2023
Flagstaff
Almanac
Week 34 Day 236 Ave. Sky
Cover 20%\ Visibility 24mi.
Flagstaff
Today 78°
\ 51°
Wind 4mph \
Gusts 7mph Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk
of fire: Low Nearest Lightning: 46mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 9 days Sunshine
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get
Pulled Over Link
18-24
Minority
Enterprise Development Week
20-26
Brake Safety Week Link
World Water Week Link
World Princess Week Link
21-25
National Safe at
Home Week
21-27
National
Composites Week Link
Daily Observations
International Strange Music Day Link
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Pluto Demoted Day
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Today’s Thoughts
Looks like it will be a nice sunny day.
There
were lots of lightning and warnings of heavy rain during yesterday’s afternoon.
The only rain was to dampen the street and sidewalk for 15 minutes around 5pm.
News
networks are filled with private plane crash in Russia. Wagner Group leader
Prigozhin is on the passenger manifest. He and a couple more were probably
killed in the crash that appears to have been shot from the sky. Some are saying
it was Putin who shot it down, others are saying it was Prigozhin faking his own
death. We may never know the truth.
Enjoy
Unique National
Treasures for the US …
The full-scale anthropomorphic test device
(ATD) was invented by the late Samuel W. Alderson in 1960 to gauge
the impact of car wrecks on humans. It was widely put into use after the
publication of consumer advocate Ralph Nader’s book, Unsafe at Any Speed.
In the 1980s and 90s, commercials starring
crash test dummies Vince and Larry (“You can learn a lot from a dummy”) led to
an increase in safety belt usage (from 14 percent to 79 percent), saving an
estimated 85,000 lives, according to the Ad Council.
Random Trivia…
While in power, Pope Gregory IX declared that cats were to be
associated with devil worship and had them exterminated. Some believed that the
disappearance of those cats helped rats spread the bubonic plague, aka the
Black Death, that killed millions of people in the 1300s.
Historic Events
- 1682 – William Penn
received the area that is now the state of Delaware, and added it to his
colony of Pennsylvania.
- 1932 – Amelia
Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop,
from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey.
- 1989 – Cincinnati
Reds manager Pete Rose was banned from baseball ‘forever’ for gambling by
Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
- 1995 – Microsoft
Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
Birthdays with some
quotes
85
– Mason Williams, American guitarist, and composer
@83 – Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (d.
2008)
@81 – Kenny Baker, English actor, R2-D2 (d. 2016)
78
– Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, co-founded WWE
” I’m not afraid of failing. I don’t like to fail. I hate to
fail. But I’m not afraid of it.”
@77 – Duke (Paoa
Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola) Kahanamoku , American swimmer, actor, surfer (d. 1968; heart attack)
@75 – Yasser Arafat, 1st President of the Palestinian National
Authority (d. 2004; stroke)
@56 – (Charles
Adams Claverie )Charles Rocket, American actor (d. 2005; suicide)
66
– Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, and screenwriter
63
– Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
“Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a
contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.”
58
– Marlee Matlin, American actress
” You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for
kids, help them dream, and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I
believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.”
50
– Dave Chappelle, American comedian, and actor
“I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me
tomorrow. You can’t count on it.”
46
– John Green, American author, and vlogger
42
– Chad Michael Murray, American model, and actor
…The End for today…
