May 31

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 23 Day: 151 \ Ave. sky cover: a% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 72° \35° 
Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 25mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 617mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°  (3 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

23-6/5   National Seat Belt Reinforcement Week

25-31 Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories

26-31 Fleet Week (NY)

28-6/3  Black Single Parents Week

29-6/5 National African Violet Week

30-9/5 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A little cooler with a strong breeze.

I did some light housework, then sat on the deck to enjoy the nice weather.

I enjoyed the piece about the Green River Drift on 60 minutes last night. It brought back some nice memories of my three summers on the ranch in Montana. The older I get, the more I appreciate my grandfather convincing my parents that I needed to learn more than city life.

 

Favorite Memes

 

Humor

“The problem with kleptomaniacs is that they always take things literally.” Unknown

Trivia

v In 1923, jockey Frank Hayes won a race at Belmont Park in New York despite being dead - he suffered a heart attack mid-race, but his body stayed in the saddle until his horse crossed the line for a 20-1 outsider victory.

Historical Events

Ø 1790 – The United States enacted the Copyright Act of 1790.

Ø 1859 – Big Ben, located at the top of London’s 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, began operating.
Ø 1909 – The National Negro Committee, the forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convened for the first time.
Ø 1911 – The RMS Titanic was launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Ø 1971 – Observation of Memorial Day occurred on the last Monday in May for the first time. Previously, it was held on May 30.
Ø 1977 – Broadway Show – Beatlemania (Musical) May 31, 1977 opened
Ø 1977 – The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was completed.
Ø 2005 – Vanity Fair revealed that Mark Felt was Watergate’s “Deep Throat”.
Ø 2005 – W. Mark Felt’s family announced that assistant FBI director Felt, was in fact, ‘Deep Throat’ – the insider who told reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein the details about President Nixon’s Watergate scandal.
Ø 2017 – President Donald Trump tweeted the word “covfefe”.

Birthdays Today

@95 – Norman Vincent Peale, American minister, author (d. 1993)

92 – Clint Eastwood, American actor, director

@85 – Don Ameche, American actor (d. 1993)

79 – Joe Namath, American football player

@72 – Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (d. 1892; pleurisy)

@70 – John Ringling, co-founder of Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1936)

57 – Brooke Shields, American model, actress

46 – Colin Farrell, Irish actor

@32 – John Bonham, Drummer: Led Zepplin (d. 1980)