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January 29,
2017 Week: 05 \ Day: 29
86004 Today: H 30° \
L 17° Average Sky Cover: 0%
Wind ave: 0mph\Gusts: 17mph Visibility: 10 mi
January Averages: 43°\17°
January Records: H: 66°
(1971) L: -30 (1937)
Record High: 60°[1986] Record Low: -12°[1932]
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❆❆Quote
of the Day❆❆
Saint Augustine
The world is a
book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
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❆❆Observances
Today❆❆
Curmudgeons Day
Freethinkers Day
Seeing Eye Dog Day founded: 1929
Thomas Paine Day
World Leprosy Day
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❆❆Observances
This Week❆❆
19-29
Sundance Film Festival
21-29
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week Link
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week
29-2/4
Childrens Authors and Illustrators Week
Catholic Schools Week
Meat Week
Tax Identity Theft Week
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❆❆Today’s
Significant US Historical Events❆❆
◈ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
◈ 1595 William
Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is thought to have been first performed.
The play was officially published in early 1597.
◈ 1728 John
Gays' "Beggar's Opera" premieres in London
1785
In a surprising announcement, John Hancock resigns as Governor of
Massachusetts, allegedly due to his failing health
1834 President
Jackson orders first use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
1845 Edgar
Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (NYC)
◈ 1856 Victoria
Cross established to acknowledge valour in the face of the enemy (United
Kingdom and Commonwealth countries)
◈ 1860 American
College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX
1861 US
state of Kansas admitted to the Union as the 34th state
1863 Bear River Massacre: American
soldiers slaughter hundreds of Native Americans at the confluence of the Bear
River and Beaver Creek in present day Idaho
1879 Custer
Battlefield National Monument, Mont established
◈ 1886 1st
successful gasoline powered car patented by Karl Benz in Karlsruhe,
Germany
◈ 1891 Liliuokalani
is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch.
◈ 1905 Tsar Nicolas
II of Russia, unsettled by the rising violence and protest, enacts reforms
to improve the conditions of workers; these changes will do little to stop
disorder throughout Russia in ensuing months
1907 Charles
Curtis becomes U.S. Senator from Kansas, first Native American to become a
Senator
◈ 1916 1st
bombing of Paris by German Zeppelins takes place
1920 Walt
Disney starts work as an artist with KC Slide Co for $40 a week
1921
Hurricane hits Washington & Oregon
1924 Ice
cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1959 Walt
Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
◈ 1959 'The
Great Smog' hits London, many die of chest and lung-related illnesses
1963 Jim
Thorpe, Red Grange & George Halas elected to football
Hall of Fame
◈ 1964 9th
Winter Olympic Games open in Innsbruck, Austria
1964 Stanley
Kubrick's film "Dr Strangelove" starring Peter Sellers and
George C. Scott premieres
1969 Jimi
Hendrix & Pete Townshend wage a battle of guitars
◈ 1979 Chinese
vice-premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington, D.C. 1979 Emerson,
Lake & Palmer disband after 10 years together
1979 US
President Jimmy Carter commuted Patricia Hearst's 7 year sentence to
2 years
◈ 1985 Oxford
University refuses to award Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher an
honorary degree
1989 Episcopal
Church of the United States appoints Barbara Harris as its first female bishop
1991 Nelson
Mandela and Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet after 28 years 1996 6,138th
performance of "Cats" is held in London, surpassing record of
Broadway's longest-running musical, "A Chorus Line"
2002 US
President George W. Bush in his State of the Union address describes
"regimes that sponsor terror" an "Axis of Evil", which
includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea
◈ 2005 The
first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to
Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines
carrier landed in Beijing.
2009 Rod
Blagojevich, the Governor of Illinois, is removed from office after being
convicted of corruption charges
◈ 2014 Cristiano
Ronaldo becomes the 1st non-Spanish player to captain Real Madrid, making
his 500th appearance for the club
◈ 2015 Malaysia
officially declares the disappearance of missing flight MH370 an accident
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❆❆My
Rambling Thoughts❆❆
Getting
very excited about my upcoming trip. More stuff laid out. Flying out on
Tuesday.
THIS
IS NOT NORMAL. And this is not OK. Our government is not looking at any long
term consequences of this Executive Orders. People in flight who land on
American soil and discover that they can’t enter the country, when it was OK
when the flight took off. It is so not understandable that refugees suddenly
aren’t welcome. Back in the early 1960’s my grandfather was the
groundskeeper/driver for Marycrest convent in Denver. Many Catholics at that
time were sponsoring refugees from behind the iron curtain. The Mother Superior
came to my grandfather and asked if he would allow a refugee family rent his
basement apartment. He agreed. Over the next four or five years several refugee
families moved in to get a start and then moved into their own homes. I
remember they ate ‘strange’ food, and that they were difficult to understand.
But they were nice and we always talked to the kids when we visited my
grandfather. As I look back, no one was saying that we had to be careful of
these refugees because they might be communist. At this time most of America
was very concerned about Communists. But we understood that a refugee was
fleeing their home and country for fear of being killed. So much has changed in
our world since those days, but one thing hasn’t. Refugees are fleeing their
country because they might be killed if they stay. I am shocked that our
government is stopping REFUGEES from entering the county.
I
have traveled the world in the last decade. I have even seen refugees on a
flight, who had fled Myanmar to Malaysia and now had a letter from the US State
Dept. that allowed them into the US. I have to wonder what I would do, if our
group landed in a country and were told we were not welcome and had to return,
on our own dime, to the US. We would not be refugees, but every country in the
world will react to this horrific policy in their own way.
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❆❆Brain
Teasers❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
Dagger
Riddles
are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles
frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
A
dagger thrust at my own heart
Dictates the way I'm swayed
Left I stand, and right I yield
To the twisting of the blade.
What am I?
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❆❆Today’s
Trivia Hive❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
When
was George Washington appointed commander of the Continental Army?
March
22, 1765
January
15, 1776
June
17, 1775
June
15, 1775
25.5%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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❆❆Harper’s
Index❆❆
58→Percentage of Italians who wanted a referendum
on leaving the European Union two months before the Brexit vote
20→Who did 5 days after the Brexit vote
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❆❆2 Jokes
For The Day❆❆
I
was visiting my daughter last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper.
"This is the 21st century," she said. "We don't waste money on
newspapers. Here, use my iPad.".
I can tell you this... That fly never knew what hit him!
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A
husband and wife entered a dentist's office. The wife said, “I want a tooth
pulled. I don't want gas or novocaine because I am in a terrible hurry. Just
pull the tooth as quickly as possible.”
“You are a brave woman,” said the dentist. “Now, show me which tooth it is.”
The wife turns to her husband and says, “Open your mouth and show the dentist
which tooth it is, dear.”
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❆❆Yep,
It Really Happened❆❆
A
Nebraska couple's attempt at a creative baby "gender reveal" ended up
earning them a sheriff's citation for setting off an explosive without a state
permit.
Jon Sterkel, 26, said he and his wife, Ashley, wanted to do something unique
for their baby "gender reveal" video on Facebook, so they used
exploding targets he previously used without issue on their property.
The video shows Sterkel shooting the target, which explodes and releases a
cloud of blue chalk while he shouts, "It's a boy!"
The explosion resulted in multiple calls to the Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's
Office from residents about 3 miles away about an explosion that some
misidentified as a house exploding or a car engine blowing out.
Sterkel said he heard about the reports from the radio and called the sheriff's
office to explain. He also posted an apology on Facebook.
"I would like to apologize for all of the confusion," he wrote.
"This was just our way of announcing what gender our baby was."
The sheriff's office ticketed Sterkel for setting off an explosive without a
state permit, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of up
to $1,000.
"The explosives I bought are readily available in most department stores,
and even most law enforcers I have spoken to are not aware that they are
illegal," Sterkel said.
The baby is due June 16, but Sterkel said not to expect another explosive
stunt.
"I think we'll do something a little more lower key," he said.
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❆❆Somewhat
Useless Information❆❆
Cheddar,
England, a village in the southwestern county of Somerset, is home to the
famous geological site Cheddar Gorge. Beginning in the 16th century, visitors
to Cheddar Gorge tasted cheese at local inns and started taking home
"cheese from cheddar."
***
Cheddar is so important to the English palate that during World War II, it was
illegal to commercially produce any other variety of cheese in England.
***
Cheddar cheese is naturally white or pale yellow. These days, much of it is
dyed orange with seeds from the annatto plant, and early cheese makers used
carrot juice and marigold petals.
***
"American" cheese is a young, pasteurized cheddar that undergoes
additional processing to become the easy-to-melt variety.
***
According to historians, President Andrew Jackson once served a 1,400-pound
block of cheddar at a White House party.
***
"Squeaky curds" refers to fresh young cheddar in its natural shape,
before it's pressed into a block and aged. Fresh curds are considered a
delicacy - and they actually make a squeaking sound when you eat them.
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❆❆Birthdays
Today❆❆
@→ indicates
age at death
103- "Professor"
Irwin Corey, comedian (Car Wash, Doc), born in Brooklyn
@92→ John Forsythe,
actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty), born in Penns Grove, New
Jersey (d. 2010)
@90ish→Harriett Tubman,
escaped slave and underground railroad
@86→ John
D. Rockefeller Jr, American financier and philanthropist, born in Cleveland, [D 1960]
@86→ Victor Mature,
actor (1 Million BC, Samson & Delilah), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d.
1999),
77- Katharine Ross,
Hollywood Cal, actress (Graduate, Francesca-Colbys)
@72→ Thomas
Paine,
English-American political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason), born in
Thetford, England (d. 1809)
72- Tom Selleck, actor
(Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI), born in Detroit, Michigan 1945 Donna Caponi, LPGA Golfer and
four-time Major winner, born in Detroit, Michigan
69- Marc Singer,
actor (V, Dallas), born in Vancouver, Canada
67- Ann Jillian,
actress (Mr Mom, Jennifer Slept Here), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
@66→ W C Fields,
[William Claude Dukenfield], actor (Bank Dick), born in Philadelphia, [D 1946]
@65→ Tommy Ramone, [Erdelyi], Budapest, Hungary, rock
drummer/bassist (Ramones) [D 2014]
63-
Oprah Winfrey, American TV talk show host and actress (The Oprah Winfrey Show,
Color Purple), born in Kosciusko, Mississippi
@63→ Adam Clayton
Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70) [D 1972]
@62→ Edward Abbey, US
author (Desert Solitaire) [D 1989]
@60→ Vicente Blasco
Ibáñez, Spain, writer (4 Horsemen of Apocalypse) [D1928]
@58→ William
McKinley, 25th US President (Republican: 1897-1901), born in Niles, Ohio (d.
1901)
@58→ Paddy Chayevsky,
[Sydney], US, dramatist (Marty, Hospital) (d. 1981)
57- Gregory Efthimos
Louganis, diver (Olympic-gold-1984, 88), born in San Diego, California
@52→ Moses Cleaveland,
founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
47- Paul Ryan, US
politician (R-Wisconsin) and Speaker of the House (2015-), born in Janesville,
Wisconsin
@44→ Anton
Chekhov, Russian playwright (Cherry Orchard), born in Taganrog, Russia (d. 1904)
42- Sara Gilbert,
actress (Melissa-Roseanne), born in Santa Monica, California
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❆❆Historical
Obits Today❆❆
@88-1963 Robert Frost, American poet
(New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers)
@86-1980 Jimmy Durante,
comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show)
@81-2015 Rod McKuen,
American singer-songwriter (Jean) and poet
@75-1956 H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set)
@73-1859 Seth Thomas,
American Manufacturer and pioneer in the mass production of clocks
@50-1964 Alan Ladd, actor
(Shane), accidental OD
@48-1933 Sara Teasdale,
American poet, suicide
@22-1977 Freddie Prinze,
comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself
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❆❆Brain
Teasers Answers❆❆
A
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❆❆Trivia
Hive Answers❆❆
June
15, 1775
The
U.S. Continental Army appointed George Washington its commander on June 15,
1775. While Washington is now a legendary American figure, he didn't have much
success early on in his military career. On August 22, 1776, British soldiers
nearly demolished Washington's army in New York, but swift and crafty thinking
by Washington allowed his remaining 9,000 troops to escape Manhattan without
any losses. (His escape shocked the British.) A little over five years after
his narrow escape, Washington would lead an army of 17,000 Continental and
French troops to victory over the British at Yorktown - a battle that forced
General Lord Charles Cornwallis to surrender. Source: history.com
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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.
☼☼☼☼…And
That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
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