Apr 16

 

Week 16 Day: 106  Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 66° \33°  Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 25mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 5mi \ nearest Lightning: 1064mi
Apr Averages for Flagstaff: 59° \ 28°  (3 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

Passiontide: 3-17  Ramadan: 3- 5/1	10-16 Holy Week Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week Link  National Dog Bite Prevention Week Link   National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators) Week Pan American Week National Student Employment Week:  Link
Money Smart Week: 9-16 Link World Irish Dancing Week: 10-17 Nat’l Work Zone Safety Awareness Week: 11-15 Link 14-16   National Coin Week
Global Youth Service Days: 15-17	16-22 INVICTUS GAMES 16-24   National Park Week: Link

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice spring day. Doors and windows open to let in the fresh air. It’s been a busy day. Dr. appt went well with another phlebotomy on Monday. All good

I worked on updating the Focus site. I’m adding a page of ‘memories’. Ellie will soon be asking all Focus Travelers to send a short memory of their most memorable adventure with Focus. When I get some, I will add the page to the website.

I am still enjoying my memories of French Polynesia. I’m working on a video, I have flashes of the water, the people, the food, etc. It is nice.

I know that Ukraine is still happening. I just can’t spend too much time listening. Kinda selfish, but it can be so depressing. 

Favorite Memes

 

Historical Events

Ø    73 AD – Masada, a Jewish fortress, fell to the Romans after several months of siege.

Ø    1862 – Emancipation Day – Abraham Lincoln freed 3,1000 slaves in Washington DC.

Ø    1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument was established in Utah.

Ø    1912 – American aviator Harriet Quimby became the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel. She was also the first US licensed female pilot.

Ø    1946 – The United States Army liberated Nazi Sonderlager (high security) prisoner-of-war camp Colditz, aka Oflag IV-C.

Ø    1947 – Bernard Baruch first used the term “Cold War” to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Ø    1961 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.

Ø    1962 – Walter Cronkite became the news anchor for the CBS network.

Ø    1995 – Governor George W. Bush named April 16 as Selena Day in Texas, after the singer was killed two weeks earlier.

Ø    2007 – Virginia Tech massacre: Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and injured 17 before committing suicide.

Birthdays Today

@88 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer (d. 1977)

87 – Bobby Vinton, American singer

@82 – Peter Ustinov, English actor (d. 2004)

@70 – Henry Mancini, American composer, conductor (d. 1994; cancer)

75 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player

70 – Bill Belichick, American football player

@59 – Dusty Springfield, English singer (d. 1999; cancer)

57 – Jon Cryer, American actor

57 – Martin Lawrence, American actor

49 – Akon [Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam], Senegalese-American singer and rapper

29 – Chance the Rapper, American rapper