2023
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Almanac
Week 32 Day 223 Ave. Sky
Cover 40%\ Visibility 15mi.
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Today a°
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Wind 6mph \
Gusts 14mph Nearest active fire: amiles Risk
of fire: Moderate Nearest
Lightning: 23mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days this month: 6 days Sunny
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
4-13
Sturgis Rally Link
6-12
Assistance Dog
Week: Link Link
Knights of Columbus Family Week:
National Button Week: Link
National Farmers' Market Week: Link Link
International Psychic Week:
International Psychic Week: Link
Stop on Red Week
Stop on Red Week Link
7-11
Psychic Week
7-12
Fiddlers Week
7-13
National Bargain
Hunting Week
National Exercise With Your Child Week
Safe + Sound Week Link
World Karaoke Championships Link
8-17
Elvis Week
10-13
National Hobo Week
Link
Daily Observations
Global Kinetic Sand Day Link |
National Sons and Daughters Day
|
Today’s Thoughts
Nice weather day.
Last
night brought several nice monsoons with thunder and lightning. The evening
monsoon lasted almost an hour of female rain.
Andy
is back from Provo. His brother is back in Blanding. Faith, Andy and I had a
nice lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant. Good conversation, good food,
good time.
The
local mall is about 2 miles from my place. This morning a bear was seen
wandering the parking lot.
Enjoy
Statue of Liberty …New
1. The
Statue of Liberty was not a gift from France to America.
We
have all heard the shorthand that implies that the statue was exchanged
government to government. In fact, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a mid-career
statue maker, decided to pitch a country he had never visited before on his
vision to build a massive lighthouse in the shape of a woman. In his diaries
and letters, he described his journey to all corners of America, from Niagara
Falls to Washington, D.C., from Chicago to Los Angeles, to explore this exotic
land and drum up support.
When
no significant government funding emerged, he contrived every possible
fundraising strategy himself. He put on spectacles of wonder in Paris, charged
visitors admission to watch the statue’s construction in a dusty workshop, sold
souvenirs, and petitioned the French government to let him run a national
lottery.
In the
end it was Joseph Pulitzer, the American newspaper magnate, who
helped him finish the job by printing the names of every person who donated even
a penny to the cause. This strategy rapidly boosted the circulation of
Pulitzer’s newspaper when readers bought a copy simply to see their names in
the paper—a brilliant marketing strategy.
Hoax proved wrong…
Titus Oates
In 1678, Anglican Titus Oates
fabricated and pretended to uncover a supposed Catholic conspiracy to
assassinate King Charles II. This fueled widespread anti-Catholic sentiment
across the land. Charles' successor, King James, had Oates tried, convicted,
and jailed for perjury. However, he was eventually pardoned by William III and
even ended up receiving a pension.
Random Trivia…
As Saint Lawrence was roasted on a gridiron by the prefect of
Rome during the persecution of Christians, legend says he cheerfully declared:
"I'm well done on this side. Turn me over!" Because of this, he
derives his patronage of cooks, chefs, and comedians.
Historic Events
§ 1860 US's 1st successful silver mill
(Virginia City, Nevada)
§ 1885 $100,000 raised in US for pedestal
for Statue of Liberty
§ 1909 SOS 1st used by an American ship,
Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
§ 1964 "A Hard Days Night" a
musical comedy film featuring the Beatles released in the US
§ 1970 Two Royal Ulster Constabulary
officers are killed by the Irish Republican Army when they set off a booby trap
bomb planted in a car near Crossmaglen, County Armagh
§ 1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South
Africa; 17 die
§ 1984 A British 1-2 in the 1,500m at the
Los Angeles Olympics with Sebastian Coe edging teammate Steve Cram to become
the only man to successfully defend his Olympic 1,500m title
§ 1984 Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens'
1936 feat, winning his 4th Olympic gold medal as part of the US 4 x 100m relay
team; world record (37.83)
§ 1988 Al-Qaeda formed at a meeting
between Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Dr Fadl in Peshawar, Pakistan
§ 2013 Usain Bolt of Jamaica records best
time of the year (9.77s) to edge out American Justin Gatlin and win 100m at the
World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia
Birthdays with some
quotes
@73 – Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (d.
2007; heart failure)
@70 – Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992; heart attack)
” Nobody can do for little children what
grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of
little children.”
73
– Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist, and programmer, co-founded Apple
Inc.
” The easier it is to do something, the
harder it is to change the way you do it.”70 – Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea), American
wrestler
57
– Viola Davis, actor
56
– Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host
40
– Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
” I feel like I’m ready for any dangerous
situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.”
…The End for today…
