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April 2,
2017 Week: 13 \ Day: 92
86004 Today: H 43° \
L 20° Average Sky Cover: %
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts: 25mph Visibility: 10 mi
April Averages: 58°\27°
April Records: H: 80° (1992)
L: -2 (1975)
Record High: 72°[1966] Record Low: -2°[1975]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
William
Shakespeare
Better
a witty fool than a foolish wit.
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
American
Crossword Puzzle Days: 1-3
International
Children's Book Day
National Ferret Day Link
National Love Your Produce Manager Day
World
Autism Day Link
World Autism Acceptance Day Link
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
1-7
APAWS
Pooper Scooper Week
Golden Rule Week
Laugh at Work Week
Medication Safety Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (aka Get A Grip Day!) Link
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2-8
American
Indian Awareness Week Link
Bat
Appreciation Week
Consider
Christianity Week
National
Blue Ribbon Week Link
(Child Abuse)
National
Crime Victims Rights Week Link
National
Public Health Week
National
Window Safety Week
Oral,
Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week Link
Week
of The Ocean
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
≈ Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
1792 The
Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the
$10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver
dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime
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≈1801 Napoleonic
Wars: naval Battle of Copenhagen - The British led by Horatio Nelson destroy
the Danish fleet.
1827 Joseph
Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
1866 US
President Andrew Johnson ends civil war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss,
La, NC, SC, Tn & Va
1872 George
B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
1877 1st
Easter egg roll held on White House lawn
≈1884 London
prison for debtors closed
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1902 "Electric
Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in
Los Angeles, California
≈1905 Cairo-Capetown
railway opens
1917 Jeannette
Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) begins her term as 1st woman member of US House of Reps
1917 US
President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany
1921 Albert
Einstein lectures in New York City on his new "Theory of Relativity"
≈1930 Ras
Tafari Makonnen becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1955 Pancho
Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table
tennis rules
≈1960 Cuba
buys oil from USSR
≈1966 Soviet
Union's Luna 10 becomes 1st spacecraft to orbit Moon
1968 "2001
A Space Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick premieres in
Washington, D.C.
1971 Sci-fi
soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
1977 Fleetwood
Mac's "Rumours" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
1978 TV
soap show "Dallas" starring Larry Hagman and Barbara Bel Geddes
premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series)
1978 Velcro
was 1st put on the market
1982 In
exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat
(under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH
≈1992 Edith
Cresson, France's 1st female premier, resigns
1992 John
Gotti is found guilty of 5 murders (Paul Castellano, Thomas Bilotti,
Robert DiBernardo, Liborio Milito and Louis Dibono), plus conspiracy to murder,
loansharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery and tax evasion
1995 NY
Police Dept & NY Transit Police merge into one organization
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≈2013 Eurozone
unemployment reaches a high of 12%
≈2013 Uruguay
passes legislation to legalize same-sex marriage
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Decent
Saturday, a little too windy for my taste, and much too cool after our many
days in the 60’s, but it’s Spring @ 7000’.
Doing
a couple loads of laundry, so I can put on clean clothes when I shower. Far
from my favorite activity, but it beats buying new clothes.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
How
can the President be upset that government positions aren’t filled when he is
the one who hasn’t nominated anyone to the positions?
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
What
is the state tree of Michigan?
Flowering
Dogwood
Red
Oak
Elm
White
Pine
52.3% taking the
internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
52→Number of countries that have had a female head of state
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
Feeling
listless, I bought some expensive "brain-stimulating" pills at the
health food store. But it wasn’t until I got home that I read the label.
"This is just rosemary extract," I complained to my husband. "I
can’t believe I spent all that money for something that I have growing wild in
the yard!"
"See?" he said. "You’re smarter already."
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
*---------------
The Hangover Bus ---------------*
A Las Vegas bus is offering passengers more than a quick commute -- it serves
as a mobile clinic to cure hangovers in 45 minutes. The Hangover Heaven Bus,
run by Dr. Jason Burke, can be found seven days a week parked at various
locations around the Las Vegas strip to offer refuge to hard partying people
who find themselves feeling the post-alcohol sickness. The three packages
offered at the mobile clinic involve IV fluids, vitamins, antioxidants, and treatments
for headaches and nausea. Burke said the process can cure a hangover in 45
minutes. The doctor said he based his process on his experience as an
anesthesiologist. He said the symptoms of a hangover are very similar to those
of someone coming out of anesthesia, so he adapted the techniques he would use
on patients post-surgery to suit the drinking crowd. The Hangover Heaven Bus is
busiest between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Sundays, employees said, and is often
booked solid in advance for events such as the Super Bowl.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
The
word "dinosaur" was coined by British paleontologist Richard Owen in
1842. It is Greek, meaning "terrible lizard." Rather than implying
that dinosaurs were fearsome, Owen used the term to refer to their majesty and
size.
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Dinosaurs dominated Earth for over 165 million years. Humans have been around
for only 2 million years.
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Most meat-eating dinosaurs had bones filled with air. Though their bones were
huge, they weren't as heavy as they looked. Birds have the same kind of hollow
bones.
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‡‡How
our states were named‡‡
Nebraska
Nebraska comes
from the archaic Otoe Indian words Ñí Brásge (in contemporary
Otoe, it would be Ñí Bráhge), meaning "flat water." The
words refer to the Platte River, which flows across the Cornhusker State.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
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@95- Buddy
Ebsen,
Belleville Il,
actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) (D 2003)
@90- Dabbs
Greer,
actor
(Gunsmoke, Little House on Prairie), born in Fairview, Missouri (D 2007)
@86- Alec
Guinness,
British actor (Bridge on River Kwai), born in
London, England (d. 2000)
75- Leon
Russell,
musician and
singer-songwriter (Carny), born in Lawton, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
@73- Giacomo
Casanova,
Italian
writer, adventurer and famous lover, born in Venice, Italy (d. 1798)
72- Linda
Hunt,
actress
(Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado), born in Morristown, New Jersey
@71- Charlemagne,
1st Holy Roman
emperor (800-14), born in Liège, Frankish Kingdom (d. 814)
@70- Hans
Christian Andersen,
Danish author
of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen), born in Odense, Denmark
(d. 1875)
70- Emmylou
Harris,
country singer
(Together Again), born in Birmingham, Alabama
@65- Walter
Chrysler,
American
founder of car company Chrysler, born in Wamego, Kansas (d. 1940)
@63- Ron
Palillo, Ct,
actor (Arnold
Horshack-Welcome Back Kotter), (d. 2012)
@62- Jack
Webb,
actor (Joe
Friday-Dragnet), born in Santa Monica, California (D 1982)
56- Christopher
Meloni,
American actor
51- Bill
Romanowski,
NFL linebacker
(Eagles, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
@49- Bhagwan
Swaminarayan,
religious
leader (d. 1830)
@47- Rodney
King,
African
American motorist beaten by LA cops, born in Sacramento, California (d. 2012)
@44- Marvin
Gaye (Jr),
singer (Sexual
Healing), born in Washington, D.C. (D 1984)
42- Adam Rodriquez,
actor (CSI Miami)
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
@87-1902 Esther
Morris,
suffragist and
first female American judge
@84-2005 Pope John
Paul II,
Polish Roman
Catholic Pope, heart failure
@80-1872 Samuel
Morse
developer of
electric telegraph
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@74-1976 Ray
Teal,
actor (Sheriff
Roy Coffee-Bonanza)
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@62-1974 Georges
Pompidou,
French
President (1969-1974) and Prime Minister (1962-1968), cancer
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
White
Pine
Michigan
shares its official state tree - the white pine (Pinus strobus) - with Maine.
Sometimes called the eastern white pine, this tree was the focal point of
Michigan's lumber industry in pioneer times. The tree can grow anywhere from 50
to 100 feet tall, seemingly the inspiration for tales of mythical native logger
Paul Bunyan. In 1955, it was made Michigan's official state tree to honor
Michigan's rich history of logging. Source: TheUS50, State Symbols USA, Mental
Floss
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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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