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Almanac: Week: 36
\ Day: 248
September Averages:
74°\42°
86004 Today: H 77° \ L 50° Average
Sky Cover: 40%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts:
21mph
Ave. High: 77° Record High: 89°[1945]
Ave. Low: 45° Record Low: 31°[1961]
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Observances
Today:
Bacon Day Link
Cow Chip Throwing days
Franchise Appreciation Day Link
International Day of Charity Link
Jury Rights Day
National Buffalo Chicken Wings
Days Link
National Writing Date Day
Observances This
Week:
1-5 National Payroll Week
1-7 International
Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week Link
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week Link
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Quote of the Day
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US Historical
Highlights for Today
1774 - 1st
Continental Congress assembles at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia
1836 - Sam
Houston elected president of Republic of Texas
1844 - Iron
ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains
1862 - Lee
crosses Potomac & enters Maryland
1882 - 10,000
workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC
1885 - 1st
gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1905 - Treaty of
Portsmouth is signed concluding the Russo-Japanese War; US President Roosevelt
will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as mediator
1933 - After being closed for two years, the Rialto Theater
reopened, creating jobs for 25 Tucsonans
1953 - 1st
privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, NC
1958 - "Doctor
Zhivago" novel by Boris Pasternak published in US
1958 - 1st color
video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte, NC
1960 - Wilma Rudolph
wins her 2nd gold medal
1961 - President
Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)
1975 - First
Assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford by Lynette Fromme
in Sacramento
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World Historical
Highlights for Today
1550 - William
Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1622 - Richelieu
appointed Cardinal under French King Louis XIII
1666 - Great
Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead
1698 - Russian
Tsar Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards
1786 - Montplaisir
Ceramic factory opens in Schaarbeek Belgium
1793 - In
the French Revolution, the "Reign of Terror" begins
1839 - The
First Opium War begins in China
1957 - Cuban
dictator Batista bombs Cienfuegos uprising
1990 - Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West
2014 - World Health Organisation estimates 1,900
people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3,500 infected in Guinea, Liberia,
Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many
can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays
Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice day
to be out and about. Found a tri-color Mum for $10. Looks nice on my coffee
table. Lots of blooms. Monsoon finally arrived about 4p and gave us a nice
shower.
It’s
tough to be a long time Bronco fan in AZ. Really hard last night when they fell
to the Cardinals. I’ll just say the same thing Card fans have been saying after
every game…’it’s pre-season and doesn’t count’. True, but still hard to watch.
Talked to
Bob yesterday about the upcoming wedding of his daughter. I have a place to
stay in Loveland, a ride to Nebraska and back, and a place to stay when we get
back. He says I should fly in, but have decided that I will drive. The cheapest
flights have horrible timing both ways and I will enjoy the drive. Even the
more expensive flights aren’t that good in timing, and most have me going through
SLC or LA to get from Phx to Denver with a couple hours layover. One flight
took 9 hours. Crazy…it’s a 90 minute flight.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
In this teaser, you
have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a
catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them
both?
EXAMPLE:
Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose
Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower.
Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name.
You're on your own for the rest!
EXAMPLE:
Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose
Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower.
Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name.
You're on your own for the rest!
1. Aqua - Hazel - Willow - Cherry
2. Cat - Sword - Hamster - Dog
3. Prince - Double - Queen - King
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Found on You Tube
with some relevance to today
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…Amazing Facts…
Dead
Google's Employees' Families Receive Fantastic Package
If
an employee of Google dies, their spouse will receive half their pay for 10
years as well as stock benefits, and any children will receive $1000 a month
until they turn 19.
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…Flagstaff, AZ
History…
75 YEARS
AGO-1940
In the
first three days of alien registration, nine different nationalities
registered with Postmaster George Babbitt of the 150 applications applied for.
Registrations are taking place on the second floor in room 201 of the Post
Office Building between 7 and 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. A Spanish
speaking attendant is available at all times. Registration will close on Dec.
26, 1940. Under the law every Alien over the age of 14 years must register and
be fingerprinted.
Last
Saturday a heavy hail-bearing rainstorm swept around Wilson Mountain and zeroed
in on the Sedona area, dropping a cloudburst that did $2,000 worth of damage to
Walter Jordon’s crops, washed out several campers and left inches of mud on the
road.
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…Harper’s Index…
$12,000 – average cost of a hospital stay in
the US
$5,000 – in Germany
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…Instagram Photo
of the Day…
Navajotimes
An evening rainstorm colors the sky above a homestead in Indian Wells, Arizona
Thursday. On the Navajo Nation
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…Foreigners Find
These American Customs Offensive…
13.
Showing the soles of your feet
In many
Arab, Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist countries, showing the soles of your feet is
a sign of disrespect, as they're considered the lowest, and dirtiest part of
the body, since they touch the dirty ground. Men should cross their legs with
caution.
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…Unusual Fact of
the Day…
Lions,
tigers, and pumas rarely suffer from hairballs since their diet includes a fair
amount of grass, as well as the bones of their prey. The combination helps
thoroughly cleanse their digestive tracts.
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2 jokes for the day
Q:
Why was the math book sad
A: Because it had too many problems
A: Because it had too many problems
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A
guy gets into a taxi after a boozy night out and halfway through the journey
wants to stop and buy cigarettes.
He taps the driver on the shoulder and suddenly the driver screams, swerves across the road and mounts the sidewalk stopping just short of a brick wall.
All was quiet for a few moments and then the driver turns around and says "Don't EVER tap me on the shoulder whilst I'm driving EVER again".
The guy says, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it would scare you so much"
The driver replies, "It wouldn't normally but this is my first night as a taxi driver and up until yesterday, for twenty five years, I was driving a Hearse.
He taps the driver on the shoulder and suddenly the driver screams, swerves across the road and mounts the sidewalk stopping just short of a brick wall.
All was quiet for a few moments and then the driver turns around and says "Don't EVER tap me on the shoulder whilst I'm driving EVER again".
The guy says, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it would scare you so much"
The driver replies, "It wouldn't normally but this is my first night as a taxi driver and up until yesterday, for twenty five years, I was driving a Hearse.
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Yep, It Really
Happened
New York Times –
counting ONLY the pool of bonus money (not regular salaries), employees of New
York securities industries in 2014 earned roughly TWICE as much as the TOTAL income
paid to ALL employees in the US who worked full-time at the federal minimum
wage ($7.23/hr)
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Somewhat Useless
Information
The difference
between apple juice and apple cider is that apple juice is the juice of the
fruit only, and apple cider is the whole apple-skins, seeds, and all- which
gives it the fuller body and deeper color. The juice is pasteurized and the
cider is not.
The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.
Your stomach cells secrete hydrochloric acid, a corrosive compound used to treat metals in the industrial world. It can pickle steel, but mucous lining the stomach wall keeps this poisonous liquid safely in the digestive system.
In 1910 Alice Wells became the 1st policewoman in the US. She was hired by the Los Angeles Police Department. She was allowed to design her own uniform and was active in propagating the need for policewomen elsewhere. As a result of her efforts seventeen departments in American were employing policewomen by 1916.
Chuck Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound. On October 14, 1947, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space and the first human to orbit Earth in 1961.
The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.
Your stomach cells secrete hydrochloric acid, a corrosive compound used to treat metals in the industrial world. It can pickle steel, but mucous lining the stomach wall keeps this poisonous liquid safely in the digestive system.
In 1910 Alice Wells became the 1st policewoman in the US. She was hired by the Los Angeles Police Department. She was allowed to design her own uniform and was active in propagating the need for policewomen elsewhere. As a result of her efforts seventeen departments in American were employing policewomen by 1916.
Chuck Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound. On October 14, 1947, he flew a Bell X-1 rocket at 670 mph in level flight.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space and the first human to orbit Earth in 1961.
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Birthdays Today
“()”
indicates age at death
(98) - Stuart
Freeborn, make-up artist (Star Wars: Yoda, Jabba the Hut) d.2013
86 - Bob
Newhart, Oak Park Ill, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
(85) - Frank
Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster) d. 2002
(85) - Jack
Valenti, Pres (Motion Picture Association of America) d. 2007
83 - Carol Lawrence,
Illinois, dancer/actress (West Side Story)
78 - William Devane,
Albany NY, actor (Family Plot, Missles of October)
(77) - Darryl
F Zanuck, film magnate/president (20th Century Fox) d.1979
76 - George Lazenby,
Goulburn Australia, actor (OHMSS-James Bond)
(76) - Louis
XIV, King of France (1643-1715), (Sun King), d. 1715
75 - Raquel Welch, (Myra Breckenridge,
1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles)
(68) - John Stewart, rocker (Kingston
Trio-Fire in the Wind) d.2008
65 - Cathy Guisewite,
US cartoonist (Cathy)
64 - Michael Keaton,
Pitts Pa, actor (Gung Ho, Batman, Beetlejuice)
46 - Dweezil Zappa,
Hollywood CA, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ (MTV)
(45) - Freddie
Mercury, [Bulsara], vocalist (Queen-We are Champions) d.1991
(34) - Jesse
James, Missouri, outlaw, son of a clergyman, d. 1882
(24) - Robert
Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scots poems) d.1774
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Historical Obits
Today
Mother Teresa, Nobel
(1979), 1997@ 87
Allen Funt, American radio and television
personality-1999@84
Claude Renoir, French
cinematographer (Cleopatra), 1996@78
D. James Kennedy,
American televangelist-in sleep-2007@76
Leonard Katzman, TV
producer (Route 66, Dallas), heart attack-1996@69
Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko], last great
Sioux war chief, stabbed-1877@37
Catharine Parr, queen
of England/wife of Henry VIII, fever-1548@36
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Brain Teasers
Answers
1. Aqua
does not belong as it's the only one which is not a tree. Willow does not
belong as it's the only one which is not a color.
2. Sword does not belong as it's the only one which is not a family pet. Hamster does not belong as it's the only one which is not a type of fish.
3. Double does not belong as it's the only one which is not a person of royalty. Prince does not belong as it's the only one which is not a bed size.
2. Sword does not belong as it's the only one which is not a family pet. Hamster does not belong as it's the only one which is not a type of fish.
3. Double does not belong as it's the only one which is not a person of royalty. Prince does not belong as it's the only one which is not a bed size.
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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.
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