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
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4-10
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Daily Observations
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Be a Kid Again Day |
International Skinny Dip Day Link Math 2.0 Day (Founding Day) Link |
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.
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
@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
“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…
