Apr 7

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Apr 7, 2018 Week: 14\ Day: 97

86004 Today: H 69° \ L 44° \ Average Sky Cover: 35% 

Nearest Lightning:  825miles away

Wind ave.:   20mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 80°[1989]   Record Low: 10°[1922]

Apr Averages: 58°\27°

Today’s Quote

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others.

And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them

  Dalai Lama

Harper’s Index

36

Percentage by which white job applicants in the US were preferred over Black applicants in 1989

36

In 2015

40

Percentage of black Americans earning less than $25K a year who have been called a racial slur

More Observances This Month

Fair Housing Month Link
Financial Literacy Month Link
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month

Observances This Week

1-7

APAWS Pooper Scooper Week
Bat Appreciation Week
Golden Rule Week
Laugh at Work Week
Medication Safety Week
National Blue Ribbon Week  Link  (Child Abuse)
National Public Health Week
National Window Safety Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (aka Get A Grip Day!)  Link 
World Hula Week
Explore Your Career Options

4-10

Hate Week

5-8

Mule Day
The Masters Tournament

7-8

Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting

7-13

National Dental Hygienest Week Link

7-15

National Robotics Week Link

Observances for Today

Caramel Popcorn Day
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide Link
Every Day is Tag Day Link
International Beaver Day
International Snailpapers Day
International Pillow Fight Day  Link 
Metric System Day
National Beer Day Link
National Girl Me Too Day  Link
National Handmade Day  Link
National Love Our Children Day
National Pie Day-7

No Housework Day
World Health Day (UN)
World Health Organization Day Link

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

✪ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1300’s                                          

✪1348 Prague University, first university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV

1700’s                                          

✪1795 France adopts the metre as the basic measure of length

1798 Mississippi Territory organized

1800’s                                          

✪1805 Premiere of Beethoven's "Eroica" (conducted by himself)

1818 General Andrew Jackson conquers St Marks, Florida from Seminole

✪1827 English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches

1891 Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day

1900’s                                          

1902 Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms

✪1921 Revolutionary leader, Sun Yat-sen is elected President of China at Canton, though China remains divided into north and south and subject to rivalries of warlords

1922 Warren G. Harding's Interior Secretary, Albert B. Fall, leases the Teapot Dome oil reserves to harry sinclair, setting in motion the Teapot Dome scandals

1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in NYC) by Dr K Winfield Ney

1933 'National Beer Day" Cullen-Harrison act comes into effect legalizing sale of low alcohol beer

✪1948 World Health Organization formed by the United Nations

1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances

✪1953 UN General Assembly begins session that will elect Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden as Secretary-General

1954 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in news conference is first to voice fear of a "domino-effect" of communism in Indo-China

1957 Last of NY's electric trolleys completes its final run

✪1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic

✪1966 US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor (whoops)

1969 Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material

1969 The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of RFC 1

1970 42nd Academy Awards: "Midnight Cowboy", John Wayne & Maggie Smith win

1971 US President Richard Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free

✪1978 Guttenberg bible sells for $2,000,000 in New York City

1980 Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis

1981 "Street Songs" 5th studio album by Rick Jamesis released (Billboard Album of the Year 1981)

✪1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt

1987 National Museum of Female Physicians opens in Washington, D.C.

✪1999 The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas

2000’s                                          

✪2016 Longest-ever captured python found on Penang in Malaysia (26ft/8m)

2017 US President Donald Trump orders missile strike on Syrian airfield after chemical weapons attack on Khan Sheikhoun

2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Baez, Yes, Tupac Shakur, Journey, and Pearl Jam

My Rambling Thoughts

Great walk on this exceptional spring day. Spring fever is here to stay for a while. While it is a nice day, the wind keeps bringing in clouds and sending out the clouds. Sadly, not dropping any moisture.

After my nice walk, I flipped the mattress, something I do every 3 months. That leads to washing the mattress pad, drying the pad, and clean linens. The flipping takes all of 2 minutes, but over an hour for the rest. Crazy.

WTF? 48% of adults get their news from Facebook. Here’s an idea…read a newspaper or watch the news on TV. Both have more restrictions on how truthful their information is. I have gotten tired of FB ‘friends’ who post outlandishly fake stories and when confronted by me and others in the comment section do not remove the post. Some even type ‘Really?’ in the comments. I have been told one or two of my shared posts were fake. First I deleted the post, then I put up a new post apologizing and stating I had shared a fake story. Very few do that. Even more scary is people who just read a story, believe it and never know it is fake. Is Facebook responsible for those people?

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@92- Ravi Shankar,

Indian musician (The Pandit),

born in Varanasi, India

(d. 2012)

@91- Will Keith Kellogg,

American cereal manufacturer (Kellogg's cereal brand),

born in Battle Creek, Michigan

(d. 1951)

80’s

87- Daniel Ellsberg,

whistleblower (Pentagon Papers)/patriot

@86- James Garner,

American actor (Rockford Files, Bret Maverick),

born in Norman Oklahoma, (d. 2014)

@82- Wayne Rogers,

US actor (M*A*S*H, House Calls),

born in Birmingham Alabama

(d. 2015)

@80- William Wordsworth,

English poet laureate (The Prelude),

born in Cockermouth, Cumberland

(d. 1850)

80- Jerry Brown,

Governor of California (D-1975-83, 2011-),

born in San Francisco

70’s

79- Francis Ford Coppola,

American director (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now),

born in Detroit

@74- Walter Winchell,

Harlem newscaster/columnist (Untouchables),

born in NYC,

prostate cancer (d. 1972)

@74- David Frost,

TV host (That Was the Week That Was),

heart attack (d. 2013)

72- Robert Metcalfe,

American electrical engineer (invented Ethernet, 3Com),

born in Brooklyn

70- John Oates,

American rock guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl),

born in NYC

60’s

67- Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink],

American singer-songwriter and folk musician

(At Seventeen, Society's Child),

born in NYC

64- Jackie Chan,

martial arts actor(Rumble in the Bronx),

born in Hong Kong

50’s

54- Russell Crowe,

Australian-New Zealand actor(A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator),

born in Wellington, New Zealand

40’s

@44- Billie Holiday, [Eleanora Fagan],

jazz singer (Lady Sings the Blues),

born in Philadelphia

liver/heart disease (d. 1959)

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@96-2010 George Nissen,

American inventor (created the trampoline)

@93-2012 Mike Wallace [Myron],

American media personality

80’s

@89-2007 Barry Nelson,

American actor (Airport)

@88-1891 Phineas T Barnum,

US circus promoter (B & Bailey)

@83-1947 Henry Ford,

American industrialist and auto maker (Ford Model T)

70’s

@76-2007 Johnny Hart,

American cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id)

@76-1823 Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles,

French inventor and balloonist

(with Nicholas Robert) was the first to take flight in a

hydrogen balloon

@72±-1614 El Greco,

Greek-born artist working in Spain

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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