Flagstaff Almanac
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
Red Ribbon Week: 23-31 Link
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World Origami Days: 24-11/11
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Daily Observations
Beggars' Night
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Today’s Thoughts
A very chilly morning…It was
29° at 6:30 this morning.
There was a deep freeze warning
last night. First one of this fall. Th
low was 27°.
Broncos beat the Chiefs 24-9.
The jeweler called this
morning and had my ring ready. It took a long time, but I am very happy with
the final product. I talked to the Navajo Jeweler who did it and gave him a $20
tip for his work. I let him know that the wait was worth his excellent work.
The HOA just arrived to
prepare our landscape for Halloween. Nice!
Enjoy
Halloween
information… Trivia…
Question: Where
is the world's longest haunted house?
Answer: The Haunted Cave in Lewisburg, Ohio, is a
whopping 3,564 feet long and located 80 feet underground!
Question: Why are black cats associated with Halloween
(and bad luck)?
Answer: The Puritans associated black cats with witchcraft, leading to
the onyx-colored felines' association with Halloween. In many other cultures,
black cats are actually signs of good luck
and are revered!
Question: When is Halloween thought to have originated?
Answer: 4000 B.C.
Random Trivia…
When
he wasn’t busy fighting wars and serving as the Emperor of France, Napoleon
Bonaparte found the time to write a romance novel, called Clisson et Eugénie.
Some scientists still argue
the facts about whether corn is a vegetable or a grain—or maybe even a fruit!
Who would have thought that something so harmless could cause such a
controversy?
Historic Events
1517 – Martin Luthor nailed
his 95 Theses to the door of Wittenberg’s Castle Church, according to
tradition.
1950 – Earl Lloyd became the
first black player in the NBA
Birthdays with some quotes
@91 – Dan Rather,
American journalist. (d.2021)
@90 – Michael
Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
Q: What were you thinking when
your colleagues were out there making cosmic history?
A: “I just kept reminding
myself that every single component in this spacecraft was provided by the guy
who submitted the cheapest tender.”
@88 – Dale Evans (Frances Octavia Smith), American singer-songwriter, actress (d, 2001)
@87 – Chiang
Kai-shek, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d, 1975)
“We live in the present, we
dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.”
86 – Tom Paxton, American folk
music singer-songwriter
@80 – Ethel Waters,
American singer (d, 1977)
78 – Brian Doyle-Murray,
American comedic actor
62 – Peter Jackson, New
Zealand director, producer and screenwriter
60 – Rob Schneider, actor
56 – Vanilla Ice, American
rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
@54 – Michael Landon
(Eugene Maurice Orowitz), actor, director, producer (d, 1991; cancer)
@53 – John Candy,
Canadian comedic actor (d, 1994)
@43 – Johannes
Vermeer, Dutch painter (d, 1675; short illness)
@26 – Brian Piccolo,
American football player (d, 1970)
@25 – John Keats,
English poet (d, 1821; TB)
“To stay youthful, stay
useful.”
23 – Willow Smith, American
singer, and actress
…The End for today…
