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August 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 31 Day 215 Ave. Sky Cover 3%\ Visibility  20mi. Flagstaff Today  79° \ 51° 
Wind  8mph \ Gusts  17mph  Nearest active fire: 17miles Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning: 7mi
Air Quality: Fair           Moisture Days this month: 5 days
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Sunshine 

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

National Breastfeeding Month Link National Catfish Month Link National Cowgirl Month Link National Crayon Collection Month  Link National Dog Month  Link                  National Goat Cheese Month Link

Nat'l Immunization Awareness Month Link National Panini Month  Link National Political Affiliation Discrimination Awareness Month Link National Minority Donor Awareness Month National Read A Romance Novel 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

Champagne Day Friendship Day Link  Georgia Day

Grab Some Nuts Day India Pale Ale Beer Day Link  National Hair Gloss Day   Link Watermelon Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

 It looks like the monsoon is coming over our mountain. Great!

Andy and Faith headed for Utah as his brother has been sent from Blanding Rehab to Provo hospital.  I’m hoping that they figure out the brother’s issues soon.

The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter has been sentences to death after his 2018 massacre. Justice is slow, but still works.

Enjoy

 

History you may not have learned in school…

The Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest in history.

The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, started after the signing of the Heligoland-Zanzibar treaty between Britain and Germany in 1890, according to Historic UK. The treaty pretty much divided up "spheres of influence" (colonization) in East Africa, with Zanzibar going to the U.K. and mainland Tanzania going to Germany.

After Zanzibar was declared a protectorate of the British Empire, Britain installed its own sultan to oversee it: Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini. But he died suddenly in 1896, and Sultan Khalid bin Barghash succeeded him — without consulting Britain, according to Historic UK.

Obviously, Britain wasn't happy, so they asked him to stand down. He wouldn't, and, unfortunately for him, the British had two warships (one, the HMS Thrush, is pictured) already waiting in the harbor.

After a few days and an ultimatum, the new sultan still refused to step down, so the British bombarded his palace. The conflict was over in 38 minutes.

Hoax proved wrong…

J’Accuse…!

Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army in the late 19th century, was accused of selling military secrets to Germany. Found guilty, Dreyfus was imprisoned for five years on Devil's Island. It was later revealed the accusation was based on a lie perpetrated by French Army major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. The case divided France, with novelist Émile Zola accusing the army of a vast cover-up.

Random Trivia…

Russia ran out of vodka celebrating the end of World War II! When the long war ended, street parties engulfed the Soviet Union, lasting for days—until all the nation’s vodka reserves ran out a mere 22 hours after the partying started.

Historic Events

• 1492 – Christopher Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
• 1852 – In the first American intercollegiate athletic event, Harvard University won the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard.
• 1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opened in Santa Claus, Indiana.

Birthdays with some quotes

@96 – Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto), singer (d. 2023)
@94 – P. D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James), English author (d. 2014)
“I don’t think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of the wish to create order out of disorder, the liking of a pattern.”
84 – Jimmie Nicol, English drummer
82 – Martin Sheen, American actor
We are not asked to do great things. We are asked to do all things with great care.”81 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
” Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.”
@78 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983; cirrhosis)
73 – John Landis, American director, producer and screenwriter
@70 – John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970; cancer)
” You don’t protect any of your individual liberties by lying down and going to sleep.”
64 – John C. McGinley, American actor
@50 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971; throat cancer)
45 – Tom Brady, NFL star
@44 – Ernie Pyle, American soldier, and journalist (d. 1945; killed in action)
” Say what you will, nothing can make a complete soldier except battle experience.”
44 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model, and actress
38 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
“Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time – and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.” 

…The End for today…