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Aug.
7, 2019 Week: 32 \ Day: 219
86004: H 79° \ L 55° \ Average Sky
Cover: 80%
Nearest
wildfire: 100mi. Nearest lightning: 5.7mi
Wind: 15mph\Gusts:
22mph
Visibility:
10 mi
Record
High: 92°[1978] Record Low: 39°[1991]
Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 day with rain)
Today’s Quote
The
reward of suffering is experience.
Harry
S Truman
Random Tidbits
In almost every
action movie when somebody asks for a 'spare clip' what they really want is a
magazine.
In small arms
terms magazine technically refers to a box, drum or tube with a spring inside
to help feed the rounds. Magazines can be a fixed part of the weapon, or
detachable. Most detachable magazines can be removed and replaced with a full
one to reload the weapon.
A clip is a
device that is used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit,
ready for insertion into the magazine or cylinder of a firearm. This speeds up
the process of loading and reloading the firearm as several rounds can be
loaded at once, rather than one round being loaded at a time.
Observances This Week
1-7
International Clown
Week Link
National Cleanse Your Skin Week Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week Link
National Cleanse Your Skin Week Link
National Minority Donor Awareness Week
Simplify Your Life Week
World Breastfeeding Week Link
1-9
International Mathematicians
Week
2-11
2-11
4-7
Rock for Life Week Link
4-10
Assistance Dog Week Link Link
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Button Week Link
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
National Health Center Week Link
National Psychic Week Link Link
Single Working Women's Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Button Week Link
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
National Health Center Week Link
National Psychic Week Link Link
Single Working Women's Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
5-9
Exhibitor Appreciation Week
5-11
National Bargain Hunting Week
Old Fiddlers' Week
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)
Old Fiddlers' Week
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)
Observances for Today
International Albarino Day Link
Lighthouse Day Link
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day
Purple Heart Day
Raspberries and Cream Day
Lighthouse Day Link
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day
Purple Heart Day
Raspberries and Cream Day
My Rambling Thoughts
The day started
with clouds everywhere. No rain yet, but still hoping some arrives.
Another
angio-edema day. Lip started swelling
about 9a. Took my pill, not bad swelling, but still a little prickly, and no
fun. Also went for a blood draw. Hopefully more good news tomorrow with the
blood Dr.
Weekly Sam’s trip
was quick and easy. After several weeks of checking, they finally got the
Vanity Fair napkins I like. Almost bought two packages, but it’s Sam’s and one
package is big enough.
The News Channels
are certainly educating their audience about the lives of those lost in El Paso
and Dayton. Very sad, but necessary if America is going to bring this senseless
violence. I really don’t care about the ideology of the crazy gun shooters.
Whatever it is, they took it way, way too far.
I sure hope the
guy who put 45’s speech on a tele-prompter gets suspended or fired. It wasn’t
Toledo…duh.
I posted another
story on FB and the Focus FB page. This one is Mongolia. We had such a great
time. The pictures bring so many memories.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of this page
What four-letter
word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read
from left to right?
Today’s Highlighted Historical Events
1782
- George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to
honor soldiers wounded in battle. It was later renamed the Purple Heart.
1909 - Alice Huyler Ramsey and three other women became the first women to complete a transcontinental automobile trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Alice drove the whole trip.
1930 - Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, two accused African-American criminals were taken from jail by a mob and lynched. Lawrence Beitler took a picture of the mob and bodies, inspiring Abel Meeropol to write a poem, "Bitter Fruit." It was later rephrased as "Strange Fruit" and recorded by Billie Holiday.
1944 - IBM announced the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, known best as the Harvard Mark I. It used 765,000 components and hundreds of miles of wire and weighed about 5 tons.
1909 - Alice Huyler Ramsey and three other women became the first women to complete a transcontinental automobile trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Alice drove the whole trip.
1930 - Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, two accused African-American criminals were taken from jail by a mob and lynched. Lawrence Beitler took a picture of the mob and bodies, inspiring Abel Meeropol to write a poem, "Bitter Fruit." It was later rephrased as "Strange Fruit" and recorded by Billie Holiday.
1944 - IBM announced the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, known best as the Harvard Mark I. It used 765,000 components and hundreds of miles of wire and weighed about 5 tons.
1954
- #1 Hit August 7, 1954 - September 24, 1954: The Crew-Cuts - Sh-Boom
1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (became Sony in 1958) sold its first transistor radios in Japan.
1959 - The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny went into circulation. It replaced the "wheat" design, and was minted until 2008.
1955 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (became Sony in 1958) sold its first transistor radios in Japan.
1959 - The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny went into circulation. It replaced the "wheat" design, and was minted until 2008.
1959
- Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral,
Florida. The satellite fell back to Earth on July 1, 1961
1965
- #1 Hit August 7, 1965 - August 13, 1965: Herman's Hermits - I'm
Henry VIII, I Am
1971 - #1 Hit August 7, 1971 - September 3, 1971: Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
1971 - #1 Hit August 7, 1971 - September 3, 1971: Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
1975
(Typhoon) Nina, China
1976
- #1 Hit August 7, 1976 - September 3, 1976: Elton John and Kiki Dee - Don't
Go Breaking My Heart
1976
- Viking 2 entered orbit around Mars. The lander went onto the Mars surface on
September 3, 1976, and took pictures and analyzed soil samples until July,
1980.
1978 - The US Government made funds available to offer federal assistance for the Love Canal Disaster
1992 - Growing Pains actress Tracy Gold was hospitalized for anorexia and is written out of most of the final episodes for the series
1978 - The US Government made funds available to offer federal assistance for the Love Canal Disaster
1992 - Growing Pains actress Tracy Gold was hospitalized for anorexia and is written out of most of the final episodes for the series
2004
- #1 Hit August 7, 2004 - August 20, 2004: Juvenile featuring Soulja
Slim - Slow Motion
2007 - High School Musical 2 aired on The Disney Channel
2007 - High School Musical 2 aired on The Disney Channel
Highlighted Birthdays Today
Billie Burke,
actress, Wizard of OZ (d. 1970 @85)
Abbie Cornish,
rapper (37)
Jenny Craig,
diets (87)
Bruce Dickinson,
lead singer Iron Maiden (61)
Domino Harvey,
Bounty hunter (d. 2005 @35)
Wayne Knight,
actor (Seinfeld, Jurassic Park (64)
Charlize Theron,
actress, producer (44)
David Duchovny,
actor (59)
Puzzle answer:
The word NOON.
