Apr 19

 

 

 

Apr 19, 2021   Week: 17    Day: 109       

Visibility: 10 miles	Ave. Sky Cover: 30%
Local: H 54°\ L 25°	Nearest Lightning: 1260mi.
Wind:  4mph/ Gusts:  10mph	High Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  463mi
Record: 92°[1976]  Record: 18°[1975]	Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

~Annie Besant

Random Tidbits

The income tax system employed by the IRS that we know today would not be put into place until 1913 with the addition of the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which reads, "Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived..."

When the income tax was fully established in 1913, the tax rate was 1 percent. Few paid income tax to the IRS, as it was required only if you made $3,000 or more per year. That year only 1 out of 271 Americans had to pay income tax.

Bonus Fact:

Humor

One of my wife’s third graders was wearing a Fitbit watch, which prompted my wife to ask, “Are you tracking your steps?” “No,” said the little girl. “I wear this for Mommy so she can show Daddy when he gets home.”

Real Cities

Catfish Paradise, AZ in Mohave County

True Things

A GPS snafu almost led a groom to marry the wrong woman in Indonesia.

On April 4, the groom, whose identity has not been disclosed, used Google Maps to get to his wedding venue in Magelang, a city in Central Java. However, the engaged man wound up at the wrong address, according to local outlet TribunNews.com.

Instead of the arriving at the venue where his wedding was supposed to take place, the groom and his entourage stopped at the house that was highlighted on the location app. Unbeknownst to the group, an engagement party was being hosted at the house for another couple, complete with loved ones and photographer present.

The groom’s entourage reportedly shook hands with the family, exchanged offerings and took what they thought were their seats.

It was not clear to the two groups that a mishap had occurred since the groom’s guests assumed the attendees who were already there were family members of the bride. Meanwhile, the woman’s family assumed the new arrivals were family members of the fiancé.

The fiancé and his family were actually late for the event, which didn’t help either, according to bride-to-be Ulfa. She told TribunNews.com that she had been getting her makeup done at the time of her lost groom’s arrival.

When the mistake was finally discovered, the groom and his wedding party promptly exited the home with their offerings in tow.

"[The groom] said that the share location point stopped near my house," Ulfa, 27, told the Indonesian news outlet. "Sometimes the internet can shift if it is not smooth."

Weekly Observations

 

Ramadan	Thru 5/11
National Dance Week Link	16-25
International Wildlife Film Week Link	17- 5/15
National Park Week Link	17-25
Consumer Awareness Week Police Officers Who Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week	18-23
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week Link  Chemists Celebrate Earth Week Cleaning For A Reason Week National Coin Week Medical Laboratory Professionals Week  Link Numismatic Week ( National Coin Week   Link  National Crime Victims Rights Week Link National Infertility Awareness Week  Link National Paperboard Packaging Week National Pet ID Week   Link  Link National Princess Week     Link National Volunteer Week Sky Awareness Week    Spring Astronomy Week    Administrative Professionals Week	18-24
National Environmental Education Week  Link	19-23

 

Today’s Observations

Ameretto Day

Bicycle Day Link
Boston Marathon (125th)  
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day  Link
John Parker Day

National High Five Day

National Garlic Day Link
National Hanging Out Day

National Rice Ball Day

National Poker Day  Link
Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day

Patriot's Day 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

The rain and snow stopped late yesterday. Now it is just a little cool and kinda’ cloudy. Too chilly for a long walk.

West Point has another cheating scandal. 73 freshmen are suspected of cheating on virtual exam. 55 admitted to it, 8 were expelled and 50 are being held back one year. They have an extremely strict honor code; this is unacceptable.

Minnesota state police are in hot water after forcing journalists to lie prone on the ground and photographing their credentials and faces. They were reporting on the unrest happening there. Many are saying this is not allowed by the first amendment.

Dr. Jill Biden is coming to Window Rock, AZ, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, for a 2 day visit. Very cool. There is no announced itinerary but I’m sure she will have some mutton and fry bread. 😊

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

67. What goes through cities and fields, but never moves?

Historical Events

1775 – The American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1897 – The first Boston Marathon was held.

1919 – Leslie Irvin made the first successful voluntary free-fall parachute jump using a self-contained parachute.

1927 – Mae West was sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex in New York. She served eight days with two days off for good behavior.

1956 – American actress Grace Kelly married Prince Rainier of Monaco.

1975 – India’s first satellite, Aryabhata, was launched.

1982 – NASA announced that the first black astronaut would be Guion S. Bluford, Jr., and the first woman astronaut would be Sally K. Ride.

1985 – Two hundred ATF and FBI agents laid siege to the compound of the neo-Nazi survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas.

1993 – At Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, the FBI launched a tear-gas assault on the Branch Davidian compound, ending with a fire that killed 81 members, including 22 children.

1995 – A massive truck bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people.

2013 – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.

Birthdays Today

@91 – Hugh O’Brian, American actor (d. 2016)

75 – Tim Curry, English actor

@66 – Dudley Moore, English comedic actor and pianist (d. 2002; PSP)

56 – Suge Knight, American record producer, co-founded Death Row Records

@54 – Eliot Ness, American law enforcement agent (d. 1957; heart attack)

53 – Ashley Judd, American actress

43 – James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

42 – Kate Hudson, American actress

@34 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress (d. 1967; auto accident)

34 -- Maria Sharapova, tennis star

 

Puzzle Answer

A road