July 28

 

July 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 30 Day 208 Ave. Sky Cover 50%\ Visibility  32mi. Flagstaff Today  87° \ 55° 
Wind  4mph \ Gusts  9mph  Nearest active fire: 17miles Nearest Lightning:  6mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 4 days
Risk of fire: Extreme July Averages: Temps 82° \ 51° Moisture 8 Days
Sunshine 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

21-31 National Moth Week 23-29 Women in Baseball Week 24-30 National Tequila Week 27-29 Comi Great Texas Mosquitos Days 27-30 Lollapalooza

27-29 Quilt Odyssey Week World Lumberjack Championships  28-30 Annie Oakley Days Satchmo Week 28-8-6 World Police and Fire Games

Daily Observations

Ashura (Islam) Buffalo Soldiers Day  Link Lumberjack Day National Get Gnarly Day  Link   National Hamburger Day National Milk Chocolate Day   National Hamburger Day National Milk Chocolate Day  Link

National Talk in An Elevator Day Link National Waterpark Day  Link System Administrator Appreciation Day   Link  Link  World Hepatitis Day  World Hepatitis Day Link World Nature Conservation Day

Today’s Thoughts

 Still hot!

I had a nice lunch with Andy and Faith. Good food, good conversation.

Hoping for monsoon later today.

Enjoy

 

History you may not have learned in school…

An item of clothing prompted assaults in the 1940s.

In the 1940s, Zoot Suits — a loose fitting pair of pants and jacket — were commonly worn by Latino, Black, and other men of color, according to the Smithsonian website. But what some saw as a fashion statement, many saw as an insult towards America and its soldiers, given the wartime rations on fabric.

As a result, the summer of 1943 was filled with attacks of members of these minority communities in Los Angeles, according to History. In an effort to stop the attacks, the Los Angeles City Council issued a ban on Zoot Suits.

Hoax proved wrong…

Royal look-alike

Anna Anderson (pictured) claimed she was Anastasia, the youngest daughter of the Romanov family (Russian tsar Nicholas II, the empress, and their five children), who were executed in 1918 by Bolshevik revolutionaries. In 1921, the Anastasia look-alike was admitted to a hospital, where she claimed she was the daughter who escaped the massacre. In 1938, she filed an unsuccessful suit to try and prove her identity. She died in 1984. The Romanov family remains were eventually located and DNA taken. None matched Anderson’s, who herself was later identified as a Polish factory worker named Franziska Schanzkowska.

Random Trivia…

During the Great Depression, people made clothes out of food sacks. People used flour bags, potato sacks, and anything made out of burlap. Because of this trend, food distributors started to make their sacks more colorful to help people remain a little bit fashionable.

Historic Events

• 1540 – Thomas Cromwell was executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason.

• 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified.

• 1973 – At the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.

• 1996 – The remains of a prehistoric man were discovered near Kennewick, Washington. (The Kennewick Man)

…The End for today…