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Jul 21, 2020 Week: 30 Day: 203
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H 82° \ L 55° \ Average Sky Cover: 75%
Wind:
2mph\Gusts: 3mph Visibility:
10mi
Nearest lightning: 134mi.; Nearest active fire: 67mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 92°[1937]
Record Low: 38°[1924]
Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
"The real test is not whether
you avoid this failure, because you won't.
It's whether you let it harden or
shame you into inaction,
or whether you learn from it;
whether you choose to
persevere."
-Barack
Obama
Random Tidbits
July, the hottest summer month in the Northern
Hemisphere, is National Ice Cream Month, not surprisingly. Americans eat an
average 20 quarts of ice cream a year. Vanilla is the most popular flavor, with
chocolate coming in a distant second.
In southern England, over
37,000 people gather at Stonehenge to see the summer solstice. Druids and
pagans are among those who celebrate the longest day of the year at this
notable place.
Remember these movie quotes?
#7 "All
right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
Gloria Swanson Sunset
Boulevard 1950
Observations This Week
Rabbit Week: 15-21
National Scrabble Week:
18-25 Link Cancelled due to
COVID-19
National Moth Week: 18-26 Link
*Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
Captive Nations Week: 19-25
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 Link
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25 Link
National Zoo Keeper Week:19-25 Link Cancelled due to
COVID-19
RAGBRAI: 19-25
Women in Baseball Week: 19-25
International Lace Week: 20-24 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
Observations
for Today
Fast of Tammuz
Legal Drinking Age Day
Lowest Recorded Temperature Day (-128.6F Antarctica)
National Be Someone Day Link
National
Creme Brûlée Day
No Pet Store Puppies Day
My Rambling Thoughts
Hoping for the monsoon. Yesterday was just a sprinkle.
Four inmates and no staff have tested positive for
COVID at our local jail. Quarantine and Isolation are difficult in any jail
setting. The staff and inmates must wear masks, inmates are given more free
soap. Meals are brought to each cell. Time around others is extremely limited. Not
a great place to spend time.
Just a lazy day for me.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
1. What goes in the water black and comes out red?
2. How many apples grow on a
tree?
3.
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?_
Historical Events
356 BC - The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the
Seven Wonders of the World, was destroyed by arson.
1865 - In Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shot
and killed Davis Tutt, in what is considered as the first western showdown.
1902 - Willis Carrier showed his air conditioner
concept in Buffalo, New York.
1918 - German submarine attacked Orleans,
Massachusetts, hitting a tugboat and four barges, as well as striking the beach
with shells. This was the only time that the continental United States was
shelled during World War I.
1925 - In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology
teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in class, and
fined $100.
1949 - The United States Senate ratified the North
Atlantic Treaty (NATO).
1961 - Gus Grissom piloting, Liberty Bell 7, became
the second American to go into space.
1979 - Jay Silverheels became the first Native
American to have a star commemorated in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1983 - The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited
location was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica (-128.6 °F, -89.2 °C).
2007 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final
book in the series by J. K. Rowling is
published worldwide. 11 million copies sell in 24 hrs
2011 - NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the
landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
2012 - Erden Eruc completes the first solo
human-powered circumnavigation of the world, via several boats.
Birthdays Today
@82 -
Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)
@81 -
Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)
@78 -
Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016; Parkinson’s)
72 -
Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
@63 –
Robin Williams, actor (d. 2014; suicide)
63 -
Jon Lovitz, American comedic actor
@61 -
Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 1961; suicide)
@49 -
John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1982; motorcycle accident)
42 -
Josh Hartnett, American actor
Puzzle Answer
1. 1. Lobster
2. All apples grow on a tree
3. The word “Ton”._
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