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1.31.16
Week: 05 \ Day: 31
January Averages: 43°\16°
86004 Today: H 50° \ L 20° Average Sky Cover: 35%
Wind ave: 10mph\Gusts:
45mph
Ave. High: 46°
Record High: 63°[1971] Ave. Low: 18° Record Low: -25°[1916]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Appreciate
Your Social Security Check Day
Street Children Day Link
World Leprosy Day
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Observances This Week
Children’s
Authors and Illustrators Week: 31-2/6
Catholic Schools Week: 31-2/6
Meat Week: 31-2/6
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1851
Gail
Borden announces invention of condensed milk
1855
Western
railroads blocked by snow
1861
State
of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans (U.S Civil War)
1865
Congress
passes 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery in America
1865
Gen Robert
E. Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies during US Civil War
1870
The
first acts are taken to establish the White Mountain-San
Carlos-Camp Apache Reserve in western Arizona territory
1871
Millions
of birds fly over western SF, darkening the sky
1876
The
United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations
1920
1st
Ukrainian daily newspaper in US (NYC) begins publication
1928
Scotch
tape 1st marketed by 3-M Company
1948
J
D Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Banana Fish" appears in NY
1950
US
President Harry Truman publicly announces support for development of
Hydogen bomb
1955
RCA
demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
1958
James
van Allen discovers radiation belt
1958
US
launches their 1st artificial satellite, Explorer 1
1961
Ham
the chimpanzee is 1st primate in space (158 miles) aboard Mercury/Redstone 2
1968
Viet
Cong Tet offensive begins
1975
Barry
Manilow's "Mandy" goes gold
1976
3rd
American Music Awards: Olivia Newton-John & John
Denver win
1988
Super
Bowl XXII: Wash Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in San Diego Super Bowl
MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB
1990
The
first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow, USSR.
1995
President Bill
Clinton authorizes a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy.
1999
Super
Bowl XXXIII: Denver Broncos beats Atlanta Falcons 34-19 at Pro Player Stadium,
Miami, John Elway MVP
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1747
The
first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
1901
Chekhov's
"Three Sisters" opens at Moscow Art Theater
1905
1st
automobile to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach
1906
Strongest
instrumentally recorded earthquake, Colombia, 8.6 Richter
1915
1st
(German) poison gas attack, against Russians
1918
A
series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of
two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five
British warships.
1929
Leon
Trotsky expelled from Russia to Turkey
1968
Nauru
(formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia
1982
10
Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman
2001
In
the Netherlands a Scottish court convicts a Libyan and acquits another for
their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which crashed into Lockerbie,
Scotland in 1988.
2009
In
Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil
spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket
in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
2010
98th
Men's Australian Open: Roger Federer beats Andy Murray (6-3, 6-4, 7-6)
2010
98th
Women's Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Justine Henin (6-4,
3-6, 6-2) 2015 Lydia Ko at 17, becomes the youngest golfer in
men's or women's golf history to be ranked No. 1 in the world
2015
103rd
Women's Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova (6-3,
7-6)
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♫ Birthdays Today ♫
How many can you identify? Answers below in Birthdays Today
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My Rambling Thoughts
The anticipated storm has grown to 14”
expected. The wind is sure blowing in something. Not a cold wind yet, but 50mph
gusts make moving around outside a little dicey. Had nothing to do away from
home, so spent much of the day on Netflix. Enjoyable.
I guess being ‘the first’ means something to
Iowa. They start the real presidential race…the one we have been listening to
ever since Obama took his oath of office for his second term. Nothing against
Iowa…my maternal grandparents lived there, I have friends from there, and my
brother lived there for a while. I am however exasperated the wall to wall
coverage of their caucus, interviews of who will or will not go and why. Let
them spend their day at the caucus and let the news cycle tell us who each
party in Iowa wants on the ballot. Until then, let us know what is going on
throughout the planet.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Kids
Language brain teasers
are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and
manipulate words and letters.
Using real names to make common
words/phrases, name the offspring: (the first one is free!)
1. Mr and Mrs Voyant - Clare (as in Clairvoyant)
2. Mr and Mrs Tress
3. Mr and Mrs Nasium
4. Mr and Mrs Tate
5. Mr and Mrs Anthemum
6. Mr and Mrs Mander
7. Mr and Mrs Mite
8. Mr and Mrs Time
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…Business Facts…
In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods
reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and
set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
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…Grammar Craziness…
The English language includes an
interesting category of words and phrases called contronyms— terms that,
depending on context, can have opposite or contradictory meanings.
32. Let: Allowed, or
hindered
33. Liege: A feudal lord, or a vassal
34. Literally: Actually, or virtually
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…Hard to Believe…
13. Oxford University is older
than the Aztec Empire.
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…Harper’s Index…
40,000-Minimum number of women who are
arrested or beaten in Sudan each year for breaking public decency laws
44-of people living in Israel
68-in the US
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…Instagram Photo of the
Day…
natgeoPhoto by @stephsinclairpix / @tooyoungtowed ...
Seleno and Mary, both 11, practice making photographs of each other during our
workshop. Along with being a National Geographic photographer, I run the
nonprofit @tooyoungtoweddedicated
to protecting girls' rights and ending child marriage worldwide. We are in#Samburu County, #Kenya - where
child marriage is prevalent - to teach our first Adolescent Girls Photography
Workshop in collaboration with the Samburu Girls Foundation (SGF),
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2 jokes for the day
After having failed his exam in
Logistics and Organization, a student goes and confronts his lecturer about it.
Student, “Sir, do you really understand anything about the subject?”
Professor, “Surely I must. Otherwise I would not be a professor!”
Student, “Great, well then I would like to ask you a question. If you can give
me the correct answer, I will accept my mark as is and go. If you however do
not know the answer, I want you give me an ‘A’ for the exam.”
Professor, “Okay, it’s a deal. So what is the question?”
Student: “What is legal, but not logical, logical, but not legal, and neither
logical, nor legal?”
Even after some long and hard consideration, the professor cannot give the
student an answer, and therefore changes his exam mark into an ‘A’, as agreed.
Afterwards, the professor calls on his best student and asks him the same question.
He immediately answers, “Sir, you are 63 years old and married to a 35 year old
woman, which is legal, but not logical. Your wife has a 25 year old lover,
which is logical, but not legal. The fact that you have given your wife’s lover
an ‘A’, although he really should have failed, is neither legal, nor logical.
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A policeman pulled over a car,
walked up to the driver’s window, and asked the man if he knew why he was
pulled over. “No,” the man replied.
“You failed to stop at the stop sign,” the cop explained.
"But I did slow down!” the guy argued.
The cop shook his head. “You are required to stop. That’s why they’re called
stop signs.”
The man started to get belligerent. “Stop, slow down – what’s the difference?”
The cop pulled out his baton. “I can show you. I’m going to start hitting you
with my baton. You tell me if you want me to stop or slow down.
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Yep, It Really Happened
There Is a Time and Place for
Porn--Traffic is Not It
Police in Michigan, were called to a single
vehicle accident and found the driver without pants. Police said that the
58-year-old man died after his car crashed and rolled over on the ramp from the
Lodge to I-75. Police discovered that the driver was watching adult videos
while driving his car. The preliminary investigation revealed that the driver
of the car was not wearing his seatbelt or his pants when he lost control of
the car. He was partially ejected through the sunroof and died at the scene.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
95- Carol
Channing,
Wash,
actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hello Dolly)
(90) Stewart
L Udall,
St
Johns Ariz, US Secretary of Interior (d.2010)
89- Lorraine
Warren,
Monroe
Connecticut, American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting)
(84) Norman
Mailer,
Long
Branch NJ, NYC mayoral candidate/novelist (Naked & the Dead), (d. 2007)
(81) John
Agar,
actor
(Fort Apache, Sands of Iwo Jima), born in Chicago, Illinois(d.2002)
(78) Garry
Moore, [Thomas Garrison Morfit],
Balt,
host (I've Got a Secret) (d.1993)
(75) Henri
Desgrange,
Founder
of the Tour-de-France (d. 1940)
(72) Eddie
Cantor,
comedian
(Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), born in NYC, New York (d.1964)
(70) Suzanne
Pleshette,
actress
(Birds, Emily-Bob Newhart Show), born in NYC, New York (d.2008)
69- Nolan
Ryan,
Refugio
Texas, MLB pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros) (7 no-hitters, 5,714 Ks)
(67) Zane
Grey,
American
West novelist (Riders of the Purple Sage) (d.1939)
(66) Tallulah
Bankhead,
Huntsville
Ala, actress (Lifeboat, Die Die Darling)
(d.1968)
(57) James
Franciscus,
Clayton
Mo, actor (Mr Novak, Longstreet, Hunter) (d1991)
56 Anthony
LaPaglia,
actor
(Murder One)
(53) Jackie
Robinson,
Ga,
1st African American major league baseball player (Dodgers) (d.1972)
(49) Anna
Pavlova,
Russian
ballerina/choreographer, born in St Petersburg, (d. 1931)
46- Minnie
Driver,
British
actress and singer-songwriter (Good Will Hunting, The Riches), born in London,
England
43- Portia
de Rossi,
Australian
actress
(38) Mario
Lanza,
Phila,
actor/singer (Great Caruso, Toast of New Orleans) (d.1959)
35- Justin
Timberlake,
singer-songwriter
(Sexyback, My Love), born in Memphis, Tennessee
(31) Franz
Peter Schubert,
Lichtenthal
Austria, composer (Unfinished Symphony) (d.1828)
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Historical Obits Today
@100-1967 Chief
Thundercloud, German Character actor (probably no Native blood)
@91-1974 Samuel
Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM)
@74-1956 A.A.
Milne, English author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
@67-1788 [Bonnie
Prince Charlie] Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, stroke
@57-2012 mike
Kelley, American artist, commits suicide
@35-1606 Guy
Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed
@25-1945 Eddie
Slovik, 1st US executed for desertion since Civil War
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Brain Teasers Answers
2. Matt
3. Jim
4. Dick
5. Chris
6. Sally
7. Dinah
8. Justin
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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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