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Alexander Graham Bell Day |
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Today’s Thoughts
It’s cloudy, but no
precipitation expected until tomorrow.
I believe it is important
to vote no matter what. I have voted in every election since I turned 18. The longest
line I have stood in was about 1-1/2 hours in Tuba Gym, after a day of work. After
that they split our precinct into two sites. Since that vote, I have always been
one of the first 10 voters when the precinct opened. Every national election
has a string of other Feceral offices along with many local officials and
issues on the ballot. I study the ballot before I go, if I don’t know about a
certain office or certain issue, I skip it but continue to vote on the entire
ballot. I believe in our right to vote and do it whenever I can.
AZ Senator Sinema
has announced she will not seek re-election this year. She was the Democratic Senator
until she declared herself Independent in 2022. There are several candidates
from both parties now.
Haley, the last
challenger to Trump has suspended her campaign after yesterday’s Super Tuesday
results. It will be interesting to see how this changes both Democrat and
Republican campaigns for President.
I have my regular phlebotomy
this afternoon, so this is posted a tad early.
Famous American Women
Clara
Barton (1821-1912). Barton founded the American Red Cross and served
as its first president. She was a nurse during the Civil War for the Union
Army. (Recommended biography here.)
UNESCO sites in America…
Redwood National and State
Park
Designated in 1980, this park
in California is home to beautiful and large redwood trees. These trees date
back to over 160 million years ago, making them some of the oldest living
organisms in the world. There are many other incredible animals and plants in
the area, such as the California brown pelican, tanoaks, and sea lions.
America’s Top Attractions
1940s: The Strip, Las Vegas,
Nevada
After gambling became legal
once again in 1931, Las Vegas started its rise to become the country’s gaming
capital. The desert metropolis’ population swelled as workers arrived to work
on the Hoover Dam and small casinos and showgirl venues opened on Fremont
Street. Pictured here in the mid-1950s, it was the first street in the city to
be paved in 1925. The first hotel-casino, El Rancho Vegas, opened on Highway 91
in 1941, with others soon following and the section became known as “The
Strip.”
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Conceived by historian Doane
Robinson as a way to attract more tourism to the state of South Dakota, the
mighty Mount Rushmore National Memorial was unveiled to the public in 1941. It
worked: the landmark garnered close to half a million visitors in the first
year alone. Carved into Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the
sculpture features the faces of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Influential Native Americans…
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Born on Nebraska's Omaha
reservation in 1865, Susan La Flesche Picotte was young when she first saw a
sick Indigenous community member suffer and die while waiting for a white
doctor. By pursuing a Euro-American education while honoring the customs of her
people, La Flesche Picotte battled backlash and became the first Indigenous
person to earn a medical degree. She defied the odds again in 1913 when she
opened the Omaha reservation's first hospital. La Flesche Picotte died in 1915,
and she was commemorated on her deathbed for bridging the gap between her
Indigenous roots and her Euro-American medical education.
Historic Events
1850 – American
Senator Daniel Webster gave his Seventh of March speech endorsing the
Compromise of 1850.
1869 – The Suez
Canal opened for limited shipping.
1876 – Alexander
Graham Bell received his patent for (#174,465) the telephone.
Birthdays with some quotes
88 – Willard Scott,
American television personality
“It was a big story
and yesterday’s soup. Who cares?”
86 – Janet Guthrie,
American professional race car driver
82 – Michael Eisner,
American businessman
@79 – John Herschel,
English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1871)
@77 – Luther Burbank,
American botanist and author (d. 1926; heart attack)
72 – Lynn Swann,
American football player
“If a player
demonstrated that he is the best, and a team decides, even so, we don’t want to
pay him, as in any other business, he should be able to play elsewhere.”
68 – Bryan Cranston,
American actor
@62 – Maurice Ravel, French
pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1937; dementia)
60 – Wanda Sykes,
American comedian and actress
“If you feel like
there’s something out there that you’re supposed to be doing if you have a
passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.”
@56 – Rik Mayall, English
comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2014; heart attack)
“I don’t have
moments of weakness. I’m Rik Mayall.”
54 – Rachel Weisz,
English-American actress
50 – Jenna Fischer,
American actress
“Growing up, I was a
very shy, wallflower type. I was not a nerd, but not popular. I was just
invisible, like that person you probably didn’t know you were in school with.”
@45 – Henry Draper,
American physician and astronomer (d. 1882; pleurisy)
44 – Laura Prepon,
American actress
26 – Amanda Gorman,
Poet
…The End for today…
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