Apr 24

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Apr 24, 2019 Week: 17 \ Day: 115

86004:   H 66° \ L 34° \ Average Sky Cover: 70% 

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  11mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest wildfire:  347mi. Nearest lightning:  64mi

Record High: 77°[1949]   Record Low: 10°[1900]

Mar Averages: 59°\28° (3 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. James Thurber

Random Tidbits

Many of the legends were brought to America in the 1700s, when German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania Dutch country.

In Medieval Europe, churchgoers would take a walk after Easter Mass, led by a crucifix or the Easter candle. Today these walks endure as Easter Parades. People show off their spring finery, including lovely bonnets decorated for spring.

Observances This Week

Cleaning For A Reason Week: 18-24
National Dance Week: 19-28 Link 
National Park Week: 20-28  Link
Passover: 20-27
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week: 21-27 Link 
Administrative Professionals Week: 21-27 
Bedbug Awareness Week: 21-27  
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week: 21-27
Festival of Ridvan: 21-5/2
Fibroid Awareness Week: 21-27  
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week:21-27  Link
National Coin Week: 21-27
National Infertility Awareness Week: 21-27  Link
National Paperboard Packaging Week: 21-27
National Pet ID Week: 21-27 Link  Link
National Princess Week: 21-27    Link
Orthodox Holy Week: 21-27
Preservation Week:21-27 Link (re: Libraries)
Sky Awareness Week: 21-27  
Spring Astronomy Week: 21-26 
World Hula Week: 21-27 
International Dark Sky Week: 22-28
National Environmental Education Week: 22-26  Link
National Playground Safety Week: 22-26  Link
American Quilters Society Week: 24-27
National Scoop The Poop Week: 24-30
World Immunization Week: 24-30
International Mariachi Week: 24-27
National Tattoo Week: 24-29 Link

Observances for Today

Administrative Professionals Day or Secretary's Day Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day Link
Denim Day  Link

International Guide Dogs Day Link
New Kids on The Block Day Link
Pig in a Blanket Day

Sauvignon Blanc Day  Link  Link  
St. Mark's Eve Link
World Day for Animals in Laboratories Link
World Meningitis Day Link

My Rambling Thoughts

April showers…Nice. Our forest can always use the rain.

So, I did watch part of the CNN marathon town hall. I heard lots of good ideas to improve the country. Only one will make it as the Democrat nominee. I can only hope the nominee’s ego will allow him/her to put some of the other hopefuls’ ideas in their platform.

Happy camper as both my AZ and Federal tax refunds have been deposited. This is in record time. Both deposits hit within 10 days of my electronic filing.  

AZ just joined 46 other states in making it illegal to touch your cell phone while driving. About time. Last month they tried to outlaw num-chuks and other weapons but also outlawed jump ropes with wooden handles. I hope the cell phone use while driving ends, but not sure that kids can’t have jump ropes with handles.

PUZZLE OF THE DAY

Answer at the bottom of this page

Charlotte is 13 years old. Her father Montague is 40 years old. How many years ago was Charlotte's father four times as old as Charlotte?

Today’s Significant Historical Events

1100’s

1184 BC The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date)

1800’s

1800 US Library of Congress establishes with $5,000 allocation

1833 Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent 1st soda fountain

1872 Volcano Mt Vesuvius erupts in Italy

1888 Eastman Kodak founded by George Eastman

1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House

1900’s

1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened

1928 Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented

1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

1961 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs

1961 17th century Swedish warship Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is salvaged

1962 Sandy Koufax's 2nd 18-strikeout game

1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."

2000’s

2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.

2018 US President Donald Trump hosts his first state dinner for visiting French President Emmanuel Macron

Birthdays Today

1581 Vincent de Paul,

(d. 1660: @79)

French Roman Catholic Saint,

born in Pouy, Gascony, France

1936 Jill Ireland,

(d. 1990: @54: breast cancer)

English actress (Breakout, Assassination, Chino),

 born in London, England

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80’s

85- Shirley MacLaine,

American actress and mystic (Irma la Douce),

born in Richmond, Virginia

70’s

77- Barbra Streisand,

American singer, actress and award winner (People),

born in Brooklyn, New York

60’s

67- Jean Paul Gaultier,

French fashion designer (Hermès),

born in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne, France

50’s

55- Cedric the Entertainer,

American comedian and actor,

born in Jefferson City, Missouri

30’s

37- Kelly Clarkson,

American singer and winner of the inaugural season of TV series American Idol,

born in Fort Worth, Texas

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@97-2004 Estée Lauder,

American cosmetics entrepreneur (Estée Lauder cosmetics)

80’s

@89-1986 Wallis Simpson

[Duchess of Windsor],

American divorcee whom British King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry

70’s

@76-1974 Bud Abbott,

American comedian (Abbott & Costello)

@74-1997 Eugene Stoner,

American firearms designer and inventor of the M16,

dies of cancer

@70±-1731 Daniel Defoe,

English novelist (Robinson Crusoe),

dies of lethargy or stoke

60’s

@69-1997 Pat Paulsen,

American comedian (Smothers Brothers Show),

dies from cancer/kidney failure

@67-1942 Lucy Maud Montgomery,

Canadian author (Anne of Green Gables),

dies of heart attack

50’s

@58-1942 Leonid Kulik,

Russian Mineralogist who led the first research expedition to study the Tunguska meteor site, the largest impact event in recorded history,

dies of typhus in a Nazi prison camp

Puzzle answer:

Four years ago.