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2.1.16
Week: 05 \ Day: 32
February Averages: 46°\19°
86004 Today: H 48° \ L 34° Average Sky Cover: 80%
Wind ave: 12mph\Gusts:
35mph
Ave. High: 44°
Record High: 60°[2003] Ave. Low: 17° Record Low: -23°[1985]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Car
Insurance Day
Change Your Password Day Link
Decorating With Candy Day
G.I. Joe Day
Hula in The Coola Day
International Face &
Body Art Day Link
Robinson
Crusoe Day
Serpent Day Link
Spunky Old Broads Day
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Observances This Week
National
School Counseling Week: 1-5 Link
International Networking Week: 1-5
African
Heritage & Health Week: 1-7
Women's
Heart Week: 1-7
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1783 William
Herschel announces star Lambda Herculis as apex 1788 1st US
steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet
1790 Supreme
Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
1810 1st
insurance co managed by blacks (American Insurance Co of Phila)
1840 Baltimore
College of Dental Surgery, 1st in US, incorporated
1856 Auburn
University is chartered as the East Alabama Male College.
1860 1st
rabbi to open House of Representatives, Morris Raphall of NYC
1861 Texas
secedes from the Union (US Civil War)
1862 Julia
Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"
1865 13th
amendment approved (National Freedom Day)
1865 JS
Rock, 1st black lawyer to practice in Supreme Ct, admitted to bar
1887 Harvey
Wilcox of Ks subdivides 120 acres he owned in Southern California & starts
selling it off as a real estate development (Hollywood)
1892 Mrs
William Astor invites 400 guests to a grand ball at her mansion thus beginning
use of "400" to describe socially elite
1893 Thomas
Edison complete's worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
1902 US
Secretary of State Hay protests granting Russia exclusive privileges in China,
on ground that it runs contrary to the 'open door' policy granting all nations
equal rights there
1906 1st
federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas
1909 US
forces withdraw from Cuba after liberal Jose Miguel Gomez becomes president;
ensuing political instability will bring a threat of US intervention in 1912
1914 NY
Giants & Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt
1917 By
Executive Order, today, the PAPAGO Indian Reservation in established in
Arizona.
1920 1st
commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
1926 Land
at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch
1935 1st
"March of Time" newsreel premieres at the Capitol
1949 RCA
releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
1959 Texas
Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)
1960 4
students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth
1965 Martin
Luther King Jr. & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Ala
1972 1st
scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
1978 Harriet
Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
1978 Director
Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges
of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
1982 "Late
Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV, Bill
Murray is first guest
1996 The
Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
2003 Space
Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere,
killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2004 Janet
Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII,
resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship
guidelines.
2009 Super
Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Arizona Cardinals, 27-23 at the Raymond
James Stadium MVP: Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh, WR
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1327 Teenaged Edward
III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother
Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. 1587 Queen Elizabeth I
of England signs death warrant for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots 669 French
King Louis XIV limits freedom of religion
1789 Chinese
troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1814 Lord
Byron's "Corsair" sells 10,000 copies on day of publication
1814 Volcano
Mayon on Luzon Philippines erupts killing 1,200
1846 Theophile
Gautier publishes "Hashish Club" about his initiation
1884 1st
volume of the Oxford English Dictionary, A-Ant, published
1896 Giacomo
Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin 1898 1st
auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co
1968 Saigon
police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executes Viet Cong officer
Nguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to head. The
execution is captured by photographer Eddie Adams and becomes an anti-war icon.
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♫ Birthdays Today ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
More wind is blowing in our storm that is
expected to drop 14” of the white stuff on our little mountain town. Filled the
bird feeders on Fri and had to do it again this morning…I think the birds know
something is a comin’.
Amazed, CNN announced all day complete
coverage of the Iowa Caucus…like they haven’t been doing that for the last
week?
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Liquid at Room Temperature
Science brain teasers
require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that
govern it.
What is a liquid at room temperature
in its original state but solidifies when heated?
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…Business Facts…
In 2013, AOL declared that they
still made over $500 million a year through dial-up internet subscriptions.
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…Grammar Craziness…
The English language includes an
interesting category of words and phrases called contronyms— terms that,
depending on context, can have opposite or contradictory meanings.
35. Mean: Average or
stingy, or excellent
36. Model: An exemplar,
or a copy
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…Hard to Believe…
14. National animal of Scotland is
a Unicorn.
15. The Ottoman Empire still existed the last time the Chicago Cubs
won the World Series.
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…Harper’s Index…
2/3-Portion of African lions that are killed for
sport that are sent to the US as trophies
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
natgeoThe route will be prickly — but mesmerizing. As a Havasupai Native
American woman us, “Listen to the world around, and don’t rush to your next
camp, the canyon will guide.” Grand Canyon walk: Day 29: Mile 260.
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2 jokes for the day
A woman and a baby were in the
doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first
exam.
The doctor arrived, and examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a
little concerned, asked if the baby was breastfed or bottle-fed.
"Breastfed", she replied.
"Well, strip down to your waist." The doctor ordered.
She did. He pinched her nipples, pressed, kneaded, and rubbed both breasts for
a while in a very professional and detailed examination.
Motioning to her to get dressed, the doctor said, "No wonder this baby is
underweight. You don't have any milk."
"I know", she said, "I am his Grandma."
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A distinguished young woman on a
flight from Switzerland asked the priest beside her, "Father, may I ask a
favour?"
"Of course. What may I do for you?"
"Well, I bought an expensive electronic hair dryer that is well over the
customs limits and I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there anyway you could
carry it through Customs for me? Under your robes perhaps?"
"I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not
lie."
"With your honest face, Father, no one will question you."
When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her. The official
asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?"
"From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to
declare."
The official thought this answer strange, so asked, "And what do you have
to declare from your waist to the floor?"
"I have a marvelous little instrument designed to be used on a woman, but
which is, to date, unused."
Roaring with laughter, the official said, "Go ahead, Father. Next!"
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Yep, It Really Happened
*------------- Figaro, Figaro, Figaro
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Police officers were surprised when they
kicked in the door of an Amsterdam man they thought was in trouble and
shouting, only to discover he was actually trying to sing along with an opera
recording. The man was enjoying his music wearing headphones, and did not
notice the police at his door. The police were responding to an emergency call
placed by a neighbor, who suspected the man was the victim of a violent
domestic crime. The tipster told the dispatcher he "heard a terrifying
scream from the house," police said. When police arrived on the scene,
they also heard screams from inside the home. The resident did not come to the
door until after officers kicked it in, police said. He was alone inside at the
time.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(90) Thomas
Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America) (d.1854)
(88) Muriel
Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) (d.2006)
(79) John
Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) (d.1973)
79- Don
Everly, Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
79- Dr
Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love)
79- Garrett
Morris, actor (SNL, Martin, Carwash), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
(76) Boris
Yeltsin, Ural Mts USSR, president of Russian SSR (d.2007)
(75) S
J Perelman, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days), born in Brooklyn,
New York (d.2007)
(64) Langston
Hughes, Joplin, Missouri, American poet (Weary Blues) and playwright (Mulatto)
(d.1967)
(59) Clark
Gable, Cadiz Ohio, American actor (Gone With the Wind) (d.1960)
(56) Rick
James [James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.], American funk musician ("Super
Freak"), born in Buffalo New York (d. 2004)
48- Lisa
Marie Presley Keough Jackson, daughter of Elvis, born in Memphis, Tennessee
48- Pauly
Shore, Hollywood, comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man)
41- Big
Boi (Antwan André Patton,), American musician (Outkast)
29-
Rhonda Rousey, Riverside CA, MMA fighter
(28) Brandon
Lee, Emerson Colo, actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo) (d.1993)
22- Harry
Styles, Holmes Chapel Cheshire, British pop singer (One Direction)
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Historical Obits Today
@95-2007 Gian
Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer
@88-2013 Ed
Koch, American congressman and New York City Mayor
@84-1991 James
G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse)
@75-1966 Hedda
Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, pneumonia
@72-1980 Jack
Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day)
@71-1944 Piet
Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), pneumonia
@69-1966 Buster
Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), lung cancer
@53-1851 Mary
Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), brain tumor
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Brain Teasers Answers
An Egg.
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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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