1-13-14


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Flagstaff Almanac:
Week: 02 / Day: 013    
Today: L 26°…H 48°… Ave. humidity: 56%
Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  22mph  
Average Low: 16° Record Low:  -6° (1963)
Average High: 43° Record High:  59° (2000)

Quote of the Day
 
Today’s Historical Highlights
1559 - Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey
1695 - Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1794 - Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes
1830 - Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
1863 - Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet
1888 - National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC)
1938 - The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution.
1942 - Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies
1957 - Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee
2012 - Cruise ship, Costa Concordia, runs aground in Italy, at least 15 deaths

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
My Free Rambling Thoughts   
Enjoyed this Sunday…morning paper and morning news shows were all full of interesting things. Right now I’m enjoying a great football game with the Broncos. The playoffs are one of the few times I can actually watch a full Bronco game on TV. One of the very few disadvantages to living in AZ.
Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
RIDDLE ME THIS
Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. 
What am I?

Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Actual Complaints… These are actual complaints received from dissatisfied customers by Thomas Cook Vacations (based on a Thomas Cook/ABTA survey):
"It's lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallarta to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during 'siesta' time -- this should be banned."
Suggested New State Mottos:
Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything
Something to Ponder in your free time…
  • Why are a 'wise man' and a 'wise guy' opposites?
  • Why do 'overlook' and 'oversee' mean opposite things?

Auction Prices
A 200-year-old taxidermy Ostrich.
A part of the "Out of the Ordinary" sale hosted by Christie's in London, this massive stuffed bird comes straight off the famous Italian compound known as "Little Versailles" and dates back to 1785. Oh, and it cost $33,150.
OK Then…


Harper’s Index 
  • Percentage increase in South Korean exports to the United States in 1984: 30
  • Percentage increase in direct foreign investment in the United States since 1979: 144

Unusual Fact of the Day
"Salmonella" gets its name from Daniel Elmer Salmon, a veterinary pathologist who ran a USDA microorganism research program in the 1800s.

Joke-of-the-day
A guy was driving when a policeman pulled him over. He rolled down his window and said to the officer, 
"Is there a problem, Officer?" 
"No problem at all. I just observed your safe driving and am pleased to award you a $5,000 Safe Driver Award. Congratulations. What do you think you're going to do with the money?" 
The driver thought for a minute and said, "Well, I guess I'll go get that drivers' license." The lady sitting in the passenger seat said to the policeman, "Oh, don't pay attention to him - he's a smart butt when he's drunk and stoned." The guy from the back seat said, "I TOLD you guys we wouldn't get far in a stolen car!" 
At that moment, there was a knock from the trunk and a muffled voice said, "Are we over the border yet?"  
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
DECLARING SOMEONE DEAD
For hypothermia victims, nobody's dead until they're warm and dead.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania prison inmate filed a motion against the NFL challenging the San Diego Chargers' eligibility for the playoffs. Daniel Spuck of Mercer, whose motion was filed via inmate mail from the Pennsylvania department of corrections, alleged in his U.S. District Court filing the Chargers should not have made it to the postseason due to a missed call in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs and he is seeking "a temporary emergency injunction" to stop the team from playing, the Baltimore Sun reported Thursday. The motion alleges officials failed to call an illegal alignment formation against the Chargers, which would have allowed Kansas City kicker Ryan Succop to re-kick his missed 41-yard field goal attempt. A Chargers loss would have sent the Pittsburgh Steelers to the postseason as the wildcard team. Spuck's motion suggests the court order the NFL to delay the playoffs to allow Succop to re-kick the field goal attempt or allow the Steelers to play the Chargers in a final game to determine who goes to the playoffs.  
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • An unlikely mix of duck, beaver, and otter, the male platypus also has poisonous stingers on his rear feet.   
  • The platypus is among nature's most unlikely animals. In fact, the first scientists to examine a specimen believed they were the victims of a hoax. The animal is best described as a hodgepodge of more familiar species: the duck (bill and webbed feet), beaver (tail), and otter (body and fur). Males are also venomous. They have sharp stingers on the heels of their rear feet and can use them to deliver a strong toxic blow to any foe. 
  • Platypuses hunt underwater, where they swim gracefully by paddling with their front webbed feet and steering with their hind feet and beaver-like tail. Folds of skin cover their eyes and ears to prevent water from entering, and the nostrils close with a watertight seal. In this posture, a platypus can remain submerged for a minute or two and employ its sensitive bill to find food. 
  • These Australian mammals are bottom feeders. They scoop up insects and larvae, shellfish, and worms in their bill along with bits of gravel and mud from the bottom. All this material is stored in cheek pouches and, at the surface, mashed for consumption. Platypuses do not have teeth, so the bits of gravel help them to "chew" their meal.
  • On land, platypuses move a bit more awkwardly. However, the webbing on their feet retracts to expose individual nails and allow the creatures to run. Platypuses use their nails and feet to construct dirt burrows at the water's edge. 
  • Platypus reproduction is nearly unique. It is one of only two mammals (the echidna is the other) that lay eggs. 
  • Females seal themselves inside one of the burrow's chambers to lay their eggs. A mother typically produces one or two eggs and keeps them warm by holding them between her body and her tail. The eggs hatch in about ten days, but platypus infants are the size of lima beans and totally helpless. Females nurse their young for three to four months until the babies can swim on their own. 


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
8-14
Universal Letter Writing Week  
11-17
Cuckoo Dancing Week
13-19
National Vocation Awareness Week  
National Soccer Coaches of America Week

Today Is                                                                      
·        National Clean Off Your Desk Day
·        Public Radio Broadcasting Day
·        Rubber Duckie Day
·        Stephen Foster Day
^^^^^^
·        Liberation Day (Togo-1967-Coup)
·        Tyvendedagen (Norway- marks the official end of Yuletide)

Today’s Events through History  
1610 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
1920 - NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
1953 - KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
1964 - Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta
1969 - Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1989 - Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence
1992 - US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Rip Taylor, actor and comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show) is 79
Billy Gray, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best) is 76
Richard Moll, actor (Night Court) is 71
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, VEEP) is 53
Patrick Dempsey, actor (Mike-Fast Times; Grey’s Anatomy) is 48
Orlando Bloom, actor (Lord of the Rings) is 37

Remembered for being born today
1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (Lost at Sea, Work & Win)
1884 - Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas
1919 - Robert Stack, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane)
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, actor (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor in 1796 @69
Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP) cancer in 1978 @66
Schuyler Colfax, 17th US VP of heart attack in 1885 @61
James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses) of perforated ulcer in 1941 @58
Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess accidental in Mexico in 1985 @42
Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home) of fever & fall in 1864 @37  

Brain Teasers
Cheese!
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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1-12-13


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Flagstaff Almanac:
Week: 02 / Day: 012   
Today: L 21°…H 54°… Ave. humidity: 44%
Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  16mph  
Average Low: 16° Record Low:  -20° (1963)
Average High: 43° Record High:  59° (2002)

Quote of the Day


Today’s Historical Highlights
1773 - 1st US public museum established (Charlestown SC)
1864 - NAVAJOs have been ordered to move to the Bosque Redondo Reservation 
          in NM. Many who decide not to go move to the Canyon de Chelly. Kit Carson
          has been directed to force the NAVAJOs to move or to be killed as "hostiles". 
1879 - British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
1896 - 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
1915 - House of Reps rejects proposal to give women right to vote
1948 - Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1966 - "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1971 - "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
2010 - Earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000 and destroying the majority of the
            capital Port-au-Prince

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays


My Free Rambling Thoughts   
A nice productive Saturday. Even spent some time taking a short walk. Good way to spend a Saturday in the middle of the winter. 
Must have been a very slow news day as each time I switched on the news it was just rehash of things I already had heard. Yep, Christi screwed up, it was cold from the polar vortex, the Olympics are coming and terrorists may be involved, pot is still legal in CO for recreational use, and the sun is still up there.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
All answers end in sting and the whole word is obtained in the clues below.
eg: A sting that cures fatigue  answer: reSTING
1. A sting that cures hunger 2. A sting that cleans your room 3. A sting that makes you laugh 4. A sting that cooks your meat 5. A sting that spoils your tools 6. A sting that holds your attention 7. A sting that some observe in Lent 8. A sting that cooks are always using 9. A sting that browns your bread

Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

NEW! Actual Complaints…
These are actual complaints received from dissatisfied customers by Thomas Cook Vacations (based on a Thomas Cook/ABTA survey):
"I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts."
Suggested New State Mottos:
Georgia: We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
Something to Ponder in your free time…
  • Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light" ?
  • Doesn't 'expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?

NEW  Auction Prices
The violin that played as the Titanic sank. The violin that purportedly played during the final hours of the sinking of the Titanic went up for auction this year. Thought to have belonged to the ship's bandmaster Wallace Hartley, the fiddle sold for a cool $1.7 million.

OK Then…


Harper’s Index 
  • Percentage of requests by Poles for asylum in the United States that were granted last year: 30
  • Percentage of requests by Salvadorans: 3
  • Percentage of requests by Nicaraguans: 14

Unusual Fact of the Day
Blue eyes are the result of an ancient genetic mutation.
Joke-of-the-day
Before going to Europe on business, a man drives his Rolls-Royce to a downtown New York City bank and asks for an immediate loan of $5,000. The loan officer, taken aback, requests collateral. "Well then, here are the keys to my Rolls-Royce," the man says.
The loan officer promptly has the car driven into the bank's underground parking for safe keeping and gives the man the $5,000. Two weeks later, the man walks through the bank's doors and asks to settle up his loan and get his car back. "That will be $5,000 in principal, and $15.40 in interest," the loan officer says.
The man writes out a check and starts to walk away.
"Wait, sir," the loan officer says. "You are a millionaire. Why in the world would you need to borrow $5,000?"
The man smiles, "Where else could I find a safer place to park my Rolls-Royce in Manhattan for two weeks and pay only $15.40?"  
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
TEACHING SPELLING
When announcing spelling words for average senior-high-school students, pronounce them at the rate of 1 word every 12 seconds. Difficult words can be recalled and written in that period of time if the student knows them. And this interval is short enough that students won't get bored by the easy words.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
A naked Australian man who became stuck in a washing machine as part of an ill-planned practical joke was freed from the appliance with the help of some olive oil.
The 20-year-old man, identified only as "Laurence," said he was on his way to take a shower when he decided to climb into the top-loader to have a bit of fun. The fun quickly evaporated, however, when he realized he couldn't budge.
He called out to his friend for help, who rang the police. They responded to the scene, along with firefighters, paramedics and a search and rescue squad.
"He was very well wedged in there and we were concerned for his health and well-being," police Sgt. Michelle De Araugo said. "It was just a game gone wrong. It would be fair to say the gentleman was very embarrassed."
Rescuers tried in vain to pull Laurence from the machine. But when it became clear he was seriously stuck, they grabbed a bottle of his favorite olive oil to help lubricate his escape.
"I was quite disappointed they used my good olive oil," Laurence said. "As soon as the washing machine went on its side, it was a bit like a birthing."
  • Somewhat Useless Information   
  • The Holodomor, also known as the “Terror-Famine in Ukraine” and “Famine-Genocide in Ukraine”, was a man-made catastrophic famine in the Ukrainian SSR and adjacent Cossack territories in 1932 and 1933. During those years, millions of Ukrainians and Cossacks died of starvation, however, estimations vary. According to the Soviet archives deaths in Ukraine in 1932–1933 are numbered a minimum of 1.8 million (2.7 including birth losses).
  •  
    • Wasabi, known as the ‘Asian superfood’, has several health benefits and it is only in the last decade that these health benefits have been investigated in the West. Some of them are (according to wasabi.org): Kills harmful food born bacteria Reduces blood pressure Kills cancer cells Improves bone strength Improves liver function Detoxifies the body of free radicals Improves gut actions Naturally Anti-Viral, Anti-Microbial, Anti-Bacterial Stimulates the body’s natural immune system
  • ‘Casablanca’ is a romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz in 1942, which was set during the WWII starring Humphrey Bogart,  Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. It is said that the difference between Bergman’s and Bogart’s height caused some problems during the shooting, as Bergman was 5 cm taller than Bogart. Due to the height difference it is said that Curtiz had Bogart stand on blocks or sit on cushions in their scenes together!


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
8-14
Universal Letter Writing Week  
11-17
Cuckoo Dancing Week

Today Is                                                                      
·        Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania-1964)

Today’s Events through History  
1777 - Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California
1812 - 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
1908 - A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
1933 - US Congress recognize independence Philippines
1975 - Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1995 - Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
2013 - Beijing’s level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to 
         human health

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Glenn Yarborough, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee) is 84
Kirstie Alley, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca, Kirstie) is 63
Rush Limbaugh, right wing radio personality is 63
Ricky Van Shelton, country musician is 62
Howard Stern, "Radio's Bad Boy" is 60
Dominique Wilkins, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks) is 54

Remembered for being born today
1729 - Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) 
1876 - Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney), writer/socialist (Call of the Wild)
1906 - Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind)
1923 - Ira Hayes, Pima Marine @ Iwo Jima
1926 - Ray Price, country singer (Good Times)
1944 - Joe Frazier, HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1964)/champ

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker) in 1995 @93
Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life) in 1981 @91
Agatha Christie, mystery writer (10 Little Indians) in 1976 @85
Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State in 2002 @84
Hiram Walker, American distiller in 1899 @82
Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter (Bee Gees) heart attack 2003 @53
John Horsley, British archaeologist of apoplexy in 1732 @47  
Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show)in auto crash in 1962 @42

Brain Teasers
1. feasting 2. dusting 3. jesting 4. roasting 5. rusting 6. interesting 7. fasting 8. tasting 9. toasting
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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1-11-13


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Flagstaff Almanac:
Week: 01 / Day: 011   
Today: L 28°…H 48°… Ave. humidity: 44%
Wind: ave:   7mph; Gusts:  20mph  
Average Low: 16° Record Low:  -23° (1913)
Average High: 43° Record High:  63° (1990)

Quote of the Day
 
Today’s Historical Highlights
1569 - 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral
1785 - Continental Congress convenes in NYC
1813 - 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii
1867 - Benito Juárez becomes the Mexican president again.
1879 - Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1913 - 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display
1922 - Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes
1949 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1963 - 1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA
1966 - "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
1989 - 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
My Free Rambling Thoughts   
Week ended with a good annual checkup from my doctor. Can’t beat that.
 
Interesting article in our local paper that people are becoming more wimpy about winter weather…staying inside more, not traveling as much during cold weather…so glad I don’t have to worry about getting to work or doing much on our really cold winter days. When I was working, several on my staff in Tuba had to commute from Flag everyday(75 miles one way)…their choice. Some days they had to leave about 4am, before the snow plows. While I worried about them getting to work safely, I had to remind myself that it was their choice not to live in Tuba. I encouraged them to stay with someone in Tuba when the weather was bad. Some did, some didn’t. Several had kids in school in Flagstaff and really didn’t have a choice.
 
I talked to Cheryl today about her credit union hassle after shopping at Target. Her phone got disconnected because the payment was refused…she worked that out quickly. Seems that if you are a month late with a payment, they give you a warning, but it your auto payment is rejected, the phone is turned off. Now she is checking about her SS and retirement auto deposit. She was glad I had called because she hadn’t even thought about that, and the credit union hadn’t told her it might be a problem…sure hope it works out quickly.
Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
My first is in riddle, but not in little. My second is in think, but not in brink. My third is in thyme, but not in time. My fourth is in mother, but not in brother. My last is in time, but not in climb. What am I?
Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Suggested New State Mottos:
Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Something to Ponder in your free time…
  • Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
  • Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?

OK Then…
 
Harper’s Index 
  • Alligator farms in the United States: 23
  • Four-leaf clover farms: 1

Unusual Fact of the Day
When first published as a serial in Young Folks magazine, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island was titled The Sea Cook.

Joke-of-the-day
Way to keep healthy level of insanity in the workplace
1. Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice.)
2. Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits. Always wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially effective if your boss is a different gender than you are.)
3. While sitting at your desk, soak your fingers in "Palmolive."
4. Put up mosquito netting around your cubicle.
5. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask them if they want fries with that.
6. Put your garbage can on your desk. Label it "IN."
7. Determine how many cups of coffee are "too many."
8. Put decaf in the coffeemaker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
9. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sexual favors."
10. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
11. When driving colleagues around insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep 'em tuned up."
12. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think?"
13. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a Parakeet.
14. Sit in the parking lot at lunchtime pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
15. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles".  
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
You've become comfortable with a foreign language when you dream in that language.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
HACKENSACK, N.J. - A New Jersey smoke shop is angering some locals who say it's name, the Fu King Smoke Shop, contains a thinly veiled profanity. Michelle Tavares, president of the Parent Teacher Association at the Fairmount School a block from the Hackensack store, said the name is inappropriate for children, the Record of Hackensack reported Monday. "It's almost like it's an insult to the intelligence of our community. Do you really think we don't know what that is supposed to mean? That our children don't know what that means?" Tavares said. Other parents and residents have said they want city officials to force store owner Robert Reichert to remove the Fu King sign from outside of the store, which has yet to officially open. Reichert said the sign is not meant to be profane. He said Fu is a Chinese word meaning wealth or luck. "There is a meaning behind it," Reichert said. "It's not just words thrown up on the canvas. If they're offended by reading it, then it's the way their mind is looking at it." Reichert said the city gave him permission to put up the sign, but a city zoning official disputed his claim and has issued him a summons. The store owner said he will fight the summons in court.
  • Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Centipedes are carnivores, millipedes are vegetarians.
  • The muscles that power a dragonfly's wings make up 23 percent of its body weight.
  • Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
  • Water freezes before a cockroach's blood will.
  • A hive of honeybees eats up to 30 pounds of honey over the winter.
  • Houseflies prefer to breed in the middle of a room.


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
5-11
Home Office Safety and Security Week
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
8-11
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week
8-14
Universal Letter Writing Week  
11-17
Cuckoo Dancing Week

Today Is                                                                      
·        Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day
·        Fruitcake Toss Day
·        Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
·        National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
^^^^^^
·        Independence Day (Morocco-1956-from Spain and France)
·        National Unity Day (Nepal- birthday (1723) of the late King Prithvi Narayan Shah founder of the modern Nepal)

Today’s Events through History  
1599 - Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat
1759 - 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
1984 - Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
1990 - Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Grant Tinker, broadcasting executive (NBC-TV) is 89
Rod Taylor, New South Wales, actor (The Birds, Time Machine) is 84
Naomi Judd, [Diana Ellen], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me) is 68
Darryl Dawkins, NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, NJ Nets) is 57
Stanley Tucci, actor, writer, film producer is 54
Mary Jane Blige, R&B singer-songwriter is 43
Amanda Peet, film, stage and television is 42

Remembered for being born today
1746 - William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
1755 - Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st US Secretary of the Treasury,
1887 - Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Sheldon Leonard, producer/director (Dick Van Dyke) in 1997 @89
Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer/1st to climb Mt Everest in 20008 @88
Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot of cancer in 1988 @75 
Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner) of pleurisy in 1843 @63
Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets) of cancer in 1979 @61
Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper) of cancer in 1978 @57

Brain Teasers
The word: rhyme.
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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