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Jun. 10, 2019 Week: 23 \ Day: 161
86004: H 71° \ L 42° \ Average
Sky Cover: 5%
Nearest wildfire: 11mi. Nearest lightning: 766mi
Wind: 8mph\Gusts: 13mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 87°[1910] Record
Low: 28°[1998]
Jun Averages: 78°\42° (1 day with rain)
Today’s Quote
Plans to protect air and water,
wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall
Random Tidbits
Arms
akimbo (a standing person whose extended arms are out in a V pattern with the
hands placed on the hips, thumbs backward) is a powerful territorial display
that is used to establish dominance or indicate that there are
"issues." Women tend to use arms akimbo less often than men.
The
"hooding affect" is a powerful territorial display among humans.
Interlaced hands behind the head are indicative of comfort and dominance.
Usually the senior person at a meeting will pose or "hood" this way.
Observances This Week
Greencare For
Troops Week: 9-15
National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 9-15
National Right of Way Professionals Week: 9-15 Link
National Flag Week: 9-15
National Automotive Service Professionals Week: 9-15
National Right of Way Professionals Week: 9-15 Link
National Flag Week: 9-15
Observances for Today
My Rambling Thoughts
Today,
in 1939, my parents were married. They had 55+ years together, raised two boys,
and had a great life together. Still miss them.
Another
nice day that started off a little breezy and cool. Warmed up nicely by 10a.
I
watched a nice BBC documentary on Mongolia, one of my destinations on our
Trans-Siberian trip. Climate change is devastating rural Mongolia and as the
population moves to cities, they are living in very poor conditions. Air Pollution
is hard on the youngest of the population. Very eye-opening and very
depressing.
Remember
when the two political parties held a convention where delegates sat is
smoke-filled rooms to pick the party’s candidate. Occasionally they couldn’t
pick just one and it would go to the convention floor. We would stay up into
the wee hours to see who would be selected. Then the campaigning would begin.
Then a few months later voting picked the President. Then 24-hour news channels
helped change all that. Now we are in perpetual campaign mode with almost daily
polls of who is ahead. It is almost total insanity. Poll questions: Do you
support a candidate who wears blue? Do you support a candidate who predicts the
end of America if he/she does not win? Do you support a candidate who wants to
be President? Do you support a candidate who promises to listen to you?
PUZZLE OF THE DAY
Answer at the bottom of this page
A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any
timepiece. Which has the most?
Today’s Significant Historical Events
1600’s
1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to
colonize Manhattan Island
1639 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina
(Wilmington Delaware)
1652 In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint
in America
1692 The first victim of the Salem witch
trials, Bridget Bishop, is hanged for witchcraft in the colony of Massachusetts
1700’s
1719 Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.
1793 1st public zoo opens in Paris
1800’s
1845 Andrew Jackson's African Grey parrot
"Poll" is removed from his funeral for swearing at The Hermitage,
Tennessee. Funeral attendee William Menefee Norment recorded: "Before the
sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household
pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the
people and had to be carried from the house”
1848 1st telegraph link between NYC &
Chicago
1854 The first class of the United States
Naval Academy students graduate
1900’s
1908 The Australian Parliament passes the
Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act providing for pensions for British subjects
(excluding aborigines) at age 65
1935 In Akron, Ohio, Dr. Robert H. Smith (Dr.
Bob) from Akron & Bill Wilson from New York City form Alcoholics Anonymous
(date of Smith's last drink)
1943 FDR becomes 1st US President to visit a
foreign country during wartime
1947 Saab produces its first automobile
1963 US Equal Pay Act signed into law by
President John F. Kennedy
1966 Mamas & Papas win gold record for
"Monday, Monday"
1971 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan
Knisely wins spelling shalloon
1976 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale
wins spelling narcolepsy
1977 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II
computers
1997 Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the
killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol
Pot flees his northern stronghold
Birthdays Today
1895 Hattie McDaniel,
(d. 1952: @59: breast cancer)
1st African American actress to win an Oscar
(Mammy-Gone with The Wind),
born in Wichita, Kansas
1913 Wilbur J. Cohen,
(d. 1987: @73)
American pioneer of social security, worked on
the New Deal,
born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1915 Saul Bellow,
(d. 2005: @89)
Canadian-born American author (Mr Sammler's
Planet, Nobel 1976),
born in Lachine, Quebec
1922 Judy Garland
[Frances Gumm],
(d. 1969: @47: OD)
American actress and singer (The Wizard of
Oz), born in Minnesota
1922 Rose Mofford,
(d. 2016: @94)
American politician, 1st female Governor of
Arizona (1988-1991),
born in Globe, Arizona
1928 Maurice Sendak,
(d. 2012: @83)
American author and illustrator (Where The
Wild Things Are),
born in NYC, New York
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90’s
98- Philip Mountbatten,
Duke of Edinburgh and consort of Great
Britain's Elizabeth II, born in Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece
80’s
86- F Lee Bailey, Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam
Shepard case, OJ case)
1943 Jeff Greenfield, American media
commentator (Firing Line, Nightline), born in NYC, New York
60’s
65- Richard "Rich" Hall, American comedian,
writer, and musician (Saturday Night Live, Fridays, Not Necessarily the News),
born in Alexandria, Virginia
60- Eliot Spitzer, American politician
(Governor of New York 2007-8), born in the Bronx, New York
50’s
54- Elizabeth Hurley, English actress (Austin
Powers: International Man of Mystery, Christabel) and model, born in
Basingstoke, England
20’s
27- Kate Upton, model, actress
Teen’s
18- Sasha [Natasha] Obama, American daughter
of Barack and Michelle Obama, born in Chicago, Illinois
Historical Obits Today
90’s
@98-2016 Margaret Heldt,
American hairdresser who created the Beehive
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80’s
@88-2016 Gordie Howe,
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing
(23-time NHL All Star)
@80-1988 Louis L'Amour,
western writer (Bowdrie)
70’s
@77-1993 Richard Webb,
American actor (Captain Midnight, Out of the
Past),
shoots himself
@73-2004 Ray Charles [Robinson],
American singer and pianist who pioneered soul
music
(Georgia on My Mind, Mess Around),
dies of acute liver disease
60’s
@69-2000 Hafez al-Assad,
General and President of Syria (1971-2000),
dies of a heart attack
@67-1967 Spencer Tracy,
American actor (Woman of the Year, Father of
the Bride),
dies after heart attack
@61-2002 John Gotti,
American mafia gangster and head of the
Gambino family,
dies of throat cancer
@61-1971 Michael Rennie,
English actor (Day the Earth Stood Still),
dies from aortic aneurysm
50’s
@52-1941 Marcus Garvey,
Jamaican-born black nationalist who began the
back-to-Africa movement among US African Americans,
dies after stroke
30’s
@32-323 BC Alexander the Great,
Macedonian king,
dies from either fever or excessive wine at 32
Puzzle answer:
The hourglass, it has thousands of grains of
sand.
