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Jun. 12, 2019 Week: 23 \ Day: 163
86004: H 81° \ L 45° \ Average
Sky Cover: 5%
Nearest wildfire: 11mi. Nearest lightning: 715mi
Wind: 6mph\Gusts: 13mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 91°[1918] Record
Low: 27°[1976]
Jun Averages: 78°\42° (1 day with rain)
Today’s Quote
You cannot shake hands with a clenched
fist. Indira Gandhi
Random Tidbits
Dogs
have been with us a long time. The first dogs were self-domesticated wolves
which, at least 12,000 years ago, became attracted to the first sites of
permanent human habitation.
Cats,
on the other hand, have lived with people for only 7,000 years.
Observances This Week
Greencare For
Troops Week: 9-15
National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 9-15
National Right of Way Professionals Week: 9-15 Link
National Flag Week: 9-15
National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 9-15
National Right of Way Professionals Week: 9-15 Link
National Flag Week: 9-15
Observances for Today
My Rambling Thoughts
Trip
countdown continues…can’t wait to get on that plane to Moscow. Lots to do
between now and then.
Another
warm day, I headed out early to pick up some stuff for the trip. So nice to
have the windows and doors open, bring in a slight breeze.
I’m
looking forward to a trip with limited wi-fi and no American TV.
What
is going on in the Dominican Republic? Tourists dropping dead, baseball player
shot in an open-air restaurant. I sure hope they figure it out soon. DR is a poor
country and has over 6million tourists a year. That will change if answers aren’t
made public.
9-11
responders are suffering. Those men and women headed into an unknown situation
and now they have diseases directly tied to their bravery. And Congress keeps
coming up with ways to cut their compensation. Right now, there is talk of
cutting their compensation by 70%. And at today’s hearing, many members of the
sub-committee’s seats were vacant. I guess they were too busy. This is a
National disgrace, much like the way we treat Veterans who are also suffering. The
mantra ‘We will never forget’ needs to be loud and clear and followed with
action from Congress.
PUZZLE OF THE DAY
Answer at the bottom of this page
Which type of cheese is made backwards?
Today’s Significant Historical Events
1800’s
1819 Dutch colonial troops driven out of
Palembang, Sumatra
1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett
(Louisville, Kentucky)
1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada
discovered, first major silver discovery in the US
1897 Possibly the most severe quake in history
strikes Assam, India, Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (low
mortality rate given size of earthquake, 1,500 casualties).
1900’s
1917 US Secret Service extends protection of
the President to include his family
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a
straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes the
break-up of William Boeing's empire into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies]
and United Airlines
1942 Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday
present in Amsterdam
1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in
prison in South Africa
1965 Big Bang theory of creation of universe
is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue
galaxies
1967 US Supreme Court unanimously ends laws
against interracial marriages
1980 Ronald Reagan says he will submit to
periodic medical tests
1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally
in Central Park NYC
1987 US President Ronald Reagan challenges
Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down" the Berlin wall
1997 Shakespeare's Globe theatre opens in
London, England, replica of original Globe theatre (1599-1642) with performance
of Henry V, after campaign by Sam Wanamaker
2000’s
2015 Zimbabwe discards its own currency,
offering an exchange of $1 for 35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars
2016 Gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic
State opens fire at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49, injuring 53
- worst mass shooting in the US
2018 Singapore Summit between North Korean
leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump
2018 AT&T's $85.4 billion takeover of Time
Warner can go ahead according to US district court judge
Birthdays Today
1910 Bill Naughton
[William John Francis Naughton],
(d. 1992: @81)
English playwright (Alfie), born in
Ballyhaunis, Ireland
1920 Dave Berg,
(d. 2002: @81)
American cartoonist (The Lighter Side of...),
born in Brooklyn, New York
1924 George H. W. Bush,
(d. 2018: @94)
41st US President (R, 1989-93) and
43rd US Vice President (R, 1981-89),
born in Milton, Massachusetts
1929 Anne Frank,
(d. 1945: @15: in concentration camp)
Dutch Diarist and Jewish victim of the Nazi
Holocaust (Diary of Anne Frank), born in Frankfurt, Germany
1933 Eddie Adams,
(d. 2004: @71: ALS)
American photographer (photograph of execution
of a Viet Cong soldier, Pulitzer Prize 1969),
born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania
1928 Vic Damone
[Vito Farinola],
(d. 2018: @89)
American singer (On the Street Where You
Live), entertainer, actor and TV presenter (Vic Damone Show),
born in Brooklyn, New York
1930 [James] Jim Nabors,
(d. 2017: @87)
American actor and singer (Gomer Pyle, Back
Home Again in Indiana),
born in Sylacauga, Alabama
Historical Obits Today
90’s
@97-2016 Janet Waldo,
American radio and actress (Judy Jetson,
Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop)
80’s
@89-2007 Don Herbert,
American scientist and TV host (Watch Mr
Wizard)
@87-2003 Gregory Peck,
American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird,
MacArthur)
70’s
@79-2002 Bill Blass,
American fashion designer,
dies from mouth cancer
@75-1980 Milburn Stone,
American actor (Gunsmoke, Pickup on South
Street),
dies from a heart attack
30’s
@37-1963 Medgar Evers,
American civil rights activist, NAACP
official,
shot in Jackson, Mississippi
@35-1994 Nicole Brown Simpson,
German-American ex-wife of O.J. Simpson,
murdered
20’s
@27-1994 Ron Goldman,
waiter,
murdered with wife of O.J. Simpson
Puzzle answer:
EDAM.
