Mar 19

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Mar 19, 2018 Week: 12\ Day: 78

86004 Today: H 45° \ L 19° \ Average Sky Cover: 75% 

Wind ave.:   15mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning:  207 miles away

Record High: 71°[1907]   Record Low: 1°[1963]

Mar Averages: 46°\19°

Mar Records: H: 73° (2007) L: -16° (1966)

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Today’s Quote

Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

Harper’s Index

55-Average number of people who report

      being bitten by squirrels in NYC annually

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Observances This Week

18-24

American Chocolate Week Link
Consider Christianity Week
Health Information Professionals Week Link
National Button Week Link
National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week Link
World Folktales & Fables Week

19-25

Act Happy Week
National Animal Poison Prevention Week Link
National Fix A Leak Week  Link

National Introverts Week Link
Wellderly Week

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Observances for Today

Client's Day Link
Goddess of Fertility Day 
National Certified Nurses Day  Link
National Chocolate Caramel Day Link
National Poultry Day Link
Operation Iraqi Freedom Day
Poultry Day

Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
Well-Elderly or Wellderly Day 

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1200’s                                          

≈1279 A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China

1600’s                                          

≈1644 200 members of Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor

≈1687 Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men

1700’s                                          

1748 Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize North American colonies

≈1775 4 people buried by avalanche for 37 days, 3 survive (Italy)

1800’s                                          

1822 Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city

1831 1st US bank robbery, the City Bank in New York robbed of $245,000 ($6.5 billion in 2018 $))

≈1882 1st stone laid for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

1900’s                                          

≈1911 1st International Women's Day sees over 1 million men and women attend rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. Issues discussed included women's right to vote and to hold public office, the right to work, to vocational training and an end to discrimination on the job.

1918 US Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time

1920 US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)

1942 FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non-military duty

≈1945 Adolf Hitler issues "Nero Decree" to destroy all German factories

1965 The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000, said to have been most powerful Confederate cruiser, discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence exactly 102 years after its destruction.

1968 Howard University, Washington, DC, students seize administration building

1969 Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention

1979 US House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN

1984 Mobil oil tanker spills 200,000 gallons into Columbia River

1987 Bonnie Blair skates ladies' world record 500 m (39.43 sec)

1987 American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusation by his secretary, Jessica Hahn

1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona Not recognizing Martin Luther King Day

2000’s                                          

2014 Israel sends air force against Syrian military units involved in an attack yesterday on an Israeli patrol in the Golan Heights

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My Rambling Thoughts

Woke up to about 3” of very wet snow on the ground. Snowed until about 10a, then sun came out and quickly melted most of the snow. Had to shovel the walk to get the paper, should have just waited for it to melt. Haha.

Sunday morning news shows didn’t open any great new earth-shattering items. Most conservatives think everything is going great. Most liberals think it is only a matter of time. Commentators just babble on and on about their view of the world. Elected reps do the same. Sure wish all this babble would improve something…anything.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@86- Tige Andrews,

American character actor

(Mod Squad, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor),

born in Brooklyn

(d. 2007)

85- Philip Roth, 

        American novelist (Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint), 

        born in Newark, New Jersey

@83- Earl Warren,

Governor of California/

14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69),

born in Los Angeles

(d. 1974)

82- Ursula Andress,

Swiss model, actress and sex symbol

(Dr. No, Casino Royale, She, Sensuous Nurse),

born in Ostermundigen, Switzerland

@81- Jackie "Moms" Mabley,

 comedienne (Merv Griffin Show)

(d. 1975)

@80- Wyatt Earp,

American sheriff (OK Corral),

born in Monmouth, Illinois

(d. 1929)

70’s

@77- Jiang Qing [Madame Mao],

Chinese communist and wife of Mao Zedong,

born in Zhucheng, Shandong, China

suicide in prison hospital (d. 1991)

75- Mario J. Molina,

Mexican chemist and

1995 Nobel laureate (Antarctic ozone hole),

born in Mexico City, Mexico

71- Glenn Close, 

      American actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction), 

      born in Greenwich, Connecticut

60’s

@69- Richard Francis Burton,

English explorer and translator (Arabian Nights),

born in Torquay, Devon

heart attack (d. 1890)

@67- William Bradford,

Gov of Plymouth colony for 30 years (baptized)

(d. 1657)

66- Harvey Weinstein,

American film producer(Miramax),

born in New York City

@65- William Jennings Bryan,

American orator and statesman

known as "The Great Commoner",

born in Salem, Illinois

during nap 5 days after verdict in Scopes trial (d. 1925)

63- Bruce Willis,

American actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard),

born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany

@60- David Livingstone,

Scottish explorer (found by Stanley in Africa),

born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

malaria (d. 1873)

50’s

@56- Adolf Eichmann,

German Nazi officer

(SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer),

born in Solingen, German Empire

executed (d. 1962)

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@90-2008 Arthur C. Clarke,

English sci-fi author

(2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood's End)

80’s

@88-2017 Jimmy Breslin,

American author and columnist (NY Post, News, Newsday)

@86-2008 Paul Scofield,

English actor (A Man for All Seasons and Quiz Show)

70’s

@74-1950 Edgar Rice Burroughs,

sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes),

heart attack

50’s

@50-1974 Anne Klien (Hannah Golofski),

fashion designer,

breast cancer

30’s

@30-1993 Jeff Ward,

drummer (9 Inch Nails),

suicide

20’s

@25-1982 Randy Rhoads,

heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot),

air crash

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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.

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Mar 18

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Mar 18, 2018 Week: 12\ Day: 77

86004 Today: H 51° \ L 26° \ Average Sky Cover: 15% 

Wind ave.:   17mph\Gusts:  0mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest Lightning:  569 miles away

Record High: 68°[2004]   Record Low: -1°[1954]

Mar Averages: 46°\19°

Mar Records: H: 73° (2007) L: -16° (1966)

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Today’s Quote

Think where man's glory most begins and ends,

and say my glory was I had such friends.

  William Butler Yeats

Harper’s Index

6-Percentage by which a middle-class American is more

likely than a poor one to eat fast food in a given week

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Observances This Week

9-18

XII Paralympic Winter Games

12-18

International Brain Awareness Week18
Shakespeare Week (Link)

16-18

Sherlock Holmes Weekend

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Observances for Today

Awkward Moments Day
Forgive Mom and Dad Day
Goddess of Fertility Day

National Biodiesel Day

Supreme Sacrifice Day

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Today’s Significant US Historical Events

≈Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

1300’s                                          

≈1314 Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France

≈1325 According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date. The event is depicted on the Mexican coat of arms.

1500’s

1541 Hernando de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi River)

1800’s

1810 "Converse", 1st US opera, premieres in NY

1818 US Congress approves 1st pensions for government service

≈1859 Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform

1870 1st US National Wildlife Preserve (Lake Meritt in Oakland California)

1881 Barnum & Bailey's "Greatest Show on Earth" opens (Madison Square Garden)

≈1895 200 African Americans leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia

1900’s

1919 Order of DeMolay forms in Kansas City

≈1922 British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years imprisonment for disobedience

1922 The first public celebration of Bat mitzvah, for the daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, is held in New York City.

1931 1st electric shavers go on sale in US (Schick)

1944 2,500 women trample guards & floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago Illinois department store

≈1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified

1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)

1959 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill

≈1972 Ulster Vanguard hold a rally of 60,000 people in Belfast; William Craig tells the crowd: "if and when the politicians fail us, it may be our job to liquidate the enemy"

≈1977 US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea & Cambodia

≈1989 In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops

2000’s

2005 Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband

≈2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. by signing Treaty on Accession

≈2014 US closes the Syrian embassy in Washington & expels all Syrian diplomats

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My Rambling Thoughts

Nice day as I await the next storm tonight and tomorrow. Forecasting 2-5” of the white stuff. Not too excited as weather has been changing so rapidly around here, we could easily have another spring day tomorrow with only rain.

The firing of McCabe is surreal and I fear, far from over. I saw a copy of his response. He knows stuff. When will I wake up from this frightful dream? Seem like 423 days and counting should be enough.

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Birthdays Today

@-  indicates age at death

80’s

@88- Lillian Vernon,

founder and CEO of the Lillian Vernon Corporation

(first company listed on US stock exchange started by a

woman),

born in Leipzig, Germany

(d. 2015)

@87- Cluny MacPherson,

Canadian doctor and inventor of the gas mask,

born in St. John's, Newfoundland

(d. 1966)

@84- Edward Everett Horton,

American actor and narrator (Bulwinkle Show),

born in Brooklyn

(d. 1970)

@83- Peter Graves [Aurness],

American actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane!, Stalag 17),

born in Minneapolis, Minnesota

(d. 2010)

82- F. W. de Klerk,

South African President (1989-94)

winner of 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela,

born in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province

70’s

@76- George Plimpton,

sports writer (Paper Lion), born in NYC,

heart attack (d. 2003)

@71- Grover Cleveland,

22nd and 24th US President (1885-89, 1893-97),

born in Caldwell, NJ

heart attack (d. 1908)

@71- [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, 

British Prime Minister (C, 1937-40),

born in Birmingham, England

cancer (d. 1940)

60’s

@68- John C. Calhoun,

Andrew Jackson's Vice President (1825-32),

born in Abbeville, South Carolina

TB (d. 1850)

@67- Edgar Cayce,

American psychic

stroke (d. 1945)

@64- Wilson Pickett,

American R&B singer (Funky Broadway),

born in Prattville, Alabama

heart attack (d. 2006)

50’s

@55- Rudolf Diesel,

French-born German engineer (invented the diesel engine),

born in Paris, France

(disappeared 1913)

@55- Smiley Burnette,

cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction)

leukemia (d.1967)

55- Vanessa L Williams,

Actress, singer and

1st African American Miss America (1983)

54- Bonnie Blair,

American speed skater (Olympic 5 gold/bronze 1988, 92, 94)

born in Champaign, Illinois

40’s

48- Queen Latifah,

American rapper and actress (Khadijah James-Living Single),

born in Newark, NJ

46 Reince Priebus [Rheinhold Priebus],

American lawyer and political operative

(Trump Chief of Staff (Jan-Jul 2017),

born in Dover, NJ

30’s

39- Adam Levine,

American singer (Maroon 5),

born in Los Angeles

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Historical Obits Today

90’s

@90-2017 Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen],

American rock n' roll guitarist and singer-songwriter

(Roll over Beethoven)

80’s

@85- Fess Parker,

American actor

@84-2016 Joe Santos,

American actor (Rockford files)

70’s

@79-1980 Erich Fromm,

German/US psychoanalyst

@70-1845 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed],

American pioneer agronomist

60’s

@69-1964 Norbert Wiener,

American mathematician (cybernetics),

heart attack

40’s

@45-2009 Natasha Richardson,

English actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale),

traumatic brain injury

@45-1965 Farouk I,

last King of Egypt (1936-52),

in exile, heart attack? Poisoned?

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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.

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