17 Oct
Weather Expectations Week
42 Day
290 Today 55°/34°
Wind
24mph Gusts 35mph Air
Quality: Fair Sunshine Windy
Risk
of fire: High Active Fire: 45 miles away
Nearest
Lightning: 805
miles away Humidity: 49%
Oct
Averages: Temps: 64°\32° 3 days with rain
Today’s Observances:
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Department Store Day |
National Boss's Day (or Boss's Day) Link
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Weekly Observances:
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Take Your Medicine Americans Week: 10-17 Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week: 12-20
Link |
National Chestnut Week: 11-17 World Rainforest Week: 12-17 Link |
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s Reflection:
Another windy day.
When is our country going to do something about school shooting.
There have been 52 this year alone.
The Boncos beat the
Seahawks. Yeah!!!
Historical events
Cool to know:
Fact: There’s enough
gold inside Earth to coat the planet
Earth really has a heart
of gold: 99% of the precious metal can be found in the Earth’s core, Discover
Magazine reports. How much is there? Enough to coat the entire surface of
the Earth in 1.5 feet of gold.
Picture of the Day:
Mount Sneffels, Colorado, United States
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Some mountains make you
work for the view. Mount Sneffels makes you work for the last few hundred feet.
Rising to 4,313 metres in Colorado"s San Juan Mountains in the United
States, this fourteener is a familiar sight around Ridgway, Ouray and Telluride.
It sits within the 16,587-acre (6,713-hectare) Mount Sneffels Wilderness, a
protected area designated in 1980. Hikers can reach the mountain from several
approaches, including the Yankee Boy Basin and the Blue Lakes area
Interesting Spae Facts:
The International Space
Station is the largest manned object ever sent into space.
At 119 yards (109
meters) long, the International Space Station (ISS) sits roughly 250 miles (400
km) above the Earth and is the third-brightest object in the night sky.
Today’s Birthdays:
Eminem Rapper 54
years old
Birthplace Saint Joseph,
MO
Born Marshall Mathers,
he became an international sensation after the release of his single "My
Name Is." He won the Best Rap Album Grammy for three consecutive albums:
The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show. He also received
the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose
Yourself," from the 2002 film 8 Mile, which he
also starred in.
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Alan Jackson Country
Singer 68 years old
Country singer whose
debut debut was New Traditional (1987) and who blended honky tonk and pop
country genres. He has won awards from the Academy of Country Music and the
Country Music Association, among others.
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Norm MacDonald Comedian
[1959—2021] @61 years old
Birthplace Quebec City,
Canada
Standup comedian and
Saturday Night Live cast member from 1993 to 1998 who anchored Weekend Update.
He appeared in numerous Adam Sandler
films including Billy Madison
and Grown Ups and hosted the Sports Show with Norm Macdonald on Comedy Central
in 2011.
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George Wendt TV Actor
[1948-2025] @76
Known best for his
portrayal of Norm Peterson on the television series Cheers. He was nominated
for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series six times for Cheers. He has
amassed over 160 acting credits throughout his ongoing career.
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That’s All for Now
