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1.4.16 Week: 01 \ Day: 4
January Averages: 43°\16°
86004 Today: H 47° \ L 18° Average
Sky Cover: 80%
Wind ave: 4mph\Gusts: 11mph
Ave. High: 42° Record High: 64°[1927] Ave. Low: 16°
Record Low: -22°[1971]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today:
Blue Monday Link
Dimpled Chad Day
Divorce Monday Link
National Weigh-In Day
Pop Music Chart Day
"Thank God It's Monday" Day
Tom Thumb Day
World Braille Day Link
World Hypnotism Day Link
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Independence Day-Burma-1948-from UK
Statehood Day-Utah-1896-45th
state
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Observances This Week:
1-7
Celebration of Life Week Link
Diet Resolution Week
Silent Record Week
1-8
New Year's Resolutions Week
2-8
Someday We'll Laugh About This Week
3-9
Home Office Safety and Security Week
National Folic Acid Awareness Week Link
3-10
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
4-8
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1754 - Columbia University founded, as Kings College (NYC)
1847 - Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the
United States government.
1863 - 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY
1865 - The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent
headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
1874 - Eskiminzin of
the ARAVAIPA APACHE, survivor of Camp Grant massacre and arrested as a
"military precaution", escapes from San Carlos with many of his band.
He will return in 4 months because most of his people are sick and hungry.
1896 - Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted
as 45th state
1936 - Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
1944 - Ralph Bunche appointed 1st Negro official in US State
Department
1962 - 1st automated (unmanned) subway train in New York City
1965 - LBJ's "Great Society" State of the Union
Address
1971 - Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State
victims
1974 - Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by
Watergate Committee
1982 - Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
1998 - A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the
northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing
widespread destruction.
2007 - The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing
Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
1884 - Last sighting of an eastern cougar (Ontario)
1912 - The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the
British Commonwealth by Royal Charter.
1932 - British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi &
Nehru
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♫ Birthdays
Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
Crazy Sunday. I didn’t get our local paper on
Sat, but was busy and didn’t do anything. No paper this morning. Called, told
it would be there in 2 hours. Called 2½ hours later and told they would call
the office and have it delivered. Called the office 30 minutes later to be sure
they got the message. Yep, the guy was heading out. 3 hours later no paper and
all phone numbers go to voicemail because offices are closed. Crazy.
Got to watch all my Sunday morning news
programs so I am in good shape.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
6 Clues to Solve the Mystification
What are the answers to all these
clues and what do those answers have in common?
1. An amber tinted paste used on a wienerwurst.
2. A purple fruit
3. Besides the number of days, the months of May and August have this in
common.
4. A finely feathered and polychromatic avian friend.
5. A 7 letter word for a pigment like crimson.
6. A bleached and neutral hue.
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Found on You Tube with some
relevance to today
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (UK) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6aKnRnBxM
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…Bet You Didn’t Know…
Bill Wilson, the founder of
Alcoholics Anonymous, asked for whiskey just before his death. He was refused
by his nurse.
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…Civil War Facts You May Not Know…
4. A $5 Confederate bill was found
in the pocket of Abraham Lincoln after he was killed.
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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.
5. Bound: Heading to a
destination, or restrained from movement
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…Harper’s Index…
44-percentage of the world’s cigarettes that
are consumed in China
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
natgeoiPhone photo by @stephenwilkes:
A peaceful evening and a winter's sunset sky. With the new year comes
reflection, positivity, and a chance at a new beginning. But years of
resolutions have reminded me that the same comes with a new day, hour, or
second.
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2 jokes for the day
Temper Temper
A woman goes to the Doctor, worried
about her husband's temper.
The Doctor asks: "What's the
problem?"
The woman says: "Doctor, I
don't know what to do. Every day my husband seems to lose his temper for no
reason. It scares me."
The Doctor says: "I have a cure
for that. When it seems that your husband is getting angry, just take a glass
of water and start swishing it in your mouth. Just swish and swish but don't
swallow it until he either leaves the room or calms down."
Two weeks later the woman comes back
to the doctor looking fresh and reborn.
The woman says: "Doctor that
was a brilliant idea! Every time my husband started losing it, I swished with
water. I swished and swished, and he calmed right down! How does a glass of
water do that?"
The Doctor says: "The water
itself does nothing. It's keeping your mouth shut that does the trick."
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Clever Mom
A Mom visits her son for dinner who
lives with a girl roommate.
During the course of the meal, his
mother couldn't help but notice how pretty his roommate was. She had long been
suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more
curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she
started to wonder if there was more between him and his roommate than met the
eye.
Reading his mom's thoughts, the son
volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, we are
just roommates."
About a week later, his roommate
came to him saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been
unable to find the silver plate. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"
He said ,"Well, I doubt it, but
I'll email her, just to be sure."
He sat down and wrote :
Dear Mother:
I'm not saying that you 'did' take
the silver plate from my house, I'm not saying that you 'did not' take the
silver plate .. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you
were here for dinner.
Love,
Your son
Several days later, he received an
email from his Mother which read:
Dear Son:
I'm not saying that you DO sleep
with your roommate, and I'm not saying that you DO NOT sleep with her. But the
fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the
silver plate by now, under the pillow…
Love,
Mom
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Yep, It Really Happened
STE. ANNE, Manitoba, - A Zamboni driver at a
teen hockey game in Manitoba was arrested and charged with driving while
impaired after damaging the ice rink. Ste. Anne Police said officers responded
to a report of a driver of a Zamboni ice resurfacer displaying "erratic
behavior" Saturday night at the Sainte-Anne Arena during a game between
two teams of boys ages 13-14. "He was banging up against the boards and
missing areas and it was evident something was wrong," Ste. Anne Police
Chief Marc Robichaud told Global News. Martin Kintscher, manager for one of the
teams, said the Zamboni was damaging the rink. "On his first lap he struck
the gate where the Zamboni drives onto the ice, and broke the boards and also
broke pieces off the actual Zamboni," Kintscher told CBC News. "One
piece got stuck under the Zamboni, which left a ridge on the ice with every
lap." Robichaud said the driver was uncooperative and refused a
Breathalyzer test. He was arrested on charges of impaired driving, refusing to
provide a breath sample and resisting arrest. "You don't have to be
driving on a road to be charged with impaired driving," Robichaud said.
Kintscher said officials canceled the game.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named
Sue" was penned by beloved children's author Shel Silverstein.
M&M's actually stands for "Mars & Murrie's," the last names
of the candy's founders.
Carly Simon's dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster. He co-founded the
company.
In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her
breasts grew when her arm was turned.
In 1999, Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency's Maryland
headquarters because it was feared the toys might repeat national security
secrets.
Kool-Aid was originally marketed as "Fruit Smack."
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
79 - Dyan Cannon, Tacoma Wash, Mrs Cary Grant/actress
(Heaven Can Wait)
(78) - Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, philologist and
folklorist and editor of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" (d. 1863)
(73) - Everett
Dirksen, American politician (Sen-R-Ill) (d. 1969)
58 - Nina
Foust, Asheboro NC, LPGA golfer (1994 Hawaiian Ladies Open-6th)
(43) - Louis Braille, Coupvray France, developer (reading
system for blind) (d.1852)
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Historical Obits Today
@94-1999 - Iron Eyes Cody, American actor-not a native, but
Italian
@76-1965 - T. S. Eliot, poet and Nobel laureate (Washed Country), emphysema
@63-2011 - Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter, organ
failure
@46-1960 - Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), auto accident
@46-1821 - Elizabeth Ann Bayley
Seton, 1st native-born American saint, TB
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Brain Teasers Answers
The answers are:
1. Mustard
2. Plum
3. Green (The color of the birthstones of May and August).
4. Peacock
5. Scarlet
6. White
All these words are the last names of the characters in the game of Clue
1. Colonel Mustard
2. Professor Plum
3. Mr. Green
4. Mrs. Peacock
5. Miss Scarlet
6. Mrs. White
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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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