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Mar 21, 2019 Week: 12 \ Day: 80
86004 Today: H 58°
\ L °29 \ Average Sky Cover: 85%
Wind: 6mph\Gusts:
9mph Visibility: 9 mi
Record High: 70°[2004] Record Low: 5°[1948]
Mar Averages: 51°\23° (6 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
Most people have
the will to win,
few have the will
to prepare to win.
Bobby Knight
Random Tidbits
In 1839 the editor of the Boston Post was
inspired to invent the phrase "o.k.," which he defined as "all
correct."
It was supposed to be a joke, perhaps on the
literary competency of the Post's readership, but whether or not readers found
it funny the phrase was picked up by another newspaper, the Evening Transcript,
and o.k. was on the road to immortality.
Observances This Week
Lent: 6-20
Special Olympics 2019: 14-21
American Chocolate Week: 17-23
National Animal Poison Prevention
Week: 17-23
National Inhalant and Poisons
Awareness Week: 17-23
World Folktales & Fables Week:
17-23
Act Happy Week: 18-24
International Teach Music Week:
18-24
National Fix A Leak Week: 18-24
Shakespeare Week: 18-24
Wellderly Week: 18-24
National Cherry Blossom Festival:
20-4/14
International Week of Solidarity
with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination: 21-27
Observances for Today
Gallo Wine Day
International Color Day Link
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International Day of Forests and The Tree Link
International Day of Nowruz Link
Memory Day
National Common Courtesy Day
National Crunchy Taco Day
International Color Day Link
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
International Day of Forests and The Tree Link
International Day of Nowruz Link
Memory Day
National Common Courtesy Day
National Crunchy Taco Day
National Day of Action
On Syringe Exchange Link
National Farm Rescuer Day Link
National Fragrance Day Link
National Healthy Fats Day
National Renewable Energy Day
National Single Parent Day Link Link
Twitter Day (Social Media Application)
WE Day Link
National Farm Rescuer Day Link
National Fragrance Day Link
National Healthy Fats Day
National Renewable Energy Day
National Single Parent Day Link Link
Twitter Day (Social Media Application)
WE Day Link
My Rambling Thoughts
Our
retirement group met yesterday as some were busy on Thursday. Great lunch at
Wildflower. Mary had some great stories about her recent visit to London and
Paris with her son, daughter-in-law, and twin grand kids. The 12-year-old boy wandered
of while the fam was shopping in Harrods. Took about 30 minutes for security
to return him to the fam. He stuck close by after that. Overall it was a great
trip. They got to see the Queen and her family enter and exit Westminster
Abbey. Turns out the bells rang very loudly for the entrance and exit. Timed to
begin as the Queen’s first foot touched ground on leaving the limo and ending
as her foot left the pavement as she left. She said the bells were very loud.
I
am enjoying the first day of spring. It’s warm and nice, but the clouds are preparing
for more rain and/or snow. While writing this it has already started to rain.
My
maternal grandmother was born today in 1897. She was a pre-insulin diabetic and
passed at 60 years old when I was 8 years old. I still have fond memories of
her. In her young days she taught in a one-room school house in Iowa. The diabetes
ravaged her body, but not her soul. In her late 50’s she was blind. She wanted
to be able to read again so she took Braille, so she could continue her love of
reading. And it did.
I
never would have believed that the President of the United States would
disparage an American Hero. I did not agree with much of John McCain’s
politics. I visited the Hanoi Hilton while in Vietnam. He was a real hero by
refusing to leave without his team. 45’s continued tirades show his lack of
empathy, his lack of common courtesy, and his sickness to try and demean a dead
hero. Disgusting!
Today’s Significant Historical
Events
1700’s
1788 Fire destroys 856 buildings in
New Orleans, Louisiana
1800’s
1859 Zoological Society of
Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated
1866 US Congress authorizes national
soldiers' homes
1900’s
1925 Tennessee governor Austin Peay
passes the "Butler Act," making
Tennessee
the 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
(repealed
1967)
1947 US President Harry Truman signs
Executive Order 9835 requiring
all
federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
1975 Ethiopia abolishes its monarchy
after 3,000 years
1990 Namibia becomes independent of
South Africa,
Sam
Nujoma becomes president
1994 United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
enters into force after being ratified by the required
number
of nations
2000’s
2006 Immigrant workers constructing
the Burj Dubayy in Dubai, The
United
Arab Emirates and a new terminal of Dubai International
Airport
join together and riot, causing $1M in damage.
2013 The European Space Agency reveals
new data that indicates that
the
universe is 13.82 billion years old
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea
amid international condemnation
Birthdays Today
1806
Benito Pablo Juarez,
president of Mexico (1858-72),
born in Oaxaca, Mexico
(d. 1872@66-heart attack)
1856
Henry Ossian Flipper,
American soldier, former slave and
first African American to graduate from the United States Military
Academy at West Point in 1877,
born in Thomasville, Georgia
(d. 1940:@84)
1869
Albert Kahn,
American architect (architect of Detroit),
born in Rhaunen, Kingdom of Prussia
(d. 1942:@73)
1921
Joe Sutter,
American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program,
born in Seattle, Washington
(d. 2016:@95)
1930
James Coco,
American character actor and singer
(Only When I Laugh, Man of La Mancha, Murder by Death),
born in The Bronx, New York
(d. 1987:@56-heart attack)
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75-
Timothy Dalton,
Welsh actor (James Bond), born in Colwyn Bay, Wales
70-
Eddie Money, [Mahoney],
singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight),
born in Brooklyn, New York
64-
Jair Bolsonaro,
Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (2019-),
born in Glicério, Brazil
61-
Gary Oldman,
English actor (Sid & Nancy, The Darkest Hour),
born in London, England
57-
Matthew Broderick,
American actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues),
born in NYC, New York
57-
Rosie O'Donnell,
comedienne, actress and TV host
(League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie,
born in Commack, New York
Historical Obits Today
@87-2017 Chuck Barris,
American TV game show producer and
host (Gong Show)
@82-2013 Chinua Achebe,
Nigerian poet and novelist (Things
Fall Apart)
@81-1994 Macdonald Carey,
American actor (Days of Our Lives,
Lock Up)
@81-1991 Leo Fender,
American inventor (Fender guitar)
@80-2016 Peter Brown
[Pierre Lind de Lappe],
American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold
& Beautiful)
@79-2016 Andrew Grove,
Hungarian-American pioneer in the
semiconductor industry and
one of the founders and CEO of Intel
@78-1992 John Ireland,
Canadian actor (All the King's Men,
Rawhide, Gunfight at OK
Corral),
dies of leukemia
@68-1987 Robert Preston [Meservey],
American actor (Music Man, Mame, Last
Starfighter),
dies of lung cancer
@66-2017 Martin McGuinness, I
rish Sinn Féin politician and IRA
member,
dies of a heart condition
@58-1915 Frederick Winslow Taylor,
American mechanical engineer and the
father of scientific
management,
dies of influenza
@52-1994 Dack Rambo,
American actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas),
dies from AIDs
@21±-1617 Pocahontas
[Matoaka],
Algonquin princess and daughter of
Powhatan,
dies in England (pneumonia/smallpox)
