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Almanac: Week: 46 \ Day: 315
November
Averages: 51° \ 22°
Holiday Observances
Today:
Death/Duty
Day
Domino
Day
National
Young Reader's Day
Origami
Day
Veteran's Day
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Admission Day (Washington-1889-42nd)
Independence Day (Angola-1975-from Portugal)
Independence Day (Poland-1918)
Origami Day (Japan)
Remembrance Day (Canada)
St. Martin Day (Sweden)
Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1647 - Massachusetts passes 1st compulsory school
attendance law in the colonies
1714 - A highway in Bronx is laid out, later
renamed East 233rd Street
1790 - Chrysanthemums are introduced to England
from China
1868 - 1st American amateur track & field meet
(NYC)
1921 - President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown
Soldier-Arlington Cemetery
1923 - Eternal flame lit for tomb of unknown
soldier, Arc de Triumph
1926 - U.S. Route 66 is established
1939 - Kate Smith first sings Irving Berlin's
"God Bless America"
1959 - 1st episode of "Rocky & His
Friends" airs
1987 - Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for
record $53.6 M at auction
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
Woke up to lots of wind this morning, but it calmed down during
the day, then started up again. Lots of clouds early, then a clear blue sky.
Our discussion group is meeting next Saturday to discuss Ebola.
Our moderator is a nurse who, until recently has been teaching nursing classes
twice a year in Liberia. Should be very informative.
A quiet Monday, with some shopping early but the rest of the day
was home and inside, to stay out of the wind.
I never served in the Military, but have great respect for those
who did, including my father during WWII. On the Rez, Vets were always honored.
For a number of years at Tuba, we would have students made displays of their
relatives who served. Then we had Vets come in and talk to various classes
about their service. Then the Vets would be able to eat lunch with the
students. Always a special day. When the holiday changed back to always being
on Nov 11, we moved the celebration to the day before. Great memories.
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Game Center (answers
at the end of post)
Brain
Teasers
My
history is long in telling,
Though my origins are unknown.
I watch the tender earth most carefully,
Clothed in discards long disowned.
I guard against the raucous poachers,
Praying for a gust of wind that will animate my lifeless form.
The autumn winds will signal the completion of my job.
Maybe if I had a brain I'd choose to move south for the winter.
Who am I?
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
OK Then…
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
Dog Facts…
—The Basenji dog is the only dog that is not able to bark.
—A puppy is born blind, deaf, and toothless.
Facebook
Facts…
—Facebook pays at least $500 if you can find a way to hack the
site.
—The average American spends a third of their overall time online
playing games and using social networks.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
50 YEARS
AGO
A second-degree burglary occurred on Monday at Frank’s Liquor
Store. Hoyle Lee Miller was arrested by Officers Lloyd B. Harrell Jr. and Tom
James. He was seen removing the cash register from the store at 2334
E. Santa Fe Ave. in a brazen daylight burglary. Police Chief Elmo Maxwell.
**NEW**Hair
Facts…
—Until the 1960s, men with long hair were not allowed to enter
Disneyland.
—North Korea forces you to
choose one of 28 government-approved haircuts.
Harper’s
Index…
—Percentage of the world’s population who think that Jews have too much
power in international finance: 34
—Percentage who have never heard of the Holocaust: 36
Internet
Facts…
—Google was originally called "BackRub".
—Coca Cola owns all the domain names that can be read as 'ahh'.
Such as ahh.com, ahhhh.com, ahhhhh.com, and so on... all the way up to 62 h's!
That’s
Outrageous from Reader’s Digest…
A man stormed into a Florida electronics store wearing a ski mask
and ordered an employee to lie on the floor. When she ran, he drew his Taser,
only to tase himself. He then fled empty-handed. Hours later he returned…to
start his shift.
Rules of
Thumb…
ADJUSTING
BICYCLE HANDLEBARS
The distance from
the front of your seat to the handlebar cross member should equal the length of
your forearm from elbow to fingertip.
Unusual
Fact of the Day…
After
coffee beans are decaffeinated, coffee manufacturers sell the caffeine to soft
drink makers and pharmaceutical companies.
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Joke-of-the-day
Why is 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7,8,9.
Yep, It
Really Happened
There are some benefits to drinking alcohol, moderate amounts can
be good for your health, immoderate amounts can give you a warm fuzzy feeling
of fraternity with the whole human race, but there are disadvantages too, not
the least of which is doing really stupid things when pulled over by the
police.
A 40-year-old man is facing multiple charges after New York state police say he
tried to eat his DWI test results.
Troopers say Kenneth Desormes, of Greenwich, Connecticut, was stopped for speeding
at 5:30 a.m. After speaking with him, the troopers determined he was
intoxicated and arrested him.
Desormes was transported to the state police barracks to be processed. Troopers
say when his breathalyzer tests results were printing, Desormes grabbed the
paperwork and tried to eat it.
He is charged with driving while intoxicated, obstructing governmental
administration, and criminal tampering.
Somewhat
Useless Information
Ten
inspirational quotes
—I
believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe
in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to
be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe
that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. Audrey Hepburn
—As
we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is
not to utter words, but to live by them. John
F. Kennedy
—We
know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare
—It
is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle Onassis
—Health
is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best
relationship. Buddha
—I
hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live
the rest of your life as a champion.’ Muhammad
Ali
—Happiness
resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. Democritus
—Even
if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my
apple tree. Martin Luther
—With
self-discipline most anything is possible. Theodore
Roosevelt
—Give
light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. Desiderius Erasmus
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Check
Your Calendar
Observances
This Week:
Dear Santa Letter Week: 7-13
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Today’s
Events through History
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army enters England
1778 - Iroquois Indians in NY kill 40 in Cherry
Valley Massacre
1930 - Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert
Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator
1983 - President Reagan became 1st US
president to address Japanese legislature
2004 - Yasser Arafat is confirmed dead by the PLO
of unidentified causes.
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Birthday’s
Today
Barbara
Boxer, (Rep-CA, /Sen- CA) is 74
Stanley
Tucci, American actor and director is 54
Demi
Moore, [Guynes], actress (GI Jane) is 52
Adam
Beach, Canadian- Saulteaux actor is 42
Leonardo
DiCaprio, actor (Titanic) is 40
Remembered
for being born today
Ephraim
McDowell, surgeon (pioneered abdominal surgery) (1771-1830)
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russia,
novelist (Crime & Punishment), (1821-1881)
George S Patton, US
general "Old Blood & Guts", (1885-1945)
Pat
O'Brien, actor (Knute Rockne) (1899-1983)
Alger
Hiss, State Department official hid papers in a pumpkin (1904-1996)
William
Proxmire, (Sen-WI) (Golden Fleece Awards) (1915-2005)
Stubby
Kaye (Bernard Katzin), actor (Guys & Dolls) (1918-1997)
Kurt
Vonnegut Jr, author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan) (1922-2007)
Jonathan
Winters, comedian (J Winters Show), (1925-2013)
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Historical
Obits Today
Liliuokalani, last
queen of Hawaii (1891-93), stroke, 1917, @79
Yasser
Arafat, co-founder Palestine Liberation Organization, stroke, 2004, @75
H R
"Rob" Haldeman, White House
chief of staff (Nixon), cancer, 1993, @67
Jerome
Kern, US composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), stroke, 1945, @60
Søren
Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, fall, 1855, @42
Nat
Turner, slave rebel, hanged1831, @31
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Brain Teasers Answers
A Scarecrow.
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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…§
