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Aug 12, 2017 Week: 32 \ Day: 224
86004 Today: H 83° \ L 55°
Average Sky Cover: 40%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: 13mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Aug Averages: 80°\49°
Aug Records: H: 93° (1902) L: 24(1968)
Record High: 92°[1944] Record Low: 36°[1999]
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Quote of the Day
Good questions outrank easy answers.
Paul Samuelson
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Observances Today
IBM PC Day
International Youth Day
Kool-Aid Day: 12-13 Link
Milkman Day Link
National Bowling Day Link
National Garage Sale Day
Perseid Meteor Showers: 9-13
Sewing Machine Day
Vinyl Record Day
World Elephant Day Link
Worldwide Art Day Link
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Observances This Week
4-13
Gallop International Tribal Indian Powwow Link
Sturgis Rally Link
6-12
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Farmers' Market Week Link
National Fraud Awareness Week Link
(This is sponsored by the FCC and has to do with phone & mail fraud.)
National Health Center Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link
7-13
National Bargain Hunting Week
10-13
National Hobo Week Link
11-19
Elvis Week Link
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
1400’s
★1492 Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World
1600’s
1658 1st American police force forms (New Amsterdam)
1676 1st war between American colonists & Indians ends in New England
1800’s
1833 The town of Chicago is incorporated (population 350)
★1851 1st America's Cup - US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora after race around the Isle of Wight
1851 American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine
1856 Anthony Fass patents accordion
1869 Self-proclaimed Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton of the USA issues edict abolishing the Democratic and Republican parties
1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
★1883 The last quagga (zebra subspecies) dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
★1898 Hawaii is formally annexed to US
★1898 Peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed
1900’s
1908 Henry Ford's company builds the first Model T car
1915 "Of Human Bondage" by William Somerset Maugham, published
1927 "Wings", the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens starring Clara Bow (Outstanding Picture 1929)
★1928 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam
1955 US President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour
★1965 Dame Elizabeth Lane becomes first female English High Court judge
1972 "Oh! Calcutta!" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 1316 performances
★1984 23rd Olympic games close at Los Angeles, California
★1988 Nelson Mandela is treated for tuberculosis at hospital
1991 Heavy metal band Metallica release their 5th album "Metallica", debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart
★1992 Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce the completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
★1993 Pope John Paul II begins visit of US
2000’s
★2012 30th Olympic Games closes at London, United Kingdom
★2014 World Health Organization (WHO) gives its 'cautious blessing' to the use of experimental drugs to treat the Ebola virus
★2016 Cannes becomes first French resort to ban the burkini
2016 American swimmer Katie Ledecky's medal tally of 4 golds, 1 silver make her the most decorated US female athlete at one Olympics, highest female of Rio games and 1st swimmer to win 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle at same Olympics since 1968
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My Rambling Thoughts
The monsoon returned yesterday. Lots of lightning and thunder, thus no post yesterday. A nice gentle rain started about 6p and continued well into the night. So nice! And it is clouding up and cooling off for another round.
All this threat talk is getting boring. First, if there was really a fear of bombs, the military in S. Korea, Japan, and the US would be doing things…they are not. Second, there appears now to be a reopened ‘back channel’ communication with N. Korea and that is a very positive development. Third, China has said they would not back N. Korea if they strike first, but would if the US strikes first. Our Emperor Has No Clothes is busy spouting words to the Mouse the Roared. As many are starting to wonder about our Emperor, his base continues to offer him cheers for being so loud. I already read both stories many times and I know the ending of each. I just wish that his backers would read a whole lot faster. This has just become another of our Emperor’s diversion tactics.
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Birthdays Today
@- indicates age at death
90’s
@96- Jane Wyatt,
American actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek), born in Mahwah, NJ
(d. 2006)
80’s
@81- Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno],
Mexico, actor (Around The World in 80 Days)
(d. 1993)
@80- Porter Wagoner,
country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come),
(d. 2007)
70’s
@77- Cecil B. DeMille,
American filmmaker (The Ten Commandments), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts
(d. 1959)
@76- Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar],
country singer (Hee Haw)
(d. 2006)
@73- Robert Mills,
US, architect (Washington Monument)
(d. 1855)
@71- John Derek,
actor/director (10, Annapolis Story), born in Los Angeles,
(d. 1998)
60’s
@68- Robert Southey,
English writer (The Story of the Three Bears), Poet Laureate (1813-43) and biographer (Nelson), born in Bristol, England
(d. 1843)
50’s
@53- Miss Cleo [Youree Dell Harris],
American psychic (Psychic Readers Network), born in Los Angeles
(d. 2016)
52- Peter Krause,
American actor (HBO: Six Feet Under)
40’s
46- Pete Sampras,
tennis champ (14 grand slam titles), born in Washington, D.C.
42- Casey Affleck,
American actor
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Historical Obits Today
80’s
@89-2014 Lauren Bacall,
American actress (Key Largo)
@87-2000 Loretta Young,
American actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger)
@82-2007 Merv Griffin,
American television host and game show creator
@80-1955 Thomas Mann,
German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929)
70’s
@77-1982 Henry Fonda,
actor (On Golden Pond),
heart disease
60’s
@69-1827 William Blake,
English poet and artist (Songs of Innocence & Experience)
@67-1861 Eliphalet Remington,
American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle
@67-1848 George Stephenson,
English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" (Locomotion No. 1, Standard Guage),
pleurisy
50’s
@56-1964 Ian L Fleming,
British journalist/writer (James Bond),
heart attacks
30’s
@39-30 BC Cleopatra VII Philopator,
the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty,
suicide allegedly by inducing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her
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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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