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Jul 27, 2020 Week: 31 Day: 209
86004:
H 80° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 40%
Wind:
6mph\Gusts: 7mph Visibility:
10mi
Nearest lightning: 18mi.; Nearest active fire: 67mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 93°[1947]
Record Low: 36°[1913]
Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
"Success seems to be connected with action.
Successful people keep moving.
They make mistakes but they don't quit."
-Conrad Hilton
Random Tidbits
USS Theodore Roosevelt was the first aircraft carrier to be
assembled using modular construction. Having the modules pre-built and welded
together saved an amazing 16 months on the construction.
During World War II there were five pairs of
U.S. carriers with the same name. All five ships had been sunk, and rebuilt to
carry the same name. The Langley, The Lexington, The Yorktown, The Wasp, and
The Hornet.
Remember these movie quotes?
#23 "There's
no place like home."
Judy Garland The Wizard of Oz 1939
Observations This Week
World Rope Skipping Week:
24-8/3 Link
National Little League Baseball Week: 25-8/23 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
Tour de France: 27-7/19 Moved to 8/29-9/20
Observations
for Today
Barbie-in-a-blender
Day Link
Love Is Kind Day Link
National
Scotch Day
Paddle
for Perthes Disease Awareness Day
Take
Your Houseplants for a Walk
Take Your Pants for a Walk Day
Walk on Stilts Day
My Rambling Thoughts
A very enjoyable Sunday morning walk in the forest. It
is still damp and peaceful. Hopefully, the monsoon continues so it will have a
nice green floor.
Sunday morning news shows were a lot of information on
John Lewis. What an amazing individual. I am hopeful those in their 20’s and 30’s
will learn from his example and continue his work.
I was reading about the similarities between the 1918
Pandemic and today’s Pandemic. Wilson and Trump had a lot in common on their
handling of a pandemic. Both opened too soon. Both had many refusing to wear masks
and did little to change their minds. Both held huge parades that exacerbated the
numbers. Too bad we learn little from history.
I have some great green plants in my front window.
Even though I rotate them regularly, one of the large ones was leaning too much
for my enjoyment. I decided to fix it. I dug up some dirt around it,
straightened it up, and packed down the dirt. It looks much better now…now I
just hope it remains more upright. A couple of months ago I started using
fertilizer plugs. After two feeding they are taking off. Very pleased.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
People
buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?
Bonus:
What
stays where it is when it goes off?
Historical Events
1694 - A Royal charter was granted to the Bank of
England.
1789 - The first US federal government agency, the
Department of Foreign Affairs, was established (later renamed the Department of
State).
1866 - The first permanent transatlantic telegraph
cable was successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to
Heart's Content, Newfoundland.
1929 - The Geneva Convention was
signed at Geneva, Switzerland. The full official name is the 'Convention
Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Geneva July 27, 1929.'
1940 - The animated short A Wild Hare is released,
introducing the character of Bugs Bunny. "What's up, Doc?" was the
first line the still-unnamed rabbit said to Elmer Fudd.
1974 The House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of
impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
1981 - Adam Walsh, the 6-year-old son of John &
Reve Walsh, was kidnapped in Hollywood, Florida and is found murdered two weeks
later.
1987 - RMS Titanic Inc. began the first expedited
salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
1996 - In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes
at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Security guard
Richard Jewell saved many people, although there were many injuries. Jewell was
also falsely accused on setting the bomb. He was exonerated and Eric Robert
Rudolph was later found to have been the bomber.
1999 - Tony Hawk landed the first '900' on a
skateboard (two-and-a-half complete revolutions) at the fifth annual X Games in
San Francisco, California.
2007 - News helicopters from Phoenix, Arizona
television stations KNXV and KTVK collide over Steele Indian School Park in
central Phoenix while covering a police chase. Four people were killed.
2013 First Przewalski’s horse
(whose wild populations were believed extinct in 1969) is born via artificial
insemination at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute as part of a
worldwide effort to rebuild the wild herds
2014 Obama reaffirms Israel's "right to defend
itself", but condemns civilian casualties in Gaza
2017 Boy Scouts of American chief Michael Surbaugh
apologies for politically motivated remarks made by President Donald Trump at
rally attended by 30,000 scouts
2017 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos briefly becomes world's
richest man at $91.4bn overtaking Bill Gates for half a day
2019 US President Trump, calls Baltimore a
"disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess," calls Congress Rep Elijah
Cummings responsible
Birthdays Today
97 -
Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer
@86 -
Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (d. 2018)
78 -
Bobbie Gentry, American singer-songwriter
72 -
Betty Thomas, American actress
72 -
Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster
71 -
Maureen McGovern, American singer
@70 -
Keenan Wynn, American actor (d. 1986; pancreatic cancer)
44 –
Alex Rodriguez, Baseball star
43 -
Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor
Puzzle Answer
Plates
or silverware
Bonus: An alarm clock
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