Jul 21

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Jul 21, 2020 Week: 30 Day: 203

86004:   H 82° \ L 55° \ Average Sky Cover: 75%

Wind:   2mph\Gusts:  3mph  Visibility:  10mi

Nearest lightning:  134mi.; Nearest active fire:  67mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 92°[1937]   Record Low: 38°[1924]

Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)

 

Today’s  Quote

"The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't.

It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction,

or whether you learn from it;

whether you choose to persevere."

-Barack Obama

 

Random Tidbits

 July, the hottest summer month in the Northern Hemisphere, is National Ice Cream Month, not surprisingly. Americans eat an average 20 quarts of ice cream a year. Vanilla is the most popular flavor, with chocolate coming in a distant second.

In southern England, over 37,000 people gather at Stonehenge to see the summer solstice. Druids and pagans are among those who celebrate the longest day of the year at this notable place.

 

Remember these movie quotes?

#7                   "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."

Gloria Swanson                        Sunset Boulevard                  1950

 

Observations This Week

Rabbit Week: 15-21
National Scrabble Week: 18-25  Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
National Moth Week: 18-26 Link
*Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
Captive Nations Week: 19-25 
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 Link 
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25 Link  
National Zoo Keeper Week:19-25 Link  Cancelled due to COVID-19
RAGBRAI: 19-25
Women in Baseball Week: 19-25 
International Lace Week: 20-24  Link  Cancelled due to COVID-19

 

Observations for Today

Fast of Tammuz
Legal Drinking Age Day
Lowest Recorded Temperature Day (-128.6F Antarctica) 
National Be Someone Day Link
National Creme Brûlée Day

National Junk Food Day

No Pet Store Puppies Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

Hoping for the monsoon. Yesterday was just a sprinkle.

Four inmates and no staff have tested positive for COVID at our local jail. Quarantine and Isolation are difficult in any jail setting. The staff and inmates must wear masks, inmates are given more free soap. Meals are brought to each cell. Time around others is extremely limited. Not a great place to spend time.

Just a lazy day for me.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

1.  What goes in the water black and comes out red?

 

2.  How many apples grow on a tree?

 

3.     Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?_

 

Historical Events

356 BC - The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson.

1865 - In Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt, in what is considered as the first western showdown.

1902 - Willis Carrier showed his air conditioner concept in Buffalo, New York.

1918 - German submarine attacked Orleans, Massachusetts, hitting a tugboat and four barges, as well as striking the beach with shells. This was the only time that the continental United States was shelled during World War I.

1925 - In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in class, and fined $100.

1949 - The United States Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO).

1961 - Gus Grissom piloting, Liberty Bell 7, became the second American to go into space.

1979 - Jay Silverheels became the first Native American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1983 - The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica (-128.6 °F, -89.2 °C).

2007 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the series by J. K. Rowling is published worldwide. 11 million copies sell in 24 hrs

2011 - NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.

2012 - Erden Eruc completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world, via several boats.

 

Birthdays Today

@82 - Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)

@81 - Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)

@78 - Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016; Parkinson’s)

72 - Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter and guitarist

@63 – Robin Williams, actor (d. 2014; suicide)

63 - Jon Lovitz, American comedic actor

@61 - Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961; suicide)

@49 - John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1982; motorcycle accident)

42 - Josh Hartnett, American actor

 

Puzzle Answer

1.        1.    Lobster

 2.  All apples grow on a tree

 3.     The word “Ton”._

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