Week 10 Day: 64
Ave. sky cover: 65% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 52° \38°
Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 19mph
Very Low risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 617mi \
nearest Lightning: 241mi
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
National
On-Hold Month National
Peanut Month
National Social Work Month Link National
Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month Optimism
Month
Paws To Read Month Play
The Recorder Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month Quinoa
Month Link
Problem
Gambling Awareness Month Link Save The
Vaquita Month
Save Your
Vision Month Sing
With Your Child Month
Weekly Observations
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1-7 |
Hearing Awareness Week: Link |
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2-4/16 |
Lent |
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4-6 |
International
Festival of Owls Week |
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4-7 |
National Pasty Week Link |
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4-13 |
Paralympic Games |
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5-7 |
American
Council on Education |
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5-12 |
Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
The expected
storm is moving in quickly. Two hours ago it was blue sky, now it is overcast. The
weather guy sez rain today, then snow. Weather guy was wrong…heavy snow fall
began about 1:00pm…and is continuing.
CNN hasn’t
been working on my TV most of this morning. I called but they didn’t know what
was wrong. Crazy.
A little nervous
over Ukraine. Last night the Russians attacked the largest nuclear plant in
Europe. There were some fires in the administration buildings, but the plant
seems OK. First reports of increased radiation were premature. Now the Ukrainians
are calling for a no fly zone…which could lead to a much bigger war.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
Why did the
surgeon wear a tuxedo in the operating room?
He preferred
formal openings.
Trivia
Q: What is
the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Q: Which
mammal is known to have the most powerful bite in the world?
Q: What
object does a male penguin often gift to a female penguin to win her over?
Q: How long
is an elephant pregnant before it gives birth?
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
Omega
Answer 2:
Hippopotamus
Answer 3: A
pebble
Answer 4: 22
Months
Historical Events
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521 – Guam was discovered by Ferdinand
Magellan
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1496 – King
Henry VII of England issued letters =to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing
them to explore unknown lands of (soon to be named) America.
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1770 – The
Boston Massacre; 5 Americans killed and 6 wounded by British soldiers.
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1933 –
President Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed a three-day bank holiday.
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1933 – Adolf
Hitler’s Nazi Party received43.9% at the Reichstag elections, allowing the
Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act, establishing a dictatorship.
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1946 –
Winston Churchill gave his “Iron Curtain” speech
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1963 –
American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and
their pilot Randy Hughes were killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
Ø
1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British
home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research.
Birthdays Today
@85 – Dean Stockwell, American actor (d. 2021)
@82 – Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
@75 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer
(d. 1712)
74 – Elaine Paige,
English singer and actress
68 – Marsha
Warfield, American actress and comedian
67 – Penn Jillette,
American magician
59 – Joel Osteen,
American pastor, author, and television host
@58 – Howard Pyle, American author, illustrator (d.
1911; kidney failure)
51 – Aleksandar
Vučić, Serbian leader
@49 – Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d.
1976; house fire)
48 – Matt Lucas,
English actor and television personality
48 – Eva Mendes,
American model and actress
@30 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter
(d. 1988; myocarditis from cocaine)
26 – Taylor Hill,
American model
