Apr 27

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 18 Day: 117  Ave. sky cover: 60% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 77° \31°  Wind: 7mph \ Gusts: 14mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 25mi \ nearest Lightning: 671mi
Apr Averages for Flagstaff: 59° \ 28°  (3 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

3- 5/1 Ramadan

21-5/2 Festival of Ridvan: Baha'i community

22-30    International Dark Sky Week Link

23-30  International Wildlife Film Week Link

24-30  Administrative Professionals Week National Dance Week  Link  National Infertility Awareness Week Link Medical Laboratory Professionals Week  Link National Crime Victims Rights Week Link National Pediatric Transplant Week  National Scoop The Poop Week Sky Awareness Week                                                                          World Immunization Week Fibroid Awareness Week   National Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) Link

24-5/1  Preservation Week Link (re: Libraries) Stewardship Week

25-29  National Playground Safety Week Link National Youth Violence Prevention Week Link

27-30   American Quilters Society Week Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

It is a warm, gray-cloudy day. No precip in the forecast, so just a cloudy day.

My phlebotomy appointment got changed to 2:30 this afternoon. They must be busy.

I don’t get all the ‘news’ about Elon Musk et. al. with the purchase of Twitter. I must admit I got a Twitter account when Donald was President. My only Tweet was: Hi, there. I had no followers since I didn’t have any followers. The only person I followed was The President. I found the whole experience boring. I closed my account when he lost the presidency or when he was kicked off…I don’t remember which. Unless Elon does something amazing, I won’t be on Twitter. Elon was born in South Africa and spent his early years there. 

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why should you never trust stairs?

They’re always up to something.

Country Names

Jamaica

Jamaica's name comes from the Arawak people, who named it "Xaymaca" or "Yamaya," meaning "Land of Wood and Water."

Mexico

The country's name is a simplified version of the name Metztlixihtlico, which means "In the Navel of the Moon."

Trinidad and Tobago

Christopher Columbus named the island country in the 15th century. It translates to mean "Island of the Holy Trinity and Tobacco."

Historical Events

Ø    1667 – Blind writer John Milton sold his copyright to Paradise Lost for 10 pounds. He needed the money because he was penniless at the time.

Ø    1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.

Ø    1871 -The American Museum of Natural History opened in New York City.

Ø    1967 – Expo 67 officially opened in Montreal, Quebec.

Ø    1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics joined the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Ø    1992 – Betty Boothroyd became the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.

Ø    2006 – Construction began on the Freedom Tower (now One World Trade Center) in New York City.

Ø2014 -- Popes John XXIII and John Paul II were declared saints by the Catholic Church.

Birthdays Today

@94 – Walter Lantz, American animator, producer (d. 1994)

@90 – Jack Klugman, American actor (d. 2012)

@80 – Samuel Morse, painter, inventor, co-invented the Morse code (d. 1872)

@78 – Coretta Scott King, African-American activist, author (d. 2006; cancer)

71 – Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter. Space/Ace, The Spaceman

@63 – Ulysses S. Grant, general, 18th President (d. 1885; throat cancer)

63 – Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer-songwriter

@54 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (d. 1992; ovarian cancer)

@41 – Wallace Carothers, American chemist, inventor of nylon (d. 1937; suicide<?>)

34 – Lizzo [Melissa Viviane Jefferson], American singer, rapper