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Almanac: Week: 26 \ Day: 173
June
Averages: 79°\41°
86004
Today: H 89°\L 49° Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind
ave: 5mph\Gusts: 22mph
Ave. High: 81° Record High: 94°
(1974) Ave. Low: 43° Record
Low: 31° (1947)
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Observances Today:
Baby Boomer's Recognition Day
Global Smurfs Day
National Chocolate Éclair Day
Stupid Guy Thing Day
Antifascist Struggle Day (Croatia-since
1941)
Ramadan (Islam)
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Observances This Week:
Meet A Mate Week:21-27
Old Time Fiddlers Week:22-27
Carpenter Ant Awareness Week:22-28
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Quote of the Day
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1611 - Henry
Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery &
never seen again
1775 - 1st
Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
1832 - John
Howe patents pin manufacturing machine
1847 - Doughnut
created
1851 - Fire
destroys part of San Francisco
1868 - Arkansas
re-joins the US
1870 - 1st
Boardwalk in America invented
1870 - US Congress creates Department of Justice
1874 - Dr
Andrew T Still, discovers the science of osteopathy
1892
- President Benjamin Harrison set aside one square mile of Arizona Territory surrounding the Casa Grande ruins as
the first prehistoric and cultural reserve
established in the United States. One of
the largest prehistoric structures ever built in North America,
its purpose remains a mystery. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that
theancient Sonoran Desert people who built the Casa Grande also developed wide-scale irrigation farming and extensive trade connections which lasted more than
a thousand years until about 1450 C.E.
1915 - BMT, then
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service
1934 - John
Dillinger is informally named America's first Public Enemy Number One
1943 - W.E.B.
Du Bois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters
1944 - US
President Franklin Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights"
(Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
1957 - KC stops
using streetcars in it's transit system
1970 - President
Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18)
1970 - Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are
constitutional
1982 - Manhattan
institutes bus-only lanes
1985
- "Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12
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Today’s World Events through History
1342 - Bilbo
Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reckoning)
1633 - Galileo
Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (on Oct 31, 1992,
Vatican admits it was wrong)
1675 - Royal
Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
1745 - Bonnie
Prince Charles sails to Scotland
1815 - 2nd
abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)
1848 - Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1874 - Game of lawn tennis introduced
1904 - Chinese
laborers arrive in South Africa following a severe labor shortage
1911 - King George
V crowned king of the United Kingdom
1940 - France
falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms
1969 - The Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC)
stage a protest by blocking the Lecky Road in the Bogside area of Derry,
Northern Ireland
1972 - The Irish Republican Army announce that it
would call a ceasefire from 26 June 1972 provided that there is a "reciprocal
response" from the security forces
1975 - The Ulster Volunteer Force try to derail a
train by planting a bomb on the railway line near County Kildare, Ireland; a
civilian tries to stop the UVF volunteers, and is stabbed-to-death (his actions
delay the explosion enough to let the train pass safely)
1990 - Nelson
Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid
in New York, saying that nothing, which has happened in South Africa, calls for
a revision of the position that the Organization has taken in its struggle
against apartheid; he adds that a democratic, non-racial SA is within reach
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Great, but warm Sunday.
Caught up on mail, caught up on DVR programs. All good.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
A
spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to
form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled
the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may
sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone,
king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what
are the spoonerisms?
1) no-cost fish lures & honey shipment
2) leaping legumes & colliding dungarees
3) crustacean movement & criminal sunscreen
4) baseball term & seasonal pig
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Found on You Tube with some
relevance to today
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… America Facts…
According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half
of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth
orbits the Sun.
The handbook issued to US soldiers in Britain during WW2 included
the line "The British don't know how to make a good cup of coffee. You
don't know how to make a good cup of tea. It's an even swap."
…Cool Facts…
When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York
theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the
theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the
upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no
curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students
get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
…Flagstaff, AZ
History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
The Civil Air Patrol on a routine mission noticed a beginning fire
on the west rim of Oak Creek and alerted the Forest Service. A B-26 bomber was
used to quickly quench the flames.
The sewer plant bid by Emil Krall of Prescott has been accepted.
Funds from the Special Bond in the 1963 fall election will be used in the
expansion as a portion of the major water improvement bond.
The Flagstaff School Board has voted to accept federal aid funds
with the required matching funds to help build science labs, improve math
teaching and add language facilities in our schools.
…Harper’s Index…
1/2 – portion
of Americans who say they would ride in driverless cars if the technology were
available
1/4 –who say
they would get memory chips installed in their brains
…Unusual Fact of
the Day…
Frank Sinatra was the producer's first choice to play the role of
Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry.
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2 jokes for the day
Teacher: Farai, what are the two days of the
week, which start with letter "T"?
Farai: Today and tomorrow Sir.
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A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a
beautiful woman sitting at the other end.
After an hour of gathering up his courage he finally goes over to her and asks,
tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?"
To which she responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "No, I won't
sleep with you tonight!"
By now, the entire bar is staring at them. Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and
completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.
After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at
him and says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a graduate
student in psychology and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing
situations."
To which he responds, at the top of his lungs, "What do you mean
$200!"
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Yep, It Really
Happened
NEUSS,
Germany (UPI) - German police said a helicopter crew searching for a reported
"lifeless body" rescued a figure clad in "red pants" and
"blue outerwear" -- a Papa Smurf balloon. The District Police
Rhein-Kreis Neuss said a train passenger reported spotting the "lifeless
body" out a window near Dusseldorf and officers responded to the area in a
helicopter. The helicopter crew soon spotted a figure "wearing red pants,
blue outerwear, a red cap and a white beard," police said in a news
release. The "body" turned out to be a partially deflated balloon in
the shape of Papa Smurf, known in Germany as Papa Schlumpf. Police shared a
photo of the rescued balloon buckled into the seat of a patrol car for safe
transport back to police headquarters. Officers "took him to the police
station, but have so far reached no relatives." Police said the witness was
"entirely justified" in making the emergency call, which they said
could "potentially save lives under different circumstances."
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Somewhat Useless
Information
Gin
and Tonic were originally created by the British East India Company as a way to
get soldiers to have quinine to prevent and treat malaria.
Quinine
(in tonic) was too bitter.
In
order to get them to drink the tonic officers added the soldiers’ gin rations with
sugar, lime and water, according to wikipedia.org
Teddy
Roosevelt was an avid boxer and became the first American ever to receive a
brown belt in Judo.
He
lined the White House basement with training mats and sparred with anyone that
was willing including boxing champion John Sullivan, his wife, and a Swiss
minister, according to mentalfloss.com
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Birthday’s Today
82 - Dianne
Feinstein, 1st female mayor of SF/(Sen-D-Ca)
79 - Kris
Kristofferson, Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
66 - Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic
Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
66 - Meryl Streep,
American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
62 - Cyndi Lauper,
American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time)
51 - Dan Brown, American
author of thriller fiction (The Da Vinci Code)
42 - Carson Daly, American television
personality
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Remembered for being born today
1906-2002@95 - Billy
Wilder, dir (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17)
1906-2001@94 - Anne
Morrow Lindbergh, author and aviator (Gift from the Sea)
1928-2014@85 - Ralph
Waite, actor, director (Cool Hand Luke, The Waltons)
1856-1925@68 - Henry
Rider Haggard, English author (King
Solomon's Mine)
1941-2006@65 - Ed
Bradley, Journalist\CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
1909-1958@48 - Mike Todd, [Avrom Goldbogen],
theatre\film director
1947-1988@40 - "Pistol" Pete
Maravich, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks)
1757-1798@40 - George
Vancouver, surveyed Pacific coast SF to Vancouver Island
1903-1934@31 - John
Dillinger, Indianapolis Indiana, notorious bank robber
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Historical Obits Today
Dody
Goodman, American comedienne-2008@93
Fred
Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance)-1987@88
Ann
Landers, Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer, American
columnist-2002@83
Pat Nixon, 1st
lady (1969-75)-1993@81
Dennis
Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), ALS-1988@71
George
Carlin, American comedian, actor, heart failure-2008@71
Howard
Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces-1874@64
David O
Selznick, producer (Gone With the Wind), heart attacks-1965@63
Judy
Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), OD-1969@47
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Brain Teasers Answers
1) free bait & bee freight
2) jumping beans & bumping jeans
3) lobster motion & mobster lotion
4) ball four & fall boar
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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 contains
mistakes and sadly once 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…§
