June 19

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1586: English colonists sailed from Roanoke Island NC

1778: Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge

1865: Siege of Richmond, VA

1910: Father's Day celebrated for 1st time (Spokane, Wash)

1931: 1st photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct

1940: "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago

1956: Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films

1977: Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st US male saint

1987: Ben & Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia

1991: Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar surrenders to police

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

Another very warm day…and a Red Flag day…where are the monsoons?

My last countdown for Kenya has begun…seven days and counting. Time to start getting my act together by laying out stuff I only use once a week. It will also be hot over there, and I will be ready with lots of summer clothes. And we have a day in Dubai, I am not sure I am ready to see all that wealth.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle

Start with a clue in a category, then name something else in the same category that starts with the second and third letters of the original clue. For example, if the clue was Minnesota, the answer would be Indiana — because the second and third letters of Minnesota are "I-N," which begin Indiana — and both Minnesota and Indiana are states.

1.     Green:

2.     Madison:

3.     Volvo:

4.     Pound:

5.     Crocus:

6.     Yankees:

7.     Texaco:

8.     Moscow:

9.     Airedale:

10.  Grape:

11.  Thanksgiving:

12.  Topaz:

13.  Trix:

14.  Beatles: Whiskey sour:

15.  Hamlet:

What is the answer?

What is the next number in this series?101   103   107   109   113   127   ..

4X4 Word Boxes

The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.

1.     knife
2.     rabbit
3.     flower
4.     sleeveless torso garment

Lifestyle  Substance     

One Hit Wonders of the 1950’s

• Little Bitty Pretty One, Thurston Harris, 1957

• The Book of Love, The Monotones, 1958

• Get a Job, The Silhouettes, 1958

• Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley, 1958

Harper’s Index         

Number of US service people dismissed for pre-existing ‘personality disorders’ between 2002 and 2007: 22.656

Found on You Tube 

The Three Stooges - Pie Fight      

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

Two elderly couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other,” Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?"
"Outstanding," Fred replied. "They taught us all the latest psychological techniques: visualization, association, etc. It was great."
"That's great! And what was the name of the clinic?"
Fred went blank. He thought and thought, but couldn't remember. Then a smile broke across his face and he asked, "What do you call that flower with the long stem and thorns?"
"You mean a rose?"
"Yes, that's it!" He turned to his wife, "Rose, what was the name of that memory clinic?"

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

An acre is about the size of a football field without the endzones.

Yeah, It Really Happened

Edwardsville, Ill. (AP) --Two Missouri women are accused of showing off more than their putting skills at a southwestern Illinois golf course.Madison County Sheriff's Capt. T. Mike Dixon says investigators responded to complaints of lewd behavior Monday at the Woodlands Golf Course in Foster Township and saw the women displaying their breasts.Now, authorities in Madison County have charged 45-year-old Shelly Lewis and 43-year-old Alicia Binford of O'Fallon, Mo., with public indecency.Binford and Lewis couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday. Binford's home telephone number has been disconnected. Lewis hasn't returned a message left at her home. Court records don't show if they have an attorney.Both women are free on bond.               

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Originally, a lifeboat drill was scheduled to take place on board the Titanic on April 14, 1912 - the day the Titanic hit the iceberg. However, for an unknown reason, Captain Smith canceled the drill. Many believe that had the drill taken place, more lives could have been saved.

• From the time the lookouts sounded the alert, the officers on the bridge had only 37 seconds to react before the Titanic hit the iceberg. In that time, First Officer Murdoch ordered "hard a-starboard" (which turned the ship to port -- left). He also ordered the engine room to put the engines in reverse. The Titanic did bank left, but it wasn't quite enough.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-21

   Nursing Assistants Week
17-23

   Universal Father's Week
   Meet A Mate Week
   Old Time Fiddlers Week

Today Is                                                                      

Garfield the Cat Day

Juneteenth

New Moon

World Sauntering Day 

World Sickle Cell Day

Today’s Other Events                                                             

1200’s

1269: King Louis IX of Frances decrees all Jews must wear a badge of shame

1400’s

1464: French King Louis XI forms postal service

1500’s

1541: de Doto's expedition meets the Casqui near modern day Helena, Arkansas. There has been a drought in the area, and the padres offer to help. A large cross is erected and the Spaniards join in prayer. Soon it starts to rain. The Casqui will become allies of the Spanish

1700’s

1767: The Governor of Louisiana issues an order today. The order recognizes the Chitimacha, and instructs the commander at Manchac to treat them with proper deference

1800’s

1829: Sir Robert Peel found London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies)

1862: Slavery outlawed in US territories

1893: Lizzie Borden acquitted

1900’s

1917: After WW I King George V ordered members of British royal family to dispense with German titles & surnames, they take the name Windsor

1924: Paavo Nurmi runs world record 1500m (3:52.6)

1934: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created

1941: Cheerios Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal

1952: "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host

1961: US Supreme Court struck down a provision in MD's constitution requiring state office holders to believe in God

1964: Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27

1968: 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign

1984: 1st live TV appearance by Chief Justice Warren Burger (Nightline)

1987: Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation

2000’s

2000: Tiger Woods wins golf's US Open by 15 shots, a record for all majors, with a US Open to-par record score of:12

2006: Prime ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial "laying of the first stone" at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Spitsbergen, Norway

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

Pat Buttram, actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres) in 1915

Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina) in 1834

Lester Flatt, Earl Scrugg's partner (Beverly Hillbillies theme) in 1914

[Henry] Lou[is] Gehrig, "Iron Horse", 1st baseman (NY Yankees) in 1903

Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], Bkln NY, comedian (3 Stooges) in 1897

Guy Lombardo, London Ontario Canada, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne) in 1902

Nancy Marchand, Buffalo NY, actress (Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant) in 1928

Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal) in 1623

James I Stuart, king of Scotland (James VI)/England (1567/1603-25) in 1566

Evelle Jansen Younger, prosecutor (Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan) in 1918

In their 90’s

Louis Jourdan, Marseilles France, actor (Gigi, Can-Can, Madame Bovary) is 91

In their 60’s

Ann Wilson, San Diego California, rock vocalist (Heart-What About Love)is 61

In their 50’s

Paula Abdul, singer/choreographer (Straight Up) is 50

Kathleen Turner, American actress (Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile) is 58

In their 40’s

Poppy Montgomery (Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue), Australian Actress is 40

Today’s Obits                                                           

James M Barrie, Scottish writer (Dear Brutus/Peter Pan), dies of pneumonia in 1937 at 77

Nadir, shah of Persia (1736-47), stabbed in 1747 at 49 or 59

Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, executed in 1867at 34

Ethel Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries in 1953 at 37

Julius Rosenberg, NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage in 1953 at 35

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

131, the series is prime numbers

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Green: red

2.     Madison: Adams

3.     Volvo: Oldsmobile

4.     Pound: ounce

5.     Crocus: rose

6.     Yankees: Angels

7.     Texaco: Exxon

8.     Moscow: Oslo

9.     Airedale: Irish setter

10.  Grape: raspberry

11.  Thanksgiving: Halloween

12.  Topaz: Opal

13.  Trix: Rice Krispies

14.  Beatles: Earth, Wind and Fire or Eagles

15.  Whiskey sour: high ball

16.  Hamlet: A Midsummer’s Night Dream

4X4 boxes

SHIV

HAIR

IRIS

VEST

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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June 18

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Today’s  Historical  Highlights

1730: 7 Cherokee representatives will meet with King George II of England at Windsor Castle in London. They will acknowledge him as the sovereign of the Cherokee people. Leading the Cherokee are Cheif Oukah-ulah and Attakullaculla (Little Carpenter)

1873: Susan B Anthony fined $100 for voting for President

1892: Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii

1940: Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour"

1959: 1st telecast transmitted from England to US

1961: CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke

1981: Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court)

1986: 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

A hot Sunday saved by some nice clouds this afternoon. No signs of rain, but still a great day to enjoy the outdoors.

Our Sunday paper runs a column of what was happening in Flag long ago. They are news articles from newspapers. I really look forward to that read every Sunday. Partly to see how our town has grown and changed, but more for the interesting way the stories are written.

From 1887: George A. Carter imbibed too much bad whiskey and went around town flourishing a huge pistol and ordering people to hold their hands up. George was too drunk to have any serious intent to commit robbery, but he came very near to committing murder and had to pay a fine of $75 and costs for his little diversion.

If you want a nice, easy, pleasant shave the way to secure it is to go to the barber shop of Edward A. St. Clair at the San Juan, where you can also procure a genuine sea foam shampoo, which will thoroughly clean your head, destroying all itching of the scalp and make you feel delightful.

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

Brain Game—A close up picture of what?

NPR Sunday Puzzle

Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, or name, with the initials "DH."

1.     Unlikely candidate to win a race:

2.     An absolute tie:

3.     Noted beach on Oahu:

4.     A Bruce Willis film with 3 sequels:

5.     Henry Ibsen play preceded by A:

6.     A person who had guest over for a meal:

7.     Something you turn to enter a room:

8.     DNA shape:

9.     It breathes fire in a Chinese New Year’s Parade:

10.  Film character who said “Go ahead make my day”:

11.  A place to do the cha cha or waltz:

12.  Person working on a ship:

13.  Its important for maintaining healthy teeth:

14.  Interstate for example with a median:

15.  Robert DiNiro film set in Viet Nam preceded by The:

16.  French for 18:

17.  Friend of Wyatt Earp:

18.  Wit that is unlikely to make you laugh:

19.  Opening at a bakery?:

What is the answer?

Arrange the following words into suitable pairs.

MAN  HERO  HIGH  RAIN MOON  NOON  LOCAL  PAPER

4X4 Word Boxes

The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 3 letters.

1.     sports player group

2.     roof overhang (singular)

3.     affirm

4.     boundary

Lifestyle  Substance     

One Hit Wonders of the 1950’s

Open Up Your Heart, Cowboy Church Sunday School, 1955

Daddy-O, Bonnie Lou, 1955

Happy Whistler, Don Robertson, 1956

Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, The Tune Weavers, 1957

Harper’s Index         

Minimum number of persons whose remains the US Air Force dumped in a landfull between 2003 and 2008: 274 The story

Found on You Tube 

Space Shuttle Enterprise       

Planet Earth—

Joke-of-the-day

There was a student who was desirous of taking admission for a study course.
He was smart enough to get through the written test, a GD and was to appear for the personal interview. Later, as the interview progressed, the interviewer found this boy to be bright since he could answer all the questions correctly. The interviewer got impatient and decided to corner the boy.
"Tell me your choice;" said he to the boy, "What's your choice: I shall either ask you ten easy questions or ONE real difficult. Think well before you make up your mind."
The boy thought for a while and said, "My choice is ONE real difficult question."
"Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice!" said the man on the opposite side. Tell me: What comes first, Day or Night?"
The boy was jolted first but he waited for a while and said: "It's the DAY, sir."
"How???????" the interviewer was smiling ("At last, I got you!" he said to himself.) "Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!"
Admission for the course was thus secured.

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

When shooting portraits, the best depiction of the face results when your brightest light comes from the side and above the face, casting a triangular highlight on the far cheek.

Yeah, It Really Happened

 ZUMBRO FALLS, Minn. - A Minnesota couple who began traveling by mule-drawn wagon a few years ago said they are taking it on a cross-country trip. Warren and Mary Veien of Zumbro Falls said they will set out next week for a cross-country trip in their mule-drawn wagon, whose amenities include a GPS, a frontal brake system, a charcoal grill, beds, seats taken from pickup trucks and a Port-o-Potty, WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, reported Wednesday. "They always say a mule, if you can rub their forehead, then you can do most anything with 'em," Warren Veien said. He said the only thing his mules won't do is go near semi trucks, so they stick to traveling on gravel roads, away from the larger vehicles. The couple said they will be accompanied on their cross-country excursion by 25 other covered wagons forming a "wagon train."                

Somewhat Useless Information   

Returns tomorrow

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-21

   Nursing Assistants Week
17-23

   Universal Father's Week
   Meet A Mate Week
   Old Time Fiddlers Week

Today Is                                                                      

   Ride To Work Day (Motorcycles)

   International Sushi Day

   International Panic Day

   World Juggling Day

   Egypt: Evacuation Day: 1956:Celebrates the final withdrawal of all British forces

Today’s Other Events                                                             

Before 1000CE

618: Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty's rule over China

1100’s

1178: 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation) origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno

1200’s

1264: The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature

1500’s

1541: Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland

1700’s

1763: As part of Pontiac's Rebellion, Seneca will attack Fort Le Boeuf, at present day Waterford, in northwestern Pennsylvania. Half of the garrison of a little more than a dozen men will be killed when the Indians attack, and burn, the fort. The rest of the soldiers will escape

1767: Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island

1800’s

1815: Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Blucher

1879: W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage

1898: 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, NJ

1900’s

1928: Amelia Earhart becomes 1st female to fly across Atlantic Ocean

1934: US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized

1936: 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI

1948: American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights

1959: Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital's director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane

1963: 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school

1968: Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing

1972: US Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws

1977: Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747

1979: Pres Carter & Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty

1981: The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California

1996: Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts

2000’s

2001: Protests occur in Manipur over the extension of the ceasefire between Naga insurgents and the government of India

2006: The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat is launched

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Remembered for being born on this day

Red Adair, oilman (fought oil fires in Kuwait) in 1915

Richard Boone, LA California, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel) in 1917

Bud Collyer, NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth) in 1908

Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orchestra leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege) in 1905

Jeanette MacDonald, Phila, American actress and singer (When I'm Calling You) in 1903

George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there") in 1886

E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Playhouse 90, Chicago Hope) in 1914

In their 70’s

Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards) is 73

Roger Ebert, Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies) is 70

In their 30’s

Blake Shelton, American Country Singer is 36

Today’s Obits                                                           

Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies of cardiovascular disease in 1959 at 79

Tom Brown, English satirist  dies in 1704 at 41

Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies in 1902 at 66

Robert Crowley, English printer and poet dies in 1588 at 71

Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader  dies in 1788 at 74

José Saramago, Portuguese writer, Nobel Prize laureate dies at 87 in 2010

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Brain Game: Close Up Picture

What is the answer?

Rain Man, High Noon, Local Hero, Paper Moon

NPR Sunday Puzzle

1.     Unlikely candidate to win a race: dark horse

2.     An absolute tie: dead heat

3.     Noted beach on Oahu: Diamond Head

4.     A Bruce Willis film with 3 sequels: Die Hard

5.     Henry Ibsen play preceded by A: Doll’s House

6.     A person who had guest over for a meal: dinner host

7.     Something you turn to enter a room: door handle

8.     DNA shape: double helix

9.     It breathes fire in a Chinese New Year’s Parade: Dragon’s Head

10.  Film character who said “Go ahead make my day”: Dirty Harry

11.  A place to do the cha cha or waltz: dance hall

12.  Person working on a ship: deck hand

13.  Its important for maintaining healthy teeth: dental hygiene

14.  Interstate for example with a median: divided highway

15.  Robert DiNiro film set in Viet Nam preceded by The: Deer Hunter

16.  French for 18: dix-huit

17.  Friend of Wyatt Earp: Doc Holiday

18.  Wit that is unlikely to make you laugh: dry humor

19.  Opening at a bakery?: donut hole

4X4 boxes

TEAM

EAVE

AVER

MERE

Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.

All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.

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