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Flagstaff Almanac…
Week: 35 / Day: 243 Today: High 79°…Low 51°
Records: High 91°(1948)…Low 37°(1956)
Averages: High 77°…Low 48°
Afternoon showers: Wind: 6mph;
Gusts: 11mph
Today’s average humidity: 62%
Quote of the Day…
Today’s Historical
Highlights…
1990 - Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey
Jr become 1st father & son to play on same
team (Seattle Mariners), both
single in 1st inning
1979
- 1st recorded occurrence ofcomet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
1968 - 1st
record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
1967 - US
Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
1963 - Hot
Line communications link between Moscow and Washington, DC installed
1928 - Jawaharlal
Nehru requests independence of India
1914 - 1st
German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed
1850 - Honolulu,
Hawaii becomes a city
1835 - Melbourne,
Australia is founded
1682 - William
Penn left England to sail to New World
♪
Happy Birthday To: ♪..
How many can you identify…answers in Today’s
Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts…
What a
nice weather day…a little afternoon rain, no big wind, now a clear blue sky.
I didn’t
talk about voting yesterday…but I did vote. Our new districts have changed my
voting place, actually moving it closer to where I live. The area we vote in is
much smaller than our previous one and it’s going to get pretty crowded during
the November election. Not a lot vote in primaries, so it was no problem.
AZ senator
John McCain spoke at the convention…beating the drums of war…and for the US to
get militarily involved in Syria. He doesn’t get it. We are a global community
and no longer the go-to-war-first country. He didn’t mention that none of the
world powers are getting involved in Syria at this point. He also made it clear
that the Republican Party is turning over leadership to the next generation.
Hmmm.
Game Center: (answers at the end of post)
What is the answer?
Answer
the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If
only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g.
voodoo)
partly prepared timber - very dark (5,6)
Rebus…
Can you figure
out what this means?
Lifestyle Substance…
Do you remember this?
Read this Headline Carefully!!
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
Do you know what this word means?
What
is this not so common name of a common object?
Emoticon
Scottish Castles—…
60’s music…:
- Booker T and the M.G.’s…Green Onions (1962)
One of the most popular songs ever, Green Onions was recorded in 1962, by Booker T. and the M.G.’s. This soul instrumental features a 12-bar chord progression as well as a great organ line throughout the song. Green Onions was able to reach the #3 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining on the charts for an astonishing 16 weeks. The song has maintained it’s initial popularity to this day, being both recognized for it’s musical significance and utilized in all areas of media including television and motion pictures. As an ultimate honor to the excellence of Green Onions, it was selected as #183 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time.
- Young-Holt Unlimited…Soulful Strut (1968)
One of the most complete and greatest instrumental song from the 1960s’, Soulful Strut is the instrumental backing from the Eugene Record written track “Am I The Same Girl”. Record’s wife, Barbara Acklin, first recorded Am I The Same Girl in 1968, but producer Carl Davis removed Acklin’s vocals and added the piano accompaniment of Floyd Morris and released the track under the title Soulful Strut. The song became a smash hit, landing in the #3 spot on the charts, in 1968. Different covers of Am I The Same Girl have had varying levels of success as recently as the 90′s, but the impact of Soulful Strut has helped create a lasting legacy in the soul instrumental genre.
Harper’s Index…
- Earnings by the average woman for every dollar earned by the average man among pert-time workers: $1.04
- Among full time workers: $0.82
Unusal Fact of the Day…
Spitting in public was socially acceptable in China for five millennia, but due to fears over the spread of SARS in 2003, it has become punishable by fine (and even possible eviction) in several major cities.Found on You Tube…
Joke-of-the-day…
Q: What did the green grape say to the purple grape? A: "BREATHE YOU IDIOT, BREATHE!"
Rules of Thumb…
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
INVITING GUESTS --If you invite 100 people to a cocktail party, plan on 75 coming; 25 will send regrets.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
HOLMES BEACH, Fla. - Police in Florida said a woman arrested for driving under the influence told a deputy the arrest is what she gets "for being a bridesmaid." The Manatee County Sheriff's Office said a Holmes Beach police officer Friday pulled over Lesley Falcone, 27, for driving 18 mph over the speed limit and drifting into oncoming traffic, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported Monday. The officer called a deputy to administer a sobriety test and Falcone was allegedly "unable to stand in the starting position" for the walk and turn test. "I'm done and I don't want to look like a fool," the woman allegedly told the deputy after attempting the test. The deputy said Falcone admitted to having several drinks before driving. "This is what I get for being a bridesmaid," the report quotes her as saying.
Somewhat Useless Information…
- The word opera is the plural of "opus" (although "opuses" is sometimes used as well.) It derives from the Latin for "work."
- Several renditions of "Theme from the Three Penny Opera" hit the Pop Top 40 under one of three different titles. Some listed the song as "Moritat" and others by the name probably most familiar to listeners: "Mack the Knife."
- Is it possible for an opera singer to break a glass by singing a high note? Theoretically, yes, but the pitch would have to be exact, the volume of the voice would have to be at a high level, and the note would have to be sustained for the proper length of time. (It's easier if the glass is made of crystal.)
- Eighteen-year-old Gene Rayburn came to New York with a dream of singing opera. Instead, he got a job as an NBC page, and after a stint in the Air Force during World War II, he parlayed the connections he'd made into a career on radio and TV. He's best known as the host of TV's Match Game.
- Belle "Bubbles" Silverman performed on New York radio when she was four, and by the time she was seven, she'd adopted a Hollywood-sounding stage name that would serve her well. As Beverly Sills, she went on to play an instrumental role in making opera accessible to the American masses.
- The oldest opera house in the United States is Philadelphia's Academy of Music, which celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2007.
Calendar Information…
Happening This Week:
25-31
Be Kind To Humankind Week
National Safe at Home Week
National Safe at Home Week
29-9/9
XIV Paralympics Games
Today Is…
National Holistic Pet Day—feed your pet holistic food
National Toasted Marshmallow Day
Turkey: Victory Day [Zafer Bayramı ] (to commemorate the victory in the
Battle of Dumlupınar, the final battle in the Turkish War of Independence in
1922)
Today’s Events Through History…
1900’s
1995 - Cable
News Network joins internet
1987
- Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
1979 - -Sept
13] Hurricane David, kills 1200 in Florida, Domincana & Dom Rep
1976 - Tom
Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show
1965 - Casey
Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball
1961
- J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a US District Court
1918
- Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot & wounded after speech
1901 - Hubert
Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
1800’s
1895 - Belgium begins compulsory
Roman Catholic education
1836 - The
city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and
John Kirby Allen
1800 - Gabriel
Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia
1700’s
1776 - US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan,
NYC
1600’s
1690- A combined force of British, Yamassee and Yuchi Indians
attack the Spanish
mission of San Juan de Guacara in northern Florida. Many Timucua Indians in
the area have
been converted to Christianity or are loyal to the Franciscan
monks. All of
the Timucua Indians
at the mission are killed in the fighting.
1645 - Dutch,
led by Willem Kieft, and several local tribes sign peace treaty (New
Amsterdam
(NY))
1100’s
1146 - European
leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time
Today’s Birthdays…
In their 40’s
Michael Chiklis, actor (Wired, Commish) will
be 48
Cameron
Diaz, actress (Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding) will be 40
In their 50’s
Robert
Parish, NBA center (Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets) is 59
In their 60’s
Lewis
Black, American comedian will be 64
Timothy
Bottoms, actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden) will be 61
Jean
Claude Killy, Paris France, alpine skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968) is 69
Peggy
Lipton, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks) will be 65
In their 70’s
Elizabeth Ashley, actress will
be 73
In their 80’s
Warren Buffett, American business magnate
(world's wealthiest person in 2008) is 82
Bill
Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart) is 85
Remembered for
being born today
Geoffrey
Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards) b. 1924
[Rose]
Joan Blondell, NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides) b. 1906
Shirley
Booth, NYC, American actress (Hazel) b. 1898
Angelo
Dundee [Angelo Mirena], Philadelphia, boxing trainer and cornerman
(Muhammad
Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, George Foreman) b. 1921
Huey P
Long, Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La) b. 1893
Fred
MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) b. 1908
Tug
McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004) b. 1944
Raymond
Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare) b. 1896
John
Phillips, singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming) b. 1935
Ernest
Lord Rutherford, Engld, physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908) b. 1871
Mary
Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) b. 1797
Kitty
Wells (Ellen Muriel Deason), Nashville Tn, country singer
(Grand Ole Opry) b. 1919
Ted
Williams, American baseball player, last player in MLB to bat over .400
in a
single season b. 1918
Today’s Historical Obits…
Francis
Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads) dies in 1844 at 70
Charles
Bronson, American actor, dies in 2003 at 81
Charles
Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies in 1961 at 84
Max
Factor, make-up artist and cosmetic manufacturer dies in 1938 at 66
Glenn
Ford, Canadian-born American actor dies in 2006 at 90
Richard
Jordan, US actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies of brain tumor
in 1993 at
55
Anton van
Leeuwenhoek, Dutch tradesman and scientist dies in 1723 at 90
Mohammad
Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb in 1981 at 48
William H
Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies after long illness in 1930 at 72
Wilhelm
Wien, Ger physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies in 1928 at 64
Answers…
Do you know what
this word means?
Is short
for emotional icon. It is the word for the symbols expressed through the
keyboard of a computer or mobile phone to represent human emotions. :-) is
perhaps the most common icon, describing a smiling face. ;-) incorporates a
wink in one of the eyes.
What is the answer?
Umber lumber
Rebus
Two left feet
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel
free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet
sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned
that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there,
many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events
occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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