Sep 21

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Sept  21, 2018 Week: 38 \ Day: 264

86004 Today: H 73° \ L 39° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 84°[1943]   Record Low: 23°[1955]

Sep Averages: 74°\42°

Today’s Quote

     To begin, begin

     William Wordsworth

Harper’s Index

     14

     Percentage of US bridges that have been deemed

     by the Transportation Dept. to be in ‘poor’ condition

     21

     Percentage of daily US bridge traffic that is over

     ‘poor’ bridges

Observances This Week

15-22  Farm Animal Awareness Week

Balance Awareness Week Link   

Build A Better Image Week

International Clean Hands Week

National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week

National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week

National Indoor Plant Week

National Rehabilitation Awareness Week

National Security Officer Appreciation Week

National Love Your Files Week Link  

National Singles Week

Tolkien Week

17-23  Constitution Week

National Postdoc Appreciation Week Link

Pollution Prevention Week Link

Prostate Cancer Awareness Week  

20-22 Great American Beer Festival Link

21-30 National Ballroom Dance Week  Link

Observances for Today

Constitution Day/Pledge Across America  
International Day of Peace
International Grenache Day   Link
International Peace Day

Miniature Golf Day

National Concussion Awareness Day  Link
National Doodle Day  Link
National POW/MIA Recognition Day  Link
National Surgical Technologists Day
National Tradesmen Day
World's Alzheimer's Day Link

World Gratitude Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1700’s                                         

1784 1st daily newspaper in America (Pennsylvania Packet & General Advertiser)

1800’s                                         

1897 NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus" editorial

1900’s                                         

1928 "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut

1981 Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK

1981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes the first female US Supreme Court Justice

2000’s                                         

2008 Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the two last remaining independent investment banks on Wall Street, become bank holding companies as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.

2016 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to medical research to "cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century"

2016 Genomic study finding Australian Aboriginal oldest known civilization on earth published in "Nature"

My Rambling Thoughts

Sure enjoyed yesterday’s rain. It was a nice break from the warm temps that have been in our town.

I hope everyone who can vote in November does so. I am completely fed up with the two-faced politics taking place now. These two-faced politicians can’t decide if the FBI is a good thing…when investigating Dems…or a bad thing…when investigating Republicans. They can’t take seriously a woman who has very damaging claims, but they stand firm with the man accused…without any investigation. Many see no reason to question mass shootings and say that the founding fathers knew what they were doing when they wrote the 2^nd amendment. Our democracy is in trouble and the only way I see out of the trouble is to get out and vote.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@89►Charles "Chuck" Jones, American animator and cartoonist best known for his work with Warner Bros. (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Porky Pig), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2002)

@82►Lenoard Cohen, Folk singer (d. 2016)

@81►Larry Hagman, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2012)

70’s

@79►H. G. Wells, English sci-fi author (War of the Worlds, Kipps), born in Bromley, Kent (d. 1946) heart attack

74►Fannie Flagg, actress/comediene (Candid Camera), born in Birmingham, Alabama

72►Stephen King, American sci-fi and horror author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo), born in Portland, Maine

71►Don Felder, American rocker (Eagles), born in Gainesville, Florida

60’s

@69►Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky & his Friends, Bullwinkle) kidney cancer

68►Bill Murray, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live, Ghostbusters), born in Evanston, Illinois

64►Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan (2006-07 and 2012-), born in Nagato, Japan

50’s

59►David Coulier, American actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House), born in Detroit, Michigan

56►Rob Morrow, actor (Dr Fleishman-Northern Exposure), born in New Rochelle, New York

51►Faith Hill, country singer

50►Ricki Lake, actress (Hairspray), talk show host (Ricki), born in NYC, New York

40’s

48►Samantha Power, Irish American author and diplomat (US Ambassador to the UN), born in Dublin, Ireland

47►Alfonso Ribeiro, TV actor

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@84►2007 Alice Ghostley, American singer and actress (Bewitched, Designing Women)

@82►2016 John D. Loudermilk, American country singer and songwriter (Tobacco Road)

@80►1974 Walter Brennan, American actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point)

60’s

@64►1904 Chief Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kek), Nez Perce chief

@61►1832 Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet (The Lady of the Lake)

50’s

@53►1974 Jacqueline Susann, American author (Valley of the Dolls), cancer

@50►19 BC Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro], Roman poet of the Augustan period (Aeneid), fever