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Jan 29, 2018 Week: 05\ Day: 29
86004 Today: H 46° \ L 23° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave.: 13mph\Gusts: 25mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 60°[1986] Record Low: -12°[1932]
Jan Averages: 50°\23°
Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)
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Today’s Quote
Harper’s Index
65,000- Estimated number of US visa applications who
will be asked for social=media data each year
under a new policy
16- Average number of years refugees liv in the US
before having paid more in taxes than they’ve
received in benefits
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Observances This Week
28- Feb 3
Catholic Schools Week
National School Choice Week Link
Meat Week
29-Feb 2
Tax Identity Theft Week Link
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Observances for Today
Curmudgeons Day
Freethinkers Day
Seeing Eye Dog Day
Thomas Paine Day
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1500’s
1595 William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" is
thought to have been first performed. Officially
published early 1597.
1800’s
1802 John Beckley of Virginia appointed first Librarian of
Congress
1845 Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Raven" 1st published
(NYC)
1860 American College established in Rome by Pope
Pius IX
1861 US state of Kansas admitted to the Union as the
34th state
1863 Bear River Massacre: American soldiers slaughter
hundreds of Shoshone men, women, children at the
confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek in
present-day Idaho
1879 Custer Battlefield National Monument established in
Montana
1886 Karl Benz patents the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen,"
the world's 1st automobile with a burning motor
1886 1st successful gasoline-powered car patented
by Karl Benz in Karlsruhe, Germany
1892 The Coca-Cola Company, is incorporated in Atlanta
1900’s
1904 1st athletic letters given (University of Chicago
football team)
1929 Seeing Eye Guide Dog organization forms in USA
1959 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange & George Hala selected
to football Hall of Fame
1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck
1964 "Dr Strangelove", directed by Stanley Kubrickand
starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott,
premieres
1969 Jimi Hendrix & Pete Townshend wage a battle of
guitars
1979 US President Jimmy Carter commuted Patricia
Hearst's 7-year sentence to 2 years
1985 Oxford University refuses to award Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree
1989 Episcopal Church of the United States appoints
Barbara Harris as its first female bishop
1990 Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial
due to oil spill
1996 France will no longer test nuclear weapons, its
president Pacques Chirac says, following
international outcry over tests in the Pacific
2000’s
2002 US President George W. Bush in his State of the
Union address describes "regimes that sponsor
terror" an "Axis of Evil", which includes Iraq, Iran
and North Korea
2005 The first direct commercial flights from the mainland
China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949
arrived in Taipei.
Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in
Beijing.
2006 US 39-cent stamp is released featuring Hattie
McDaniel in the dress she wore in 1940 when she
became the 1st African-American actress to accept an
Academy Award
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the 1st non-Spanish
player to captain Real Madrid, making his 500th
appearance for the club
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My Rambling Thoughts
Some friends from the Rez stopped by yesterday. Good conversation, good food, good times.
Today became a lazy day to catch up on DVR’d programs, a little cleaning, and of course, the Sunday News Programs. A year ago I was shocked every day by the tweets, comments and actions coming out of the White House. Today it is hard to even listen to the latest antics. As BB King sang: The thrill is gone. A sad commentary on the current US situation.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@93- Harriet Tubman,
Civil Rights Leader
(d. 1913)
80’s
@86- John D. Rockefeller Jr,
American financier and philanthropist,
born in Cleveland,
(d. 1960)
70’s
78- Katharine Ross,
American actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys),
born in Hollywood
@73- Thomas Paine,
English-American political essayist (Common Sense,
Age of Reason),
born in Thetford, England
(d. 1809)
73- Tom Selleck,
actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI),
born in Detroit
70- Marc Singer,
actor (V, Dallas),
born in Vancouver, Canada
60’s
68- Ann Jillian,
actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here),
born in Cambridge
@66- W C Fields, [William Claude Dukenfield],
actor (Bank Dick),
born in Philadelphia,
alcohol related gastric hemorrhage (d. 1946)
@65- Lawrence Hargrave,
inventor (box kite)
(d. 1915)
64- Oprah Winfrey,
American TV talk show host
actress (The Oprah Winfrey Show, Color Purple),
born in Kosciusko, Mississippi
@63- Adam Clayton Powell,
(Rep-D-NY, 1945-70)
prostatitis (d. 1972)
50’s
@58- William McKinley,
25th US President (Republican: 1897-1901),
born in Niles, Ohio
assassinated (d. 1901)
@52- Moses Cleaveland,
founder of Cleveland
(d. 1806)
50- Edward Burns,
American actor, director,
writer (Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan),
born in Queens
40’s
47- Paul Ryan,
Speaker of the House
@44- Anton Chekhov,
Russian playwright (Cherry Orchard),
born in Taganrog, Russia
TB (d. 1904)
43- Sara Gilbert,
actress (Melissa-Roseanne),
born in Santa Monica
30’s
36- Adam Lambert,
pop singer, American Idol contestant
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@88-1963 Robert Frost,
American poet (4 Pulitzers)
@86-1980 Jimmy Durante,
comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show)
@81-2015 Rod McKuen,
American singer-songwriter (Jean) and poet
70’s
@77-2015 Colleen McCullough,
New Zealand-born Australian author (The Thorn Birds),
strokes
@75-1888 Edward Lear,
poet/author,
heart disease
@73-1859 Seth Thomas,
American Manufacturer and pioneer in the mass production
of clocks
40’s
@48-1933 Sara Teasdale,
American poet,
suicide
20’s
@22-1977 Freddie Prinze,
comedian and actor (Chico & the Man),
shoots himself
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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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