May 30

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May 30, 2017 Week: 22 \ Day: 150

86004 Today: H 77° \ L 42°

Average Sky Cover: % 

Wind ave:   8mph\Gusts:  23mph

Visibility: 10 mi

May Averages: 68°\34°

May Records: H: 89° (2002) L: 7 (1915)

Record High: 88°[2002]   Record Low: 18°[1918]

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╬Quote of the Day╬

The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give

a large part of one's self to others.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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╬Observances Today╬

Loomis Day

Mint Julep Day Link

Ramadan-→6/25

Water a Flower Day

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╬Observances This Week╬

25-31

Week of Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories

26-6/12

Louis Vuitton Cup (America's Cup)

26-29

National Polka Weekend

Mudbug Madness Days

Old-Time Player Piano Weekend

28-6/3

Black Single Parents Week

National Tire Safety Week Link

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╬Today’s Significant US Historical Events╬

★  Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

░░░<§>1400’s<§>░░░

★1431 Hundred Years' War: in Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.

░░░<§>1500’s<§>░░░

★1539 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto discovers Florida

░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░

1806 Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.

1848 William G Young patents ice cream freezer

★1848 Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million

1854 Territories of Kansas & Nebraska created

1868 'Decoration Day', later called Memorial Day, first observed in Northern US states

░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░

1908 1st federal workmen's compensation law approved

1937 Memorial Day Massacre - Chicago police shoot on union marchers, 10 die

1948 A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.

★1959 World's 1st hovercraft (SR-N1) tested at Cowes, England

★1966 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam

★1967 Biafra declares independence from Nigeria

1967 Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles 

1975 European Space Agency (ESA) forms

1980 1st papal visit to France since 1814

★1987 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video

1991 Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable

1992 NY Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48)

1997 Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, set on fire by 12-year old grandson

░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░

★2016 Former Chad dictator Hissène Habré convicted of crimes against humanity by the Extraordinary African chambers, 1st ex-head of state convicted of the charge

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╬My Rambling Thoughts╬

Beautiful Memorial Day. Flag hung by 7a. Just keeping up the tradition of my parents, who flew the flag on every Federal Holiday on the front porch. Good tradition.

Cleaned the 3 bathrooms this morning.  Not my favorite chore, but one that needs to be done.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL:

‘The time that we can fully count on others is over’ said the German Chancellor today. Sorry Donnie, not everyone saw your trip as a ‘home run’. SAD

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╬Today’s Trivia Hive╬

(answers at the end of post)

What was the name of the first band Jimi Hendrix played in?

The Velvetones                                 The King Casuals

The Jimi Hendrix Experience          The Upsetters

 44.3% taking the internet quiz got it correct.

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╬Harper’s Index╬

50,000→Estimated number of gay and bisexual men whom the UK plans to posthumously pardon for sexual crimes

3/5→Portion of leaders in Scotland’s major political parties who are gay or bisexual

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╬Yep, It Really Happened╬

*--- Why Won't Anybody Think of the Bunnies? ---*

Dennis Hof of the Bunny Ranch Brothel in Las Vegas, Nevada, said that he was awoken during the night when a semi-truck crashed into his building. 40-year-old Brian Brandt was driving the 18-wheeler when he crashed through the front gate and then into the building. Brandt of Reno, was wearing body armor and a mask when he crashed at 3:45 a.m., using a stolen tractor trailer. According to police, Brandt was angry that he was fired from his job at the Central Transport trucking company. He retaliated by stealing a truck and crashing it into brothel. Hof said that he to his employees never met Brandt. He believes that Brandt targeted the brothel because it is famous and "it would make for worldwide news".

           

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╬Somewhat Useless Information╬

1. Largest flower

The Corpse flower, also known as Rafflesia arnoldii. The poetically named posy boasts the largest bloom in the world, measuring in at 3-feet wide with blossoms that weigh 15 pounds.

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2. The largest animal

The blue whale. When a baby blue whale is born, it measures up to 25 feet and weighs up to three tons. Growing to lengths of up to 100 feet and weighing up to 200 tons, the blue whale is, in fact, the biggest animal known to live on Earth.

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3. The heaviest known organism

In Utah's Fishlake National Forest in Utah there lives a massive grove of trees called Pando, which is actually a single clonal colony of a male quaking aspen. Nicknamed the Trembling Giant, this enormous root system is comprised of some 47,000 stems that create the grove. All together - with all of the individual trunks, branches and leaves - this quivering organism weighs in at an estimated 6,600 short tons. It is the heaviest known organism on the planet, and perhaps even more impressive is its age. Conservative estimates put it at 80,000 years old, making it also the oldest living thing known to man.

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4. The largest land animal

The African bush elephant holds the title for largest land animal. Reaching lengths of up to 24 feet and gaining heights of 13 feet, these beautiful gray beasts weigh in at 11 tons. Their trunks alone can lift objects of more than 400 pounds.

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5. The largest tree by volume

The world's largest tree is a stately giant sequoia, known as General Sherman in California's Sequoia National Park. This majestic arboreal master is about 52,500 cubic feet in volume.

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╬Birthdays Today╬

@  indicates age at death

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90- Clint Walker,

Hartford Ill, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen)

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@89- Bob Evans,

American restaurateur

(d. 2007)

81- Mel[vin J] Blanc,

voice (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd & Porky Pig)

(d. 1989)

░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░

@77- Benny Goodman,

clarinetist/bandleader (King of Swing), born in Chicago

(d. 1986)

@74- Peter Carl Fabergé,

Russian goldsmith and jeweler

(d. 1920)

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@62- Christine Jorgensen,

pioneer transsexual (born George William Jorgensen, Jr)

(d. 1989)

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@56- Meredith MacRae,

actress (Petticoat Junction, My 3 Sons), born in Houston, Texas

(d. 2000)

53- Wynonna, [Christina] Judd,

Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)

░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░

45- Idina Menzel,

American actress and singer born in Queens

42- Cee-Lo Green,

American musician

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╬Historical Obits Today╬

░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░

@83-1778 Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet],

French writer, philosopher and playwright (Candide)

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@70-1960 Boris Pasternak,

Russian poet and novelist (Doctor Zhivago) (Nobel Prize 1958), lung

cancer

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@62-1640 Peter Paul Rubens,

Flemish Baroque painter, gout

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@56-1744 Alexander Pope,

English poet (The Rape of the Lock)

░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░

@47-2015 Joseph [Beau] Biden III,

American politician and son of Vice-President Joe Biden, cancer

@46-1971 Audie Murphy,

most decorated American WW II hero/actor (Sierra), plane crash

@45-1912 Wilbur Wright,

US aviation pioneer, typhoid fever

░░░<§>20’s<§>░░░

@29-1593 Christopher Marlowe,

English dramatist (Tamburlaine the Great), stabbed in a pub brawl

@24-1975 Steve Prefontaine,

American runner (5K 1972 Olympics 4th), car accident

░░░<§>10’s<§>░░░

@19-1431 Joan of Arc,

Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France, burnt at the stake

  

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╬Trivia Hive  Answers╬

The Velvetones

If you want a real trip, try looking up old photos of Jimi Hendrix from his early days. Before the velvet jackets and legendary afro, Jimi was a teenager playing with the Velvetones, much to his father's disapproval. He did play with various other rock legends, too, including Little Richard's backing band. Once he formed The Experience and released the classic album "Are You Experienced?" in 1967, Hendrix was on his way to history. Fun fact: If you ever get a time machine and go back to the 60s you could call him "Johnny Hendrix," his birth name. Although he probably won't respond, so nevermind. Source: Biography, JimiHendrix.com, "Jimi Hendrix: Kiss The Sky" by Edward Willett

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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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