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8.29.16 Week: 35
\ Day: 242
August Averages:
80°\49°
86004 Today: H 73° \ L 46°
Average Sky Cover: 70%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts:
16mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 91°[1948]
Record Low: 37°[1956]
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Quote of the Day
From what we get, we can
make a living; but from what we give we make a life
~Arthur Ashe
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Observances
Today
According to Hoyle Day
Individual Rights Day Link
International Day Against Nuclear Tests
National Sarcoidosis Day: Link 29
National Whiskey Sour Day
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Observances This
Week
Be Kind To Humankind Week: 25-31
World Water Week: 28-9/2 Link
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US Historical
Highlights for Today
1708 Haverhill,
Mass, destroyed by French & Indians
1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates
1st electric transformer
1862 US Bureau of Engraving &
Printing begins operation
1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by
chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1898 The Goodyear tire company is
founded.
1904 3rd modern Olympic Games
opens in St Louis, the 1st held in the U.S.
1911 Ishi, considered the last
Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the
wilderness of northeastern California.
1914 Arizonian is 1st vessel to
arrive in SF via Panama Canal
1916 Congress creates US Naval
Reserve
1916 US Congress accepts Jones
Act: Philippines independence
1929 Aviator Anne Morrow
Lindbergh makes her first solo flight
1944 15,000 American troops
liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1967 Final TV episode of "The
Fugitive" starring David Janssen watched by 78 million people
2005 Hurricane Katrina makes its
2nd landfall as a category 3 hurricane devastating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast
from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle. Kills more than 1,836, causes over $115
billion in damage.
2007 A United States Air Force
nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air
Force Base.
2012 The USADA claims to have
stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles
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World Historical
Highlights for Today
708 Copper
coins are minted in Japan for the first time
1533 Francisco
Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa
1742 Edmond Hoyle published his
"Short Treatise" on the card game whist
1793 Slaves in French colony of St
Domingue (Haiti) freed
1883 Seismic sea waves created by
Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion
1907 The Quebec Bridge collapses
during construction, killing 75 workers.
1930 The last 36 remaining
inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
2000 Irish Travellers are granted the
same legal protection as other ethnic minority groups by a judge in London
2002 According to Transparency
International’s annual corruption index, Ireland has slipped five places and is
now perceived as the third most corrupt country in Europe.
2004 28th Olympic Games closes at
Athens, Greece
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My Rambling
Thoughts
Now the trusty weatherman says that the monsoon will not be ending
yesterday…now it continues on for a while. Didn’t say how long, but I enjoy the
moisture.
We are having some primaries on Tuesday. Started studying the
possibilities today in earnest. Republicans have a lot more to choose than me,
but I’ll be at the polling place on Tuesday morning. So glad our county
recorder sees the value of easy voting…my polling place stays the same. Not a lot of consolidation in this election.
Football preseason is on and while I seldom see the Broncos play, the
Cards are playing and I’ll be watching it.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Perfection
Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting
orientations to represent common phrases.
1: flawed
2: not flawed
1: flawed
3: not flawed
1: flawed
4: not flawed
1: flawed
5: not flawed
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Today’s Trivia
Hive
(answers at the end of post)
Who is the youngest talk show host in television history?
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…Harper’s Index…
4 – Number of body types the Mattel toy company uses
for Barbie dolls
24
–of
hairstyles
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2 jokes for the
day
Optimistic Kindergarten Teachers
Why are kindergarten teachers so optimistic?
Because every day they try to make the little things count.
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Did You See That!
My wife had mentioned several times that she hoped I could get our grass
mowed this weekend. Well, I procrastinated a bit too long and while I was
watching football on TV, there was a 37 yard pass with a spectacular catch for
a go ahead touchdown.
I jumped up and shouted, "Oh my GOSH! Did you see that?!?!"
And my wife said, "Yes, I see... what a lovely lawn they have."
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Yep, It Really
Happened
*--------------- More Australia ---------------*
An 8-pound gold nugget valued at about $190,000 was discovered by a seasoned
prospector in Australia. According to metal detector manufacturing company
Minelab, the anonymous prospector found the nugget while using his metal
detector in a worked-over area in the far southern edge of Central Victoria's
Golden Triangle. "I thought it was rubbish at first, maybe an old
horseshoe," the prospector said. "About 12 inches below the ground, I
could just barely make out the top of something. As I began to scrape away the
clay and dig deeper, I really couldn't believe my eyes - this wasn't an old
piece of steel in front of me. I had just unearthed a colossal gold nugget - a
once in a lifetime find! I was in total disbelief as I didn't think nuggets of
this size were still around" The man had previously made a promise to
split any large finds with his prospecting friends and plans to buy a van to
travel across Australia with his share of the proceeds. The nugget dubbed
"Friday's Joy" was sent to a bank vault where plans to have a replica
have been made as the original is prepared for auction.
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Birthdays Today
“[ ]” indicates age at death
[90] Richard
Attenborough,
Cambridge, English actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston) [d-2014]
[88] Consuelo
Velázquez,
Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
[86] Mr.
Blackwell,
American fashion critic [d-2008]
[83] Kano
Motonobu,
co-founder (Kano school of painting), born in Kyoto, Japan [d-1959]
[82] Charles
F Kettering,
Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) [d-1958]
78- Elliott Gould,
actor
(M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), born in Queens, New York
75- Robin Leach,
TV host
(Life Styles of Rich & Famous), born in London, England
[73] James
Brady,
press secretary (wounded during Reagan assassin attempt)[d-2014]
[72] John Locke,
English empiricist philosopher; influential Enlightenment thinker and
"Father of Liberalism" (Two Treatises of Government), born in
Wrington, England (d. 1704)
70- Bob Beamon,
Jamaica NY,
high jumper (Olympics-gold-68, 29' 2½" 8.9m)
[67] Ingrid Bergman,
Swedish actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1982)
[50] Michael Jackson,
recording artist and King of Pop (Thriller, Bad), born in Gary, Indiana (d.
2009)
[39] Dinah
Washington,
singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), born in Chicago, Illinois [d-1963]
35- Brian Chesky,
American
internet entrepreneur (CEO of Airbnb), born in Niskayuna, New York
[34] Charlie
"Bird" Parker,
Kansas City Kansas, American jazz saxophonist [d-1955]
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Historical Obits
Today
@96ish-1769 Edmond
Hoyle,
games expert
@89-1981 Lowell
Thomas,
newscaster (High Adventure)
Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation
Brothers (b. 1762)
@76-1877 Brigham
Young,
2nd president of Mormon Church, peritonitis
@75-2015 Wayne
Dyer,
American psychologist and author (Universe Within You), heart attack
@67-1982 Ingrid
Bergman,
Swedish actress (Casablanca, Gaslight), on her
67th birthday, breast cancer
@64-1931 David
Abercrombie,
Abercrombie & Fitch founder
@63-1987 Lee
Marvin,
actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), heart attack
@44-2007 Richard
Jewell,
central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing, heart
disease
@36ish-29 John
the Baptist,
beheaded
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Brain Teasers
Answers
No one is perfect.
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Trivia Hive Answers
Keke Palmers
It looks like Keke Palmer is putting her love of diction to the test as
the youngest television show host in history! At 20 years old, Palmer will host
her own daily talk show this summer on BET tentatively titled The Keke Palmer
Project. All hail the (other) Queen Bee! Source: Entertainment Weekly
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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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