Jun 11

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Jun , 2018 Week: 24\ Day:

86004 Today: H 79° \ L 42° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Red Flag Warning

Nearest Lightning:  601miles away

Wind ave.:   13mph\Gusts:  30mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 90°[1918]   Record Low: 26°[1954]

Jun Averages: 68°\41°

Today’s Quote

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

  Edmund Burke

Harper’s Index

45

Number of US civilian colleges that have received government funding for intelligence-studies programs

300

Minimum number of US universities that received funding from the Charles Koch Foundation in 2016

More Observances This Month

June is Lane Courtesy Month Link
June is Perennial Gardening Month
June is Turkey Lovers Month Link

Men’s Health Education and Awareness Month
Migraine Awareness Month

National Accordion Awareness Month

Observances This Week

National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 10-16
National Flag Week: 10-16  

Observances for Today

National Corn on the Cob Day
National Cotton Candy Day Link
National Making Life Beautiful Day  Link

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

✪ Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1100’s                                          

1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes

1400’s                                          

1488 Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland

1500’s                                          

1594 Philip II recognized the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paves way to the creation of the Principalía (i.e., elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines)

1600’s                                          

1644 Florentine scientist Evangelista Torricelli describes his invention of the mercury barometer in 1643 in a letter to Michelangelo Ricci

1700’s                                          

1742 Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove

1770 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia

1900’s                                          

1927 Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross

1935 Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.

1936 Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia

1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released

1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends in US (began May 28, 1942)

1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama

1963 Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức immolates himself at a Saigon intersection, creating one of the Vietnam War's most iconic images

1972 Gun battle between Loyalist and Republican paramilitaries break out in the Oldpark area of Belfast

1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World

1982 "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore, is released

1984 US Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally

1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term

1989 88th Men's French Open: Michael Chang beats Stefan Edberg (6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2)

1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitutional

2000’s                                          

2002 Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress

2004 Ronald Reagan's funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.

2008 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harpermade an official historic apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children were isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century

My Rambling Thoughts

Each day is a day of healing. Today I am finally able to use my injured wrist to operate the computer mouse.  A big step to recovery. Yesterday I was able to use my right hand to go from Park to Drive. Next big step will be starting the car with my right hand.

Waiting patiently for the big summit. Not holding my breath, just patiently waiting. Also watching CNN’s The 2 faces of Kim tonight.

When I was working, I had to get my haircuts on weekends. After retirement I have always gone on a less busy weekday. I needed a haircut last week only to discover my stylist is only working on weekends. Her 30 something son needed a liver transplant a couple of months ago and she has been spending time with at a Phx hospital. He got out on Friday but can’t come back to Flag for a few more weeks while they set up rehab. So, I had to get the haircut today. It’s OK. She was glad I came in and I got another great haircut.

The latest Windows 10 update is huge. Downloaded it last afternoon when I finished the blog. Turned on the computer this morning and had to wait almost an hour for it to finish. What a way to start a Sunday morning.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@92-1880 Jeannette Rankin, American politician, 1st woman elected to US Congress (R-Montana), women's rights advocate and pacifist, born in Missoula, Montana (d. 1973)

90-1927 Beryl Grey, prima ballerina (d. )

80’s

@87-1910 Jacques Cousteau, French oceanic explorer(Calypso), born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France (d. 1997)

@83-1933 Gene Wilder [Jerome Silberman], American actor ( Blazing Saddles, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2016)

70’s

@79-1939 Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer (27 Grand Prix)

71- Henry Cisneros, first Hispanic to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio), later Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration

60’s

@69-1943 Henry Hill Jr., mobster and FBI informant (inspired Goodfellas), born in Brooklyn, (d. 2012)heart disease

@65-1572 Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet (Volpone, Alchemist), born in London (d. 1637) strokes

62- Joe Montana, NFL quarterback (San Francisco 49ers), born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania

50’s

59- Hugh Laurie, English actor (Strapless, Dr Gregory House-House), born in Oxford, England

58- Mehmet Oz, surgeon and TV personality (The Dr. Oz Show), born in Cleveland, Ohio

@57-1913 Vince Lombardi, American football coach(Green Bay Packers), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1970) cancer

40’s

49- Peter Dinklage, American actor (Games of Thrones), born in Morristown, New Jersey

30’s

32- Shia LaBeouf, American actor (Disturbia, Transformers), born in Los Angeles

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@91-2014 Ruby Dee, American actress (A Raisin in the Sun, American Gangster)

80’s

@82-2003 David Brinkley, American television reporter

70’s

@79-1999 DeForest Kelley, American actor, screenwriter, poet and singer (Star Trek), stomach cancer

@72-1979 John Wayne [Marion Mitchell Morrison], American actor (Green Berets, True Grit), stomach cancer 

50’s

@58-1936 Julius Nieuwland, Belgian-American chemist (inventor of neoprene)

30’s

@33-2001 Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, executed

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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