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Happy New Year!
January 1,
2017 Week: 01 \ Day: 01
86004 Today: H 50° \
L 33° Average Sky Cover: 70%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi
January Averages: 43°\17°
January Records: H: 66°
(1971) L: -30 (1937)
Record High: 61°[1981] Record Low: -21°[1919]
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❆❆Quote
of the Day❆❆
Be at war with your
vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better
man. Benjamin Franklin
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❆❆Observances
Today❆❆
Copyright Law Day
Commitment Day Link
Ellis Island Day
Euro Day
Global Family Day Link
Mummer's Parade
New Year's Dishonor List Day
Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day Link (Cony
Island NY & Vancouver, BC)
World Day of Peace Link
Z Day- People
with the letter Z can go first in line, get picked earlier, and stand in front
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❆❆Observances
This Week❆❆
1-7
Diet Resolution Week
Silent Record Week
1-8
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
New Year's Resolutions Week
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❆❆Today’s
Significant US Historical Events❆❆
◈ Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
◈1 Origin
of the Christian Era
◈404 Last
gladiator competition in Rome
◈630 The
Prophet Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it
bloodlessly.
◈1502 Portuguese
navigators discover Rio de Janeiro
◈1600 Scotland
begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of 25 March.
◈1610 German
astronomer Simon Marius 1st discovers the Jupiter moons, but does not
officially report it, Galileo does on July 1 1610
◈1651 Charles
II Stuart crowned king of Scotland
◈1700 Russia
begins using the Anno Domini era and no longer uses the Anno Mundi era of the
Byzantine Empire.
◈1710 Paris
merchant Jean Marius obtains 5-year royal privilege for his invention of a
folding umbrella - first in Europe
◈1758 The
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature establish the
"starting point" for standardized species names across the animal
kingdom, based on the binomial nomenclature by Carolus Linnaeus 10th
edition of Systema Naturae
◈1772 First
traveler's cheques go on sale in London, can be used in 90 European cities
1776 Gen. George Washington hoists Continental Uniou flag
◈1785 "Daily
Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
◈1788 London's
Daily Universal Registrar becomes the Times
1788 Quakers in Pennsylvania emancipate their
slaves
1797 Albany replaces NYC as capital of NY
◈1801 The
Irish Parliament votes to join the Kingdom of Great Britain, forming the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
◈1803 Emperor
Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn
Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in
Huế, Vietnam.
◈1804 Haiti
gains independence from France (National Day)
1808 Congress prohibits importation of slaves
1818 Official reopening of the White House
◈1818 Mary
Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is published
anonymously by the small London publishing house of Lackington, Hughes,
Harding, Mavor, & Jones
1840 1st recorded bowling match in US,
Knickerbocker Alleys, NYC
1842 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US
publishes 1st issue, NYC
1845 The Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn is
completed.
◈1846 Yucatan
declares independence from Mexico
1847 Michigan is 1st state to abolish capital
punishment
1852 1st US public bath opens, in NYC
1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in US
enters service
1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered
(Oxford, Penn)
◈1858 Canada
begins using decimal currency system
1861 President-elect of the United States Abraham
Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful (US Civil War)
1862 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5%
of incomes > $10,000)
1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed,
near Beatrice, Nebraska
1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham
Lincoln to free slaves in US confederate states
1874 NYC annexes the Bronx
◈1880 Building
of Panama Canal, begins
1886 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California)
1892 Ellis Island becomes reception center for new
immigrants
1893 1st US college extension courses for credit,
Univ of Chicago
◈1896 German
physicist Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
1898 Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City
of NY
◈1899 Cuba
liberated from Spanish rule by the US, American occupation continues till 1902
1902 1st Rose Bowl: Michigan beats Stanford 49-0
1907 US President Theodore Roosevelt shakes
a record 8,513 hands in 1 day
1907 1st time, ball signifying New Year dropped at
Times Square
◈1909 In
Great Britain, the Old Age Pension Law is finally instituted, providing
pensions for every British subject over 70 with low income
◈1912 Sun
Yat-sen forms Chinese Republic
1913 Post office begins parcel post deliveries
◈1917 T.
E. Lawrence joins the forces of the Arabian sheik Feisal al Husayn,
beginning his adventures that will lead him to Damascus by October, 1918
◈1922 Vancouver,
BC starts driving on the right side of road
◈1923 Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics established
1928 1st US air-conditioned office building opens,
San Antonio
1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison
1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank
guarantor) effective
◈1950 Ho
Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
◈1953 The
first TV detector van, used to track down users of unlicensed television sets,
begins operation in the UK
◈1959 Cuban
Dictator Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba for the Dominican Republic
1960 Johnny Cash plays first of many free
concerts behind bars
1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down NYC
subway
1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump
Caesar's Palace Fountain
1972 International Book Year begins
1974 World Population Year begins
1975 International Women's Year begins
1977 1st woman formally ordained an Episcopal
priest (Jacqueline Means)
1979 International Year of the Child begins
1980 International Decade of Water & Sanitation
begins
1981 International Year for the Disabled begins
1983 World Communications Year begins
1984 AT&T's 22 owned Bell system companies
divests into 8 companies
1985 International Youth Year begins
1985 The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
1986 International Peace Year begins
1987 International Year of Shelter for Homeless
begins
1988 Year of the Reader begins
1989 Year of the Young Reader begins
◈1991 Iraq
rejects peace proposal from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
1992 Bush is 1st US president to address Australian
Parliament
1992 International Space Year begins
1994 International Year of Family
1995 International Year of Tolerance
1995 Last 'Far Side' by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)
1999 International Year of Elderly
1999 The Euro currency is introduced.
◈2002 Taiwan
officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei.
2008 A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions
for same-sex couples comes into effect.
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❆❆My
Rambling Thoughts❆❆
I
had a great break with my brother, his wife, and her family. Chicago was nice,
not too cold and we even saw the sun several days. So happy to spend time with
them all. Even went to Lincoln Park Zoo Lights...nice and again, not too cold.
Didn’t
really keep up with the news during the break. Now catching up and wondering
what is happening. Guess Jan 20 or 21 will be the time to see. I’m
not concerned about my trip in February to Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia and
Laos. Don’t think our new president could even find them on a map. So he probably
won’t be tweeting anything about any of them while I am there.
As
I look at the calendar it still says DECEMBER. So why did it rain all night at
7000’. One of the strangest winters I remember.
I
have not looked forward to the end of year as much as this one. For me
personally, it has been a good year. I just don’t like the uncertainty that
awaits us all. I just don’t recall a year that has left all of us with such
uncertainty in our leadership. Oh well, I’ll just watch and wait.
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❆❆Brain
Teasers❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
Vacation!
Logic puzzles require you to think. You will
have to be logical in your reasoning.
A
vacationing family sitting around the campfire has the following conversation:
1. Father: What day is it? I am sure it isn't Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
2. Mother: Well that's not very helpful dear. Besides yesterday was Friday.
3. Father: No, now that I think about it, yesterday wasn't Friday, tomorrow is
Friday.
4. Jon: The day after tomorrow is Thursday.
5. Meg: You are nuts. Tomorrow is Thursday.
6. Mother: Actually, it's probably Thursday today.
7. Jon: All we know for sure is that it wasn't Sunday yesterday.
If only one statement above is true, what day of the week is it?
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❆❆Today’s
Trivia Hive❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
What
classic Star Wars character does not appear in "Rogue One: A Star Wars
Story?"
47.7%
got it correct on line
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❆❆Harper’s
Index❆❆
15→Number of successive years that the US suicide rate
has increased
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❆❆Yep,
It Really Happened❆❆
Idiots
Tackle Sub-freezing Temps to Surf Lake Michigan
A
pair of especially dedicated surfers were filmed showing their devotion to the
sport by braving sub-freezing temperatures to tackle the waves of Lake
Michigan. The video, filmed earlier this month by Derek Utley, shows two
surfers riding the waves at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee. The video shows one of
the surfers manage to get upright and ride a massive wave. Utley said the
temperature when he filmed the video was only 29 degrees and snow was falling
heavily with 8 inches of accumulation already on the ground.
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❆❆Somewhat
Useless Information❆❆
In
1582, the Gregorian calendar, which marks January 1 as the new year, is adopted
by the Roman Catholic Church.
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January
is named after Janus, the god with two faces, one looking forward and one
looking backward.
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"Auld
Lang Syne" was written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788. He may have
based it on a folk song. The words auld lang syne mean "times gone
by".
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The first rooftop celebration atop One Times Square, a fireworks display, took
place in 1904 and was produced by The New York Times to inaugurate their new
headquarters in Times Square and celebrate the renaming of Longacre Square to
Times Square.
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The first ball dropping celebration atop One Times Square was held on December
31, 1907. In 1942 and 1943 the ball lowering was suspended due to the wartime
dimout.
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The original New Year's Eve Ball weighed 700 pounds and was five feet in
diameter. It was made of iron and wood and was decorated with 100 25-watt light
bulbs.
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❆❆Birthdays
Today❆❆
◈→ indicates
age at death
◈91→ E.
M. Forster, English writer and novelist (Howards End, Passage to India), born in
Marylebone, Middlesex (d. 1970)
◈91→ J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, novelist (Catcher in the
Rye), born in NYC, [d2010]
◈90→ Xavier Cugat,
Spanish American bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo), born in Girona,
Catalonia (d. 1990)
◈89→ Barry Goldwater,
(Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Presidential candidate (R) 1964) [d1998]
87 Ty Hardin [Orton or Orison Whipple Hungerford, Jr.,], American actor
(Riptide, Bronco), born in NYC
◈84→ Betsy
Ross [Elizabeth Griscom], seamstress widely credited with making the first American
flag [d1836]
◈83→ Dana Andrews,
American actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura), born in Covington County,
Mississippi (d. 1992)
◈83→ Paul
Revere,
silversmith/US patriot (British are coming) [d1818]
◈77→ J.
Edgar Hoover, first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-72), born
in Washington, D.C. [d1972]
75- Country Joe
McDonald, California, rock guitarist/vocalist (& the Fish)
64- Gary Johnson,
American businessman, politician, Libertarian Party nominee for Presiden 2016,
born in Minot, North Dakota
48- Morris Chestnut,
actor (Boyz N the Hood)
48- Verne Troyer,
American actor (Mini-Me in Austin Powers movies), born in Sturgis, Michigan
41- Chai Jing, Chinese
broadcaster, author and documentary maker (Under the Dome), born in Linfen,
Shanxi Province
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❆❆Historical
Obits Today❆❆
@92-1998 Helen Wills Moody, American tennis
player (31 Grand Slams)
@86-2001 Ray Walston,
American actor (My Favorite Martian)
@86-1994 Cesar Romero, US actor
(Joker-Batman)
@85-2016 Vilmos Zsigmond,
Hungarian-born American cinematographer (Close Encounters of the Third Kind)
@85-2013 Patti Page [Clara Ann
Fowler], American pop singer
@83-1972 Maurice A Chevalier, French actor
and singer (Can Can, Gigi)
@82-2015 Mario Cuomo,
American Democratic Party politician and the 52nd Governor of New York
(1983-95)
@80-2005 Shirley Chisholm, 1st African
American Congresswoman and presidential candidate
@66-2012 Elizabeth
Brumfiel, American feminist archaeologist, cancer
@46-1782 Johann Christian
Bach, German composer/Mozart's tutor
@43-1982 Victor Buono,
actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), heart attack
@29-1953 Hank Williams, country singer
(Cold Cold Heart), heart problems/alcohol/morphine
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❆❆Brain
Teasers Answers❆❆
Number
each person's statement and write down the list of days that it could be
according to each statement.
1. Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
2. Saturday
3. Thursday
4. Tuesday
5. Wednesday
6. Thursday
7. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The only day mentioned one time is Monday. Therefore it must be Monday,
otherwise one of the other statements would be true.
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❆❆Trivia
Hive Answers❆❆
Luke
Skywalker
"Rogue
One" follows a group of Rebel Alliance fighters who attempt to steal
blueprints for the Galactic Empire's ultimate weapon: the Death Star. These
events predate those covered in the original the Star Wars trilogy, which began
with 1977's "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope." Consequently, Luke
Skywalker has no part in the film. Source: The New York Times.
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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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That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
