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June 4, 2017 Week: 23 \ Day: 155
86004 Today: H 81° \
L 41°
Average Sky
Cover: 3%
Wind ave: 12mph\Gusts: -mph
Visibility: 10 mi
June Averages: 79°\41°
June Records: H: 96° (1970)
L: 22 (1955)
Record High: 89°[1990] Record Low: 23°[1971]
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╬Quote of the Day╬
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you
get.
Dale Carnegie
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╬Observances Today╬
Audacity To Hope Day
Children's Awareness Memorial Day
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
National Cancer Survivors Day Link
Ramadan-→6/25
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╬Observances This Week╬
May 26-6/12 Louis
Vuitton Cup (America's Cup)
1-4 Milk Week
3-11 International Clothesline Week
National Lemonade Days Link
4-10 Bed Bug Awareness Week
Black Single Parents Week
End Mountain Top Removal Week:
4-10 Link
National Business Etiquette Week:
4-10
National Headache Awareness Week Link
National Sun Safety Week Link
Pet Appreciation Week Link
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╬Today’s Significant US Historical
Events╬
★ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
░░░<§>BC’s<§>░░░
★781
BC Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse
░░░<§>1000’s<§>░░░
★1070 Roquefort
cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░
1756 Quakers
leave assembly of Pennsylvania
★1760 Great
Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada
taken from the Acadians.
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
★1850 Self-deodorizing
fertilizer patented in England
1876 An
express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco,
California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39
minutes after having left New York City.
1892 Sierra
Club forms in SF
1896 Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford
through streets of Detroit
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1912 Massachusetts
passes 1st US minimum wage law
1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards
& Elliott (Julia Ward Howe)
1927 Johnny
Weissmuller set swim records in 100-yard & 200-yard free-style
1929 George
Eastman demonstrates 1st Technicolor movie (Rochester NY)
★1940 Winston
Churchill says "We shall fight on the seas & oceans"
1942 "Mrs
Miniver" based on the novel by Jan Struther, directed by William Wyler and
starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon is released in the US (Best
Picture 1943)
★1944 1st
British gliders touch down on French soil for D-Day
1947 US
House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act
★1969 22-year-old
man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana & survives 9-hr flight
to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft
★1970 Tonga
(formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK
1973 A
patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
1984 DNA
is successfully cloned from an extinct animal
1985 Supreme
Court strikes down Alabama "moment of silence" law
1990 Dr
Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national
debate over the right to die
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★2002 Canadian
singer Avril Lavigne releases debut album, "Let Go"
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╬My Rambling Thoughts╬
Another beautiful day.
Great day for a walk…and I got to read my newspaper on the deck. Nice!
I have been a little naive.
A couple of days ago I posted picture on FB that showed all the countries I had
visited internationally. Several friends pointed out there was no Navajo Nation
flag or the Oglala flag. Both are sovereign nations within the boundaries of the
US. Since I didn’t need a passport to live in either place, I didn’t recognize
them as sovereign nations. My bad. I’ll fix it soon, with an explanation.
So, the President pulled
off another one. While he made a big deal about pulling out of the Paris
Accord, turns out it will take until 2020 before we can actually withdraw.
Sadly the main stream media didn’t point out the withdrawal process to the
American people…all they did was show him signing his executive order proposal to
withdraw. One guy, a ‘fer-a-nur’, pointed it out, but none of the media picked
up on what he meant. So sad.
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╬Today’s Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
What bird actually
provides the iconic cry often associated with bald eagles in the U.S.?
Red-tailed
hawk Barn owl
Peregrine
falcon Golden eagle
41.7%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s Index╬
27,000→Estimated number of votes by which Donald Trump
won the state of Wisconsin
360,000→of
registered Wisconsin
voters who lacked voter identification
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╬Yep, It Really Happened╬
A land owner was shocked
to find a man having sex with a horse, according to police in Arizona.
The Yuma County Sheriff's Office said that they have arrested 20-year-old
Christopherson Maynes, after being caught on video having sex with the land
owner's horse.
According to the criminal complaint, the Yuma County Sheriff's Office responded
to an animal cruelty case. Upon arrival, deputies met with the reporting party
who stated that the suspect had been caught having sexual intercourse with a
horse on the property.
Deputies were able to recover video evidence of the suspect.
Maynes was arrested and booked into the Yuma County Detention Center. He was
charged with bestiality, indecent exposure and animal cruelty.
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╬Somewhat Useless Information╬
There have been a few
states that never managed to make the cut and become incorporated into the
United States we know today. Some of these state names were quite inventive and
the dedicated residents who petitioned for them were very frustrated when the
states never manifested.
Lincoln
Another name used in multiple requests for a state. The original request was in
Texas and would have consumed almost half of the state. The second came about
in the early 1900s and included the Idaho Panhandle. Believe it or not, the
idea was proposed again in 2005.
Long Island
The region grew weary of the 'Boss' political system in New York and wanted to
seek its freedom in 1869. This idea was revisited in the 1990s, but New York is
unwilling to give up this diverse and economically sound portion of the state.
Sequoyah
The name Sequoyah was requested by Native Americans and encompassed the
majority of Oklahoma. This included a tract of land where the U.S. Government
had relocated them.
Superior
The Upper Peninsula, part of the state of Michigan, is only connected to the
rest of the state by the Mackinac Bridge. It lies between Lake Superior, and
Lake Michigan, hence the name. This one raises its head on a regular basis,
especially when debating Michigan tax laws. Interestingly, the land area was
originally part of the Wisconsin territory, but awarded to Michigan when the
city of Toledo was absorbed by Ohio.
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╬Birthdays Today╬
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
81- Bruce
Dern,
Winnetka
Ill, actor (Coming Home, Silent Running, Tatoo)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
74- Joyce
Meyer,
American
religious leader
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@69- Freddy
Fender,
American
musician ("Before the Next Teardrop Falls"), born in San
Benito, Texas
(d.
2006)
65- Parker
Stevenson,
actor
(Falcon Crest, Stroker Ace), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@53- Erno
Rapee,
American
conductor and composer (Radio City Music Hall), born in
Narva,
Estonia
(d.
1945)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
46- Noah
Wyle,
actor
(Dr John Carter-ER), born in Hollywood, California
42- Russell
Brand,
English
comedian and television personality, born in Grays, Essex
42- Angelina
Jolie,
American
actress (Girl, Interrupted, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider),
born
in Los Angeles
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╬Historical Obits Today╬
░░░<§>0’s<§>░░░
@99-2010 John
Wooden,
American
basketball player and coach
@82-1941 Wilhelm
II von Hohenzollern,
German
Emperor (1888-1918)
@73-1798 Giacomo
Casanova,
Italian
adventurer/writer/librarian and womanizer
@72-1973 Arna
Bontemps,
American
poet (Harlem Renaissance), heart attack
@56-1916 Mildred
J Hill,
composer/musician-melody
for (Happy Birthday To You)
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╬Trivia Hive Answers╬
Red-tailed hawk
You hear that? That's the
sound of freedom. But as mighty as the bald eagle may appear, it doesn't have
the chops to represent the U.S. vocally. As a bald eagle glides across a
wilderness that slowly fades into a waving star-spangled banner, a red-tailed
hawk screeches behind a curtain to hide the eagle's true sound, which is more
like a cackle. But don't let this truth lessen the might that is America, as
we'll let freedom cackle...erm, I mean ring. Source: NPR
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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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