Oct 10

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Oct. 10, 2019 Week: 41  Day: 283

86004:   H 70° \ L 36° \ Average Sky Cover: 5% 

Nearest active fire:  50mi.  Nearest lightning:  1255mi

Wind:   15mph\Gusts:  25mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 81°[1996]   Record Low: 20°[1973]

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

Today’s Quote

Imagine all the people living life in peace.

You may say I'm a dreamer,

but I'm not the only one.

I hope someday you'll join us,

and the world will be as one.

John Lennon

Random Tidbits

Best sellers

7. The Dream of the Red Table by Cao Xueqin: 100 million copies sold

This popular Chinese novel has an entire literary field dedicated to its study.

8. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien: 100 million copies sold

When this book was adapted to a movie, the film crew used all the gold paint in New Zealand when creating Smaug's lair. They had to import more from Germany in order to finish the project.

Observances This Month

Organize Your Medical Information Month
Photographer Appreciation Month
Pizza Month Link  Link
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Talk About Medicines Month

Observances This Week

3-10

No Salt Week

4-10

World Space Week Link

5-13

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link

6-12

4-H Week
Death Penalty Focus Week
Emergency Nurses Week
Fire Prevention Week  Link
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Great Books Week
International Post Card Week Link 
Mental Illness Awareness Week

Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week  Link  
National Metric Week 
National Physicians Assistant Week
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week

7-11

Customer Service Week Link
Drive Safely Work Week Link 
Financial Planning Week
Kids' Goal Setting Week
National Health Care Food Service Week Link  
National Heimlich Heroes Week
National Work From Home Week
Primary Care Physicians Week  Link

7-13

Spinning & Weaving Week Link  

10-17

Take Your Medicine Americans Week

Observances for Today

Handbag Day

Hug A Drummer Day  Link  Link
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
International Newspaper Carrier Day

International Stage Mangement Day Link
Motorsports Memorial Day
National Angel Food Cake Day

National Depression Screening Day Link  
National Handbag Day  Link
 National Tic Tac Day

Naval Academy Day
Squid & Cuttlefish Day Link
World Day Against The Death Penalty Link 
World Homeless Day Link
World Mental Health Day
World Sight Day Link 

My Rambling Thoughts

There is already strong winds here, with wind up to 45mph expected later today. Cooler temps also on the way. Not as bad as Colorado which I hear is expecting several inches of the white stuff very soon. No precip expected in our mountain town.

I’m staying home today. I hate the wind. So it was deep cleaning of my master bath. I am the only person who uses this bathroom, and somehow it gets dirty. I just don’t get how it happens. Modern science needs to spend time on developing some ‘spray’ that will not allow dirt to stick to the tub, toilet, or floor.

Syria is in the news and it’s not good for the West or for the Kurds. So sad. President Trump says DC will plant trees for the fallen allies.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

Born in the ocean,

White as snow,

I’m hidden in water,

Where do I go?

What am I?

Historical Events

1780 - The Great Hurricane of 1780 killed 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean region.

1845 - In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (now the United States Naval Academy) opened.

1871 - The Great Chicago Fire finally dissipated.

1871 - Tau Epsilon Phi was founded at Columbia University (other organizations did not allow Jewish members)

1903 The Women's Social and Political Union was formed by Emmeline Pankhurst to fight for women's rights in Britain.

1953 - #1 Hit: Stan Freberg - St. George And The Dragonet

1957 - The finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, was refused service in a Howard Johnson's restaurant in Dover, Delaware. It was a bit of an international incident. He later was invited to dine with US President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident

1960 - #1 Hit: Larry Verne – Please, Mr. Custer

1964 - NBC aired the 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Tokyo, Japan, with the first time of live Olympic telecast program, by geostationary communication satellite, Syncom 3.

1970 - #1 Hit: Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie

1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1973 - Vice President of the US Spiro Agnew resigned, after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

1987 - #1 Hit: Whitesnake - Here I Go Again

2002 Hungarian writer and Holocaust survivor Imre Kertész is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

2003 Shirin Ebadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, making her the 1st Iranian Muslim women to receive the prize

2010 - Cable channel The Hub (Now Discovery Family) made its debut in the United States.

2012 - Nashville premiered on ABC

2014 Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

Birthdays Today

Helen Hayes, First Lady of Theater

(d.1993 @92)

David Lee Roth, singer w/ Van Halen (65)

Thelonius Monk, jazz composer, pianist

(d. 1982 @64; stroke)

Brett Favre, NFL QB with Packers (50)

Mario Lopez, TV host (46)

Mya 'Mýa Harrison', singer (40)

Puzzle answer:

Salt. Salt is harvested from seawater, it’s white and it dissolves in water.