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2.2.16
Week: 05 \ Day: 33
February Averages: 46°\19°
86004 Today: H 39° \ L 19° Average Sky Cover: 30%
Wind ave: 18mph\Gusts:
45mph
Ave. High: 44°
Record High: 62°[1976] Ave. Low: 18° Record Low: -14°[1922]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
African
American Coaches Day
Ayn
Rand Day Link
Crepe Day or La Chandeleur Link
Groundhog Day
Hedgehog
Day
Imbolic
Marmot Day Link
Sled Dog Day
World Play Your Ukulele Day Link
World Wetlands Day Link
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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
International Hoof-Care Week: 2-5
Publicity for Profit Week: 2-8
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1787
Arthur
St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the President of the Continental Congress
under the Articles of Confederation.
1802
1st
leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents)
1811
Russian
settlers establish Ft Ross trading post, north of SF
1848
1st
ship load of Chinese arrive in SF
1848
Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; US acquires Texas California, New Mexico
& Arizona for $15 million
1863
Samuel
Clemens first uses the pen name Mark Twain in a Virginia City
newspaper, the "Territorial Enterprise"
1887
In
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1887
A
law is passed which will prohibit the use of Indian languages in schools.
1888
Frank
Sprague opens the first successful U.S. electric street railway system, the
Richmond Union Passenger Railway, in Richmond, Virginia
1892
Bottle
cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore)
1901
The
US Congress passes the Army Reorganization Act, placing the minimum number of
men under arms at 58,000
1913
NY
football Giants sign Jim Thorpe
1913
NYC's
Grand Central Terminal opens
1923
Ethyl
gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio
1924
International
Ski Federation (FIS) forms
1925
Dogsleds
reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km
1932
Al
Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Georgia)
1935
Leonarde
Keeler first use of his polygraph machine on criminals later convicted of
assault on its findings (Portage Wisc)
1940
Frank
Sinatra's singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orch) 1948
President
Harry Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program
1950
1st
broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS-TV
1955
1st
presidential news conference on network TV-Eisenhower on ABC
1970
Pete
Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
1980 FBI
releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected &
public officials for bribes for political favors
1989
0°F
(-18°C) or below in 15 US states
2014
Super
Bowl XLVIII: Seattle Seahawks defeat Denver Broncos 42-8, most viewed
television event in the United States with over 111 million viewers
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1852
1st
British public men's toilet opens (Fleet St London)
1901
Queen Victoria's
funeral takes place.
1922
James
Joyce's "Ulysses" published in Paris (1,000 copies)
1972
Angry
demonstrators burn the British Embassy in Dublin to the ground in protest at
the shooting dead of 13 people on 'bloody sunday'
1986
Dalai
Lama meets Pope John Paul II in India
2014
Protests in Ukraine turn violent after parliament
passes legislation that outlaws protest
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♫ Birthdays Today ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
Returns tomorrow
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My Rambling Thoughts
The snow that was forecasted at 14” turned out
to be about 5” but they keep saying that more is on the way later today….I’ll
see. Not a happy camper with the HOA over snow removal. All the neighbors head
out before 7:30 so they trampled down the snow. The road guy showed up about 10a
and worked until 12N. The one shovel guy showed up about 12:30. He’s still
working about 2 hours later. In year’s past the truck guy was here at sunrise
and the shovel guys, usually about 6 of them, showed up soon after. Then if it
continued snowing, they were back as needed throughout the day. Those were the
good ol’ days…last year.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Amazing Monument Anagram
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
The following not only describes a
famous monument, but is an anagram for its name. What is it?
Built to Stay Free
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…Business Facts…
McDonald's serves 75 hamburgers
every second, according to the company’s Operations and Training Manual.
The first McDonald’s drive-thru was
opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted
to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”
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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.
37. Off: Deactivated, or
activated, as an alarm
38. Out: Visible, as
with stars showing in the sky, or invisible, in reference to lights
39. Out of: Outside, or
inside, as in working out of a specific office
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…Hard to Believe…
16. The lighter the roast of
coffee, the more caffeine it has.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
mcgaughsflagstaff Happy Monday from Flagstaff Arizona!
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(89) Elaine
Stritch,
American
actress (30 Rock, Company), born in Detroit, Michigan, (d. 2014)
(88) Solomon
R Guggenheim,
philanthropist
(Guggenheim Museum NYC) (d.1949)
78- Tom
Smothers,
comedian
(Smother Brother Show, Serial), born in NYC, New York
(77) Ayn
Rand,
Saint
Petersburg, Russian Empire, writer and philosopher (Atlas Shrugged, The
Fountainhead) (d.1982)
(75) Howard
Johnson,
American
hotelier (d. 1972)
(75) Clarence
"Buster" Crabbe,
California,
swimmer (Olympic-gold-1932)/actor (d.1983)
74- Graham
Nash,
guitarist
(Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Southern Cross)
(64) Frank
McGrath,
Mound
City Mo, actor (Wagon Train) (d.1967)
(62) Farrah
Fawcett,
Texas,
actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed) (d.2009)
(58) James
Joyce,
Ireland,
novelist/poet (Dubliners, Ulysses, Finnigan's Wake) (d.1941)
39- Shakira [Shakira
Isabel Mebarak Ripoll],
Barranquilla,
Colombian pop singer ('Whenever Wherever', 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)')
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Historical Obits Today
@97-1970 Bertrand
Russell,
philosopher,
British MP
@88-2012 Dorothy
Gilman,
American
mystery writer
@83-1996 Gene
Kelly,
actor/dancer
(Singing in the Rain),
@81-1969 Boris
Karloff, [Pratt],
British
actor (Frankenstein)
@77-1992 Bert
Parks, [Jacobson],
TV
host (Miss America), lung cancer
@69-1461 Owen
Tudor,
Welsh
founder of the Tudor dynasty of England
@46-2014
Philip
Seymour Hoffman, American actor (Capote, Moneyball) OD
@21-1979 Sid
Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie],
bassist
(Sex Pistols), OD
@77-1989 John
Cassavetes,
US
actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, cirrhosis
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Brain Teasers Answers
Statue of Liberty
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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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That Is All for Now… ♥♥♥♥
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