Oct 10

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Oct  10, 2018 Week: 41 \ Day: 283

86004 Today: H 58° \ L 35° \ Average Sky Cover: 30% 

Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 81°[1996]   Record Low: 20°[1973]

Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Today’s Quote

I've learned that people will forget what you said,

 people will forget what you did,

but people will never forget how you made them feel.

   Maya Angelou

Harper’s Index

            7

            Percentage of 1^st time home buyers are single men

            18

            Who are single women

Observances This Week

3-10

No Salt Week

World Space Week Link

6-14

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link
National Physicians Assistant Week

7-13

4-H Week Link  
Death Penalty Focus Week

Fire Prevention Week Link
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Great Books Week 
International Post Card Week Link   
Mental Illness Awareness Week  
Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week
National Metric Week
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
Teen Read Week

8-13

Health Information and Technology Week Link
National School Lunch Week

9-14
World Rainforest Week Link  

10-17

Take Your Medicine Americans Week

Observances for Today

Bullying Prevention Day  
Emergency Nurses Day Link
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
International Newspaper Carrier Day

International Stage Mangement Day Link
International Top Spinning Day  
Motorsports Memorial Day
Nat’l Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work & School Day 
National Handbag Day
National Angel Food Cake Day

Naval Academy Day
S.A.V.E. (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Link 
Squid & Cuttlefish Day Link
Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day

World Day Against The Death Penalty Link  
World Homeless Day Link
World Mental Health Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1800’s                                         

1802 1st non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma

1845 Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis

1865 John Wesley Hyatt patents the billiard ball made from cellulose nitrate (celluloid) in Albany, New York (patent US50359A)

1889 Barnard College is founded in New York City after Columbia University refuses to accept women

1900’s                                         

1903 The Women's Social and Political Union was formed by Emmeline Pankhurst to fight for women's rights in Britain.

1911 Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan National Day)

1933 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on sale

1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after withdrawal of French troops

1957 US President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware

1957 A fire at the Windscale nuclear plant in Cumbria, England becomes the world's first major nuclear accident

1959 Pan Am begins regular flights around the world

1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1973 US Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after pleading no contest to allegations of tax fraud

1978 US Congress approves dollar coin honoring women's suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony

1980 Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated

1996 Cornerstone dedication for Holocaust Museum in NYC

2000’s                                         

2003 Shirin Ebadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, making her the 1st Iranian Muslim women to receive the prize

2014 Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

My Rambling Thoughts

Headed out to find a new pair of sneakers. The mall has 3 stores that sell men’s shoes. Couldn’t find anything I really liked. Guess I’ll try the west side of town. I wandered the Sears store as it is closing soon. Biggest surprise there was lots of furniture for the living room and mattresses. Never saw those at this Sears before. Didn’t buy anything.

On Friday I get the staples removed from my wrist surgery. Can’t wait. Pain was minimal after the operation and is now non-existent. Very tired to the bandage and packaging on my arm. Wearing long sleeves or a jacket with a wrist band make life too complicated. Only a few more days.

I think I’m going to find a course on Political Advertising to take. Who are these people who make the commercials that think the best way to get votes is to tear down your opponent and never talk about your ideas? My TV is filled with Vote for Me because my opponent is the devil incarnate. I also don’t get the commercials paid for by some other group that make one candidate, even if they are in office now, sound like they just came up from Hell to get votes. Give us a break. Tell voters what your beliefs are, what change you want to make, and let the voters decide. I believe that what democracy is all about.

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

90’s

@92►Helen Hayes,

American actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1993)

70’s

@78►Giuseppe Verdi,

Italian opera composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), born in Busseto (d. 1901)

77►Peter Coyote [Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon],

American actor (ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark), born in NYC

72►Ben Vereen, American actor and dancer (Pippin, Roots, Webster), born in Miami, Florida

60’s

@68►Fridtjof Nansen,

Norwegian Arctic explorer and advocate for refugees (Nobel Peace Prize 1922), born in Store Frøen, Christiania (d. 1930) heart attack

64►David Lee Roth,

American rock singer (Van Halen), born in Bloomington, Indiana

40’s

49►Brett Favre,

American NFL quarterback (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31), born in Gulfport, Mississippi

45►Mario Lopez,

American actor (A C Slater-Saved by the Bell), born in San Diego, California

Historical Obits Today

80’s

@88►2013 Scott Carpenter,

American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7)

70’s

@77►2012 Alex Karras,

American NFL player, kidney failure

@71►1872 William H. Seward,

American politician (Secretary of State, 1861-69, Governor of New York, 1839-42), respiratory failure

@70►1985 Orson Welles,

American actor and director (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), heart attack

60’s

@68►1991 Redd Foxx,

comedian (Sanford & Sons), heart attack

@65►1985 Yul Brynner,

Russian-Swiss actor (The King and I, The Ten Commandments), cancer

50’s

@55±►1659 Abel Tasman,

Dutch seafarer and explorer (1st European to sight Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji)

@52►2004 Christopher Reeve,

American actor (Superman, Somewhere in Time), adverse reaction to an antibiotic

40’s

@49►1980 William "Billie" Thomas,

American child actor (Buckwheat- Our Gang), heart attack

Oct 9

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Oct  9, 2018 Week: 41 \ Day: 282

86004 Today: H 55° \ L 26° \ Average Sky Cover: 90% 

Wind:   8mph\Gusts:  -mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 81°[1996]   Record Low: 20°[1993]

Oct Averages: 63°\31°

Today’s Quote

The earth is the mother of all people,

and all people should have equal rights upon it.

Chief Joseph

Harper’s Index

            $9,500,000

            Amount a US company is charging for an 11-night

            stay at a luxury space hotel scheduled to open

            in 2022

            22

            Number of reservations made during the first

            month bookings were available

More Observances This Month

Tackling Hunger Month Link 
Talk About Medicines Month
Vegetarian Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Women Walking In Their Own Shoes Month
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Menopause Month

Observances This Week

3-10

No Salt Week

World Space Week Link

6-14

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link
National Physicians Assistant Week

7-13

4-H Week Link  
Death Penalty Focus Week

Fire Prevention Week Link
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Great Books Week 
International Post Card Week Link   
Mental Illness Awareness Week  
Mystery Series Week
National Carry A Tune Week
National Metric Week
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
Teen Read Week

8-13

Health Information and Technology Week Link
National School Lunch Week

9-14
World Rainforest Week Link

Observances for Today

Ada Lovelace Day
Curious Events Day

Fire Prevention Day

International Beer and Pizza Day  Link
Leif Erikson Day

Moldy Cheese Day

National Chess Day   Link    
National Pizza and Beer Day

National Hoagy Day

National Pro-Life Cupcake Day
National Face Your Fears Day
Nautilus Night (Cephalopods)  Link
World Child Development Day
World Post Day

Today’s Significant US Historical Events

Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1000’s                                         

1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly L'Anse aux Meadows, Canada) reputedly becoming first European to reach North America

1700’s                                         

1701 Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven

1800’s                                         

1835 The Royal College, Colombo, established with the name Hillstreet Academy in Sri Lanka

1837 Meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

1865 First US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania

1900’s                                         

1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles

1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves an atomic program - beginning of the Manhattan project

1962 Uganda becomes independent from the United Kingdom

1965 Beatles' "Yesterday" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks

1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence

1975 Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize

1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer by United American Bank in Knoxville, Tennessee

1992 A 13 kilogram (est.) meteorite lands in the driveway of Knapp residence, Peekskill, New York, destroying family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu

2000’s                                         

2012 Women's rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai is shot three times by a Taliban gunman as she tried to board her school bus in Swat district of northwest Pakistan

2017 Producer Harvey Weinstein is fired from The Weinstein Company after allegations of sexual abuse

My Rambling Thoughts

Cold rain over night. Any snow was gone before I got up.

Packed away most of my short sleeve shirts and brought out the long sleeve ones. Fall is here. Even though It is a Federal Holiday, so I'm not out to any stores today. I'm old school and believe that everyone should be able to celebrate a Federal Holiday.

Some people win and move on. Not so much for 45 as he continues his hateful speech regarding the Dems. Come on, we need to unite, not divide. I do my best not to listen to him anymore. He is not for building a great country, he is only happy after all his perceived enemies…anyone who disagrees…have been demolished. Sad!

Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

0’s

@69►Mary Ann Shadd Cary,

American-Canadian publisher and anti-slavery campaigner, 1st African American newspaper publisher ('Provincial Freeman'), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1893)

@86►Camille Saint-Saëns,

French composer (Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso), born in Paris (d. 1921)

73►Jeannie C. Riley,

American singer (Harper Valley PTA, Hee Haw), born in Stamford, Texas

70►Jackson Browne,

American rock vocalist (Lawyers in Love), born in Heidelberg, Germany

66►Sharon Osbourne,

English-American music manager, TV personality (X-Factor, America's Got Talent) and wife of Ozzy Osbourne, born in London

65►Tony Shalhoub,

American actor (Antonio Scarpacci-Wings, Big Night), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin

64►Scott Bakula,

American actor (Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown), born in St Louis, Missouri

52►David Cameron,

British Prime Minister (Conservative: 2010-16), born in London

43►Sean Ono Lennon,

Son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's, born in NYC, New York

@40►John Lennon,

British musician, pop star and member of The Beatles (Imagine), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1980) shot

37►Zachery Ty Bryan,

actor (Brad-Home Improvement), born in Aurora, Colorado

Historical Obits Today

90’s

@93►1906 Joseph Glidden,

American inventor (barbed wire) and businessman

@92►2005 Louis Nye,

American comedian and actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Steve Allen Plymouth Show)

80’s

@84►1987

Clare Boothe Luce,

American politician and U.S. ambassador to Italy

70’s

@74►1806

Benjamin Banneker,

African American astronomer, mathematician and surveyor of Washington D.C.

60’s

@66►1974 Oskar Schindler,

Austrian businessman and subject of the novel "Schindler's Ark" and the film "Schindler's List"

30’s

@39►1967 Ernesto "Che" Guevara,

Argentine Marxist revolutionary and physician, executed in Bolivia