Jun 4

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Jun. 4, 2019 Week: 22 \ Day: 155

86004:   H 70° \ L 41° \ Average Sky Cover: 40% 

Nearest wildfire:  10mi. Nearest lightning:  218mi

Wind:   3mph\Gusts:  6mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 89°[1990]   Record Low: 23°[1908]

Jun Averages: 78°\42° (1 day with rain)

Today’s Quote

Success is getting what you want.

Happiness is wanting what you get.

Dale Carnegie

Random Tidbits

When the full moon coincides with a total lunar eclipse, it appears red. In this phenomenon known as the red moon, the only light seen is refracted through the earth's shadow. This light looks red for the same reason that the sunset looks red, due to ray light scattering of the more blue light.

The full moon has been thought to cause insanity and even more famously, lycanthropy. One of the most popular beliefs was that a man or woman could turn into a werewolf if he or she, on a certain Wednesday or Friday, slept outside on a summer night with the full moon shining directly on his or her face.

More Observances This Month

June is Lane Courtesy Month Link
June is Perennial Gardening Month
June is Turkey Lovers Month Link
Mens Health Education and Awareness Month
Migraine Awareness MonthNational Accordion Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Bathroom Reading Month Link
National Camping Month Link
National Candy Month Link
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month Link
National DJ Month Link
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also September)
National GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual & Transgender) Book Month
National Home Ownership Month  Link
National Ice Tea Month
National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month
National Oceans Month
National Papaya Month Link
National Pet Preparedness Month Link  Link
National Pollinator Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month  Link
National Safety Month
National Scoliosis Awareness  Month Link
National Smile Month Link  (May 13-June 13)
National Soul Food Month
National Steakhouse Month
National Zoo and Aquarium Month Link
Oral Health Month Link

Observances This Week

Ramadan 5/5-6/4

International Clothesline Week: 1-8 
National Lemonade Days: 1-9 Link

Bed Bug Awareness Week: 2-8
Black Single Parents Week: 2-8 
Community Health Improvement Week (CHI): 2-8  Link
End Mountain Top Removal Week:  2-8  Link 
National Business Etiquette Week:  2-8 
National Headache Awareness Week: 2-8  Link 
National Sun Safety Week: 2-8  Link
Pet Appreciation Week: 2-8  Link

Hemp History Week: 3-9  Link

Observances for Today

Applesauce Cake Day

Audacity To Hope Day
Eid-Al-Fitr
Hug Your Cat Day  Link
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
International (World) Hug Your Cat Day  Link
National Cheese Day

National SAFE Day  Link
Old Maid's Day  Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Another great day in our little mountain town. Warm, sunny, great day for a nice walk.

Headed out a little early to do some necessary shopping. While out I visited with a former teacher from Tuba. Standing in the aisle, it was a nice visit. He is my age but looks so much older. He is also adopted and thanks to Ancestry and a detective his birth siblings hired he just found out he has birth brothers and sisters he never new about. They are planning a reunion this summer. He now knows he has 8 siblings who had been searching since 2001 for him. They even hired a private detective to find him. It worked. He said when the detective called him, he figured it was a scam but gave him his phone number. About 30 minutes later he got a call from one of the sister. Cool!

So nice to see the Queen and all the others during 45’s state visit. The Royal family sure knows how to put on a great show.

Note to self: NPR has a great series on Russia Youth. Do not mention politics while visiting either China or Russia. I want a great adventure, just don’t want any jail time. Haha.

PUZZLE OF THE DAY

Answer at the bottom of this page

David Justice and Derek Jeter were professional baseball players. In 1997 they had the following conversation:

David: Did you know that in both 1995 and 1996 I had better batting averages than you?

Derek: No way, my batting average over the last two years was definitely higher than yours!

It turned out that both of them were right. How is it possible?

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1000’s

1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France

1700’s

1760 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada taken from the Acadians

1800’s

1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"

1825 Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC

1850 Self-deodorizing fertilizer patented in England

1876 An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City.

1896 Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit

1900’s

1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards & Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)

1917 American men begin registering for the draft

1919 US Congress passes the Women's Suffrage Bill, the 19th Amendment

1927 Johnny Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard & 200-yard free-style

1940 Winston Churchill's speech "We shall fight on the seas and oceans"

1942 Capitol Record Co opens for business

1944 General Eisenhower cancels planned D-Day invasion on June 5th after receiving unfavorable weather reports

1946 Largest solar prominence (300,000 mi/500,000 km) observed

1947 US House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act

1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft

1970 43rd National Spelling Bee: Libby Childress wins spelling croissant

1981 54th National Spelling Bee: Paige Pipkin wins spelling sarcophagus

1984 DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal

1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000

1990 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy

1991 Pope John Paul II compares abortion with Nazi murders

2000’s

2018 Former US President Bill Clinton and James Patterson publish a thriller novel "The President is Missing" together

2018 US President Donald Trump tweets "I have the absolute right to PARDON myself"

Birthdays Today

1907 Rosalind Russell,

 (d. 1976: @69: breast cancer)

American actress (Mame, Take a Letter Darling),

born in Waterbury, Connecticut

1908 Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal,

(d. 1931: @23: suicide)

Hitler's reputed lover and half-niece,

born in Linz, Austria-Hungary

1924 Dennis Weaver,

(d. 2006: @81)

American actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered),

born in Joplin, Missouri

1937 Freddy Fender,

(d. 2006: @69: lung cancer)

American musician ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls"),

born in San Benito, Texas

90’s

91- Ruth Westerheimer,

German-American sex therapist and media personality (Dr Ruth),

born in Wiesenfeld, Germany

80’s

83- Bruce Dern,

American actor (Nebraska, The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained),

born in Chicago, Illinois

70’s

76- Joyce Meyer,

American religious leader

60’s

67- Parker Stevenson,

actor (Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace),

born in Philadelphia

40’s

48- Noah Wyle,

American actor (Dr John Carter-ER),

born in Hollywood, California

44- Angelina Jolie,

American actress (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Wanted, Salt, Maleficent),

born in Los Angeles, California

44- Russell Brand,

English comedian and television personality,

born in Grays, Essex

20’s

29- Evan Spiegel,

American Internet entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Snapchat

born in Los Angeles, California

Historical Obits Today

70’s

@73-1798 Giacomo Casanova,

Italian adventurer, writer, librarian and womanizer

@72-1973 Arna Bontemps,

American poet (Harlem Renaissance),

dies of heart attack

Puzzle answer:

This is the so called Simpson’s paradox. The reason it occurred is that during 1996 both players had high averages and Derek Jeter had many more hits than David Justice. In 1996 both players had low averages and David Justice had many more hits than Derek Jeter. You can see their official statistics below.

Player

                                1995                       1996                        1995-1996

Derek Jeter           12/48 (.250)            183/582 (.314)      195/630 (.310)

David Justice         104/411 (.253)       45/140 (.321)        149/551 (.270)