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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 061   / Week: 10  
Today: L 36°…H 43°… Ave. humidity: 75%
     Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  48mph  
     Average Low: 21° Record Low:  -1° (1971)
    Average High: 48° Record High:  65° (1910)

Quote of the Day


Today’s Historical Highlights
1789 - Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
1799 - Congress standardizes US weights & measures
1817 - 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn
1819 - US passed its 1st immigration law
1867 - US Congress created the Department of Education
1876 - Secretary of War is impeached for taking bribes to make political appointments.
1899 - Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US)
1903 - Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC
1917 - Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
1929 - Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
1946 - Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam
1953 - The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
1976 - Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest
1978 - 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
1985 - US approves screening test for AIDS
1989 - NAVAJO Code Talker Monument is erected.
2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
My Free Rambling Thoughts   
Rain, rain, and more rain…light rain this morning, much heavier rain in the afternoon. Watering our forest very nicely.  They say it will turn to snow tonight.  Nice!
 
Not sure where the Ukraine and Crimea is headed, but it sure doesn’t look good for those people. Not real familiar with that part of the world, but it seems that this has been a hot spot for quite some time.
 
On a lighter side, it’s Dr. Seuss’ birthday…what memories I have of reading those books to 3rd and 4th graders at Shonto AZ.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
This is another of my rhyming word ladders. Most people will have to work forwards and backwards to get all ten words.
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The old adage says to do this again. Add one, make a city of fame way back when. <> OY becomes IP and you'll have a nice fall. Change I to A and you'll catch it all. <>
 Insert an M: make an invention of Chaplin. Change T to C and with pain you'll be grapplin'. <> Replace second with H: a winner for sure! Lose second to last: you'll want balm for a cure. <> Drop the H to make something to go on your head. Change one and an adage will leave this thing dead.

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

Remembering TV’s great shows
"The West Wing"--There was never a better platform for Aaron Sorkin's passionate rhetoric to take flight than President Josiah Bartlet's bully pulpit.
Look back at History
The Civil War
This war ranks higher than that of #3 because #3 left one question unanswered after the drafting of the Constitution: if all men are created equal, why are blacks bought and sold, families of them broken up, and in other ways inhumanely treated for the purpose of using them like farm animals? Why aren’t blacks allowed to vote? Are they, at long last, men?
In order to circumvent this last question, most white citizens, especially in the South, actually argued that black people were not humans, but slightly subhuman. They weren’t even counted in censuses until 1787, and even then, only 3/5 of all blacks would be counted in a given area. The causes of the Civil War, or more properly, the War over States’ Rights, include much more than slavery, but the sustenance or abolition of slavery was the result everyone watched for, and what all the politicians fought for. At no other time in American history was the nation more polarized over any issue. In hindsight, fighting over it was the only resolution. No compromise could avail itself forever.
Many war experts consider it the first modern war, not because of the Gatling gun, but because of musket rifling and the Minie ball. As said in #10, 600,000 Americans died. This was horror on a scale no American ever saw before or since. Most of the common soldiers enlisted and fought for the money and three square meals a day. This was a job, and the promise of adventure, for the price of possible death or injury. By the time it was over, Richmond had been bombed into a moonscape, General Sherman had burned Atlanta to the ground, and the President was killed.
But with the unconditional surrender of the South, the Union was able to welcome back all seceded states, per Lincoln’s wishes, and permanently outlaw slavery of any kind. The Constitution was amended to this effect, Blacks were given the right to vote and hold office, and a nation much more similar to that of the present finally existed in the Western Hemisphere.
Lexiophiles Delights
. A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
. When the smog lifts in LosAngeles--U.C.L.A.
Ancient Sports
Harpastum--Culture: Roman
An early predecessor to the modern sport of rugby, harpastum was an ancient Roman game played with a small, hard ball of the same name. Derived from two early Greek games, the goal of the game varied often, but each version included two teams. Some variations involved a single player in the middle of a scrum, attempting to grasp the harpastum and escape, with the opponents trying to keep him inside and away from the ball.
Other versions were more like rugby, with two evenly matched teams squaring off on a field, with goals on either side. Passes, as well as feints, were common, as the goal was to get the ball to the opposite end of the field, and injuries abounded since there were no rules on grappling. A predetermined amount of time was agreed upon and the winner was the team with the most points at the end.
Galen, the famous Roman physician, claimed that harpastum was one of the greatest exercises, because it was cheap, easy, and could be tailored to fit the skill level of any player.
OK Then…
 
Harper’s Index 
  • Minimum percentage of all federal background chiecks handled by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM): 90
  • Percentage of OPM employees who are private contractors: 76

Unusual Fact of the Day
In 1979, Oscar host Johnny Carson joked, "I see a lot of new faces here. Especially on the old faces."
Joke-of-the-day
A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double take. He recognizes that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the cat for two dollars. 
The storeowner replies "I'm sorry, but the cat isn't for sale. 
The collector says, "Please, I need a hungry cat around the house to catch mice. I'll pay you twenty dollars for that cat." 
And the owner says "Sold," and hands over the cat. 
The collector continues, "Hey, for the twenty bucks I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat's used to it and it'll save me from having to get a dish." 
And the owner says, "Sorry buddy, but that's my lucky saucer. So far this week I've sold sixty-eight cats."  
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
GETTING A JOB
Never send a resume longer than one page unless you're in the entertainment field, or think you are.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
Little Daddy is a 1931 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.[1] It was the 105th (17th talking episode) Our Gang short that was released. Farina and Stymie are orphans and staying in a small flat near a black community church. The authorities want to put Stymie into an orphanage. Farina is sad about this but attempts to have a goodbye for Stymie with help from the gang. As Farina gets the food set up, Stymie eats it quicker than the gang could arrive. As the gang arrives, a man from the orphanage arrives to take Stymie to the home. The gang then attacks him in order to stop him from taking Stymie away. Miss Crabtree, their teacher, arrives on the scene and presumably settles matters. Little Daddy was removed from the Little Rascals television package due to perceived racism toward African Americans.
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • The male mosquitoes are vegetarians and live on eating the lives of the plants and the trees.
  • Tongue of the blue whale’s weight is equal to the total body weight of the elephant.
  • Rats and horses can’t have the power of vomiting, which is why the rats can’t survive, even after taking the small quantity of zinc sulphate (rat-poisoning).
  • Taking 1 chips pocket per day is equal to taking 5 liters of oil in a year.
  • The thermometer was invented in 1607 by Galileo.
  • Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866.
  • Wilhelm Rontgen won the first Nobel Prize for physics for discovering X-rays in 1895.
  • Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant in 1967 – the patient lived for 18 days.
  • Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.
  • An individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
  • One million, million, million, million, millionth of a second after the Big Bang the Universe was the size of a …pea.

Calendar Information        
Happening This Week:
1-16
Iditarod Race
1-2
National Maple Syrup Days
1-7
National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week 
Will Eisner Week
2-8
Celebrate Your Name Week
National Consumer Protection Week
National Invasive Species Awareness Week
National Pancake Week
National Pet Sitters Week
National Schools Social Work Week
National Severe Storm Preparedness Week
National Sleep Awareness Week
National Words Matter Week
Professional Pet Sitters Week
Read an E-Book Week
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Save Your Vision Week
Severe Weather Preparedness Week:
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
Women in Construction Week

Today Is                                                                      
·        Academy Awards Night
·        Daughters' and Sons' Day
·        Dr. Seuss Day
·        Iditarod Begins
·        Namesake Day
·        National Frozen Food Day
·        National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day

Today’s Events through History  
1819 - Territory of Arkansas organized
1853 - Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Ter
1861 - US creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah ter
1867 - Act is passed today which will purchase a reserve for SAUK and FOX of 
     4.5 square miles.
1889 - Kansas passes 1st US antitrust
1949 - 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
1990 - Greyhound Bus goes on strike

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union is 83
Tom Wolfe, journalist/author (Right Stuff) is 83
John Cowsill, rock drummer (Cowsills-We Can Fly) is 58
Jon Bon Jovi, rocker (Bon Jovi-Give Love a Bad Name) is 52
Daniel Craig, actor (007) is 46

Remembered for being born today
1793 - Sam[uel] Houston, 1st president of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44)
1876 - Pius XII, [Euhenio MGG Pacelli], 260th Pope (1939-58)
1904 - Dr. Seuss, [Theodor Geisel], children's author (Horton Hears a Who!)
1917 - Desi Arnaz, Santiago Cuba, actor (I Love Lucy)
1950 - Karen Carpenter, vocalist/drummer (We Only Just Begun)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Randolph Scott, actor (Fort Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), 1987, @89
John Wesley, English co-founder of Methodism, 1791, @87 
Horace [Horatio] Walpole, British horror writer, 1797, @79
Dusty Springfield, English singer, breast cancer, 1999, @59
David Herbert Lawrence (DH), poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover),TB, 1930, @44

Brain Teasers
TRY: From the adage "If, at first, you don't succeed, try, try again." TROY: The Greek city which was the site of the Trojan War. <> TRIP: and fall. TRAP: to catch it all. <> TRAMP: Charlie Chaplin's famous character was the tramp. CRAMP: can be very painful. <> CHAMP: a winner! CHAP: Chapped lips or hands can be cured with a balm <> CAP: goes on your head. CAT: is left dead in the adage "Curiosity killed the cat."
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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Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 060   / Week: 08  
Today: L 34°…H 48°… Ave. humidity: 62%
     Wind: ave:   21mph; Gusts:  34mph  
     Average Low: 21° Record Low:  -10° (1997)
    Average High: 47° Record High:  66° (1921)

Quote of the Day
 
Today’s Historical Highlights
1831 - Georgia law, deadline for all whites to be out of CHEROKEE lands deadline.
1872 - Yellowstone becomes world's 1st national park
1873 - E. Remington and Sons begins production of the first practical typewriter.
1879 - Library of Hawaii founded
1890 - 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published
1913 - Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
1932 - Charles Lindbergh Jr (20 months), kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12
1933 - Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent run on banks
1936 - The Hoover Dam is completed.
1937 - 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Ct)
1941 - "Captain America" appears in a comic book
1941 - 1st US commercial FM radio station goes on the air, Nashville
1947 - International Monetary Fund begins operation
1950 - Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa
1961 - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp
1962 - K-Mart opens
1970 - White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
1972 - Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
1974 - Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
1980 - Snow falls in Florida
1981 - Bobby Sands, IRA member, begins 65-day hunger strike 
2003 - Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States 
     Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
2004 - Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice 
     to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
2006 - English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.
2013 - The 2013 US budget sequestration comes into effect

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   
How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays
 
My Free Rambling Thoughts   
What a great birthday. Started with a nice phone call from my brother, continued with a great lunch and more presents with my friend Martha. I got a candle, a Nelson Mandela Book of Quotes, and a great CD. Then there were the many birthday wishes on FB…very nice.
 
I had to go to my local bank to get action on my insurance check. Juan claimed to have never received my email with the required documents. After over an hour of wasted time on the phone with the Bank help center, I gave up and went to my local branch. The manager was very kind, spent about an hour getting the document sent to Juan, a follow-up call to Juan and let him know that she would continue the follow-up until this case is resolved. I will wait patiently until Monday and all hell will probably break loose if the check isn’t ‘in the mail’. Try to keep laughing and shaking my head, but it is getting harder and harder. Sure glad I have experience dealing with bureaucracy or I would have been in the Looney bin by now. Several people have suggested I just cancel the check and pay with a credit card. Nope…cancelling means ‘they’ win, and since the words ‘Cuba Insurance’ on the memo line is what started all this with the ‘all seeing’ government, cancelling the check could mean that I was really trying launder money as seen my some small minded bureaucrat and that could lead to even closer scrutiny of my financial life.
Game  Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
What am I? I will help you with your writing, Probably through me you will see, But if you want to ship me, You'll put me right inside of me. <> I wear many different hats you know, In construction plus I'm tracing, I also do work for the board, Lots of kids use me for a racing. <> You can fold me, tear me, Rip me without using all your might, But be careful how you touch me, I may give you my famous bite.
Lifestyle  Substance:     
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

Remembering TV’s great shows
"Late Night/Late Show With David Letterman"--After a quirky 30-plus-year run, Dave still keeps us up late wondering what he'll do or say next.
Look back at History
The American Revolution
The establishment of America as a nation all its own occurred from 19 April 1775 to October 1781. Hostilities were required because the British considered the Thirteen Colonies nothing more than another exclave of the global British Empire, and King George wanted the lion’s share of all the Colonies’ wealth. America’s Founding Fathers had had enough, and when 8 Minutemen were killed on Lexington Green, the fight was on.
The next year, in one of the Continental Congress’s many meetings, Benjamin Franklin, on signing the Declaration of Independence, said, “Now, gentlemen, if we don’t all hang together in this, we’ll all hang separately.” They were traitors to the Crown. The only reason they are not thought of as such today is because George Washington, with a lot of help from the French, won the War.
He lost about 6 major battles, and won only about 3, but the three he won were the three that mattered in the end. His primary enemy was Charles Lord Cornwallis, who was more than a match for him many times. But when Washington combined all his American forces with those of the French of Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette, Cornwallis could not overcome them. When he surrendered, The United States of America became a nation all its own.
NEW***Lexiophiles Delights
"Lexophile" is a word used to describe those that have a love for words, such as "you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish", or "to write with a broken pencil is pointless."
A competition to see who can come up with the best lexphillies is held every year in an undisclosed location. This year's winning submission is posted at the very end.
. When fish are in schools, they sometimes take debate.
NEW***Ancient Sports
Pitz: Culture: Mayan
Littered with cultural and religious significance, the sport known to the Mayans as pitz is one of the oldest games in human history, believed to have originated as early as 2,500 BC. A number of different variations existed, with the rules on ball size or what was used to hit it changing to fit the context of the game. Nevertheless, the game was originally much like racquetball, with the later addition of hoops that served as goals. The main focus of every town in the Mayan empire, the ball court was often used as a proxy for war, a way for enemies to settle their disputes without bloodshed.
In addition, Mayan kings, much like their Aztec counterparts, would often stage dramatic reenactments of their myths right on the court. The most popular myth played out on the court was that of the Maize Gods and the Hero Twins. As they were avid fans of pitz, the Maize Gods would often play loudly, which angered Xibalba, the god of the Underworld. So he killed the two of them and buried them on the court; he also took one of their heads and hung it from a tree in the Underworld. It spat on one of the princesses of the Underworld, who became pregnant, and she gave birth to the Hero Twins, who resurrected the Maize Gods.
Human sacrifice also played a role—captured kings or the captains of the losing team would often be decapitated after the game, although the games may have just been an elaborate ritual, with the outcome predetermined.
OK Then…
 
Harper’s Index 
Portion of hyperlinks included in Supreme Court decisions that no longer work: 1/2
Unusual Fact of the Day
The Cockroach can live up to two weeks without a head because its "brain" (or control center) is spread throughout its body.
Joke-of-the-day
A man goes to the police station wanting to speak to the burglar who broke into his house the night before. ‘You’ll get your chance in court,’ says the desk sergeant. 
‘No, no, no! says the man. ‘I want to know how he got into the house without waking my wife. I’ve been trying to do that for years!’
Rules of Thumb:   
Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
EATING WILD GAME
The more arctic an animal's habitat, the greater the danger in eating its liver.    
Yeah, It Really Happened
A veteran University of Colorado administrator is on forced leave after her sideline made news in December. Resa Cooper-Morning, 54, "cultural diversity coordinator" in the ethnic studies department at CU Denver, also ran a phone-sex business for which she took calls ($1.49 a minute, "phone sex that will rock every part of your body," according to her website) during hours she worked for the university. Said her daughter-in-law: "I've been in her office, and she's said, 'Oh, let me be right back, I have a phone call.' She takes them very discreetly, shuts her door." A KCNC-TV investigation found that the phone-sex hours listed on the website had recently been cut back, from "7:30 a.m. until late at night" to "weekdays after 3 p.m." [KCNC-TV, 12-12-2013]  
Somewhat Useless Information   
  • Peter Gloystein, Economy Minister in the state of Bremen, poured wine over the head of  Udo Oelschlaeger, a homeless man, during the launch of German wine week. “Here’s something for you to drink,” he said as he poured the wine. “Who are you? Why are you doing this?” a tearful Mr Oelschlaeger retorted, according to BBC News. Mr Gloystein was forced to resign after the “not funny incident” and said he had not intended to insult the homeless man.
  • Lana Del Ray was once a singer of a different style, having a different name and not the current success. She rewrote her past and was acclaimed as a new star. Del Ray originally attempted a singing career under her real name, Lizzy Grant, which failed. She was then supported by her millionaire father and her management picked a new name for her and  tried to delete any online evidence of her former image or name.
  • Natural resources are not unlimited and humans put extreme pressure on them since thousands of years. However, it is not only water or oil that the Earth is running out of, but also many of our creature comfort commodities.Here’ s a list of things that the world is running out of: Chocolate (cocoa supply); Sardines; Tequila (Mexico’s blue agave yield); Helium; Wine; Goat Cheese; Bacon (pork meat)

Calendar Information        
Happening This Month: March
Adopt A Rescued Guinea Pig Month 
American Red Cross Month or Red Cross Month     

Bell Peppers and Broccoli Month 
Berries and Cherries Month 
Brain Injury Awareness Month 
Child Life Month 
Colic Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Credit Education Month

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Month 
Deaf History Month 

Employee Spirit Month
Endometriosis Month 
Exotic Winter Fruit & Leeks and Green Onions Month 
Expanding Girls' Horizons in Science & Engineering Month 

Honor Society Awareness Month 
Humorists Are Artists Month

International Expect Success Month 
International Ideas Month
International Listening Awareness Month
International Mirth Month
International Women's Month: 
Irish-American Heritage Month

Malignant Hypertension Awareness & Training Month
Music In Our Schools Month 

National Athletic Training Month  
National Caffeine Awareness Month
National Cheerleading Safety Month 
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your IRS Act Month
National Color Therapy Month 
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Craft Month 
National Ethics Awareness Month
National Essential Tremor Awareness Month 
National Eye Donor Month
National Frozen Food Month 
National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National March Into Literacy Month
National Nutrition Month
National On-Hold Month
National Peanut Month
 National Social Work Month 
National Umbrella Month
National Women's History Month

Optimism Month

Play The Recorder Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month

Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month  
Spiritual Wellness Month
Supply Management Month
Transgender Month of Action for Healthcare Equality 
Trisomy Awareness Month (three instances of a particular chromosome, instead of the normal two)

Women's History Month
Workplace Eye Wellness Month

Youth Art Month

Happening This Week:
1-16
Iditarod Race
1-2
National Maple Syrup Days
1-7
National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week 
Will Eisner Week

Today Is                                                                      
·        Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
·        Endometriosis Day or Wear Yellow Day
·        National Horse Protection Day
·        National Peanut Lovers Day
·        Peace Corps Day (Historical 3/1/1961 by Pres. Kennedy)
·        Pig Day
·        Plan a Solo Vacation Day
·        Refired, Not Retired Day
·        Sock Monkey Day
·        World Compliment Day
·        Zero Discrimination Day
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·        Admission Day (Nebraska-1867-37th)
·        Admission Day (Ohio-1803-17th)
·        Beer Day (Iceland)
·        Town Meeting Day (Vermont)
·        Independence Day (Bosnia/Herzegovina-1992- from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
·        Omizutori (Japan - Water-Drawing Festival)
·        St. David's Day (Wales)

Today’s Events through History  
1784 - E Kidner opens 1st cooking school, in Great Britain
1909 - 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn
1921 - Rwanda ceded to Great Britain
1969 - NY Yankees' Mickey Mantle retires
1973 - Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
1993 - Authorities in Waco, Texas negotiate with Branch Davidians

Today’s Birthdays                                                           
Harry Belafonte, Harlem calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher) is 87
Robert Conrad, [Conrad R Falk], actor (Wild Wild West) is 79
Dirk Benedict, actor (A-Team, Battlestar Galactica) is 69
Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy) is 70
Alan Thicke, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains) is 67
Ron Howard, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days) is 60
Catherine Bach, actress (Daisey Duke-Dukes of Hazzard) is 60
Timothy Daly, actor, director is 58
Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell) is 40
Justin Bieber, Canadian pop singer (Baby, One Time) is 20

Remembered for being born today
1732 - William Cushing, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States. 
1904 - Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood)
1904 - Paul Hartman, SF California, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction)
1910 - David Niven, actor (Casino Royale, The Pink Panther)
 
1914 - Harry Caray, American sportscaster 
1917 - Dinah Shore, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet)
1922 - Yitzak Rabin, premier (Israel, 1992-95, Nobel 1994)
1926 - Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           
Saint David, Patron Saint of Wales, 589, @100ish
Joe Besser, comedian (3's Stooges, Abbott & Costello), 1988, @80
Jackie Coogan, actor (Uncle Fester-Addams Family), heart attack, 1984, @69
Bonnie Franklin, actress (1 Day at a Time),cancer, 2013, @69

Brain Teasers
Paper.
I will help you with your writing- You draw on paper
Probably through me you will see- Usually you can see through paper
But if you want to ship me,
You'll put me right inside of me- An envelope, you put a letter (paper) inside an envelope (paper) 
I wear many different hats you know,
In construction plus I'm tracing,
I also do work for the board- Construction Paper,Tracing Paper,Cardboard Paper
Lots of kids use me for a racing- Paper Airplane Race
You can fold me, tear me,
Rip me without using all your might- It's easy to rip paper
But be careful how you touch me,
I may give you my famous bite- Paper cut
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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