Feb 5

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Feb 5, 2019 Week: 06  \ Day: 36

86004 Today: H 38° \ L 30° \ Average Sky Cover: 80% 

Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  14mph Visibility: 6 mi

Record High: 67°[1963]   Record Low: -21°[1985]

FebAverages: 45°\19°

Today’s Quote

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

Dalai Lama

Random Tidbit

The Outer Space Treaty (formally known as the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies), ratified in 1967, prohibits any country from claiming sovereignty over the Moon or any other celestial bodies (and from placing nuclear weapons or other WMDs on them).

More Observances This Month

Pet Dental Health Month

Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month

Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month

Relationship Wellness Month

Responsible Pet Owner's Month  Link

Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month

Spay/Neuter Awareness Month

Spunky Old Broads Month

 Sweet Potato Month

Wise Health Care Consumer Month

Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month

Youth Leadership Month

Observances This Week

US Snow Sculpting Week: 1-5 

Women's Heart Week: 1-7

Publicity for Profit Week: 2-8
African Heritage & Health Week: 3-9
Dump Your Significant Jerk Week: 3-9
Burn Awareness Week: 3-9 Link  
Children's Authors & Illustrators Week: 3-9
Children's Mental Health Week: 4-10 Link
National School Counseling Week: 4-8 Link
International Networking Week: 4-8 

Observances for Today

Adlai Stevenson Day Link

African American Coaches Day

Chinese New Years  Year of the Pig

Chocolate Fondue Day

Dump Your Significant Jerk Day

Losar Link

Move Hollywood & Broadway to Lebanon, PA Day

National Weatherman's Day

Safer Internet Day 

Shower With A Friend Day

Western Monarch Day

World Nutella Day

World Animal Reiki Day 

My Rambling Thoughts

Ah…Monday. Our snow was a real bust…lots of rain with a few flakes that melted as they smashed the ground.  A lot like the Super Bowl. It was like nobody wanted to win, knowing they had to go to the White House. From my corner of the world, no great commercials either...never thought I would hear Bob Dylan’s song hawking beer. And I didn’t understand the half-time show…fire was cool. I guess it was old geezer status for me.

The weatherman sez to expect a foot of snow this week here in town. I wonder if he is still counting the 4” that never came. He has been missing a whole lot the past few weeks.

I am not holding my breath, but will be watching the SOTU address tomorrow night. Here is a list of currently active State of Emergency declarations in the US:

1. Blocking Iranian Government Property (Nov. 14, 1979)

2. Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Nov. 14, 1994)

3. Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process (Jan. 23, 1995)

4. Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources (Mar. 15, 1995)

5. Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers (Oct. 21, 1995)

6. Regulations of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels with Respect to Cuba (Mar. 1, 1996)

7. Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Sudan (Nov. 3, 1997)

8. Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans (Jun. 26, 2001)

9. Continuation of Export Control Regulations (Aug. 17, 2001)

10. Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks (Sept. 14, 2001)

11. Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (Sept. 23, 2001)

12. Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe (Mar. 6, 2003)

13. Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq has an Interest (May 22, 2003)

14. Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria (May 11, 2004)

15. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus (Jun. 16, 2006)

16. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Oct. 27, 2006)

17. Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions (Aug. 1, 2007)

18. Continuing Certain Restrictions with Respect to North Korea and North Korean Nationals (Jun. 26, 2008)

19. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia (Apr. 12, 2010)

20. Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya (Feb. 25, 2011)

21. Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations (Jul. 25, 2011)

22. Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen (May 16, 2012)

23. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine (Mar. 6, 2014)

24. Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan (Apr. 3, 2014)

25. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African Republic (May 12, 2014)

26. Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela (Mar. 9, 2015)

27. Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (Apr. 1, 2015)

28. Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Burundi (Nov. 23, 2015)

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1600’s

1644 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut

1700’s

1777 Georgia becomes 1st US state to abolish both entail and

            primogeniture

1800’s

1846 "Oregon Spectator" is 1st newspaper to be published on

            the West Coast

1850 Adding machine employing depressible keys patented,

            New Paltz, NY

1869 World's largest alluvial gold nugget, the Welcome

            Stranger, found by John Deason and Richard Oates

            (weighting 97.14kg) in Moliagul, Australia

1870 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience,

            Philadelphia

1881 Phoenix, Arizona incorporates

1900’s

1901 Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by

            Ed Prescot

1904 American occupation of Cuba ends

1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published

1936 National Wildlife Federation forms

1958 Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st President of United

            Arab Republic

1971 Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near

            Fra Mauro Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14)

            walk on Moon for 4 hrs

1973 Comic strip "Hagar The Horrible" by Dik Browne debuts

1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor)

            in Brisbane

1988 Arizona House of Reps vote to impeach Republican

            Governor Evan Mecham

2000’s

2014 US President Obama and journalists globally call for

            the release of 3 Al Jazeera journalists detained in Egypt

2016 Computer hackers try to steal 1 billion from Federal

            Reserve Bank of New York using Bangladesh banking

            codes, steal 81 million before a typo alerts authorities

Birthdays Today

1723 John Witherspoon,

Scottish-American president of the College of New Jersey

who signed the Declaration of Independence, born in Gifford,

Scotland

(d. 1794)-@72

1788 Robert "Bobbie" Peel,

British Prime Minister (Tory/Conservative/Peelite: 1834-35; 1841-

46), founder of the British Conservative Party and founder of the

modern police force (Bobbies), born in Ramsbottom, England

(d. 1850)-@62-fall from horse

1900 Adlai Stevenson II,

American politician, US ambassador to UN (1961-65), Governor of

Illinois (1949-53) and Democratic presidential candidate (1952,

56), born in Los Angeles, California

(d. 1965)-@65-heart attack

1906 John Carradine,

American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Howling), born

in Greenwich Village, New York

(d. 1988)-@82

1941 Stephen J. Cannell,

American TV producer (The Rockford Files, The A-Team, 21 Jump

Street) and writer, born in Los Angeles, California

(d. 2010)-@69-melanoma

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97- Bernard Kalb,

American journalist, moderator, lecturer and author, one of the

most respected broadcast journalists of his time (CBS News, NYT,

Times), born in NYC

85-Hank Aaron,

Baseball player: RF; most home runs

76- Nolan Bushnell,

American electrical engineer (founded Atari, created Pong),

born in Clearfield, Utah

34- Cristiano Ronaldo,

Soccer (Real Madrid; Manchester United),

born in São Pedro, Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Portugal

Historical Obits Today

@87±-1991 Dean Jagger,

American actor (White Christmas, Vanishing Point)

@85-1881 Thomas Carlyle,

Scottish historian and essayist (The French Revolution)

@84-1972 Marianne Moore,

US poetess (Pulitzer 1951)

@76-1999 Neville Bonner,

the first Indigenous Australian to become a member of the

Parliament of Australia

@66-1969 Thelma Ritter,

American actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk),

dies of heart attack

@66-1957 Joseph Ben Hardaway,

American storyboard artist, director, and creator of Bugs Bunny,

dies of a heart attack

@61-1981 Ella Grasso,

Governor of Connecticut,

dies from cancer

@59-1995 Doug McClure,

US rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian),

dies of lung cancer