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Feb 4, 2018 Week: 06\ Day: 35
86004 Today: H 58° \ L 30° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave.: 7mph\Gusts: 13mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 64°[1953] Record Low: -22°[1922]
Feb Averages: 46°\19°
Feb Records: H: 71° (1986) L: -23° (1985)
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Today’s Quote
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop
than when we soar.
William Wordsworth
Harper’s Index
22- Estimated number of additional congressional seats Republicans
won last year because of gerrymandering
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Observances This Week
1- 4
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days
1-5
US Snow Sculpting Week
1-7
African Heritage & Health Week
Women's Heart Week
Women's Heart Week
2-8
Publicity for Profit Week
3-9
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week
4-10
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Observances for Today
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1700’s
1789 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice-President
1800’s
1844 World's oldest known Bible, "The Codex Sinaiticus" (Sinai Bible), is discovered or stolen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf
1849 University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time; Jefferson Davis elected President of Confederacy (US Civil War)
1865 Hawaiian Board of Education formed
1880 Black Donnelly massacre in Biddulph, Ontario. Irish immigrants James (63), Johannah (56), John (32), Thomas (25) and Bridget (21) Donnelly murdered at home by members of the Vigilance Committee
1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads
1900’s
1924 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix, France
1941 United Service Organization (USO) founded
1948 Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) declares independence from UK
1967 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1970 "Patton" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1971)
1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1973 An International inspection team is sent to Vietnam to observe progress on the Paris truce agreement
1974 Patricia Hearst (19), daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
1976 12th Winter Olympic games opens in Innsbruck, Austria
1985 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture
1987 US President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
1997 US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
2000’s
2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2014 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Scotland
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My Rambling Thoughts
Our discussion group meets tonight. We’ll be talking about Pax Americana…the US domination of social, economic, political since WWII. The readings were about events that suggest the demise of Pax Americana. Should be an informative, interesting and frankly a little frightening. Lots of readings so not a whole lot else to do today.
One of the points of these articles was the perceived failure of the American political institutions by many in this country.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@92- Rosa Parks,
American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat
on a bus to a white passenger,
born in Tuskegee, Alabama
(d. 2005)
@90- Clyde William Tombaugh,
American astronomer (discovered Pluto in Flagstaff, AZ)
(d. 1997)
80’s
@85- Betty Friedan,
American feminist and writer (Feminine Mystique),
born in Peoria, Illinois
(d. 2006)
70’s
78- John Schuck,
American actor (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yoyo),
born in Boston
@77- George A. Romero,
director of horror films…zombies
lung cancer (d. 2017)
@77- Ida Lupino,
Anglo-American actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
director (The Hitch-Hiker),
born in London, England colon cancer
(d. 1995)
@73- Robert Coote,
British actor (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Scaramouche),
born in London, England
in his sleep (d. 1982)
@72- Charles A Lindbergh,
pilot (1st to fly solo across Atlantic),
born in Detroit,
lymphoma (d. 1974)
70- Alice Cooper, [Vincent Furnier],
rocker (School's Out),
born in Detroit
50’s
@58 Nigel Bruce,
British actor (Rebecca, Suspicion, Sherlock Holmes),
born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
heart attack (d. 1953)
56- Clint Black,
American country vocalist (Killin' Time, A Better Man),
born in Long Branch, NJ
40’s
45- Oscar De La Hoya,
boxer
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@87-2005 Raiford "Ossie" Davis,
American actor, director, author, and civil rights activist
(Purlie Victorious, Do the Right Thing, Hot Stuff,
Man Called Adam)
American writer and feminist, on her birthday
@80-1974 Satyendra Nath Bose,
Indian physicist ( Bose–Einstein statistics)
70’s
@79-1961 Piet[er] L Kramer,
influential Dutch architect (Amsterdam School)
60’s
@69-1989 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns,
country singer (Homer & Jethro),
prostate cancer
@67-1987 Liberace,
pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman),
AIDS
@66-1975 Louis Jordan,
American musician, songwriter and bandleader (Caldonia),
heart attack
@63-1880 James Donnelly,
Irish-Canadian patriarch of the "Black
Donnellys",
murdered (Black Donnelly massacre)
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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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