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6.28.16
Week: 26 \ Day: 180
June
Averages: 79°\41°
86004
Today: H 92° \ L 54°
Average Sky Cover: 65%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 18mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 94°[1990]
Record Low: 30°[1965]
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Quote
of the Day
Art teaches nothing, except the significance
of life. ~Michael Korda
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Observances
Today
International Body
Piercing Day
National Columnists'
Day Link
Ramadan: -7/5
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Observances
This Week
○ 26-7/2
Fish Are Friends, Not
Food! Week Link
National Mosquito Control Awareness
Week Link
○ 27-7/4
National Prevention of
Eye Injuries Awareness
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1762 1st
reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston)
1770 Quakers
open a school for blacks in Philadelphia
1776 Final
draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress
1820 Tomato
is proven non-poisonous
1894 Labor
Day established as a holiday for federal employees
1902 Congress
authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin
1902 US
buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million
1935 FDR orders
a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky
1939 - Pan
American's Yankee Clipper lands at Foynes Flying Boat Base and inaugurates
first scheduled airmail service
1951 "Amos
'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV
1964 Organization
for Afro-American Unity formed in New York by Malcolm X
1965 1st
US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B.
Johnson
1968 Daniel
Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers
1969 Stonewall
riots begin in New York City.
1971 US
Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
1976 1st
woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
1977 Supreme
Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers
1992 LA
Police commisioner Daryl Gates steps down
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1748 Riot
after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed
1838 Coronation
of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London
1846 Saxophone
is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax
1853 - The
introduction of income tax in Ireland is proposed for the first time
1859 1st
dog show held (Newcastle-on-Tyne, England)
1914 Franz
Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo
by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip at 10.45, the casus belli of WWI
1922 The
Irish Civil War starts when Irish Free State forces attack anti-treaty
republicans in Dublin.
2002 -
Bronze Age burial pit is unearthed by students in Longford.
1950 North
Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
1962 Thalidomide
drug banned in Netherlands
1979 OPEC
raises oil prices 24%
2015 Greek
Credit Crisis: Greek government says banks closed for a week and ATM
withdrawals restricted after European Central Bank refused to supply emergency
funds
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Another very
warm day. And it still ain’t July.
Did some
grocery shopping early this morning, then home to try to stay cooler.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at
the end of post)
No New
Digits
Math
brain teasers require computations to solve.
Difficulty:
2.84
What 6 digit
number when multiplied by either 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 has no new digits which
appear?
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…Harper’s
Index…
93 –Number
of people killed by political or religious extremists on US soil since 9/11/2001
52 –
Percentage of these deaths attributeable to far-right political extremism
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
Once Upon a Time...
Photography by @ (Pawel Kucharski). Eltz Castle Germany. #Mayen #Koblenz#EltzCastle #Germany #Castle
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Humans can
see less than 1 percent of the electromagnetic spectrum and hear less than 1
percent of the acoustic spectrum.
The
existence of the rainbow depends on the conical photoreceptors in your eyes. To
animals without cones the rainbow does not exist. So you don't just look at a
rainbow, you create it.
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Birthdays
Today
“( )”
indicates age at death
90- Mel
Brooks,
American
actor and director (Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs), born in New York City
[87]
John Wesley,
English
Christian theologian and co-founder of the Methodist movement, born in Epworth,
England (d. 1791)
[77] Richard
Rodgers,
Hammels
Station NY, composer (Rodgers & Hammerstein) [d1979]
68- Kathy
Bates,
academy
award winning actress (Misery), born in Memphis, Tennessee
[62] Peter
Paul Rubens,
Siegen,
Flemish Baroque painter (Circumcision) [d1640]
56- John
Elway,
American
NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32/33), born in Port Angeles,
Washington
[55] Henry
VIII,
King
of England (1509-47) who separated the Church of England from the Roman
Catholic Church, born in London (d. 1547)
45- Elon
Musk,
American
entrepreneur and inventor (SpaceX, Telsta, Paypal), born in Pretoria, South
Africa
[42] Gilda
Radner,
actress
(SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), born in Detroit, Michigan [d1989]
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Historical
Obits Today
2009 Billy
Mays,
American
television pitchman (b. 1958)
@93-2015 Jack
Carter [Chakrin],
American
comedian and actor
@92-2010 Robert
Byrd,
American
politician
@85-1836 James
Madison,
4th
US pres (1809-17)
@67-2014 Meshach
Taylor,
American
actor, colorectal cancer
@66-2009 Fred
Travalena,
American
comedian and impressionist, lymphoma
@50-1975 Rod
Serling,
writer/host
(Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), heart attacks
@50-1914 Franz
Ferdinand,
Archduke
of Austria, assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serbian nationalist Gavrilo
Princip, led to declarations of war in WWI
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Brain
Teasers Answers
142857.
142857 * 2 = 287514
142857 * 3 = 428571
142857 * 4 = 571428
142857 * 5 = 714285
142857 * 6 = 857142
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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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