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Almanac: Week: 22 \ Day: 145
May
Averages: 68°\35°
86004
Today: H 60°\L 35° Average Sky Cover: 80%
Wind
ave: 4mph\Gusts: 18mph
Ave. High: 71° Record High: 84°
(1951) Ave. Low: 36° Record
Low: 18° (1980)
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Observances Today:
National
Missing Children's Day –since 1983
National
Tap Dance Day
Nerd
Pride Day or Geek Pride Day
Towel
Day-- tribute to the late author Douglas
Adams
Memorial
Day (Observed)
Prayer
for Peace Memorial Day
National
Senior Health and Fitness Day
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Poetry
Day (Fla)
African
Freedom Day (Parts of Africa)-- to “mark each year the onward progress of the liberation
movement, and to symbolize the determination of the People of Africa to free
themselves from foreign domination and exploitation.”
Independence
Day (Jordan)—1946-from Great
Britain
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Observances This Week:
17-25
International Coaching Week National Backyard Games Week
Healthy and Safe Swimming Week National
Educational Bosses' Week
World
Trade Week
21-24 Mudbug Madness Week International
Gay Square Dancing Week
National Polka Weekend)
Old-Time Player Piano Weekend
Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories
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Quote of the Day
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1776 - US Congress
resolves that it would be "highly expedient" if they can
engage Indians to fight on their side of the
Revolutionary War.
1793 - Father
Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained
1927 - Henry
Ford announces that he is ending production of the Model T Ford
1932 - Goofy,
aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney
1936 - The
Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins
1943 - Riot at
Mobile, Alabama, shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers
1945 - Arthur C
Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
1945 - Tucson's
Amphitheater High School graduated 29 students
1953 - 1st non-commercial educational television
station-Houston, Texas
1959 - US Supreme Court rules LA prohibiting
black-white boxing unconstitutional
1961 - JFK sets
goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1968 - Gateway Arch in St Louis dedicated
1969 - "Midnight
Cowboy" released with an X rating
1986 - 30,000,000
people watch "Live Aid", a benefit concert for Ethiopian famine
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Today’s World Events through History
1521 - Edict of
Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers
1842 - Christian
Doppler presents his idea, the Doppler Effect, in Prague
1878 - Gilbert
& Sullivan's opera "HMS Pinafore" premieres in London
1895 - Oscar Wilde sentenced
to 2 years imprisonment for gross indecency
1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang
Ching-sung as the president
1914 - British
House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule Bill
1971 - The Provisional Irish Republican Army throw
a time bomb into
Springfield Road British Army base in
Belfast, killing British Army
Sergeant Michael Willetts and wounding seven
officers
2013 - Yuichiro
Miura of Japan becomes the oldest person to climb Mount Everest
at 80
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthday’s Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Restful two days…nothing special, just enjoying our beautiful
town.
In my very young days, my parents still called today ‘decoration
day’, then they, along with the country, slowly changed to Memorial Day. Memorial
Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while
serving, while Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military
veterans. I am always surprised the number of Americans who don’t recognize
this difference. Whatever the reason, those who serve in the military are
serving a politician. Most of my adult life my country has been involved in
some kind of ‘war’. If the first people who went to the battle field were the
politician’s close relatives, I think there would be fewer wars. For many, today’s
military has been a way to get out of poverty, get a better education. Sadly,
many of those volunteers lost their lives. Sad.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
The
following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are
anagrams of each other. Please find those words.
1. The _____ on the water was giving the fisherman a headache. "Oh,
well", he thought, "maybe another _____ will help," as he
reached for his cooler.
2. As the two lovers sat quietly staring into _____, they were both glad that
they had brought their _____ on this chilly night.
3. It is not that Officer Smith _____ this part of his job, it was just that
there was no easy way to tell someone about a _____ in the family.
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Found on You Tube with some
relevance to today
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…China
Facts…
The Chinese city of Chongqing has the world's first dedicated
pavement for mobile phone users.
There was a man named Li Ching-Yuen, a Chinese herbalist and
martial artist, who allegedly lived 197 - 256 years. There's even an official
document from the Chinese government congratulating him on his 150th birthday
in 1827.
…Cool
Facts…
There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach
history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World
War Two.
India's richest person, Mukesh Ambani, built a $1 billion home. It
has 27 habitable floors, including six parking floors with a capacity to hold
up to 168 cars. 600 staff maintain the home.
Some farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fear of bees
and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling
the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers from having to kill
elephants to defend their livelihood!
…Flagstaff,
AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO-1965
Buffalo Park has opened its gates for the season, with an enlarged
aviary. About a dozen buffalo, plus elk, deer and antelope, roam at will in a
realistic split rail fenced area. Near the large entrance pond you will see
javelina, peacocks and swans. There will be the usual stagecoach rides, pack
trains and horses.
A new round of polio immunizations are available Friday this week
between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The Sabin oral vaccine will be administered to
5-year-olds born after July 1, 1956, under the direction of Dr. Hugh Dierker,
the Coconino County Health Director. This opportunity is provided by the
Coconino County Heath Department at no charge.
In an excess of spring hijinks, a group of 200 Arizona State
College students overcame college security, raided the girl’s dorms,
managed to open a fire hydrant -- causing a great flood -- and found
their way to turning off the power.
…Harper’s
Index…
$1,675,750 – amount
the US Navy paid the brother a Navy intelligence official in 2012 for 349 MK-15
silencers
$10,000 – total amount
the silencers cost in parts and labor.
0 – number of
the silencers that effectively silenced weapons.
…Revisited
History…
Stegosaurus lived around 150 million years ago, while the T-Rex
went extinct about 65 million years ago.
…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Alien Hand Syndrome is a condition that defines itself: AHS
sufferers believe that one of their hands acts completely on its own. The
disorder is generally caused by brain damage resulting from strokes or physical
trauma.
…Water
Facts…
Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than
on the earth’s surface.
The earth is a closed system, similar to a terrarium, meaning that
it rarely loses or gains extra matter. The same water that existed on the earth
millions of years ago is still present today.
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2 jokes
for the day
An Irishman proposed to his girlfriend on
Saint Patrick’s Day and gave her a ring with a synthetic diamond.
On learning it wasn't real she protested vehemently about his cheapness.
He explained that in honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, he picked her a sham rock.
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An old lady walked into a newspaper office.
She approached an employee and said that her husband had died and that she
would like to have an obituary appear in the paper.
The employee gave her a form and told her to write the obituary on it. She
wrote, "Earl W. Worth died Saturday, December 2nd at his home. Services
are at The Baptist Church at 3 P.M."
The employee looked at the form and said, "I'm sorry, ma'am, but
obituaries are limited to 7 words apiece.
The woman took another form and wrote, "Earl died. '57 Chevy truck for
sale."
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Yep, It
Really Happened
ASPEN,
Colo. (UPI) - A Colorado man accused of violating a protection order brought
a stuffed owl with "law degrees from Yale, Harvard and Stanford" to
court as his public defender. Charles Abbott of Aspen, who was accused of
violating a protection order taken out by his former roommate, Michael
Stranahan, placed the stuffed owl on the table in front of him during his
Tuesday appearance in Pitkin County Court Judge Erin Fernandez-Ely's courtroom.
"He's a very sensitive guy, has law degrees from Yale, Harvard and
Stanford," Abbott said. "I think he'll be able to represent me before
a public defender comes online." Abbott allegedly violated the protection
order by going to Stranahan's home to retrieve his belongings. Stranahan, who
said he was out of town when Abbott went to the home, accused Abbott of taking
some of his property. Fernandez-Ely ignored the owl, which Abbott dubbed
"Solomon," and asked Stranahan if he would be willing to amend the protection
order to allow for mediation. "I want it to remain in place because I
don't feel safe about being in close proximity to Charles Abbott,"
Stranahan said.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
A
rubber band in some regions is known as a binder, elastic or lacker band or
gumband in Australia.
Synthetic Rubber - About 3/4's of the world rubber come from crude oil.
Chicle, widely used as a base for chewing gum, is another latex product.
Latex is the sap of various plants, mostly from the rubber tree. If you expose
the sap to the air it hardens and become 'rubbery'. Over the year various
cultures learned that if you add certain other juices and saps to the mass it
becomes more elastic and lasts longer.
Latex is used in many types of clothing. It is different from rubber in that it
is less refined and often thinner. Worn on the body (or applied directly by
painting) it tends to be skin-tight, producing a "second skin"
effect. It has a shinier finish than rubber.
A story says that the first European to return to Portugal from Brazil with
samples of such water-repellent rubberized cloth so shocked people that he was
brought to court on the charge of witchcraft.
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Birthday’s Today
76 - Sir Ian
McKellen, English film and theatre actor (Lord of the Rings)
72 - Leslie Uggams, singer/actress (Leslie
Uggams Show, Roots)
72 - Jessi Colter,
[Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa)
71 - Frank Oz,
American muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
68 - Karen Valentine, actress (Love American
Style, Room 222)
52 - Mike Myers,
Canada, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World) [or Jun 25]
46 - Anne Heche,
Aurora Ohio, actress (Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano)
45 - Octavia Spencer,
movie actress
40 - Lauryn Hill,
R&B singer
39 - Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
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Remembered for being born today
- Gene
Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion 1898-1978@81
- Beverly Sills,
[Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman], Brooklyn, American soprano 1929-2007@78
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
American essayist/philosopher 1803-1872@78
- Bennett Cerf,
publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line) 1898-1971@73
- Bill "Bojangles"
Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel) 1878-1949@71
- Dixie Carter,
TN, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night) 1939-2010@70
- Claude Akins,
Nelson GA, actor (BJ & Bear) 1926-1994@67
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Historical Obits Today
Nancy
Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstein-Rhoda), cancer-1992@71
Dick
Martin, American comedian (Rowan & Martin)-2008@86
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. glare, lager
2. space, capes
3. hated, death
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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…§
