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Dec. 4, 2019 Week:
49 Day:338
86004: H 50° \ L 30° \
Average Sky Cover: 80%
Nearest
active fire: 347mi. Nearest lightning: 1563mi
Wind: 4mph\Gusts:
5mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 67°[1965] Record
Low:
-4°[1955]
Dec.
Averages: 44°\17° (5 days with moisture)
Today’s Quote
“Conflict
cannot survive without your participation.”
~
Wayne Dyer
Random Tidbits
The "thumbs-up" sign means "good"
to Westerners, "one" to Italians, "five" to Japanese, and
"up yours" in Greece. In Iran, it represents a penis.
Observances This Week
Thru 12/4
American Sand Sculpting Competition Link
1-7
Cookie Cutter Week Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
National Hand Washing Awareness Week Link
Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week
Older Driver Safety Awareness Week Link
3-10
Clerc-Gallaudet Week Link
3-24
Andisop (Meterological Fiddling Link
Observances for Today
National Cookie Day
National Cookie Day Link
National Dice Day
National Package Protection Day Link
National Sock Day Link
Rockerfeller Christmas Tree Lighting
Special Kids Day Link
World Trick Shot Day
World Wildlife Conservation Day Link
My Rambling Thoughts
Had a nice lunch at a new location for a great pizza
place. Caught up on all the Thanksgiving stories. Big piece of pizza and a huge
salad and a drink for $8. Not bad. They had two restrooms, each with a sign that
said ‘whoever’ with the typical outline for man, woman, child. Cute.
Looks like another storm is headed this way. A small
one with only a couple of inches of snow and some not-so-cold temps. I’m ready,
as it should arrive Thursday or Friday.
One more Dem has dropped out, let’s see that leaves
only a couple thousand. Interesting spat live with France (Macron) & US
(Trump) at NATO. Nothing ever changes.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of this page
Name the most recent year in which New Year's came
before Christmas.
Last Year This
Year Next Year Every Year
Historical Events
1674 - In what is now Chicago, Father Jacques
Marquette founded a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the
Illiniwek Indians.
1791 - The first edition of The Observer, the world's
first Sunday newspaper, was published in London.
1875 - New York City politician Boss Tweed escaped
from prison.
1881 - The Los Angeles Times began publication.
1915
Henry Ford's peace ship, Oscar II, sails for Europe 'to get the boys out of the
trenches by Christmas'
1917 - "Shell Shock" was introduced as
psychological trauma for war veterans.
1921 - The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial
against Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ended in a hung jury. (It was a
horrible accident that also ended his career.)
1933
FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1943 - Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw
Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players.
1945 - The Senate approved the participation of the
United States in the UN. The United Nations began several weeks earlier, on October
24, 1945.
1952 - Starting today, and over the course of the
next several days, Smog (severe air pollution) killed over 4,000 people in
London.
1954 - #1 Hit: The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman
1956 - The Million Dollar Quartet
(Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) got together at
Sun Studio. The recordings were released in 1981 and 1990.
1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau
upside down for 47 days
1961 The female contraceptive 'pill' becomes
available on the National Health Service in Britain
1965 - #1 Hit: The Byrds - Turn! Turn!
Turn!
1971 - #1 Hit: Sly and the Family Stone -
Family Affair
1971 - A fire broke out at the Montreux Casino during
a Frank Zappa concert; this event was the inspiration for Deep Purple's iconic
rock anthem Smoke on the Water
1973 - NASA's Pioneer 10 reached Jupiter.
1977 Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowns himself Emperor of the
Central African Empire in a lavish ceremony costing US$20 million - one third
of the nation's budget
1980 - Led Zeppelin officially disbanded, following
the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.
1981 - Falcon Crest premiered on CBS.
1981 - Reds premiered in theaters. Warren Beatty
wrote, directed and starred in the film.
1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No
12333) that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
1991 - Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) ceased
operations.
1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders
28,000 US troops
to Somalia
2009 - American Amanda Knox was convicted of
murdering her British roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy. (it was later
overturned)
2010 - #1 Hit: Rihanna - Only Girl (In the
World)
2014 - Peter Pan Live! aired on NBC.
2017 US Supreme Court allows President Trump's travel
ban to come into effect for 6 mostly Muslim countries
2018 French President Emmanuel Macron drops
controversial rise in fuel tax after three weeks of mass protests
Birthdays Today
@90 - Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier
(died in 2014)
@79 - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer
(died in 1993)
86 – Winston ‘Wink’ Martindale, American game show
host
82 - Max Baer, Jr., American actor (The Beverly
Hillbillies)
83 - Freddy Cannon, American singer (Palisades Park)
70 - Jeff Bridges, American actor
55 - Marisa Tomei, American actress
53 - Fred Armisen, American actor and musician
50 - Jay Z , Shawn Corey Carter
American rapper, producer,
co-founder of
Roc-A-Fella Records
46 - Tyra Banks, American model and producer
@39 - Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter,
drummer, cofounder of Beach
Boys
(died in 1983;
drowning)
Puzzle answer:
This Year
