Apr 15


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Apr. 15, 2020 Week: 16 Day: 106
86004: H 50° \ L 19° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 6mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest lightning: 1346mi.; Nearest active fire: 446mi.

Record High: 76°[1948] Record Low: 11°[1965]
Apr. Averages: 60°\27° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Laugh a lot.
It burns a lot of calories.”
– Jessica Simpson

Random Tidbits

Arms for your chairs are just chairs for your arms.

There are 32 species of marine dolphins, four types of river dolphins, and six types of porpoises.

Killing a dolphin in ancient Greece was considered sacrilegious and was punishable by death.

Observations This Week

Week of The Young Child: 11-17 Link
Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week: 12-18 Link 
National Dog Bite Prevention Week:12-18 Link 
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week: 12-18 
National Student Employment Week: 12-18 Link
Orthodox Holy Week: 12-18
Pan American Week: 12-18 

World Hula Week: 12-18 
National Occupational Health Nursing Week: 13-17 Link
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week: 13-19 Link

Observations for Today

Banana Day National ASL Day (American Sign Language) Link
National Glazed Ham Day
One Boston Day Link
Rubber Eraser Day
Link
Take a Wild Guess Day
World Art Day (DaVinci's Birthday)Link

My Rambling Thoughts

Blue sky today...not warm enough for a walk without a jacket. Slowly warming up.

Remember the good old days, when taxes were due today? Yeah, that was last year. I filed electronically about two weeks ago, and yesterday both refunds hit my account. Still waiting for the stimulus check, but that was fast for the IRS. No complaints.

I am used to our President's bluster, but he went too far yesterday when he said when sombody is President of the United States, the authority is total. He needs to read the Constitution, since he must have missed in Civics class.

I am getting slightly concerned about the political divide in our country. I am seeing posts, stories, and videos of people suggesting the stay-at-home thing is just a way to take away our civil rights. A former student sent me a video of a crazy lady, about 30, saying that the virus is a hoax...we can't see it so it's fake...and she will wait for the masses to rise up and prove it. She will join the masses when that happens. A former co-worker sent me another one about how we are all going to get implants that will show everything we do every minutes, that 'they' can read and arrest us if we are anti- anything. This stay-at-home thing is causing people to believe anything. I'm hoping for calmer times.

So Obama and Bernie have both endorsed Biden for President. I hope this unites the party and then the country. We need to be one nation united with liberty and justice for all.

Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page

In British Columbia, you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. Why not?

Historical Events

1755 - Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language was published in London.

1817 - The Erie Canal was authorized, to link between Buffalo on Lake Erie and the Hudson River at Albany New York,

1892 - The Edison General Electric Company (General Electric Company) was formed.

1912 - Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, near Newfoundland & Nova Scotia, Canada, after hitting an iceberg the night before.

1912 - The fourth dimension was referred to 'as Time' by Albert Einstein.

1923 - Insulin became available for use by people with diabetes.

1924 - Rand McNally published its first road atlas.

1941 - Igor Ivor Sikorsky made the first helicopter flight over one-hour duration in his Vought-Sikorsky VS-300.

1947 - Jackie Robinson, became the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1955 - McDonald's opened its first franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.

1964 - Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was opened to traffic, connecting the Eastern Shore to Virginia Beach.

1983 - Tokyo Disneyland opened to the public.

1984 - The inaugural World Youth Day was held in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City.

2013 - At approximately 2:50 PM (EDT), in a terrorist attack, two explosions around Copley Square were caught live on camera during the telecast of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 260.

2019Paris cathedral Notre Dame catches fire, toppling its spire and destroying its roof


Birthdays Today

@91-Actor, Michael Ansara (d. 2013)

@86-Candy manufacturer, Adrian Cadbury (d. 2015)

@85-Musician, Roy Clark (d. 2015)

73-TV producer, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (1947)

@67-Artist, Leonardo da Vinci (d. 1519)

@64-Actor, Hans Conreid ( d.1982; stroke)

@62-Actress, Elizabeth Montgomery (d.1995; colon cancer).

60-Actress, Emma Thompson

@43-Musician, Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith (d.1937; auto accident)

38-Actor, Seth Rogen

30-Actress, Emma Watson


Puzzle Answer:

You cannot take a picture with a wooden leg; you need a camera.



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