Flagstaff Almanac
Week41 Day 285
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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National Physicians Assistant Week:
6-12 |
Fire Prevention Week: 8-14 Link |
Daily Observations
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Day of the Six Billion Link |
International Moment of Frustration Scream Day Link |
Today’s Thoughts
A nice day. I went grocery
shopping and only using my cane as a backup. Slowly getting better.
Oops. We have all been warned
about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is now even more important
to be aware. Amazon’s Alexa messed up big time. It told users that the 2020 election
was “stolen by a massive amount of voter fraud.” Amazon claims that the problem
has been fixed. Really? Yes really.
War in Ukraine, War in Israel.
The House won’t vote on Speaker today, so the US could help both wars.
Craziness exemplified.
Enjoy
Beliefs of 60 years
ago… 1960
ATMs Were Believed To Be
Ineffective
In the present day, it is
difficult to envision our lives without the convenience offered by ATMs.
However, during their initial introduction, people harbored doubts about their
importance and consequently refrained from utilizing them.
Random Trivia…
The saying “fly off the handle” originates from the 1800s. It’s
a saying that refers to cheap axe heads flying off their handles when swung
backward before a chop.
110. 4% of the Normandy beaches are made up
of shrapnel from the D-Day Landings. More than 5,000 tons of bombs were dropped
by the Allies on the Axis powers as part of the prelude to the Normandy
landings. Scientists who have studied the sand on the beaches of Normandy and
they’ve found microscopic bits of smoothed-down shrapnel from the landings.
A Japanese fighter pilot
once dropped wreaths over the ocean to commemorate the
dead from both sides during WWII. During a sea battle in the Pacific Ocean
in December 1940, two Royal Navy
ships, the HMS Prince of
Wales, and the HMS Repulse were
sunk by Japanese fighters. The following day, Japanese Flight Lieutenant Haruki
Iki flew to the location of the battle and dropped two wreaths over the seas.
Historic Events
1279 – The Nichiren Shoshu
branch of Buddhism was founded in Japan.
1492 – Christopher Columbus
‘discovered’ The Bahamas.
1773 – Eastern State Hospital,
a psychiatric hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, the first in America, opened.
1999 – As of this day, 6
billion people were alive on Earth. #thedayofthesixbillion
Birthdays with some quotes
@88 – Lester Dent,
American journalist and author (d. 1959)
@87 – Velvalee
Dickinson, American spy (d. 1980)
88 – Sam Moore, American soul
singer-songwriter, of Sam & Dave
@72 – Aleister
Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)
“It is necessary that we stop,
once for all, this ignorant meddling with other people’s business. Each
individual must be left free to follow his own path.”
@71 – Luciano
Pavarotti, Italian tenor (d. 2007; pancreatic cancer)
“People think I’m disciplined.
It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.”
74 – Carlos the Jackal (Illich
Ramirez Sanchez), Venezuelan terrorist and murderer
@25 – Lane Frost, World
Champion bull rider (d. 1989; by bull @ Cheyenne Frontier Days)
55 – Hugh Jackman, Australian
actor, and singer
“In life, you don’t regret the
things you do, you regret the things you don’t do.”
@54 – Art Clokey
(Arthur C. Farrington), American animator, created Gumby (d. 2010)
53 – Kirk Cameron, American
actor
37 – Tyler Blackburn, American
actor
…The End for today…
