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Almanac: Week: 04 \ Day: 024
January
Averages: 43°\16°
86004 Today: H 44°\L 13°
Ave. humidity: 40% Average Sky Cover: 60%
Wind ave:
11mph\Gusts:
20mph
Ave. High: 43° Record High: 61° (1982)
Ave. Low: 17° Record Low: -15° (1964)
Observances
Today:
AFRMA
Fancy Rat & Mouse Day
Beer
Can Day
Belly
Laugh Day
Eskimo Pie Patent Day
National
Compliment Day
National
Peanut Butter Day
Talk
Like A Grizzled Prospector Day
Visit
Your Local Quilt Shop Day
Observances This
Week:
18-25
Week of Christian Unity
Healthy Weight Week
Hunt For Happiness Week4
National Activity Professionals Week
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
19-25
No Name Calling Week
Sugar Awareness Week
24-25
Kid Film Festival
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Quote of
the Day
Historical
Highlights for Today
1076 - Synod of Worms: German King Henry
IV fires Pope Gregory VII
1847 - 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans
defeated by US Col Price
1899 - Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan
1911- City Marshal of Tucson--all
bicycle riders were required to ring their bell when approaching an
intersection. The penalty for failure could be a fine of $50 or 50 days in
jail.
1917 - Revolt broke out
in the Arizona National Guard encampment at Naco, with Company M parading up
and down the Company Street, shouting that it wanted to go home
1922 - Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of
Iowa (not an Eskimo)
1923 - Aztec Ruins National Monument, NM established
1924 - Russian city of St Petersburg renamed
Leningrad; changed back in 1991
1927
- Director Alfred Hitchcock releases
his first film, The Pleasure Garden
1935 - 1st canned beer, "Kruger Cream
Ale," is sold by American company Kruger Brewing Co.
1962 - Brian Epstein signs management contract with
the Beatles
1984 - Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary
Macintosh personal computer
1989 - 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by
heterosexual oral sex
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♫
Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
My
Rambling Thoughts
A much warmer, for winter, day here in our little mountain
community. Went to my annual prostate dr. to find that everything is doing
fine. I’ve had the same low PSA reading for 5 years. Can’t be too careful.
Cleaned up around the house a little today. Got a couple of
cabinets organized. That’s good too. Found stuff I forgot I had. A much
appreciated quiet day.
Texted Mary and she is on the mend from her severe cold. She said
she slept well last night, thanks to the cough syrup the clinic prescribed…I’m
sure it simply knocked her out.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
I
am loud or quiet.
I am sudden or expected.
I am a strong medication.
I am a relief in certain situations.
I am caused by embarrassment and/or happiness.
I am found in many good friendships.
I am .......
Found on
You Tube with some relevance to today
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Paraphernalia
4 the Brain:
70’s
Inventions…
1972
The word processor invented.
Pong first video game invented by Nolan Bushnell.
Hacky Sack invented by John Stalberger and Mike Marshall
Easter
Eggs…check it out…
Searching for “Jason Isaacs” with Google UK shows “Hello to Jason
Isaacs”, a reference to Kermode and Mayo’s Film Reviews which greets Jason
Isaacs with a ‘hello’ every week.
Flagstaff,
AZ History…
100 YEARS
AGO
--W.J. Stevenson has just completed a barn that cost only $150 and
holds 130 tons of hay for Frank Spear.
--Dr. Portz wishes to inform his patients and the general public
that after Dec. 14 his office will be at 15 Aspen in a part of the old
Confection Den.
Flagstaff’s
Iconic 50…
Downtown
Train Station
The depot at Flagstaff has been an integral part of the city since
1926, the year it was built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Company. This Tudor Revival brick building with its cross-gabled roof was
designed by one of the railroad’s engineering staff. It stands at what has
historically been one of the busiest railroad corridors for both freight and
passenger rail in the United States. The station also serves as the city’s
Visitors Center.
The station has undergone minor cosmetic repairs over the years
and recent work has included restroom partition maintenance, repairs to wrought
iron fencing and gates and improved doors.
Flagstaff’s history is intertwined with railroad development in
the western United States. Settled in 1876, the town grew rapidly from its
inception due to the east-west expansion of the railroad, which made Flagstaff
a desired transit and transport location. The town continued to grow alongside
the bustling railroads that ran through its territory and was incorporated as a
city in 1928. Today, Flagstaff sits as the county seat for Arizona’s Coconino
County.
Harper’s
Index…
37
Percentage of white US Protestants who say they sympathize with
Palestinians
52
Of Black US protestants
57
If religiously unaffiliated Amercans
Rules of
Thumb…
VALUE OF
INCOME PROPERTY
The value of an income-producing
property is generally 100 to 120 times the monthly income
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
Carlos told his wife he wanted a guitar to
play while sitting in the Jacuzzi. “The next day she bought him an electric
guitar.”
Yep, It
Really Happened
A human cannonball made a lethal impact during a stunt show at
Kent County Showground in Great Britain.
Video footage of the event showed Matthew Cranch, 24, moments before the stunt.
After climbing into the giant cannon spectators shouted "Three, two, one,
fire!" before Cranch was propelled 40 feet into the air with an explosion
and a puff of smoke.
Tragically, the human 'cannonball' earned his name the hard way when the safety
net he was supposed to land in collapsed, causing Cranch to land on the ground.
This particular stunt show has been touring the UK since 1991 and features
motorbike and monster truck stunts as well as the human cannonball and have
never had an equipment failure like this before.
Police announced after an extensive investigation that no criminal prosecution
would be brought over the incident.
Cranch had only been with the daredevil stunt show for two weeks at the time of
the incident and was taking part in his 12th event. It is unknown if the stunt
company will be able to find another performer of his caliber.
Somewhat
Useless Information
--Popcorn
is a type of maize (or corn), a member of the grass family, and is
scientifically known as Zea mays everta.
--Popcorn is a whole grain. It is made up of three components: the germ,
endosperm, and pericarp (also know as the hull).
--Most popcorn comes in two basic shapes when it's popped: snowflake and
mushroom. Snowflake is used in movie theaters and ballparks because it looks
and pops bigger. Mushroom is used for candy confections because it doesn't
crumble.
--Americans consume some 16 billion quarts of this whole grain, good-for-you
treat. That's 51 quarts per man, woman, and child.
--Most U.S. popcorn is grown in the Midwest, primarily in Indiana, Nebraska,
Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri.
--The peak period for popcorn sales for home consumption is in the fall.
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Today’s
Events through History
1639 - Connecticut colony organizes under
Fundamental Orders
1857 - The University of Calcutta founded -1st
full-fledged university in south Asia
1969 - Spanish dictator General Franco announces
state of emergency
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Birthday’s
Today
Doug
Kershaw, La, plays electric fiddle is 76
Ray
Stevens, singer (Ahab the Arab, Streak) is 76
Neil
Diamond, Brooklyn, singer/actor (Jazz Singer) is 74
Yakov
Smirnoff, Russia, comedian (It's a wonderful country) is 63
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Remembered
for being born today
Edith
Wharton [-Jones], Pulitzer prize-winning novelist 1862-1937@75
Ernest
Borgnine, actor (McHale’s Navy), 1917-2012@95
Oral
Roberts, Televangelist, founder Oral Roberts Univ 1918-2009@91
Maria
Tallchief, ballerina, 1925-2013@88
Sharon
Tate, actress (Valley of the Dolls) 1943-1969@26
John
Belushi, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers) 1949-1982@33
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Historical
Obits Today
Ira Hayes, Pima
World War II hero, alcoholism, 1955, @32
Winston
Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain, 1965, @90
Bill W.,
American co-founder of AA, pneumonia, 1971, @75
Ted Bundy, serial
killer of up to 100 women, executed, 1989, @42
Thurgood
Marshall, 1st African American supreme court justice, 1993, @84
Pernell
Roberts, actor\singer, last surviving star of Bonanza, 2010, @81
James
Farentino, American actor, heart failure, 2012, @73
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Brain Teasers Answers
Laugh, Laughter
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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…§
