Sep 2

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Sep. 2, 2019 Week: 36  Day: 245

86004:   H 87° \ L 54° \ Average Sky Cover: 40% 

Nearest wildfire:  27mi.  Nearest lightning:  75mi

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  9mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 91°[1948]   Record Low: 35°[1953]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Confucius

Random Tidbits

Word Origins

Ferris Wheel

The Ferris Wheel was designed as the American competitor to the Eiffel Tower. George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., was a young engineer whose company was given the task of coming up with something "daring and unique." This kind of amusement park wheel had been designed before, but not at this scale. Ferris's wheel was 250 feet in diameter and it carried 36 cars, each with a capacity of 60 people.

Kalashnikov, or AK-47

Arguably the most famous weapon in history, the AK-47 was designed from a hospital bed by Mikhail Kalashnikov. Kalashnikov, who served in a Russian tank unit, had been wounded during a battle against Germany in World War II.

Observances This Month

Childrens' Good Manners Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Link
Cholesterol Education Month Link
Classical Music Month  Link
College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month  Link
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Global Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month  Link
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month Link
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month

Observances This Week

1-5

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link 

1-7

International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week Link
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
National Waffle Week 

2-6

National Payroll Week 

Observances for Today

Bison Ten Yell Day
Great Bathtub Race (Always on Labor Day)
Labor Day
Mouth-guard Day
National “Grits for Breakfast” Day

International Bacon Day

National No Patrick Day Link  (SpongeBob Squarepants)
V-J Day
World Coconut Day  Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Started off the day by heading to ‘Art in the Park’ in downtown Flag. Was able to visit with several Native artists I know who were selling. All said it was a good selling weekend. And lots of other art also. Enjoyable, though parking is always a hassle. The show took up an entire square block, but had to park 5 blocks away. Worth the time.

It’s another warm day, hoping for some moisture.

 I didn’t go to the County Fair again this year. Last year I tried, but traffic was horrific so I just skipped it this year.

Another mass shooting, this time in Odessa, TX. No hope for stopping these horrific events as too many conservatives are against any gun control. Sad. After all the mass shootings I read that Greeley, Colorado classeooms now have emergency packs with tourniquets and ‘stop the bleeding’ pads. SAD!

The highest wind I have experienced was 109 while attending CU/Boulder. I can’t imagine the 185 mph winds in the Bahamas.

Be safe if you are out and about on Labor Day.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?

Historical Events

44 BC - Cicero started the first of his Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony.

1192 - The Treaty of Jaffa was signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.

1666 - The Great Fire of London destroyed more than 13,000 homes along with St. Paul's Church.

1752 (Julian year) - Great Britain adapted the Gregorian calendar, making the next day September 14, 1752. There was no September 3-13 in the British Empire, including the American colonies.

1754 (Earthquake) Cairo, Egypt

1789 - The United States Treasury Department was established.

1837 - General Sherman took Atlanta, after four weeks of fighting.

1837 - Samuel F.B. Morse patented his telegraph for sending messages. Ben Franklin was the first to send an electrical signal through a wire in 1750.

1897 - McCall Magazine began publication.

1901 - Vice President of the US, Theodore Roosevelt, used the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

1912 - Arthur Rose Eldred was awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.

1944 - Future President George H.W. Bush ejected from his damaged plane in WW II.

1945 - Japan formally surrendered World War II.

1963 - CBS Evening News expanded from 15 minutes to 30 minutes, the first network to do so. NBC followed on September 9.

1969- Chemical Bank installed the first United States ATM in the U.S. at the branch in Rockville Centre, New York.

1985 - NBC began broadcasting in stereo.

1989 - #1 Hit: Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted

1992- (Earthquake) Nicaragua killing at least 116 people.

1995 - #1 Hit: Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone

2005 - On NBC's Concert for Hurricane Relief, Kanye West stated that "George Bush doesn't care about black people"

2015 Earth's trees number just over 3 trillion according to study in "Nature" by Thomas Crowther of Yale University

2015 US President Barack Obama becomes the first president to visit the Arctic Circle at Kotzebue, Alaska

2018 Major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts

Birthdays Today

Terry Bradshaw, football star (71)

Harvey Levin, TMZ host (69)

Mark Harmon, TV actor (68)

Billy Preston, keyboardist in R&B, funk…

(d. 2006 @59; kidney failure)

Keanu Reeves, movie actor (55)

Salma Hayak, movie actor (53)

Lennox Lewis, Boxer (53)

Katt Williams, comedian (48)

Puzzle answer:

All the people were married.