Aug 27

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Aug 27, 2018 Week: 35\ Day: 232

86004 Today: H 75° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 45% 

Nearest Lightning:  21.5 miles away

Wind ave.:   8mph\Gusts:  15mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 88°[1944]   Record Low: 36°[1978]

Aug Averages: 80°\49°

Today’s Quote

  Our shared values define us more than our

  differences. And acknowledging those shared

  values can see us through our challenges today

  if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.

  John McCain

Observances This Week

25-31

Be Kind To Humankind Week
World Water Week Link

Observances for Today

Just Because Day

Global Forgiveness Day

The Duchess Who Wasn't Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1800’s                                         

1828 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talks

1900’s                                         

1912 Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"

1939 Erich Warsitz in a Heinkel He-178 makes the 1st manned jet-propelled flight

1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist

1955 "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published

1984 US President Ronald Reagan announces 'Teacher in Space' project

1995 Worst fire in New York in 80 years ends after 4 days

2000’s                                         

2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party for President of the United States

2012 First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity

2015 "The Shepherd's Crown" by Terry Pratchett published by Doubleday, 5 months after the author's death, last book in the Discworld series

My Rambling Thoughts

I got a call yesterday from a friend who had a broken-down vehicle about 8 miles from my place. Two trips to the wrecking yard and another two trips to an auto parts store and the vehicle was up and running. My mechanical knowledge of vehicles is where to put in the gas and how to drive to the dealership. Fortunately, I was only needed for my driving ability.  It took most of the morning but was worth the experience.

Just as I was getting ready to write this post our little mountain community was hit with a loud thunderstorm. It lasted about 2-1/2 hours and when it was finally finished, I was too lazy to sit at the computer.

The passing of John McCain is a great loss for AZ, and the rest of the nation. While I seldom agreed with his politics, he was a man of integrity, a statesman, and a war hero. After 45’s disgraceful comment about war heroes not captured, 45 will not be invited to attend the service. In my opinion, 45’s bland tweet about McCain’s passing, showed me that even after death, 45 holds a grudge. So not Presidential. THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

Over the past two weeks our neighborhood has had no less than 4 new families move in. All were greeted by a HOA rep telling them to have someone posted at the vehicle while it is unloaded to avoid being towed. Really?!? Welcome to the neighborhood.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@85►Charles Gates Dawes, (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925)(d. 1951)

@81►Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65) (d. 1891)

70’s

@77►Ed Gein, American serial killer (inspired Psycho & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), born in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, (d. 1984)lung cancer in mental hospital

60’s

69►Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer (Oxford English Dictionary), born in Oxford, England

66►Paul Rubens, comic, (Pee Wee’s Playhouse)

@64►Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US President (Democrat: 1963-69), born in Stonewall, Texas (d. 1973) heart attack

50’s

57► Tom Ford, fashion designer

30’s

@32►Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer (Rolls-Royce Ltd) (d.1910) air crash when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@90-1723 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria and protozoa and naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)

80’s

@86-1995 Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru

@82-1937 Andrew Mellon, American banker (Mellon Bank), industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury (1921-32)

70’s

@78-2005 Robert Denning, American interior designer, heart attack

@72-1974 Charles Lindbergh, US aviator, lymphoma

60’s

@68-1910 William James, American psychologist and philosopher (Pragmatism)

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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