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April 21,
2017 Week: 15 \ Day: 111
86004 Today: H 68° \
L 34° Average Sky Cover: 10%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 21mph Visibility: 10 mi
April Averages: 58°\27°
April Records: H: 80° (1992)
L: -2 (1975)
Record High: 78°[1989] Record Low: 12°[1972]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
To
win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Pierre
Corneille
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
LGBT National Day of Silence Link
National Chocolate-Covered Cashews Day Link
National Day of Silence Link
National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day: 21 Link
National Surprise Drug Test Day Link
Queen's Birthday (real date) Link
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
15-22
International
Wildlife Film Week Link
National Park Week Link
Coin Week
National Karaoke Week
National Paperboard Packaging Week
Animal Cruelty/Human Violence Awareness Week Link
National Occupational Health Nursing Week Link
Safe Kids Week Link
18-24
Cleaning For A
Reason Week
Consumer Awareness
Week
Fiddler's Frolic
Police Officers Who
Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week
21-23
Global Youth
Service Days
Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of Prayer and Fasting
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
≈ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
<§>BC<§>
≈753
BC Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional date).
<§>1600’s<§>
1649 Maryland
Toleration Act passed, allowing all freedom of worship
<§>1700’s<§>
1789 John
Adams sworn in as 1st US VP (9 days before Washington)
1794 NYC
formally declares coast of Ellis Island publically owned, so they can build
forts to protect NYC from British
<§>1800’s<§>
≈1836 Battle
of San Jacinto, Texas wins independence from Mexico
1855 1st
train crosses Miss River's 1st bridge, Rock Is Ill-Davenport Ia
1857 Alexander
Douglas patents the bustle
1862 Congress
establishes US Mint in Denver, Colorodo
≈1863 Bahá'u'lláh,
founder of the Bahá'í Faith, enters gardens of Rivden, near Baghdad. Makes the
declaration of aha'u'llah during 12 days spent there
1878 First
Lady Lucy Hayes begins egg rolling contest on White House lawn
1878 NY
installs 1st firehouse pole
<§>1900’s<§>
≈1914 US
marines occupy Vera Cruz, a major Mexican port; they will stay for 6 months
≈1918 World
War I: German fighter ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen "The Red
Baron", shot down and killed over Vaux sur Somme in France, Canadian pilot
Arthur Roy Brown credited with the kill
≈1952 BOAC
begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
1960 Founding
of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in Washington, D.C.
≈1966 Ethiopian
Emperor Haile Selassie visits Kingston, Jamaica
1975 79th
Boston Marathon: Bill Rodgers of United States 1st man in 2:09:55 and Liane
Winter of West Germany 1st woman in 2:42:24 (world record for female)
1977 C
Strouse & M Charnins musical "Annie" opens at Alvin Theater NYC
for 2377 performances
1980 84th
Boston Marathon: Bill Rodgers of United States 1st man in 2:12:11 and
Jacqueline Gareau of Canada 1st woman in 2:34:28; Rosie Ruiz disqualified as
women's champion for not running the entire course
≈1984 Centers
for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1986 Geraldo
Rivera opens Al Capone's vault on TV & finds nothing
≈1989 Thousands
of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding
greater political freedom
1992
Mobil Oil tug with 12,000 gallons of oil run aground in Arthur Kill (a tidal
strait separating Staten Island, New York City from mainland New Jersey, USA) 1995 FBI
arrested Timothy McVeigh & charge him with Oklahoma City bombing
1997 Ashes
of Timothy Leary & Gene Roddenberry launched into orbit
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Great
lunch with Mary as Cheryl is staying in Williams today. Mary just got back from
2+weeks in Ireland/Scotland. She visited many of the places I had been. Nice to
see pics that remind me of my trip.
Listening
to NPR on the way back from lunch I heard of the shooting in Paris. Still not
sure what actually happened, but I was in that very area last year. I do
remember that there were lots of Police throughout Paris. Sad to hear they have
had another attack.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
At
the end of 2016, how many different generations of iPads had Apple released?
Five Six Seven Eight
31.3% taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
2/3→Portioin of Americans who have worked as
independent contractors who would not do so again
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
I'm
great at multi-tasking.
I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at once.
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
A
man who was in the mood for some fried chicken, broke into a woman's home where
he stole food and alcoholic beverages, according to police in Florida.
Police said that they have arrested 34-year-old Ronald Gregory Wesly, after
being caught by the homeowner frying chicken and drinking vodka in her kitchen.
According the police investigation, after homeowner Samantha O'Neal went to
work, Wesly broke into her home, opened the woman's fridge and took out
chicken. He then used a frying pan to make himself fired chicken.
When O'Neal came home around 9:00 p.m., she found Wesly frying chicken and
drinking vodka. O'Neal told police that she picked him up and threw him out of
her home.
She then called the police, who found Wesly nearby and arrested him.
Wesly has been charged with one count each of resisting an officer, burglary
and petty theft.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
The
Second City opened its doors on a cold December night in 1959 in Chicago's Old
Town neighborhood. The first Second City revue show premiered at 1842 North
Wells Street. The theater instantly became a hot spot for locals and within a
few short years a must-see for tourists.
***
In
1961, not only did Del Close join The Second City but the theater also sent a
cast to Broadway with the musical revue, From the Second City, directed by Paul
Sills, which earned a Tony nomination for ensemble member Severn Darden. The
Second City also released its first comedy album in 1961.
***
Success
demanded a bigger home, so in 1967 The Second City removed the Louis Sullivan
arches from its facade and ventured a few blocks South to the Piper's Alley
building, a former bakery that has been its home ever since.
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‡‡How
our states were named‡‡
West
Virginia
West
Virginia, formed from 39 Virginia counties whose residents voted to form a new
state rather than join the Confederacy, was named after the same queen as the
state it split from, though the new state was originally to be called Kanawha,
Iroquoian dialects meaning "water way" or "canoe way".
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
<§>90’s<§>
91- Elizabeth
Alexandra Mary Windsor, Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain & Northern Ireland, 1952- ), born in London, England
<§>80’s<§>
@86- Anthony
Quinn, Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia) (d.2001)
<§>70’s<§>
@76- John
Muir, Scottish naturalist/discoverer (glaciers in High Seirras), born in Dunbar,
Scotland
70- Iggy
Pop [James Osterberg], American rocker (Zombie Birdhouse), born in
Muskegon, Michigan
<§>60’s<§>
66- Tony
Danza, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss), born in Brooklyn, New
York
<§>30’s<§>
@38- Charlotte
Brontë, English novelist (Jane Eyre), born in Thornton, West Yorkshire
(d.1855)
37- Tony
Romo, American football player
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
<§>80’s<§>
@84-1977 Gummo
[Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers)
@80-1982 Joe
Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin)
<§>70’s<§>
@77-1996 Jimmy
"The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), heart attack
@74-1910 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn), heart attack
@70-2003 Nina
Simone, American singer and pianist, breast cancer
<§>60’s<§>
@64-1971 Francois
"Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti
@62-1946 John
Maynard Keynes, English economist whose ideas changed the theory and practice
of modern macroeconomics, heart attack
<§>50’s<§>
@57-2016 Prince
[Rogers Nelson], American singer-songwriter and musician (1999, Purple
Rain), OD-pain killers
<§>20’s<§>
@25-1918 Manfred
von Richthofen [The Red Baron], German World War I fighter ace, his
plane is shot down
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
Six
With
the release of the iPad Air 2 In October 2014, Apple began selling the sixth
generation of its signature tablet. While the popular tablets first made their
debut in 2010, the core concept dates all the way back to the Newton MessagePad
100, Apple's first "tablet" released in 1993. The Newton failed to
take off, and it would be more than a decade before Apple would again venture
into making a tablet. Source: Wired, New Atlas
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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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