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3.2.16
Week: 09 \ Day: 62
March Averages: 50°\23°
86004 Today: H 63° \ L ?° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 1mph\Gusts:
8mph
Record High:
65°[1910] Record Low: -1°[1971]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Dr.
Seuss Day
NEA's Read Across America Day
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Observances This Week
1-7
National
Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Pet Sitters Week Link
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week Link
Will Eisner Week
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1776
Americans
begin shelling British troops in Boston
1799
Congress
standardizes US weights & measures
1817
1st
Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn
1819
Territory
of Arkansas organized
1819
US
passed its 1st immigration law
1824
Interstate
commerce comes under federal control
1825
1st
grand opera in US sung in English, NYC
1829
New
England Asylum for the Blind, 1st in US, incorporated, Boston
1836
Republic
of Texas declares independence from Mexico in Columbia
1853
Territory
of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Ter
1861
US
creates Dakota & Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska & Utah Territoy
1867
US
Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
1867
US
Congress creates the Department of Education
1868
University
of Illinois opens
1877
Rutherford
B. Hayes (R) declared president despite Samuel J Tilden (D) winning the
popular vote, but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory
1889
Kansas
passes 1st US antitrust
1893
1st
federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
1899
Pres
McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US)
1901
The
US Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a
condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
1903
Martha
Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC
1917
Jones
Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted
1929
Congress
creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
1933
"King
Kong" starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall & RKO Roxy
NYC
1949
1st
automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
1962
Wilt
Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game
1965
One
of the most popular musical films of all time, "The Sound of Music",
starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, is released
(Best Picture 1966)
1970
Supreme
Court ruled draft evaders cannot be penalized after 5 years
1976
Walt
Disney World logs its 50 millionth guest
1977
Bette
Davis is 1st woman to receive American Film Institute's Life Achievement
Award
1989
The NAVAJO Code
Talker Monument is erected.
1998
Data
sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a
liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
2002 U.S.
invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after
killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
1498
Vasco
da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
1629
English
King Charles I dissolves Parliament against opposition, imprisoning 9
members of parliament
1717
The
Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.
1808
The
inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish
learned society, was held in Edinburgh.
1888
The
Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage
through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
1946
Ho
Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam
1956
Morocco
tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France
1970
Rhodesia
becomes independent republic
2000
Former
Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet heads home after being told the UK
would not extradite him on torture charges
2014
President Vladimir
Putin receives unanimous approval from Russia's parliament to send troops
to the Ukraine
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My Rambling Thoughts
I had a great break in Colorado. Focus Travel
has lots of trips upcoming, and my webpage job is going to keep me busy for a
few days. Had a great dinner with former neighbors. Focus Travel meeting was
exceptional. It is always nice to see fellow travelers at these events. Fun to
catch up with them. I found a great cruise to Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia and
Vietnam for next year. It’s 20 days and ain’t cheap but well worth the
experience.
The drive to and from was fantastic. Clear
roads, limited construction, blue sky most of the way with some overcast on the
way back. I had planned to stay in Albuquerque on the way back, but got there
at 2p so just drove straight through and slept in my own bed. It’s about a 12
hour drive but I am still young—at heart.
Got over 50 birthday wishes on Facebook +
cards and some presents. Nice day…even though I was driving most of it.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Won't Let You Down
Riddles are little poems or phrases
that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this
is not a requirement.
I've many holes but I will never
leak
Not comfortable? Just give me a tweak
Though often together most of the day
Come bedtime we'll go our separate ways
Life without me might be kind of a drag
'Cause when I'm not around things tend to sag
Doing my job, your reliable mate
This is a "hold-up" you'll appreciate
What am I?
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…Harper’s Index…
61-Average ages, in years, of the thirty most
frequently played holiday songs
1994-Year when the youngest of these songs,
Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ was released
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…Politicians on the Chicken Crossing
The Road…
BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the
chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be
required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
Photography by @ (Dana Newkirk).Located along the #Lebanon Mountain
Trail the "Cave of the Three Bridges", is a 837-foot
naturally-occurring #cave formed
from 160-million year old Jurassic limestone. The chasm below receives a
quick-flowing stream of mountain water that passes by the three #amazing natural
bridges. The unbelievable #waterfall was
officially #discovered in
1952 by Henri Coiffait, and to say it's an incredible sight would be a serious
understatement.
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2 jokes for the day
Q: Why do seagulls live by the sea?
A: Because if they lived by the bay, they would be bagels.
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So I'm heading up to my parent’s house driving like 90 mph when a lady cop
pulls me over, comes up to my car and she's like...
"Young man, speeding? I've been waiting for you all day."
I look up to her and I say, "I'm so sorry I'm late officer, I got here as
fast as I could..."
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Yep, It Really Happened
*--------- China --------*
In what must be every pet owner's worst
nightmare, a Jiangsu man's dog was cooked and eaten by his own employee earlier
this month. A factory worker in Xuzhou, surnamed Zhang, found a Welsh Corgi
wandering around the public toilets at his workplace. Mistaking it for a stray,
Zhang decided to make a meal out of it and proceeded to beat the animal to death
with a stick. Later that night, Zhang and his roommates cooked the dog, and ate
it the next day. They were then red-faced upon returning to work to discover
"missing" flyers posted by their own boss, surnamed Wang, offering a
8,000 yuan reward for information.
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Somewhat Useless Information
The word March does not have to do
from the homonym, which means to walk deliberately. Instead, the name of the
month dates back the Roman calendar. March was named for Mars, the Roman god of
war.
March was the first month of the year until the Gregorian calendar began to be
used in 1752.
An old proverb says, "March comes in a like a lion, and goes out like a
lamb," which is reference to winter ending and spring beginning.
March was called Hlyda or Lide in Old English, which is a reference to the loud
winds.
Not only is March Women's History Month, but it's also American Red Cross Month
and Fire Prevention Month. Other popular holidays are Read Across America
(March 2, which is Dr. Seuss' birthday), St. Patrick's Day (March 17), and Pi
Day (March 14).
Aquamarine and the bloodstone are the birthstones for March. Both stones stand
for courage.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(97) Peter
O'Sullevan,
horse racing commentator 'the voice of racing', born in County
Kerry, Northern Ireland (d. 2015)
(91) Dr.
Seuss, [Theodor Geisel],
children's author (Horton Hears a Who!), born in
Springfield, Massachusetts (d.1991)
85- Mikhail
Gorbachev,
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
(1985-91), born in Stavropol, Russia
85- Tom
Wolfe, journalist/author (Right Stuff), born in Richmond, Virginia
(74) Robert
II, the Steward,
King of Scots (1371-90) (d.1390)
(71) John
Jay Chapman,
US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays) (d.1933)
(70) Sam
Houston,
American politician (brought Texas into the United States), born in
Rockbridge County, Virginia (d.1863)
(69) Desi
Arnaz,
Cuban-American actor (I Love Lucy), born in Santiago Cuba (d. 1986)
60- Mark
Evans,
Australian rock bassist (AC/DC), born in Melbourne
54- Jon
Bon Jovi,
Sayreville NJ, rocker (Bon Jovi-Give Love a Bad Name)
48- Daniel
Craig,
English actor (James Bond films), born in Chester
39- Chris
Martin,
English musician (Coldplay), born in Exeter, Devon
34- Ben
Roethlisberger,
American football player
(32) Karen
Carpenter,
vocalist/drummer (We Only Just Begun), born in New Haven,
Connecticut (d.1983)
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Historical Obits Today
@88-2014 Justin
Kaplan,
American editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain - Pulitzer
Price 1967)
@87-1791 John
Wesley,
English co-founder of Methodism
@79-1797 Horace
[Horatio] Walpole,
British horror writer
@65-1939 Howard
Carter,
Brit archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut), Hodgkin's disease
@44-1930 David
Herbert Lawrence (DH),
English poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), TB
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Brain Teasers Answers
a belt
lines 1-2:
The holes are those in the belt for adjusting the circumference around one's
waist according to one's comfort.
lines 3-4:
Normally, one wouldn't wear their trousers to bed and therefore also not their
belt.
lines 5-6:
One's trousers may droop and potentially drag on the floor/ground without a
belt.
lines 7-8:
The belt is a reliable "companion" which holds up one's trousers.
The title alludes to the function of a belt which is to hold up (or not let
down) one's trousers.
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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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