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January 17, 2017 Week: 03 \ Day: 17
86004 Today: H 47° \ L 28°
Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 3mph\Gusts:
8mph Visibility: 10 mi
January Averages:
43°\17°
January Records:
H: 66° (1971) L: -30
(1937)
Record High: 62°[1971]
Record Low: -13°[1987]
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❆❆Quote of the Day❆❆
Martin Luther King,
Jr.
We must learn to
live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
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❆❆Observances Today❆❆
Cable Car Day
Hot Heads Chili Days→18
International Mentoring Day Link
Judgment Day
Kid Inventors' Day
National Bootleggers Day Link
Popeye Day
Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day (Part of Healthy Weight
Week)
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❆❆Observances This Week❆❆
11-18
Cuckoo Dancing Week
National Soccer Coaches of America Week
15-21
Hunt For Happiness Week
16-20
No Name Calling Week Link
Sugar Awareness Week
Healthy Weight Week
17-23
National Activity Professionals
Week
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❆❆Today’s Significant US Historical Events❆❆
◈ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
◈ 1718 Avalanche
destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switz; kills 53
◈ 1773 Captain James
Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S)
◈ 1775 9
old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Poland
1871 1st
cable car patented, by Andrew Smith Hallidie in the US (begins service in 1873)
1873 A
group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of
the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
◈ 1893 Queen
Liliuokalani deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic
◈ 1904 Anton
Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater
◈ 1912 Captain Robert
Scott's expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald
Amundsen
1916 1st PGA Championship: Jim
Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville NYPGA) at the Taplow Club,
Martinique Hotel, New York City
1917 US pays Denmark $25
million for Virgin Islands
1929 Popeye makes 1st
appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
1938 Joseph
P. Kennedy becomes the 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1943 Tin Can Drive Day in the
US, salvage collected for the war effort
1949 The Goldbergs, the first
sitcom on American television, first airs.
1950 The Great Brinks Robbery
- 11 men rob $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities from armored car company Brink's
offices in Boston, Massachusetts
1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st
network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
1955 US Submarine Nautilus
begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
1961 Eisenhower allegedly
orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba
1961 President Dwight D.
Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days
before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by
the "military-industrial complex".
1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil
Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690m
1963 Wilt Chamberlain of
NBA SF Warriors scores 67 points vs LA
1969 Debut album of Led
Zeppelin released in US
◈ 1971 At
a party conference in Dublin, Sinn Féin end their 65 year abstentionist policy
and agree that any elected representative could take their seat at the Dáil
1976 "I Write the
Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
1982 "Cold Sunday"
in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over
100 years in numerous cities.
1983 Alabama Governor George
Wallace, becomes governor for a record 4th time
1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4)
oks private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not
violate federal copyright laws
1987 US President Reagan signs
secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1988 "The Fumble",
trailing 38-31 with 1:12 left in the AFC Championship Game, the Browns' Earnest
Byner fumbled at the Denver 3-yard line, sending the Broncos to their second
consecutive Super Bowl appearance
1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game
at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
◈ 1989 Murden
& Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
◈ 1991 Operation
Desert Storm begins against Saddam Hussein
1995 LA Rams announce that
they are moving to St Louis
1998 US President Bill
Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones
2001 President Bill Clinton
posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
◈ 2007 Doomsday
Clock set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea's 1st nuclear
test
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❆❆My Rambling Thoughts❆❆
Messed up and scheduled annual eye exam for MLK Day. I try so hard not
to support businesses that are open on Federal holidays. Oops. When I got there
it was noted that I should have my eyes dilated. Not my favorite thing, not for
the procedure, but for the several hours of waiting for them to be normal. Well,
everything is good with my eyes. Like all medical people these days, when there
is no problem, that means more tests…so in March I get another eye test. Can’t complain
too much as sight is so important.
As I was growing up, my dad always talked about remembering when a loaf
of sliced bread cost a nickel. At the time he was saying it, bread was a whopping
25 cents a loaf. Good lesson for me as now when I hear about old time prices, I
pull out my smartphone and google to see the cost back in the day. Last week
Mary’s dryer finally bit the dust, after 43 years of service. She was
complaining that new ones are $1200, and she had only paid $250 for her great
Harvest Gold Maytag. A quick check on the smart phone showed that a $250
purchase back then would now be $1450. She felt better but wished it still cost
only $250.
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❆❆Brain Teasers❆❆
(answers at the end of post)
Looking In, Looking Out
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs
answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
You may find fire within me
Though to water I've been compared.
You may also find a twinkle
When through my pane you stare.
When of wind I am the calm
The center holding still.
When of you, a different part
My bottom lid, my sill.
You may look into me
only to see through.
You may indeed look out of me
Through my frame of varied hue.
The riddle in three parts
as letters in my name.
The riddle shows you who I am
But tell me just the same.
Who am I?
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❆❆Today’s Trivia Hive❆❆
(answers at the end of post)
What is the only film Paul Newman won a Lead Actor Academy Award for?
The Hustler
Nobody's Fool
The Color of Money
The Long, Hot Summer
28.2% of those taking the quiz on the internet got it correct
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❆❆Harper’s Index❆❆
322,000→Number of refugees in
Germany who are seeking work
54→Who have been hired
by one of Germany’s thirty largest companies
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❆❆New Trivia❆❆
Turritopsis nutricula, a species of jellyfish, has been deemed immortal.
Upon reaching sexual maturity, the jelly has the ability to revert itself back
to its earliest form by transdifferentiation of cells. However, they might die
if attacked by predators or if they fall sick before they mature.
The scientific name for "brain freeze" caused by eating
something cold is sphenopalatine
ganglioneuralgia.
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❆❆2 Jokes For The Day❆❆
I have decided to RETIRE and live off my savings...
Though I'm not sure what I will use the second week...
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My college son texted me a request for additional funds. He ended his
text with "PLZ".
I asked him why he used the abbreviation. He said it was shorter than writing
please.
I replied with, "No."
He asked why. I said it was shorter than writing yes.
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❆❆Yep, It Really Happened❆❆
*----- You Have to Appreciate the Ingenuity -----*
The Florida Highway Patrol said a man is facing felony charges for using a
remote-controlled device to hide his license plate and avoid paying a $1.25
toll. The FHP said a trooper spotted Joshua Concepcion West using the mechanism
to lower a shield that covers his license plate while approaching a toll plaza
in Orlando. "These devices are specifically designed to obscure your
tag," FHP Sgt. Kim Montes told local news. Montes said the method of
toll-evasion is "kind of James Bond-like, where this device is activated
remotely." She said a trooper saw the shield both lower and rise. West was
arrested on felony charges of petit theft and cheating, or gross fraud.
"Now he is charged with a felony, for failure to pay a $1.25 toll,"
Montes said. Different types of gadgets available online that are designed to
hide license plates. They generally retail for $50-$200.
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❆❆Somewhat Useless Information❆❆
In the early 1900s, black people began to protest the Jim Crow laws that
southern states were implementing to enforce segregation. Several
African-American leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells joined
together to found the NAACP in 1909. Another leader, Booker T. Washington,
helped to form schools to educate African-Americans in order to improve their
status in society.
The civil rights movement gained momentum in the 1950s when the Supreme Court
ruled that segregation in schools was illegal in the case of Brown v. Board of
Education. Federal troops were brought in to Little Rock, Arkansas to allow the
Little Rock Nine to attend a previously all white high school.
The 1950's and early 1960's brought about several major events in the
fight for the civil rights of African-Americans. In 1955, Rosa Parks was
arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus to a white passenger. This
sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted for over a year and brought
Martin Luther King, Jr. to the forefront of the movement. King led a number of
non-violent protests including the Birmingham Campaign and the March on
Washington.
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson.
This act outlawed segregation and the Jim Crow laws of the south. It also
outlawed discrimination based on race, national background, and gender.
Although there were still many issues, this law gave the NAACP and other
organizations a strong base on which to fight discrimination in the courts.
"Abraham, Martin and John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler and
first recorded by Dion. It is a tribute to the memory of four assassinated
Americans, all icons of social change, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King,
Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. It was written in response to the
assassination of King and that of Robert Kennedy in April and June 1968,
respectively.
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❆❆Birthdays Today❆❆
@→ indicates age at death
95- Betty White,
actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls), born in Oak Park Illinois
@92→ May
Gibbs, Australian children's author/illustrator (d. 1969)
86- James
Earl Jones, Miss, actor (Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man)
@84→ Benjamin
Franklin, kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor, born in
Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1790)
@84→ Vidal
Sassoon, hair stylist/CEO (Vidal Sasson), born in London,
England (d. 2012)
@81→ Eartha
Kitt, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman), born in North, South Carolina (d. 2008)
78- Maury
Povich, TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung
@74→ Muhammad
Ali [Cassius Clay], American world heavyweight boxing
champion, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2016)
@65→ Shari
Lewis, ventriloquist/puppeteer (Lamb Chop), born in The Bronx, [D1998]
63- Robert
F Kennedy Jr, attorney (Natural Resources Defense Council)
60- Steve
Harvey, American actor, comedian and radio personality
55- Jim
Carrey, Ontario Canada, actor (Living Color, Dumb & Dumber, Mask)
53- Michelle Obama,
1st African-American US First Lady (2009-16), born in DeYoung, Illinois
@48→ Al
Capone, American gangster (Chicago bootlegging), born in
Brooklyn, [D1947]
@46→ Arnold
Rothstein, American gambler and mobster (fixed 1919 World
Series), born in NYC, [D1928]
46- Kid
Rock
[Robert James Ritchie], American singer
42- Freddy
Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor
@39→ Charles
Brockden Brown, father of American novel (Wieland) [D1810]
37- Zooey Deschanel,
American actress (Almost Famous), born in Los Angeles, California
@35→ Andy
Kaufman, American comedian/actor (Latka Gravas-Taxi), born in NYC [D1984]
@29→ Anne
Brontë, English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall), born in Thornton, West
Yorkshire (d. 1849)
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❆❆Historical Obits Today❆❆
@90-2012 Johnny Otis,
R&B musician and talent scout, known as the godfather of rhythm and blues
@90-1891 George
Bancroft, American historian and father of U.S. History
@85-2005 Zhao Ziyang,
Premier of the People's Republic of China
@81-2007 Art Buchwald,
American humorist (b. 1925)
@76-2003 Richard Crenna, actor
[The Real McCoy’s], pancreatic cancer
@70-1893 Rutherford
B. Hayes, 19th US President (Republican: 1877-81), heart attack
@66-1927 Juliette
Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA, breast cancer
@64-2008 Bobby
Fischer, American chess player, renal failure
@62-1874 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, Chang-blood
clot; Eng-shock
@57-1964 T. H.
White,
English author of the King Arthur novels, heart failure
@36-1961 Patrice Lumumba,
African revolutionary, murdered [by CIA?]
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❆❆Brain Teasers Answers❆❆
An eye.
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❆❆Trivia Hive
Answers❆❆
The Color of Money
In 1961, Paul Newman starred in a film called The Hustler where he
played a young pool shark named Fast Eddie. Newman was splendid in the role but
it was actually the beginning of a very rare cinematic phenomenon: a sequel
that is better than its predecessor. In 1986, Martin Scorsese decided to revive
the story, this time with Fast Eddie as a whiskey salesman who has given up the
game until he sees a young, arrogant, pool player named Vincent (sound
familiar?) in action. The Color of Money was the only film for which Paul
Newman ever won an Academy Award. He also took home a Golden Globe and won the
National Board of Review award for his role. Way to rack 'em up! Source: Los
Angeles Times
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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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