1000’s                                          

1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France

1700’s

1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make 1st public hot-air balloon flight (unmanned), covering 2km and lasting 10 minutes with an estimated altitude of 1,600-2,000m

1792 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain

1800’s

1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

1896 Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit

1900’s
1919 US Congress passes the Women's Suffrage Bill, the 19th Amendment

1927 1st Ryder Cup: US beats England, 9½-2½ at Worcester Country Club (Worcester, Massachusetts, US)

1942 Battle of Midway begins; Japan's 1st major defeat in WW II

1942 "Mrs Miniver" based on the novel by Jan Struther, directed by William Wyler and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon is released in the US (Best Picture 1943)

1944 General Eisenhower cancels planned D-Day invasion on June 5th after receiving unfavorable weather reports1961 US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Vienna Summit in Austria

1975 Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina

1984 Arnold Palmer fails to make the US Open golf tournament for the 1st time in 32 years

1990 Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

2000’s

2017 Ariana Grande headlines benefit concert for victims of her Manchester concert bombing, also featuring Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, and Katy Perry

My Rambling Thoughts

My Amazon adventure was so much more than expected. The Focus group were all great travelers and we saw so much. The Amazon is breathtaking. At our first lodge we had two great guides who taught us so much about life on and near the river. Many of us took a trek that included 8 rope bridges to get us some 180’ up to look over the Canopy. Not a big fan of rope bridges, but these were fairly stable, wide enough and walking across was easy, as long as I didn’t look down. Every day at this lodge was filled with beautiful sights, friendly people, great food, and a lifetime of memories.  More on the trip in upcoming posts. One afternoon two shaman made a presentation that was very educational. Plants play a big role in their healing as does years of education. Psychedelics play a bigger role than I expected.

It has been a month and 4 days since I slipped on an Amazon trail and hurt my wrist. It didn’t ruin the trip, but has led to lots of stories. This is the first time in my life that healing has taken this long. I am tired if the brace that I will be wearing until the end of June. I can drive, I’m not in great pain, but am getting bored. I’m sure that will pass soon. This blog may not be every day as typing with one hand is a tad time-consuming.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

90- Ruth Westheimer, German sex therapist (WYNY-FM)

80’s

82- Bruce Dern, American actor (Nebraska, The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained), born in Chicago, Illinois

@81- Dennis Weaver, American actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 2006)

70’s

75- Joyce Meyer, evangelist, novelist

60’s

@69- Rosalind Russell, American actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1976) breast cancer

@69- Freddy Fender, American musician ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls"), born in San Benito, Texas (d. 2006) lung cancer

40’s

47- Noah Wyle, American actor (Dr John Carter-ER), born in Hollywood, California

43- Russell Brand, English comedian and television personality, born in Grays, Essex

43- Angelina Jolie, American actress (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Wanted, Salt, Maleficent), born in Los Angeles, California\

41- Alexei Navalny, Russian political activist (leader of Progress Party), born in Butyn, Soviet Union

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@99-2010 John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1910)

70’s

@73-1798 Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer, writer, librarian and womanizer, dies at 73

@72-1973 Arna Bontemps, American poet (Harlem Renaissance), heart attack 

50’s

@55-1973 Murry Wilson, father of beachboys Brian, Carl & Dennis heart attack

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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