January 30, 2016

Jan 31

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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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