31 July

 

31 July 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 31 Day 212 Ave. Sky Cover 70%\ Visibility  23mi. Flagstaff Today  86° \ 50° 
Wind  7mph \ Gusts  11mph  Nearest active fire: 19miles Nearest Lightning:  1mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 6 days
Risk of fire: High July Averages: Temps 82° \ 51° Moisture 8 Days
Sunshine 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

21-31 National Moth Week 28-8-6 World Police and Fire Games

30-8/5 National Exercise With Your Child Week Single Working Women's Week

Daily Observations

National Avocado Day  Link National Cotton Candy Day National Jump for Jelly Beans Day  National #Love Day  Link

National Mutt Day  Link   National Orgasm Day  Link  Uncommon Instruments Awareness Day  Link World Ranger Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

Thunder and Lightning…maybe a monsoon in a while. Flash Flood Warning listed for property below several previous fires.

Congrats to the Biden’s for acknowledging Hunter’s son as their grandchild. It IS a family matter, but 4+ years seems like a long time.

I watched the Ken Burns PBS program ‘Let the Circle Be Unbroken’. Certainly, worth watching a second time. The series is repeating on PBS as ‘Country Music’ on Friday nights.

I’ve been posting about our heat here at 7000’. I’m glad I’m not in ‘the valley’…Phoenix. They keep breaking records: 30 days over 110° and 17 days over 115° during this summer.

Enjoy

 

History you may not have learned in school…

The Tulsa Race Massacre left thousands of Black citizens homeless.

With over 800 injured and an immeasurable amount of deaths, the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 is considered the single worst incident of racial violence in American history by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The incident began when a 19-year old Black man was accused of assaulting a 17-year old white female in an elevator. A mob of more than 2,000 white residents gathered demanding justice for the supposed crime and began attacking Tulsa which was then known as the Black Wall Street of America.

Around 10,000 Black citizens were left homeless with $1.5 million in property and $750,000 in personal damage done. This vibrant and successful Black neighborhood was leveled within days leaving no trace of its progressive former self. The incident is rarely ever mentioned in schools across America.

Hoax proved wrong…

Read our lips

German R&B duo Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, who performed as Milli Vanilli in the late 1980s and early '90s, achieved music industry infamy when it was revealed that they did not sing any of the vocals heard in their music releases. Their ruse unfolded during a live MTV performance when the pair were caught lip-syncing to the song 'Girl You Know It’s True.'

Random Trivia…

Tug of War used to be an Olympic sport! It was part of the Olympic schedule between 1900 and 1920 and occurred at 5 different Summer Olympic Games. The nation to win the most medals in this was Britain with 5 medals, then the USA with 3.

Historic Events

• 1790 – The United States Patent Office opened
• 1792 – The cornerstone of the first US Federal Building was laid, the Philadelphia Mint
• 1948 – Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) was dedicated.
• 1989 – Game Boy released, video game
• 1991 – The US and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
• 2006 Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro handed over power to his brother, Raúl.

Birthdays with some quotes

@94	Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.”	(d. 2006)
@86	Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor “I never took myself too seriously.”	(d. 2006)
@83	Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American songwriter, producer, founded Atlantic Records “The songwriters whom we think of being the greatest songwriters usually write one hit and six or seven flops.”	(d. 2006)
80	William Bennett, American journalist and politician “There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes.”
65	Mark Cuban, American businessman “Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.” “It’s not in the dreaming, it’s in the doing.”
61	Wesley Snipes, actor
58	J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
57	Dean Cain, American actor
@46	Ted Cassidy, American actor	(d. 1979; tumor on heart)
45	Zac Brown, American country singer-songwriter
44	B.J. Novak, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
42	M. Shadows (Matthew Charles Sanders), American musician, lead singer – Avenged Sevenfold
26	Blake Michael, Disney actor
25	Rico Rodreguez, Modern Family actor

 

…The End for today…