Nov 8

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Nov 8, 2018 Week: 45 \ Day: 312

86004 Today: H 66° \ L 29° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Wind:   13mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 74°[1983]   Record Low: 7°[2011]

Nov Averages: 51°\23°

Today’s Quote

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

Peter Benchley

Random Tidbits

Booker T. Washington was the first African American

 to be depicted on a U.S. coin,

a half-dollar issued in 1946.

Observances This Week

           

3-9

Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link 
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week Link   
National Radiologic Technology Week Link

4-8

Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link 
National Patient Accessibility Week
National Young Readers Week Link 

7-13

Dear Santa Letter Week

Observances for Today

           

Abet and Aid Punsters Day
Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day

Dunce Day Link
Intersex Day of Remembrance  Link
National Parents As Teachers Day
National S.T.E.M./S.T.E.A.M. Day   Link
Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day
X-ray Day

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1700’s                                         

1731 In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens 1st library in the north American colonies

1789 Bourbon Whiskey 1st distilled from corn by Elijah Craig in Bourbon, Kentucky

1800’s                                         

1837 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts founded - 1st US college founded for women

1889 Montana admitted as 41st state of the Union

1895 German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays

1900’s                                         

1933 FDR creates Civil Works Administration

1977 Ed Koch is elected Mayor of New York (his 1st term)

1990 100,000 additional US troops are sent to Persian gulf

1991 Carol Burnett Show premieres on CBS-TV

2000’s                                         

2016 Republican Donald Trump is elected President of the United States of America, defeating democrat Hillary Clinton, who received 2.9 million more votes

My Rambling Thoughts

Nice day here. Headed out early to get my weekly groceries. It’s ‘old people’s day’ and everything I bought, including sale items were 10% off. Good deal, every first Wednesday of every month.

So, finally the voting is over. Congrats to the winners, especially the many women in politics for the first time. Many must wait a few days for final results, including the race for Senate in AZ. Now we get a short break before the 2020 election chaos starts. I’m happy that we now have a split congress. Time to heal. Hopefully the last robocall on the election came to my house at 8:30p last night, an hour after the polls closed. The first questions: ‘are you planning on voting today?’ I just hung up.

I got an email from the PA who works with my wrist surgeon reminding me of an appointment I never made. I called and it is a follow-up on the plate removal. While the Dr. is very good, his staff is insane. The only appointment I have had any say in was the initial appointment. (I got to choose 8:15 or 9:00) This is the 4^th appointment they have made without my input. I thought I was finished with this episode, but I guess not. Oh well. I’ll be there.

I have one comment for all the early voters. If you choose to vote early, please mail it in EARLY. One of the reasons we have to wait a few days for results is that many ‘early’ voters brought their early ballot to the polling site on election day.  In AZ they are sent then to the recorder’s office after the polls close. Then the signature verification begins. Then they are counted.  It can take 2-4 days to count these ballots.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@85 Edmond Halley,

English mathematician and astronomer (Halley's comet), born in Haggerston, Middlesex (d. 1742) [OS 29 Oct]

@83 Dorothy Day,

American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)

@85 Patti Page [Clara Ann Fowler],

American singer (Tennessee Waltz), born in Claremore, Oklahoma (d. 2013)

@84 Morley Safer,

Canadian American TV newscaster (60 Minutes), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2016)

@81 Jack Kilby,

American electrical engineer and Nobel laureate (handheld calculator, integrated circuit), born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 2005)

70’s

@78 Esther Rolle,

Bahamian American actress (Good Times, Maude), born in Pompano Beach Florida (d. 1998) diabetes complications

@74 Milton Bradley,

American game manufacturer (d. 1911)

60’s

@69 Frank Speck,

American Anthropologist (Algonquin Tribes and Eastern Woodland Native Americans), born in Brooklyn, (d. 1950)

69 Bonnie Raitt,

American blues country singer-songwriter (Green Light, The Glow), born in Burbank, California

68 Mary Hart,

American TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight), born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

@64 Bram Stoker,

Irish theater manager and author (Dracula), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1912) strokes

50’s

52 Gordon Ramsay,

British chef and reality television personality, born in Johnstone, Scotland

40’s

@49 Joseph "Joe" Flynn,

American character actor (McHale's Navy, Batman), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1974) drowning from heart attack

@48± Vlad III the Impaler,

Wallachian prince, born in Sighișoara, Transylvania, Romania (d. 1476) in battle

@48 Margaret Mitchell,

author (Gone With the Wind), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1949) hit by car

45 David Muir,

ABC news anchor

30’s

33 Jack Osbourne,

English television star, born in St John's Wood, London

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@96-1986 Vyacheslav Molotov [Skryabin],

Russian politician (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1939-49, 1953-6)

80’s

@88-2005 David Westheimer, American novelist (Von Ryan's Express)

@84-1978 Norman Rockwell,

artist (Saturday Evening Post covers)

60’s

@65-1674 John Milton,

English poet (Paradise Lost)

@61-1860 Charles Fellows,

English Archaeologist who discovered ruins of the cities of ancient Lycia and brought to Lycian marbles to England

50’s

@52-1965 Dorothy Kilgallen,

American newspaper columnist, OD (barbiturates & alcohol)