Apr 22

 

 

Apr 22 2021   Week: 17    Day:  112       

Visibility: 10 miles	Ave. Sky Cover: 45% Red Flag Warning
Local: H 64°\ L 31°	Nearest Lightning: 1469mi.
Wind:  9mph/ Gusts: 26 mph	EXTREME Risk of Fire:  Active fire:  132mi
Record: 86°[1985]  Record: 20°[1947]	Apr. Averages: 60°/27° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

A rebirth out of spiritual adversity causes us to become new creatures.

~James E. Faust

Random Tidbits

The most famous naval battle of the War of 1812 was the Battle of Boston Harbor fought on 1 June 1813. It was a duel between two frigates, which ultimately humiliated the proud and cocky U.S. navy.

The bloodiest ship-to-ship action of the age of sail was fought between the American frigate USS Chesapeake and the British frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812. In an engagement that lasted less than 15 minutes, the British lost 23 killed and 56 wounded, while the Americans lost 48 killed and 99 wounded. Between the wounded of the ships' two companies, another 23 died of their wounds in the two weeks following the action.

Humor

Two guys stole a calendar. They got six months each.

Could a ... ... librarian be called a bookkeeper? ... referee be a game warden? ... dairyman be a cowboy? ... cabinetmaker be the president?

Real Cities

Mormon Bar, California

True Things

A fireball that lit up the night sky over Florida and the Bahamas was a large meteor measuring about 16 feet in diameter.

The fireball streaked across the sky about 10:19 p.m. Monday and was caught on camera across Florida, including by a local news crew doing a report on Facebook Live.

The National Weather Service of Tampa Bay confirmed the object, which was also spotted in Georgia and the Bahamas, was a meteor.

Some observers theorized the meteor might have been a piece of asteroid 2021 GW4, which passed 12,313 miles from Earth's surface, but astronomer Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said the fireball was unrelated to the asteroid.

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 Undergraduate Research Week  Link	19-23
Festival of Ridvan	20-5/1
National Stationery Week Link	20-26
American Quilters Society Week Link CANCELLED International Mariachi Week  Link CANCELLED
Fiddler's Frolic	22-25

 

Today’s Observations

 

American Immigration Lawyers Association Day of Action Link  
Celebrate Teen Literature Day 
Chemists Celebrate The Earth Day
Earth Day (U.S.)

Girl Scout Leader Day Link
Global Selfie Earth Day (NASA) Link
"In God We Trust Day" Day (coins)
International Girls in Information & Telecommunication Technologies Day 
International Mother Earth Day
National Jelly Bean Day Link
National Teach Children to Save Day 

National Pie Day   Link CANCELLED

Take Your Daughter or Son to Work Link  {Virtual}

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

I had my first in public lunch since Covid. Mary and I had an outdoor lunch at a local favorite. We tried downtown restaurant with outside service but could not get the parking kiosk to take either credit card. We found another favorite. I had my regular Rueben. It was sooooo good. Nice to have a lunch with conversation. Mary’s oldest brother (78) is in hospice with multiple cancers. She had a nice visit with him days before hospice. Her flights were crowded, and they had to keep their masks on while eating their pretzels and drinking their water from a straw. When I got back from a very long lunch, the jury had just come back, so I watched that instead of writing.

The verdict led to joyous celebration. My only concern is that the judge may give a minimal sentence. This judge appears to be very conservative. Everyone will have to wait to wait about 8 weeks to see what he does.

I saw the video of the Mars Helicopter a few days ago. It was amazing. The first man-made vehicle flying on another planet. WOW!

Officer Sicknick died from a series of strokes, unrelated to the insurgency. The guys arrested will probably be charged with assault, and not murder.

Our Governor has called 250 National Guard to the Southern Border to deal with the high number of illegals crossing the border. The Governor claims that Biden is ‘doing nothing’ about the border.

 

Daily Puzzle

Answer: bottom of the page

What is made of water but if you put it into water it will die?

Historical Events

 

1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés established a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.

1864 – The U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandated that the inscription ‘In God We Trust’ would be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.

1876 – The first-ever National League baseball game was played in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Stockings. Boston won the game 6-5.

1912 – Pravda, the “voice” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, began publication in Saint Petersburg.

1964 – The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair opened for its first season.

1970 – Earth Day was started by John McConnell, Denis Hayes, Fred Kent, Pete Grannis, and Kristin and William Hubbard, and Ira Einhorn.

1978 – The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) made their first appearance on Saturday Night Live.

1983 – The German magazine Stern claims the “Hitler Diaries” was found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries were later revealed to be forgeries.

2000 – US Federal Agents seized six-year-old Elián González from his relatives’ home in Miami, and sent him back to Cuba.

2016 Paris Agreement on climate change signed in New York binding 195 nations to an increase in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C

2018 Gunman opens fire at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee, killing four before James Shaw Jr. wrestled the rifle from the gunman's hands

2020 Sudan bans female genital mutation and makes it a criminal offense

 

Birthdays Today

 

@92 – Charlotte Rae, American character actress (died in 2018)

84 – Jack Nicholson, American actor

@81 – Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2017)

75 – John Waters, American director, producer, screenwriter

71 – Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter

@63 – Steve Fossett, American businessman, pilot, and sailor (d. 2007; plane crash)

@62 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist, academic (d. 1967; cancer)

62 – Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian comedic actor

54 – Sherri Shepherd, American actress and talk show panelist

@53 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary, founder of Soviet Russia (d. 1924; strokes)

 

Puzzle Answer

An ice cube