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June 7, 2017 Week: 23 \ Day: 158
86004 Today: H 82° \
L 47°
Average Sky
Cover: 30%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts: 24mph
Visibility: 10 mi
June Averages: 79°\41°
June Records: H: 96° (1970)
L: 22 (1955)
Record High: 89°[1985] Record Low: 24°[1954]
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╬Quote of the Day╬
There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't
tell 'em.
Yogi Berra
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╬Observances Today╬
May 26-6/12 Louis
Vuitton Cup (America's Cup)
Ramadan-→6/25
(Daniel) Boone Day
National Running Day Link
National Tailors Day
VCR Day
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╬Observances This 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
7-10 International Listening Week
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╬Today’s Significant US Historical
Events╬
★ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
░░░<§>1000’s<§>░░░
★1099 1st
Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem
░░░<§>1300’s<§>░░░
★1340 Rotterdam
Netherlands founded
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
★1654 Louis
XIV crowned King of France
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░
1769 Daniel
Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
★1832 Asian
cholera reaches Quebec, brought by Irish immigrants, and kills about 6,000
people in Lower Canada.
★1863 Mexico
City captured by French troops
★1893 Gandhi's
first act of civil disobedience.
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1912 US
army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
1913 1st
verifiable ascent of main summit of Denali (Mt McKinley), North America's
highest mountain led by Hudson Stuck and Harry Karstens
★1929 Vatican
City becomes a sovereign state
1941 Chemists Archer
John Porter Martin and Richard L. M. Synge give the first demonstration of
partition chromatography (separation of mixtures) at a meeting of the
Biochemical Society held at the National Institute for Medical Research,
Hampstead
1953 1st
color network telecast in compatible color (Boston Mass)
1955 "$64,000
Question" premieres on CBS TV
1965 The
Supreme Court of the United States decides on Griswold v. Connecticut,
effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
1975 "Thank
God I'm a Country Boy" by John Denver hits #1
★1989 23
year old Olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
★1990 South
African President F. W. de Klerk lifts 4 year state of emergency
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
★2001 BP
announces that it will build a new $600-million platform offshore Trinidad that
is expected to double the company's production of natural gas there by 2004
★2014 Maria
Sharapova wins the French Open women's tennis singles
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╬My Rambling Thoughts╬
Saddened when I turned on
the news and saw that there was an incident at the Notre Dame Cathedral today.
Not that long ago I stood in the line to get inside. Surprised, when we were
there the buses had to park several blocks from the entrance. Hope everyone is
safe.
So I give up trying to
guess what is the next thing out of the WH. I am tired of hearing one person on
the staff say one thing, the current President saying the opposite, then
everyone agreeing with the current President. Today it is his disgusting
tweets. Now we are to believe these are the current President’s words as he
speaks as the POTUS. Sickened.
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╬Today’s Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
What body part do komodo
dragons use to smell?
Nose Tongue
Tail Ear
82.0%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s Index╬
2052→Year in which the US population of eligible voters
is projected to be majority minority
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╬Yep, It Really Happened╬
*----- Talk About
Pissing Away Your Money -----*
Two burglars who tried to steal cash from a bank ATM, accidentally set their
cash on fire, according to police in Washington. The Everett Fire Department
responded to the Coastal Community Bank on the report of a fire alarm. A fire
had started inside the business when someone used a cutting tool to access the
ATM. Property damage has been estimated at over $35,000 for the burned cash,
broken ATM and building repairs. Detectives identified the two suspects as Eli
Steen and Jason Kovar. Video surveillance shows that after setting the cash on
fire by using a blowtorch, one of the men attempted to extinguish the flames by
urinating on the money. However, his efforts did not pay off, and they fled
from the scene. Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward and Coastal
Community Bank is offering $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and
prosecution of the suspects.
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╬Somewhat Useless Information╬
In Australia in the late
1940s, manic depression was the first mental illness to be successfully treated
with lithium. In Scandinavia in the 1950s, Dr. Morgens Schou pursued the same
course of treatment with beneficial results.
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The first recorded case of dream-induced amnesia occurred in 2004. After a man
dreamed that his son had been killed, he woke up screaming and lost all memory
of the previous day.
***
In the 1600s, mental patients were a tourist attraction in London at Hospital
of St. Mary. Anyone who paid a penny could observe and taunt the
"lunatics" for their own amusement.
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╬Birthdays Today╬
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@87- James
Jude,
American
thoracic surgeon (developed CPR), born in
Minnesota
(d.
2015)
@85- Jessica
Tandy,
actress
(Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included), born in London,
(d.
1994)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@78- Dean
Martin,
Steubenville
Ohio, American singer/actor (with Jerry Lewis)
(d.
1995)
77-
Tom Jones, singer,
born
in Wales
74- Ken Osmond,
actor
(Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@69- Muammar
Gaddafi,
Libyan
revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, born in Qasr Abu
Hadi,
Libya
(d.
2011)
65-
Liam Neeson.
actor
@61- George
Bryan "Beau" Brummel,
English
dandy, born in London,
(d.
1804)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
58- Mike
Pence,
48th
Vice President of the United States; Governor of Indiana
@57- Prince
[Rogers Nelson],
American
singer-songwriter and musician (1999, Purple Rain), born in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
(d.
2016)
@54- Paul
Gaugin, [Eugene Henri],
French
post-impressionist painter
(d.
1903)
50-
Dave Navarro,
Guitarist
(RHCP)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
43- Bear
Grylls,
British
survivor, born in Northern Ireland
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
36- Anna
Kournikova,
Russian
tennis player, born in Moscow
░░░<§>20’s<§>░░░
29- Michael
Cera,
Canadian
actor (Arrested Development, Superbad), born in Ontario
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╬Historical Obits Today╬
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@93-2015 Sir Christopher
Lee,
English
actor (The Lord of the Rings, Dracula)
@91-1996 [Francis]
Max Factor Jr,
makeup
inventor
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@89-2015 Michael
Oliver,
British
cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease)
@88-1980 Henry
Miller,
American
writer (Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn)
@80±-1866 Chief
Seattle (Si'ahl),
Suquamish Tribal leader
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@73-1967 Dorothy
Parker,
US
writer (Enough Rope), heart attack
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@69-1963 ZaSu
Pitts,
American
actress (Life With Father, Dames, Wedding March)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@54-1871 Thomas
Jackson Rodman,
American
military inventor of the rodman gun and perforated-cake
gunpowder,
on duty
@54-1329 Robert
Bruce, King of Scots (1306-29),
"unclean sickness”
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@43-1965 Judy
Holliday,
American
comedienne/actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), cancer
░░░<§>20’s<§>░░░
@26-1937 Jean
Harlow,
actress
(Bombshell), gallbladder infection
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╬Trivia Hive Answers╬
Tongue
Komodo dragons may not be
able to breathe fire like their mythical counterparts, but they do have a
fascinating feature in their sense of smell. Using their forked tongues, they
sample the air for airborne molecules. When their tongues retreat into their
mouths, chemical-analyzing organs help the dragons track prey. In fact, when
the wind is right, these tongues can sense a meal as far as 2.5 miles away. If
only my tongue was this talented so I could figure out where the smell of Thai
street food is coming from. Source: Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation
Biology Institute
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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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