9/5/13


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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 36/ Day: 348    
Today: H 79°…L 57°
Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  26mph  
Ave. humidity:  64%
Record Low: 27° (1961) 
Record High: 90° (1945)
Average Low: 46° 
Average High: 76°

Quote of the Day



Today’s Historical Highlights
"Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US…1958
10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC…1882
1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC…1953
Austerity measure requires Greece to increase its maximum working days to six 
     per week…2012
Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal…1960
Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8 dead…1666
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento…1975
Nelson Mandela chosen president of South African ANC…1991
President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty)…1961

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



My Free Rambling Thoughts   
What a warm day we had. Nice to be able to spend some time outside.
 
I’m not sure which I find more weird…is it that Mr. ‘Hawk’ McCain is saying that he is voting against the Obama plan because it is too little, or is it that he was playing poker on his phone during the hearings…kinda sounds like his mind was made up and he just wants it to look like a hearing, or is it that he uses a smart phone? Our Senator stays in the news…making AZ proud. With all this, then he changes course and votes in committee to bomb. Maybe he was just confused….AGAIN
 
I made it over to Sprouts this morning, and was very happy to find some great food. It really is a great store. Also hit Target for some bargains. Too bad these stores are not on my side of town; that would make life even better.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Marvin and Loren are exploring a forest in Queensland. They spotted a nice rainbow earlier, and then decided to go see the wildlife near the river. Loren spots a weird but harmless looking mammal and goes for a closer look. Marvin yells to be careful because it is venomous. Loren laughs, thinking Marvin must be joking. Unfortunately Loren gets too close and is stung in the hand. Loren starts to cry out in pain. Marvin comes over to Loren to tell him how stupid he is, but at least the venom is not lethal. What did Loren get stung by?
Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Hmmmm…Fearsome Phobias
If you have an irrational fear of... Bound, being
You're suffering from... Merinthophobia (related to 'fixing of boundaries')
If you have an irrational fear of... Body odor
You're suffering from... Bromidrosiphobia (Greek for sweat)
It is Illegal…
You Can Be Stopped By the Police for Biking Over 65 Miles per Hour in Connecticut
Privileges granted to people in the U.S. (and many western nations) for being Christian…
When swearing an oath, you will place your hand on a religious scripture pertaining to your faith.
Ok, then?



Harper’s Index    
  • Number of bills strengthening gun control that have been signed into law since Sandy Hook shooting: 14
  • Number weakening gun control: 37

Unusual Fact of the Day
Cheesecake was invented in Ancient Greece and served to athletes at the very first Olympic Games.
Joke-of-the-day
One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their P.J.'s, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers thrown all about the front yard. The door to his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess.
A lamp had been knocked over, and a throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, Breakfast food was spilled on the counter, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand lay piled up by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and other piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried that she might be ill, or worse!!
He found her lounging into the bedroom, still in her pajamas, reading a novel.
She smiled, looked up at him and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?"
She again smiled and answered, "you know every day when you come home from work and ask me what in the world did I do today?"
"Yes", he replied reluctantly.
She answered, "We'll, today I didn't do it!!"
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
SELLING AND TALKING
The sale is made while the customer is talking.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
BALTIMORE - U.S. scientists say they've detected water on the surface of the moon that originated deep in its interior, suggesting the interior is not as dry as thought. The discovery adds to the rapidly changing understanding of lunar water, study lead author Rachel Klima, a planetary geologist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., said.
"For many years, researchers believed that the rocks from the moon were 'bone dry,' and that any water detected in the Apollo samples had to be contamination from Earth," Klima, who is also a researcher with the NASA Lunar Science Institute, said. New techniques, she said, allowed scientists to determine an interior source for water detected on the moon's surface. "About five years ago, new laboratory techniques used to investigate lunar samples revealed that the interior of the moon is not as dry as we previously thought," she said. Knowledge of the moon's interior water can provide information about its volcanic processes and internal composition, the researchers said. "Such studies can help us understand how the surficial water originated and where it might exist in the lunar mantle," study co-author Justin Hagerty of the U.S. Geological Survey said. The detection of internal water means scientists can begin to test some of the findings from sample studies in a broader context, including in regions far from where the Apollo sites are clustered on the near side of the moon, researchers said.  
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • The Museum of Modern Art in New York City hung Matisse's 'Le Bateau' upside-down for 47 days before an art student noticed the error.
  • The official name of the St. Louis Gateway Arch is "The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial." The Gateway Arch looks taller than it is wider, but it is exactly 630 feet by 630 feet.
  • The only one of his sculptures that Michelangelo signed was the "The Pieta," completed in 1500.
  • The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
  • Pablo Picasso's career lasted seventy-eight years, from 1895 until his death in 1973.
  • The Taj Mahal was commissioned in 1630 by Shah Jehan to honor his wife Mumtaz, who died in childbirth.


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
1st-7th
International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week
National Waffle Week
Self-University Week
National Payroll Week
3rd -7th  
Play Days

Today Is                                                                       
·        Be Late For Something Day

Today’s Events through History  
1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)…1885
French Revolution: the "Reign of Terror" begins…1793
Georgians continue to trespass on Creek lands. Chief Alexander McGillivray 
     writes Congress demanding that they protect his people from the settlers 
     which previous treaties has promised…1785
Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas…1836
World's longest auto tunnel, St Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens…1980

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Paul Volcker, former Federal Reserve chairman is 86
Bob Newhart, comedian (Bob Newhart Show, Newhart) is 84
Carol Lawrence, dancer/actress (West Side Story) is 81
William Devane, actor (Family Plot, Missles of October) is 76
George Lazenby, Australian actor (OHMSS-James Bond) is 74
Raquel Welch, actress (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles) is 73
Michael Keaton, actor (Gung Ho, Batman, Beetlejuice) is 62
Dweezil Zappa, rock guitarist/son of Frank/VJ (MTV) is 44
Rose McGowan, actress (Charmed) is 40

Remembered for being born today
Jesse James, outlaw, son of a clergyman [1847-1882]
Louis XIV, King of France (Sun King) [1638-1715]
Freddie Mercury, [Bulsara], British vocalist (Queen-We are Champions) [1946-1991]
Jack Valenti, Pres (Motion Picture Association of America) [1921-2007]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Mother Teresa [Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu], Nobel (1979)…1997…at 87
Allen Funt, American radio and television personality…1999…at 84  
D. James Kennedy, televangelist…heart attack…2007…at 76
Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-born singer…cancer…2003…at 76
Crazy Horse, [Tashunka Witko], last great Sioux war chief…stabbed by guard…1877…at 27

Brain Teasers
Duckbill Platypus Male platypuses have venomous spurs.
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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9/4/13


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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 36/ Day: 247   
Today: H 79°…L 51°
Wind: ave:   5mph; Gusts:  17mph  
Ave. humidity:  68%
Record Low: 22° (1902)
Record High: 83° (2010)
Average Low: 37°
Average High: 68°

Quote of the Day



Today’s Historical Highlights
1st cafeteria opens (NYC)…1885
1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)…1833
Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war…1886
Catholic coup in Scotland…1571
English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet…1682
English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit…1893
Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel…1957
George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"…1888
Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish Forth Road Bridge)…1964
Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game…1988
US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals…1972

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



My Free Rambling Thoughts   
I made an investment with my new dealer-broker a couple of weeks ago. On Friday he called to say the new company had misplaced my check. Then he called back and said they found it. Then this morning he called to say they didn’t find it. He stopped by this morning, and after calling the bank and stopping payment on the first check, I issued a new check. Not the best way to start off a new business arrangement. Right after he left, the maintenance manager for the property stopped by to have me sign my new lease. Nothing changed, so I’m good with that. Back a few months ago, when I had to remove my front area ornamentation, I had requested that the owner get me a security door, since the removable screen I was using didn’t meet the standards of the HOA. I hadn’t heard anything and kept being told the owner was ‘out of town’. He said the owner would be in this week to pick up the checks for his properties and he would ask him then. Sure hope he agrees.
 
Even though I am long retired, today sure felt like Monday. Guess that will never change.
 
I tried to listen to the news but all I was hearing were the drums of war. So depressing. Can’t believe that any act of war is going to help anyone in this situation.
 
Clouds came in late this afternoon, everything cooled off, but alas, no moisture has made it to the ground…maybe later tonight.
Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Changing one letter in each of the following words will make new words that are all related to each other. What are the new words?
Storm Payable Cable Moth

Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Hmmmm…Fearsome Phobias
If you have an irrational fear of... Blushing
You're suffering from... Erythophobia from Greek: ερυθρός, red/φοβία, fear, literally "fear of redness."
If you have an irrational fear of... Books
You're suffering from... Bibliophobia
It is Illegal…
It Is Illegal To Serve Butter Substitutes in Wisconsin State Prisons
Privileges granted to people in the U.S. (and many western nations) for being Christian…
If you are being tried in court, you can assume that the jury of “your peers” will share your faith and not hold that against you in weighing decisions.
Ok, then?



Harper’s Index    
  • Chance that a US gun owner has ever called or written a member of Congress about gun-control legislation: 1 in 5
  • That someone living in a household without a gun has: 1 in 10

Unusual Fact of the Day
The cashew is in reality a seed. Native to Brazil, the cashew is the seed of a cashew apple and contains an irritant toxin in its shell similar to poison ivy. This requires it to be deshelled before being shipped off to market.
Joke-of-the-day
Knock-knock. Who's there? Dishes. Dishes who? Dishes the police! Come out with your hands up!  
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
FITTING A SHOE
You should have a thumb's width of space between the longest toe and the tip of your shoe.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
Paul Fudacz, Jr. of Ohio agreed to go under the knife to donate one of his kidneys to his dying sister. It is just about as close as you can come to giving up your life without actually dying for your family. That is until the hospital throws the organ out in the trash.
Surgeons at the University of Toledo Medical Center removed Paul's kidney to give it to his sister, however a nurse threw it away as she discarded the contents of a slush machine before the operation was over.
Doctors tried to "resuscitate the organ" for a couple hours but ultimately weren't able to do so.
Now, the Fudacz family is suing the hospital where it all happened.
You would think that law suit would be a slam dunk, but the hospital found another donor for the sister and covered her traveling costs so she could undergo the surgery in Colorado, so now they want the lawsuit dismissed.
The doctor who performed the surgery still works at the medical center, but the two nurses responsible for tossing the kidney no longer work there.
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • The dipper bird builds nests behind waterfalls for protection.
  • Vultures can soar for hours without one beat of their wings.
  • Sea horses pull themselves around with their chins leading them.
  • Foxes sometimes nip at the heals of cattle so the stomping of the cattle makes mice and other rodents come out of the ground, for the fox to eat.
  • The guanaco of South America, a cousin of the camel, has pads on its feet to keep its feet from burning on desert sand or freezing in mountain snow.
  • The fiddler crab can grow a new claw when it loses one of its own.
  • Blue jays often forget where they hide winter supplies of food.


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
1st-7th
International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week
National Waffle Week
Self-University Week
National Payroll Week
3rd -7th  
Play Days

Today Is                                                                       
·        International Drive Your Studebaker Day
·        Newspaper Carrier Day
~~~~
·        Curacao: Animals' Day

Today’s Events through History  
1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed…1954
1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Harry Truman…1951
Carpet that can help prevent falls in elderly by warning them after detecting 
     unusual footsteps is developed…2012
Finland breaks diplomatic contact with Nazi-Germany…1944
General Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops…1862
Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship…1983
Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat…1807
Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship…1953

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Beyoncé Knowles, singer (Destiny's Child) is 32
Tom Watson, golfer (British Open 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83) is 64
Damon Wayans, actor/comedian (In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman) is 53

Remembered for being born today
Alexander III (Alasdair mac Alasdair) King of Scotland [1241-1286]
Phoebe Cary, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary) [1824-1871]
Paul Harvey, news commentator (Rest of the story) [1918-2009]
William Lyons, British industrialist (Jaguar cars) [1907-1985]
Dick York, actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind) [1928-1992]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Irene Dunne, actress (5 Oscars)…1990…at 91
Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and TV personality…killed by stingray…1962…at 44
Albert Schweitzer, German/French missionary (Nobel 1954)…1965…at 90
Matthew Stewart. 4th Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland…murdered…1571…at 54
Cesar F Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor)…smallpox…1784…at 70
Herve Villechaize, actor (Fantasy Island)…suicide…1993…at 50
Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby)…car crash…1991…at 58

Brain Teasers
Story Parable Fable Myth
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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9/3/13


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Almanac: Flagstaff:  Week: 36/ Day: 246   
Today: H 77°…L 50°
Wind: ave:   3mph; Gusts:  16mph  
Ave. humidity:  75%
Record Low: 91° (1948)
Record High: 91° (1948)
Average Low: 46°
Average High: 76°

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights
1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes…1917
1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)…1935
1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland…1938
Beslan School massacre ends approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and 
     children die…2004
Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France…1944
Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas…1891
eBay founded…1995
Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor…1838
Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson…1964
US adopts Gregorian calendar (becomes Sept 14)…1752

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



My Free Rambling Thoughts   
What a nice Labor Day here in Flag…blue sky, warm temps, no rain, a few clouds. Nice to be on the deck and enjoy this beautiful weather.
 
I refrained from going to any stores on this holiday. When I was in college we did work on Labor Day for triple time pay. Not so anymore. While we honor the labor that built our country, it seems unsettling that all of the stores are open and most are not paying their staff anything extra. The trash man was here as every other Monday. A few years ago we would get a notice that there was no trash pickup on holiday Mondays and that trash would be picked up Tuesday. Now the trash guy gets no holiday. Times have changed and Labor Day has become little more than cook outs for those lucky enough to have the day off. I don’t think this is the dream of Labor Day was made an official US holiday back in the 1890’s. I read a story about ‘never wear white after Labor Day’ which kinda makes sense. Back in the day, the very wealthy would spend their summers at the beach or vacationing at some resort. They would return to the very filthy city after Labor Day where white clothes would quickly become gray from the soot in the air. Hmmm
 
Someone posted on FB posted a Glen Beck video demanding that everyone listen to the short video. Being a good person who always does as told…NOT…I decided to watch it, even though I am not now, nor have I ever been a Glen Beck fan. Strangely he was calling out the Hawks of both parties about getting involved in Syria. He was showing a video clip that was very graphic of a Syrian rebel who shot one of the Syrian military. It is a civil war after all. Then the rebel cut open the chest and pulled out some vital organ and took a bite out of it. Beck’s plea was not to support these cannibals. I did some digging and found a BBC broadcast of this rebel discussing his cannibalistic act. He was saying that he was ‘caught up in the moment’ and needed to show the Army that he and his men were not afraid of the Army. While other rebel groups have denounced this violent act, they are doing nothing to stop the guy. I learned that the Syrian Civil War is not like our Civil War where it was the North vs the South with tribes and other countries picking sides and fighting. The Syrian Civil War is the government vs a whole lot of rebel groups that are not really connected at all. Sometimes the rebels are even fighting each other over conquered land and civilians. If the US decides to bomb government facilities in Syria, we are in fact helping the rebels overthrow a horrific dictator who gasses his own citizens AND we are helping the rebels, including the ‘cannibal’, take over the country. This is a mess that we better be very careful before picking sides. A simple bombing will not end our involvement. It will lead to troops on the ground when more horrific killing happens no matter whom is in charge.  

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
Pick the word from List B which best completes the group of words in List A.
List A: Eighth, _____, Height, Beau, Eulogy
List B: Aesop Beauty Client Masseur Painter

Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Hmmmm…Fearsome Phobias
If you have an irrational fear of... Birds
You're suffering from... Ornithophobia [ornitho is Greek (meaning bird)]
If you have an irrational fear of... Blood
You're suffering from... Hematophobia, hemaphobia, homophobia [Greek hemato- 'blood']
It is Illegal…
Fishing While Sitting on a Giraffe’s Neck is Forbidden in Illinois
Privileges granted to people in the U.S. (and many western nations) for being Christian…
You can practice your religious customs without being questioned, mocked, or inhibited.
Ok, then?



Harper’s Index    
  • Number of US educators who have signed up for the Armed Teacher Training Program: 1475
  • Date on which Nelson, Georgia passed The Family Protection Ordinance, mandating gun ownership: 4/1/2013 and this was not an April Fool’s Joke

Unusual Fact of the Day
A 1975 slang dictionary defines "gay-cat" as a hobo znot wise to the ways of hobo life, and considered unacceptable by his fellows.
Joke-of-the-day
COMPUTER TERMS - TEXAS TRANSLATION:
  • LOG ON: Making a wood stove hotter.
  • LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood.
  • MONITOR: Keeping an eye on the wood stove.
  • DOWNLOAD: Gettin' the farwood off the truck
  • MEGA HERTZ: When yer not keerful gettin' the farwood
  • FLOPPY DISC: Whatcha git from tryin to carry too much farwood
  • RAM: That thing tha splits the farwood
  • HARD DRIVE: Gettin' home in the winter time
  • PROMPT: What the mail ain't in the winter time
  • WINDOWS: What to shut when it's cold outside
  • SCREEN: What to shut when it's black fly season
  • BYTE: What them dang flies do
  • CHIP: Munchies fer the TV
  • MICRO CHIP: What's in the bottom of the munchie bag
  • MODEM: Whatcha did to the hay fields
  • DOT MATRIX: Old Dan Matrix's wife
  • LAP TOP: Where the kitty sleeps
  • KEYBOARD: Where ya hang the dang truck keys
  • SOFTWARE: Them dang plastic forks and knives
  • MOUSE: What eats the grain in the barn
  • MOUSE PAD: That's hippie talk fer the mouse hole
  • MAIN FRAME: Holds up the barn roof
  • ENTER: Northerner talk fer "c'mon in, y'all"
  • RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY: When ya can't 'member what ya paid fer the rifle

Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
RIDING A BUS
 On a Greyhound bus, the side with the bathroom has more leg-room than the side with the driver.   
Yeah, It Really Happened
MITCHELL, Ontario - Police in Ontario said a man arrested on a drunken driving charge was found driving a riding lawnmower down the middle of a street. Authorities said an off-duty officer spotted the 64-year-old man, whose name was not released, driving a John Deere riding mower down the center of a public road in Mitchell, OMI Agency reported Thursday. The man was showing signs of impairment and failed two breath tests administered by on-duty officers summoned to the scene by the off-duty officer, police said. The man is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 30 on charges including impaired driving and driving while disqualified.
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Labor Day in Canada began in 1872 in Toronto but quickly made its way south to the U.S. Originally it began as a significant demonstration demanding rights for workers.
  • The first U.S. Labor Day was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, planned by the Central Labor Union. The Labor Day parade of about 10,000 workers took unpaid leave and marched from City Hall past Union Square uptown to 42nd street, and ended in Wendel's Elm Park at 92nd Street and 9th Avenue for a concert, speeches, and a picnic.
  • Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day a holiday in 1887.
  • On June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
  • In the late 1800s the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks to eke out a basic living. Children as young as 5-6 years old worked in factories and mines.
  • The year in which the 8-hour day was firmly established was 1916 with the passage of the Adamson Act. This was the first federal law regulating hours of workers in private companies.


Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
1st-7th
International Enthusiasm Week
National Nutrition Week
National Waffle Week
Self-University Week
National Payroll Week
3rd -7th  
Play Days

Today Is                                                                       
·        Another Look Unlimited Day: encourages you to take another look through what you’re getting rid of to identify things which could be donated to charity, given to friends, or recycled in another way.
·        Skyscraper Day: to appreciate and admire the world's tallest skyscrapers
~~~~
·        San Marino: National Day (Founding of the Republic: 301 by the Saint Marino)

Today’s Events through History  
Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists…1651
700 soldiers avenge the Grattan Massacre attack Sioux village, killing 100 men, 
     women, and children…1855
Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)…1930
Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly…1967

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Mitzi Gaynor, actress/vocalist (Les Girls, South Pacific) is 82
Costas Mandylor, Greek Australian actor (Saw) is 48
Dick Motta, NBA coach (856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings) is 82
Valerie Perrine, American actress and model (Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny) is 70
Charlie Sheen, [Carlos Estavez], actor (Wall St, Platoon) is 48
Shaun White, snowboarder (Olympic gold - 2006, 2010) is 27

Remembered for being born today
Eileen Brennan, actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin) [1932-2013]
Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality [1910-2007]
Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler [1931-1973]
Bill Flemming, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports) [1926-2007]
Marguerite Higgins, reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner [1920-1966]
Paul Kane, Canadian painter [1810-1871]
Alan Ladd, actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers) [1913-1964]
Ahkal Mo' Naab' II, Maya King [523-570]
Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen) [1875-1951]
Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist [1710-1784]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector…malaria…1658…at 59
e[dward] e cummings, US poet (Tulips & Chimneys)…stroke…1962…at 67
Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers)…cancer…1970…at 57
Ho Chi Minh [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], revolutionary/President of North 
     Vietnam…heart failure…1969…at 79
Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist…2012…at 92
Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury)…cancer…1980…at 76

Brain Teasers
Aesop
Each of the words in List A includes the letter "e" blended with another letter or letters to make the sound of one of our five vowels.
Eighth (A) Aesop (E) Height (I) Beau (O) Eulogy (U)

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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