Feb 7

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Feb 7, 2018 Week: 06\ Day: 38

86004 Today: H 56° \ L 23° \ Average Sky Cover: 10% 

Wind ave.:   6mph\Gusts:  27mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 66°[1963]   Record Low: -18°[1903]

Feb Averages: 46°\19°

Feb Records: H: 71° (1986) L: -23° (1985)

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Today’s Quote

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

  Zora Neale Hurston

Harper’s Index

$94,000,000- Amount the Pentagon has spent on forest-pattern uniforms for the Afghan National Army

2- Percentage of Afghanistan that is cover in forest

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Observances This Week

1-7

African Heritage & Health Week
Women's Heart Week

2-8

Publicity for Profit Week

3-9

Dump Your Significant Jerk Week

4-10

Burn Awareness Week Link 
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week

5-11

Children's Mental Health Week Link
National School Counseling Week Link
International Networking Week

7-12

Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend

7-14
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link
Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link
Risk Awareness Week
International Week of Black Women in The Arts Link
National Marriage Week  Link  Link

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Observances for Today

Ballet Day
Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
 "e" Day (math) Link
Laura Ingalls Wilder Day
National Periodic Table Day  Link 
National Signing Day Link
Send a Card to a Friend Day

Wave All you Fingers at Your Neighbor Day

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1700’s                                          

1795 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states

1800’s                                          

1812 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri

1812 Poet Lord Byron (6th Baron Byron) makes his maiden speech in House of Lords

1818 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician" begins (NYC)

1839 Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president"

1889 Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco

1894 The Cripple Creek miners' strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado

1900’s                                          

1904 Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)

1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"

1936 A flag is authorized for US Vice President

1936 Felix the Cat, animated film released by Van Beuren Studios licensed from Otto Messmer

1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000 a year baseball player for the New York Yankees

1950 United States formally recognizes the State of Vietnam as the legitimate government of Vietnam, with Bảo Đại as leader

1962 US President JFK begins blockade of Cuba by banning all Cuban imports and exports

1964 Cassius Clay converts to Islam, and is renamed Muhammad Ali

1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam

1971 Switzerland votes for national women's suffrage in a referendum

1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1974 Mel Brooks' film "Blazing Saddles" opens in movie theaters starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder

1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army claim responsibility for the kidnapping of Patty Hearst, daughter of Randolph Hearst

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My Rambling Thoughts

Decided to re-do my guest bedroom with a little update. Picked up some new shams and some other things. Will finish it off tomorrow.

It became obvious yesterday that 45 has never watched a State of the Union speech before. The party in power always claps, stands, claps, stands while the party not in power sits quietly sometimes scowling. It’s how it’s done in this democracy. (An exception was during Obama’s speech where a SC Justice shook his head ‘no’ and a member of Congress yelled ‘you lie.’  Yet 45 suggested in a speech  that not clapping and standing may be considered treasonous. WTF? That is a very powerful word that carries very heavy penalties. I am still embarrassed and ashamed that the President would say such a thing out loud.  

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@96- Eubie Blake,

US ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You)

born in Baltimore

(d. 1983)

@90- Laura Ingalls Wilder,

author (Little House on Prairie),

born in Pepin, Wisconsin

(d. 1957)

80’s

@82- John Deere,

American blacksmith and manufacturer

(founded Deere & Company)

born in Rutland, Vermont

(d. 1886)

70’s

@78- James Murray,

Scottish lexicographer and philologist

(Oxford English Dictionary),

born in Denholm, Scotland

(d. 1915)

@75- Clarence "Buster" Crabbe,

American swimmer (Olympic gold 1932)

actor (Tarzan the Fearless, Flash Gordon),

born in Oakland, CA

heart attack A (d. 1983)

60’s

@67- Jimmy Greenspoon,

rock organist (3 Dog Night-Joy to the World),

born in Los Angeles

melanoma (d. 2015)

@65- [Harry] Sinclair Lewis,

American writer (Nobel Prize in Literature 1930),

born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota

alcoholism (d. 1951)

50’s

@58- Charles Dickens,

English novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities),

born in Portsmouth, Hampshire

strokes (d. 1870)

58- James Spader,

American actor (Endless Love, Wall St, Mannequin),

born in NYC

@57- Sir Thomas More,

English statesman, humanist, and author

decapitated (d. 1535)

56- Garth Brooks,

American country singer (No Fences, Double Live),

born in Tulsa

56- Eddie Izzard,

British actor and comedian

53- Chris Rock,

comedian (SNL, CB4, Boomerang)

40’s

44- Steve Nash,

Canadian NBA guard

(Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, LA Lakers),

born in Johannesburg, South Africa

40- Ashton Kutcher,

American actor (That 70s Show),

born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@94-2001 Anne Morrow Lindbergh,

American author and aviator

80’s

@88-2001 Dale Evans,

American actress and singer (Roy Rogers Show)

@84-1994 Richard Bissell,

US under director of CIA (Pig's Bay)

70’s

@71-2017 Richard Hatch,

American actor (Battlestar Galactica),

cancer

60’s

@69-1938 Harvey Firestone,

American manufacturer

founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company,

heart attack

50’s

@57-2000 Doug Henning,

Canadian magician

liver cancer

30’s

@36-1968 Nick Adams,

actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story),

OD

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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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