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Aug 23, 2018
Week: 34\ Day: 235
86004 Today: H 70° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 85%
Nearest
Lightning: 9.3 miles away
Wind ave.: 10mph\Gusts:
18mph Visibility: 9 mi
Record High: 90°[1985]
Record Low: 24°[1968]
Aug Averages: 80°\49°
Today’s Quote
It is amazing how complete is the delusion
that beauty is goodness.
Leo Tolstoy
Harper’s Index
1 in 13
Chance that a given day is a public holiday
in Cambodia
Observances This
Week
16-26 Little League
World Series
18-24 Minority
Enterprise Development Week
20-24 National Safe at Home Week
23-26
North American Organic Brewers Week
Observances for
Today
Valentino Day
Today’s Significant
US Historical Events
Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
70’s
79
Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on feast day of Vulcan, Roman god of fire (goes
on to destroy Pompeii)
1300’s
1305
William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed for high treason by Edward I of
England.
1600’s
1617
1st one-way streets open (London)
1800’s
1839
British capture Hong Kong from China
1872
1st Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco, carrying tea
1900’s
1948
World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
1960
World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
1987
15-year old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion
1996
Osama bin Laden issues message entitled "A declaration of war against the
Americans occupying the land of the two holy places"
2000’s
2005
Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane
2011
Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional
Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan
Civil War.
2013
UN inspectors are stopped by Syrian government from investigating a reported site
of a chemical massacre
My Rambling Thoughts
Another
cloudy and rainy day. This is very unusual. This is monsoon season, like it
should be sunny in the morning, warm up, clouds appear in the afternoon or evening,
hard rain, lightning, thunder and a fast cool-off. Not happy over this change
which gives us full days of cloudiness.
One
thing this administration is doing right, having TV cover many of the military
honor ceremonies. While I am not a big proponent of war, I am glad that we
recognize those who perform heroic acts. Listening to what they endured shows
true commitment to their fellow soldiers.
Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
80’s
87►Barbara Eden,
actress (I Dream of Jeannie)
@83-
Gene Kelly►dancer,
actor
@81►Edgar Lee Masters,
American poet and novelist (Spoon River Anthology), born in Garnett, Kansas (d.
1950)
60’s
69►Rick Springfield,
Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl)
69►Shelly Long,
actress (Cheers)
67►Queen Noor of Jordan
[Lisa Najeeb Halaby], American born wife of King Hussein, born in Washington,
D.C.
40’s
40►Kobe Bryant,
basketball (Lakers)
30’s
30►Jeremy Lin,
basketball (Knicks)
@30►Arnold Toynbee,
English economic historian and social reformer, born in London (d. 1883) exhaustion
20’s
28►Seth Curry,
basketball (Mavericks)
Historical Obits Today
80’s
@84-1723
Increase Mather, New England Puritan
minister
30’s
@35±
1305 William Wallace, Scottish
patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded at Smithfield London
@31-1926
Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol
(Sheik), pleurisy /peritonitis
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…☼☼☼☼
