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1.17.16 Week: 02 \ Day: 17
January Averages: 43°\16°
86004 Today: H 48° \ L 9° Average
Sky Cover: 0%
Wind ave: 11mph\Gusts: 15mph
Ave. High: 43° Record High: 62°[1971] Ave. Low: 17°
Record Low: -13°[1987]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Cable Car Day
Hot Heads Chili
Days
Judgment Day
Kid Inventors' Day
Popeye Day
World Religion Day
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Observances This Week
Cuckoo Dancing
Week: 11-17
National Soccer Coaches of America Week: 13-17
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 16-17
Internat’l Snowmobile Safety & Awareness Week: 16-24 Link
Hunt For Happiness Week: 17-23
National Activity Professionals Week:
17-23 Link
*National Fresh Squeezed
Juice Week: 17-23
National Handwriting Analysis Week: 17-23
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1871 - 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie
(begins service in 1873)
1873 - A
group of Modoc warriors defeat the United States Army in the First Battle of
the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
1874 - Armed Democrats seize Texas government
ending Radical Reconstruction
1893
- Queen Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of
Hawaii becomes a republic
1916
- Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms
in NYC
1917 - US pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin
Islands
1929
- Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
1954 - Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs
on "Omnibus" (CBS)
1957 - 9-county commission recommends creation of
BART
1961 - Eisenhower allegedly orders
assassination of Congo's Lumumba
1961
- President Dwight D.
Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days
before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by
the "military-industrial complex".
1982 - "Cold Sunday" in the United States
would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in
numerous cities.
1987 - US President Reagan signs secret
order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1988
- AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos beat
Cleveland Browns 38-33
1989
- Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due
to racial unrest in Miami
1991
- Operation Desert Storm begins
against Saddam Hussein
1994 - 6.6 Earthquake hits Los Angeles killing 60,
$30B in damage
2001 - President Bill Clinton posthumously raises
Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
2007 - The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to
midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1718 - Avalanche destroys every building in
Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53
1773 - Capt James Cook becomes 1st to
cross Antarctic Circle(66° 33' S)
1775 - 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad
harvests, Kalisk, Pol
1971
- At a party conference in Dublin, Sinn Féin
end their 65 year abstentionist policy and agree that any elected
representative could take their seat at the Dáil
1980
- A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb
prematurely detonates on a passenger train near Belfast, killing three and
injuring five (including the bombers)
2002 - Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
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♫ Birthdays Today ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Nice Saturday in our little mountain town.
Lots of football this weekend. Can’t miss the Cards or the Broncos.
Had a nice catch up talk with my
neighbor/traveling buddy Bob. He’s doing great. He’s headed to Chicago (to see
his daughter) then down to Moline to see his squeeze. Nice.
Hostages released and the idiots are saying ‘good
but what did we agree to?.’ All I can say is ‘none of your damn business.’
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Name Train I
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
A Name Train is a puzzle where each
name is connected together like box cars in a train. You are given the first
car (the Engine) and the last car (the caboose), and you have to fill in the
car or cars in between. Every two consecutive cars will form a name of a person
or character. Here is an example Name Train: Joan [ ] Li. The answer is Joan
Jet Li (Joan Jet-Female singer, Jet Li-Actor) Ready? OK here goes:
1. Chris [ ] Hudson
2. Chris [ ] Asimov
3. Boy [ ] [ ] Ford
4. Elton [ ] [ ] Newton
5. Curious [ ] [ ] [ ] Browne
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…Business Facts…
As a reward for record profits, the
CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yuanqing, received a $3 million bonus, which he
redistributed to about 10,000 of Lenovo's employees. He did the same again in
2013.
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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.
16. Enjoin: To impose,
or to prohibit
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*NEW*…Hard to Believe…
1. Mammoths were alive when the Great Pyramid was being
built.
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…Harper’s Index…
10-Confirmed number of Americans aged 112 or
older
4,700,000-Number that age listed as alive on
Social Security rolls
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…Instagram Photo of the
Day…
natgeoPhoto by @irablockphoto (Ira
Block)
Hot air balloons sail across the skies over Bagan, Myanmar at sunrise. During
the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries there were over 10,000
Buddhist pagodas, temples and monasteries in the region. Today there are only
about 2500 remaining, the rest did not survive the ages.
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2 jokes for the day
A well respected surgeon was
relaxing on his sofa one evening just after arriving home from work. As he was
tuning into the evening news, the phone rang. The doctor calmly answered it and
heard the familiar voice of a colleague on the other end of the line.
"We need a fourth for poker," said the friend. "I'll be right
over," whispered the doctor.
As he was putting on his coat, his wife asked, "Is it serious?"
"Oh yes, quite serious," said the doctor gravely. "In fact,
three doctors are there already!"
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A company, feeling it was time for a
shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all
slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning against a wall and
idly picking his teeth. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them
know that he meant business. He asked the guy,
"How much money do you make a week?"
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and said, "I make a little
over $400 dollars a week, why?
The CEO said, "Wait right here."
He walked back to his office, came back in two minutes, and handed the guy
$1,600 in cash and said, "Here's four weeks' pay. Now GET OUT and don't
come back."
Feeling pretty good about himself the CEO looked around the room and asked,
"Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did here?"
From across the room a voice said,
"Sure - he was the Pizza delivery guy from Domino's and was just waiting
to collect the money!"
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Yep, It Really Happened
Naked woman goes on rampage in Waffle House
What is it with naked women this week? A woman
is facing several charges after going on a rampage at a Waffle House restaurant
in Georgia, all while completely naked. According to police, the woman,
identified as Jennifer Nicholson, stripped off her clothes, punched a woman in
the face and then threw a plate at a window. She also threw several platters at
patrons of the restaurant. When police tried to subdue Nicholson, she fought
back. The woman who was punched sustained a broken nose in the attack,
according to police. Nicholson is facing several assault and public indecency charges.
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Somewhat Useless Information
The Golden Globe Awards were founded
in 1943 by 21 foreign journalists. The first Golden Globe Awards ceremony was
held during a luncheon at 20th Century Fox and had only five categories: Best
Motion Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best
Supporting Actress. Instead of receiving statuettes, winners were given
scrolls.
The actual Golden Globe award we all know today didn't come about until 1946
when Marina Cisternas, former Hollywood Foreign Press Association's president,
suggested creating statuettes that resembled an actual gold globe on a
pedestal.
The Golden Globe statuettes are estimated to cost $800 each and are plated in
24-karat gold.
Meryl Streep holds the record for most Golden Globe nominations, with 29. She's
also taken home the award eight times, which is also a record.
In 2008 the ceremony was canceled due to a Writer's Guild strike. Celebrities
refused to show up to the show, so instead winners were announced Jan. 13 of
that year during an hourlong press conference.
In 1973, Marlon Brando refused to accept his Golden Globe for Best Actor for
his role in "The Godfather" because he was protesting U.S. ‘imperialism and racism.’
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
94 - Betty White, actress (The Mary Tyler Moore
Show, Golden Girls), born in Oak Park Illinois
85 - James Earl Jones, Miss, actor (Darth Vader,
Exorcist II, Soul Man)
(84) - Benjamin Franklin, kite
flyer/statesman/wit/inventor, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1790)
(84) - Vidal Sassoon,
hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson), born in London, England (d. 2012)
(81)
- Eartha Kitt, singer/actress
(Catwoman-Batman), born in North, South Carolina (d. 2008)
77 - Maury Povich, TV host (Current Affair,
Maury)/Mr Connie Chung
74 - Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay], Louisville
Kentucky, heavyweight boxing champion (1964-7 74-8)
(65)
- Shari Lewis, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb
Chop), born in The Bronx, New York (d.1998)
62 - Robert F Kennedy Jr, attorney (Natural
Resources Defense Council)
61 - Steve
Earle, country singer (Guitar Town), born in San Antonio, Texas
59 - Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian and
radio personality
54 - Jim Carrey, Ontario Canada, actor (Living
Color, Dumb & Dumber, Mask)
52 - Michelle Obama, 1st African-American US
First Lady (2009-16), born in DeYoung, Illinois
48 - Al Capone, American gangster (Chicago
bootlegging), born in Brooklyn, New York (d.1947)
45 - Kid Rock (Robert James Ritchie), American
singer
(39) - Charles Brockden Brown, father of American
novel (Wieland) (d.1810)
36 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress (Almost
Famous), born in Los Angeles, California
(35) - Andy Kaufman, comedian/actor (Latka
Gravas-Taxi), born in NYC, New York (d.1984)
(29) - Anne Brontë, English novelist/poet (Tenant
of Wildfell Hall), born in Thornton, West Yorkshire (d. 1849)
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Historical Obits Today
@90-1997 - Clyde
William Tombaugh, discoverer (Pluto)
@90-1891 - George Bancroft, American historian and father of U.S. History
@85-2005 - Zhao
Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China
@76-2003 - Richard Crenna, American actor, cancer
@70-1893 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US
Pres (1877-81), heart attack
@66-1927 - Juliette Gordon Low,
American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA, breast cancer
@64-2008 - Bobby Fischer, American
chess player, renal failure
@62-1874 - Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai
Siamese twins
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. Chris Rock Hudson
2. Chris Isaac Asimov
3. Boy George Harrison Ford
4. Elton John Wayne Newton
5. Curious George Michael Jackson Browne
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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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