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October 14, 2015 Week: 42 \ Day: 287
October
Averages: 62°\32°
86004
Today: H 75° \ L 40°
Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind
ave: 5mph\Gusts: 17mph
Ave.
High: 64° Record High: 78°[1991]
Ave. Low: 32° Record Low: 18°[1975]
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Observances
Today:
National Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work &
School Day
National Dessert Day
International Top Spinning Day
Islamic New Year
National Fossil Day Link
National Take Your Parents To Lunch Day
S.A.V.E. (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Link
Stop Bullying Day
Spider-Man Day Link
World Standards Day Link
Observances
This Week:
11-17
Take
Your Medicine Americans Week
Earth Science WeekLink
Emergency Nurses Week
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Mediation WeekLink
National Chestnut Week
National Food Bank Week
Veterinary Technicians Week Link
12-20
Bone
and Joint Health National Awareness WeekLink
National School Lunch Week
12-18
World
Rainforest Week Link
14-23
National
Nuclear Science Week
National School Bus Safety
Week
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1774 - 1st Continental Congress makes Declaration
of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia
1834
- First black to obtain a US patent, Henry
Blair, for a corn planter
1834 - In Philadelphia, Whigs and Democrats stage a
gun, stone and brick battle for control of a Moyamensing Township election,
resulting in one death, several injuries, and the burning down of a block of
buildings.
1865 - Cheyenne & Arapaho sign "peace
treaty" then chased out Colorado
1884 - George Eastman patents paper-strip
photographic film
1912 - Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while
campaigning in Milwaukee
1922 - 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens on Third Avenue
NYC
1926 - AA Milne's book "Winnie the Pooh"
released
1930 - Ethel Merman’s debuts on Broadway in
"Girl Crazy"
1930 - Census Bureau
reported a 32.9 percent increase in the number of farms in Arizona during the
previous decade from 9,975 to 13,260.
1939 - BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
1960 - Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK
1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. announced
as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
1979 - 1st Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights March on
Washington, D.C. by over 100,000
1982 - President Reagan proclaims war against
drugs
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1066 - Battle of Hastings, Duke William of Normandy
and Norman army defeat English forces of Harold II
1322 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King
Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence
1586 - Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for
conspiracy against Elizabeth
1745 - French help convoy reaches Montrose Scotland
1773 - The first recorded Ministry of Education,
the Komisja Edukacji Narodowej (Polish for Commission of National Education),
is formed in Poland.
1882 - University of the Punjab is founded in
present day Pakistan.
1957
- Queen Elizabeth II becomes the
first Canadian monarch to open the Parliament of Canada with the Speech from
the Throne.
1972 - North Irish Loyalist paramilitaries raid
Headquarters of the 10 Ulster Defense Regiment in Belfast and stole rifles and
ammunition
1979 - 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear
energy
1986 - Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins
Nobel Peace Prize
1991 - Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu
Kyi wins Nobel Peace Prize
1994 - Nobel Prize awarded to Yasser Arafat,
Yitzhak Rabin & Shimon Peres
2014 - World Health Organization
announce Ebola virus death toll at 4,447, and the fatality rate has reached 70%
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Cannot believe that is mid-October and still no freezing temps in
our little mountain town and days still in the 70’s. I sure ain’t complainin’,
but it sure is odd.
Guess I’ll watch the Dems debate. Not expecting much to happen. Guess
I will hear from a couple of people I didn’t even know were running. Guess the
news media hasn’t been following them either.
Ran some errands today, getting ready for the Nov. trip to Cuba.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Based
on the pairings that you see below, what word is next, replacing the ? mark?
rotate - tare
refits - firs
sneaky - easy
throne - rote
tepees - ?
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Found
on You Tube with some relevance to today
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…Amazing
Facts…
There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned
to build a campfire and cook his own food.
A woman from Michigan named Barbara Soper gave
birth on 10/10/10, 09/09/09 and 08/08/08 — the odds of which are 50 million to
one.
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…Crazy
Law…
Puerto Rico: Breast Feeding
Puerto Rico requires shopping malls, airports,
public service government centers, and other select locations to have
accessible areas that are not bathrooms designed for breastfeeding and diaper
changing.
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…Harper’s
Index…
4 –
percentage of inmates in CA men’s prisons who report being sexually assaulted while
incarcerated
59 – of transgender
inmates in such prison do
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
natgeoPhoto @pedromcbride on
assignment for @natgeo //
Misty evening in the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Exploring this park by foot
in effort to highlight its magnificence but also the challenges it faces from
mining, and development pressures.
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…Strange
Superstitions from Around the World…
11. In Germany:
In Germany, it is bad luck to cheers with water because it is said
you are literally wishing death to everyone you are drinking with (via Europe's
Not Dead)
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…Unusual
Fact of the Day…
Not all comets are as "regular" as Halley's Comet.
Astronomers believe that Comet West, which last visited our neighborhood in
1975-76, won't be seen again for another half-million years.
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2
jokes for the day
An eighty-year-old man went to his doctor to
complain about pain in one knee. The doctor examined it gently and said,
"Well, you know that knee is eighty years old. You can't expect too
much."
"That's true," the man agreed;
"but Doc, so is the other one and it's not bothering me like this
one!"
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A guy walks into a bar and orders a shot of
whisky. He gulps it down and peeks into his shirt pocket. He orders another
shot of whisky, gulps it down and peeks into his shirt pocket. He orders a
third shot and does the same thing. After the sixth shot, he asks the bartender
for the bill, pays and starts to walk out.
Curiosity gets the better of the bartender and he says to the guy, "Excuse
me, but I noticed that every time you drank a shot, you kept looking into your
pocket. I was wondering what's in your pocket."
The guy slurs, "Well, I have a picture of my wife in my pocket. I keep
drinking until she starts to look good."
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Yep,
It Really Happened
Returns tomorrow
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Christopher
Columbus wasn't the first European to find the Americas, as he set foot on
islands in the Bahamas. Technically, Columbus never entered North America and
never knew he discovered a continent. And even if he had set foot in 1492, the
Native Americans were already in America and the region is believed to have been
discovered 500 years before Christopher Columbus' birth by Norse explorer Leif
Erikson.
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While
the federal holiday is called Columbus Day in the United States, it is called
Dia de la Raza ("Day of the Race") in many Latin American countries.
In the United states, four states do no recognize Columbus Day. Those states
are Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon and South Dakota. Instead, Hawaii celebrates
Discoverers' Day, South Dakota celebrates the day as Native American Day and
Oregon does not recognize or commemorate the day. Other states, like Nevada and
Iowa, do not celebrate the day as an official holiday.
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(96) - C Everett Koop,
surgeon general (1981-89) d.2013
(89) - Lawrence Herkimer, "Grandfather of
Cheerleading" (founded National Cheerleading Association, patented the
pom-pom) d.2015
88 - Roger Moore, actor (Alaskans, Maverick, Saint)
(78) - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US President\WWII general d.1969
76 - Ralph Lauren, fashion designer (Chaps, Polo Ralph Lauren)
(73) - William Penn, English Philosopher, Quaker\founder of
Pennsylvania d. 1718
(67) - E.E.Cummings (Edward Estlin), poet (Tulips &
Chimneys) d.1963
63 - Harry Anderson, Newport RI, actor (Judge Harry
Stone-Night Court)
62 - Greg Evigan, South Amboy NJ, actor (BJ-BJ & the
Bear, Melrose Place)
54 - Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer
45 - Jon Seda, Puerto Rican actor
37 - Usher, American singer and actor
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Historical
Obits Today
Victorio (Bidu-ya), Apache
chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army-1880@55
Erwin Rommel, German
Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide-1944@52
Errol Flynn,
Australian-born US actor (Captain Blood), heart attack-1959@50
Bing Crosby, US
singer/actor (Going My Way), heart attack-1977@74
Paul Fix, actor
(Rifleman)-1983@82
[Francis XA] Keenan Wynn,
US actor (Dr Strangelove), cancer-1986@70
Leonard Bernstein,
composer, heart attack-1990@72
Walter Brown Newman, US screenwriter (Cat Ballou)-1993@77
Cleveland Amory,
American writer and animal rights activist-1998@81
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Brain
Teasers Answers
The answer is pets.
The second word in each pair is created by taking the middle two
letters of the first word and then adding the first letter of the first word
and the last letter of the first word.
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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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