Jan 15

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Jan. 15, 2020 Week: 1  Day:15

86004:   H 49° \ L 21° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest lightning:  1036mi.; Nearest active fire:  261mi.  

Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  15mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 65°[1943]   Record Low: -12°[1937]

Jan. Averages: 43°\16° (22” days with snow)

Today’s Einstein Quote

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

Random Tidbits

Approximately 10-20% of U.S. power outages are caused by squirrels.

Nearly 3% of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

     Because the temperature in the Antarctic is well below zero, the urine can’t evaporate and just combines with the glaciers.

Observations This Week

Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17

National Mocktail Week: 12-18

National Soccer Coaches of America Week: 15-19

Observations for Today

Alpha Kappa Alpha Day
Humanitarian Day

National Bagel Day Link 
National Booch Day Link

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day

National Hat Day

National Strawberry Ice Cream Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Just after I returned from Mexico, I was greeted with a jury summons of the county. Don’t mind jury duty, but was concerned because there was also lots of news about a murder trial by the county.  A student killed one and injured 4 others about a year ago on the local campus. Then I read that he had pleaded guilty to 2^nd degree murder. When I called about my jury summons, I learned a couple of things…first the trial was cancelled. There were four groups of jury pool people called for ‘a’ trial. I was in the 3pm group. Because of the large number of jurors, I am pretty sure that this was for the murder trial. I probably wouldn’t have been selected, but am glad I didn’t have to find out.

After calling about the jury summons, I headed out for a haircut, as I was getting a little shaggy, Sam’s weekly visit, and fill up with gas. Even with the wind, I got everything done fairly quickly. Sam’s gas was $2.50 whereas other stations around town were about $2.69. Always looking for value.

I guess we can all relax now that the rift in the Royal Family of Great Britain has been resolved by the Queen. Too bad she can’t step in to solve other problems like Brexit, the Middle East, …

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

If two hours ago, it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning, what time would it be now?

Historical Events

1797- the 1st top hat was worn, by John Etherington in London. National Hat Day

1759 - The British Museum, in Bloomsbury, London, the world's oldest public national museum, opened to the public.

1861 - The Steam elevator was patented by Elisha Otis.

1863 – Wood pulp paper was first used in the US for a printed newspaper by the Boston Morning Herald of Boston.

1870 - The Donkey was 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly, drawn by Thomas Nast.

1889 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, was incorporated in Atlanta.

1895 - Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premiered in St. Petersburg.

1919 - The Boston Molasses Disaster - a huge vat of molasses broke open at the Purity Distilling Company and flooded a Boston neighborhood. 21 were killed.

1936 - The first building to be completely covered in glass, two stories built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, was completed in Toledo, Ohio.

1951 - The US Supreme Court ruled that "clear and present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech and can be a cause for arrest.

1955 - The Benny Hill Show debuted on the BBC

1967 - The inaugural Super Bowl was simulcast on CBS and NBC. The National Football League (NFL) champion Green Bay Packers defeated the American Football League (AFL) champion Kansas City Chiefs by the score of 35–10.

1967 - The Rolling Stones appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, and did not sing "Let's Spend Some Time Together" as planned.

1969 - The first docking of two manned spacecraft took place between the Soviet Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5.

1972 - #1 Hit: Don McLean - American Pie

1974 - Happy Days debuted on ABC.

1975 - Space Mountain opened at Disney World (Florida)

1977 - #1 Hit: Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

1977 - The Coneheads debuted on NBC's Saturday Night Live. Also, Bill Murray joined the cast of SNL, replacing Chevy Chase

1978 - Superbowl XII aired on CBS, the first night-time Superbowl

1981 - Hill Street Blues premiered on NBC.

1983 - #1 Hit: Men at Work - Down Under

1988 - Jimmy 'The Greek' Snyder made a racist remark about black athletes - He said that the black athlete was "bred to be the better athlete because, this goes all the way to the Civil War when ... the slave owner would breed his big woman so that he would have a big black kid."

1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, calls for an international ban on landmines, angering ministers in the UK

2000 - #1 Hit: Christina Aguilera - What a Girl Wants

2001- Wikipedia debuted online.

2009 - US Airways flight 1549 landed safely in the Hudson River, NY, thanks to Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger.

2018 US Gymnast Simone Biles says she is one of more than 130 women sexually abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar

2018 Pope Francis arrives in Chile for a three-day visit amid child sexual abuse claims against church clergy

2019 Witness in El Chapo trial claims former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted $100 million bribe from the drug cartel head

2019 Plastic will outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2050 according to report by the World Economic Forum

Birthdays Today

@95 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist (died in 2003)

93 - Phyllis Coates

       Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell, American actress (1^st Lois Lane on TV)

@64 - Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (died in 1973; multiple cancers)

@51- (baptized) - Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin), French actor and playwright (died in 1673; heart attack)

41 - Drew Brees, American football player

@39 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1968; assassinated)

36 - Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator

Puzzle Answer:

9 o'clock. Since there are twelve hours between the two times, and half of that time equals six, then the halfway mark is 7 o'clock. If it was 7 o'clock, two hours ago, the time now would be 9 o'clock.