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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.
