Oct 2, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 40/ Day:    Today: High   75°…Low 44°

Records: High 85°(1980)…Low 20°(2009) Averages: High  68°…Low 36°

Wind: average:   3mph;  Gusts:  14mph    Today’s average humidity:  44%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:

2002 - The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks

1991 - Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches

1988 - 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea

1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1968 - Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed

1916 - San Diego Zoo founded

1895 - 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in a newspaper

1870 - Italy annexes Rome & Papal States; Rome made Italian capital

1789 - George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments 

           (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

No clouds, no wind, fairly nice temperature…fall in Flagstaff is fantastic.

I got an interesting call from an artist friend on the Rez. He has a 50-something friend who is single and lives on a ranch with his mom, taking care of cattle and sheep. Over the internet machine this guy has met an African lady who wants to come to America. They have been exchanging emails for several months. She wants to come here and help out his family as a maid or housekeeper and may offer a long term relationship with the guy. She has a visa and only needs a mere $1000 to get to the ranch.  My friend didn’t know what country or what town, just that it was in Africa. He wondered, since I have actually been to Africa, what I thought. I said I would be very wary as many in Africa see the US as a very rich country and since she can’t get $1000 to get here, I wouldn’t send the money. The friend is smitten and is getting a loan, on his tractor, to send the money. I also mentioned that the Rez is, like much of Africa, a 3^rd world area. To many in Africa, $1000 in hand is like $100,000 to a middle class American. Of course it could be a very innocent thing, but sounded fishy to me.

The first debate is Wednesday, and I’ll be watching…or at least listening. Both candidates are ‘practicing’ and ‘preparing’. One thing each is doing is watching previous debates of other candidates so see what works and doesn’t work on TV. Since the Kennedy/Nixon debate they have all learned to shave and not sweat; from other debates they have learned to have some zingers, not look at their watch, and not to sigh. Great. Sounds like too much ‘celebrity’ and not enough ‘solutions’.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

What is the rhyming answer?

Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)

points blame on the choir (7,7)

Rebus:

Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Dedication: Guinness World Records:

Jake Lonsway of Bay City, Michigan, USA, created the largest ball of cling film, which measured 351 cm (138 in) in circumference and weighed 127.7 kg (281 lb 8 oz), as of 14 June 2007.

Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz … Starting in the early 1960s and continuing through the 1980s, Alka-Seltzer used this famous jingle in dozens of commercials

Read This Sign Carefully!!

On a maternity room door, "Push, Push, Push."

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?

 necrophilia

Iconic Photographs:

Great Melodies:

Symphony #5…Ludwig van Beethoven

Specifically, the opening two measures, of only four notes. The rhythm is precisely that of the letter V in Morse Code, and for that reason, it was a signal used by the Allies in WWII (what’s the German word for irony?). Everyone in the civilized world has heard it, probably more than once. The story of how Beethoven came up with it is legendary and most likely not true. He was trying to begin his 5th symphony but couldn’t think of a theme to start it. There was a knock at the door in the same rhythm as the theme and the rest is history. Why is this doubtful? Beethoven was almost 100% deaf by the time he started his 5th symphony, and wouldn’t have heard a knock at the door.

Harper’s Index:         

 Returns tomorrow

Unusual Fact of the Day:

 Simon Bolivar is the only person in the world to have two sovereign nations named after him: Bolivia and Venezuela (the country's full name is Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela).

Found on You Tube: 

Tribute To Chris LeDoux - Silence On The Line

Joke-of-the-day:

 All too rarely, airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight "safety lecture", and their other announcements a bit more entertaining.

Here are some real examples that have been heard or reported:

1. On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for

your comfort, and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."

2. On landing the stewardess said, "There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out off this airplane."

3. As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. WHOA!"

4. After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced, "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted."

5. "In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with more than one small child, pick your favorite."

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

SELLING REAL ESTATE…Rental property should sell for about 100 times its monthly rental income.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Swedish authorities said an international arrest warrant has been issued for a man who had a friend pose as him to avoid a prison term. Police said the 37-year-old Gothenburg man was sentenced to one year in prison in January 2008 after being convicted of charges including copyright infringement, breaking Swedish medical laws and handling smuggled goods, the Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday. However, the man was not held in remand in between being sentenced and the start of his prison term, and police said during that time he convinced a friend to serve the sentence for him. Investigators said the convict took out a driver's license bearing his own name and the picture of his friend to carry out the identity swap. Police said the other man had served the majority of the sentence by the time the ruse was discovered. The man was set free. "We were the victims of advanced con," said Ulf Jonson of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Police said an international arrest warrant has been issued for the convict, who is believed to have fled to the Philippines.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• While most believe that "The Purple People Eater" is a purple creature that eats people, the novelty hit song's lyrics reveal a different story. In them, the rock 'n' roll monster reveals that he enjoys "eatin' purple people." Fans are divided on the issue.

• George Washington first offered the Badge for Military Merit, better known as the Purple Heart. It was originally a heart-shaped cloth patch attached to the uniform. In 1932, to commemorate the bicentennial of Washington's birth, the award was reintroduced as a medal presented to U.S. military personnel injured during combat.

• The author of Harold and the Purple Crayon felt that his name might be too difficult for youngsters to pronounce properly, so David Leisk published the popular children's book under the pen name Crockett Johnson.

• Those who disliked the Barney the Dinosaur character came up with all sorts of hateful nicknames for the character, perhaps the most bizarre of which was "The Purple Antichrist."

• Where are the "purple mountain majesties" referred to in the patriotic song "America, the Beautiful?" Katharine Lee Bates wrote the lyrics in 1893 when she viewed her surroundings from the summit of Pike's Peak.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1-7Customer Service Week
Financial Planning Week
National Newspaper Week
Spinning & Weaving Week
Universal Children's Week
World Dairy Expo

Today Is                                                                      

Country Inn, Bed-and-Breakfast DayGuardian Angels Day
Intergeneration Day: meeting of the family generations
International Day of Non-violence
Name Your Car Day
National Custodial Workers Day
Phileas Fogg's Wager Day
Techie's Day  World Farm Animals Day
~Guinea: Independence Day (1958 from France)

Today’s Events through History  

2000’s

2009 - Rio de Janeiro is elected the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics and 

            Paralympics

2005 - NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona

           Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico

2001 - The NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.

1900’s

1990 - US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter to Supreme Court

1984 - 3 cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit

1982 - Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700

1972 - Danish population votes for European Common Market membership

1961 - "Ben Casey" premieres on NBC-TV

1959 - Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV

1956 - 1st atomic power clock exhibited-NYC

1955 - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres

1950 - 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers

1942 - 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago

1936 - 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas

1910 - 1st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy)

1800’s

 1889 - In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great 

             silver boom of the American Old West

1871 - Brigham Young, Mormon leader, arrest for bigamy

1861 - Former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky

1600’s

1685 - An agreement is reached today for the DELEWARE Indians to cede 

            some lands to Pennsylvania

1656 - US colony Connecticut passes law against Quakers

1608 - Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey

1500’s

1535 - Jacques Cartier discovers Mount Royal (Montreal)

1200’s

1263 - The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.

1100’s

1187 - Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 40’s

Kelly Ripa, TV talk show host will be 42

In their 50’s

Lorraine Bracco, actor: Dr. Jennifer Melfi on Sopranos is 57

In their 60’s

Don McLean, New Rochelle NY, singer/songwriter (American Pie, Vincent) is 67

Annie Leibovitz, Waterbury, Connecticut, photgrapher (Rolling Stones) is 63

Sting, [Gordon Sumner], rock vocalist (Police-Roxanne)/actor (Dune) is 61

In their 70’s

Rex Reed, Fort Worth Tx, movie critic/actor (Myra Breckinridge) is 74

Remembered for being born today

Bud Abbott, Asbury Pk NJ, comedian (Abbott & Costello) b. 1895

Johnnie Cochran, attorney (OJ Simpson defense attorney) b. 1936

Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi],pacifist and spiritual leader b. 1869

Cordell Hull, US Sec of State (1933-44), lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945) b. 1871

Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscape architect b. 1871

Chris LeDoux, Biloxi Miss, country singer (Ridin' for a Fall) b. 1948

Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life) b. 1890

George Emmett McFarland, Dallas, act (Spanky-Our Gang/Little Rascals) b. 1928

Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist, author, and occultist b. 1914

Bernarr Rainbow, historian of music education, organist, and choir master b. 1914

King Richard III, of England b. 1452

Nat Turner, Virginia, leader of major slave rebellion b. 1800

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Paul Hartman, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)—heart attack—1973—at 84

Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife)—AIDS—1985—at 59

Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet)—heart failure—1994—at 85

Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, 6 Olympic gold medals, broke 22 Olympic records

      —1973—at 76

Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus)—1993—at 73

Answers                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

Sexual attraction to corpses (from the Greek nekros = a dead body, a corpse)

What is the rhyming answer?

 Fingers singers

Rebus

For once in my life

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.

§    And That Is All for Now  §

Oct 01, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  

Week: 40/ Day: 275   Today: High   75°…Low 36° Records: High   83°(2010)…Low 24°(1907) Averages: High  68°…Low 37°Wind: average:   2mph;  Gusts:  18mphToday’s average humidity:  49%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s  Historical  Highlights:

1995 - Rockies are 1st team to make postseason before 7th year in existence

1989 - US issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus

1977 - Department Of Energy established

1964 - SF cable cars declared a national landmark

1957 - First appearance of "In God We Trust" on U.S. paper currency

1948 - California Supreme Court voids state statue banning interracial marriages

1942 - Little Golden Books (children books) begins publishing

1903 - 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)

1896 - Yosemite becomes a National Park

1888 - National Geographic magazine publishes for 1st time

1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes new director of US Marine Corps Band

1867 - Karl Marx' "Das Kapital," published

1843 - News of the World began publication in London

1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France

1574 - -2] Storm breaks Leiden dike; drowns 20,000 Spanish soldiers

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

A nice relaxing Sunday. Warm cloudless fall day, makes Flagstaff so nice. The leaves are turning on the peaks and the evenings are getting much cooler.

 

As the election draws nearer, the ads are becoming more evident, more negative, and more boring. I sure hope that all this money that is being pumped into the economy is helping workers. At least some are making money by being in the ads, developing the ads, and putting them on TV even if I don’t watch them.

 

Ahmadinejad spouted is rhetoric on a TV interview with Fareed on CNN. He chose to play the role of the victim and wondering why the West hated his country. Words mean little or nothing compared to actions. I do get that he wants to have nuclear power, but am not sure he will not use it. It’s like the cold war all over again…Israel has the bomb, so he has to have the bomb. I studied the Persian Empire back in school. This was all well before any problems our country had with them. Now, Iran, with all its history and beauty is not a tourist destination for any Westerners. Sad.

 

I didn’t watch the Bronco-Raider game but was glad to see that my hometown team beat its rival big time. I did catch most of the last quarter + the OT of the Cardinal-Dolphin game…it was the Cards fourth win.  

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

What is the rhyming answer?

Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)

layover of 24 hours duration (3,4)

Rebus:

Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Dedication: Guinness World Records:

The world record for the highest jump cleared by a dog is 172.7 cm (68 in), achieved by Cinderella May a Holly Grey, owned by Kate Long and Kathleen Conroy (both USA) of Miami, Florida, USA, at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals, Gray Summit, Missouri, USA on 7 October 2006.

Ok, then?

Commercial Jingles you may remember:

See the USA in Your Chevrolet In 1952, Dinah Shore sang this famous jingle for Chevrolet. “Make a date today to see the USA and do it in your Chevrolet…” It combined the spirit of patriotism with the dependability of a Chevy. Adding America’s favorite singer and television personality of the day didn’t hurt either.

Read This Headline Carefully!!

In a nonsmoking area, "If we see you smoking, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?

lithophilia

Iconic Photographs:

Great Melodies:

Here Comes the Bride…Richard Wagner

Wagner didn’t call it Here Comes the Bride, of course. In the opera Lohengrin, Elsa marries Lohengrin, and this is the music played as she proceeds in wedding dress to the chapel. It is now the standard repertoire for all weddings in the western world, and for that reason it has probably been heard at least once by absolutely everyone in the western world.

Harper’s Index:         

Number of babies born in Alberta, Canada, last year, who were given the name ‘Unique’: 2

Unusual Fact of the Day:

The Republic of Ireland has the busiest Supreme Court in the world, handling more than double the number of cases as the Supreme Court of the United States per year. This is because the Republic of Ireland is the only country in the world whose constitution gives every citizen convicted of a crime the automatic right to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Found on You Tube: 

• Julie Andrews - Favorite Things, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious & Thoroughly Modern Millie

• Julie Andrews on THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Joke-of-the-day:

Just something funny to read. 1) It’s better to be crazy & know it than being sane & doubt it. 2) I’m lost. I've gone out to find me. If I come back before I return, please ask me to wait. 3) I live in my own little world!!! But that's okay, cause they know me there. 4) No lifeguard on duty. Swim at your own risk... 5) Daydreaming is way better than school!

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

MAKING COFFEE FOR LARGE GROUPS...A one-pound can of regular grind tossed into a commercial urn will brew 50 cups of decent coffee or 60 cups of weak coffee. A pound and a half of regular grind will make 90 cups of decent coffee.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Swedish authorities said an international arrest warrant has been issued for a man who had a friend pose as him to avoid a prison term. Police said the 37-year-old Gothenburg man was sentenced to one year in prison in January 2008 after being convicted of charges including copyright infringement, breaking Swedish medical laws and handling smuggled goods, the Swedish news agency TT reported Thursday. However, the man was not held in remand in between being sentenced and the start of his prison term, and police said during that time he convinced a friend to serve the sentence for him. Investigators said the convict took out a driver's license bearing his own name and the picture of his friend to carry out the identity swap. Police said the other man had served the majority of the sentence by the time the ruse was discovered. The man was set free. "We were the victims of advanced con," said Ulf Jonson of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Police said an international arrest warrant has been issued for the convict, who is believed to have fled to the Philippines.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th vice president (1861-1865), serving under President Abraham Lincoln. He claimed that learning of his nomination ruined a good hand of cards. He and Lincoln didn’t meet until after the election. He rarely attended Cabinet meetings or visited the White House, which was the custom at the time. Of the vice presidency, he said: "I am only a fifth wheel of a coach and can do little for my friends."

• Andrew Johnson was the 16th vice president (1865), serving under President Abraham Lincoln. He was reported to be "shamefully drunk" at his vice presidential inauguration. When Lincoln was assassinated, Johnson assumed the office. He battled Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction plans after the Civil War. He was impeached by the House but acquitted by the Senate by one vote.

• Schuyler Colfax was the 17th vice president (1869-1873), serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. He is one of only two people (John Nance Garner is the other) to have served as both speaker of the House and vice president. Grant (age 46) and Colfax (age 45) were the youngest presidential duo until the inauguration of Bill Clinton and Al Gore in 1993. He left office under the cloud of a financial scandal.

• Henry Wilson was the 18th vice president (1873-1875), serving under President Ulysses S. Grant. His reputation was tarred by the same financial scandal that Schuyler Colfax had been involved in, but Wilson was later cleared by the Senate. He was partly paralyzed after a stroke in 1873 but continued to do his vice presidential duties. He died from a second stroke while working in the Capitol building in 1875.

Calendar Information

Happening This Month:

Adopt A Shelter Dog Month
AIDS Awareness Month (President Reagan)
American Cheese Month
Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
Apple Month 
Bat Appreciation Month
Bullying Prevention Month 
(World) Blindness Awareness Month 
Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month
Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month
Children's Magazine Month
Christmas Seal Campaign begins
Church Library Month
Church Safety and Security Month
Class Reunion Month 
Co-op Awareness Month
Cut Out Dissection Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month 
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Eat Better, Eat Together Month
Emotional Intelligence Awareness Month
Emotional Wellness Month
Employee Ownership Month 
Energy Management is a Family Affair-Improve Your Home Month
Fair Trade Month 
Financial Planning Month 
Feral Hog Month or Hog Out Month  
Gay & Lesbian History Month
German-American Heritage Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Go Hog Wild - Eat Country Ham
Halloween Safety Month
Head Start Awareness Month 
Health Literacy Month
Home Eye Safety Month
Italian-American Heritage Month 
International Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Awareness Month
International Starman Month
International Strategic Planning Month
International Walk To School Month  
LGBT History Month 
Long Term Care Planning Month
Month of Free Thought
National AIDS Awareness Month  
National Animal Safety and Protection Month
National Audiology Awareness Month
National Bake and Decorate Month
National Book Month
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Caramel Month  
National Chili Month
National Chiropractic Month
National Cookbook Month
National Crime Prevention Month
National Cyber Security Awareness Month 
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Depression Education & Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Month
National Ergonomics Month 
National Family Sexuality Education Month - Let's Talk! 
National "Gain The Inside Advantage" Month
National Go On A Field Trip Month
National Kitchen & Bath Month 
National Liver Awareness Month
National Medical Librarian Month
National Orthodontic Health Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Popcorn Poppin' Month
National Protect Your Hearing Month 
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month 
National Reading Group Month
National Roller Skating Month
National Sarcastic Awareness Month
National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
National Stamp Collecting Month
National Window Covering Safety Month 
National Work and Family Month
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
Organize Your Medical Information Month
Pear and Pineapple Month 
Photographer Appreciation Month
Pizza Month 
Polish American Heritage Month
Positive Attitude Month
Raptor Month
Rett Syndrome Awareness Month
Rhizomes and Persimmons Month 
Rhubarb Month 
Right Brainers Rule! Month
Sausage Month 
Self-Promotion Month
Spinach Lovers Month
Squirrel Awareness Month  (Different Than Squirrel Appreciation Day in January)
Tackling Hunger Month 
Talk About Prescriptions Month
Vegetarian Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Menopause Month

Happening This Week:

1-7Customer Service Week
Financial Planning Week
National Newspaper Week
Spinning & Weaving Week
Universal Children's Week
World Dairy Expo

Today Is                                                                      

CD Player Day
Child Health Day
Fall Astronomy DayFire Pup Day
International Day of Older Persons
Magic Circles Day: one of the most basic of devices in Magical Art
Model T Day
National Lace Day UN International Day of Older PersonsWorld Card Making DayWorld Day of Bullying Prevention / Blue Shirt Day  World Habitat Day
World Vegetarian Day
~South Korea: Armed Forces Day (South-Korean forces broke through the 38th parallel:1950)~China: National Day (founded 1949)~Cyprus: Independence Day (1960 from UK)~Nigeria: Independence Day (1960 from UK)

Today’s Events through History  

2000’s

2005 - Bombing kills 23 people in Bali

2000 - Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia

1900’s

1992 - Cartoon Cable Network premieres

1989 - Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle

1984 - Gary Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip resumes after 2-year hiatus

1979 - US returns Canal Zone to Panama after 75 years

1979 - Pope John Paul II begins visit of US

1975 - Muhammad Ali TKOs Joe Frazier in "The Thrilla in Manila"

1974 - Watergate cover-up trial opens in Wash DC

1971 - Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens

1964 - Free Speech Movement launched at University of California , Berkley

1954 - British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation

1952 - 1st ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or

1939 - Churchill calls Soviets "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"

1936 - Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain

1931 - The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York

1800’s

1898 - Jews are expelled from Kiev Russia

1891 - In the U.S. state of California, Stanford University opens its doors

1890 - Congress creates Weather Bureau

1890 - Yosemite National Park forms

1885 - Special delivery mail service begins in US

1874 - Rotterdam opens drink water pipes

1869 - 1st postcards are issued (Vienna)

1829 - South African College is founded in Cape Town, South Africa; later to 

            separate into the University of Cape Town and the South African College 

            Schools

1700’s

1728 (through the 5th)- Conference on alliance and land cessions will be held for 

           the next 4 days between the British in New York and the "SIX NATIONS."

1600’s

 1661 - Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James

1500’s

 1539 - De Soto's expedition reaches the APALACHEE village of Ivitachuco (also 

             called Ibitachuco), in north eastern Florida. The Spanish will set up camp 

             near the village. Throughout the evening, the Indians will shoot arrows at the

             Spanish with little effect.

1100’s

 1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed

            in the Siege of Acre

Before 1000CE

331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 40’s

Mark McGwire, 1st baseman (AL rookie of year 1988, Oakland A's, Cards) is 49

Cindy Margolis, glamour spokesmodel is 44

In their 50’s

Esai Morales. Actor [La Bamba] is 50

In their 60’s

 Rod Carew, baseball slugger (AL Rookie of Year 1967) is 67

Randy Quaid, Houston Tx, actor (Midnight Express, Vacation, SNL) is 62

In their 70’s

Julie Andrews, actress/singer (Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)  is 77

Stella Stevens, actress (Girls! Girls!, Manitou)is 76

In their 80’s

 Jimmy Carter, Plains Ga, (D) 39th Pres (1977-1981) is 88

Richard Harris, actor (Man Called Horse)/singer (MacArthur Park) is 80 

Remembered for being born today

William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co (Boeing) b. 1881

Tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote) b. 1927

Vladimir Horowitz, Kiev Ukraine, pianist (Carmen) b. 1904

James Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!") b. 1781

Walter Matthau, NYC, actor (Odd Couple, Bad News Bears) b. 1920

William Rehnquist, Ws, Supreme Court (1972-86)/chief justice b. 1924)

James Whitmore, White Plains NY, actor (Give 'em Hell Harry) b. 1921

Roger Williams, American pianist b. 1926

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock)—1945—at 73

Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer [Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, To the Manor Born]—2007—at 79

Louis Leakey, English anthropologist—heart attack—1972—at 69

Curtis E LeMay, USAF General/VP candidate—1990—at 83

Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield)—heart attack—2004—at 58 

Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter—executed—1943—at 32

Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter—executed—1943—at 24

E B White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web)—1985—at 86

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Do you know what this word means?

Preference for rocks, as in the case of certain micro-organisms that live within rocks (from the Greek lithos = stone)

What is the rhyming answer?

 Day stay

Rebus

downpipe

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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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