Feb 28

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Feb 28, 2019 Week: 09 \ Day: 59

86004 Today: H 49° \ L 26° \ Average Sky Cover: 30% 

Wind:   11mph\Gusts:  19mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1999]   Record Low: -16°[1962]

FebAverages: 45°\19°

Today’s Quote

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure

in doing good to another.

Thomas Jefferson

Random Tidbits

Beer (in part because it contains antimicrobial ethanol) was a healthier drink than polluted Nile river water.

You might have known that fact if you were a beer expert, or cerevisaphile - a word derived from the Latin name of the Roman goddess of agriculture, Ceres, and vis, meaning strength.

Observances This Week

National Justice for Animals Week: 24-3/2 Link  Link
National Pasty Week: 24-3/2  Link
Telecommuter Appreciation Week: 24-3/2 
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 25-3/3
National Invasive Species Awareness Week: 25-3/1 Link
International Petroleum Week: 26-28  Link

Observances for Today

Digital Learning Day Link 
Floral Design Day  Link
National Chili Day   Link
National Chocolate Souffle Day

National Tooth Fairy Day  Link   Link 
Public Sleeping Day

Rare Disease Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

So nice to be retired. I have been and continue to be glued to the Cohen hearing. What a circus, and just like the circus, fearing and still watching the high wire acts. If 45 is watching all this, I wonder how the meeting later today in Vietnam will go with the leader of N. Korea? I did enjoy the New Yorker cartoon that had 45 asking Kim if had any missiles that could take out Cohen.

It has really warmed up and the snow is melting. Nice to see the ground again at various places around town.

I’m taking a break tomorrow to celebrate by 70^th birthday with lunch with our retirement group and dinner with a couple of other friends. Looking forward to both.

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1600’s

1646 Roger Scott tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church

1700’s

1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100

1749 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' novel "Tom Jones" published

1787 The charter establishing the institution now known as the

            University of Pittsburgh is granted

1800’s

1827 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered

1838 Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the

            independence of Lower Canada (today Québec)

1850 The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah

1882 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University

1900’s

1909 1st National Woman's Day is observed in the United States.

            Organized by the Socialist Party of America in honor of the 1908

             garment workers' strike in New York, where women protested

            against working conditions.

1933 1st female in US Cabinet: Frances Perkins appointed Secretary

            of Labor

1939 The erroneous word "Dord" is discovered in the Webster's New

            International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an

            investigation.

1940 Richard Wright's "Native Son" published

1947 February 28 Incident: Anti-government uprising in Taiwan is

            violently put down by Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang-led

            Republic of China government with the loss of 18,000-28,000

            lives. Marks the beginning of the White Terror.

1953 Francis Crick and James Watson discover the chemical structure

            of DNA-molecule (double-helix polymer)

1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor

1972 US President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China

1993 Gun battle erupts near Waco, Texas at Branch Davidian compound

            after FBI attempts a raid

1995 Denver International Airport opens

2000’s

2014 Russia moves troops into the Crimea to protect its interests

            against Ukraine

2018 700 illegal churches closed in Rwanda for being too noisy and

            lacking building permits

Birthdays Today

1901 Linus Pauling,

American chemist and peace activist (Nobel 1954, 1962),

born in Portland, Oregon

(d. 1994-@93)

1906 Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel,

American gangster who created casinos in Las Vegas,

born in Brooklyn, New York

(d. 1947@41-murdered)

1915 Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel,

American comedian and actor (Fiddler on the Roof,

The Producers), born in Brooklyn, New York

(d. 1977-@62-aneuryism)

1923 Charles Durning,

American actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie),

born in Highland Falls, New York

(d. 2012-@89)

1942 Brian Jones

[Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones],

English musician (Rolling Stones), born in Gloucestershire, England

 (d. 1969-@27-‘death by misadventure’)

1944 Storm Thorgerson,

British graphic designer and music video director (Pink Floyd, Led

 Zeppelin, Genesis, The Cranberries), born in Potters Bar,

 Middlesex

(d. 2013-@67-stroke/cancer)

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87- Gavin MacLeod,

American actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat),

born in Mt Kisco, New York

79- Mario Andretti,

Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500,

1978 Formula One World Champion),

born in Montona, Italy

77- Frank Bonner,

actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can't Hurry Love),

born in Little Rock, Arkansas

71- Bernadette Peters, [Lazzara],

actress (Jerk), born in Queens, New York

66- Paul Krugman,

American economist and New York Times columnist

(Nobel Prize in Economics 2008),

 born in Albany, New York

62- John Turturro,

actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever),

born in Brooklyn, New York

50-Daniel Monahan,

Grammy award singer, songwriter

59-Megan McDonald,

children’s author (Judy Moody series)

58- Rae Dawn Chong,

actress (Quest for Fire), born in Edmonton, Alberta

Historical Obits Today

@90-2009 Paul Harvey,

American news commentator and radio broadcaster

(Rest of the story)

@89-2011 Jane Russell,

American actress and leading sex symbol in 1940s-50s

(The Outlaw)

@82-2018 Jayendra Saraswathi,

Hindu religious leader (69th Shankaracharya Guru)

@71-1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson,

American comedian and actor (The Jack Benny Program),

dies from heart disease

@27±-1525 Cuauhtémoc,

the last Aztec Emperor (1520 - 1521),

tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés