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July 7, 2017 Week: 27 \
Day: 188
86004 Today: H 92° \ L 57°
Average
Sky Cover: 45%
Wind ave: 6mph\Gusts:
17mph
Visibility:
10 mi
July Averages: 82°\50°
July Records: H: 97° (1973) L: 32 (1955)
Record High: 92°[1905]
Record Low: 32°[1955]
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Quote of the Day
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
James A. Baldwin
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Observances Today
Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day
Global Forgiveness Day Link
Taos Pueblo Pow Wow: 7-9 Link
Tell The Truth Day
Victims of The Dallas, Texas Attack Day Link
Wayne Chicken Day: 7-9 Link
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Observances This Week
National Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 2-8
Freedom Week: 4-10
Creative Maladjustment Week: 7-14 Link
National Tom Sawyer Days: 7-9? (aka Fence Painting Days)
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International
Historical Events
1400’s
★1456 A
retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after
her death
1500’s
★1520 Battle
of Otumba Mexico: Hernán Cortés and the Tlaxcalans defeat a
numerically superior Aztec force
★1534 European
colonization of the Americas: first known exchange between Europeans and
natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in New Brunswick.
★1550 Traditional
date Chocolate thought to have been introduced to Europe
1700’s
★1753 British
Museum founded by an Act of Parliament (opens in 1759)
1800’s
1802 1st
comic book "The Wasp" is published
1862 Land
Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
1863 1st
military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1863 Orders
barring Jews from serving under US General Ulysses S. Grant are
revoked
1900’s
1905 127°F
(53°C), Parker AZ (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)
1928 Sliced
bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri.
Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was
wrapped.
1946 Mother
Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint
★1953 Che
Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa
Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
1958 President Eisenhower signed
a bill approving Alaskan statehood
1967 Doors'
"Light My Fire" hits #1
★1978 Solomon
Islands declares independence from UK
★1980 Institution
of Sharia law in Iran
1981 Sandra
Day O'Connor nominated for the Supreme Court
★1990 First
Three Tenors concert featuring Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano
Pavarotti at Baths of Caracalla in Rome - recording of is world's
best-selling classical record
★1996 Nelson
Mandela steps down as President of South Africa
2000’s
★2005 Influenced
by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledge to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from
US$25 to US$50 billion by the year 2010.
★2007 Pope Benedict
XVI issues the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum, removing restrictions
on celebrating the old Tridentine Mass.
★2017 Tesla
Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3
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My Rambling Thoughts
Very warm day. Clouds are
bringing the hope of some cooling rain. Amazing what a few degrees can do. I
actually turned on the cooler about 10a as the living room was already 89°. I
know some friends are in hotter weather, but our town just ain’t used to this
heat. Amazing as the cloud cover is now ‘overcast’ in about 20 minutes. Bring
the rain, PLEASE!
No need to go anywhere, so
I’m staying home today.
If you are keeping up with
the news, you know that the Poland of today is not the democratic Poland of a
few years ago. It is now very right wing. The gov’t of Poland promised Donnie a
big pro crowd and he got it. Sadly, his speech sounded like Poland today, but
was really talking about the old democratic Poland.
Another G-20 so many world
leaders have landed in Hamburg. As with all G-20 conferences, there are always
lots and lots of demonstrators with various causes. Police are using water cannons
on the crowd. Not that unusual. I am far from a Fox fan, but I do enjoy Shepard
Smith. The rest can babble on for others. So I turned on Fox about 5 minutes
early. These babbling news conversationalists were talking about riots in
Hamburg. I had just changed from CNN so was a tad surprised. Then Shep came on
and said he had covered riots many times and what was happening in Hamburg was
simply ‘skirmishes’. Good for him, but I know the loyal Fox watchers just smile
as they see him as an idiot. Sad.
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
Where did "La La
Land" have its world premiere?
Venice New York City
Los
Angeles London
21.1%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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Harper’s Index
28→Days after becoming the first
Somali-American lawmaker that Ilhan Omar was harassed in a cab for being
Muslim.
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Yep, It Really Happened
'Honey, why is there an
elephant in the backyard?'
Kelly the elephant escaped
her enclosure at a circus in Wisconsin and wandered to a nearby neighborhood
for an early-morning snack, her handlers said. Residents in Baraboo, Wis., woke
up early Friday to find Kelly munching on trees and plants in their backyard.
"She was just having some breakfast, I guess," Jaime Peterson said.
Kelly probably had help from fellow pachyderm Isla -- who likes bright, shiny
things -- with releasing the bolts in their enclosure at Circus World in
Baraboo, Wis. Isla stayed put inside the enclosure, but Kelly went on a
walkabout, circus director Scott O'Donnell said. "Kelly went for a very
short neighborhood stroll this morning after her partner-in-crime, Miss Isla,
opened the door on the elephant barn," he said. "They're very curious
and intelligent animals. Kelly's probably the more inquisitive one, and
definitely the more food-motivated one." The elephant ultimately followed
her trainer back home without incident. The circus said it would keep a better
eye on Isla to make sure she doesn't open the enclosure again.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Independence Day was
formally declared on July 2, 1776, when Congress approved the final text of the
Declaration. It was not signed until August 2, 1776.
***
Three of the first five presidents died on the Fourth of July. Two of them,
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day in 1826, which possibly
dampened the celebrations somewhat. James Monroe, the fifth president, died
five years later in 1831.
***
John Hancock, president of the Second Continental Congress, signed the
declaration first, and his vast, elaborate signature left little room for the
others. The autograph became so famous that the term 'John Hancock' is still
used as a synonym for signature in America today.
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Birthdays Today
@ indicates age at death
90’s
90- Doc
Severinson, [Carl],
bandleader/trumpeter
on the Tonight Show, born in Arlington, Oregon
80’s
@83- George
Cukor,
producer/director
(Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story)
(d.
1983)
@82- Camillo
Golgi,
Italian
physician and medical researcher (Nobel Prize in Medicine-1906), born in
Corteno, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
(d.
1926)
@82- Charles
Tindley,
American
gospel music composer
(d.
1933)
@81- Robert
McNeill Alexander,
British
zoologist (estimated speed of dinosaurs, born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland
(d.
2016)
70’s
77- Ringo
Starr, [Richard Starkey],
Beatles
drummer (Magic Christian), born in Liverpool, England
@75- [Leroy]
Satchel Paige,
baseball
pitcher, never look back
(d.
1982)
71- Joe
Spano,
actor
(Henry Goldblume-Hill St Blues), born in San Francisco, California
60’s
68- Shelley
Duvall,
actress
(Popeye, Faery Tale Theater), born in Houston
50’s
51-
Jim Gaffigan,
comedian
30’s
37- Michele
Kwan,
Torrance
California, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98)
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@91-2008 Dorian
Leigh,
American
supermodel and icon of the fashion industry
70’s
@71-1930 Arthur
Conan Doyle,
British
writer (Sherlock Holmes), heart attack
@70-1990 Bill
Cullen,
game
show host (Price is Right), d cancer
60’s
@60-2006 Syd
Barrett,
English
guitarist and early vocalist of the band Pink Floyd, pancreatic cancer
50’s
@53-1967 Vivian
Leigh,
actress
(Scarlet-Gone with the Wind), TB
@50-1973 Veronica
Lake, [Constance Ockleman],
actress
(Ramrod), cirrhosis of the liver
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Trivia Hive Answers
Venice
Before the musical
masterpiece "La La Land" graced screens across the U.S., and went on
to have an outstanding showing at the 2017 Academy Awards, it earned high
praise at its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Even early on, reviewers
were vocal about the film's engaging music, story and acting. Given that a
film's performance at the Venice Film Festival can serve as a good indicator of
Academy Award potential, it's no surprise "La La Land" came away with
some big Oscar wins. Source: Vanity Fair
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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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