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Mar 28, 2019 Week: 13 \ Day: 87
86004 Today: H 67° \ L 33° \ Average
Sky Cover: 60%
Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 11mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 70°[2015] Record
Low: -7°[1975]
Mar Averages: 51°\23°
(6 days with
rain)
Today’s Quote
Nature has made us frivolous to
console us for our miseries.
--Voltaire
Random Tidbits
During the
court-martial that followed the capture of USS Chesapeake by HMS Shannon,
Midshipman William Sitgreaves Cox, the junior-most officer on the Chesapeake,
was charged with cowardice, disobedience of orders, desertion from quarters,
neglect of duty, and unofficerlike conduct. He had taken the injured captain
below-deck during the battle and could not regain the deck when the British
boarded the Chesapeake.
In the end,
Mr. Cox was only convicted of unofficerlike conduct, and neglect of duty for
leaving the deck when he knew, or should have known, that a boarding action was
imminent, since every other officer above him was either injured or
out-of-action and Cox was technically in command of Chesapeake.
Cox's family
tried for nearly 140 years to exonerate his name. Finally, in 1952, Cox's great
grandson, succeeded in bringing the matter to the attention of the House Armed
Services Committee which reviewed the historical facts of the case and
recommended his reinstatement.
Observances This Week
Lent:
6-4/20
National
Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/14
International
Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism &
Health
Information Professionals Week: 24-30
International
Phace Syndrome Awareness Week: 24-30
National
Cleaning Week: 24-30
National
Protocol Officer's Week: 24-30
Pediatric
Nurse Practitioner Week: 24-30
National
Physicians Week: 24-30
National
Money Show: 28-30
Observances for Today
Barnum & Bailey Day
National Black Forest Cake Day
National Black Forest Cake Day
My Rambling Thoughts
All these high
clouds will not deter my spring. It is a beautiful day, office window partially
opened, life is good.
Flag has had a
hate crime. Our little mountain town is trying to deal with the defiling of a
synagogue under construction. Some one or more broke in, destroyed construction
tools, opens cans of paint and put the paint on walls and windows depicting
swastikas. So uncalled for and so sad. I
sure hope they catch these haters quickly.
45 has decided it
is time to get rid of Obamacare…again. Really? His promise of something better
is just not believable. If he had a better plan, why not ‘repeal and replace’…his
2016 mantra. I am so fortunate to have Medicare and my Federal BCBS. Others don’t
have those great advantages.
And while this
goes on and on and on…the Secretary of Education is doing everything she can to
dismantle the American Education System. Now she is going after Special
Olympics and other block grant programs that help low income families.
Remember, she never went to public schools, nor worked in public schools, yet
decides what will happen to public schools. Crazy.
Today’s Significant Historical Events
800’s
845
Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok,
who collects a huge ransom in
exchange for leaving
1700’s
1799
New York State abolishes slavery
1800’s
1804
Ohio passes law restricting movement of Blacks
1871
San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine
1881
"Greatest Show On Earth" was formed by PT Barnum &
James A Bailey
1885
US Salvation Army officially organized
1900’s
1922
1st microfilm device introduced
1944
Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle & begins writing "Pippi
Longstocking"
1967
UN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace
in Vietnam
1990
US President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse
Owens the Congressional Gold Medal
2000’s
2009
The first cases of H1N1 swine flu in the United States occur in
two people in California
2013
Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of
women in the Maundy Thursday service
2017
Britain introduces 1st new pound coin in 30 years with
secret security feature inside to
stop counterfeiting
2017
World's largest dinosaur footprint at 1.7 metres found in
Kimberley, Western Australia
2017
US President Donald Trump signs Energy Independence
executive order undoing Obama
climate-control measures
Birthdays Today
1836 Frederick
Pabst,
German-American
brewer (Pabst Brewing Company),
born in
Mönchpfiffel-Nikolausrieth, Germany
(d. 1904:@66)
1905 Marlin
Perkins,
American TV host
(Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom),
born in Carthage,
Missouri
(d. 1986:@81)
1944 Ken
Howard,
American actor
(Ken - The White Shadow),
born in El Centro
California
(d. 2016:@71)
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76- Conchata
Ferrell,
American actress
(Deadly Hero, Susan-LA Law),
born in
Loudendale, West Virginia
73- Bruce
Gilbert,
English producer
(China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond),
born in Watford,
Hertfordshire, England
64- Reba
McEntire,
American country
singer (Can't Even Get the Blues),
born in
McAlester, Oklahoma
49- Vince
Vaughn,
American actor
(Swingers, Wedding Crashers),
born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
38- Julia
Stiles,
American actress
(Bourne series, Save the Last Dance),
born in NYC, New
York
33- Lady
Gaga
[Stefani Germanotta],
American
singer-songwriter and actress (Bad Romance, A Star is Born),
born in NYC, New
York
Historical Obits Today
@88-2012 Earl
Scruggs,
American
bluegrass musician
@84-1958 W.
C. Handy,
American
composer and musician known as the "Father of the Blues"
(Memphis
Blues, St Louis Blues)
@82-2004 Peter
Ustinov,
British
actor, author, journalist, comedian and broadcaster
(Death
on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd)
@80-1979 Emmett
Kelly,
American
circus clown (Weary Willy)
@78-1969 Dwight
D. Eisenhower,
34th
US President (R, 1953-61) and WWII general,
dies
of a congestive heart failure
@75-1712 Jan
van der Heyden,
Dutch
inventor (street lantern)
@65-1953 Jim
Thorpe,
American
all-round athlete
(2
gold Olympics 1912, College, Pro Football Halls of Fame),
dies
of heart failure
@59-1941 Virginia
Woolf-Stephen [Adeline],
British
writer (To Lighthouse),
dies
from suicide
@53-1584 Ivan
IV
[Ivan the
Terrible],
Russian
tsar (1547-84),
dies
from stroke
