June 10

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Jun 10, 2018 Week: 24\ Day: 161

86004 Today: H 81° \ L 47° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest Lightning:  374miles away

Wind ave.:   11mph\Gusts:  28mph Visibility: 10 mi

Red Flag Warning

Record High: 87°[1910]   Record Low: 28°[1998]

Jun Averages: 68°\41°

Today’s Quote

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and

wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

   Stewart Udall

Harper’s Index

159+Number of helicopters the US announced that it

would give to Afghanistan’s Air Force

4

Number of trained flight crews in the Afghan military

More Observances This Month

Georgia Blueberry Month
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month Link
Great Outdoors Month
International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
International Men's Month
International Surf Music Month Link
Dairy Month Link

Observances This Week

National Lemonade Days: 2-10 Link
Superman Days: 7-10  Link
National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 10-16
National Flag Week: 10-16  

Observances for Today

Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day 
Alcoholics Anonymous (Founders) Day
Ball Point Pen Day
Children's Sunday
Ball Point Pen Day

 Iced Tea Day Link 
Multicultural American Child Day
Poultry Days-10 Link 

Race Unity Day  

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

✪ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                          

1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island

1639 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)

1700’s                                          

1760 NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine

1768 British customs officials seize John Hancock's ship, "The Liberty", on the suspicion that Hancock had illegally unloaded cargo without paying duties a month earlier1786 A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China

1793 1st public zoo opens in Paris

1800’s                                          

1845 Andrew Jackson's African Grey parrot "Poll" is removed from his funeral for swearing at The Hermitage, Tennessee. Funeral attendee William Menefee Norment recorded: "Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house”

1847 Chicago Tribune begins publishing

1854 The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate

1900’s                                          

1925 Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto Arena

1943 FDR becomes 1st US President to visit a foreign country during wartime

1943 FDR signs withholding tax bill into law

1947 Saab produces its first automobile

1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm

1963 US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy

1966 Janis Joplin's 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco)

1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help

1975 Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans

1977 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers

1997 Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold

1999 Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

2000’s                                          

2001 Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint Saint Rafqa

2003 The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission

2007 "The Sopranos" series finale on HBO (infamous "cut to black" ending)

My Rambling Thoughts

My trip back to the USA was interesting. The Focus Travel group was great in being sure I got everywhere with all my stuff. Such kind people. At the Atlanta airport the TSA guy was a jerk. He saw my bandage, my sling, and still insisted I go thru the machine where you raise your arms above your head. When I finally got to the machine
I told the new guy I couldn’t raise my arm, and he sent me to the pat down place, finally. This guy questions my injury, swabs my arm, right on the sprain/break. He puts it in his bomb testing machine, wand me down and sends me on my way. The airline was great as I got bulkhead aisle seating, always with my injured arm away from the aisle and no one sitting beside me…nice! We got to Denver in mid-morning. Several people offered me a ride to the hotel before they headed home. I declined and took the shuttle. The nest morning was back to AZ. Again, I got priority seating on Southwest. Denver TSA was worse than Atlanta. He swabs my hand, says that I tested positive for bomb making chemicals. He then swabs my sling, the ace bandage, my carry-on and everything in it. He finds no more positives so has to talk to his supervisor, who has to call his supervisor before I am released from the TSA. Crazy.

All that occurred, I am so glad I did the Amazon. I saw such amazing sites, meet some amazing people, and have so many great memories. Thank you Focus for another awesome adventure with great travelers!!!

79 years ago today my parent’s tied the knot for what would be 55 years of marriage, until my dad passed at 80. We had a great loving family that prepared my brother and I for good lives. My parents worked hard for what we had, and without complaining. We didn’t have a lot of money, but we were far from poor. My brother and I both worked to pay our college bills, and our parent’s always supported us the best they could and gave us the values we needed to have success in life.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

97- Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Great Britain's Elizabeth II, born in Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece

@94- Rose Mofford, American politician, 1st female Governor of Arizona (1988-1991), born in Globe, Arizona (d. 2016)

80’s

@89- Saul Bellow, Canadian-born American author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976), born in Lachine, Quebec (d. 2005)

85- F Lee Bailey, Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam Shepard case, OJ case)

@83- Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)

70’s

@75- Jeff Greenfield, American media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline), born in NYC, New York

60’s

@67- John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (Astor Estate holdings), born in New York (d. 1890)

50’s

@57- Hattie McDaniel, 1st African American actress to win an Oscar (Mammy-Gone With The Wind), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 1952) breast cancer

52- Elizabeth Hurley, English actress (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Christabel) and model, born in Basingstoke, England

40’s

@47- Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], American actress and singer (The Wizard of Oz), born in Minnesota (d. 1969)OD

30’s

36- Tara Lipinski, figure skater (1997 World Champ), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

teen’s

17- Sasha [Natasha] Obama, American daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, born in Chicago

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@98-2016 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the Beehive

80’s

@88-2016 Gordie Howe, Canadian NHL right wing (Detroit Redwings)

@87-1909 Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and author (Man without a Country)

@80-1988 Louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie)

70’s

@77-1993 Richard Webb, American actor (Captain Midnight, Out of the Past), shoots himself

@73-2004 Ray Charles, Grammy winning crooner who blended gospel and blues, liver disease

60’s

@68-1946 Jack Johnson, 1st African American world heavyweight boxing champion, car accident

@67-1967 Spencer Tracy, US actor (Woman of the Year, Father of the Bride), heart disease

@61-1971 Michael Rennie, English actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), aneurysm

50’s

@59±-1099 El Cid [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Spanish general strategist, famine

30’s

@32-323 BC Alexander the Great, Macedonian king, either fever or excessive wine

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.

☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼