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Feb. 26, 2020 Week: 9
Day:
57
86004:
H
35°
\ L
18°
\ Average
Sky Cover: 5%
Nearest lightning:
1507mi.; Nearest active fire: 296mi.
Wind: 12mph\Gusts: 22mph
Visibility: 10 mi
Record High:
71°[1986
]
Record Low:
-7°[1977
]
Feb. Averages:
47°\19°
(5
days with moisture)
Today’s
LOVE Quote
You
know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is
finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss
Random
Tidbits
In
the late 19th century, running was called "pedestrianism."
Recreational
running didn't become mainstream until the late 1960s. In 1958, the
Chicago Tribune announced a strange new fitness fad: jogging.
In
the 1960's, running for exercise was so unusual that some people were
stopped by police. People would try to run in the morning because
police becamse suspicious if they saw a grown man running at night.
Observations
This Week
Bird
Health Awareness Week: 23-29 Link
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 23-29
Nat'l Invasive Species Awareness Week: 23-29 Link
National Justice for Animals Week: 23-29Link Link
Cordova Ice Worm Days: 25-3/1 Link
International Petroleum Week: 25-27 Link
Lent: 26-4/11
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: 23-29
Nat'l Invasive Species Awareness Week: 23-29 Link
National Justice for Animals Week: 23-29Link Link
Cordova Ice Worm Days: 25-3/1 Link
International Petroleum Week: 25-27 Link
Lent: 26-4/11
Observations
for Today
For
Pete's Sake Day
Inconvenience Yourself Day
Levi Strauss Day
Losar Link
National
Personal Chef's Day Link
Pink
Shirt Day Link
World
Pistachio Day Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
Ellie,
Focus Travel Club leader, celebrated a birthday on the 25th, so hope
it was a very happy one.
Two
comments on the current election cycle: There needs to be a movement
from the voters to have a constitutional amendment that limits
Representatives and Senators to two terms. Each one can then sit out
one election cycle, and if so compelled he/she can run again. The
second comment is about Bernie's comment about Cuba. I agree that
Castro did improve education, but at a much higher cost than was
necessary. My two trips to Cuba, during the Obama administration,
when there was a lifting of travel restrictions and in Cuba and more
freedom for private ownership, I also saw the repression that was
still present. Americans who have never traveled to Cuba do not have
a true picture of life there. It is better than during Fidel's reign,
but still has a lot to make up for in the realm of personal freedoms
and a democratically elected government. Bernie's comments will not
get him votes from Cuban-Americans, or probably from other Hispanic
voters.
I'm
still coping with Chris' needless death. After his last stint in
rehab, he would call me every couple of weeks to check up on me and
let me know he was doing his best to deal with his issues. Hard to
know I won't be getting anymore of those calls. He had a lot of
relatives and friends his own age that are trying to find answers
too.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
If a chicken
says, "All chickens are liars". Is the chicken telling the
truth?
Historical
Events
1815
- Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba.
1870
- New York City's first pneumatic-powered subway line, created by
Alfred Beach, was opened to the public.
1909
- Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, was
first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London
with 21 short films.
1919
- 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon, already a national monument, was
designated a national park under President Woodrow Wilson
1929
- President Calvin Coolidge signed into law a bill establishing the
Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming.
1946
- Finnish observers reported the first of thousands of sightings of
ghost rockets.
1966
- # 1 Hit : Nancy
Sinatra - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
1977
- # 1 Hit : Eagles
- New Kid in Town
1988
- # 1 Hit: George
Michael - Father Figure
1993
- The first of the World Trade Bombings
occurred , the bomb went off in a parked truck under the North
Tower. The bombing killed six and injured over a thousand people.
1995
- Selena Quintanilla-Perez performed her last concert in Houston
before being shot by her manager.
2005
Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt, orders the constitution changed to
allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking Egyptian
parliament to amend Article 76
2005
- Halle Berry accepted her Razzie Award at the 25th annual ceremony
at Hollywood’s historic Ivar Theatre.
2011
- # 1 Hit: Lady
Gaga - Born This Way
2012
- Trayvon Martin, an African-American teen walking home from a trip
to a convenience store, was fatally shot in an altercation with
George Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer patrolling
the townhouse community of the Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford,
Florida.
2018
Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, receives its 1 millionth seed
on 10 year anniversary
2019
More than 4,500 complaints of child sexual abuse against migrant
children received by US Health Department, Department of Justice
received 1,300 more
2019
City of Venice in Italy introduces a day visitors tax
Birthdays
Today
@89
- Fats Domino, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died in 2017)
@84
- Tony Randall, American actor (died in 2004)
@83
- Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright (died in 1885)
@78
- Robert Novak, American journalist and author (died in 2009; brain
cancer)
@73
- Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi
Strauss & Co. (died in 1902)
@72
- Tex Avery, American animator, producer, and MGM voice actor (died
in 1980, lung cancer)
@71
- Jackie Gleason, American actor (died in 1987; diabetic
complications)
@71
- Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died
in 2003; diabetic compications)
@70 – William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody, American soldier, showman and hunter (died in 1917)
@70 – William Frederick Buffalo Bill Cody, American soldier, showman and hunter (died in 1917)
67
- Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter
@29
- Christopher Marlowe, English playwright (died in 1593; stabbed)
Puzzle
Answer:
Chickens cannot
talk.
[This is a dumb answer]
