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June 24, 2017 Week: 25 \
Day: 175
86004 Today: H 91° \ L 51°
Average
Sky Cover: 45%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts:
12mph
Visibility:
10 mi
June Averages: 79°\41°
June Records: H: 96° (1970) L: 22 (1955)
Record High: 94°[1974]
Record Low: 32°[1975]
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╬Quote
of the Day╬
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.
Helen Keller
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╬Observances
Today╬
ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day: 24-25 Link
Celebration of the Senses
Great American Backyard Campout
International Fairy Day or Faerie Day Link
National Haskap Berry Day
Stonewall National Monument Day Link
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╬Observances
This Week╬
Ramadan-→6/25
Carpenter
Ant Awareness Week
Lightning
Safety Awareness Week Link
Meet
A Mate Week
Universal
Father's Week
19-24 Old Time Fiddlers Week
22-25 Watermelon Seed Spitting Week
23-25 North American Organic Brewers
Days
Water Ski Days
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╬Today’s
Significant US Historical Events╬
★ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
░░░<§>1300’s<§>░░░
★1374 Sudden
outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany,
to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until
they collapse from exhaustion
░░░<§>1400’s<§>░░░
★1441 Eton
College founded by Henry VI
★1497 John
Cabot claims Eastern Canada for England (believes he has found Asia in
Nova Scotia)
░░░<§>1500’s<§>░░░
★1509 Henry
VIII is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey
★1540 English
King Henry VIII commands his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves, to leave
the court
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
1664 The
colony of New Jersey is founded
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░
★1795 US
& Great Britain sign Jay Treaty, 1st US extradition treaty
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
1841 Fordham
University (then St John's College), opens in the Bronx
1853 US
President Franklin Pierce signs the Gadsden Purchase, buying 29,670
square-miles (76,800 square km) from Mexico for $10 million (now southern
Arizona and New Mexico)
★1880 First
performance of "O Canada," the song that would become the national
anthem of Canada, at the Congrès national des Canadiens-Français
★1894 Decision
to hold modern Olympics every 4 years
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
★1901 1st
exhibition by Pablo Picasso, 19, opens in Paris
1916 Mary
Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar
contract.
1930 1st
radar detection of planes, Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
1938 500
ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1949 "Hopalong
Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
1957 The
U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment
in Roth v. United States
★1972 Wake
Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force)
1977 IRS
reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1982 Equal
Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
1982 US
Supreme Court rules president can't be sued for actions in office
1993 Yale
computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the
hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mailbomb from
the Unabomber
1997 USAF
reports Roswell 'space aliens' were dummies
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
2006 "Pirates
of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny
Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, premieres at Disneyland
- becomes fastest film to gross over 1 billion
2007 The
Angora Fire starts near South Lake Tahoe, California destroying 200+ structures
in its first 48 hours
★2010 In
the longest match in tennis history, John Isner of the U.S. defeats Nicolas
Mahut of France at Wimbledon after 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over three days
★2012 Female
athletes will be allowed to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the
first time
★2016 British
Prime Minister David Cameron resigns after the UK votes to leave the
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╬My
Rambling Thoughts╬
Another hot day here at
7000’. One of the things I like about living here is that we seldom have
consistent weather extremes. This hot weather is very unusual, both for the
high temps in June and the number of days we have suffered. Sleeping at night
is still working. However; I am officially tired of the heat.
There are so many road
construction projects going on in our small town, moving around is becoming
very tiresome. Weeks and weeks of road closures and weeks and weeks of closed
lanes on the main road through town have greatly expanded the travel time this
summer. And starting yesterday, the AC in my ride moved from 2 to 3 with all
vents closed just to have the vehicle be tolerable.
My blood draw was very
easy yesterday. It is in the same big room as people getting chemo. That makes
me count my blessings. The chairs are very comfortable, I was given juice to
drink during the 30 minute draw. The poor nurse had to sit with me the whole time
so we had a nice chat. No bruise is always nice. Seems that as I fill the big
bottle, she has to stay in case my blood stops flowing. That could lead to a
clot in my vein. Scary. After the bottle was full, she disconnected the
needles, tossed the blood, and tried to get my blood pressure. After 3 tries I
told her I was fine and that I was sorry I had broken her fancy BP machine.
When I did these at the hospital, I was never offered juice, sat on an unpadded
chair, and several times ended up with a big bruise. This place was much nicer.
Still don’t want to do it again any time soon. I did meet with the nurse about
my CPAP machine. The Dr. is on vaca until the 5th, but she promised
to check with others to see what could be done about the CPAP pressure. Would
have liked to have it settled but everyone working deserves a vacation and I
admire any doctor who has to meet with really sick people, so I’ll happily
wait.
Ready for a quiet weekend
in this horribly hot weather.
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╬Today’s
Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
When was the first iPhone
released in the U.S.?
2007 2005
2011 1999
37.6%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s
Index╬
1/2→Portion of the Canadian military that is
overweight
1/4→That are obese
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╬Yep,
It Really Happened╬
*-- Be Careful Who You
Have a Threesome With --*
According to police in Brooklyn, New York, officers responded to a 911 call of
a man who was injured and bleeding heavily. Officers found 20-year-old Manos
Ikonomidis dead. He suffered three stab wounds in the chest and back. A
resident in the building said that there was a lot of noise coming from one
apartment throughout the night, where Ikonomidis allegedly had a consensual
threesome with 21-year-old Jack Doherty and a 21-year-old woman. According to
witnesses, the woman became upset after realizing that Ikonomidis had recorded
the threesome. Doherty drove the woman back to her Staten Island home, while
Ikonomidis stayed in the apartment, where three people had sex. Meanwhile, the
woman contacted her boyfriend, who was not involved in the threesome, and
alleged that she was raped by Ikonomidis. The boyfriend and two other men went
to the apartment and confronted Ikonomidis. He was beaten and stabbed as he
tried to run from the apartment. Surveillance cameras showed two white men and
a black man running after Ikonomidis with baseball bats. Ikonomidis managed to
go to a neighbor's house and ask for help before he collapsed and died.
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╬Somewhat
Useless Information╬
In 1596, an inventor named
John Harrington, godson to Queen Elizabeth I, tried to create a more advanced
chamber pot. The queen and her godson both used the flush model he came up
with, but Harrington was ridiculed by his peers for fooling around with such a
ridiculous idea, thus ending his career as an inventor.
***
In 1857, New Yorker Joseph
C. Gayetty produced the first packaged bathroom tissue in the United States. It
was called "The Therapeutic Paper" and contained aloe for added
comfort. The company sold the paper in packs of 500 sheets at 50 cents apiece,
and Gayetty's name was printed on every sheet.
***
A lot of people think a
public toilet seat is the filthiest place on Earth, but that may not be true.
According to experts, the floor of a public bathroom is much dirtier, with
around two million bacteria per square inch - that's 200 times higher than
what's considered a sanitary surface.
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╬Birthdays
Today╬
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@93- Jack
Carter [Chakrin],
American
comedian/actor, born in Brooklyn New York
(d.
2015)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@87- Jack
Dempsey,
American
heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26) known as "Kid Blackie" and
"The Manassa Mauler", born in Manassa, Colorado
(d.
1983)
@82- Chief
Dan George (Geswanouth Slahoot),
Tsleil-Waututh Nation actor
(Harry & Tonto, Little Big Man. Smith!)
(d.
1981)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@78- Roy
O. Disney,
co-founder
of the Walt Disney Company and brother of Walt
(d.
1971)
@75- Norman
Cousins,
editor
(Saturday Review)
(d.
1990)
73- Jeff
Beck,
Surrey
England, singer/guitarist (Jeff Beck Group)
@71±- Ambrose
Bierce,
American
writer and satirist (Devil's Dictionary, Nuggets & Dust), born in Meigs
County, Ohio
(d.
1914)
70- Mick
Fleetwood,
rock
drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way), born in London, England
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@66- John
Hughes,
archbishop,
founded Fordham University (d. 1864)
61- Joe
Penny,
English
actor (Jake and the Fatman)
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
38- Mindy
Kaling,
American
actress and TV producer (The Office, The Mindy Project), born in Cambridge
Massachusetts
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╬Historical
Obits Today╬
░░░<§>100’s<§>░░░
@100-2012 Lonesome George,
Pinta
giant tortoise and last of his species in the world, dies at c. 100
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@98-2014 Eli Wallach,
American
actor
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@71-1987 Jackie Gleason,
comedian
(Honeymooners), colon cancer
@71-1908 Grover Cleveland,
22nd
& 24th US President (1885-89, 93-97), heart attack
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@44-1935 Carlos Gardel,
Argentine
singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango, plane crash
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
@39-1519 Lucrezia Borgia,
daughter
of Pope Alexander, following 10th childbirth
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╬Trivia
Hive Answers╬
2007
I scream. You scream. We
all scream for iPhones. The iconic smartphone first entered the public eye at
the Macworld Expo on Jan. 9,. 2007. After former Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled
the device that would be the cause of shoppers camping out for days through its
many versions, the initial iPhone model arrived in the U.S. June 29, 2007. At
the time, iPhones were available with only AT&T as a wireless carrier, and
the maximum capacity was 8GB for $599. Source: Apple
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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.
☼☼☼☼…And
That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
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