▲October 20, 2015

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October 20, 2015  Week: 43 \ Day: 293

October Averages: 62°\32°

86004 Today: H 62° \ L 47° Average Sky Cover: 75% 

Wind ave:   9mph\Gusts:  22mph

Ave. High: 62° Record High: 77°[2003] Ave. Low: 30° Record Low: 4°[1949]

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Observances Today:                         

Birth of the Bab (Baha'i)-1819

Brandied Fruit Day    

Get Smart About Credit Day

International Credit Union Day

Miss American Rose Day

Revolution Day (Guatemala-1944)

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Observances This Week:

12-20

Bone and Joint Health National Awareness WeekLink

National School Lunch Week

14-23

National Nuclear Science Week

National School Bus Safety Week

18-24

Food & Drug Interactions and Awareness Week

Bullying Bystanders Unite Week

Freedom From Bullies Week

International Infection Prevention Week Link

National Character Counts Week

National Business Women's Week  Link

National Chemistry Week

National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week Link

National Forest Products Week

National Friends of Libraries Week

National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week Link

National Save For Retirement Week Link  

National Teen Drivers Safety Week Link 

Teen Read Week

Asexuality Week Link

19-23

Choose To Be G.R.E.A.T. Week Link

Freedom of Speech WeekLink     

Medical Assistants Recognition Week Link

National Health Education Week Link

YWCA Week Without Violence Link 

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Quote of the Day 

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US Historical Highlights for Today

1774 - American Continental Congress orders discouragement of entertainment

1786 - Harvard University organizes 1st astronomical expedition in US

1803 - US Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase

1818 - 49th parallel forms as border between US & Canada

1864 - US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday

1873

 - P T Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth" opens (NYC)

1910 - 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series

1918 - Arizona met its quota of selling Fourth Liberty Bonds. The bonds were sold to support World War I efforts.

1944 - Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio, explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless

1944 - US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th army on Leyte

1973 - President Nixon proclaims Jim Thorpe greatest athlete of 1st ½ century

1975 - Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning

1988 - Man armed with explosives blows himself up in 125 St subway station (NYC)

1992 - 1st World Series game outside of US - Toronto beats Atlanta

1997 - US accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers

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World Historical Highlights for Today

1097 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch (First Crusade)

1603 - Chinese uprising in Philippines fails after 23,000 killed

1822 - 1st edition of London Sunday Times

1935 - Communist forces end their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China bringing Mao Zedong to prominence

1963 - South Africa begins trial of Nelson Mandela & 8 others on conspiracy

2011 - The former leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, and his son Moatassem Gaddafi are killed shortly after the battle of Sirte (2011) while in the custody of NTC fighters.

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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫

How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today 

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My Rambling Thoughts

Cloudy and trying really hard to rain. Still nice outside.

Ran some errands and got blinds for my front window and curtains for the deck window. I have had vertical blinds on the deck window and hated them since I moved in. This will be better.

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Brain Teasers

(answers at the end of post)

I have two arms and a back,

Supported by four legs.

But there is something I do lack,

Actually, I have no eyes to see.

I also cannot move around,

Or at least, not on my own.

Unfortunately I can make no sound,

Except perhaps a squeak.

If you chop off my head,

You are left with a hair.

If you chop off my tail,

Only tea is left there.

One more clue I will add,

Is that you often use me.

Yet you barely ever notice,

In fact I'd much rather be a tree.

What am I?

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Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

 ▲The Crave - Jelly Roll Morton  

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…Amazing Facts…

Poon Lim survived 133 days alone on a raft at sea by fishing, drinking bird blood, and killing a shark with a jug of water.

A fall of 30 feet can be survived by most cats.

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…Crazy Law…

Wyoming: Buffalo Rules

In Wyoming, taking unlawful control of a buffalo could get you up to 10 years in prison, plus a fine of up to $10,000. Livestock rustling is a felony.

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…Harper’s Index…

42 – average age at which streaming music listeners have their midlife crisis, according to Spotify

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…Instagram Photo of the Day… 

nativemensmagazine Beautiful time of the year. #autumn

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…Strange Superstitions from Around the World…

17. In Egypt:

In Egypt, it's seen as very bad luck to open and close a pair of scissors without cutting anything. What's even worse is leaving them open! It's said that you're cutting evil spirits that linger in the air, and they'll get mad (via Someday I'll Be There)

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…Unusual Fact of the Day…

When table tennis was originally created in 1889, it was called gossima.

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2 jokes for the day

A patient tell his therapist: “I feel awful. I feel like a spoon all the time.”

The therapist says: “sit still and don’t stir.”

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A man walks out of a bar totally hammered, only to be greeted by a snobby woman.

She takes one look at him. “You sir are drunk!"

"And you ma'am, are ugly. But when I wake up, I will be sober!"    

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Yep, It Really Happened

Mercer Island Reporter - Two suburban Minneapolis elementary schools this fall hired a consulting firm to advise officials on kids' recess, and the leading recommendations (promoting "safety" and "inclusiveness") were elimination of "contact" games in favor of, for example, hopscotch. Some parents objected; recess, they said, should be more freestyle, unstructured.

More consultants' advice: De-emphasize refereed "rules" games in favor of monitors who simply praise effort. One Minnesota principal noted improvement -- fewer fights and nurse visits now -- but as one parent said, her child feels that recess is no longer really "playing."   

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Somewhat Useless Information

Female elephants undergo a 22 month pregnancy, which is the longest gestation period of any mammal. 

The closest living, land-based relative to the elephant is the rock hyrax. These small, furry mammals can be found in sub-Saharan Africa and along the Arabian Peninsula.

Elephants can get sunburned and throw sand on their backs and head to protect themselves.

One study found that elephants avoided eating a certain tree that's home to ants. The study suggests that elephants want to avoid getting ants inside their trunks.

Asian elephants don't run. It doesn't mean they're lazy - running requires lifting all four feet at once, and Asian elephants were found to keep at least two feet on the ground at all times.

Contrary to your favorite elephant cartoon character, these animals aren't fond of peanuts. They don't eat them in the wild and aren't fed them in captivity.

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Birthdays Today

“()” indicates age at death

(93) - Arlene Francis, American television personality (d. 2001)

(92) - John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist (Learn by doing) (d.1952)

(90) - Christopher Wren, astronomer/great architect (St. Paul's Cathedral), (d. 1723)

(85) - Joyce Brothers, pop psychologist ($64,000 Question, Naked Gun) (d. 2013)

(83) - Grandpa [Louis M] Jones, Niagra KY, country musician (Hee-Haw) (d.1998)

(81) - Tommy Douglas, Falkirk Scotland, Canadian politician ("Father of Medicare") (d.1986)

(81) - Art Buchwald, columnist/author (Have I Ever Lied to You) (d.2007)

(73) - Bela Lugosi [Blaskó ], Lugos, Austria-Hungary, actor (Dracula) (d.1956)

76 - Jay Siegel, Bkln, rock bassist (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight)

70 - Connie Chung, news ancher (NBC, CBS), born in Washington, D.C.

(69) - Rex Ingram, US actor (Tarzan of the Apes) (d.1969)

(69) - Jerry Ohrbach, The Bronx, actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing) (d.2004)

65 - Tom Petty, classic rock singer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

64 - Al Greenwood, keyboardist (Foreigner-Feels Like the First Time)

64 – Richard Frazier (my brcother), entrepreneur, designer

(63) - Mickey Mantle, NY Yankee, home run slugger (1956 Triple Crown) (d.1995)

 (61) - Earl Hindman, Bisbee AZ, actor (Wilson-Home Improvement) (d.2003)

56 - Viggo Mortensen, American Actor (Lord of the Rings, The Road)

(50) - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, jazz pianist/composer (d.1941)

44 - Snoop Dogg [Calvin Broadus], rapper (What's My Name, Gin & Juice)

(31) - The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith (d. 1850)

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Historical Obits Today

Jane Wyatt, American actress-2003@96

Herbert Hoover, 31st President of US-1964@90

Burt Lancaster, actor (Elmer Gantry)-1994@80

Bob Guccione, American publisher (Penthouse magazine), cancer-2010@79

Charles Babbage, Eng. mathematician/inventor (calculator), renal failure-1871@79

Anne Sullivan, American teacher, heart attack-1936@70

Muammar Gaddafi, Ruler of Libya, killed in captivity-2011@69

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Brain Teasers Answers

A Chair.

If you chop off the first letter, you are left with "hair".

If you chop off the last letter, you are left with "chai".

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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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