Week: 45
Day: 306
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Today’s Quote
Monthly Observations
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The Navajo month of November: Nilch’its’osi --
Slender Winds Kelmuya, November in Hopi, marks the
beginning of the Hopi cycle. Men’s Society ceremonies take place and prayers
are held for peace. Family Stories Month Link Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Hepatitis C (HCV) Education, Awareness and
Screening Month |
Weekly Observations
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25-11/11 |
World
Origami Days |
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1-7 |
National Fig Week |
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1-5 |
National Patient Accessibility Week |
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1-6 |
World Karaoke Championships Link |
Daily Observations
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Favorite Memes
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Trivia
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Number of
copies sold 9. The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis: 85 million copies sold The idea
of the doorway in this novel linking the real to the magical was used years
later by J.K. Rowling in her series Harry Potter. 10. The Da
Vinci Code by Dan Brown: 80 million copies sold The
Catholic Church publicly denounced this novel, making it even more popular. |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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A nice fall
day. Happy to report the Broncos won yesterday! 60 minutes did an interesting and educational
report on how architecture can help slow the spread of disease. Long ago, air
conditioning was introduced to help people be more comfortable during hot weather.
In many places windows were made smaller including factories, office
buildings, and hospitals. This keeps air recirculating along with all its contaminants.
A US architecture student did an
internship in Rwanda. There he designed buildings that were more open, used
local workers and materials to build a hospital. His concept was that fresh
air and light helps the environment and the people in the hospital. Now he
and a fellow student have formed a company that designs such buildings. Long
story short, they are now designing Cleveland, Birmingham, Santa Fe, and their
hometown of Poughkeepsie NY. Very cool. |
Historical Events
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1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota
were admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. 1898 Cheerleading begins in the United
States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at
the University of Minnesota 1920 – KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcasted
the results of the presidential election. It was the first scheduled radio
broadcast. 1930 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen
as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty 1936 – The British Broadcasting
Corporation initiated the BBC Television Service (now BBC1). 1960 Penguin Books cleared of obscenity
for publishing DH Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" 1983 US President Ronald Reagan signs
bill establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr. holiday 2018 Tiger thought to have killed 13
people shot dead after month-long hunt near Pandharkawada, central India |
Birthdays Today
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@85 – Daniel Boone, American hunter, and explorer (d. 1820) @80 – Burt Lancaster, American actor (died in 1994) 79 – Stefanie Powers, American
actress 76 – J. D. Souther, American
Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, actor @57 – Warren G. Harding (29th President (d. 1923 cardiac arrest) 57 – k.d. lang, Canadian
Singer/Songwriter, producer, actress 55 – David Schwimmer, American actor @53 – James K. Polk (11th President (d. 1849; cholera) 47 – Nelly [Cornell Iral Haynes Jr], American
rapper @42 – Prodigy [Albert Johnson], American rapper (d. 2017; sickle
cell) @37 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort (d. 1793; guillotined) |
