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Jun 14, 2020
Week: 25 Day: 166
86004: H 80° \ L 41° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 13mph\Gusts:
29mph Visibility: 10 mi
Nearest
lightning: 153mi.; Nearest active
fire: 105mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Red Flag Warning
Record High: 92°[1974]
Record Low: 25°[2001]
Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with
rain)
Today’s Quote
"The future belongs to those who
believe in the beauty of their dreams."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Random
Tidbits
Romans
were highly superstitious and feared anything to do with the left, which is why
their words for "left" and "left-handed"; sinister and
sinstra, gave us the modern meaning of "sinister."
The
first-ever shopping mall was built by the Emperor Trajan in Rome. It consisted
of several levels and more than 150 outlets that sold everything ranging from
food and spices to clothes.
Have
a smile
Thanks to one
of my readers
"Blorft’ is an adjective I just made up that means
completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to
the stress with the torpor of a possum. I have been Blorft every day for the
past seven years.
Tina Fey
Observations
This Week
Superman Days:
11-14 Link
National Hermit Week: 13-20
Animal Rights Awareness Week: 14-20 Link Link
Greencare For Troops Week: 14-20
National
Little League Week: 14-20 Link Canceled due to COVID-19
National Play Catch Week: 14-20
National Pet Wedding Week:14-20 Link
National
Right of Way Professionals Week: 14-20 Link
National Flag Week: 14-20
National
Waste & Recycling Workers Week: 14-20 Link
Observations
for Today
Army's Birthday
Bourbon Day
Link
Family History
Day
Flag Day
Hydranencephaly
Awareness Day Link
International Bath Day Link
Monkey Around Day
Multicultural American Child
Day
National Bourbon Day
National
Strawberry Shortcake Day
Pause for the Pledge Day
Race Unity Day
(World) Blood Donor Day Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
Not excited about the wind today. It’s
a Red Flag Day. Pine needles loading up my deck. Pollen covering my vehicle. And
the weather guy sez to expect the same tomorrow. While out watering Andy’s
planters, I had to try and keep the water in the pots as the wind was blowing
it away of the planters. Crazy,
Good move…sort of…Trump has moved his
Tulsa rally to June 20 for his Black supporters. He is still holding a rally with
lots of people in a confined area. And the NFL makes June 19th a
company holiday to honor the final freeing of slaves in the south.
I have 2 friends living in Tucson. One
is a HS classmate who is about 5miles from the fire. The other is a TC colleague
who is about 15miles from the fire. Smoky for both. Scary for my classmate. Her
area might be moving to the ‘set’ stage if the wind keeps up. I lived through
that last year here in Flag.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer
at the bottom of the page
What is the next number in
this series?
Historical
Events
1158 - Munich (in what is now Germany) was
founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
1775
-The Continental Army was established by the Continental Congress, marking the
birth of the United States Army.
1777
- The Stars and Stripes was adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United
States. Today, June 14 is officially 'Flag Day' in the United States.
1789
- Whiskey distilled from maize was first produced by American clergyman the Rev
Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County,
Kentucky.
1834 - The first sandpaper was patented (#X08244, #X08245, #X08246, #X08247) and issued to Isaac Fisher, Jr., of Springfield, Vermont
1872
- Trade unions were legalized in Canada.
1884 - New York was the first state in the US
to enact legislation requiring the burying of utility wires.
1938 - Dr. Benjamin Gruskin of Philadelphia,
Pa. patented (#2,120,667) chlorophyll as a "therapeutic agent for the use
in the treatment of infection" of the blood stream, infected parts, and
for open cuts and wounds.
1951 - The Univac1 was unveiled in
Washington, DC. and dedicated as the world's first commercial computer.
1954
- US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill that placed the words 'under
God' into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
1959 - Disneyland Monorail System, the first
daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opened to the public
in Anaheim, California.
1966
- The Vatican announced the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("Index
of Prohibited Books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
1967
- The People's Republic of China tested its first hydrogen bomb.
1968 "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" 2nd
studio album by Iron Butterfly is released
1972 As of December 31, the insecticide DDT
was banned from use in the US.
1972 Members of the NI Social Democratic and
Labour Party hold a meeting with representatives of the Irish Republican Army
in Derry; the IRA representatives outline their conditions for talks with the
British Government
1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg is nominated to the
United States Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton
2013 The US government charges NSA leaker
Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government
property
2019 Petition to create world's first
"time free zone" on Sommaroy island which has complete dayight for 2
months, delivered to the Norwegian parliament
Birthdays
Today
@85-Musician
Burl Ives (d. 1995)
@85-Abolitionist
Harriet Beecher Stowe (d. 1896)
77-Politician
Newt Gingrich
74-45th
US President Donald Trump
52-Actor
Yasmine Bleeth
51-Tennis
star Stefanie Maria
Steffi Graf
59-Musician Boy
George [George Alan O'Dowd]
@39-Activist Che
Guevara (d. 1967; executed)
Puzzle
Answer
The next number is 34. The numbers are the total of the two previous
numbers. This sequence is known as the
Fibonacci Sequence.
