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52°/39° Wind 16 mph Gusts 26 mph
Active
Fire: 274 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 675 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine Windy
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Monthly Observations
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International Guitar
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1-7 APAWS Pooper
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Options Week Pesach or Passover World Axe Throwing
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4-12 National Robotics
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Bat Appreciation Week |
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Easter |
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Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Thoughts
I’m getting tired of windy days. Not
much I can do to prevent it. I stopped at Sams for some gas. It is now
$4.38/gallon. I only needed ½ a tank, but everyday the price goes up and shows
no hope of declining, so I keep it full.
The Iranians and Americans are still
looking for the downed pilot. The Iranian government is offering a huge prize
if he is captured. Each day he is missing, our war looks worse. If he is captured
by Iran, it will be catastrophic for war effort.
I picked up a nice blooming hydrangea to
take to the Tah’s tomorrow. There was a whole big table of them. I picked on,
walked the width of the store to checkout, only to discover there was no tag on
the one I picked. I was at self-checkout and a lady tried and failed to help
me, so I dropped off the unlabeled on at the return counter and then checked to
be sure the one I picked had a sticker. It was a pain, but did give me many
extra steps and that makes my iWatch happy.
Strange Historical Facts
Cleopatra Lived
Closer in Time to the Moon Landing Than to the Building of the Great Pyramid
The Great
Pyramid of Giza was completed around 2560 BC. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC. The
moon landing happened in 1969 AD.
That
means roughly 2,500 years separated Cleopatra from the pyramid, but only about
2,000 years separated her from astronauts walking on the moon. Ancient history
isn’t as far away as it feels — it’s just unevenly distributed.
Napoleon Was Once
Attacked by Rabbits
In 1807,
after signing the Treaties of Tilsit, Napoleon ordered a celebratory rabbit
hunt. His chief of staff rounded up the rabbits — except he collected
domesticated rabbits instead of wild ones.
When
released, hundreds of them swarmed Napoleon and his men, treating them as the
people who normally brought food. Napoleon reportedly retreated to his
carriage.
His military record against actual enemies was considerably better.
Rare Native American Facts
The Zuni Language Stands Alone
Speaking of language, the Zuni
people of New Mexico speak a language isolate, which means it’s not related to
any other known language-even though linguists have studied Zuni quite a lot!
The Zuni people have made contact with other tribes & cultures but their
language has remained relatively unique for over 7,000 years. It's an important
part of their heritage that they continue to use in their daily life &
ceremonies.
Sequoyah Created a Writing System for the Cherokee Language
Sequoyah was a Cherokee
silversmith who, in the early 1800s, developed a unique writing system for his
people-even though he couldn’t read or write English! He invented the Cherokee
written language and made it possible for the Cherokee Nation to read &
write in their own language. Thanks to Sequoyah, many Cherokee people became
literate and they even published the Cherokee Phoenix in 1828, the first Native
American newspaper in America.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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Max Gail (83 years old), American Emmy Award winning actor (Barney Miller - "Wojo"; D.C. Cab: General Hospital; 42), born in Detroit, Michigan ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (79 years old) President
of the Philippines (2001-2010), born in San Juan ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Agnetha Fältskog (76
years old) Swedish singer (ABBA -
"Dancing Queen"), born in Jönköping, Sweden ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Pharrell Williams (53
years old) American singer, songwriter
("Happy"), music producer (The Neptunes), and film producer (Hidden
Figures), born in Virginia Beach |
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679; @91) English philosopher (Leviathan),
born in Westport, England ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Elihu Yale, English merchant and philanthropist (benefactor of Yale
University), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1721; @72) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Joseph Lister (1827-1912; @84) British surgeon (pioneer
of antiseptic surgery),
born in Upton House, West Ham, England ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Booker
T. Washington (1856-1915; @59; Bright’s disease) American education pioneer
and 1st African American on a US stamp, born in Hale's Ford, Virginia ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Pop Warner [Glenn
Warner], American college football Hall of Fame coach who innovated key
aspects of the modern game (single and double wing formations, three point
stance, body blocking), born in Springville, New York (d. 1954; @83) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Spencer Tracy (1900-1967; @67, heart attack) American actor (Woman
of the Year, Adam's Rib), born in Milwaukee ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American actress (Of
Human Bondage; Jezebel; All About Eve), born in Lowell, Massachusetts ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American actor (To
Kill a Mockingbird; Spellbound; Gentleman's Agreement), born in San Diego,
California ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Robert Bloch, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Psycho), born in Chicago,
Illinois (d. 1994; @77, cancer) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Arthur Hailey, English novelist (Hotel, Airport), born in Luton,
Bedfordshire, England (d. 2004; @84) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Gale Storm [Josephine Owaissa Cottle], American singer ("I Hear
You Knockin'"), and actress (My Little Margie; The Gale Storm Show),
born in Bloomington, Texas (d. 2009; @87) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American General and 1st
Black US
Secretary of State (2001-05), born in Harlem, New York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Judith Arlene Resnik, astronaut (STS 41D, 51L-Chal disaster), born in
Akron, Ohio (d. 1987, @36, Challenger disaster) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Akira
Toriyama (1955-2024 @68, subdural
hematoma) Japanese manga artist (Dragon
Ball), born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
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