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May 3, 2017
Week: 18 \ Day: 123
86004 Today: H 72° \
L 33° Average Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 18mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 88°[1947] Record Low: 7°[1915]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
Garden Meditation Day
Great American Grump Out
International Day Against DRM Link
National Day to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy Link
National Textiles Day Link
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
SAN Architect Day Link
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
1-7
Children's Book
Week
Choose Privacy Week Link
National Wildflower Week
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
• Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
<§>1300BC’s<§>
•1374 BC Solar
eclipse (2m07s) seen at Ugarit by Mesopotamian astronomers "On the day of
the new moon, in the month of Hiyar, the Sun was put to shame, and went down in
the daytime, with Mars in attendance."
<§>1600’s<§>
•1621 Francis
Bacon accused of bribery
<§>1700’s<§>
1765 1st
US medical college opens in Philadelphia
<§>1800’s<§>
1802 Washington,
D.C. is incorporated as a city
•1810 English
poet Lord Byron swims the Hellespont (modern day Dardanelles)
•1837 The
University of Athens is founded.
1845 1st
African American lawyer (Macon B Allen) admitted to the bar (Mass)
1851 Most
of San Francisco destroyed by fire; 30 die
<§>1900’s<§>
•1916 Irish
Nationalists Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Thomas Clarke are executed by
firing squad following their involvement in the Easter Rising
1921 West
Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax
•1926 Pulitzer Prize
awarded to Sinclair Lewis (Arrowsmith)
•1937 Margaret Mitchell wins
Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With the Wind"
•1943 Pulitzer Prize
awarded to Upton Sinclair (Dragon's Teeth)
1944 "Going
My Way", directed by Leo McCary and starring Bing Crosby premieres
in New York (Best Picture 1945)
•1948 Pulitzer Prize
awarded to James Michener & Tennessee Williams
•1952 1st
landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole
1953 Westchester
conference of American Library Association proclaims "Freedom to
Read"
•1954 Pulitzer Prize
awarded to Charles A Lindbergh & John Patrick
1960 Musical
"Fantasticks" by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, premieres in NYC
(world's longest running musical)
•1960 The Anne
Frank House opens in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
•1965 Pulitzer prize
awarded to Irwin Unger (Greenback Era)
•1970 Trans-Arabian
Pipeline delivery from Saudi Arabia to the Mediterranean interrupted in Syria,
driving oil tanker rates to all-time highs
1971 "All
Things Considered" premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
1971 National
Public Radio begins programming
1971 Nixon
administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
•1971 Pulitzer prize
awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
•1976 Pulitzer prize
awarded to Saul Bellow (Humboldt's Gift)
1978 First
unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail ("spam") is sent by a Digital
Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the
US west coast
1982 President
Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts
1999 Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma is slammed by an F5 tornado killing forty-two people, injuring
665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the 1999
Oklahoma tornado outbreak.
<§>2000’s<§>
2000 The
sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates
from a GPS posted on Usenet.
2001 The
United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first
time since the commission was formed in 1947.
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Finally
a warm, non-windy day so I could wash the outside windows. Amazing how much dirt collects following snow
or rain. I can see clearly now for miles and miles…well at least a few hundred
yards…due to buildings and trees. Also washed the sheers I have on the back
patio door. In the past I have taken out the upstairs sliding windows and
reached out to clear the non-sliding outside window. This year I just used a
hose and high impact nozzle. Much easier and just as clean. I had to buy a 100’
hose to do the master bedroom in the back and the patio door. Next purchase
will be one of those hose reel carts with wheels so I don’t have to untangle
all that hose again. I have an evergreen
bush in front of my front window. Decided I would spray it to get rid of the cobwebs
in it. Bad idea, but I did learn. Besides of getting rid of the cobwebs I also
found that there are lots of gnats in the damn bush that don’t like being
suddenly soaked.
My
eye thing is pretty much healed. The swelling is gone, redness still there. One
more antibiotic to take and a little more medication to put in the eye. If I
run out of the eye med I will go back if it is still red. It has been a long 10
days to deal with this. Thankfully it has not bothered my eyesight…just what
other people see when they look at me.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
When
did the Syrian Civil War between President Bashar al-Assad's regime and rebel
forces begin?
2011 2007 2015 2003
48.2% taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
54→Percentage of direct US military aid that
will go the Israel next year
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
Last
week our police station was broken into and the commode was stolen from the
rest room.
Yesterday the police reported that the investigation is ongoing but they still
have nothing to go on.
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
*---------------
Xylophone Rage ---------------*
Let's face it; there are some things that are just annoying as hell. Xylophones
are one of them. So it's not too surprising that a Florida woman attacked her
boyfriend when he refused to stop playing a xylophone.
According
to investigators, 43-year-old April Encarnacion was arrested on a domestic
battery charge after police responded to a 911 call in Fort Walton Beach.
Police say Encarnacion was in the kitchen with the male victim, who was playing
a xylophone around 9:20 PM. When Encarnacion asked him to stop, the man
refused. That was when Encarnacion "dumped a pot of cold cooking grease on
him," according to a court filing. Encarnacion is being held in lieu of
$3000 bond. Totally worth it.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
Before
he introduced hypnotism in 1775, Franz Mesmer tried to heal patients by having
them swallow a drink with tiny grains of iron and then moving magnets over
their bodies to sway the magnetic currents. When he realized people were
reacting to his performance, he stopped using magnets and relied on the effect
of his own voice.
***
The first recorded use of hypnosis as anesthesia took place in the 19th
century. Dr. James Esdaile, a Scottish surgeon working in India, used hypnosis
successfully in hundreds of limb amputations.
***
People with the best imaginations are the easiest to hypnotize. Hypnosis
researcher Theodore Sarbin calls hypnosis "believed-in imaginings."
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
<§>90’s<§>
@94- Pete
Seeger,
American
folk singer (Weaver, Goodnight Irene), born in NYC
(d.
2014)
@91- Beulah
Bondi,
actress
(It's a Wonderful Life), born in Chicago,
(d.
1981)
<§>80’s<§>
@88-
Ann B. Davis,
TV
actress (Alice: Brady Bunch)
83- Frankie
Valli, [Castelluccio],
singer
(Four Seasons-Sherry), born in Newark, New Jersey
82- Ron
Popeil,
American
inventor-infomercials
@81- Mary
Astor,
American
actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky), born in Quincy, Illinois
(d.
1987)
@80- Golda
Meir, [Meyerson],
4th
Israeli PM (1969-74), born in Kiev, Ukraine
(d.
1978)
<§>70’s<§>
77- David
Koch,
American
businesman and philanthropist (Koch Industries), - 6th-richest
person
in the world (2015), born in Wichita, Kansas
@74- Bing
Crosby,
American
actor and singer (White Christmas, Going My Way), born in
Tacoma,
Washington
(d.
1977)
@73- James
Brown,
American
soul singer (Hot Pants, Living in America) and originator of
funk
music, born in Barnwell, South Carolina
(d.
2006)
<§>60’s<§>
@67- Sugar
Ray Robinson [Walter Smith],
American
middle/welterweight boxer (1946-52, 55, 58), (d. 1989), born in
Ailey,
Georgia
(d.
1989)
65- Christopher
Cross, [Geppert],
Texas,
singer (Sailing, Arthur's Theme)
<§>50’s<§>
@58- Niccolo
Machiavelli,
Italian
politician and writer (Prince), born in Florence, Italy
(d.
1527)
@52- Doug
Henning,
Ft
Garry Manitoba, magician (Broadway play-Magic)
(d.
2000)
<§>40’s<§>
42-
Christina Hendricks,
Actress
(Mad Men)
42- Dulé
Hill,
American
actor (Psych)
<§>30’s<§>
33- Cheryl
Burke,
American
professional dancer (DWTS)
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
<§>80’s<§>
@84-2007 Wally
Schirra,
American
astronaut
@84-1940 Henry
Ossian Flipper,
American
soldier, former slave and first African American to graduate
from
the United States Military Academy at West Point
@80-2000 John
Joseph Cardinal O'Connor,
Catholic
Archbishop of New York
<§>70’s<§>
@74-1994 Richard
Scarry,
author/illustrator
of children's books, heart attack
@71-1996 Jack
Weston,
actor
(Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), lymphoma
<§>60’s<§>
@62-1989 Christine
Jorgensen,
1st
transsexual, cancers
@60-1880 Jonathan
Homer Lane,
American
astrophysicist who mathematically analyzed the Sun as a
gaseous
body
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
2011
Before
the U.S. launched an airstrike on a Syrian airfield in response to alleged gas
attacks by the Syrian government on its citizens, the conflict that would claim
more than 250,000 lives by early 2017 began as a series of protests. In March
2011, these demonstrations started in response to the arrest and torture of
teens who wrote political graffiti. Following several years of sanctions and
casualties, the conflict rages on, taking center stage in the news, social
media and diplomacy. Sources: CNN, BBC
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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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