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Feb 25, 2018 Week: 09\ Day: 56
86004 Today: H
38° \ L 11° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave.: 5mph\Gusts:
12mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 70°[1986] Record Low: -10°[1919]
Feb Averages: 46°\19°
Feb Records: H: 71° (1986) L: -23° (1985)
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Today’s Quote
They
are ill discoverers that think there is no land,
when
they can see nothing but sea.
Francis Bacon
Harper’s Index
$61,380,600,000-Estimated
minimum combined net worth of 45’s Cabinet members and advisers
114-Number of
countries whose GDP is lower than that figure
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Observances This Week
16-25
Date
(Fruit) Week
22-25
American
Birkenbreiner Race
25-
Mar 3National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Justice for Animals Week Link Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
National Justice for Animals Week Link Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
National
Invasive Species Awareness Week Link
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Observances for Today
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
≈Today’s Significant International
Historical Events
1500’s
≈1570 Pius
V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England and absolves her
subjects from allegiance to the crown
1700’s
1751 1st
performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent)
1791 1st
Bank of US chartered
1799 1st
federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land
1799 US
Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation
1800’s
1836 Samuel
Colt patents first revolving barrel multi-shot firearm
1839 Seminoles
& black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to the West
1847 State
University of Iowa is approved
1862 Congress
forms US Bureau of Engraving & Printing
1863 Congress
creates national banking system, comptroller of currency
1879 US
Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act
1885 US
Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds
1900’s
1901 US
Steel Corporation organized under J. P. Morgan, Sr.
1908 1st
tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
≈1910 Dalai
Lama flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops
1913 The
16th Amendment to the US Constitution becomes law, providing the legal basis
for the institution of a graduated income tax
1919 Oregon
is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)
≈1921 The
Living Buddha, Hutuktu, is crowned King of Mongolia as the country declares
independence from China
1925 Glacier
Bay National Monument established in Alaska
1950 "Your
Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers
include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen
≈1951 1st
Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
≈1952 6th
Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
≈1971 Northern
Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark holds a meeting with Catholic
Cardinal of Ireland William Conway, the first such meeting between men holding
these offices since 1921
≈1972 Paul
McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single
1977 New
Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
1977 Oil
tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
≈1986 Corazon
Aquino becomes President of the Philippines, Marcos flees the country
1987 US
Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
2000’s
≈2011 In
the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst
defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921
≈2011 French
fashion house Christian Dior suspends its chief designer John Galliano after he
is arrested for an anti-semitic verbal attack in Paris
≈2012 World
Health Organization removes India from the list of polio endemic countries
2014 50
students are killed in a Boko Harem attack on a college in Buni, Nigeria
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My
Rambling Thoughts
We had a nice
little storm with about 4” of snow yesterday. Today it is melting fast. Bright
blue sky is helping with the melting. I did go out and sweep off my vehicle.
Guess I could have waited for it to melt. The HOA came through by cleaning off
the sidewalks.
Amazing how
quickly the Olympics has headed for it’s ending. I’ve seen some great
competition and still the weekend is ahead. I just hope they don’t spend too
much time on Ivanka as our representative. The games should remain as
non-political as possible. NBC did some very good back stories too.
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Birthdays
Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@92- Sun
Myung Moon,
South
Korean evangelist (Unification Church),
born in
Chongju, Japanese Korea
(d. 2012)
80’s
83- Sally Jessy
Raphael,
American
TV talk show host (Sally),
born in
Easton, PA
70’s
@78- Pierre
Auguste Renoir,
French
Impressionist painter and sculptor
(Bal du
moulin de la Galette, Luncheon of the Boating Party),
born in
Limoges, France
(d. 1919)
@78- Zeppo
Marx [Herbert Manfred Marx],
American
comedian and actor (Marx Brothers),
born in
NYC,
lung
cancer (d. 1979)
@77- Bobby
Riggs,
American tennis
player
("The
Battle of the Sexes", US Open 1939, 41),
born in
Los Angeles
prostate
cancer (d. 1995)
@76- [John] Anthony
Burgess [Wilson],
essayist
and novelist (A Clockwork Orange),
born in
Harpurhey, Lancashire
lung
cancer (d. 1993)
@76- James
"Jim" Backus,
American
actor
(Mr Magoo,
Rebel Without a Cause, Gilligan's Island),
born in
Cleveland, Ohio
Parkinsons
(d. 1989)
76- Karen
Grassle,
American
actress (Caroline-Little House on Prairie),
born in
Berkeley
@72- José de
San Martín,
Argentine
General,
liberated
Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule,
born in
Yapeyú, Argentina
(d. 1850)
@71- John
Foster Dulles,
US
Secretary of State(1953-59),
born in
Washington, D.C.
colon
cancer (d. 1959)
50’s
@58- George
Harrison,
English
pop star and Beatle
(Traveling
Wilburys-My Sweet Lord),
born in
Liverpool, England
cancer (d.
2001)
53- Carrot
Top, [Scott Thompson],
comedian
(Amer Comedy Award-1994)
52- Tea
Leoni,
American
actress (Flying Blind, Naked Truth),
born in
NYC
40’s
@48- Enrico
Caruso,
operatic
tenor (Faust),
born in
Naples, Italy
peritonitis
(d. 1921)
43- Chelsea
Handler,
American
comedian and actress
42- Rashida
Jones,
American
actress (Parks and Recreation),
writer,
model, and musician,
born in
Los Angeles
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Historical
Obits Today
90’s
@90-1723 Christopher
Wren,
English
astronomer and architect (St. Paul's Cathedral)
80’s
@83-2006 Darren
McGavin [Richardson],
American
actor
(Murphy
Brown, The Night Stalker, A Christmas Story)
70’s
@77-1975 Elijah
Muhammad [Elijah Robert Poole],
American
religious leader (Nation of Islam),
heart
failure
@71-1983 Tennessee
Williams,
US
playwright and writer (Streetcar Named Desire),
choked
60’s
@65-1957 Bugs
Moran,
American
gangster,
lung
cancer in prison
@61-2017 Bill
Paxton,
American
actor (Titanic, Big Love),
surgical
complications
50’s
@56- James
Coco,
actor
(Joe-Dumplings),
heart
attack
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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.
☼☼☼☼…And That Is All
for Now…☼☼☼☼