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4.30.16 Week: 17 \ Day: 121
April Averages: 58°\27°
86004 Today: H 56° \ L 34° Average
Sky Cover: 60%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts: 21mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 78°[1981] Record Low: 10°[1967]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Adopt A Shelter Pet Day Link
Bats Day Link
Beltane
Bob Wills Day Link (Last Saturday)
Bugs Bunny Day
International Jazz Day
Díá De Los Niños / Díá De Los Libros Day
National Animal Advocacy Day
National Go Birding Day
National Herb Day
National Kiss of Hope Day Link
National Rebuilding Day
National Sense of Smell Day Link
Spank Out Day - USA
Walpurgis Night
World Healing Day Link
World Tai Chi & Qigong Day Link
World Veterinary Day
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Observances This Week
22-30
National Dance Week Link
23-30
Money Smart Week: Link
Administrative Professionals Week
Air Quality Awareness Week Link
Bedbug Awareness Week
Fibroid Awareness Week
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week Link
National Crime Victims Rights Week Link
National Environmental Education Week Link
National Occupational Health Nursing Week Link
National Infertility
Awareness Week Link
National Princess Week Link
National Scoop The Poop Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week Link
Sky Awareness Week
World Week of Action for Animals in
Laboratories Link
National Playground Safety Week Link
Preservation Week Link (re: Libraries)
29-30
National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week Link
Gathering of the Nations Powwow Link
National Pie Championships
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1598 1st theater
performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande)
1789 George Washington is
inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America
1798 US
Department of the Navy forms
1803 US doubles
in size through Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
1812 (Eastern)
Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
1857 San Jose
State University forms
1860 Navaho
attack Fort Defiance (Canby)
1860 Fort
Defiance, in northwestern Arizona, was the first fort to be build in NAVAJO country. Built near land
used by Manuelito's NAVAJOs to
graze their horses, an inevitable conflict begins when the army claims the
grazing land for their own mounts. A series of raids on both sides leads to a
full scale attack. On this date, Manuelito, and nearly 1,000 warriors attack
Fort Defiance. The NAVAJO
capture a few outbuildings, but the soldiers soon regroup and volleys are
exchanged throughout the rest of the day. The NAVAJO will leave that night considering the message delivered.
The Army will eventually retaliate.
1861 President
Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory (US Civil War)
1863 -5/1]
Battle of Snyder's Bluff, Virginia (part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the
American Civil War): General Sherman beaten by Confederate forces
1864 New York
becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee
1871 The Camp
Grant Massacre of Apaches in Arizona Territory, perpetrated by white &
Mexican adventurers; 144 die
1885 Boston Pops
Orchestra forms
1889 1st US
national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration
1900 Casey Jones
dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on
the Cannonball Express.
1904 Ice cream
cone makes its debut
1939 New York
World's Fair opens
1947 Boulder Dam
renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
1952 Mr Potato
Head is 1st toy advertised on television
1974 US President Richard
Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
1975 Last US helicopter leaves US
embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders
1996 US President
Clinton approves the sale of $227 million of crude oil from the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve; US gas prices are at their highest levels in 5 years
1997 42 million
watch Ellen DeGeneres admit she is gay
2001 US
Vice-President Cheney calls fors increased domestic production of fossil fuels
and increased usage of nuclear power to meet America's energy demand
2004 U.S. media
release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating
Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
2012 The
unfinished One World Trade Center overtakes the Empire State building to become
the tallest building in New York
2015 US
senator Bernie Sanders announces he will seek the Democratic Party's
nomination for President
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
311 Roman
Emperor Galerius isssues Edict of Toleration, ending persercution of Christians
in the Roman Empire
1492 Columbus is
given royal commission to equip his fleet
1492 Spain
announces it will expels all Jews
1808 1st
practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
1859 Charles
Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary
periodical "All the Year Round" (weekly installments until Nov 26)
1911 Portugal
approves female suffrage
1937 The
Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be
extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
1939 Tropicana ballet of Havana,
Cuba, forms
1942 Because of petrol rationing, all private
motoring in Ireland is banned, and bicycle thefts soar overnight
1951 - The first
demonstration of television in Ireland is held at the Spring Show in the RDS,
Dublin
1961 Premier Fidel
Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
1984 1,700
skiers participate in an alpine event at Are, Sweden
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My Rambling Thoughts
Had a good, long lunch yesterday with our
retirement group. By the time I finally got home, too lazy to set up this post.
Strange weather here, rain, snow, wind, sun,
snow, sun…
So tired of the media take on the upcoming
election. They are not giving any candidate a fair shake…they are just covering
stuff to get viewers. Bored with it all.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Behead S
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
When you behead a word, you remove
the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the
two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Mark left after healing -> Vehicle
2. To have hit -> Vehicle
3. Intelligent -> Individual store
4. Tiny -> Large retail complex
5. Take illegally -> Bluish green
6. Clean the floor -> Cry
7. Expressed in words -> Give assistance
8. Talk -> Highest level; summit
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…Harper’s Index…
35,000-Estimated
number of Safety 1st-brand high chairs recalled because of child
injures.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
discoverychannelHappy #ArborDay! The giant sequoia is
only found in 75 groves in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. They face
threats such as deforestation and drought.
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2 jokes for the day
“Give me a sentence about a public
servant,” the teacher instructed her third grade class.
“The fireman came down the ladder pregnant,” answered one little girl.
“Umm … Do you know what pregnant means?”
“Yes,” said the girl. “It means carrying a child.”
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A woman walks into a bank in New
York City and asks for the loan officer. She says she's going to Paris on
business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000. The bank officer says the
bank will need some kind of security for the loan, so the woman hands over the
keys to a new Mercedes Benz. The car is parked on the street in front of the
bank. She has the title, and everything works out.
The bank agrees to accept the car collateral for the loan. The bank's president
and the loan officer enjoy a good laugh at the woman's expense for using a new
Mercedes Benz as collateral against a $5,000 loan.
An employee of the bank then proceeds to drive the Benz into the bank's
underground garage and parks it there. Two weeks later, the woman returns. She
repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.
The loan officer says, "Miss, we are very happy to have had your business,
and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled.
While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a
multimillionaire. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"
The woman replies, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two
weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there when I return unharmed?"
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Yep, It Really Happened
*---------- 'Thanks for the bush, Baby' ----------*
Police in Oregon said they arrested a pet
store owner accused of using store funds to pay a prostitute and tipping the
woman with a bushbaby. The Eugene Police Department said the Galago, more
commonly known as a bushbaby, was reported stolen from the Zany Zoo Pet Store
in Eugene during reported burglaries March 1 and 6, but the prostitute found in
possession of the primate at a hotel said the animal was given to her by the
store's owner. The woman said Nathan Allen McClain used store funds, including
donation jar money, to pay for her services and the bushbaby was a tip. McClain
told detectives that he used deposit and donation money from the store to pay
the prostitute. The bushbaby, named Gooey, was taken to a nearby sanctuary
while the Zany Zoo Pet Store applies for a new exotic animal license.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Americans buy over 29 billion
bottles of water every year. Making all those bottles uses 17 million barrels
of crude oil annually, which would be enough fuel to keep 1 million cars on the
road for one year. Only 13 percent of those bottles are recycled.
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One of the more common and dangerous
pollutants in the environment is cadmium, which kills human fetal sex organ
cells. Its widespread presence means it is in almost everything we eat and
drink.
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Fourteen billion pounds of garbage,
mostly plastic, is dumped into the ocean every year.
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More oil is seeped into the ocean
each year as a result of leaking cars and other non-point sources than was
spilled by the Exxon Valdez.
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Over 1 million seabirds are killed
by plastic waste per year. Over 100,000 sea mammals and countless fish are
killed per year due to pollution.
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Pollution in China alters the
weather in the United States. It takes just five days for the jet stream to
carry heavy air pollution from China to the U.S. Once in the atmosphere over
the U.S., the pollution stops clouds from producing rain and snow--i.e., more
pollution equals less precipitation.
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Birthdays Today
“( )” indicates age at death
(93) Roger Easton,
Craftsbury, Vt, American
scientist & inventor (GPS) (d. 2014)
90- Cloris Leachman, Des
Moines, actress (Last Picture Show, Phyllis)
(89) Alice B. Toklas,
American companion of
Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
(89) John Peters
Humphrey,
Hampton, New Brunswick Canadian
jurist and human rights advocate (Universal Declaration on Human Rights) (d.
1995)
(82) Eve Arden,
Mill Valley California,
actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks) (d.1990)
(82) Al Lewis,
American actor-Grampa Munster
(d. 2006)
73- Bobby Vee,
Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel,
Night has a Thousand Eyes)
(66) Jill Clayburgh,
NYC, actress (Unmarried
Woman, Semi-Tough) (d.2010)
57- Stephen Harper,
Toronto, 22nd Prime
Minister of Canada (2006-15)
55- Isiah Thomas,
Chicago, NBA forward
(Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP)
51- Adrian Pasdar,
Pittsfield Mass, actor (C
Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun)
44- Akon,
American R&B Singer
(35) Johnny Horton,
Los Angeles, country music
and rockabilly singer (The Battle of New Orleans) (d. 1960)
34- Kirsten Dunst,
Point Pleasant, nj, American
actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man)
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Historical Obits Today
@85-2007 Tom Poston,
American actor
@85-1943 Beatrice
Potter Webb,
British writer (My
Apprenticeship)
@73-1974 Agnes
Moorehead,
American actress
(Endora-Bewitched), uterine cancer
@70-1983 Muddy Waters,
US blues singer/guitarist
(Mad Love), heart failure
@61-1883 Édouard
Manet,
French impressionist
painter, syphilis
@60-1989 Sergio Leone,
Italian director (Good, Bad
& Ugly), heart attack
@56-1945 Adolf Hitler,
German Dictator (1936-45), suicide
@37-1900 John Luther
(Casey) Jones,
Cannonball Express train
wreck
@35-1970 Inger
Stevens,
actress (Katy-Farmer's
Daughter), suicide
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. Scar -> Car
2. Struck -> Truck
3. Smart -> Mart
4. Small -> Mall
5. Steal -> Teal
6. Sweep -> Weep
7. Said -> Aid
8. Speak -> Peak
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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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