Oct 8

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Oct  8, 2018 Week: 41 \ Day: 281

86004 Today: H 50° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 90% 

Wind:   18mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 7 mi

Record High: 80°[1980]   Record Low: 21°[1900]

Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Today’s Quote

            When a man tells you that he got rich through

  hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

  Don Marquis

Harper’s Index

            37

            Number of states that prevent cities from

            Enacting rent control laws

More Observances This Month

           

Organize Your Medical Information Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Pizza Month Link  Link
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month Link
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month Link 

Observances This Week

           

3-10

No Salt Week

World Space Week Link

6-14

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link
National Physicians Assistant Week

7-13

4-H Week Link  
Death Penalty Focus Week

Fire Prevention Week Link
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Great Books Week 
International Post Card Week Link   
Mental Illness Awareness Week  
Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week
National Metric Week
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
Teen Read Week

Observances for Today

           

Alvin C. York Day
Columbus Day 
National Fluffernutter Day

National Kick Butt Day  Link

National Online Banking Day Link 
National Pierogy Day
National Salmon Day
World Octopus Day Link

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1800’s                                         

1821 The government of General José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.

1871 Great Fire of Chicago kills 200 people and destroys over 4 square miles (10 square km) of buildings and the original Emancipation Proclamation

1900’s                                         

1918 American soldier Alvin York single-handedly attacks German gun nest, killing at least 25 and capturing 132 Germans

1932 The Indian Air Force is established.

1945 Microwave oven patented

1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

1998 José Saramago is the first person from Portugal to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

2000’s                                         

2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

2004 Kenyan Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"

My Rambling Thoughts

Our peaks are covered with snow, with a small dusting around town. Guess fall has officially arrived. And it has been raining most of the day at my place. A nice Female rain, just what we need.

Very happy with the Buffs win yesterday. Not too excited about the Broncos, but at least I get to watch them on live TV. The Cards played a good first half.

I am happy that Flagstaff City Council voted to change to ‘Indigenous People’s Day’, it is only a first step in recognizing the many different cultures we have here. Sad to see how many Americans still think Chris discovered this land. First: it was fully inhabited by Indigenous people, so it was already ‘discovered’. Second: he missed Florida and landed somewhere else in the Caribbean. It was Italians that worked so hard to end their discrimination here by perpetuating the myth that an Italian even landed here. It has been the time for teach true history for decades. It is time to honor the cultures that make up America.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@82►Eddie Rickenbacker,

American aviator "Ace of Aces" (WWI),

born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1973)

70’s

79►Paul Hogan,

Australia, actor (Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack)

@78►Juan Perón,

Argentine military officer and

President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74),

born in Buenos Aires (d. 1974)

77►Jesse Jackson,

clergyman, presidential candidate (D),

born in Greenville, South Carolina

75►R. L. Stine,

children's book writer (Goosebumps),

born in Columbus, Ohio

75►Chevy Chase,

American comedian and actor (SNL, Vacation,

Fletch, Caddyshack), born in NYC, New York

60’s

69►Sigourney Weaver [Susan Alexandra],

American actress (Alien, Working Girl),

born in Manhattan, New York

40’s

48►Matt Damon,

American actor (Good Will Hunting,

Ocean's trilogy, Bourne trilogy),

born in Cambridge, Massachusetts

30’s

38►Nick Cannon,

American actor and rapper

(Love Don't Cost a Thing),

born in San Diego, California

33►Bruno Mars [Peter Gene Hernandez],

American singer

("Just the Way You Are", "Grenade"),

born in Honolulu, Hawaii

20’s

25►Angus T. Jones,

American actor (Two and a Half Men)

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@82►2011 Al Davis,

American football executive

70’s

@78►1992 Willy Brandt [Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm],

German statesman, leader of the SPD party (1964-1987)

 Chancellor of West Germany (1969-74, Nobel 1971),

 cancer

60’s

@67►1982 Fernando Lamas,

Argentine American actor and director

(Lost World, You look marvelous),

cancer

@64►1869 Franklin Pierce,

14th US President (Democrat: 1853-57)

50’s

@58►1953 Nigel Bruce,

British actor (Rebecca, Suspicion, Sherlock Holmes),

heart attack

@56►1793 John Hancock,

American merchant and statesman

1st to sign the Declaration of Independence

40’s

@43►1990 B.J. Wilson (Barrie James),

English musician (Procol Harum)

OD led to vegetative state, pneumonia