Aug 10

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 32 Day 222 Ave. Sky Cover 50%\ Visibility  18mi. Flagstaff Today  75° \ 56° 

Wind  6mph \ Gusts  15mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning:  1mi

Air Quality: Fair           Moisture Days this month: 5 days Cloudy 

August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

4-13
Sturgis Rally Link 
6-12
Assistance Dog Week:   Link Link
Knights of Columbus Family Week:  
National Button Week:   Link 
National Farmers' Market Week:  Link Link 
National Health Center Week:  Link 
International Psychic Week:  
International Psychic Week: Link                                                                                                           

Stop on Red Week
Stop on Red Week Link
7-11
Psychic Week
7-12
Fiddlers Week
7-13
National Bargain Hunting Week
National Exercise With Your Child Week
Safe + Sound Week Link
World Karaoke Championships Link
8-17
Elvis Week
10-13
National Hobo Week Link

Daily Observations

Agent Orange Awareness Day Link
Lazy Day

National Duran Duran Appreciation Day
National Shapewear Day 
Link

Paul Bunyan Day Link Link 
Skyscraper Appreciation Day  
Link
Smithsonian Day
S'mores Day 
Link
World Lion Day

Today’s Thoughts

Nice monsoon gentle rain last night, woke up to lots of clouds.

I am used to monsoon rains. Today I went grocery shopping. When I pulled out of my place, it was cloudy with lots of thunder and lightning. About ½ mile on the road, there was a huge downpour for about a mile. Then suddenly the pavement was dry. About another mile and another downpour where even the highest speed wipers couldn’t make it easy to see. Another ½ mile, dry pavement. Don’t remember such changes on a single highway.

Keep your eye on Hawaii. They are having horrific wildfires. The flames are being fueled by a hurricane 400 miles away. Lots of dwellings and stores are being destroyed.

Enjoy


 

History you may not have learned in school…

The Emancipation Proclamation didn't free all enslaved people.

The Emancipation Proclamation wasn't written by Abraham Lincoln with the intention of abolishing slavery. The proclamation freed enslaved people in designated areas in the South, and it was actually written as part of Lincoln's military strategy, according to History.com.

It freed slaves in the South, but it exempted Confederate states already under Union control and border states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. The Union and Confederacy had been at war for two years when Lincoln issued the proclamation, so it was meant to bolster support for the Union's cause.

Slavery wasn't completely abolished until the 13th Amendment, which banned slavery, was added to the U.S. Constitution. Raquel White writes that "a clause in the amendment, however, says that it is illegal to enslave anyone unless they are a criminal." That amendment has allowed mass incarceration, where inmates work without pay often in inhumane conditions, to persist in the modern-day U.S

Hoax proved wrong…

The Martians have landed!

On Sunday, October 30, 1938, an episode of 'The Mercury Theatre on the Air' was performed and broadcast on the radio. The program, directed and narrated by actor Orson Welles, was an adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel 'The War of the Worlds' and was presented as a series of live news bulletins. The increasingly alarming news updates were so realistic that widespread panic ensued, as listeners really believed the Earth was under attack from Martians.

Random Trivia…

British poet and politician Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge. Known for being an avid animal lover, when he found out he couldn’t bring his dog, he decided to bring a tame bear to live with him on campus instead. He was even known to take it on walks with a leash!

For over 30 years, Canada and Denmark have been playfully fighting for control of a tiny island near Greenland called Hans Island. Once in a while, when officials from each country visit, they leave a bottle of their country's liquor as a power move.

Historic Events

§  1346 Majorcan explorer Jaume Ferrer sets sail to find the legendary 'river of gold' along the West African coast (disappears without trace)

§  1675 King Charles II and John Flamsteed lay the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London

§  1680 Tewa medicine man, PopĂ©, leads the Pueblo Rebellion against Spanish colonizers in the New Mexican Province, killing 400 and driving out another 2,000

§  1743 Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated

§  1776 American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.

§  1793 Louvre palace officially opens in Paris as The Museum Central des Arts

§  1821 Missouri admitted as 24th US state

§  1827 Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)

§  1833 Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200

§  1921 FDR stricken with a paralytic illness at summer home on Canadian island of Campobello. At the time it was thought to be polio, but could possibly have been Guillain–BarrĂ© syndrome

§  1990 NASA's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus

§  1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg sworn in as a US Supreme Court Justice

Birthdays with some quotes

@97 – Rhonda Fleming, American actress
@90 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
” Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”
@83 – Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company (d. 1905)
@81 – Jack Haley, American actor, and singer (d. 1979)
@78 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (d. 1967)
” You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.”
@82 – Eddie Fisher, American singer, and actor (d. 2010)
@82 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
@81 – Jimmy Dean, singer, actor, founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company (d. 2010)
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
81 – Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
“There is an excitement about having nightmares.”
@78 – Ronnie Spector, American singer (d. 2022; cancer)
” But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.”
76 – Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter
64 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress
” I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there that’s true in any of the arts.”
63 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
” I think the worst enemy for success is the anxiousness to get it.”61 – Suzanne Collins, American author
@58 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (d. 1915; influenza)
52 – Justin Theroux, American actor
51 – Angie Harmon, American actress
26 – Kylie Jenner, American television personality


…The End for today…

 

Followers

Total Pageviews

Blog Archive

About Me

My photo
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.