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7.1.16
Week: 26 \ Day: 183
Juul
Averages: 81°\51°
86004
Today: H 68° \ L 57°
Average Sky Cover: 90%
Wind
ave: 2mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 91°[1990]
Record Low: 33°[2004]
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Quote
of the Day
For success,
attitude is equally important as ability ~Walter
Scott
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Observances
Today
National
GSA Employee Day
Second Half of The Year Day
U.S. Postage Stamp Day
Zip Code Day
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Observances
This Week
Ramadan
-7/5
National Tom Sawyer Days: 1-4 (aka Fence Painting Days)
Rosewell UFO Days: 1-4 Link
National Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1656 1st
Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested)
1776 1st
vote on Declaration of Independence for Britain's North American colonies
1836 US President Andrew Jackson announces to Congress bequest
by James Smithson of 100,000 gold sovereigns to found institution in
Washington.
1862 Congress
outlaws polygamy for the 1st time
1862 US
Internal Revenue Law imposes 1st federal taxes on inheritance, tobacco & on
incomes over $600 (progressive rate)
1863 Battle
of Gettysburg, Pa; Lee's northward advance halted
1863 Free
city delivery of mail begins in 49 US cities; postage 3 cents per oz
1874 1st
US zoo opens (Philadelphia)
1898 Teddy
Roosevelt & his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill
1899 Gideon
Society established to place bibles in hotels
1904 3rd
modern Olympic games opens in St Louis
1907 World's
1st air force established (US Army)
1917 257cm-mirror
for Mount Wilson Observatory mounted
1929 US
cartoonist Elzie Segar creates "Popeye"
1941 Bulova
Watch Co pays $9 for 1st ever network TV commercial
1943 "Pay-as-you-go"
- 1st withholding tax from paychecks
1950 1st
407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
1960 Fidel
Castro nationalizes Esso, Shell & Texaco in Cuba
1963 US
postal service institutes (Zone Improvement Plan) zip code
1967 "Funny
Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 performances
1970 Jimi
Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)
1972 Ms.
magazine begins publishing
1972 "Hair"
closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 1750 performances
1997 Nevada
Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield .
2000 Vermont's
civil unions law goes into effect.
2014 The
US Supreme Court rules that family-owned corporations can reject provision of
'Obamacare' on religious grounds
2015 Misty
Copeland becomes the 1st African American principal dancer of the American
Ballet Theatre
2015 US
and Cuba announce agreement to re-open embassies and establish full diplomatic
ties
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
70 Roman General Titus and
his forces set up battering rams to assault the walls of Jerusalem
1517 1st
burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands
1520
According to many sources, Hernán Cortés and his followers will attempt to
escape from Tenochtitlán (modern Mexico City) by way of one of the causeways.
They have to fight their way through large numbers of Aztec warriors. Thousands of
people are killed on both sides. Many of the Spanish soldiers carried so much
looted gold that when they fell in the lake, they drowned. This event is often
called "Noche Triste" (Night of Tears or Sorrows).
1535 Sir
Thomas More goes on trial in England charged with treason
1858 1st
Canadian coins minted (1, 5, 10 and 20 cent)
1867 The
Dominion of Canada is formed, comprising the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Ontario & Quebec, with John A. Macdonald serving as the
first Prime Minister
1903 1st
Tour de France bicycle race begins
1905 Albert
Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
1921 The
Communist Party of China is founded and Chen Duxiu elected its leader
1937 Britain
begins using 999 emergency phone number
1959 World
Refugee Year begins
1960 The
independent Somali Democratic Republic, commonly known as Somalia, is formed
out of former British and Italian territories
1972 The
first Gay Pride march in England takes place.
1979 Sony
introduces the Walkman.
1980 'O
Canada' officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
1990 The
Republic of Ireland plays in the World Cup Finals for the first time. They are
defeated 0-1 by Italy in the quarter-finals; an estimated half a million people
take to the streets of Dublin to welcome the team home
1999 The
Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day powers
are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new
devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Had a good lunch with the
retirement group. All are getting ready for the long weekend. Mary headed to
Phx for a big pool party for her 70th. Cheryl’s son and his family
are headed to Williams for the long weekend. Back in the day, Cheryl took her
son on the Durango/Silverton train ride. Now he is taking his two youngest sons
on the same trip after their 4th visit.
Monsoon has arrived and
this year it is really nice. Most years we have clouds, lightning, thunder,
electricity outages, and flooding, with the hard ‘male’ rain starting around
1p. This year there is a little lightning, a little thunder, a little flooding,
and the gentle ‘female’ rain starts in the morning and continues throughout the
afternoon. Nice for a change.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of
post)
Naming Names II
Language brain teasers are those that involve
the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
In each equation below,
part of a common name has been replaced with a definition for a word that is contained
within that name. By answering the definition and completing the equation, you
will find the name.
(Ric + difficult = ric + hard = Richard)
1. Put on clothes + ald
2. Fishing pole + ney
3. P+ make a mistake + y
4. Be in debt + n
5. That girl + r + adult guy
6. D + eager
7. B + lease an apartment
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…Harper’s
Index…
2
in 3 – Chances that an
American believes the extreme poverty rate worldwide has ‘almost doubled’ in
the past 20 years. From yesterday’s post:
it is down 66%
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*----- It Just Needs a
Little Extra Chlorine -----*
Angered over his recent
eviction from a mobile home park, a Florida man carrying a five gallon bucket
allegedly snuck back into the property and contaminated the community swimming
pool with a vile slurry that "had the appearance of liquid feces"
according to police. Thomas Lee Mason, 54, targeted the Embassy Mobile Home
Park late Thursday night. Witnesses said they saw Mason, bucket in hand,
entering the Clearwater park, though he had "no legitimate business"
there. Mason, police charge, was spotted "entering the pool area with the
bucket and then leaving the area with the same bucket." Investigators have
charged Mason with "pouring an unknown dark colored substance that had the
appearance of liquid feces/diarrhea" into the pool. Cops estimated that it
would cost $300 in chemicals and cleaning supplies to disinfect the pool. What
I want to know is where the hell he came up with five gallons?
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Chinese Food. All across
America, Chinese buffets offer endless arrays of beautiful, deep-fried,
grease-soaked food. General Tso's chicken, chop suey, egg rolls, chow mein,
fortune cookies. What do all these dishes have in common? They were all
invented in America. Chinese people typically eat rice with vegetables and
maybe a little meat. And it's not battered or fried, and it's certainly not
filled with cheese. That's all American.
Fajitas. In 1984, Texas
A&M lecturer Homero Recio traced fajita history back to the ranches of
1930s south and west Texas. According to Recio, the Mexican cowboys, known as
vaqueros, working in Texas often received throwaway scraps as part of their
pay, including the cow's diaphragm. The diaphragm, which we now call a skirt
steak, is covered with a tough membrane that allowed the vaqueros to grill it
outdoors directly on open mesquite coals--the prototypical fajita.
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Birthdays
Today
“[ ]” indicates age at
death
1892 James M Cain,
Minneapolis
Mn, novelist (Postman Always Rings Twice)
100- Olivia de
Havilland,
actress
(the Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Tokyo, Japan
[97] Estée Lauder,
CEO
(Estée Lauder cosmetics) (d. 2004), born in New York City [d2004]
[95] Billy Wyler,
director
(Ben Hur, Mrs Miniver) [d2002]
82- Jamie Farr,
actor
(Klinger-M*A*S*H, AfterMASH), born in Toledo, Ohio
[81] Jo Sinclair [Ruth
Seid],
American
writer (Wasteland), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
75- Twyla Tharp,
Portland
Ind, choreographer (Twyla Tharp Dance Troupe)
[73] Sydney Pollack,
American
diretcor, actor and producer (Tootsie, Out of Africa), born in Lafayette,
Indiana (d. 2008)
66- David Duke,
American
politician, K.K.K. member
65- Daryl Anderson,
actor
(Animal-Lou Grant), born in Seattle, Washington
64- Dan Aykroyd,
Ottawa
Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet)
55- Carl Lewis [Frederick],
sprinter
and long jumper (Oly-9 gold-84-96), born in Birmingham, Alabama
54- Andre Braugher,
actor
(Frank Pembleton-Homicide), born in Chicago, Illinois
50- Patrick McEnroe,
tennis
star, born in Manhasset, New York
49 Pamela Anderson
Lee,
Ladysmith
BC, playmate (Feb 90) Baywatch
39- Liv Tyler,
American
actress and daughter of Aerosmith's frontman, Steven Tyler (Stealing Beauty,
Lord of the Rings), born in New York City
[36] Diana Spencer,
Princess
of Wales, born in Sandringham, England (d. 1997)
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Historical
Obits Today
@97-2009 Karl Malden,
American
actor (b. 1912)
@87-1983 R Buckminster
Fuller,
inventor/philosopher
@85-1896 Harriet Beecher
Stowe,
American
author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
@80-2004 Marlon Brando,
American
actor ("The Godfather", "A Street Cart Named Desire" and
"On the Water Front")
@79-2000 Walter Matthau,
American
actor, heart disease
@78-1974 Juan Perón,
Argentine
military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), heart attack
@64-1894 Allan Pinkerton,
American
private detective, fall/stroke
@59-1860 Charles
Goodyear,
American inventor (vulcanization process for
rubber)
@57-1995 Wolfman Jack,
disc
jockey (Midnight Special), heart attack
@54-1991 Michael Landon,
American
actor (Bonanza, Highway to Heaven), cancer
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Brain
Teasers Answers
1. Don + ald = Donald
2. Rod + ney = Rodney
3. P + err + y = Perry
4. Owe + n = Owen
5. She + r + man = Sherman
6. D + avid = David
7. B + rent = Brent
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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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