May 26

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May 26, 2020 Week: 22 Day: 147

86004: H 69° \ L 35° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind: 6mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 867mi.; Nearest active fire: 131mi.

Extreme Risk of Fire

Record High: 87°[1951] Record Low: 19°[1916]

May Averages: 68°\34° (3 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."

-Anne Frank

Random Tidbits

President Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot had to be removed from his funeral because it was swearing

During President Andrew Jackson’s funeral in 1845, his pet parrot began to speak obscenities and had to be removed. The parrot became excited while the crowd was gathering and began to swear, disturbing the mourning people. The bird was promptly escorted out as people were both in awe and horrified at the words. Check out these history lessons your teacher lied to you about.

Have a smile

A friend sent these to me

“Being on a 1:1 client consultation Zoom call and my 4-year-old yelling from the bathroom ’Moooom I'm done pooping can you wipe my buttttt?’"

Observations This Week

Fleet Week (NY): 20-26
National African Violet Week: 24-30
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week: 25-30 Link
National Backyard Games Week: 25-6/1Scripps National Spelling Bee: 25-28 Cancelled due to COVID-19.
Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories: 25-31

Observations for Today

National Blueberry Cheesecake Day

National Chardonnay Day 
National Cherry Dessert Day

National Paper Airplane Day

Sally Ride Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Not warming up as quickly as I would like. Still a nice day. Too much Netflix last night for a long walk, so a short one had to do.

I did watch the Memorial Day thing on PBS...had to make big changes due to the virus. Still a good program.

Found time this morning to update the Focus Travel Club website. Several trips had to be moved to 2021 from this year. While everyone wants to travel, many venues have not yet opened. Ellie always works hard with Joe at Tumlare to have great trips at reasonable prices. Focus seldom travels during the high price seasons. It is impossible to tour the Fall Foliage of New England anytime except the fall. Since hotels and tours are not booking now, the trip had to move to 2021. It is a difficult decision but better than finding out in August that motels and tours are not available. Check out of website by clicking on the blue link at the beginning of the paragraph for all the updates.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

There is a clothing store in Bartlesville. The owner has devised his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15 and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?

Historical Events

1293 (Eartquake) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000.

1805 Lewis and Clark first sight the Rocky Mountains

1857 US slave Dred Scott and family freed by owner Henry Taylor Blow, only 3 months after US courts ruled against them in Dred Scott v. Sandford

1869 - Boston University was chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

1896 - Charles Dow published the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

1897 - Bram Stoker's Dracula novel began being sold in the UK.

1923 - The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually every June.

1924 US President Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law restricting immigration

1930 Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution1972 US President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT accord

1977 - George Willig illegally climbed the South Tower of New York City's World Trade Center.

1984 US President Ronald Reagan rules out US military intervention in Iran-Iraq war

1987 US Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail

1998 - The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Ellis Island, the historic gateway for millions of immigrants, is mainly in the state of New Jersey, not New York.

2000 Arthur C. Clarke is knighted "for services to literature" at a ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka

2018 Ireland votes to repeal their 8th amendment to allow legalized abortion, 66.4% vote yes

2019 Nine climbers die in a week on Mt Everest after overcrowding leads to a huge queue to reach the summit

Birthdays Today

@88-Actor James Arness (d. 2011)

@81-Singer Peggy Lee [Norma Deloris Egstrom](d. 2002)

72-Singer Stevie Nicks

@72-Actor John Wayne (d.1979; stomach cancer)

71-Actor Philip Michael Thomas

71-Country singer Hank Williams Jr

@67-Actor Jay 'Tonto' Silverheels [Harold Jay Smith ](d. 1980)

@65-Trumpeter Miles Davis (d. 1991; stroke)

@64-Singer/comedian Al Jolson (d.1950; heart attack)

@61-Astronaut Dr. Sally Ride (d. 2012; cancer)

55-Singer/songwriter Lenny Kravitz

57- Comedian Robert Francis Bobcat Goldthwait

Puzzle Answer:

$45. The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item.