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Almanac: Week: 28 \ Day: 188
July Averages: 82°\50°
86004 Today: H 81° \ L 55° Average Sky Cover: 60%
Wind ave: 2mph\Gusts: 20mph
Ave.
High: 82° Record High: 92° (1905) Ave. Low: 49° Record Low:
32° (1955)
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Observances Today:
Chocolate
Day
Father-Daughter
Take A Walk Together Day
Global
Forgiveness Day
National
Strawberry Sundae Day
Tell
The Truth Day
Independence
Day (Solomon Islands-1978-from UK)
Ramadan
(Islam)
Running
of the Bulls (Spain)
Saba
Saba Day (Tanzania-7-7 Day)
Tanabata/Star
Festival (Japan)
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Observances This Week:
National
Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
Freedom Week: 4-10
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 5-11
National Farriers Week: 5-11
Nude Recreation Weekend: 6-12
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Quote of the Day
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1540 - Coronado
attacks the Zuni village
of Hawikuh in what becomes New Mexico.
1754 - Kings
College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
1802 - 1st
comic book "The Wasp" is published
1863 - 1st
military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1891 - Travelers checks
patents
1898 - US
annexes Hawaii
1905 - 127°F
(53°C), Parker Ariz (state record)
1908 - The
Democratic Party meets in Denver at the start of their convention; William
Jennings Bryan is nominated as presidential nominee
1923 - University of Delaware invents "junior
year abroad" (at Sorbonne)
1927 - Wealthy tourists
from outside of Arizona were flocking to guest ranches (also known as dude
ranches) to get a first-hand taste of the "cowboy life."
1928 - Sliced bread is sold for the first time by
the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. It is described as the
greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped".
1947 - Alleged
and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
1948 - 6 female
reservists become 1st women sworn into regular US Navy
1972 - 1st women
FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E Pierce)
1973 - All women board of directors takes control
of ABA's Kentucky Colonels
1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor nominated for the
Supreme Court
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Today’s World Events through History
1456 - A
retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her
death
1520 - Battle
of Otumba Mexico: Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalans defeat a
numerically superior Aztec force
1550 - Traditional
date Chocolate thought to have been introduced to Europe
1753 - British
Museum founded by an Act of Parliament (opens in 1759)
1953 - Che Guevara sets
out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua,
Honduras, and El Salvador.
1969 - Canada's
House of Commons approves equality of French-English lang
1972 - Secret Talks Between IRA and British
Government: Gerry Adams is part of a delegation to London for talks with the
British Government
1977 - 12,000
police occupy university in Mexico City
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♫ Birthdays
Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice Monday…clouds kept it cool. Ran some errands this morning.
Cleaned up the deck in the afternoon.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
If
you like solving puzzles, periodically,
Then this may suit your particular body chemistry.
One is partly controversial but makes hard teeth with just a trace,
Two is notoriously poisonous and sometimes seen with old lace.
Three made the Hindenburg rise and fall disastrously from the sky,
Four is most essential, without Thyroxin you would surely die.
Five is up in the air and to life it is very dear.
Six is like your favourite pub, a lot to do with atmosphere.
Put us all together and we wield economic power,
A magazine? ; a dress ? ; a trend? ; I change by the hour.
What am I?
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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Cool Facts…
While filming a guest appearance on Star Trek TNG, Stephen Hawking
was taken on a tour of the USS Enterprise set. When he saw the Warp Core, he
paused, and said “I’m working on that.”
Redlove Era Apple is red all the way to its core.
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…Flagstaff, AZ
History…
75 YEARS
AGO-1940
The Santa Fe has placed in regular service the last 23 miles of
newly constructed double track located between Joseph City and Double Track
Junction. The project is now complete all the way between Chicago and San
Bernardino, Calif.
The County plans to remodel the courthouse and rebuild the jail
with a second story that will include a larger drunk tank, a juvenile ward, a
hospital and a reception area. Bids have been called for.
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…Harper’s Index…
2008 – year Egypt
passed a law banning femal genital mutilation
79 –
percentage of Egyptian girls aged 15-17 who have been victims of the practice.
1/26/15 – date an
Egyptian court handed down the 1st conviction of the crime
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… Relationship Facts…
Women who play video games tend to have more sex and be happier
with their relationships than those who don’t.
Holding hands with someone you love can alleviate physical pain as
well as stress and fear.
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…Unusual Fact of
the Day…
Actor Burt Reynolds and ESPN analyst Lee Corso were roommates and
football teammates at Florida State.
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2 jokes for the day
A cheating painting contractor has been
skimping by thinning his paint excessively.
Nevertheless, he lands a big job painting a church.
He's almost done when a major storm comes up. It washes all the paint off.
Midst the thunder and lightning, a loud voice is heard, REPAINT, and REPAINT,
THIN NO MORE!
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A New Yorker was forced to take a day off from
work to appear for a minor traffic summons. He grew increasingly restless as he
waited hour after endless hour for his case to be heard.
When his name was called late in the afternoon, he stood before the judge, only
to hear that court would be adjourned for the rest of the afternoon and he
would have to return the next day.
"What for?!?!?" he snapped at the judge.
His honor, equally irked by a tedious day and sharp query, roared out loud:
"Twenty dollars contempt of court! That's why!"
Then, noticing the man checking his wallet, the judge relented:
"That's all right. You don't have to pay now."
The young man replied, "I know. But I'm just seeing if I have enough for
two more words."
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Yep, It Really
Happened
SWATON,
England (UPI) - Organizers of an egg tossing event in Britain said an attempt
to launch an egg into space reached an altitude of nearly 22 miles. The Swaton
Vintage Day and World Egg Throwing Championships featured the "Eggsplorer
1" weather balloon launch, which took an egg to an altitude of 21.7 miles
before returning to Earth east of Hull. A video of the launch was shared on
YouTube, but organizers said the onboard camera failed to send any pictures
back to mission control during the flight. A helium egg balloon was also
launched at the event and was later found less than 13 miles from the Danish
border. Festival organizers said they are making plans to launch Eggsplorer 2
at next year's celebration.
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Somewhat Useless
Information
As
early as 200 B.C., the Chinese were writing on green bamboo stalks and heating
it on coals to dry. Sometimes if left too long over the heat, the wood expanded
and even burst, with a bang of course. According to Scientific American,
Chinese scholars noticed that the noises effectively scared off abnormally
large mountain men. And, thus, the firecracker was born. By some accounts,
fireworks were also thought to scare away evil spirits.
Sometime between 600 and 900 C.E., Chinese alchemists accidentally mixed
saltpeter (or potassium nitrate) with sulfur and charcoal, inadvertently
stumbling upon the crude chemical recipe for gunpowder. Supposedly, they had
been searching for an elixir for immortality.
Firework color concoctions are comprised of different metal elements. When an
element burns, its electrons get excited, and it releases energy in the form of
light. Different chemicals burn at different wavelengths of light. Strontium
and lithium compounds produce deep reds; copper produces blues; titanium and
magnesium burn silver or white; calcium creates an orange color; sodium
produces yellow pyrotechnics; and finally, barium burns green.
Most modern fireworks displays use aerial shells, which resemble ice cream
cones. Developed in the 1830s by Italian pyrotechnicians, the shells contain
fuel in a cone bottom, while the "scoop" contains an outer layer of
pyrotechnic stars, or tiny balls containing the chemicals needed to produce a
desired color, and an inner bursting charge.
Americans have been setting off fireworks to celebrate their independence since
1777, at least. Even some of the very first Independence Day celebrations
involved fireworks. On July 4, 1777, Philadelphia put together an elaborate day
of festivities, notes American University historian James R. Heintze. The
celebration included a 13 cannon display, a parade, a fancy dinner, toasts,
music, musket salutes, "loud huzzas," and of course fireworks.
Layers of an organic salt, like sodium salicylate, combined with the oxidizer
potassium perchlorate burn one at a time. As each layer burns, it slowly
releases a gas, creating the whistling sound associated with most firework
rockets. Aluminum or iron flakes can create hissing or sizzling sparkles, while
titanium powder can create loud blasts, in addition to white sparks.
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Birthdays Today
88 - Doc Severinson, [Carl], bandleader/trumpeter
on the Tonight Show
75 - Ringo Starr,
[Richard Starkey], Beatles drummer (Magic Christian)
66 - Shelley
Duvall, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater)
56 - Jessica Hahn,
evangelist rape victim/model (playboy)/actress
35 - Michele Kwan,
Torrance California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98)
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Born this day…Died in __@__
Gian-Carlo Menotti,
Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors)-2007@96
Lillien Jane Martin, psychologist, found gerontology clinic-1942@91
[Leroy] Satchel Paige,
baseball pitcher, never look back-1982@75
Yvonne
Mitchell, writer (Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan)-1979@63
Joel
Siegel, American film critic-2007-@63
Gustav
Mahler, Austria, composer/conductor (Titan)-1911@50
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Historical Obits Today
Arthur
Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), heart attack-1930@71
Bill
Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), cancer-1990@70
Thomas
Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, "epidemical
sickness"-1647@61
Mary
Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged-1865@42ish
Guy de
Maupassant, short story writer, in asylum-1893@42
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Brain Teasers Answers
One : Fluorine in Fluoride prevents tooth decay.(F)
Two: Arsenic is poisonous (1944 Cary Grant movie "Arsenic and Old
Lace" (As)
Three: Airship Hindenburg was filled with Hydrogen (H).
Four: Iodine is required by the thyroid gland for production of thyroxin. (I)
Five: oxygen required by most living organisms (O).
Six: Nitrogen makes up 80% of our atmosphere. (N)
F As H I O N
Fashion dictates spending patterns.
A Fashion Magazine.
A Fashion(able) dress.
Fashion is a trend.
I am "FASHION".
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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…§
