Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 19 Day: 126 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 75° \30°
Wind: 5mph \ Gusts: 7mph
Extreme risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 12mi \ nearest
Lightning: 748mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° (3 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
National Meditation
Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month Link
National Mental Health Month
National Military Appreciation Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month Link Link (Also in
November Different Sponsor)
National Osteoporosis Prevention Month
National Photo Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
National Physiotherapy Month Link
National Preservation Month
National Read To Your Baby Bump Month
National Recommitment Month Link
National Salad Month
National Salsa Month (The Sauce)
National Service Dog Eye Examination Month Link
National Smile Month
National Smile Month Link (May 18-June
18)
National Syringomyelia Awareness Month
National Syringomyelia Awareness Month Link
National Stroke Awareness Month
National Sweet Vidalia Onions Month
National Tuberous Sclerosis Month Link
National Water Safety Month Link
National Vinegar Month
National Youth Traffic Safety Month Link
Weekly Observations
May 1-7
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2-6
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3-11
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6-12
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6-15
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Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A really
nice spring day. I had lunch with Mary outside at a favorite restaurant. I shared
my Tahiti pics. Good conversation, good food, good day.
I got a
flash sale notice from Best Buy for an iPad. The iPad I had was very old, no
longer updateable, and I had forgotten the password. Basically it was a cute
silver and glass useless machine. I got the latest one for $399. Very happy and
it makes it so much better looking at pics on my iPhoneMax. Happy camper here.
This is
crazy…some guy jumped on stage and knocked down Dave Chapelle while he was on
stage. Then Chris Rock came on stage, grabbed the mic, and made a joke about
Will Smith. I am not a Dave Chapelle
fan, but no one should be attacked while doing their job. And to Chris Rock…’too
soon.’
Favorite Memes
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Myths that are not true
A watermelon tree will grow in your
stomach if you swallow the seeds
This one
shouldn't need further explanation...right?
Reading in the dark damages your eyes
The
eyestrain from insufficient light may cause a headache, but it will not cause
any damage to your actual eyes or eyesight.
Shaving causes the hair to grow back
thicker
After
shaving, the naturally thicker base of the hair follicle starts to grow back
first, giving the illusion of thicker hair. However, the hair is not actually
thicker.
If you touch a baby bird, its mother will
abandon it
Mother birds
will not simply abandon their babies because of a "human scent." In
fact, birds have a very poor sense of smell and are unable to differentiate
scents.
State Trivia
Colorado: the name cheeseburger was
invented here
While
there's much contention around where the cheeseburger was really invented, it
was in Colorado that the term was coined. Trademarked by Louis Ballast of
Denver's Humpty Dumpty Drive-In in Denver in 1935, there's even a roadside
monument, opened in 1987, that's dedicated to the significant event in fast
food history.
Connecticut: The Hartford Courant is the
oldest US newspaper
Connecticut
has a pretty impressive track record when it comes to the publishing industry,
from the first US phone book published here in 1878 to the first American
cookbook American Cookery in 1796. The oldest US newspaper in continuous
publication can also be found in Connecticut. First published on 29 October,
1764, The Hartford Courant (then called The Connecticut Courant) was also the
first to have a female publisher, Hannah Bunce Watson, in 1777.
Delaware: chickens outnumber people 260
to one
Delaware is
quite a small state with a population of less than a million. But with more
than 650 farms in the poultry industry, there are around two million chickens
in the state every year. The state's love for chickens doesn't end there. The
Blue Hen is the official state bird (pictured) and there's an annual festival,
Delmarva Chicken Festival, celebrating the industry since 1949.
Historical Events
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1527 – The
Sack of Rome was carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman
Emperor.
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1840 – The
Penny Black postage stamp, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
was the first adhesive postal stamp.
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1851 –
President Benjamin Harrison had the first electric lights installed in the
White House.
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1877 – Chief
Crazy Horse of the Oglala Lakota surrendered to United States troops in
Nebraska.
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1889 – The
Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in
Paris.
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1915 – Babe
Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hit his first major league home
run.
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1933 –
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Works
Progress Administration (WPA)
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1937 – The
Hindenburg exploded over Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and
crewmembers.
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1937 – The
German zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed within a minute while
attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
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1940 – John
Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
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1954 – Roger
Bannister broke four-minute mile (3:59.4) at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford,
England.
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1983 – The
Hitler Diaries were revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
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1998 – Steve
Jobs of Apple Inc. unveiled the first iMac.
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2001 –
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II became the first pope to enter a
mosque.
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2010 – The
US stock market lost and regained over $1 trillion in value, within about 20
minutes. The Dow swung by over 1,000 points and many stocks declined to one
cent per share before rising again. There are many theories but no conclusive
reason for the crash.
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2013 –
Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were freed after being held for
years in the home of Ariel Castro.
Birthdays Today
@83 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist
and psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
77
– Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter
@70 – Orson Welles, American actor,
director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1985; heart attack)
67
– Tom Bergeron, American television host
@66 – Russell Stover, American
confectioner (d. 1954)
@63 – Robert Peary, American
cartographer, discovered the North Pole (d. 1920)
61
– George Clooney, American actor, director, producer
@31 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d.
1926; peritonitis)