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March 3,
2017 Week: 09 \ Day: 62
86004 Today: H 39° \
L 19° Average Sky Cover: 3%
Wind ave: 3mph\Gusts: 14mph Visibility: 10 mi
March Averages: 50°\23°
March Records: H: 73° (2007)
L: -16
(1966)
Record High: 66°[1910] Record Low: -9°[1915]
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❆❆Quote
of the Day❆❆
Albert Einstein
No amount of
experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me
wrong.
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❆❆Observances
Today❆❆
Employee Appreciation Day
International Ear Care Day
National Day of Action (Peace
Corps) Link (Moved from February 27)
National Mulled Wine Day Link
Princess Day Link
Shabbat Across America/Canada Link
What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs? Day
Dress in Blue Day
Employee Appreciation
Day Link
World Day of Prayer
World Wildlife Day Link
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❆❆Observances
This Week❆❆
1-7
National Cheerleading Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Pet Sitters Week Link
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
Universal Human Beings Week Link
Will Eisner Week
3-5
Festival of Owls Week
3-15
National Days of Action Link
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❆❆Today’s
Significant US Historical Events❆❆
► Today’s Significant International Historical Events
► 1627 Dutch privateer
Piet Heyn attacks and conquers 22 Portuguese ships in Bay of Salvador, Brazil
1634 1st
tavern in Boston (Mass) opens (Samuel Cole)
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1791 1st
US internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
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1801 1st
US Jewish governor, David Emanuel, takes office in Georgia
1812 US
passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
1813 Office
of Surgeon General of the US Army forms
1817 Mississippi
Territory is divided into Alabama Territory & Mississippi
1820 Missouri
Compromise passes, allowing Missouri to join the United States despite slavery
still being legal there.
1837 Congress
increases US Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
1837 US
President Andrew Jackson & Congress recognizes Republic of Texas
1845 1st
time, US Senate overrides presidential (Tyler) veto
1845 Florida
becomes 27th state of the Union
1849 Territory
of Minnesota organizes
1849 US
Home Department (later renamed the Department of the Interior) established by
Congress
1863 1st
US wartime military conscription bill enacted
1863 Abraham
Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
1863 Idaho
Territory forms
1865 US
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established by Abraham
Lincoln to help destitute free blacks
► 1865 Opening of the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
1869 University
of South Carolina opens to all races
1871 US
Congress changes Indian tribes status from independent to dependent
1871 US
Congress establishes the civil service system
1873 Censorship:
The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any
"obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
1875 1st
recorded hockey game (Montreal)
► 1875 Georges Bizet's
opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris)
1877 Rutherford
B. Hayes is sworn in as the 19th US president
1879 US
Geological Survey director authorized in Department of the Interior
1885 1st
US state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission
1885 American
Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates
1885 US
Congress passes Indian Appropriations Act (Indians wards of federal government)
1887 Anne
Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
1891 US
Congress creates Courts of Appeal
1893 US
Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture
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1900 US
Steel Corporation organizes
1901 US
Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce
► 1904 Emperor Wilhelm
II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a
political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder
1905 US
Forest Service forms
1915 US
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics(NACA) created, the predecessor of
NASA
► 1921 The Asiatic
Inquiry Commission, established by the South African Government, proposes a
system of voluntary repatriation and segregation of Indians and prohibits
Indians from buying agricultural land in a specified area along the coast
1923 Time
magazine publishes 1st issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of US House of
Representatives)
1923 US
Senate rejects membership of the International Court of Justice, The Hague
1931 "Star
Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem by congressional
resolution
1933 Mount
Rushmore dedicated
1933 NYC
premiere of "King Kong" starring Fay Wray
► 1939 In Mumbai
(Bombay), Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest against
autocratic rule in India.
1945 US
& Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor
1956 Elvis
Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1966 Buffalo
Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
1991 LA
Police severely beat motorist Rodney King, captured on amateur video
1992 US
President George H. W. Bush apologizes for raising taxes after
pledging not to
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2005 Steve
Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo
without any stops without refueling - a journey of 40,234 km/25,000 mi
completed in 67 hours and 2 minutes.
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❆❆My
Rambling Thoughts❆❆
Had
a good lunch and conversation with Cheryl at my favorite Chinese restaurant…Mary
is in Phoenix with her brother who flew in to see their niece in a ballet later
this week. The host/owner is from about an hour out of Hong Kong, so we had a
nice conversation about China.
Somehow
while I was writing about the people encounters in my last trip, I didn’t
mention the great surprise b-day party a few in the group pulled off for Ellie,
our friend and hard worker who puts all our trips together. It was the big 80,
and she had no idea the party was planned. We all chipped in and gave her a
beautiful necklace/earring set she had spotted at the ship’s store. The
culinary staff designed a great and very tasty cake, and everyone in the small
dining area joined in with a nice b-day song. Very creative people wrote a nice
royal declaration, and I was honored to give a toast. Great night for all.
Every
administration in our country has a learning curve after entering office. It
has always been a tough time. However; when the Electoral College puts a man in
office who has no government experience and picks people who also have no to
limited government experience, our current situation is expected. How often do
we have to keep hearing ‘They didn’t know…’ to explain screw-ups, including
some that are blatant violations of law? Exhausted after hearing this way too
many times.
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❆❆Today’s
Trivia Hive❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
Who
was the only presidential candidate to die during the electoral process?
William
Jennings Bryan
James
Blaine
Samuel
Tilden
Horace
Greeley
31.4%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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❆❆Harper’s
Index❆❆
1 in 6→Chance that a Virginian driver has had
his or her license suspended for not paying court fines and fees.
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❆❆ Joke
For The Day❆❆
We
took the kids to one of those restaurants where the walls are plastered with
movie memorabilia. I went off to see the hostess about reserving a table. When
I returned, I found my 10-year-old granddaughter staring at a poster of
Superman standing in a phone booth.
She looked puzzled. "She doesn't know who Superman is?" I asked my
wife.
"Worse," my wife replied. "She doesn't know what a phone booth
is."
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❆❆Yep,
It Really Happened❆❆
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Feminism ------------------*
A pair of North Dakota lawmakers are under fire for defending the state's Blue
Laws by arguing Sunday is for wives to serve their husbands, not go shopping.
North Dakota's Blue Laws, which require some businesses to open late on Sundays
and others, including car dealerships, to remain closed all day, were the
subject of a debate on the floor of the state House of Representatives. Rep.
Bernie Satrom argued against changing the laws, saying Sundays are for
"spending time with your wife, your husband. Making him breakfast,
bringing it to him in bed and then after that go take your kids for a
walk." Rep. Vernon Laning, R-8th District, offered another reason to keep
the Blue Laws on the books. "I don't know about you but my wife has no
problem spending everything I earn in 6 and a half days. And I don't think it
hurts at all to have a half day off," Laning said. Satrom and Laning have
come under fire from the public for their sexist comments. "It's
frustrating personally because when you know those are the people representing
you and you don't feel like you're being represented and those kind of
backwards ways of thinking are still present, it's really, it's
upsetting," Fargo resident Sarah Cramer told local news. Satrom did not
respond to a call for comment, but Laning laughed and said he does not
understand why anyone was offended by his statement, which he said was meant to
be a joke. He suggested people offended by his words might be lacking a sense
of humor.
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❆❆Somewhat
Useless Information❆❆
The
Sahara desert is the world's largest at 3,500,000 square miles.
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Tarantula
venom isn't the only dangerous feature of these spiders. Irritating chemicals
found on their abdominal hair, can cause rashes and allergic reactions.
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Potato
chip were invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853 by chef George Crum.
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This
was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920, when Great Britain was the last team to
win the gold medal. Other sports no longer in the games: Croquet, Golf and
ricket.
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Hat
makers in the 18th and 19th century used mercury for curing felt, causing as
many as 1 in 10 to go insane. Hat workers, unfortunately, did not know it was a
deadly poison.
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Hogan's
Alley by Richard Outcault was the first comic strip published in color. It
featured a Yellow Kid, whom experts consider to be America's first modern comic
character.
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❆❆Birthdays
Today❆❆
@→ indicates age at death
@→87- Ruby
Dandridge, actress (Father of the Bride), born in Memphis, Tennessee (D 1987)
@→85- James
Doohan, actor (Montgomery Scott-Star Trek), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
(D 2005)
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@→76- George
William Hill, US astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit) (D 1914)
@→75- Alexander
Graham Bell, inventor (telephone), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (D 1922)
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@→66- George
M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car) (D 1897)
@→66- Charles
Ponzi, Italian con man (Ponzi scheme in the US), born in Lugo (d. 1949)
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55- Jackie
Joyner-Kersee, E St Louis IL, heptathele (Olympic-gold-88, 92)
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46- Tyler
Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author
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35- Jessica
Biel, American actress (Mary Camden in 7th Heaven), born in Ely, Minnesota
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@→26- Jean
Harlow, [Harlean Carpentier], 30s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8), born in Kansas
City, Missouri (D 1937)
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❆❆Historical
Obits Today❆❆
@95-1991 Arthur
Murray, dance instructor
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@89-1993 Carlos
Montoya, flamenco guitarist
@89-1966 William
Frawley, American actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy)
@86-1993 Albert
Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine)
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@76-1987 Danny
Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), heart failure
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@67-1703 Robert
Hooke, scientific genius
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@54-1992 Sandy
Dennis, actress (Up the Down Staircase), cancer
@52-1966 Alice
Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), ovarian cancer
@52-1959 Lou
Costello, comedian/actor (Abbott & Costello), heart
attack
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❆❆Trivia
Hive Answers❆❆
Horace
Greeley
Greeley
ran as a Liberal Republican against President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872. He lost
in a landslide, only winning 66 electoral votes to Grant's 286. However,
Greeley died after election day but before the electoral votes could be
officially cast. They were instead spread among four minor candidates. Source:
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
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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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