Jun 13

 

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Jun  13, 2020 Week: 24  Day: 165

86004:   H 84° \ L 50° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  25mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning:  206mi.; Nearest active fire:  104mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire

  Red Flag Warning                       

Record High: 92°[1974]   Record Low: 30°[1976]

Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with rain)

 

Today’s  Quote

"Tell me and I forget.

Teach me and I remember.

Involve me and I learn."

-Benjamin Franklin

Random Tidbits

Approximately 100 million sharks are killed every year. Shark teeth are used to make necklaces; cartilage is used to make fertilizers; skin is used to make leather; liver is used to make face cream, sap, and fuel; and fins are used to make soup. The mass killing of sharks creates a negative, cascading effect in the global environment.

The 1975 movie Jaws fueled widespread fear and hatred of sharks, and the shark has been intensely hunted since. It is so endangered that many countries have taken steps to protect it. Ironically, the late Peter Benchley, the author of the book, supported shark conservation.

Observations This Week

International Clothesline Week: 6-13 
National Lemonade Days: 6-13 Link August due to COVID-19
Bed Bug Awareness Week: 7-13
Black Single Parents Week: 7-13 
Community Health Improvement Week (CHI): 7-13  Link
End Mountain Top Removal Week:  7-13  Link 
Nat'l Automotive Service Professionals Week: 7-13 
National Business Etiquette Week:  7-13  
National Headache Awareness Week: 7-13  Link  
Pet Appreciation Week: 7-13  Link
Duct Tape Days: 11-13 Link  Canceled due to COVID-19
Superman Days: 11-14  Link
National Hermit Week: 13-20

Observations for Today

Banana Split Days: Thru Link  Canceled due to COVID-19
Children's Sunday
Cupcake Lover’s Day

Family Fitness and Health Day
International Albinism Awareness Day
International Young Eagles Day 
Missing Mutts Awareness Day Link  
National Marina Day 
National Rose' (wine) Day Link 
National Weed Your Garden Day

Queen's Official Birthday Link Canceled due to COVID-19
Random Acts of Light Link
Roller Coaster Day
Sewing Machine Day

World Bike Naked Day Link  Link  Canceled due to COVID-19
Worldwide Knit (and Crotchet) in Public Day  Link
World Gin Day Link
Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Shopping day went well, except I walked out of the grocery store without buying milk. I hate making another trip. Just a senior moment.

 

Racism is solved very easily and quickly…so sayeth our leader in Dallas on 6/11/20. Trump campaign is requiring those who attend his upcoming rally sign a waiver that they can not sue the venue or the campaign if they contract Covid19. Baffled.

 

Then there is the AZ governor who said in his latest press briefing not to worry, that even though we have one of the highest rates of infections, there are plenty of hospital beds available. Seriously, this is way beyond real crazy.

 

Nashville’s Lady Antebellum, the all-white musicians changed their name yesterday to Lady A, stating that they named the group after the pre-Civil War mansions, and didn’t realize the negativity it had for African Americans. I guess it’s better late than never.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Can you decipher the following code?

HIJKLMNO

Hint: It forms part of you.

Historical Events

1373 - Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest international agreement in the world which is still in force.

1525 - Ex-Catholic priest Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

1774 - Rhode Island became the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.

1844 - A safe lock was patented by Linus Yale (#3,630)
1886 - Great Vancouver Fire destroyed much of the Canadian city.
1898 - Yukon Territory was formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
1920 US Post Office says children cannot not be sent by parcel post (after various instances)

1927 - Aviator Charles Lindbergh received his famous ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.

1962 - Stanley Kubrick's controversial Lolita was released.
1966 - The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them. It is a bit more detailed than what police say in most televised crime dramas.

1971 - The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers.

1983 – Launched in 1972, Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune and became the first man-made object to leave our Solar System.

1994 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blamed recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.

2000 South Korean President Kim Dae Jung meets leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang

2007 First large scale exhibition of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's work in Mexico opens at Palacio de Bellas Artes on the 100th anniversary of her birth

2019 President Donald Trump announces Sarah Sanders will be leaving her position as White House Press Secretary

2019 Archaeologists announce Scottish crannogs (fortified settlements on artificial islands in lochs) far older than first thought, radiocarbon dated to 3640-3360 BC , older than Stonehenge

Birthdays Today

@75-Actor Basil Rathbone (d. 1967; heart attack)

66-Actor Tim Allen

55-Actor Patrick Dempsey
39-Actor Chris Evans

34-Designer Ashley Olson
34-Designer Mary-Kate Olson

Puzzle Answer

H20, The letters go from H to O.