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Jan 8, 2019 Week:
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86004 Today: H 36° \ L 18° \ Average Sky Cover: 45%
Wind: 5mph\Gusts:
5mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 62°[2002]
Record Low: -12°[1989]
Jan Averages: 43°\11°
Today’s
Quote
Believe and
act as if it were impossible to fail.
Charles
Kettering
Random
Tidbits
The phrase "tying the knot" came
from the Swiss, who still incorporate the lucky pretzel in wedding ceremonies.
Newlyweds traditionally make a wish and break the pretzel, in the same way
people in other cultures break a wishbone or a glass.
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Hard pretzels were "invented" in the
late 1600s, when a napping apprentice in a Pennsylvania bakery accidentally
overbaked his pretzels. His job was spared when the master baker took a bite out
of one and loved it.
Observances
This Week
2-8
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week
6-12
Home Office Safety and Security Week
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
7-9
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week
8-11
International Consumer Electronics Show
No Tillage Week
Observances
for Today
Argyle Day
Bubble Bath Day
National English Toffee Day
National Poetry at Work Day
National Shop For Travel Day
Midwife's Day or Women's Day
National Joy Germ Day
National Winter Skin Relief Day
Show and Tell Day at Work
War on Poverty Day
My
Rambling Thoughts
Sun
is shining, it is warming up. Just waiting for the next snowstorm. Roads are
clear, but there are still some remnants of the last storm covering the ground.
Guess
this shutdown is going to continue. And 45 is going to make a speech and then visit
the border. More distraction.
I
woke up this morning about 6a and realized how well I have been sleeping since
my return from Chicago. No awakening in the middle of the night for any reason.
Nice to have a good night’s sleep every night.
Independent
contractors have to always hustle. Finding contracts is a time-consuming
process. In the past, getting a
government contract was a good thing. No more. I heard on contractor who has
gone to Go Fund Me to get rent and food money for the next 2 months because the
government contract is no longer paying her because of the shutdown. And what
about all the TSA workers who are working with no idea when they will get paid.
This is insanity.
Today’s
Significant Historical Events
1700’s
1708
Spanish armada headed by the San Jose and loaded
with gold sunk after British
squadron attacks off
coast of Colombia (rediscovered
2015)
1798
11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
1800’s
1815
Battle of New Orleans (War of 1812); the war had
ended on 24th December 1814 but none
of the
combatants knew
1816
Sophie Germain is the first woman to win a prize
from the Paris Academy of Sciences
for her paper
on elasticity
1877
Crazy Horse and his warriors fight their last battle
with the United States Cavalry at
Wolf Mountain
(Montana Territory).
1900’s
1902
The United Irish League, a leading force for unification
in all Ireland and independence from Britain,
holds its
convention in Dublin
1963
"Mona Lisa", on loan, unveiled in America's National
Gallery of Art
1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson declares "War on
Poverty"
1968
Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US
network TV
1978
Harvey Milk becomes the 1st openly gay person
elected to public office in
California
1982
AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System
companies
1999
Tree planting protest against the privatization
of
Karura Forest, including Wangari
Maathai, attacked in
Kenya prompting outrage
2000’s
2011
Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent
shooting in Casas
Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery
store kills 6
and wounds 13, including Giffords
2018
US record year for cost of natural disasters
announced - $306 billion in 2017
Birthdays
Today
1823
Alfred Russel Wallace,
British naturalist, explorer and co-discoverer of
evolution through natural
selection, born in Usk,
Monmouthshire, Wales (d.
1913)@90
1836
Fannie M Jackson,
pioneer & educator, 1st US African American woman
college grad
1911
Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Hovick],
American burlesque actress (Gypsy), born in Seattle,
Washington (d. 1970)@59
lung cancer
1912
José Ferrer,
Puerto Rican actor and director (Blood Tide, Dune),
born in San Juan, Puerto Rico (d. 1992)@80
95-
Larry Storch,
American comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show),
born in NYC
1924
Ron Moody [Ronald Moodnick],
British composer, singer and actor (12 Chairs, Oliver!),
born in London, England (d.
2015)@91
1926
Soupy Sales [Milton Hines],
American comedian (Soupy Sales Show),
born in Franklinton, North Carolina (d. 2009)@83
1935
Elvis Presley,
American singer and King of Rock and Roll
(Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog),
born in Tupelo Mississippi (d. 1977)@42
1942
Stephen Hawking,
English physicist (Black Holes & Baby Universes),
born in Oxford, England (d. 2018)@76, ALS
1947
David Bowie [David Robert Jones],
English singer-songwriter (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust),
born in London, England (d.
2016)@69, liver cancer
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82-
Shirley Bassey,
Welsh singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker),
born in Tiger Bay, United Kingdom
78-
Little Anthony [Anthony Gourdine],
American rhythm and blues singer (Little Anthony and
the Imperials-Goin' Out of
My Head), born in Brooklyn,
New York
77
Yvette Mimieux,
American actress (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are),
born in Los Angeles
52-
R. Kelly [Robert Sylvester Kelly],
American R&B singer (I Wish I Could Fly),
born in Chicago, Illinois
36-
Kim Jong-un,
Supreme Leader of North Korea (2011-),
born in Pyongyang, North Korea
Historical
Obits Today
@83-1941
Robert Baden-Powell,
British founder of the Boy Scout movement
@79-1996
Francois Mitterrand,
President of France (1981-95), dies of cancer
@78-1992
Menachim Begin,
Israeli PM, dies of a heart attack
@77-1642
Galileo Galilei,
Italian physicist/astronomer, dies of fever
@77-1976
Zhou Enlai,
Premier of the People's Republic of China, dies
of bladder cancer
@69-1324
Marco Polo,
Venetian explorer
@59-1825
Eli Whitney,
American inventor (Cotton Gin), dies of prostate cancer
@30-1991
Steve Clark,
English rock guitarist (Def Leppard), dies of accidental OD
