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Dec 4, 2018 Week:
49 \ Day: 337
86004 Today: H 32° \ L 12° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 12mph\Gusts: - mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 67°[1977]
Record Low: -2°[1968]
Nov Averages: 43°\17°
Today’s
Quote
Conflict cannot survive
without your participation.
Wayne Dyer
Random
Tidbits
Walking
Under A Ladder: Early Christians felt the triangle was a sacred sign that
represented the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. When a
ladder was pushed against a building, it would form the shape of a triangle,
and thus, by walking under it, you were breaking the triangle. This was such a
bad thing to do that early Christians would often label anyone who walked under
a ladder to be a witch in league with Satan.
***
Black
Cats: While most Western cultures consider black cats to be bad luck, many
areas of the UK consider them to be a good omen. In fact, it's likely because
the Pagan groups from these areas considered them to be good luck for so long
that early Christians started spreading stories of the cats being evil. Specifically,
these stories often tied black cats to witches, which makes a lot of sense
given that they also accused Pagans of being witches.
Observances
This Week
1-7
Cookie
Cutter Week Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Computer Science Education Week Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Computer Science Education Week Link
3-10
Clerc-Gallaudet Week
Clerc-Gallaudet Week
Observances
for Today
International Day
of Persons With Disabilities
National
Peppermint Latte Day
Today’s
Significant Historical Events
1800’s
1818
Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day)
1833
Oberlin College in Ohio, the first truly coeducational college, opens
1834
First US dental society organized (NY)
1847
Frederick Douglass publishes first issue of his newspaper "North
Star"
1881
Henry Morton Stanley founds Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
1900’s
1911
Willis Carrier presents his influential "Rational Psychrometric
Formulae" on air conditioning to the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
1926
Detective novelist Agatha Christie mysteriously disappears for 11 days
1931
Alka Seltzer goes on sale
1947
Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire" premieres in NYC
1969
John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1971
US President Richard Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term
1984
Bhopal disaster: Union Carbide pesticide plant leak 45 tons of methyl
isocyanate and other toxic compounds in Bhopal, India, kills 2,259 (official
figure) - other estimates as high as 16,000 (including later deaths) and over
half a million injured
1989
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush, declare
the Cold War over
2000’s
2015
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces all combat roles in US armed forced
will be opened to women
My
Rambling Thoughts
Woke
up to a beautiful winter wonderland. Early there was lots of snow and lots of
wind. It left a couple of inches then blew out of here. Now the sun is shining.
Had to shovel my front walk as the HOA sidewalk guys didn’t arrive until after
10a. Still chilly and expected to stay cold for a couple of days.
The
second NYC adventure begins today for Focus Travel Club, just as the first one
ends. Group two will have a hard time beating the first group’s great pics and
commentary on Facebook. Have a great time.
Got
to watch the Cardinals win today. Doesn’t happen much so always nice to watch.
And the Broncos won but wasn’t on TV in AZ. Glad they won too.
Sunday
news shows had great memories of Bush I. Nice to remember the days when one
could disagree and still have a civil conversation.
Birthdays
Today
@-
indicates age at death
80’s
@86-
John
Wallis,
English
mathematician and cryptographer who introduced ∞
as a symbol for infinity, born in Ashford, England (d. 1703)
@84-
Andy
Williams,
Wall
Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) (d. 2012)
70’s
70-
Ozzy
Osbourne,
English
heavy metal vocalist and songwriter (Black Sabbath), born in Birmingham,
England
60’s
@66-
Joseph
Conrad,
Polish
novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness), born in Berdychiv, Poland (d. 1924)
heart attack?
50’s
58-
Daryl
Hannah,
American
actress (Splash, Blade Runner), born in Chicago, Illinois
58-
Julianne
Moore,
American
actress (Magnolia, The Kids are Alright), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
@56-
Charles
Alfred Pillsbury,
American
industrialist (d. 1899) heart disease
Historical
Obits Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@95-2017
John
B Anderson,
American
Republican politician and presidential candidate (1980)
80’s
@89-1910
Mary
Baker Eddy,
founder
(Christian Science (Monitor))
@80-1815
John
Carroll,
first
Roman Catholic archbishop in the US, also known as the founder of Georgetown
University
70’s
@78-1919
Pierre A Renoir,
French
painter/sculptor
50’s
@57-1999
Madeline
Kahn,
American
actress (b. 1942) ovarian cancer
40’s
@44-1894
Robert
Louis Stevenson,
Scottish
novelist (Treasure Island), stroke
