Week 11 Day: 68 Ave. sky cover: 5% \
Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 29° \12° Wind: 11mph \
Gusts: 23mph
Moderate risk
of fire \ Nearest active fire: 530mi \ nearest
Lightning: 942mi
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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Paralympic Games |
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National Consumer Protection
Week Link |
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National Schools Social Work
Week Link |
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Women of
Aviation Worldwide Week |
Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Sunshine and
chilly. The snow is slowly melting. Another storm is due on Thursday. Will it
ever end?
I did my
boarding pass stuff for the Tahiti trip. Couldn’t finish quite yet. Called Ed
and he is doing his today…then I can get my boarding pass. Only issue now is
the Covid test.
The
President of Ukraine gave an impassioned speech over zoom to the British Parliament.
As of yesterday, 1.7million have fled. The world needs to do something and
quickly.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
How far is
it from the Earth to the sun?
8-CVS
receipts.
Trivia
Question:
What is the name of the fastest land animal?
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
Cheetah
Answer 2:
Kid
Answer 3:
Bat
Answer:
Kindle
Historical Events
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1611 –
Johannes Fabricius, a Dutch astronomer, discovered sunspots.
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1796 –
Napoléon Bonaparte married his first wife, Joséphine de Beauharnais.
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1822 –
Charles M. Graham of NY was issued the first US Patent (#X03472) for artificial
teeth.
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1841 – The
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive
Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into
slavery illegally.
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1842 – The
first documented discovery of gold in California occurred at Rancho San
Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
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1945 – 300 B29 bombers dropped nearly
500,000 cylinders of napalm and petroleum jelly on Tokyo creating a 40-sq-km
firestorm that killed over 100,000 and maimed another million. It was the most
destructive single bombing in history, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic
bombs.
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1959 – The
Barbie doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
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1985 – The
Tyler Civitan Club was the first to partake in the Adopt-a-Highway Sign
Program, erected on Texas’s Highway 69.
Ø 1997 –
Christopher Wallace, AKA Biggie Smalls, AKA the Notorious B.I.G., was shot to
death at a stoplight in Los Angeles. Rapper Suge Knight has been eyed as the
killer. Suge was also accused of running over (and killing) Terry Carter in
January 2015.
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0 2011– Space
Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights
Birthdays Today
@88 – Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (d.
2006)
86 – Mickey Gilley,
American singer-songwriter and pianist
@79 – Marty Ingels [Martin
Ingerman], American actor, comedian (d. 2015; stroke)
@64 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player (d. 2008;
kidney failure)
@54 – Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor (d.
1994; strokes)
51 – Emmanuel
Lewis, American actor
42 – Matthew Gray
Gubler, actor (Criminal Minds)
36 – Suga, South
Korean artist (BTS)
@34 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian astronaut (d. 1968; )
33 – Bow Wow, rapper
