FYI: Any blue
text is a link. Click to check it out!
‡‡‡‡
9.19.16 Week: 38 \ Day: 263
September Averages: 74°\42°
86004 Today: H 76° \
L 37° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 2mph\Gusts: 10mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 84°[1956] Record Low: 25°[1971]
‡‡‡‡
Quote of the Day
Experience is simply the name we
give our mistakes. ~Oscar Wilde
‡‡‡‡
Observances Today
|
International Women's Ecommerce Day
|
|
Respect for The Aged Day Link
|
‡‡‡‡
Observances This Week
|
18-24
|
Build A Better Image Week
|
|
18-24 Link
|
Child Passenger Safety Week
|
|
18-24
|
National Security Officer Appreciation Week
|
|
18-24 Link
|
Pollution Prevention Week
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
|
|
National Clean Hands Week
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
|
|
|
National Dog Week
National Historically Black Colleges &
Universities Week
|
|
|
18-24
|
National Keep Kids Creative Week
|
|
18-24
|
Remember to Register to Vote Week
|
|
18-24 Link
|
Sea Otter Awareness Week
|
|
18-24
|
Tolkien Week
|
|
18-24
|
World Reflexology Week
|
|
18-25 Link
|
Deaf Dog Awareness Week
|
|
18-24
|
International Interpreters and Translators Week
|
|
19-25 Link
|
International Week of the Deaf
|
|
19-25
|
International Women's E-Commerce Days
|
|
19-23 Link
|
National Love Your Files Week
|
‡‡‡‡
Today’s US Historical Highlights
Today’s World Historical Highlights
|
1559 5
Spanish ships sinks in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
|
|
1676 Rebels
under Nathaniel Bacon set Jamestown Va on fire
|
|
1778 The
Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.
|
|
1796 George
Washington's farewell address as president
|
|
1838 Ephraim
Morris patents railroad brake
|
|
1849 1st
commercial laundry established, in Oaklan, California
|
|
1876 1st
carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Mich)
|
|
1893 New
Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote
|
|
1928 Mickey Mouse's
screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)
|
|
1945 Lord
Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to death in London
|
|
1950 UN
reject membership of China's People Republic
|
|
1952 The
United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country
after a trip to England.
|
|
1959 Nikita
Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
|
|
1960 Chubby
Checker's "Twist" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
|
|
1961 Betty
and Barney Hill claim that they saw a mysterious craft in the sky and that it
tried to abduct them.
|
|
1970 "The Mary
Tyler Moore" show premieres on CBS
|
|
1974 The
KGB begin a large-scale operation to discredit Russian novelist Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn and cut his communications with Soviet dissidents
|
|
1980 "Ordinary
People" directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary
Tyler Moore and Judd Hirsch is released (Best Picture 1981)
|
|
1985 Mexico
City 8.1 earthquake kills 12,000 and injures 40,000
|
|
1986 US
Federal health officials announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients
|
|
1988 US
Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board
|
‡‡‡‡
My Rambling Thoughts
Last
night’s discussion went very well. I believe we all understand the ISIS/ISIL
better than we did. Glad that there was lots of discussion about what is going
on over there. We could have gone on much longer. Always a good sign.
The
‘accidental’ US bombing in Eastern Syria just hours before the discussion added
to the discussion…and the US role in ending ISIS.
Beautiful
day here…nice to read the Sunday paper on the deck. And as an added bonus, the
AZ Republic was also delivered to my home today. It was right on my front
porch, and the units on either side don’t subscribe to any home delivery
newspapers. So I had lots to read this
morning.
‡‡‡‡
Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Tall
Story 2
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You
need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Once
again, the Booker Prize panel are sitting. And again an excerpt from a book has
some key words missing.
Can you fill in the blanks so the story makes sense and also spot the
connection between them?
Mr. Ix was speeding through the streets of Wimbledon, when he was pulled over
by a police officer.
"It isn't my ____!" wailed Mr. Ix noisily.
"It ____ you right," replied the officer.
"Will it come to ____?" Ix inquired.
"If you keep up this ____ it will," the officer replied severely.
"It is not as if I gained any ____," Ix said ____edly.
"I would ____ to ____ you off with a caution," admitted the officer,
"but I can't allow you through the ____ on this one," he continued.
‡‡‡‡
Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
How
many Saturdays are there in the year 2016?
‡‡‡‡
…Harper’s Index…
3,848 –Number of indigent defendants in Louisiana on a
waiting list for available public defenders
‡‡‡‡
2 jokes for the day
Who
Is In Charge Here?
In
demonstrating the division of powers within the government, the teacher used
the family structure as an example.
One boy stood up and said, “It looks like my mom’s the president then, because
she veto’s everything.”
‡‡‡‡
The
Frugal Man
The
frugal man walked into the house panting and almost completely exhausted. “What
happened, Honey?” asked his wife.
“It’s a great new idea I have,” he gasped. “I ran all the way home behind the
bus and saved $1.50 cents.”
“That wasn’t too smart,” replied his wife. “Why didn’t you run behind a taxi
and save ten dollars?”
‡‡‡‡
Yep, It Really Happened
*-----
This Is What You Call a Sore Loser -----*
A
man was arrested on a charge of stalking after allegedly mailing dead animals
to a teacher who was hired instead of the suspect, according to police in
Indiana. French Lick police said that they have arrested 40-year-old Travis
Tarrants, after being accused of harassing the new teacher and his fiancée.
Tarrants was charged with stalking, intimidation and criminal mischief.
According to the police investigation, Tarrants applied for a teaching job at
the Springs Valley School Corporation. His application was rejected, and school
officials hired another man. Tarrants immediately began harassing the new
teacher and his fiancée. He mailed the couple multiple dead animals, including
skunks and raccoons. Tarrants then sent multiple letters to the school, claiming
that the new teacher was having sex with a 15-year-old girl. He then left a
voicemail on the couple's phone, threatening to kill the fiancée and her baby.
‡‡‡‡
Birthdays Today
“[
]” indicates age at death
|
[88] James Van Alen,
created Simplified Scoring System for tennis [d-1991]
|
|
[88] Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche,
Austrian automobile pioneer (d. 1998)
|
|
88- Adam West,
Walla
Walla Wash, actor (Batman, Last Precinct)
|
|
[81] William Golding,
English
novelist (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983), born in Newquay, Cornwall (d. 1993)
|
|
76- Bill Medley,
Santa
Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong)
|
|
76- Paul Williams,
singer/composer/actor
(Planet of the Apes), born in Omaha, Nebraska
|
|
75- Jim Fox,
England,
pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
|
|
[72] Jean Baptiste
Joseph Delambre,
French
mathematician and astronomer (The History of Astronomy), born in Amiens,
France (d. 1822)
|
|
71- Randolph
Mantooth,
actor
(Emergency, Loving), born in Sacramento, California (Seminole, Cherokee)
|
|
[69] William Hickey,
American
actor (Prizzi's Honor, The Nightmare Before Christmas), born in Brooklyn, [d-1997]
|
|
68- Jeremy Irons,
actor
(Reversal of Fortune, The Lion King), born in Isle of Wight, England
|
|
66- Joan Lunden,
Fair
Oaks California, news host (Good Morning America)
|
|
50- Soledad
O'Brien,
American
journalist
|
|
[32] Brian Epstein,
rock
manager (Beatles) [d-1967]
|
|
[32] "Mama"
Cass Elliot,
rock
vocalist (Mamas & The Papas), born in Baltimore Maryland, [d-1974]
|
‡‡‡‡
Historical Obits Today
|
@49-1881 James A.
Garfield,
20th
US President (Republican: 1881), gunshot wound
|
|
@58-1968 Red Foley,
country
singer (‘Peace in the Valley’), respiratory failure
|
|
@88-1995 Orville
Reddenbacher,
popcorn
magnate, drowns in bathtub
|
|
@72-2004 Skeeter Davis, [Mary
Frances Penick]
American
singer (‘the end of the world’), cancer
|
|
@77-2015 Jackie Collins,
British-American
author (The Stud, Lucky), cancer
|
‡‡‡‡
Brain Teasers Answers
Mr.
Ix was speeding through the streets of Wimbledon, when he was pulled over by a
police officer.
"It isn't my FAULT!" wailed Mr. Ix noisily.
"It SERVES you right," replied the officer.
"Will it come to COURT?" Ix inquired.
"If you keep up this RACKET it will," the officer replied severely.
"It is not as if I gained any ADVANTAGE," Ix said POINTedly.
"I would LOVE to LET you off with a caution," admitted the officer,
"but I can't allow you through the NET on this one," he continued.
FAULT
SERVES
COURT
RACKET
ADVANTAGE
POINT
LOVE
LET
NET
These are all terms used in the game of tennis.
A famous tennis competition is held annually in Wimbledon.
‡‡‡‡
Trivia Hive
Answers
53
There
are 53 Saturdays this year and that means ONE EXTRA SATURDAY! Wooh! But how is
that possible? Aren't there only 52 weeks in a year? Most years have 365 days
but this year was a leap year and since this year started on a Friday, we are
able to squeeze in that extra Saturday just in the nick of time- December 31st!
Perfect! Source: Convert Units
‡‡‡‡
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.
☼☼☼☼…And That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
No comments:
Post a Comment