Nov 20

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Nov 20, 2017 Week: 47 \ Day: 324

86004 Today: H 52° \ L 22°  

Average Sky Cover: 0% 

Wind ave.:   6mph\Gusts:  11mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 71°[1976]   Record Low: -5°[1964]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)

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Quote of the Day

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

  Rita Rudner

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Observances Today

Absurdity Day

African Industrialization Day

Beautiful Day

Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day aka G.O.H.A.R.D. Link

Name Your PC Day

National Peanut Butter Fudge Day  Link

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Universal Children's Day

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Observances This Week

11-20

National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week Link  

17-26

American Sand Sculpting Competition Link

19-25

Better Conversation Week

Church/State Separation Week

GERD Awareness Week Link

International Restorative Justice Week Link  

National Family Week

19-23

National Farm-City Week

19-26

National Bible Week: 19-26 

National Game & Puzzle Week

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1521	Arabs attribute shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine
1789	New Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
1817	First Seminole War begins in Florida
1866	Howard University founded (Washington, D.C.)
1888	Willard Bundy patents timecard clock
1902	Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race
1919	1st municipally owned airport in US opens (Tucson Az)
1920	Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US President Woodrow Wilson
1923	Garrett Morgan patents his traffic signal design, an important development in automobile safety
1929	Salvador Dali's first one-man show
1931	Commercial teletype service begins (AT&T)
1947	"Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1949	Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
1959	UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
1966	"Cabaret" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 1166 performances
1967	At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
1969	Alcatraz Island off SF, is seized by militant Native Americans
1969	Brazilian soccer icon Pele scores his 1,000th goal
1970	UN General Assembly accepts membership of People's Republic of China
1983	"Terms of Endearment" from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)
1984	McDonald's makes its 50 billionth hamburger
1993	Savings and Loan scandal: The United States Senate Ethics Committee issues a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
1995	Princess Diana admits she cheated on Prince Charles in a TV interview
1997	Yohannes Haile-Selassie discovers the partial skull of a 2.5 million year old human ancestor, confirming and establishing the new species Australopithecus garhi, in Bouri, Middle Awash, Ethiopia
1998	Court in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan declares accused terrorist Osama bin Laden "a man without a sin" in regard to the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
2001	US President George W. Bush dedicates the US Department of Justice headquarters the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Building, on what would have been his 76th birthday
2014	Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes

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My Rambling Thoughts

Football Sunday. Cards are at least playing today…Broncos not on TV here in AZ. Thanks internet for updates.

Typical Fall day. Decided it was time to do major laundry…pillows, blankets, mattress pads, throws, etc. Takes a lot of time, especially the pillows, but will be better in the end. We do have one of those oversized laundromats a couple of miles away, but I would just about do anything to not have to be in one of those places. I did it my first two years on the rez before breaking down and buying a washer and dryer. Then another year when I was in South Dakota. I swore, never again.

Only watched two news shows this morning. Both boring. Refuse to watch anymore today. I think I’ll do NPR in the morning and one news show the rest of the day. Sorry to CNN, but you just aren’t giving me any news I need to hear.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@95- Alistair Cooke,

TV host (Masterpiece Theatre), born in Manchester, England 

(d. 2004)

@92- Robert Byrd,

US Senator (Democrat-WV, 1959-2010), majority leader and once the longest-serving Senator in history, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

(d. 2010)   

91- Kaye Ballard,

actress/comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law), born in Cleveland, Ohio 

90- Estelle Parsons,

Lynn Mass, actress (Rachel Rachel, Bonnie & Clyde)   

80’s

@86- Rex Reason,

actor (Man Without a Gun, Roaring 20s), born in Berlin,

(d. 2015)

@84- Chester Gould,

cartoonist (Dick Tracy)  

(d. 1985)

@81- Selma Lagerlöf,

Swedish author and Nobel laureate (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils), born in Mårbacka, Värmland

(d. 1940)

@81- Fran Allison,

American actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), born in La Porte City, Iowa

(d. 1989)   

70’s

@79- Richard Dawson,

Hampshire England, actor (Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud),

(d. 2012)   

@78- Emilio Pucci,

fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954), born in Naples, Italy

(d. 1992)   

78- Dick Smothers,

American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show), born in NYC

75- Joe Biden,

American politician (Vice President: 2009-2017), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania 

71- Judy Woodruff,

American newscaster (McNeil Lehrer Report), born in Tulsa

@70- Jim Garrison,

American district attorney and judge

(d. 1992)

70- Joe Walsh,

Eagles: singer, guitarist

60’s

@69- Judy Canova,

American comedian and actress (Cannonball), born in Starke, Florida

(d. 1983)   

@63- Edwin Hubble,

American astronomer (discoverer of galaxies, red shift) born in Marshfield, Missouri

(d. 1953)   

61- Bo Derek, [Mary Collins],

actress (10, Tarzan the Ape Man), born in Long Beach, California 

40’s

@42- Robert F. Kennedy,

American politician (D-Sen-NY, US Attorney General), born in Brookline, Massachusetts

(d. 1968)   

41- Dominique Dawes,

gymnast (Olympics-gold/brz-92, 96), born in Silver Spring, Maryland

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@82-1975 Francisco Franco,

Spanish dictator (1936-75)

@82-1910 Leo Tolstoy [Lev Nikolayevich],

Russian novelist (Anna Karenina, War & Peace)

@81-2006 Robert Altman,

American film director (M*A*S*H, Gosford Park)

50’s

@56-2010 Rob Lytle,

Bronco football player,

CTE

40’s

@48-1973 Allan Sherman,

parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey & Sheila),

emphysema

@42-1903 Tom Horn,

American gunfighter and outlaw,

hanged to death

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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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Nov 19

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Nov 19, 2017 Week: 47 \ Day: 323

86004 Today: H 43° \ L 21°  

Average Sky Cover: 0% 

Wind ave.:   m10ph\Gusts:  22mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 69°[1949]   Record Low: -6°[1985]

Nov Averages: 50°\23°

Nov Records: H: 74° (1977) L: -13° (1958)

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Quote of the Day

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

  Franz Kafka

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Observances Today

American Made Matters Day  Link

Crystal Skull World Day Link 

Do Dah Day (Pasadena) Link (Note: Many towns have one. Pasadena originiated it.)

Equal Opportunity Day (aka Gettysburg Address Day)  Link

Have a Bad Day Day

International Men's Day Link

Mother Goose Day  Link 

Rocky and Bullwinkle Day

Women's Entrepreneurship Day Link

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Link 

World Philosophy Day

World Toilet Day Link

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Observances This Week

11-20

National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week Link  

13-19

National Book Awards Week

National Global Entrepreneurship Week Link  

17-26

American Sand Sculpting Competition Link

19-25

Better Conversation Week

Church/State Separation Week

GERD Awareness Week Link

International Restorative Justice Week Link  

National Family Week

19-23

National Farm-City Week

19-26

National Bible Week: 19-26 

National Game & Puzzle Week

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

                                           

1644	First protestant ministry society in New England
1794	Jay Treaty, first US extradition treaty, signed with Great Britain
1816	Warsaw University is established.
1850	Alfred Tennyson becomes British Poet Laureate, succeeding William Wordsworth
1861	The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe leaves Philadelphia, USA, for London, England on the Elizabeth Watts
1863	US President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg address beginning; "Four score & seven years ago..."
1872	E.D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the first U.S. patent for the first 'calculator', an adding machine capable of printing totals and subtotals
1873	William Magear Tweed "Boss Tweed", of Tammany Hall (NYC) convicted of defrauding city of $6M, sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment
1879	National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter
1893	1st newspaper color supplement (NY World)
1895	American inventor Frederick E Blaisdell patents the pencil
1903	Carrie Nation attempts to address Senate
1911	NY receives first Marconi wireless transmission from Italy
1916	Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers).
1919	US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
1933	Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing)
1944	World War II: U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
1953	US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
1955	National Review publishes its first issue.
1959	"Rocky & His Friends" debuts on ABC
1959	Ford Motors cancels its poorly received Edsel model
1962	Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons
1965	Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created
1969	Apollo 12's Charles Conrad & Alan Bean become 3rd & 4th humans on the Moon
1975	"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" based on book by Ken Kesey, directed by Milos Forman and starring Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1976)
1976	Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
1980	CBS TV bans Calvin Klein jean ad featuring Brooke Shields
1984	Liquid gas tank in Mexico City explodes; 334 die
1990	Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning "Girl You Know Its True" album
1998	Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of the Artist Without Beard" sells at auction for $71.5 million
1998	Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

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My Rambling Thoughts

Small towns do a great job of craft fairs during the holiday season…and a little before. Spent some time at two today. Found some great homemade peanut brittle and some almond bark. A few other things for Christmas gifts. And the admission fee helps charities.

The craft sale got me excited about the holidays. So, the only news I’m watching today and tomorrow is the Sunday morning news shows. Don’t need anything to ruin the mood.

Fall weather is here to stay a while. Cold overnight. Furnace kept coming on several times this morning, and the wind makes it feel much colder than it really is…by about 10°.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@96- Alan Young,

British actor (Wilbur Post in Mr.s Ed), born in North Shields, Tyne and Wear

(d. 2016)

80’s

84- Larry King,

American radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show, CNN), born in NYC, New York

81- Dick Cavett,

Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)

@80- Hiram Bingham,

American archaeologist who re-discovered the Incan site of Machu Picchu, born in Honolulu, Hawaii

(d. 1956)

70’s

79- Ted Turner,

American founder of CNN, owner of the Atlanta Braves and winner of the America's Cup in 1977, born in Cincinnati

75- Calvin Klein,

American fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans, CK), born in The Bronx

@74- Dan Haggerty,

actor (Grizzly Adams), born in Hollywood

(d. 2016)

@70- Gene Tierney,

American actress (Laura, Ghost & Mrs Muir), born in Brooklyn,

(d. 1991)

60’s

@66- Indira Gandhi,

4th Prime Minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84), born in Allahabad India

(d. 1984)

50’s

58- Allison Janney,

American actress

56- Meg Ryan,

American actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns), born in Fairfield, Connecticut

55- Jodie Foster,

American actress (The Accused, The Silence of the Lambs), born in Los Angeles

@51- Tommy Dorsey,

Mahanoy Plane Pa, orchestra leader (Stage Show, Mahogany)

(d. 1956)

40’s

@49- James A. Garfield,

20th US President (Republican: 1881), born in Moreland Hills, Ohio

(d. 1881)

@48- Charles I,

King of England (1625-49) who was executed by Parliament, born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

(d. 1649)

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Historical Obits Today

80’s

@83-2014 Mike Nichols [Mikhail Peschkowsky],

German-American film director (Catch 22, The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)

60’s

@60±-1703 Man in the Iron Mask,

prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris

30’s

@38-1887 Emma Lazarus,

US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"),

lymphoma

@36-1915 Joe Hill,

Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder

@31-1828 Franz Schubert,

Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin),

typhoid fever

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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…☼☼☼☼