Jan 31

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Jan 31, 2018 Week: 05\ Day: 31

86004 Today: H 59° \ L 27° \ Average Sky Cover: 20% 

Wind ave.:   6mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 63°[1971]   Record Low: -25°[1916]

Jan Averages: 50°\23°

Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)

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Today’s Quote

Harper’s Index

32-Number of states that do not have inheritance tax or estate tax

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Observances This Week

28- Feb 3

Catholic Schools Week
National School Choice WeekLink
Meat Week

29-Feb 2

Tax Identity Theft Week Link

31-Feb 4
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Days

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Observances for Today

Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day
Backward Day

Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

Street Children Day Link  Link 

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1600’s                                          

1627 Spanish government goes bankrupt

1700’s                                          

1747 The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital,

         London

1800’s                                          

1846 After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown

         unified as the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1851 American Gail Borden announces the invention of condensed milk

1851 San Francisco Orphan's Asylum founded, 1st in California

1865 Congress passes the 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in 

         America (passes 121-24)

1871 Millions of birds fly over western San Francisco, darkening the sky

1876 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into  

         reservations.

1900’s                                          

1900 The final report of the USA's Philippine Commission is released, 

         favoring territorial government for the islands with home rule in local

         affairs, but with US assumptions of ultimate responsibility for the

        government.

1905 1st automobile to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald,

          Daytona Beach

1915 1st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians

1918 A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to 

       the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives,

       and damage to another five British warships.

1928 Scotch tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company

1944 Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June

1950 US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the

         development of a hydrogen bomb

1958 US launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1

1961 "The Misfits" premieres in NYC, final movie for Clark Gable

          & Marilyn Monroe

1971 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands

1972 US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations

         (396/244,998)

1982 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman

1985 South African President PW Botha offers to free Nelson Mandela if

        he denounces violence

1988 Super Bowl XXII: Wash Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in

         San Diego Super Bowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB

1990 1st McDonalds in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow

1995 President Bill Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to

        stabilize its economy.

1999 Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver Broncos beats Atlanta Falcons 34-19 at 

         Pro Player Stadium, Miami, John Elway MVP

2000’s                                          

2001 In the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits

        another for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which 

        crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

2009 In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured

        following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at

        a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.

2017 US President Donald Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates after

       she instructs Justice Department officials not to defend Trump's

        travel ban

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My Rambling Thoughts

Cleaning up the house as I am expecting visitors tomorrow who may or may not spend a few days, all depends on when they arrive. We worked together on the Rez and then they left to live/teach in Colorado. Now they are retired, so are returning to our beautiful area. Looking forward to a visit, no matter how long or short it is.

I have listened to the SOTU address every year for decades. Whether or not I agree with the President, I do want to know how he sees our country and how he plans to make it better. There seems to be a big push on FB to boycott the speech. I don’t get that, as how can you agree or disagree with plans if you don’t listen to see what they are. So I will bite my tongue, take my blood pressure meds and listen.

Shocked…my former US Rep, now a Rep. from another district, is known for his farthest right politics. Today he contacted the Capitol Police to arrest all undocumented who attend the SOTU address tonight. Insanity reigns. And shouldn’t he have called ICE?

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

97- Carol Channing,

American actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly),

singer and comedian,

born in Seattle

80’s

@84- Norman Mailer,

American novelist

(Naked & the Dead, The Executioner's Song),

born in NYC

(d. 2007)

80- James G Watt,

US Secretary of Interior (1981-83)

70’s

@78- Garry Moore, [Thomas Garrison Morfit],

host (I've Got a Secret)

throat cancer (d. 1993)

@73- Tokugawa Ieyasu,

Japanese Shogun who founded the first Tokugawa

Shogunate and united Japan,

born in Okazaki, Japan

cancer or syphilis (d. 1616)

71- Nolan Ryan 

American MLB pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros)

(7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks),

born in Refugio, Texas

@70- Suzanne Pleshette,

American actress (Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show),

born in NYC,

lung cancer (d. 2008)

60’s

@67- Zane Grey,

American West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage)

heart failure (d. 1939)

@66- Tallulah Bankhead,

American actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling),

born in Huntsville, Alabama

malnutrition/pneumonia (d. 1968)

50’s

@53- Jackie Robinson,

1st African American major league baseball player (Dodgers),

born in Cairo, Georgia

heart attack (d. 1972)

40’s

48- Minnie Driver,

British actress and singer-songwriter

(Good Will Hunting, The Riches),

born in London

45- Portia de Rossi,

Australian actress

41- Bobby Moynihan,

SNL

30’s

37- Justin Timberlake,

singer-songwriter and actor (Sexyback, My Love),

born in Memphis, Tennessee

@31- Franz Schubert,

Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony),

born in Vienna, Austria

typhoid (d. 1828)

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@91-1974 Samuel Goldwyn,

Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM)

70’s

@74-1956 A. A. Milne,

English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books

60’s

@67-1788 [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart,

English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion),

stroke

30’s

@35-1606 Guy Fawkes,

English Catholic conspirator who was convicted in

the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the British Parliament,

executed

20’s

@25-1945 Eddie Slovik,

1st US executed for desertion since Civil War

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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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Jan 30

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Jan 30, 2018 Week: 05\ Day: 30

86004 Today: H 51° \ L 22° \ Average Sky Cover: 10% 

Wind ave.:   10mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 66°[1971]   Record Low: -19°[1979]

Jan Averages: 50°\23°

Jan Records: H: 66° (1971) L: -30° (1937)

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Today’s Quote

Harper’s Index

37-Percentage of American adults who say they would run for Congress 

     if they thought they had a chance of winning.

71-Percentage of likely US voters who think that the expense makes it 

     impossible for most people to run for Congress

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Observances This Week

28- Feb 3

Catholic Schools Week
National School Choice Week Link
Meat Week

29-Feb 2

Tax Identity Theft Week Link

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Observances for Today

Croissant Day Link
Inane Answering Message Day
National Inane Answering Message Day

National Plan For A Vacation Day  Link  

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1400’s                                          

1487 Bell chimes invented

1600’s                                          

1607 Massive flooding in England destroys around 200 square miles 

         of coastline and results in approximately 2,000 casualties

1661 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England 

         is ritually executed after having been dead for two years

1700’s                                          

1790 Lifeboat 1st tested at sea, by Mr Greathead, the inventor

1798 Rep Matthew Lyon (Vt) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (Ct) 

         in US House of Representatives, after an argument

1800’s                                          

1804 Scottish explorer Mungo Park leaves England seeking 

         source of Niger River

1815 Burned US Library of Congress re-established with 

         Thomas Jefferson's 6,500 volumes

1818 John Keats composes his sonnet "When I Have Fears"

1826 The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern

        suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north 

        west coast of Wales is opened.

1835 Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in 

        Washington, D.C. in 1st attempted assassination of a US President

1847 Yerba Buena renamed San Francisco

1873 "Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verneis published in 

         France by Pierre-Jules Hetzel

1894 Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit

1900’s                                          

1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba

1922 World Law Day 1st celebrated

1931 "City Lights", American silent romantic comedy film directed

        by Charlie Chaplin, starring himself and Virginia Cherrill, premieres 

        at Los Angeles Theater

1946 1st issue of Franklin Roosevelt dime

1948 5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland

1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse

1956 KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting

1961 JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corps

1961 KAET TV channel 8 in Phoenix, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting

1961 "I Fall to Pieces" single released by Patsy Cline(Billboard Song of 

         the Year 1961)

1963 Ivan Sutherland submits a thesis containing his Sketchpad 

         program, a forerunner to modern-day graphic user interfaces 

         and computer-aided design programs

1965 State funeral of Winston Churchill at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

        Then world's largest ever state funeral.

1968 Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese launch the Tet offensive

         against South Vietnames and US forces

1972 'Bloody Sunday': 27 unarmed civilians are shot (of whom 14 were

        killed) by the British Army during a civil rights march in Derry; this is 

        the highest death toll from a single shooting incident during 'the

        Troubles'

1973 KISS plays their 1st show (Coventry Club in Queens NY)

1975 Ernő Rubik applies for a patent for his "Magic Cube" invention, later to be known as a Rubik's cube

1989 Five Pharaoh sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor

1994 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76)

1994 82nd Men's Australian Open: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin 

         (7-6, 6-4, 6-4)

2000’s                                          

2017 Scientists in central China reveal oldest known human ancestor

       - 540-million-year-old Saccorhytus in a fossil

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My Rambling Thoughts

Hard to believe it is the end of January when it is over 50° outside, but that is what’s going on.

Nothing to do today, so I turned on the TV as I picked up around the house. Big mistake as I had left it on a news channel. Ever notice that 45 will trash talk JAY-z over his comments, but when White Rapper Eminem really trashes 45, good ol’ 45 is silent. As a former Civil Servant, I feel sorry for career FBI McCabe. He was in 45’s sights and resigned with only a little over a month until retirement. Tracking app used by joggers publishes map showing users routes…NBD except it included military installations in war zones.  Hmmm. Turned off the news channel after about 15 minutes. Way too frustrating for this beautiful day.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@93- Dorothy Malone,

American actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place),

born in Chicago, Illinois

(d. 2018)

80’s

@88- Douglas Engelbart,

American computer scientist

(computer mouse, Engelbart's Law),

born in Portland, Oregon

(d. 2013)

88- Gene Hackman,

actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, The French Connection),

born in San Bernardino

@86- Dick Martin,

actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy),

born in Detroit,

(d. 2008)

@84- Emilio G. Segrè,

Italian physicist and Nobel laureate

(discovered the elements technetium, astatine and

the sub-atomic antiparticle antiproton),

born in Tivoli, Italy

(d. 1989)

@82- Tammy Grimes,

American actress (Unsinkable Molly Brown),

born in Lynn, Massachusetts

(d. 2016)

@81- David Wayne,

American stage and screen actor

(Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib),

born in Traverse City, Michigan

(d. 1995)

81- Boris Spassky, USSR, world chess champion (1969-72)

81- Vanessa Redgrave,

British actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express),

born in London

70’s

77- Dick Cheney,

American politician (Vice President: 2001-2009),

born in Lincoln, Nebraska

60’s

67- Phil Collins,

England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds)

@63- Franklin Roosevelt,

32nd US President (Democrat: 1933-1945),

born in Hyde Park, NY

stroke (d. 1945)

@60±- Thomas Rolfe,

American colonial settler

only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe

(d. 1675)

60- Brett Butler,

comedienne (Grace-Grace Under Fire),

born in Montgomery, Alabama

40’s

44- Christian Bale,

Wales, British actor (Batman Begins, American Psycho,

The Machinist),

born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales

@42- Payne Stewart,

American PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney),

born in Springfield, Missouri

plane crash (d. 1999)

30’s

38-Wilmer Valderrama,

TV actor (FES on That 70’s Show)

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@91-2015 Carl Djerassi,

Austrian-born American chemist,

father of the contraceptive pill

80’s

@89-2007 Sidney Sheldon,

American novelist

playwright (Master of the Game, Bloodline, The Bachelor and

the Bobby Soxer)

@84-1836 Betsy Ross [Elizabeth Griscom],

American seamstress widely credited with making the first

American flag

@83-1991 John McIntire,

American actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian)

@82-1991 John Bardeen,

American physicist, electrical engineer

co-inventor of the transistor (Nobel 1956, 1972)

70’s

@78-2006 Coretta Scott King,

American activist

wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

 ovarian cancer

@78-1948 Mahatma Gandhi,

India's political and spiritual leader,

assassinated by Hindu extremists

@76-2009 Ingemar Johansson,

Swedish heavyweight professional boxing champion

Alzheimer’s/pneumonia  

@76-1948 Orville Wright,

US aviation pioneer,

heart attack

@75-1951 Ferdinand Porsche,

German automotive engineer (Volkswagen Beetle,

Mercedes-Benz SS)

founder of the Porsche car company,

stroke

@72-1934 Frank Nelson Doubleday,

American publisher

40’s

@48-1649 Charles I,

King of Great Britain (1625-49),

beheaded for treason by Parliament

30’s

@33±-1838 Osceola,

chief of Seminole,

in jail of bacterial infection

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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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