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Jan 31, 2018 Week: 05\ Day: 31
86004 Today: H 59° \ L 27° \ Average Sky Cover: 20%
Wind ave.: 6mph\Gusts: 0mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 63°[1971] Record Low: -25°[1916]
Jan Averages: 50°\23°
Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)
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Today’s Quote
Harper’s Index
32-Number of states that do not have inheritance tax or estate tax
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Observances This Week
28- Feb 3
29-Feb 2
Tax Identity Theft Week Link
31-Feb 4
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days
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Observances for Today
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1600’s
1627 Spanish government goes bankrupt
1700’s
1747 The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital,
London
1800’s
1846 After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown
unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1851 American Gail Borden announces the invention of condensed milk
1851 San Francisco Orphan's Asylum founded, 1st in California
1865 Congress passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in
America (passes 121-24)
1871 Millions of birds fly over western San Francisco, darkening the sky
1876 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into
reservations.
1900’s
1900 The final report of the USA's Philippine Commission is released,
favoring territorial government for the islands with home rule in local
affairs, but with US assumptions of ultimate responsibility for the
government.
1905 1st automobile to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald,
Daytona Beach
1915 1st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
1918 A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to
the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives,
and damage to another five British warships.
1928 Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
1944 Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June
1950 US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the
development of a hydrogen bomb
1958 US launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1
1961 "The Misfits" premieres in NYC, final movie for Clark Gable
& Marilyn Monroe
1971 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands
1972 US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations
(396/244,998)
1982 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman
1985 South African President PW Botha offers to free Nelson Mandela if
he denounces violence
1988 Super Bowl XXII: Wash Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in
San Diego Super Bowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB
1990 1st McDonalds in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow
1995 President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to
stabilize its economy.
1999 Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver Broncos beats Atlanta Falcons 34-19 at
Pro Player Stadium, Miami, John Elway MVP
2000’s
2001 In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits
another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which
crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
2009 In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured
following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at
a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
2017 US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates after
she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Trump's
travel ban
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My Rambling Thoughts
Cleaning up the house as I am expecting visitors tomorrow who may or may not spend a few days, all depends on when they arrive. We worked together on the Rez and then they left to live/teach in Colorado. Now they are retired, so are returning to our beautiful area. Looking forward to a visit, no matter how long or short it is.
I have listened to the SOTU address every year for decades. Whether or not I agree with the President, I do want to know how he sees our country and how he plans to make it better. There seems to be a big push on FB to boycott the speech. I don’t get that, as how can you agree or disagree with plans if you don’t listen to see what they are. So I will bite my tongue, take my blood pressure meds and listen.
Shocked…my former US Rep, now a Rep. from another district, is known for his farthest right politics. Today he contacted the Capitol Police to arrest all undocumented who attend the SOTU address tonight. Insanity reigns. And shouldn’t he have called ICE?
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
97- Carol Channing,
American actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly),
singer and comedian,
born in Seattle
80’s
@84- Norman Mailer,
American novelist
(Naked & the Dead, The Executioner's Song),
born in NYC
(d. 2007)
80- James G Watt,
US Secretary of Interior (1981-83)
70’s
@78- Garry Moore, [Thomas Garrison Morfit],
host (I've Got a Secret)
throat cancer (d. 1993)
@73- Tokugawa Ieyasu,
Japanese Shogun who founded the first Tokugawa
Shogunate and united Japan,
born in Okazaki, Japan
cancer or syphilis (d. 1616)
71- Nolan Ryan
American MLB pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros)
(7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks),
born in Refugio, Texas
@70- Suzanne Pleshette,
American actress (Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show),
born in NYC,
lung cancer (d. 2008)
60’s
@67- Zane Grey,
American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)
heart failure (d. 1939)
@66- Tallulah Bankhead,
American actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling),
born in Huntsville, Alabama
malnutrition/pneumonia (d. 1968)
50’s
@53- Jackie Robinson,
1st African American major league baseball player (Dodgers),
born in Cairo, Georgia
heart attack (d. 1972)
40’s
48- Minnie Driver,
British actress and singer-songwriter
(Good Will Hunting, The Riches),
born in London
45- Portia de Rossi,
Australian actress
41- Bobby Moynihan,
SNL
30’s
37- Justin Timberlake,
singer-songwriter and actor (Sexyback, My Love),
born in Memphis, Tennessee
@31- Franz Schubert,
Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony),
born in Vienna, Austria
typhoid (d. 1828)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@91-1974 Samuel Goldwyn,
Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM)
70’s
@74-1956 A. A. Milne,
English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
60’s
@67-1788 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart,
English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion),
stroke
30’s
@35-1606 Guy Fawkes,
English Catholic conspirator who was convicted in
the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the British Parliament,
executed
20’s
@25-1945 Eddie Slovik,
1st US executed for desertion since Civil War
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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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