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November
18, 2015 Week:
47 \ Day: 231
November Averages:
51°\22°
86004 Today: H 50° \ L 11° Average
Sky Cover: 2%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts:
26mph
Ave. High: 50° Record High: 68°[1998]
Ave. Low: 21° Record Low: -13°[1958-Record]
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Observances
Today:
European Antibiotic Awareness Day Link
GIS Day (Geographic Information Systems) Link
Married To A Scorpio Support Day
Mickey Mouse Day
National Apple Cider Day Link
National Educational Support Professionals Day
Push-button Phone Day
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Observances
This Week:
14-22
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week Link
15-21
International
Fraud Awareness Week Link
Rodents Awareness Week
American Education Week Link )
National Book Awards Week
National Global Entrepreneurship Week Link
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Quote
of the Day
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1805 - 30 women meet at Mrs Silas Lee's home in
Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in
America
1865 - Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
1872 - American suffragette Susan B Anthony is
arrested after voting on the 5th November in Rochester NY
1883 - Standard time zones forms by railroads in US
& Canada
1894 - 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section
published (NY World)
1902 - Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names teddy
bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt
1920 - Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at
221 W 42nd St NYC
1928 - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse appears in NY in
"Steamboat Willie"
1928 - A six year fight
ended when the Department of the Interior recognized Tucson's claim to Sentinel
Peak thus saving the giant "A" adorning the hillside.
1959 - "Ben-Hur" premieres in New York
City (Best Picture 1960)
1963 - Bell Telephone introduces push button
telephone
1964 - J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther
King as "most notorious liar"
1992 - "Malcolm X" with Denzel
Washington premieres in US
1997 - Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil
Rays expansion draft
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
326 - Old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
Stood 4th - 16th century. Replaced by current St Peter's Basilica in Rome.
864 - The Great
Ballcourt at Chichen Itza is dedicated by the Maya.
1307 - William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his
son's head
1421 - Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing
estimated 10,000 in Netherlands
1477 - First English dated printed book
"Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton
1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama reaches
the Cape of Good Hope
1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
Replaced an earlier basilica. Largest Christian basilica
1718 - Voltaire's "Oedipe" premieres in
Paris
1971 - British soldier is shot dead by the Irish
Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast
1978 - In Jonestown Guyana 918 members of Peoples
Temple are murdered or commit suicide under leadership of cult leader Jim
Jones
1979
- Ayatollah Khomeini charges US
ambassador/embassy espionage
2004 - Russia officially ratifies the Kyoto
Protocol.
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♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My
Rambling Thoughts
What an adventure with Focus Travel in Cuba. Saw so many new
things, met new groups, new artists, and a young vibrant Cuban guide. I can
only hope that our Cuba-US relations will continue to warm up.
The people of Cuba are very poor, but somehow manage. Any problems
there are deal with the governments, not the people. Any problems the Cuban
refugees in Miami have with Cuba deal with the government, not the people. I am
certainly not a supporter of the communist form of government, nor do I agree
with many of the actions of the Cuban government, but all that is a government
problem. We have been welcomed with open arms and open hearts by the people of
Cuba. When a family worries about how they will feed their family, there is
little time to work for change in the government.
Things have really changed in a year. Every square in mid-sized
and larger towns and cities now have Wi-Fi in every square. Last year we saw
people sitting in the squares with friend and family in the afternoon and
evening. This year, almost everyone in the square had a smart phone and was on
the internet, still sharing and talking to friends and family near and far. The
people seem very excited about the positive changes that are taking place. Few
can travel outside Cuba, mostly because of money, but also it is hard to get a
VISA to the US or anywhere else. Emigration to the US is easier for Cubans than
to do visits. Wages for all workers are horrible. A doctor makes about $70 CUCs
a month. That is about $70US a month…and they are the highest paid workers. Few
can afford to ‘vacation’, few can afford to go to a local restaurant ever. The
family is still very strong and they want a better life for their children. More
later.
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2
jokes for the day
Misc Jokes
Q: Men often brag that there are women waiting
by the phone at this very moment for their call. Who are these women?
A: Women who answer 900 numbers
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On The Bridge - Misc Jokes
There were 3 men who were working on a bridge.
One of the worker's name was John, the other one's name was Randall, and the
last one's name was Joe.
So one day when the 3 men were taking a lunch break, they all opened up their
lunch box and saw what their wives had gave them for lunch.
When John opened his lunch, he saw that he had peanut butter and jelly, so then
he said, "If my wife gives me the same lunch tomorrow, I'm going to jump
off this bridge.
Then Randall opened his lunch and saw that he had spaghetti and meatballs.
So then he also said the same thing as what John said. Then when Joe opened his
lunch he saw that he was having a chicken salad.
So then he said that he too was going to jump off the bridge if he got the same
lunch the next day.
So the next day, all 3 men had the same lunch from yesterday and they all
jumped off.
A week later when the funeral was scheduled, John's wife said, "If my
sweetie- pie told me he wanted a new lunch, he should have told me!” then
Randalls wife said "Why did he do it? Why??” then Joe's wife said,
"Why did he jump off the bridge? He packed his own lunch!"
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Yep,
It Really Happened
TORONTO - As
U.S. universities Yale and Missouri deal with internal social justice and free
speech issues, a Canadian university is implementing new rules to prevent the
stifling of controversial or unpopular opinions. John Harris, founder of the
Harris Institute in Toronto, has drafted a new set of rules, effective for the
Spring semester, in response to complaints about use of language and topics
being discussed in the classroom. Students and faculty will be required to
agree and comply to "Rules of Civility," one of which threatens
probation and even dismissal, for anyone found to have "shouted down an
opposing view." Harris told Metro News that he and administrators agree
that there is no room for avoiding touchy subjects at the university, known for
its courses in music production and management. "We've got courses that
talk about hip-hop culture and rap culture and for some people those are
sensitive areas in terms of racism, sexism, et cetera," he said. "In
the end, the decision to approve the policy was unanimous." Harris cites
backlash against an on-campus speech from punk rock drummer Martin Atkins, who
he admittedly described as "outspoken," and a trend of over 290 guest
speeches that were cancelled across Europe and North America as signs that
political correctness has gone to far. "You shouldn't have limits on what
can be discussed," he told Metro News. "It's undermining what a lot
of people, including me, feel is the essence of post-secondary education."
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Birthdays
Today
“()” indicates age at death
(86) - Sojourner
Truth [Isabella
Baumfree], Swartekill, New York, US abolitionist/feminist (d.1983)
(83) - George
Gallup,
Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll) (d.1984)
76 - Brenda
Vaccaro,
American actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls), born in Brooklyn, New York
(74) - William Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist,
librettist, poet and illustrator (Gilbert & Sullivan), born in London,
England (d.1911)
(66) - Johnny
Mercer,
Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic) (d.1976)
(63)
- Louis-Jacques
Daguerre,
Cormeilles-en-Parisis France, inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
(51) - James E
Sullivan,
founder (Amateur Athletic Union) (d.1914)
47
- Owen
Wilson,
American actor (Meet the Parents, Zoolander), born in Dallas, Texas
45
- Mike Epps, American actor
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Historical
Obits Today
Cab[ell] Calloway, US band leader/actor
(Missourians), 1994@ 86
Joseph P
Kennedy, JFK/RFK/TMK father, 1969 @81
Niels
Bohr, Danish physicist (atom, Nobel 1922), 1962 @77
James
Coburn, American actor-2002@74
Jean
Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, 1966 @70
William
Jessop, British civil engineer-canals 1814@68
Chester
A. Arthur, 21st US president (1881-85), 1886 @56
Jim Jones, US
pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide 1978@47
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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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