Jan 20 MLK Day

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Jan. 20, 2020 Week: 1  Day: 20

86004:   H 46° \ L 24° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest lightning:  1910mi.; Nearest active fire:  308mi.  

Wind:   9mph\Gusts:  19mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 61°[1950]   Record Low: -14°[1922]

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

Today’s Einstein Quote

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

Random Tidbits

The Earth is not actually round in shape; in fact, it is geoid. This simply means that the rounded shape has a slight bulge towards the equator.

Planet Earth is the only planet whose name has not been derived from the Roman or Greek mythology.

Observations This Week

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23

Week of Christian Unity: 18-25

International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 18-26

Healthy Weight Week: 19-25

Hunt For Happiness Week:  19-25

National Activity Professionals Week:  19-25 

National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week: 19-25

National Handwriting Analysis Week:  19-25

Snow Care For Troops Awareness Week: 19-25

Sugar Awareness Week: 20-24

No Name Calling Week:  20-24

Observations for Today

Camcorder Day
Inauguration Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday, third Monday

National Buttercrunch Day

National Crowd Feed Day (Always on Martin Luther King Day)
National Cheese Lovers Day Link  Link
National Day of Service Link
National Disc Jockey Day Link  or Link (Go to 1958)
Penguin Awareness Day Link
Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day
Robert E. Lee Day   Link

My Rambling Thoughts

As we celebrate MLK day, it is a good day to look back and review how far we have come. That is not to stay that we still don’t have a long, long way to go for racial equality. Far too many members of the American Society still have prejudice against people of color. Far too many have been raised to believe in negative stereotypes that have never had a basis in fact. Until we have neighbors who are people of color; until we have friends of color to our home; until we see people as people and not as a threat, we will continue to have prejudice against groups that don’t deserve it.

 Just being lazy today. Washed my throws that I use in the evening to watch TV. Someday I’ll learn not to eat sticky snacks when I’m using them. Hope that day comes soon.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

It’s dark. You have ten grey socks and ten blue socks you want to put into pairs. All socks are exactly the same except for their color. How many socks would you need to take to ensure you had at least one pair?

Historical Events

1265 - 1st English Parliament was called into session by Earl of Leicester.

1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before US Congress

1920 - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded.

1929 - In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, was released.

1930 - The first radio broadcast of The Lone Ranger took place in Detroit (WXYZ)

1942 Nazi officials hold notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the "final solution", the extermination of Europe's Jews

1965 - The Beatles appeared on ABC's Shindig.

1968 - #1 Hit: John Fred & His Playboy Band - Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)

1981 - Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, Iran released 52 American hostages.

1981 - President Regan's first inauguration (Jan 20, 1981) was the warmest on record at 55°F, while his second inauguration (Jan 21, 1985) was the coldest on record at 7°F

1989 - Ronald Reagan became the 1st President elected in a '0' year (1980) since 1840, to leave office as President while still alive.

1990 - #1 Hit: Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

1993 Maya Angelou is 1st African American and woman to recite a poem at inauguration of a US President - "On the Pulse of Morning" for Bill Clinton

2009 Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becomes the United States' first African-American president

2017 Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America and Mike Pence as the 48th Vice President

Birthdays Today

@100-George Burns, comedian (d.1996)

@90-Arte Johnson, comic  (d. 2019)

90- Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin Jr, astronaut

@79-DeForest Kelley (d.1999; stomach cancer)

@73-Fredrico Fellini, film director (d. 1993; heart attack)

68-Paul Stanley, guitarist (KISS)

64-Bill Maher, comedian, political comic

62-Lorenzo Lamas, actor

54-Rainn Wilson, comedian

Puzzle Answer:

Three. The first will be grey or blue, the second will either give you a match or one of each color, if so, then the third sock will give you at least one pair.