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Jan 6, 2018 Week: 01\ Day: 6
86004 Today: H 59° \ L 28° \ Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind ave.: 3mph\Gusts: 13mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 61°[1969] Record Low: -18°[1910]
Jan Averages: 50°\23°
Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)
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Today’s Quote
Harper’s Index
52: Percentage of Republicans who believe millions of illegal votes were probably cast in the last Presidential election
59: Of Democrats who believe Russia tampered with the vote count
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Observances This Week
Armenian Christmas
Fruitcake Toss Day Link
National Technology Day Link
Three Kings Day
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Observances for Today
1-8
Diet Resolution Week
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
New Year's Resolutions Week
Silent Record Week
2-8
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1400’s
1494 The first Mass in the New World is celebrated at La Isabela, Hispaniola
1600’s
1605 The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
1800’s
1802 Naturalists Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland reach Quito, Ecuador
1893 The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
1896 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden
1900’s
1907 Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome)
1912 New Mexico becomes 47th state of the Union
1929 Mother Teresa arrives in Calcutta to begin her work amongst India's poorest
1938 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudsonerected in Bronx
1941 President Franklin Roosevelt's "4 Freedoms" speech (freedom of speech and worship; freedom from want and fear) during US State of Union address
1942 Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world ("Pacific Clipper").
1958 Gibson patents Flying V Guitar
1964 Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
1968 Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
1973 "Schoolhouse Rock" premieres on ABC-TV with Multiplication Rock
1975 "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV
1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million
1979 The Village People's Y.M.C.A becomes their only UK No.1 single. At it's peak it sold over 150,000 copies a day
1994 Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard
2000’s
2016 North Korea states that they have successfully conducted their fourth nuclear test, saying it was a hydrogen bomb in a claim disputed by most international experts
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My Rambling Thoughts
A good day all the way around. First, I finally received my new passport. Notified Tumlare and am ready for my Amazon trip later this year.
I guess things don’t last forever. Hmmm. My 12-year-old microwave needed to be replaced. While cleaning it this morning I noticed that the ceiling had a huge melted spot inside the oven…not a good sign I’m sure. Wasn’t like that a few weeks ago. I headed out and found a replacement with more power. The old one was 1000 watts, the new one is 1100. Not sure anything will change when using, but it is nice to have a new one.
While shopping for the new microwave, I also found M&M’s Double Chocolate. They are only sold in the ‘sharing size’ but I don’t expect that to happen.
I’m sure glad I’m not suffering through the winter weather over most of the US. This is much better…warm for winter, no snow to shovel. Nice.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@92- Sun Myung Moon,
evangelist (Unification Church-Moonies),
(d. 2012)
80’s
@89- Carl Sandburg,
American poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
(d. 1967)
@87- Loretta Young,
American actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger),
born in Salt Lake City, Utah
(d. 2000)
70’s
@79- Samuel Rayburn,
(Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57),
cancer (d. 1961)
@79- Danny Thomas,
Deerfield Mich, comedian (Danny Thomas Show)
heart failure (d. 1991)
60’s
@69- Bonnie Franklin,
Santa Monica Cal, TV actress (Ann-1 Day at a Time),
pancreatic cancer (d. 2013)
@63- Charles Sumner,
American leading Reconstruction senator,
born in Boston,
heart attack (d. 1874)
63- Rowan Atkinson,
English comedian and actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder),
born in Consett, County Durham, England
61- Nancy Lopez,
American golfer (3 Majors, 48 LPGA tour wins),
born in Torrance, CA
@60- Vic Tayback,
American actor (Mel-Alice, Khan, Portrait of a Stripper),
born in Brooklyn,
heart attack (d. 1920)
@60- Syd Barrett,
English guitarist and early vocalist of the band Pink Floyd,
born in Cambridge, England
pancreatic cancer (d. 2006)
40’s
48- Julie Chen,
American television presenter
30’s
36- Eddie Redmayne,
English actor (The Other Boleyn Girl, The Theory of Everything),
born in London
34- Eric Trump
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@87-1989 Hirohito,
Japan`s emperor (1922-89), after 62-year reign
@86-2016 Pat Harrington Jr,
American actor (Danny Thomas Show, One Day at a Time)
70’s
@76-1734 John Dennis,
English dramatist According to Brewer's entry (under the headword thunder), this is the origin of the phrase, "to steal one's thunder"
@72-2006 Lou Rawls,
American vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man),
cancers
60’s
@61-1884 Gregor Mendel,
Austrian monk and geneticist (discoverer of laws of heredity),
kidney disease
@60-1919 Theodore Roosevelt,
26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906),
blood clot
50’s
@59-1949 Victor Fleming,
American film director (The Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind),
heart attack
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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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