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Jan 27, 2018 Week: 04\ Day: 27
86004 Today: H 41° \ L 13° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave.: 13mph\Gusts: 18mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 61°[2003] Record Low: -13°[1937]
Jan Averages: 50°\23°
Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)
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Today’s Quote
Harper’s Index
9- Number of US states that forbid municipalities from
banning plastic bags
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Observances This Week
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
A.F.R.M.A. Fancy Rat & Mouse Day
Auschwitz Liberation Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust Link
National Geographic Day
National Seed Swap Day
Thomas Crapper Day
Viet Nam Peace Day
Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1500’s
1556 Willem of Orange becomes a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
1591 Scottish schoolmaster Dr. John Fian burned for witchcraft at Castle Hill, Edinburgh by order King James VI. Part of the Berwick witch trials.
1700’s
1785 1st US state university chartered in Athens, Georgia
1800’s
1825 U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears"
1880 Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp
1888 The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. for "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge"
1894 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11
1900’s
1915 US Marines occupy Haiti
1924 Lenin placed in Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow
1926 US Senate agrees to join World Court
1926 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his theory of wave mechanics and presents what becomes known as the Schrödinger equation in quantum mechanics
1941 Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Rivera-Schreiber warns American Ambassador of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor
1945 Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps in Poland
1948 1st tape recorder sold
1961 "Sing Along with Mitch" [Miller] premieres on NBC TV
1967 A fire in the Apollo I Command Module kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee during a launch rehearsal
1967 Treaty signed banning military use of nuclear weapons in space
1976 "Laverne & Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
1984 Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial
1992 Presidential candidate Bill Clinton (D) & Genifer Flowers accuse each other of lying over her assertion they had a 12-year affair
2000’s
2004 "Yeah!" single released by Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris (Grammy Award Best Rap/Sung Collaboration 2005, Billboard Song of the Year 2004)
2017 Donald Trump issues executive order banning travel to the US for 7 mostly Muslim countries and suspending admission for refugees
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My Rambling Thoughts
We had an excellent lunch in Williams with our retirement group. I had a great Cuban sandwich with pork chop, ham, green chili, and more. I brought a slice of German Chocolate cake home. Mary brought us some huge oranges and gigantic lemons from her trees in Phoenix. Outstanding. A chilly wind kept us from going to Bearizona, but still a great trip.
I really like the Essence of Bamboo pillows from Sam’s so I went back today and picked up two more for the shams I have on my couch. Did a little more money spending and got home by noon. Life is good.
I thought the Double chocolate M&M’s were the best, but then I discovered Mint M&M’s. Now it is a real dilemma.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
70’s
@74- Samuel Gompers,
American labor union leader (American Federation of Labor),
born in London,
(d. 1924)
70- Mikhail Baryshnikov,
ballet dancer (That's Dancing)
born in Riga Latvia
60’s
@65- Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson],
English author (Alice in Wonderland),
born in Daresbury, England
influenza (d. 1898)
@65- Troy Donahue,
American actor (Surfside Six, Cockfighter, Hawaiian Eye),
born in NYC,
heart attack (d. 2001)
@64- Donna Reed,
actress (From Here to Eternity, Wonderful Life)
pancreatic cancer (d. 1986)
@63- Jerome Kern,
American Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta),
born in NYC,
stroke (d.1945)
@62- Edward Smith,
captain of Titanic
50’s
59- Keith Olbermann,
American news presenter
30’s
@35- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Austrian musical prodigy and composer (Figaro),
born in Salzburg, Austria
swelling & pain (d. 1791)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@94-2014 Pete Seeger,
American folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene) and activist,
helped create the modern American folk music movement
@91-2010 J. D. Salinger,
American novelist (The Catcher in the Rye)
80’s
@86-2007 Tige Andrews,
American actor (Mod Squad)
@85-2004 Jack Paar,
American television show host
70’s
@77-1901 Giuseppe Verdi,
Italian composer
@73-1910 Thomas Crapper,
English plumber and inventor (ballcock)
60’s
@65-1851 John James Audubon,
conservationist (Audubon Society),
dementia
@60-1972 Mahalia Jackson,
gospel singer (He Got the Whole World),
diabetes complications
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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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