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Jan 23, 2018 Week: 04\ Day: 23
86004 Today: H 34° \ L 5° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave.: 9mph\Gusts: 0mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 61°[1970] Record Low: -15°[1937]
Jan Averages: 50°\23°
Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)
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Today’s Quote
Harper’s Index
1000 Number of years humans had last year to colonize another planet or risk extinction, according to Stephen Hawking
100 That humans have this year, according to Hawking’s projection
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Observances This Week
17-23
National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week
National Soccer Coaches of America Week
18-25
Week of Christian Unity
18-28
Sundance Film Festival
20-28
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Link
Hunt For Happiness Week
National Activity Professionals Week
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
22-26
Clean Out Your Inbox Week
National Medical Group Practice Week
23-26
International Hoof-Care Week Link
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Observances for Today
Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
900’s
971 War elephant corps of the Southern Han defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops; Southern Han state forced to submit to the Song Dynasty. 1st regular war elephant corps in Chinese army
1300’s
1368 In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries.
1500’s
1552 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes mandatory in England
1600’s
1647 Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
1656 French philosopher and theologian Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provincials
1700’s
1789 Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded
1800’s
1849 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in the US to earn a medical degree
1859 Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii begins an eruption that lasts 300 days
1870 173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army
1879 US National Archery Association forms in Crawfordsville, Indiana
1897 Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Resulting murder trial of her husband perhaps only case in US history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
1900’s
1907 Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
1916 Temperature falls from 44°F (7°C) to -56°F (49°C) night of 23-24, Browning MT
1930 Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
1933 20th amendment, which changed the date of US presidential inaugurations to 20th January, is ratified
1948 Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens
1950 Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
1957 Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee disc (originally called the "Pluto Platter" until 1958)
1961 Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films
1964 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
1968 Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by North Korea
1972 Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
1973 US President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War
1975 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
1977 Mini-series "Roots" premieres on ABC
1983 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC
1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis
1986 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Bros, Buddy Holly, J L Lewis & Elvis Presley)
1991 World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
2000’s
2001 The Chinese Communist Party stages a self-immolation in Tiananmen Square to frame Falun Gong and escalate the persecution.
2005 "Numbers", starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz, debuts on CBS
2015 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is crowned King of Saudi Arabia, on the death of this half-brother King Abdullah
2016 Blizzard delivers record snow to 80 US states, New York 30 inches of snow. Washington 28 inches at least 15 killed
2016 Zika virus outbreak in Brazil prompts Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador and Jamaica to recommend women delay pregnancies for up to 2 years
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My Rambling Thoughts
Snow continues to melt, slowly as it ain’t very warm outside. Roads are dry. Life is good.
Still trying to figure out why Congress stopped pay to our active troops during this silly partial shutdown. Really? In the past, active troops were considered ‘essential.’ Not in this crazy administration. Sad.
Another CR. Great. I quit playing kick the can in my early teen years.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
85- Chita Rivera,
American actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity),
born in Washington, D.C.
@81- Gertrude B. Elion,
American biochemist and drug researcher
developed groundbreaking leukemia and herpes drug treatments
(Nobel 1988),
born in NYC
(d. 1999)
70’s
75- Gil Gerard,
actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century),
born in Little Rock
60’s
68- Richard Dean Anderson,
actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS),
born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
50’s
@56- John Hancock,
American merchant and statesman
1st to sign the Declaration of Independence,
born in Braintree, Massachusetts
failing health(d. 1793)
54- Mariska Hargitay, American actress (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit), born in Santa Monica
40’s
44- Tiffani Theissen,
American actress (Saved by Bell, 90210),
born in Long Beach, CA
@43- Django Reinhardt,
Belgium born Romani-French jazz guitarist
composer considered the most significant European Jazz musician,
born in Liberchies, Pont-à-Celles, Belgium
stroke (d. 1953)
@42- Ernie Kovacs,
comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show),
born in Trenton, NJ
auto accident (d. 1962)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@96-2011 Jack LaLanne,
American fitness and nutritional expert
80’s
@84-1989 Salvador Dali,
Spanish surrealist artist (Crucifixion)
@80-1944 Edvard Munch,
Norwegian painter (The Scream),
bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo
70’s
@79-2005 Johnny Carson,
American television host
emphysema
@77-1976 Paul Robeson,
American singer (Old Man River), actor
civil rights activist,
stroke
@77-1803 Arthur Guinness,
Irish brewer
philanthropist
60’s
@61-1997 Richard Berry,
lyricist (Louie Louie),
respiratory failure
40’s
@49-1931 Anna Pavlova,
Russian prima ballerina and choreographer
(Diaghilew, Dying Swan),
pneumonia
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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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