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
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25-31
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26-31
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28-6/3
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29-6/5
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30-9/5
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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
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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.
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1859 – Big
Ben, located at the top of London’s 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, began
operating.
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1909 – The
National Negro Committee, the forerunner to the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convened for the first time.
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1911 – The
RMS Titanic was launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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1971 –
Observation of Memorial Day occurred on the last Monday in May for the first
time. Previously, it was held on May 30.
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1977 –
Broadway Show – Beatlemania (Musical) May 31, 1977 opened
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1977 – The
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was completed.
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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)
