Oct 4

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Oct. 4, 2019 Week: 40  Day: 277      

86004:   H 68° \ L 33° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest active fire:  82mi.  Nearest lightning:  356mi

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  18mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 83°[1947]   Record Low: 15°[1908]

Oct. Averages: 63°\32° ( 4 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Happiness is not something ready made.

It comes from your own actions.

Dalai Lama

Random Tidbit

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America banned the slave trade.

Observances This Month

American Cheese Month

Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Church Safety and Security Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month

Gay & Lesbian History Month

Health Literacy Month

International Starman Month

Long Term Care Planning Month

National Arts & Humanities Month
National Audiology/Protect Your Hearing Month

Vegetarian Month

Observances This Week

1-5

Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week  Link

National Chimney Safety Week

National Fall Foliage Week  Link 

1-6

International Sand Sculpting Championships  Link

1-7

National Walk Your Dog Week Link   Link
Universal Children's Week
World Dairy Expo

3-5

Great American Beer Festival Link

3-10

No Salt Week

4-6

World Space Week

National Storytelling Weekend

4-10

World Space Week Link

Observances for Today

Blessing of The Animals Day   Link
Dick Tracy Day
Improve Your Office Day
International Ship in A Bottle Day
Kanelbullens Dag (Cinnamon Roll Day)  Link
Kids Music Day  
Lee's National Denim Day 
Manufacturing Day   Link
National Body Language Day  Link
National Diversity Day 
National Golf Day

National Frappe Day

National Taco Day Link
Ten-Four Day
Vodka Day Link
World Animal Day Link  Link
World Smile Day  Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Really nice fall day. Our retirement group had a nice lunch at one of our favorite places…good conversation, good food, good times.

A lady I worked with in Tuba had never left the state of FL until she took the job in Tuba. She stayed about 8 years, took her retirement and moved to NC to be with her daughter. Last month she emailed me to say she had seen enough snow and was moving back to FL. Today I got an email that she sold her place, bought a condo in FL, hired a local mover and was on her way. She got to FL before the movers so she was just waiting. On Saturday they called to tell her that the moving van had been stolen in Jacksonville at the Hampden Inn, where the driver was staying. It was hot-wired, driven a few miles, turned off the GPS tracking device and vanished with all her worldly possessions. I thought it might be a scammer, but there was no request for money or assistance. I emailed her, and I’ll see what’s going on.

For the record: I don’t like any government official asking another country to investigate an American, especially when the individual is a candidate for President.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

What can travel around the world, but stays in one corner?

Historical Events

October 4 was established in 1952 as a day of charity. Professional Golfers go out and play with amateurs in order to gain funds for different causes. The professionals play and the amateurs pay, so to speak, for the privilege. This day is always on October 4 but can be found also on differing days in June.

1535 - The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) was printed, translated by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.

1876 - Texas A&M University opened as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.

1883 - First run of the Orient Express, from Paris, to Giurgiu in Romania via Munich and Vienna.

1895 - The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship was played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.

1941 - Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.

1957 - The USSR launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

1965 - Pope Paul VI's visit to New York got television coverage on all 3 American networks. The Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium was broadcast in color.

1980 - #1 Hit: Queen - Another One Bites the Dust

1988 - Televangelist Jim Bakker was indicted for fraud.

1990 - Beverly Hills, 90210 premiered on FOX

2003 - #1 Hit: Beyonce featuring Sean Paul - Baby Boy

2004 - SpaceShipOne won the Ansari X Prize, for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.

2006 WikiLeaks is launched, created by internet activist Julian Assange

2011 US State Department lists Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (ISIL) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist with a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture

2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their work on cryo-electron microscopy

Birthdays Today

Charlton Heston [John Charles Carter], movie actor, NRA

(d. 2008 @84)

Anne Rice, author (77)

Susan Sarandon, movie actor (73)

Armand Assante, actor (70)

Liv Schreiber, movie actor (52)

Buster Keaton [Joseph Frank Keaton], actor, comedian

(d. 1966 @70; lung cancer)

Rutherford B. Hayes,19^th US President

(d. 1893 @70; heart attack)

Puzzle answer:

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