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Feb. 22, 2020 Week: 8 Day:
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56°
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35°
\ Average
Sky Cover: 10%
Nearest lightning:
2642mi.; Nearest active fire: 523mi.
Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 7mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High:
54°[2002]
Record Low:
-10°[1955]
Feb. Averages:
47°\19°
(5
days with moisture)
Today’s
LOVE Quote
Sometimes when you look
back on a situation,
you realize it wasn't all
you thought it was.
A beautiful girl walked
into your life. You fell in love.
Or did you? Maybe it was
only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a brief moment of vanity.
Henry Bromel
Random
Tidbits
Strict
security measures are in place to keep Fort Knox secure. That means
no one person knows the entire entry combination to access the gold
vault. Instead, the information is divided up among several people.
Even information about who knows a piece of the combination is
classified.
Guarding
Fort Knox and its gold reserves are members of the United States Mint
Police. Established in 1792, the Mint Police organization is one of
the country's oldest federal law enforcement agencies. Before being
tasked with guarding the gold, each member of the Mint Police must go
through a three-month training regiment, followed by a five-week
specialized training in the field.
Observations
This Week
Date
(Fruit) Week: 14-23
National Entrepreneurship Week: 15-22 Link
National FFA Week: 15-22 Link
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week: 16-23
National Engineers Week: 16-22
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week: 16-22 Link
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link
National Entrepreneurship Week: 15-22 Link
National FFA Week: 15-22 Link
Build A Better Trade Show Image Week: 16-23
National Engineers Week: 16-22
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week: 16-22 Link
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link
American
Birkenbreiner Race: 20-23
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering: 21-22
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering: 21-22
Observations
for Today
World
Thinking Day Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
Nice
early spring day...awaiting snow tomorrow night.
Our
discussion group meets tomorrow to discuss Climate change and global
order. Got a lot of reading to do today and tomorrow. Should be a
good discussion.
Getting
excited about my next trip to Tahiti and more including Bora Bora. A
little early to start laying stuff out, but I'm really ready for some
warm daily weather.
I
sure hope that the missing children will be found now that mom is in
jail in Hawaii with a huge bond.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Here
is a clue with numerals and letters; you have to figure out
what the letters stand for.
Ex.
360 D in a C = 360 degrees in a circle
1. 101
D
2. 206
B in the HB
3. 88
K on a P
4. 30
C on the D
5. 118
E in the PT
Historical
Events
1620
- Popcorn was introduced to the English colonists by an Indian named
Quadequina.
1759
- Today is the day that middle class 27 year old George Washington
married rich widow (also 27) Martha Dandridge Curtis, and became a
wealthy man (he was already a war hero).
1819
- Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John
Quincy Adams signed the Florida Purchase Treaty, giving the United
States control of all of Florida.
1853
- Washington University in St. Louis was founded as Eliot Seminary in
St. Louis, Missouri.
1855
- Pennsylvania State University was founded in State College,
Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania)
1872
- The Prohibition Party held its first national convention in
Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
1879
- The first F.W. Woolworth's Five& Dime opened in Utica, NY. It
became the first chain store.
1924
- President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio
broadcast from the White House.
1956
- Elvis Presley debuted on the music charts with Heartbreak Hotel.
1960
- # 1 Hit :
Percy Faith - Theme from 'A Summer Place'
1974
- Samuel Byrck unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate President
Richard Nixon.
1975
- # 1 Hit : Average
White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
1980
- The 'Miracle on Ice' - The US Men's Hockey Team won a 4-3 victory
over the Soviet Union at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New
York. Two days later, the Americans went on to beat Finland and take
home the gold medal.
1997
Dolly the Sheep, world's first cloned mammal (from an adult cell) is
announced by the Roslin Institute in Scotland
2006
- iTunes sold it's BILLIONTH music download. 16 year old Alex
Ostrovsky of West Bloomfield, bought "Speed of Sound" by
Coldplay. He later got a phone call from Steve Jobs and won a lot of
iPod and Mac stuff.
2006
- At least six men staged Britain's biggest bank robbery ever
stealing the equivalent of 92 million American dollars from a
security depot in Tonbridge, Kent.
2017 US President Donald
Trump overturns Obama directive on Transgender rights to use toilets
2018 Neanderthals not
humans were the first artists on Earth, producing red cave paintings
65,000 years ago in Spain, according to new research published in
"Science"
Birthdays
Today
@96 - Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (died in 2014)
@91
- Robert Young, American actor (died in 1998)
@89
- Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director and producer (died in
1997)
@83
- Robert Baden-Powell, British founder of the boy Scouts (and Girl
Guides) (died in 1941)
@77 - Edward Kennedy, American politician (died in 2009; cancer)
70 - Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster
@67 - George Washington, American patriot, general and politician, 1st President of the United States (died in 1799; following blood letting)
@58
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (aka Nancy Boyd), American poet and
playwright (died in 1950; fall)
@44
- Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (died in
2006; stingray barb)
44 - Drew Barrymore, American actress, director, producer and screenwriter
Puzzle Answer:
1. 101
Dalmatians
2. 206
bones in the human body
3. 88
keys on a piano
4. 30
companies on the Dow
5. 118
elements in the periodic table
