8 July

 

8 July 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 27 Day 189 Ave. Sky Cover 5%\ Visibility  27mi. Flagstaff Today  85° \ 48° 
Wind  9mph \ Gusts  19mph  Nearest active fire: 23miles Nearest Lightning:  352mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 5 days
Risk of fire: Extreme July Averages: Temps 82° \ 51° Moisture 8 Days
Sunshine  Red Flag Warning

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

1-24 Tour de France  2-8 Be Nice To New Jersey Week National Bikini Contest Week National Farriers Week

4-10 Freedom Week National Marijuana Facts Week 8-12 Running of The Bulls (Spain)

Daily Observations

Be a Kid Again Day Bald Is In Carver Day  Link   Coca Cola Day  Link Grange Day

International Skinny Dip Day  Link Math 2.0 Day (Founding Day)  Link National Freezer Pop Day  Link National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day National Video Game Day  Link SCUD Day aka Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama Day

Today’s Thoughts

Another summer day in the 80’s. Breeze is helping.

Dr. is giving me an antiviral to help with the Bell’s Palsy…everything else is good. Return in two weeks for a checkup.

Looking forward to a healing weekend with no fires and hoping the monsoons arrive soon.

Enjoy`

True Conspiracy Theories…

CIA Assassinations

The CIA was involved in multiple assassinations of foreign leaders, including Patrice Lumumba of Congo and Salvador Allende of Chile.

Random Trivia…

For comparison, an elephant's heart weighs around 30 pounds. And a human heart? A mere 10 ounces. Elephants can’t jump. (smithsonianmag.com)

Historic Events

               ·         1775 – Representatives from the colonies sent an “Olive Branch Petition” to avoid a complete break with England.
         ·         1889 – The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was published.
         ·         1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached the lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
         ·         1947 – First reports of a UFO reportedly crash-landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.

Birthdays with some quotes

@97 – John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Standard Oil Company (d. 1937)
88 – Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer
@83 – Jerry Vale, American singer (d. 2014)
@79 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (d. 1917)
@79 – Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979; heart attack)
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.”
– Nelson Rockefeller
“A man should make all he can, and give all he can.”– Nelson Rockefeller
@81 – Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000)
79 – Jeffrey Tambor, American actor
76 – Kim Darby, American actress
74 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef and restaurateur
@73 – Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (d. 1695)
72 – Anjelica Huston, American actress
“What I like to think, and perhaps it is an adolescent thought, is that anything can happen. As long as you think that anything can happen, it will. We’re all allowed to have our dreams.”– Anjelica Huston
“I like it when you read a script and there’s the part that you show to the other characters and then there’s the part that only the audience knows.”– Anjelica Huston
@66 – Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 1975; heart attack)
“With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump.”– Louis Jordan 62 – Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter
65 – Kevin Bacon, actor
@63 – Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (d. 1948; tooth abscess)
@59 – Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, businessman, founded Eli Lilly & Company (d. 1898; cancer)
@57 – John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888; cancer)
53 – Beck (Bek David Campbell), American singer-songwriter
@49 – Marty Feldman, English actor (d. 1982; heart attack)
“I won’t eat anything that has intelligent life, but I’d gladly eat a network executive or a politician.”– Marty Feldman
45 – Milo Ventimiglia, American actor
25 – Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper
“They want you to believe the Sun is hot. I urge you to ask yourself ‘Have they ever touched it? Think about it.”– Jaden Smith

…The End for today…