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Aug 9, 2018 Week: 32\ Day: 221
86004 Today: H
86° \ L 56° \ Average
Sky Cover: 5%
Nearest Lightning: 68 miles away
Wind ave.: 4mph\Gusts:
19mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 89°[1980] Record Low: 44°[1999]
Aug Averages: 80°\49°
Today’s Quote
Simplicity is the ultimate
sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
Harper’s Index
58
Minutes after refusing to debate an
assult weapons ban that the Florida Legislature declared port a ‘public health
risk’
Observances This Week
3-12
4-12
Gay
Games
5-11
Assistance
Dog Week Link Link
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
National Health Center Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
National Health Center Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
6-10
Exhibitor
Appreciation Week
6-12
9-16
Observances for Today
International Day of The World's
Indigenous People
Veep Day
Veep Day
Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International
Historical Events
1800’s
1898
Rudolf Diesel of Germany patents the diesel internal combustion engine
1900’s
1905
Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him
1930
Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
1936
Jesse Owens is part of the American 4 x 100m relay team that wins gold in world
record (39.8) at the Berlin Olympics; his 4th gold medal of the Games
1944
Smokey Bear debuts as spokeman for fire prevention
1945
US drops 2nd atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki
1965
Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence
1969
Manson family commits Tate-LaBianca murders
1974
Richard Nixon resigns as US President and VP Gerald Ford swears the oath of
office to take his place as the 38th US President
1992
Future 6-weight boxing world champion Oscar De La Hoya of the US beats German
Marco Rudolph on points to win the lightweight gold medal at the Barcelona
Olympics
2000’s
2000
South African President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women's Monument commemorating
the role of women in the anti-apartheid struggle
2001
US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of
limited research on embryonic stem cells.
2012
Usain Bolt becomes the first person to win the 100m and 200m sprint in back to
back Olympics
2017
Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US
White House as a political protest
2017
North Korea says it plans to fire rockets on US territory Guam in continuing
escalation of tension between it and the US
My
Rambling Thoughts
Middle of the
week and it’s still hot. Wish the monsoon would return here sooner. More smoke
this morning, this time from AZ fires south of Flagstaff. These fires were
lightning caused and being allowed to burn and smoke just works its way to
town.
I’ve been in need
of a hair trim for about a week, but my stylist isn’t back until Friday. Maybe
my longer hair makes me uncomfortable during this heat wave.
A possible crook
in the House of Representatives. Big surprise. A long trial, lots of coverage,
and probably not much else.
Birthdays
Today
@-
indicates age at death
90’s
@97- Elizabeth Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s
wife (d. 1854)
@96- Pamela Lyndon Travers, Queensland,
Australia, writer (Mary Poppins), (d. 1996)
80’s
@86- Daniel Keyes, American author (Flowers
for Algernon), born in Boca Raton, Florida (d. 2014)
@84- Jean Piaget, Swiss pioneer
developmental psychologist and zoologist, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (d.
1980)
@82- Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich], Russian
novelist (Anna Karenina, War and Peace), born in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia (d.
1910)
70’s
74- Smokey the Bear, named after NYC
fireman Smokey Joe Martin
74- Sam Elliott, actor (Big Chill, Fatal
Beauty), born in Sacramento, California
60’s
@65- Robert Aldrich, American director and
producer (Dirty Dozen), born in Cranston, Rhode Island (d. 1983) kidney failure
61- Melanie Griffith, actress (Working
Girl, Milk Money, Now & Then)
50’s
@59- Chris Haney, Canadian journalist who
created the board game "Trivial Pursuit", born in Welland, Ontario
(d. 2010) long illness
59- Michael Kors, American fashion designer
and Project Runway judge, born in Long Island, New York
54- Hoda Kotb, TV host
50- Gillian Anderson, actress (The X-Files,
Bleak House), born in Chicago, Illinois
50- Eric Bana, Australian actor (Time
Traveler’s Wife)
40’s
@48- Whitney Houston, American singer (One
Moment in Time, Bodyguard), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2012) drowned in
bathtub
Historical
Obits Today
80’s
@85-2014 Edwin "Ed" Nelson, American actor (Peyton
Place, A Long Came a Spider), dies of heart failure at 85
@85-1962 Hermann Hesse, German-Swiss novelist
and poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946)
50’s
@57-2003 Gregory Hines, American actor and
dancer, liver cancer
@53-1995 Jerry Garcia, American rock musician
(Grateful Dead), heart attack
@50-2008 Bernie Mac, American comedian,
actor.(b. 1957) cardiac arrest
20’s
@26-1969 Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls),
murdered by Manson's gang
@25-1969 Abigail Folger, American coffee magnate
(Folgers), murdered by Manson gang
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…☼☼☼☼
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