Dec 11

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Dec 11, 2018 Week: 50 \ Day: 345

86004 Today: H 41° \ L 19° \ Average Sky Cover: 25% 

Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 68°[1950]   Record Low: -11°[1961]

Nov Averages: 43°\17°

Today’s Quote

Some things are so unexpected

that no one is prepared for them.

Leo Rosten

Random Tidbits

The YMCA was created in response to the Industrial Revolution. Appalled by his native England's squalid living conditions during this period, Sir George Williams (1821-1905) began organizing a series of Bible meetings which later expanded and ultimately gave birth to the organization.

In its infancy, many felt that the theologically-inclined YMCA had no business getting involved with physical education-an attitude that persisted until a few American locations began producing workout courses in the late 1800s

Observances This Week

           

3-24
Andisop (Meteorological Fiddling)   Link

10-17
Human Rights Week

Observances for Today

           

International Mountain Day
Kaleidoscope Day
Magnum P.I. Day
National App Day  Link
National “Have a Bagel” Day

Noodle Ring Day

UNICEF Birthday

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1600’s

1620 Myles Standish and a group of 18 settlers are attacked by 30 Native Americans, which became known as the "First Encounter"

1900’s

1913 "Mona Lisa" recovered 2 years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum

1936 Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson

1946 UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) established (Nobel 1965)

1964 Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech.

1977 Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams, leaders of the group 'Peace People' (an organisation dedicated to encouraging a peaceful resolution of 'the Troubles' in Northern Ireland) receive the Nobel Peace Prize

2000’s

2008 Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi scheme

2012 British physicist, Stephen Hawking, wins the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most lucrative academic prize in the world

My Rambling Thoughts

Either it is warming up, or I’m just getting used to these chilly temps.

My kitchen has 4-48” tubes of florescent lighting. Last night all of sudden, two stopped working and the other two were at half-brightness.  Thankfully this was after dinner, so I survived the night. Head out this morning to get 4 new tubes. The last time I did this, about 8 years ago, it was easy. Go to Home Depot, go the lightbulb section, pick up 4 lights, drive home. Ah, the good old days. Now there are ‘cool light’, ‘daylight’, LED with no need for extra stuff needed and on and on and on. I opted for the Phillip’s Daylight. I knew enough Spanish to figure out the length as all labeling was in Spanish. Can’t imagine what is ahead 8 years from now when these burn out.

My sister-in-law’s family is so damn organized. I got a text this morning laying out our visit to Chicago. It will be busy, busy, and looking forward to a great time.  Lots of ‘kids’, lots of food, lots of family, and so much more.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@94- Carlo Ponti,

Italian producer (Marriage Italian Style, Doctor Zhivago) (d. 2007)

80’s

@89- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,

Russian writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970), born in Kislovodsk, Russia (d. 2008)

@87- Max Born,

German physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954), born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1970)

87- Rita Moreno [Rosita Dolores Alverío],

Puerto Rican singer, dancer and actress (West Side Story), born in Humacao, Puerto Rico

70’s

78- David Gates,

rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

@77- Annie Jump Cannon,

American stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification), born in Dover, Delaware (d. 1941)

@76- Tom Hayden,

American civil rights and antiwar activist and politician (Rep-D-Ca), born in Royal Oak, Michigan (d. 2016) stroke

75- John Kerry,

US Secretary of State (2013-17) and 2004 presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, born in Aurora, Colorado

74- Lynda Day George,

American actress (Casey-Mission Impossible), born in San Marcos, Texas

74- Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley],

Lithonia Ga, singer (I'm Sorry)

60’s

@66- Robert Koch,

German pioneering bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel Prize 1905), born in Clausthal, Hanover (d. 1910) heart attack

60- Nikki Sixx,

Motley Crue bassist

50’s

@57- Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton,

American rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter (Hound Dog, Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt), born in Ariton, Alabama (d. 1984) heart attack

  

Historical Obits Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@92-2012 Ravi Shankar,

Indian musician (The Pandit)

80’s

@85-2008 Bettie Page,

American pinup model considered the 'Queen of Pinups' and the 'Dark Angel'

70’s

@71-1991 Robert Q. Lewis,

American TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show), emphysema

30’s

@33-1964 Sam Cooke,

American singer and entrepreneur described as "the inventor of soul music" (You Send Me), shot to death