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August 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 31 Day 213  Ave. Sky Cover 70%\ Visibility  20mi. Flagstaff Today  77° \ 53° 
Wind  7mph \ Gusts  18mph  Nearest active fire: 19miles Risk of fire: Low Nearest Lightning:  3mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days in July: 6 days
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Cloudy

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

American Adventures Month American Artists Appreciation Month Link American History Essay Contest  Arrr-gust: International Pirate Month  Link

Back to School Month Link Black Business Month Boomers Making A Difference Month Bystander Awareness Month

Weekly Observations

28-8-6 World Police and Fire Games 30-8/5 National Exercise With Your Child Week Single Working Women's Week

1-7 Happiness Happens Week Link International Clown Week Link National Cleanse Your Skin Week  Link National Minority Donor Awareness Week Simplify Your Life Week World Breastfeeding Week Link

Daily Observations

Girlfriend's Day International Alberino Day Link International Can-It-Forward Day  Link   (Mason Jars) Lammas Day (Merry Loafmas)   Lammas Day (Merry Loafmas)  Link Lughnasa or Lughnasadh (Gaelic Festival) Link Link Mahjong Day Minority Donor Awareness Day National Mahjong Day   Mahjong Day Minority Donor Awareness Day National Mahjong Day  Link

National Minority Donor Awareness Day National Night Out Link   Raspberry Cream Pie Day Respect For Parents Rounds Resounding Day Spider-Man Day US Air Force Day Link World Lung Cancer Day World Wide Web Day World Scout Scarf Day

Today’s Thoughts

A much cooler day…finally. Last night there was a nice gentle monsoon rain that lasted over an hour. Looks like it is hanging around for more monsoon today. The various burn area just outside the city had some flooding. And I had a nice cooling monsoon starting about 1pm for an hour…even had rain water running down the street.

I drink about 5 bottles of fresh grapefruit juice a week. The Fry’s (Kroger) is the only one in town with reasonable prices for the juice. However;  seldom can I actually buy 5 bottles in one trip. Today they only had two.

Enjoy

 

History you may not have learned in school…

Neil Armstrong was probably misquoted on the moon.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong is recorded as saying, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," when he first stepped onto the moon in 1969, but he was probably misquoted.

Armstrong told reporters after the Apollo 11 mission that he actually said, "that's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." That missing "a" would make a lot more sense, because without it, Armstrong is repeating himself and saying "That's one small step for man," as in all of mankind, and then "one giant leap for mankind."

According to Space.com, computer programmer Peter Shann Ford analyzed audio of the transmission from the moon in 2006, and found that there was a pause between "for" and "man," and the radio just may not have transmitted the "a."

Hoax proved wrong…

Hit for six

In a scandal that still reverberates today in the world of sport, several members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team accepted a bribe to lose the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, with as much as US$100,000 (around US$1.5 million today) changing hands.

Random Trivia…

The University of Oxford is older than the Aztec Empire. The University of Oxford first opened its doors to students all the way back in 1096. By comparison, the Aztec Empire is said to have originated with the founding of the city of Tenochtitlán at Lake Texcoco by the Mexica, which occurred in the year 1325.

Historic Events

• 1834 – Slavery was abolished in Jamaica
• 1944 – The last entry for Anne Frank’s diary
• 1969 – The Zodiac Killer’s letters arrived at several San Fransisco newspapers. The killer was never caught.
• 1990 – Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the prototype HTML language and the World-Wide Web. 

Birthdays with some quotes

 

84	Terry Kiser, American character actor
75 @75   @72 @71	Avi Arad, Israeli-American producer, founded Marvel Studios – Dom DeLuise, American actor   – Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet – Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent “The most beautiful make-up of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.”	(d. 2009; kidney failure) (d. 1891)
@68 @63   @63 62	William Clark, American explorer, of Lewis & Clark Claudius, Roman emperor   – Francis Scott Key, American author, and poet – Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour), American rapper ” Reflect each day on all you have to be grateful for and you will receive more to be grateful for.”	(d. 1838) (d. 54; poisoned) (d. 1843)
@59 @57     @53	– Coolio, American rapper – Taylor Negron, American actor “I looked over and Jim Morrison was dancing the jitterbug with my grandmother on the coffee table.” – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist “I mean, just because you’re a musician doesn’t mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.”	(d. 2022) (d. 2015; liver cancer)     (d. 1995; heart attack)
44	Jason Momoa, American actor ” Some people we know in our lives come up to a crossroads, and they could go left or right, and then end up in a totally different place.” ” I’m one of those freaky people that actually reads books.”

 

…The End for today…