Feb 15

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Feb 15, 2018 Week: 07\ Day: 46

86004 Today: H 44° \ L 31° \ Average Sky Cover: 95% 

Wind ave.:   5mph\Gusts:  22mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1996]   Record Low: -10°[1942]

Feb Averages: 46°\19°

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

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Today’s Quote

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves

and know what another person sees.

  Marcel Proust

Harper’s Index

3-Factor by which the number of US anti-Muslim hate groups increased in 2017

2/5-Portioni of Americans who believe that people who commit violence in the name of Islam are ‘really Muslim’

1/5-Who believe that people who commit violence in the name of Christianity are ‘really Christian’

32,000-Estimated number of Rohingya Muslim refugees that Bangladesh plans to relocate to a remote island
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Observances This Week

11-17

Celebration of Love Week Link 
Children of Alcoholics Week Link
International Friendship Week Link
Jell-O Week
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week Link 

International Flirting Week

12-16

National Green Week Link

12-18

Love a Mensch Week

13-15

World AG Expo

14-21

National Condom Week Link
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff Education Week

15-19

American Association For The Advancement of Science Week  Link

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Observances for Today

Angelman Syndrome Day Link
Annoy Squidward Day (aka Your Boss) Link (Sponge Bob Squarepants)
Lupercalia
National Gum Drop Day Link
National Hippo Day Link
Remember The Maine Day
Singles Awareness Day

Susan B Anthony Day

Westminster Dog Show

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

BC’s                                              

399 BC Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth of the city and for impiety

1700’s                                          

1763 Austria, Prussia & Saxony sign Treaty of Hubertusburg, marking the end of the French and Indian War and of the Seven Years War

1764 St. Louis, Missouri founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclède

1768 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia

1799 1st US printed ballots authorized, Pennsylvania

1800’s                                          

1842 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery company), NYC

1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient

1879 US Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court

1900’s                                          

1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom

1922 Marconi begins regular broadcasting transmissions from Essex

1932 3rd Winter Olympic games close at Lake Placid, New York

1932 George Burns & Gracie Allen debut as regulars on the "Guy Lombardo Show"

1932 US bobsled team member Eddie Eaganbecomes only athlete to win gold in both Summer & Winter Olympics (1920 boxing gold)

1933 President-elect Franklin Roosevelt survives assassination attempt

1936 Hitler announce building of Volkswagens (the People's Car, aka the Kaefer/beetle)

1936 Sonja Henie of Norway wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold

1942 World War II: British ruled Singapore surrenders to the Japanese

1950 Walt Disney's animated film "Cinderella" premieres in Boston

1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks

1971 After 1,200 years Great Britain abandons pence & shilling system for decimal currency

1976 12th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria

1981 Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York

1982 Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw

1990 Baseball owners lock out players

2000’s                                          

2001 First draft of the complete human genome is published in the journal "Nature"

2002 At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on crematorium's property. One of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral service industry.

2003 An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq

2005 YouTube, Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States

2011 US President Barack Obama awards writer and activist Maya Angelou the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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My Rambling Thoughts

One of the strangest snowstorms in my memory. It has been snowing on and off for three days, but none of the snow sticks. If there is a little overnight, it is melted by the rain in the morning. Snowing now…none sticking. I actually am enjoying this as no matter how hard it is snowing, there is no shoveling required. And I had to pull out a couple of sweaters for our chilly temps. Because of the wind subtract 14° for what I posted above.

Was out and about between snows and got my groceries for the week. Was hoping for Valentine sales on the holiday stuff, but alas, not until tomorrow.

Not able to finish the Focus site as I haven’t gotten the useable stuff yet. If it doesn’t come by tomorrow I will wing it with what I can use.

Saw some great competition last night. S. White was awesome and he had really grown up. Was watching some skiing when it was interrupted with the latest Texas school shooting. This is the 18^th gun incident at a school THIS YEAR. That is like one every 3 days. Come on…do something constructive.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

100’s                                            

@100- Miep Gies,

Dutch biographer of Anne Frank

(d.2010)

90’s                                               

@90- Charles Lewis Tiffany,

jeweler (Tiffany),

born in Killingly, Connecticut

(d. 1902)

80’s

@86- Susan B. Anthony,

American social reformer and

women's suffrage movement leader,

born in Adams, Massachusetts

(d. 1906)

@86- Cesar Romero,

American actor (Batman, Ocean's 11),

born in NYC

(d. 1994)

70’s

@77- Galileo Galilei,

Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer

father of science,

born in Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy

(d. 1642)

@75- Cyrus McCormick,

American inventor and businessman (mechanical reaper),

born in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

(d. 1884)

60’s

67- Jane Seymour, [Joyce Frankenberg],

England, actress (Dr Quinn)

63- Matt Groening,

American cartoonist and writer

(Life in Hell, The Simpsons, Futurama),

born in Portland, Oregon

40’s

44- Omarosa Manigault,

reality star, former Trump employee @ WH

30’s

@33- Chris Farley,

US actor (SNL, Wayne's World, Coneheads),

born in Madison, Wisconsin

multiple drug OD(d. 1997)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@87-2002 Howard K. Smith,

American journalist (b. 1914)

70’s

@77-1905 Lewis Wallace,

US diplomat/writer (Ben Hur),

Gov. of NM territory

atrophic gastritis

@76-1984 Ethel Merman,

singer/actress (Kid Million),

in her sleep

60’s

@66-1996 McLean Stevenson,

American actor (M*A*S*H, Hello Larry),

heart attack

40’s

@49-1965 Nat King Cole,

American singer (Unforgettable, Mona Lisa),

cancer

30’s

@38-2002 Kevin Smith,

New Zealand actor (Ares-Hercules),

falling from a prop tower

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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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