Sep 4

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Sept  4, 2018 Week: 36\ Day: 247

86004 Today: H 64° \ L 45° \ Average Sky Cover: 90% 

Nearest Lightning:  2 miles away

Wind ave.:   8mph\Gusts:  12mph Visibility: 5 mi

Record High: 90°[1945]   Record Low: 27°[1961]

Aug Averages: 80°\49°

Today’s Quote

 I believe we should always put our country first.

    John McCain

More Observances This Month

Library Card Sign-up Month
Little League Baseball Month  Link
(World) Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month Link

Million Minute Family Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month

National Americana Month  Link
National Bake & Decorate Month
National Campus Safety Awareness Month Link
National Cheese Month  Link
National Chicken Month Link
National Child Awareness Month Link
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Link
National Chiari Awareness Month  Link  Link
National Coupon Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month  Link
National Fruit and Veggies Month 

Observances This Week

     1-7            International Enthusiasm Week

           National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link

           Self-University Week Link

      2-8           National Waffle Week

           Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
           National Payroll Week

4-8                 Play Days 

Observances for Today

Another Look Unlimited Day  

Newspaper Carrier Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                         

1609 Navigator Henry Hudson first European to discover island of Manhattan

1682 English astronomer Edmond Halley observes the comet named after him

1700’s                                         

1778 City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with American rebels

1781 Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes)

1800’s                                         

1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)

1862 General Lee invades the North with 50,000 Confederate troops during Maryland Campaign (US Civil war)

1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published

1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war

1888 George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"

1893 English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5 year old boy

1900’s                                         

1922 William Walmsley and William Lyons officially found the Swallow Sidecar Company (later Jaguar Cars) in Blackpool, England

1945 US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan

1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by US President Harry Truman:Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel

1998 Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University

2000’s                                         

2017 Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai criticizes Suu Kyi's lack of response to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar

2017 US President Donald Trump announces Dreamers program, The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) will be stopped

My Rambling Thoughts

I don’t want to complain about our great monsoon season, but the rain and lightning have me missing this year’s county fair. As I was getting ready to head out about 10a the heavy rain and lightning started, so I decided I’d stay home.

A couple of weeks ago I bought an air fryer. I have used it several times since and must say it was a great purchase. No more heating up the oven for oven fries, oven fried chicken, crispy fried veggies, and more. And no oil needed. The internet machine has many recipes for free

I really need to make a household essentials shopping run, but my stubbornness will not let me shop on a Federal Holiday. Labor Day is a day set aside to honor the hard workers of this country, I think they should get a day off too. My belief is that by shopping on a Federal Holiday only encourages stores to add more hours. A friend at NAU works in maintenance. They accidently let too many people off for this 3-day weekend, so they decided to put everyone’s name in a hat to see who would have their leave cancelled. The winners will be ‘on-call’ for any emergencies. That means they are only paid for the hours there is an actual emergency on campus, but they must be by the phone and drive to NAU to work, or simply sit in their small office during the time they are ‘on-call’. Bummer.

Speaking of Universities: I saw a recent chart that was looking at the highest paid state employee in each state. In many states, including AZ, it was the University Football coach. Many made double + the University President salary and three or four times that of the governor’s salary of their state. No wonder higher education is so damn expensive.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@90►Paul Harvey, American news commentator and radio broadcaster (Rest of the story), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2009)

80’s

@83►William Lyons, British industrialist (Jaguar cars), born in Blackpool, Lancashire (d. 1985)

70’s

@70►Donald McKay, US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships (d. 1880)

60’s

@67►Cullen Whipple, American Inventor (pointed screw machine), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1868)

50’s

58►Damon Wayans, comedian

54►Anthony Weiner, American politician (Rep-NY 1999-2011) and sex offender, born in NYC, New York

50►Phil Lewis, actor (Disney)

30’s

 37►Beyonce (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter), pop singer

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@90►1965 Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954)

80’s

@86►2010 Paul Conrad, American editorial cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)

70’s

@76►1995 William Moses Kubnstler, UCLA attorney (Chicago 7), heart failure

60’s

@67►1993 Clyde Adler, voice (White Fang/Black Tooth-Soupy Sales)