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Almanac: Week: 45 \ Day: 309
November
Averages: 51° \ 22°
Holiday Observances
Today:
Gunpowder Day
Guy Fawkes Day
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Eid-Al-Adha (Feast of
the Sacrifice - Islamic
Day of the First
Shout for Freedom (El Salvador-1811)
All Saints Day
(Sweden)
Guy Fawkes Day
(England)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1872
- Ulysses S. Grant re-elected US President
1912
- Woodrow Wilson (D) defeats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) &
President Taft (R)
1940
- Pres FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell
Willkie (R)
1968 - Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George
C Wallace for presidency
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1492 - Christopher
Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1500 - Astronomer Copernicus
observes a lunar eclipse in Rome
1605 - Gunpowder
Plot; attempt to blow up King James I - leader Guy
Fawkes tortured\executed
1639 – 1st
post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts
1872 - Women's
right to vote advocate Susan B Anthony votes for Ulysses S. Grant
1895 - 1st
US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car
1895 - US state Utah accepts female suffrage
1912 - Arizona,
Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage
1930 - Nobel
for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"
1930 - 3rd Academy Awards - "All Quiet on the
Western Front"
1935 - Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1973 - BART
starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service
1974 - Ella Grasso (Ct) 1st woman US governor not
related to previous governor
1992 - Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with
Chess title in Belgrade
2006 - Saddam
Hussein, former president of Iraq sentenced to death
2007 - China's
first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon.
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
A little chilly as I walked over to the polling place, about 2
blocks from my place. No line, my accountant was there voting too. Being on the
liberal side of the scale and living in a very conservative state, my
candidates don’t usually win, but I have stated my preference and do not fear
retaliation for being against any certain candidate. I do live in a ‘liberal’
pocket of the state, but with the most recent gerrymandering of districts, our
sane liberal voice is not always heard. I will be watching the results tonight
and hope for the best.
With all the controversy over the Navajo Tribal election, the
tribe has postponed the election of a new President until the language issue
can be resolved. Sad commentary because the final decision didn’t come until
late last week. They won’t be counting the early ballots for the President, but
assume they will count the rest of the offices. The ruling had the 3rd
place candidate to go against the 1st place candidate. Less than a
day after that announcement, a lawsuit was filed to get the 3rd
place candidate off the ballot. The new election is currently set for TBA. That
in itself is a little frightening for the tribal citizens.
One of the couples in our discussion group needed to move a couple
of pieces of furniture owned by my former financial advisor from the garage of
their old house to the moving company that is taking stuff to SC. Easy job,
took about an hour. Both items easily fit into my SUV and there was another guy
there to help me load and unload the two pieces of a computer table.
When I left to vote I saw a city truck parked next to a water leak
in our little street. Water was running out of the street. When I left to help
my friends, there were three trucks at various locations on my street and on
the side street to the highway. When I got back about 2 there was a note on my
door that said the water would be turned off from 1p-5p and to get needed water
for the day NOW. Well, I got back at 2pm so it was too late. Oh well, guess it
is fixed because the barriers are down and no water is coming out onto the
street.
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Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
I'm
called by three letters
Though I have a long name.
I'm in all of you,
But I'm never the same.
I'm all coiled up
So that I am quite small,
But if you stretch me out
I'll be really tall.
I could be the root
Of certain disease;
If man can unlock me
He'll solve many mysteries.
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
Brief
History…
The
United States Won World War II against Germany.
Often portrayed as the mighty and unstoppable land and air forces
that swamped hapless German defenders and bombed German cities to rubble, the
facts show that the Soviet Union bore by far the biggest responsibility for
defeating Nazi Germany in World War II. Despite the American and
British bombing campaign, German industry managed to actually increase
production every month of the war until the last couple months. The
Soviets suffered perhaps 10 million military deaths (out of 26 million or so
total) compared to 407,000 American military deaths (and that includes the
Pacific). Germany lost about 93% of their
casualties fighting the Soviet Union! Sure, we had a big role, but the
fact is the Soviet Union beat the Germans.
Dog Facts
-A group of pugs is called a grumble.
-Caucasian Mountain Dog (aka Russian Bear Dog) males reach over
200lb and have historically been used to hunt bears.
Educator’s
Answers…
“How hard can it be? You have all summer off.”
A longer summer break is one of the benefits of choosing teaching
as a career. But keep in mind, it’s not all summer. I spend weeks every July
and August on professional development and curriculum planning. And during the
school year, I work 12 hours a day all week long and at least one day every
weekend. Add it up and our vacation days are about the same.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
From 1889
A number of citizens have not paid their School Tax. It is due by
Nov. 8 and has not been “dropped,” as some would like to believe.
Gender
Facts…
-According to a study, women ages 22 to 30 with no children and no
spouse earned a higher median income than comparable men in 39 of the 50
largest U.S. cities in 2008.
-Men fall in love faster than women do.
Harper’s
Index…
-Percentage of midterm campaign advertisements that have mentioned
health care : 43
-That have mentioned women’s rights: 4
That’s
Outrageous from Reader’s Digest…
911: the number called by a Texas women requesting that someone
buy her cigarettes.
Religious
Facts…
It's a common practice in southern India for a man to marry his
elder sister's daughter.
The Bible is the most-shoplifted book in the world.
Rules of
Thumb…
HOURLY
SALARY VS YEARLY SALARY
An employee's salary
in thousands of dollars a year is nearly equal to double their salary per hour.
($20/hour = $40,000/year.)
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
The
U.S. Census reports that Americans consume 150 million hot dogs over the
average Fourth of July holiday.
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Joke-of-the-day
There once was a "smart guy," a
"not that smart guy," and an all-around "not smart at all
guy." They were going to cross the Sahara Desert.
The "smart guy" says, "meet
here in an hour with something useful to cross the desert with!"
Later on an hour passes. The "smart
guy" says I brought some ice packs to keep our heads cool, the "not
so smart guy" says I brought a pail of water to keep us hydrated.
The "not smart at all guy" says,
"I brought a car door so I can roll the window down when it gets
hot!"
Yep, It
Really Happened
New York
Times, 10-23-2014
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher of state secrets who
remains holed up in the embassy of Ecuador in London, has signed on with an
Icelandic licensing agent to sell Assange-branded high-end clothing, shoes and
various household goods in India and much of Europe, and is negotiating to put
his logo on apparel in Japan and the U.S. The agent told The New York Times in
October that "WikiLeaks" and "Assange" "can be as big
as Coca-Cola." A 46-page book sets out licensing standards (e.g., no tacky
slogans, such as "We Steal Secrets") and includes the one approved
Assange portrait (an "idealized line drawing" of him "gazing
soulfully into what is presumably a better future," wrote the Times.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Eight
sensational female murderers
The
fact that someone can be shocked at the case of a woman murderer does not mean
that women murderers are not many, but that those women are relatively less
than men murderers.
Below
there’s a list of eight sensational female murderers from History:
Marie Manning, a Swiss domestic
servant, born in 1821, who was sentenced to death.
Constance Kent from England, born
in 1844, who confessed to the murder of her four-year-old brother.
Belle Gunness, a Norwish wife and
mother, born around 1870s. She used to kill er victims with strychnine or a
meat cleaver, then dismember their bodies before burying them.
Dagmar Overbye, a Danish
businesswoman, born around 1900s. She confessed to have killed more than 16
babies.
Jane Toppan, admitted to have
killed 31 people and having been proud of her killings.
Mary Ann Cotton back in 1870s was
found guilty of the death of her stepson and was promptly hanged.
Amelia Dyer, a trained nurse
from England, born in 1837, arrested for having murdered infants.
Tillie Klimek, a psychic from
Chicago, attempted the murder of her husband around 1920s.
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Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
National
Fig Week; National Patient Accessibility Week; World Communication Week:
1-7
National Radiologic Technology Week; Drowsy
Driving Prevention Week: 2-9
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Today’s
Events through History
1781 - John
Hanson elected first "President of US in Congress assembled"
1889 - Louisa
Woosley 1st women ordained minister in any Presbyterian denomination
1917 - Supreme Court (Buchanan v Warley) strikes
down KY ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas
1945 - Colombia
joins the United Nations
1946 - John
F Kennedy (D, Mass) elected to House of Representatives
1996 - Yankees
shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of Year
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Birthday’s
Today
Elke
Sommer, [Elke Schletz], actress (A Shot in the Dark) is 74
Art
Garfunkel, singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge) is 73
Peter
Noone, rocker (Herman-Herman's Hermits) is 67
Bill
Walton, NBA center (Trailblazers, Celtics) is 62
Kris
Jenner, TV personality is 59
Tatum
O'Neal, actress (Paper Moon)\ex-wife of John McEnroe is 51
Remembered
for being born today
Philippe
de Mornay (or Philippe Du-Plessis-Mornay), French writer (1549-1623)
Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (1850-1919)
Eugene V.
Debs, labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (1855-1926)
Will
Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) (1885-1981)
Strom
Thurmond, (Sen- SC) (1902-2003)
Joel
McCrea, actor (Marshal-Wichita Town) (1905-1990)
Roy
Rogers (Leonard Slye), cowboy (Roy Rogers Show) (1911-1998)
John
McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show) (1913-1975)
Vivien
Leigh, (Gone With Wind) Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn (1913-1967)
Ike
Turner, guitarist (A Fool in Love) (1931-2007)
Jon-Erik
Hexum, Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up) (1957-1984)
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Historical
Obits Today
Fred
MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), 1991, @83
Guy
Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), heart attack, 1977, @75
Christiaan
Eijkman, Dutch physician, Nobel Prize Medicine, 1930, @72
Al Capp, US
cartoonist (Li'l Abner), emphysema, 1979, @70
Jill
Clayburgh, American actress, cancer, 2010, @66
George M
Cohan, father of musical comedy, cancer, 1942, @64
Bobby
Hatfield, singer (Righteous Brothers), OD/heart attack, 2003, @63
Ward Bond, actor
(Wagon Train), heart attack, 1960, @57
Barry
Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered, 1989, @49
Johnny
Horton, country singer, auto accident, 1960, @33
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Brain Teasers Answers
DNA
DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. DNA is in every living thing, but its
pattern is never exactly identical in anyone, even twins. Normally, DNA is
coiled up inside chromosomes; however, if you were to stretch out a single
strand, it would be between 2-3 meters (6-9 feet) long! Scientists believe that
many diseases occur because of imperfections in DNA. If DNA were to be
completely understood, we might be able to cure lots of diseases, and we would
understand our bodies far better.
DNA is the blueprint to all life. It controls our hair and eye color and
literally every feature of our bodies, both physical and genetic.
The title may have been the biggest clue; DNA is double-stranded and resembles
a twisted ladder.
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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 contains mistakes and sadly once 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.
§…And That Is All for Now…§
