Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 30 Day 201 \ Ave. Sky Cover 50% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 89° \57°
Wind 9mph \ Gusts 15mph Air Quality
High Risk of fire
\ Nearest active fire 9mi \ Nearest Lightning 15mi
Jul Averages for Flagstaff: 82° \ 51° (8 days of moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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Daily Observations
International Balloon Dog Day
Moon Day
Nap Day
National Fortune Cookie Day
National Hot Dog Day
National Lollipop Day
National Moon Walk Day
Space Exploration Day
Take Your Poet to Work Day
Ugly Truck Day
World Chess Day
World Jump Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded
Thoughts
Another very
warm day at 7,000’. It is not as bad as Europe
or the US Midwest, but it is very warm. There are many wildfires in Portugal and
France. There are 36 million is a heat advisory in the US.
I got my 2nd
COVID booster today. I set it up on line this morning and got an 11:40a
appointment at the ‘other’ Walgreens…across town. So far, no problems.
There was a
big storm in Metro Phoenix on Sunday. This morning the Phx TV stations are reporting
hundreds are still without power from that storm. Without AC, Mesa, the area
most effected, must be an oven.
Last night’s
Jeopardy! had a finish I have never seen before. Two challengers tied to beat
the previous winner by $1. They did a tiebreaker to determine the winner. It
was about Waiting for Godot. Good ending. I didn’t know the answer.
Favorite Memes
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Trivia
They are the
centerpiece of America's naval force, capable of projecting military power
across the globe. The aircraft carrier is one of the most complicated,
expensive, and dangerous pieces of military equipment in the modern world.
The air wing
of one Nimitz-class carrier is more powerful than the entire air force of more
than half the world's nations. A Nimitz carrier can carry up to 90 combat aircraft.
Historical Events
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1874 – A plague of locusts swarmed the
American Midwest.
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1903 – The
Ford Motor Company shipped its first car.
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1938 – The
United States Department of Justice filed suit in New York City against the
motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in
regard to the studio system.
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1940 –
California opened its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
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1944 – Adolf
Hitler survived a bombing assassination attempt.
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1960 – The
Polaris missile was successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George
Washington, for the first time.
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1968 – The
Special Olympics was started.
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1969 –
American Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.
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1969,
Micheal Collins, one of the Apollo 11 astronauts, became the loneliest human
ever when he orbited the dark side of the moon and lost all radio contact with
Earth and his fellow astronauts for 48 minutes. #moonlanding
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1977 – The
Central Intelligence Agency released documents under the Freedom of Information
Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.
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1982 – The
Provisional IRA detonated two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent’s Park in central
London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and killing seven
horses.
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1997 – The
fully restored USS Constitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrated its 200th
birthday by setting sail again for the first time in 116 years.
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2005 – The
Civil Marriage Act legalized same-sex marriage in Canada.
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2012 – James
Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and
injuring 70 others.
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2015 – The
United States and Cuba resumed full diplomatic relations after five decades.
Birthdays Today
@83 – Diana Rigg,
English actress (d. 2020)
77
– Kim Carnes, American singer-songwriter
75
– Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
@61 – Gregor Mendel,
Austro-German monk, geneticist, botanist (d.1884; nephritis)
@52 – Anne
Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (d. 1643; killed)
51
– Sandra Oh, Canadian actress
49
– Omar Epps, American actor
@43 – Natalie Wood,
American actress (d. 1981; boating accident)
34
– Julianne Hough, American dancer
