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June 5, 2017 Week: 23 \ Day: 156
86004 Today: H 82° \
L 48°
Average Sky
Cover: 40%
Wind ave: 13mph\Gusts: -mph
Visibility: 10 mi
June Averages: 79°\41°
June Records: H: 96° (1970)
L: 22 (1955)
Record High: 87°[2006] Record Low: 25°[1943]
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╬Quote of the Day╬
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat
itself.
Gertrude Stein
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╬Observances Today╬
Apple II Day
Baby Boomers Recognition Day
Festival of Popular Delusions Day Link
Hot Air Balloon Day
National Moonshine Day
National Thank God It's Monday Day
National Veggie Burgers Day Link
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╬Observances This Week╬
→6/12 Louis Vuitton Cup
(America's Cup)
→6/25 Ramadan
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
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
★1661 Isaac
Newton admitted as a student to Trinity College, Cambridge
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░
1794 US
Congress prohibits citizens from serving in foreign armed forces
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
1805 1st
recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" (Southern Illinois)
★1870 Constantinople
fire; 900 die
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
★1912 US
marines invade Cuba (3nd time)
1937 Henry
Ford initiates 32 hour work week
★1944 German
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel goes on leave just before WWII D-Day
landings by the Allies
★1944 General Eisenhower decides
invasion set for June 6
★1947 US
Secretary of State George Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
1950 US
Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
★1959 The
first independent government of the State of Singapore is sworn in with Lee
Kuan Yew as Prime Minister
★1963 State
of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested
★1964 Davie
Jones & King Bees debut "I Can't Help Thinking About Me"; group
disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie
1965 "Wooly
Bully" by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2
★1967 6
day war between Israel & Arab neighbors begins
★1975 Egyptian
president Anwar Sadat reopens Suez Canal (closed since 1967)
1976 Teton
Dam in Idaho burst causing $1 billion damage (14 die)
1981 AIDS
Epidemic officially begins when US Centers for Disease Control reports on
pneumonia affecting five homosexual men in Los Angeles
★1984 Indira
Gandhi orders attack on Sikh's holiest site, the Golden Temple
1987 "Nightline"
presents its 1st "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS & the show
runs until 3:47 AM
1988 Longest
champagne cork flight is 177'9 in NY
★1988 Russian
Orthodox Church celebrates it's 1,000th anniversary
★1990 South
African troops plunder Nelson Mandela's home
1991 Lesbian
priest Elizabeth Carl ordained in Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C.
1995 The Bose-Einstein condensate
is first created.
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
★2003 A
severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures
exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
2012 American
gubernatorial recall election is held in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker wins
and becomes the first governor to survive a recall election.
★2016 Swiss
vote to reject referendum to give each citizen a guaranteed income of $2,500
Swiss francs per month░░<§>00’s<§>░░░
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╬My Rambling Thoughts╬
Warm Sunday. Nice day to
relax and enjoy the great spring weather.
Another terror attack,
this time in London. As PM May said…’this is enough.’
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
President tweets, again, after reading part of London Mayor’s message.
Sadly he missed the entire point of the message. And the world is watching.
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╬Today’s Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
Where did Sojourner Truth
deliver her 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech?
Akron,
Ohio Chicago, Illinois
Washington,
D.C. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
26.3% taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s Index╬
3→Number of newly elected senators who are
non-white females
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╬Yep, It Really Happened╬
*-------- Spite; It's
the American Way --------*
A disgruntled former 7-Eleven franchisee in Massachusetts opened a competing
6-Twelve business after losing his store. Abu Musa opened up the 6-Twelve store
across the street from the 7-Eleven he previously operated in South Boston
after feuding with the convenience store company over its business practices.
His conflict with 7-Eleven began when he said the company forced him to offer
hot food such as taquitos and hot dogs, which customers rarely bought. He tried
to resist and his relationship with the company ultimately came to an end in
2014 when 7-Eleven accused Musa of failing to ring in purchases and voiding
others. The company attempted to revoke his franchise and both sides eventually
reached a settlement outside of court. Musa then opened the 6-Twelve store
across the street from his old 7-Eleven location with the intention of using
his knowledge of the company to act as a direct competitor. "My goal is to
get them to close," he said. "I know the price of everything in that
store so I sell the same things cheaper." Some of Musa's old customers
supported him in his endeavor. "I come here because of him," customer
Dave Duffley said. "He greets everyone with a smile, and this feels like
an American success story. Corporate pushed him out, so he went right across
the street and opened his own shop. What's not to love?"
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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.
Texlahoma
Early in the 20th century, rural areas had terrible roads and cars were
popular, making for dangerous driving. Since the politicians in the capitals
were not listening to their complaints, forty-six counties in Texas and
twenty-three in Oklahoma planned to secede and combine into a new state.
Transylvania
The region included parts of Northern Tennessee and Southwestern Kentucky. It
was originally purchased by the Transylvania Company from the Cherokee Indians,
hence the unusual name.
Westsylvania
This was the second name for the failed Vandalia colony attempting to become
the 14th state, in 1776. Pennsylvania, West Virginia and eastern Kentucky made
up this area. Pennsylvania, having the most land to lose, made a law stating
talk of secession to be an act of treason punishable by death. That dream
quickly and quietly went away.
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╬Birthdays Today╬
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
68- Ken
Follett,
Welsh
spy author (Eye of the Needle, Lie Down with Lions), born in
Cardiff,
Wales
66- Suze
Orman,
American
financial advisor, writer, and television personality.
@62- John
Maynard Keynes,
English
economist whose ideas changed the theory and practice of
modern
macroeconomics, born in Cambridge, England
(d.
1946)
@61- Thomas
Chippendale,
England,
furniture maker (baptized)
(d.1779)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
53-Rick
Riordan,
Young
adult author (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
46- Mark
Wahlberg,
rap
singer (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch) and actor (Boogie Nights,
The
Departed), born in Boston, Massachusetts
@45- [Francisco]
Pancho Villa,
Mexico,
revolutionary/guerrilla leader
(d.
1923)
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
38- Pete
Wentz,
American
musician (Fall Out Boy)
░░░<§>teen’s<§>░░░
@17- Anastasia
Nikolaevna,
Daughter
of the last Russian Tsar, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
(d.
1918)
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╬Historical Obits Today╬
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@93-2004 Ronald Reagan,
40th
US President (Republican: 1981-89) and actor (Bedtime for Bonzo)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@79-754 Boniface,
[Winfrid],
English
saint/archbishop (Dokkum), killed by Frisian
bandits
@73-1999 Mel Tormé,
American
singer ("The Velvet Fog"), composer, and actor, stroke
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@59-1993 Conway Twitty,
country
star (Linda on My Mind), in surgery
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
American
author, alcoholism
░░░<§>20’s<§>░░░
@28-1900 Stephen Crane,
author
(Red Badge of Courage), hemorrhages
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╬Trivia Hive Answers╬
Akron, Ohio
This famous work of
oratory dates back to 1851 at Akron's Women's Rights Convention. It was a
powerful speech about slavery and inequality that is still remembered to this
day. While the woman who spoke those words is known as Sojourner Truth, she was
born as Isabella Baumfree and didn't adopt her better-known name until she was
well into her 40s following a religious conversion. Source: Biography, JSTOR,
National Park Service.
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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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