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2.18.16
Week: 07 \ Day: 49
February Averages: 46°\19°
86004 Today: H 62° \ L 28° Average Sky Cover: 10%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts:
19mph
Ave. High: 46°
Record High: 66°[1996] Ave. Low: 19° Record Low: -8°[1956]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
National
Battery Day (Volta's
birthday)
Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day
Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day Link
The Great American Spit Out Link
National Drink Wine Day Link
National Hate Florida Day Link
Pluto Day (Planet is Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh)
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Observances This Week
14-20-Random
Acts of Kindness Week Link
International Flirting Week
Love a Mensch Week
14-21-National
Condom Week Link
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's &
Dementia Staff Education Week
18-20-The Simplot Games Link
18-21-American Birkenbreiner Race
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1685
Fort
St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis
for France's claim to Texas.
1688
Quakers
conduct 1st formal protest of slavery in Germantown, Pa
1834
1st
US labor newspaper, "The Man", published, NYC
1856
The
American Party (Know-Nothings) convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate
its first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore.
1861
Confederate
President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery, Alabama (US
Civil War)
1885
Mark
Twain publishes the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in the US
1908
1st
US postage stamps in rolls issued
1908
The
American ambassador to Japan is given a note by the Japanese in which they
agree to restrict Japanese emigration to the US; this becomes known as the
'Gentlemen's Agreement'
1922
The
Capper-Volstead Act allows farmers to buy and sell co-operatively without the
risk of prosecution under antitrust laws
1929
The
first Academy Awards are announced.
1930
US
astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
1953
Premiere
of 1st 3-D feature film,"Bwana Devil" (NYC)
1954
The
first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California.
1960
8th
Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, California
1972
California
Supreme Court abolishes death penalty
1973
54-kg
octopus measuring 7m across captured in Hood Canal, Wash
1977
Kiss
play their first concert in Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1978
1st
Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii
1994
Dan
Jansen skates world record 1000m (1:12.43)
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1129
Jerusalem
re-taken by Christians in peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II
and Egyptian ruler Al-Kamil
1332
Amda
Seyon I, Emperor of Ethiopia begins his campaigns in the southern Muslim
provinces.
1503
Henry
Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)
1678
John
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is published in Holborn, London, by
Nathaniel Ponder
1745
Bonnie
Prince Charlie's troops occupy Inverness, Scotland
1804
1st
US land-grant college, Ohio University, Athens Ohio, chartered
1857
Chinese
residents in the fledging state of Sarawak rebel against the "White
Rajah" James Brooke
1876
Direct
telegraph link established between Britain & New Zealand
1879
Sculptor Frederic
Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of
Liberty
1896
Cave
of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for first time in 50 yrs
1902
Opera
"Hunchback of Notre Dame" premieres in Monte Carlo
1932
Sonja
Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title
1968
10th
Winter Olympic games close at Grenoble, France
1979
Snow
falls in Sahara Desert
2013
$50
million worth of diamond is stolen in an armed robbery at Brussels Airport,
Belgium
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My Rambling Thoughts
Another great spring like day…windows open to
let in the fresh air. Cooler temps are just around the corner with wind and
rain expected tomorrow.
Continued my quest for a sound bar for my TV.
I’ll find something I like soon.
Michigan is in the political news on NPR. Two
years ago they passed a law to set up a fund for firefighters who get work related
cancer. Stats were scary as to the number of firefighters who get various
cancers linked to running into those burning buildings. So last year the first
firefighter who was diagnosed with work related cancer applied for the
insurance he discovered that while the legislature did pass the bill, they did
not fund it. In the current budget it still isn’t funded. OK so Michigan is in
bad shape as the steel belt turned into the rust belt. And yes, they have huge
suits coming from Flint for trying to save money and instead, poisoned the
entire community with lead. For me the really sad part is that the firefighters
believed they would get help if they got work-related cancer and they won’t…and
that was a lie.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Rhyme Time II
Language brain teasers are those
that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words
and letters.
Answer the clues with a pair of
rhyming words.
(plump feline = fat cat)
1. Moby Dick fan letter
2. Stream cove
3. Medieval soldier competition
4. Extra couple
5. Metal drain plug
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…Business Facts…
The first Ronald McDonald was
Willard Scott in 1963.
In October 1997, when Internet
Explorer 4.0 was released, some Microsoft employees left a giant "From the
IE team... We Love You" on Netscape's lawn.
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…Hard to Believe…
29. If you take all the molecules in
a teaspoon of water and lined them up end to end in a single file line, they
would stretch ~30 billion miles.
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…Harper’s Index…
1.5-Factor by which the children of immigrants
to EU Nations are more likely than other EU Natives to be unemployed.
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…Mistaken History you learned in grade school…
Christopher Columbus
discovered America
Christopher Columbus is so well
remembered in America that he still has his own national holiday (Columbus Day
on October 12th), along with numerous universities and cities that bear his
name. What you might not know is that nearly 500 years before Columbus made his
way to the "New World," Norse explorers discovered and set up a
colony there. Around 1000 CE, Norse explorers venturing from their bases in
Greenland and Iceland discovered a rich new world full of plenty. After a few
years, they returned, named the land "Vinland" (literally Vineland),
and settled in for the long haul. Unfortunately (or fortunately), they didn't
last long, and Norse settlements were thought to be a myth until the 1960s when
evidence of a Norse settlement was discovered.
NOTE: This is talking about
Europeans ‘discovering’ the continent which was inhabited by millions.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
earthpix Budapest, Hungary lit up at night | Photo by @wonguy974
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2 jokes for the day
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The Lift -
As the bus stopped and it was her
turn to get on, she became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg
to come up to the height of the first step of the bus.
Slightly embarrassed and with a quick smile to the driver, she reached behind
her to unzip her skirt a little, thinking that this would give her enough slack
to raise her leg. She tried to take the step, but only to discover that she
couldn't.
With a little smile to the driver, she again reached behind to unzip a little
more and again was unable to take the step.
After becoming quite frustrated and embarrassed, she once again attempted to
unzip her skirt more in order to allow more leg room to get on the first step
of the bus.
About this time, a large Texan who was standing behind her picked her up easily
by the waist and placed her gently on the step of the bus,
She went ballistic and turned to the would-be Samaritan and yelled "How
dare you touch my body! I don't even know who you are!"
The Texan smiled and drawled "Well ma'am, normally I would agree with you
but after you unzipped my fly three times I kinda figured we were
friends."
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Yep, It Really Happened
Valentine's Balloons Knock Out Power
to 5,000
LOS ANGELES - A California utility company
said Valentine's Day balloons elicited emotions other than love when they
struck lines and knocked out electricity to 5,000 customers. Southern
California Edison said a bundle of runaway Mylar Valentine's Day balloons
collided with power lines in South Los Angeles Monday evening. "Metallic
balloons look harmless, but there's no way to overstate how dangerous they can
be when released outside," Paul Jeske, SoCal Edison's director of
corporate health and safety, said in a statement. The utility released a
warning prior to Valentine's Day asking customers to avoid releasing the
balloons outdoors or tying them to a person's wrist, as that poses an
electrocution risk.
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Somewhat Useless Information
The Grammy Awards
The award statues are made by
Billings Artworks in Ridgway, Colorado.
The Grammys were originally called the Gramophone Awards, hence the shape of
the statue.
Santana and Michael Jackson are tied for winning the most Grammy Awards in one
night. Santana won eight in 2000 and Jackson won eight in 1984.
Only six artists have won Record, Album and Song of the Year in one night: Paul
Simon in 1971, Carole King in 1972, Christopher Cross in 1981, Eric Clapton in
1993, The Dixie Chicks in 2007 and Adele in 2012.
Producer, arranger, composer and musician Quincy Jones has won the most Grammy
Awards with 79.
The Beach Boys didn't win a Grammy until 2013 when their album
"Smile" won for Best Historical Album.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
94-
Barbara Hale, actress (Della Street-Perry Mason)
91- George
Kennedy,
NYC,
actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight)
(90) Helen
Gurley Brown, Green Forest, Arkansas, American author/publisher and
editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan (d. 2012)
(87) Jack Palance, [Walter Palanuik],
Lattimer
Pa, actor (City Slickers) (d.2006)
83- Yoko
Ono Lennon, [Mrs John Lennon],
Tokyo
Japan, singer and artist
(82) Alessandro
Volta,
Como,
Italy, Italian physicist and inventor of the 1st battery, (d. 1827)
(79) Jacques
Cassini,
French
astronomer (rings of Saturn) (d.1756)
(74) George
Peabody,
South
Danvers Mass, merchant/philanthropist (d.1869)
(70) Bill
Cullen,
Pittsburg,
TV game show host (over 20 different games) (d.1990)
66- Cybill
Shepherd, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show), born in Memphis, Tennessee
64- Juice
Newton, [Judy Cohen], Virginia, vocalist (Angel of the Morning)
62- John
Travolta,
Englewood
NJ, actor (Welcome Back Kotter, Pulp Fiction)
59- Vanna
White, [Rosich],
N
Myrtle Beach SC, TV host (Wheel of Fortune)
(52) Wendell
Wilkie,
American
Presidential candidate (R-1940)/author (One World), (d. 1944)
52- Matt
Dillon,
New
Rochelle NY, actor (Flamingo Kid, Tex, Kansas)
51 Dr.
Dre, [Andre Romelle Young],
Compton,
California, American rapper and record producer
47- Molly
Ringwald,
Roseville
California, actress (16 Candles, Pretty in Pink)
(42) Mary
I Tudor, [Bloody Mary],
Greenwich,
queen of England (1553-58) (d.1558)
(25) George
"The Gipper" Gipp,
football
star (Notre Dame) (d.1920)
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Historical Obits Today
@88-1564 Michelangelo Buonarroti,
Italian
sculptor/painter (David)
@78-1294 Kublai
Khan,
Mongol
Emperor
@75-1906 John
Batterson Stetson,
American
manufacturer (b. 1830)
@72-1915 Frank
James,
American
outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang)
@71-1977 Andy
Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz],
actor
(Andy's Gang), leukemia
@62-1967 Robert
Oppenheimer,
creator
of atomic bomb, throat cancer
@62-1546 Martin
Luther,
biblical
scholar/religious reformer, stroke
@49-1957 Joseph
Hamilton,
American
Physician who was a pioneer of using radioactive isotopes in disease treatment
and diagnosis, dies of radiation induced leukemia
@49-2001 Dale
Earnhardt,
American
race car driver car crash at Daytona 500 race
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. Whale mail
2. Brook nook
3. Knight fight
4. Spare pair
5. Copper stopper
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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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