Dec 18, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 51/ Day: 353   

Today: H   34°…L 27° Averages: H  42° L 16°

Records: H   65°(1980,1939)…L -14°(1928)

Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  20mph Today’s ave. humidity:  82%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

"Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres—1892

"To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV—1956

"Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC—1976

1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US—1839

1st giant panda imported into US—1936

1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower—1958

Dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS—1966

New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution—1787

Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly found in the Piltdown

     Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson—1912

Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"—1719

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

A chilly and windy day…wind chill dropped the temps about 10°. Snow is slowly melting, as we prepare for the next storm.

 

I had a great lunch and gift exchange with a very good friend. I’m sure I came out on the long end of the deal, with a beautiful brass elephant head plaque that looks so nice in my travel room. I also got some Irish Cream Fudge sauce, and a cute little tin of breath mints that advertise her book “Coming Together”. She got some South African wine, a dripless wine stopper, and some Scottish pudding. Our lunch was supposed to be at a new Pizza place, but alas they don’t open until 4pm, so we opted to go to Ruby Tuesday’s. No matter where we go, we have a good time.

 

It sure looks like some meaningful gun control will be coming out of the horrific school shooting. Even super conservatives are saying it is time. My feelings are that is long past time, but I will take whatever they are willing to do to stop this insanity.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Duplicate Letter Puzzles

Find common words with certain letters duplicated in the given positions. V stands for a duplicated vowel, C stands for a duplicated consonant, L stands for any duplicated letter, and _ stands for any letter

V C C L V _ L

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Old Saying Explained:

A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME

This old saying comes from the Bible. In Ecclesiastes 10:20 the writer warns us not to curse the king or the rich even in private or a 'bird of the air' may report what you say.

Ok, then?

Movie Theme Songs you may remember:

8 Mile ''Lose Yourself''

Read This Headline Carefully!!

In a Tokyo Bar:

SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.

Winter-ish cartoons:

Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel

In his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi—who was much more a tinkering engineer than a scientist—freely admitted he didn't really understand how his invention worked.

Harper’s Index:         

Amount recently paid at auction for one of Annie Oakley’s guns: $143,000

Unusual Fact of the Day:

While it's up to individual states to determine the color of school buses, most have been painted National School Bus Chrome Yellow since a 1939 national conference recommended it as the shade of choice.

Found on You Tube: 

• President Eisenhower -- Christmas Wishes From Space 1958

• Steven Spielberg 1977 interview

Joke-of-the-day:

Three men walked in to a bar. You think one of them would have seen it!  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

EXHALING

A healthy adult should be able to completely exhale a deep breath in three seconds.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

BERLIN, Ohio - Police in Ohio said an incident resembled the 1982 hit song "Maneater" when a man named Oates allegedly bit his neighbor, a man named Hall. Erie County sheriff's deputies said they responded Sunday to the Berlin home of Scott Hall, who told them he had been bitten just above his right eye by his neighbor, Roger Oates, 48, ABC News reported Thursday. "It was apparent [Hall] had been assaulted as he had a significant injury above his left eye," the incident report reads. "There was a significant cut to his left eyebrow region in the shape of a bite." Deputies said Oates allegedly attacked Hall for refusing to testify on his behalf in a case involving a charge of supplying alcohol to minors. The arrest report said Oates was still at the home when deputies arrived and they had to use a Taser to subdue him. Oates was charged with felony assault and resisting arrest. The incident evoked 1982 rock hit "Maneater" by Daryl Hall and John Oates.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The ancient Chinese and Greeks grew fruit trees, vegetables and herbs in gardens for food and for medicines.

• In the 1500s there were five famous botanical gardens in Europe designed to study and grow herbs for medicine.

• Carolus Clusius set up a famous flower garden in Leiden in Holland in the late 1500s. Here the first tulips from China were grown and the Dutch bulb industry began.

• The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew near London were made famous by Sir Joseph Banks in the late 1700s for their extensive collection of plants from around the world.

• Lancelot 'Capability' Brown (1716-83) was a famous English landscape gardener. He got his nickname by telling clients that their gardens had excellent 'capabilities'.

• The earliest flowerbeds were the borders of flower tufts Ancient Persians grew along pathways.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-18> Halcyon Days

16-1/5> Christmas Bird Count Week

16-24> Gluten-free Baking Week; Posadas

17-23> Saturnalia

Today Is                                                                      

Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day
International Migrants Day
National Roast Suckling Pig Day
~Niger: Republic Day (1958)

Today’s Events through History  

"A Star is Born," with Barbra Striesand, premieres—1976

1st Candlelight Processional at Disney World—1971

1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor) —1796

1st US postage stamps printed without the words United States or US—1920

In treaty U.S. agrees to provide Choctaw training in the spinning of cotton 

     and spinning wheels—1801

Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially the 

     Yuan Dynasty of China—1271

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania faces a series of Indian attacks—1763

People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson—1971

UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"—1985

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Ramsey Clark, US attorney General is 85

Roger Smith, South Gate California, actor (77 Sunset Strip) is 80

In their 60’s

Leonard Maltin, NYC, movie critic (Entertainment Tonight) is 62

Keith Richards, England, rock guitarist (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) is 69

Steven Spielberg, Cincinnati, director (ET, Close Encounters, Jaws) is 66

In their 50’s

Ray Liotta, Newark NJ, actor (Sacha-Casablanca, Goodfellas) is 58

In their 40’s

Christina Aguilera, American singer (Genie in a Bottle, What a Girl Wants) is 42

Brad Pitt, actor and film producer is 49

Casper Van Dien, actor (Starship Troopers) is 44

In their 30’s

Katie Holmes, actress is 34

Remembered for being born today

Ty Cobb, American baseball player, Colo, batted .367, stole 892 bases (Det Tigers) (1886-1961)

Ossie Davis, Cogdell GA, actor/playwright (Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam) (1917-2005)

Betty Grable, St Louis, great legs/actress (Gay Divorcee) (1916-1973)

Saki, [Hector Hugo Munro], Burma, author (Reginald, When William Came) (1870-1916)

Joseph Stalin [Josef], Gori, Russian Empire, Premier of the Soviet Union (1878-1953)

Charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement) (1707-1788)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

John T "Legs" Diamond, US gangster—murdered—1931—at 34

Mark Felt, the infamous Deep Throat, American FBI official and whistle blower 

     during the Watergate Scandal (b. 1932)—2008—at 95

Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (Goodson-Toddman)—cancer—1992—at 77

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French naturalist—1829—at 85

Jack Linkletter, American television host, son of Art Linkletter— lymphoma—2007—at 70

Bill Strauss, American writer on generations, satirist, and founder of the 

     Capitol Steps— pancreatic cancer—2007—at 60

Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles

 APPEASE

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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Dec 17, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 51/ Day: 353   

Today: H   30°…L 16° Averages: H  42° L 16°

Records: H   63°(1958)…L -18°(1971)

Wind: ave:   12mph; Gusts:  16mph Today’s ave. humidity:  92%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

Anti-WTO protesters riot in Wan Chai, Hong Kong—2005 

Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland & Supremes concertv—1965

Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City—1790

Kentucky abolishes debtors prisons—1821

Longest-running American sitcom The Simpsons had its debut—1989

Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die—1961

OPEC raises oil prices 18%—1978

Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition—1526

Republic of Lakotah asserts independence from the United States—2007 

USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial—1969

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Sun shine, snow melting, getting ready for the next storm on Wednesday. Busy week ahead with lots of lunches and then a plane trip to Chicago. Amazing how quickly time flies when Christmas gets close.

 

Very moving service today with our President in Newtown.

 

What do you know…both the Broncos and the Cardinals won today…amazing!

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Duplicate Letter Puzzles

Find common words with certain letters duplicated in the given positions. V stands for a duplicated vowel, C stands for a duplicated consonant, L stands for any duplicated letter, and _ stands for any letter

_ V C C V V C

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Old Saying Explained:

LICK INTO SHAPE

In the Middle Ages people thought that bear cubs were born shapeless and their mother literally licked them into shape.

Ok, then?

Movie Theme Songs you may remember:

Toy Story ''You've Got a Friend in Me''

Read This Headline Carefully!!

On the menu of a Swiss Restaurant:

OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR

Winter-ish cartoons:

Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel

According to recent studies, the Maya were producing rubber products 3,000 years before Charles Goodyear received his patent for rubber vulcanization in 1843.

Harper’s Index:         

Minimum gigabytes of data stored in a typical gram of human feces: 10.000.000

Unusual Fact of the Day:

The 1980 movie Chariots of Fire was the first movie in nearly fifty years to win an Oscar for Best Picture without winning any of the five other "major" awards (Best Actor, Actress, Director, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress).

Found on You Tube: 

• Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy

• Rex Allen - Son Don't Go Near the Indians

Joke-of-the-day:

One day, a cowboy rode into a Wild, Wild West town. The people in the town love to play jokes on visitors. After tying his horse to the pole outside a bar, the cowboy went in. "A cup of milk please." he said to the bartender. After drinking, he went out, only to find his horse missing. Knowing that the villagers did it, he went back into the bar and said to everybody," I am going to have another drink and when I finish it, I want to see my horse outside! Or else, I will have to do what I did in Texas - HERE!"

The people were very frightened. When he finished his drink, he went outside and saw his horse. The villagers had put it back. Curious, the bartender asked the cowboy,” What did you do in Texas?"

The Cowboy replied," Well, I had to walk home

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

HOW TO WRITE WELL

Don't make changes based on reader feedback until you've heard the same comment from three different people.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

DONCASTER, England- A spectator was removed from the crowd at a darts tournament in Britain when his resemblance to Jesus caused the crowd to chant toward him. "Stand up if you love Jesus," the crowd chanted. The Professional Darts Corporate ion said Nathan Grindal, 33, was escorted to another part of the venue to watch the match between Phil "The Power" Taylor and Belgian opponent Kim Huybrechts when members of the 4,500-strong crowd at the Cash Converters Players Championship in Doncaster, England, began their chant, The Mirror reported Thursday. Grindal said he did not find the incident amusing. "It was distressing. I was emotionally distraught. The crowd were bullying me and picking on me. It would have been OK if security hadn't made a fuss getting me out," he said. "In his post-match interview, Phil Taylor said something like, 'If I ever see Jesus again, I'll crucify him myself.' Now that's just hurtful." Kim Huybrechts, who lost the match, signed Grindal's program after the incident. "To Jesus. Hard luck mate," he wrote. A spokesman for the Professional Darts Corporation said officials worried the chants would be distracting to the players.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• 3 medium size bananas weigh approximately 1 pound.

• A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.

• As bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns to sugar. Therefore, the riper the banana the sweeter it will taste.

• Banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. They are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.

• Bananas are a good source of vitamin C, potassium and dietary fiber.

• Bananas are America's #1 fruit.

• Bananas are available all year-round. They are harvested every day of the year.

 Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-18> Halcyon Days

16-1/5> Christmas Bird Count Week

16-24> Gluten-free Baking Week; Posadas

17-23> Saturnalia—ancient Roman festival in honor of the deity Saturn

Today Is                                                                      

Free Shipping Day
National Maple Syrup Day
Wright Brothers Day

Today’s Events through History  

1st US diesel electric locomotive enters service, Bronx, NY—1924

Bonnie Prince Charles army retreats to Scotland—1745

Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph (record for wheeled vehicle) —1979

Land cession agreement by British and the "SIX NATIONS." —1754

New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million—1900

NYC traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street—1791

US Army announces end of excluding Jap-Americans from West Coast—1944

US successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile—1957

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen & dummy Charlie McCarthy, appear on TV—1936

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 60’s

Wes Studi, actor (Last of the Mohicans) is 65

In their 50’s

Bill Pullman, Hornell NY, actor (Independence Day) is 59

In their 40’s

Chuck Liddell, American mixed martial artist is 43

In their 30’s

Milla Jovovich, Kiev Ukraine, actress (Return to Blue Lagoon, Chaplin) is 37

Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer is 34

Remembered for being born today

Joseph Henry, US, scientist/inventor/pioneer of electromagnetism (1797-1878)

Arthur Fiedler, Boston Mass, conductor (Boston Pops) (1894-1979)

Bob Guccione, [Robert C J Edwa], US publisher (Penthouse, Omni), (1930-2010)

Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist (1920-2004)

George Lindsey, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show), (1935-2012)

Bob Mathias, American decathlete and congressman (1930-cancer-2006)

William Safire, political columnist (NY Times)/speech writer (Nixon), (1929-2009)

John Greenleaf Whittier, US, poet (Snow-bound) (1807-1892)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Rex Allen, American actor, singer and songwriter—heart attack—1999—at 78

Jack Anderson, American journalist—2005—at 83

Dana Andrews, US actor (Laura)—pneumonia—1992—at 83

Simón Bolívar, South American revolutionary and president (Colombia)—TB—1830—at 47

Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X)—1990—AIDS at 61

Jennifer Jones, Oscar winning actress—2009—at 90

Kim Jong-il, supreme leader of North Korea—suspected heart attack—2011—at 70

Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles

 LESSEES

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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Dec 16, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 51/ Day:    

Today: H   29°…L 26° Averages: H  ° L °

Records: H   63°(1929)…L -14°(1931)

Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  23mph Today’s ave. humidity:  91%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

1st credit union in US forms—1908 

1st White House Press Conference (Pres Eisenhower & 161 reporters) —1953

Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity"—1915

Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released—1971

Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan—1707

Majestic Theater, NYC, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers—1903

Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate—1809

New Madrid earthquake takes place today on the Mississippi River. Many tribes will tell tales of this event for generations—1811

Republic of South-Africa forms—1880

Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden—1949

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Returns tomorrow

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

A winter wonderland, and then more of a winter wonderland. Our HOA has had the snow plow here three times today, and the sidewalk guys have been here twice. Enough already!!! I had planned on going to a Christmas Party with the local bagpiping band. It was to be in Williams, a mere 30 miles west. Sadly it was postponed until January, since I-40 was first a mess, and then finally closed. Bummer. The temperatures above are a little deceiving as the wind chill drops it about 10 more degrees. I had been a little concerned about my wild birds. They just disappeared about a week ago. I figured there was something in a neighbor’s yard that was keeping them away. It must have been the warm weather we’ve been having as today they were back in droves. So whatever it was, this cold and wind has them not caring.

 

I read with sadness the names and ages of those who were slaughtered yesterday. America has a very short memory and at some point things have to change in Congress. I posted a picture on FB yesterday—the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes and weeping. I added…’It’s time for some laws to change’ I was surprised when a colleague got all up about this is not the time for gun control. My response: If not now, when? The story now is that the kid stole the guns from his mom. I get that she might have one or maybe even two handguns, but an assault rifle…in a ‘sleepy close knit town’ where she was a kindergarten teacher. Are they awaiting an alien invasion, a zombie apocalypse, a foreign invasion of their small town? Our citizens do not need assault rifles.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Duplicate Letter Puzzles

Find common words with certain letters duplicated in the given positions. V stands for a duplicated vowel, C stands for a duplicated consonant, L stands for any duplicated letter, and _ stands for any letter

C V _ V C V V

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Old Saying Explained:

LILY LIVERED

Means cowardly. People once believed that your passions came from you liver. If you were lily livered your liver was white (because it did not contain any blood). So you were a coward.

Ok, then?

Movie Theme Songs you may remember:

Fame

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:

GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE, OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.

Winter-ish cartoons:

Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel

Ancient Athens is regarded as the birthplace of democracy, but fewer than 20 percent of its residents could actually participate in the political process.

Harper’s Index:         

Number of human brains compromoised after a freezer failure at the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center: 147

Unusual Fact of the Day:

Most teddy bears are manufactured with a neutral expression on their face so that children can project their own emotions onto the stuffed creatures.

• Found on You Tube: 

• Run For The Roses By Dan Fogelberg

• Gary Stewart She's Acting Single

Joke-of-the-day:

The man charged into the jewelry shop, slammed his fists angrily on the showcase, removed a wristwatch from his pocket and shook it under the nose of the owner. “You said this watch would last me a lifetime,” he yelled.

“Yeah,” admitted the owner. “But you looked pretty sick the day you bought it.”  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

PICTURING AN OIL WELL

A deep oil well has the same proportions as a human hair ten feet long.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

49-year-old Fitzgerald told deputies he was searching for his lost dog Tuesday morning when they found him cruising around a golf course in a golf cart while in possession of a high powered rifle and handgun, in case he encountered coyotes, he said. Deputies said Fitzgerald fired several rounds from his golf cart. Deputies also say Fitzgerald also appeared intoxicated.

Authorities say he hit a water tower which holds about a million gallons of water. Water has apparently been draining from the bullet hole.

Fitzgerald was charged with felony criminal mischief, discharging a firearm, and use of firearm while under the influence.

 No word on whether the dog was ever found.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.

A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

A capon is a castrated rooster.

A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.

A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.

A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, 

     that weighs no more than 2 pounds.

A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

14-18> Halcyon Days

16-1/5> Christmas Bird Count Week

16-24> Gluten-free Baking Week; Posadas

Today Is                                                                      

Barbie and Barney Backlash Day

National Chocolate-covered Anything Day

Underdog Day

~Bangladesh: Victory Day (1971 over Pakistani Army)

~Kazakhstan: Independence Day (1991 for Soviet Union)
~South Africa: Reconciliation Day (1994-end of apartheid)
~US: Anniversary - Boston Tea Party 1773

Today’s Events through History  

• 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV —1975

• Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN
—1976

• Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 causalities—1864

• Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week
—1913

• Fire consumes over 600 buildings in NYC
—1835

• General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
—1659

• Iraq disarmament crisis: Operation Desert Fox - The US and UK bomb targets in Iraq
—1998

• Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000
—1631

• O J Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
—1973

• Signed at Potawattimie Mills, Indiana, today, a treaty ceding 2 parcels of land for $700 and the canceling of some outstanding debts by the Potawatomi Indians and William Marshall
—1834

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 70’s

Leslie Stahl, newscaster/correspondent (CBS) is 71

Liv Ullmann, actress (Cries & Whispers, 40 Carats) is 73

In their 60’s

Steven Bochco, prod (Hill St Blues, LA Law, St Elsewhere, NYPD Blue) is 69

In their 40’s

Benjamin Bratt, actor (Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law & Order) is 49

Remembered for being born today

Catherine of Aragon, Madrid, Spanish princess/1st wife of Henry VIII, (1485-1536)

Jane Austen, Winchester, Hampshire, novelist (Pride and Prejudice), (1775-1817)

Ludwig van Beethoven, Bonn, Germany, composer (5th Symphony, Ode to Joy), (1770-1827)

George Santayana, Spain, philosopher/poet/humanist (Last Puritan) (1863-1952)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient—2010—at 87

Roy E. Disney, American businessman—cancer—2009—at 79

Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter—cancer—2007—at 56

Wilhelm Grimm, writer— infection—1859—at 73

William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge)—1965—at 91

Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter— pneumonia—2003—at 59

Lee Van Cleef, US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly)— heart attack—1989—at 64

Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles

 REFEREE

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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