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Feb 5,
2019 Week: 06 \ Day: 36
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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
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
Dump Your Significant Jerk
Day
Losar Link
Move Hollywood & Broadway
to Lebanon, PA 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
