Mar 27

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Mar 27, 2018 Week: 13\ Day: 86

86004 Today: H 60° \ L 26° \ Average Sky Cover: 75% 

Wind ave.:   10mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning:  645 miles away

Record High: 70°[1986]   Record Low: -1°[1975]

Mar Averages: 46°\19°

Today’s Quote

Anyone who has never made a mistake

has never tried anything new.

    Albert Einstein

Harper’s Index

69-Estimated percentage of US residential properties in

100-year flood zones that lack flood insurance

10-Factor by which an American is more likely than

a Cuban to be killed in a hurricane

Observances This Week

20-4/5

National Cherry Blossom Festival

21-27

Internat’l Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination

24-4/1

World Irish Dancing Week1

25-31

Holy Week
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
National Cleaning Week
National Protocol Officer's Week
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week
National Physicians Week Link

Observances for Today

Celebrate Exchange Day Link
Education and Sharing Day
National Education and Sharing Day Link 
National "Joe" Day

Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
Viagra Day
World Theatre Day  Link
American Diabetes Association Alert Day Link 

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1500’s                                          

≈1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de León and his expedition first sight Florida

1700’s                                          

≈1790 The modern shoelace with an aglet patented in England by Harvey Kennedy

1794 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.

1800’s                                          

1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend: General Andrew Jackson defeats the Red Sticks, part of the Creek Indian tribe near Dadeville, Alabama

1836 1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland, Ohio)

≈1860 M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)

1866 US President Andrew Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th amendment

1900’s                                          

1912 1st Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington, D.C.

1915 Typhoid Mary [Mary Mallon] is arrested and returned to quarantine on North Brother Island, New York after spending five years evading health authorities and causing several further outbreaks of typhoid

≈1931 Charlie Chaplin receives France's distinguished Legion of Honor

1940 "Rebecca" based on the book by Daphne du Maurier, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1941)

1948 Just 11 days after being released from prison, Billie Holiday plays in front of a sold-out crowd at Carnegie Hall

1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records

≈1958 Havana Hilton opens in Cuba, later HQ for Fidel Castro

1973 45th Academy Awards: "The Godfather", Marlon Brando & Liza Minnelli win Marlon Brando turns down Oscar for best actor in support of Indians

≈1977 583 die in aviation's worst ever disaster when two Boeing 747s collide at Tenerife airport in Spain

1979 US Supreme Court rules 8-1 that cops can't randomly stop cars

1980 Mount St Helens becomes active after 123 years

1990 The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.

1995 67th Academy Awards: "Forrest Gump", Jessica Lange & Tom Hanks win

≈1995 "Back for Good" single released by British boy Band Take That, reaches No. 1 in 31 countries

2000’s                                          

≈2006 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights holds its final meeting.

2012 On This Day launches a sister site in Spanish, Hoy en la Historia

My Rambling Thoughts

Nice, but cloudy day here. Spent the a.m. getting paperwork for taxes out of a pile and into a semblance of order. Will get my appointment with H&R tomorrow.

Got a letter Saturday that my blood draw at the blood doctor was not paid by BCBS. Of course not, as Medicare is my primary. Called the blood company and was on hold for…ready…25 minutes. When she finally decided that I was next, it took less than 3 minutes to fix. Then I called the blood dr. to be let them know they messed up. Of course, this is the one dr. who has the worst customer service office staff on the planet. I tell the lady my issue, she transfers me to an answering machine. I leave a message to call me. It’s been 4 hours and still no call back. These idiots usually take 2 or 3 calls before they fix anything.

Then I found out that my measly SS check does not meet the amount of my basic Medicare so I owe them $180 for the year. Not bad, I must say for all it does, but doesn’t seem right.

Amazing story about the orange snow in Europe. It came from a sandstorm on the Sahara. How come we don’t have red snow here with the wind on the Rez?

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@85- Anthony Lewis,

American columnist (NY Times) and

author (Gideon's Trumpet)

(d.2013)

@84- Gloria Swanson,

American actress (Sunset Boulevard, Queen Kelly),

born in Chicago

(d. 1983)

70’s

@77- Wilhelm Röntgen,

German physicist who discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901),

born in Lennep, Rhine Province 

60’s

@66- Sarah Vaughan,

jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody),

born in Newark, NJ

after quitting chemo(d. 1990)

60- Bart Connor,

gymnast/sportscaster (Olympic gold 1984)

50’s

55- Quentin Tarantino,

American director and screenwriter (Pulp Fiction),

born in Knoxville, Tenn

40’s

49- Pauley Perrette,

American actress (NCIS), photographer, poet, writer

@48- David Janssen, [Meyer],

actor (The Fugitive, Harry O),

born in Naponee Neb.

heart attack (d. 1980)

48- Mariah Carey,

American singer (Love Takes Time, Hero),

born in NYC

47- Nathan Fillion,

Canadian actor (Castle),

born in Edmonton, Alberta

43- Fergie Duhamel (Stacy Ann Ferguson),

American pop singer (The Black Eyed Peas),

born in Hacienda Heights, CA

30’s

30- Brenda Song,

Disney actress

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@95-2002 Billy Wilder,

Austrian-born American film director

(The Lost Weekend, Some Like it Hot)

@93-2002 Milton Berle,

American actor and comedian

80’s

@88-1998 Ferry Porsche,

Austrian automobile pioneer (Porsche AG)

70’s

@73-1972 M(aurits) C Escher,

Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie)

@72-1916 Susan Blow,

American educator pioneered kindergarten education and

was known as the "Mother of the Kindergarten",

Grave’s disease

60’s

@66-2002 Dudley Moore,

English actor and comedian (10, Arthur, Bedazzled),

PSP

 50’s

@58-1625 James VI and I,

Scottish born King of Scotland )1657-1625) and

King of England and Ireland (1603-25), poet and author

dysentery/strokes

30’s

@34-1968 Yuri Gagarin,

Russian cosmonaut and

1st man into space (aboard Vostok 1),

Mig-15 plane crash

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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