21 May

 

21 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 21 Day 141	Ave. Sky Cover 60%\ Visibility  22miles	Flagstaff Today  67° \ 40°
Wind  2mph \ Gusts  3mph	Nearest active fire: 401miles	Nearest Lightning:  5mi
Air Quality: Moderate Moderate Risk of fire	May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34° May Average: 3 Days of moisture	Sunshine Monsson Rain

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

12-21 National Public Gardens Week  Link 15-21  American Craft Beer Week Link  International Heritage Breeds Week National Bike to Work Week Link   PGA Championship  Link Police Week 16-21 National Foul Ball Week 16-27 Cannes Film Festival 17-23  National Medical Transcription Week Link World Orienteering Days Link

21-27 National Medical Transcription Week Link World Orienteering Days Link EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week Link  International New Friends, Old Friends Week   National Unicycle Week   National Backyard Games Week   National Safe Boating Week World Schizophrenia Awareness Week Link Healthy and Safe Swimming Week) Link

Daily Observations

American Red Cross Founder's Day Bay to Breakers Race Link  Note: Oldest Footrace in US End of the World or Rapture Party Day(Prediction) Link I Need A Patch For That Day International Tea Day  Link National Memo Day National Waitstaff Day

Ride A Unicycle Day   Rural Life Sunday Sister Maria Hummel Day Strawberries & Cream Day Take Your Parents to The Playground (Park) Day Link  Talk Like Yoda Day World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development

Today’s Thoughts

Monsoon continues. It is barely noon and already had two 10-minute rains.

I did the readings for the Iran at a Crossroads. I learned a lot. Since the revolution, the population has become much younger. Since the revolution, fewer are attending religious services. After the killing of a young woman for not wearing the head covering ‘correctly’, women have become more active in the change process. Most Iranians still dislike the US for its interference back in the 1960’s. Iran is certainly a place to watch.

Enjoy

Ocean Trivia

The mysterious Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is said to have swallowed many ships, planes, and helicopters into its depths. In which ocean is this regional anomaly located?  Answer: Atlantic

Origins of State Names

Ohio

You can’t find any U.S. state names shorter than Ohio, but it was named after an even shorter Iroquoian word: O-Y-O, meaning “great river.” The Seneca Native Americans settled along what is now the Ohio River in the 1650s, and though the region was briefly named La Belle Riviere by French explorers in the late 1600s, the English restored its Native Ohio name when they took control in the mid-1700s.
Historic Events

• 1881 – The American Red Cross was established by Clara Barton in Washington, DC.
• 1972 – Michelangelo’s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome was damaged by a mentally disturbed Hungarian, Laszlo Toth.
• 2001 – French Taubira law officially recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
• 2017 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Birthdays with some quotes

@81 – Harold Robbins, American author, screenwriter (d. 1997; heart failure)
“People are not like a business. You can’t buy and sell them like so much property. You can’t lock them up in a vault and expect them to appreciate it.”– Harold Robbins
Hemmingway was a jerk.”– Harold Robbins
@76 – Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor (d. 1993; cancer)
@73 – Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist (d. 2013)
72 – Al Franken, American comedic actor, screenwriter, and politician
“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”– Al Franken
@71 – Richard Hatch, American actor [Capt Apollo; Battlestar Galactica] (d. 2017; cancer)
71 – Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud), actor
43 – Gotye, Belgian-Australian singer-songwriter
“Music makes me want to dance but I’m not sure that’s something anybody wants to observe.”– Gotye
@39 – Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter, pianist (d. 1943; pneumonia)
“If you don’t know what it is, don’t mess with it.”– Fats Waller
“Jazz isn’t what you do; it’s how you do it.”– Fats Waller 38 – Alison Carroll, English gymnast, model, actress
31 – Olivia Olson, American singer, actress
@24 – Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher George Latore Wallace), rapper (d. 1997; shot)