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2.21.16
Week: 08 \ Day: 52
February Averages: 46°\19°
86004 Today: H 63° \ L 29° Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts: 17mph
Record High:
60°[1955] Ave. Record Low: -9°[1955]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Daytona
500
International
Mother Language Day
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Observances This Week
14-21
National Condom Week Link
National Nestbox Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's &
Dementia Staff Education Week
18-21 American Birkenbreiner Race
20-27 National Entrepreneurship Week Link
21-27 Bird Health Awareness WeekLink
Brotherhood / Sisterhood Week
Link
Build A Better Trade Show Image
Week
National Date (fruit) Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness
Week
National Engineers Week
National FFA Week Link
National Invasive Species Awareness
Week Link
National Justice for Animals
Week Link
National Pancake Week
(Bisquick)
Through With The Chew Link
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1792
US
Congress passes Presidential Succession Act
1828
1st
American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix", published
1857
Congress
outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US
1858
Edwin
T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Mass)
1861
Navaho
indians elect Herrero Grande as chief
1866
Lucy
B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st US woman to earn a DDS degree
World's
1st telephone directory issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut)
1887
1st
US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
1887
Oregon
becomes 1st US state to make Labor Day a holiday
1904
National
Ski Association forms in Ishpeming Mich
1911
Comanche
Chief Quanah Parker dies. He is eventually buried at Fort Sill, in
south-central Oklahoma. His headstone reads, "resting here until day
breaks and darkness disappears is Quanah Parker, the last Chief of the
Comanches. Died Feb.21,1911, age sixty-four years."
1915
World's
Fair in SF opens
1918
The
last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
1925
1st
issue of "New Yorker" magazine published
1931
Alka
Seltzer introduced
1947
1st
instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land
1952
Dick
Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition
1953
Francis
Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
1965
Rights
activist Malcolm X is shot dead by Nation of Islam followers at
Audubon Ballroom in New York City
1972
Richard
Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China
1975
Watergate
figures John Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman & John D Ehrlichman sentenced to 2½-8
yrs for conspiracy and obstruction of justice
1986
AIDS
patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School
Televangelist
Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
Bill
Maher's political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" debuts on HBO
2014
US
President Barack Obama meets with the Dalai Lama
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World Historical Highlights for Today
1173
Pope
Alexander III canonizes Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
1431
Joan
of Arc's first day of interrogation during her trial for heresy
1746
Jacobite
Rising- British forces surrender Inverness Castle to Bonnie Prince Charlie and
the Jacobite forces
1901
In
Cuba, the constitutional delegates adopt a constitution much like that of the
USA
1922
Great
Britain grants Egypt independence
1922
Irish
Nationalist Eamon De Valera calls a convention of the Sinn Fein, declaring the
Republican Government the only legitimate one in all Ireland
1952
Bangladesh
Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)
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My Rambling Thoughts
A very cool phone call today. My upcoming
cruise has been discounted about $500. Nice. Also found out that others like
the Focus Travel Club website. Glad to hear that, too. Can’t wait to get to
Denver for Focus Travel Club annual meeting.
Another great weather day here…hard to believe
it is still February… it is much more like April or May.
Stopped to pick up a script at Walgreens and a
cute little girl and her mother were selling Girl Scout Cookies. I got 2 boxes
of Thin Mints and gave her a nice tip too. Love them those Thin Mints.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Word Swap #7
Language brain teasers
are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and
manipulate words and letters.
The following sentences have two
blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other.
Please find those words.
1. Mark's math __________ was a mild-mannered man. But one thing he would not
tolerate was a __________. He would immediately fail anyone caught doing so.
2. The patient __________ his pain through physical therapy. He had seen enough
__________ surgeries to know that too many people elected surgery when they
shouldn't have.
3. After a long and successful career of serving his country, the nation was in
shock as the highly regarded __________ was arrested and tried for __________.
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…Business Facts…
Steve Jobs' annual salary was $1,
just enough to keep company health benefits.
All 3 founders of Apple worked at
Atari before forming Apple.
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…Harper’s Index…
1/2-portion of the Americans under that age of
5 who are non-White
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…Mistaken History you learned in grade school…
Vikings had horns on their
helmets
Almost no images are as ingrained as
the bloodthirsty Viking raider with his axe and horned helmet terrorizing an
English seaside village. This romanticized image of the Viking actually comes
from the 19th century when composer Richard Wagner used Vikings in horned
helmets as central characters in his opera "Der Ring des Nibelungen."
The image became synonymous, and a myth was born. In reality, having horns on
your helmet is a terrible idea since it is something for an opponent to use
against you in combat.
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…Secret Societies…
Ordo Templi Orientis:
Founded in the early 20th century by an Austrian chemist. O.T.O's most known
member is Aleister Crowley, the famed English occulitist. Crowley revamped the
masonic group to focus on a religion he created called Thelema. Thelemites
believe that our existence is a product of the relationship between the
space-time continuum and the principle of life and wisdom. To become a member,
you must go through a series of rituals and initiations.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
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2 jokes for the day
Shakey went to a psychiatrist.
"Doc," he said, "I've got trouble. Every time I get into bed, I
think there's somebody under it. I get under the bed, I think there's somebody
on top of it. Top, under, top, under. You gotta help me, I'm going crazy!"
"Let me take care of it," said the shrink. "Come to me three
times a week, and I'll cure your fears."
"How much do you charge?"
"A hundred dollars per visit."
"I'll sleep on it," said Shakey.
Six months later the doctor met Shakey on the street. "Why didn't you ever
come to see me again?" asked the psychiatrist.
"For a hundred bucks a visit? A bartender cured me for ten dollars."
"Is that so! How?"
"He told me to cut the legs off the bed!"
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Teacher: Why are you late, John?
John: Because of the sign down the road.
Teacher: What does sign have to do with you being late?
John: The sign said 'School Ahead, Go SLOW!'
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Yep, It Really Happened
Clumsy Criminal Crashed Through
Ceiling of Popeyes
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Authorities in Florida
said a man who fell through the ceiling of a Popeye’s eatery was able to open a
safe after hours of prying and striking. The Jacksonville County Sheriff's
Office shared video of the clumsy crook falling from the ceiling of the Popeye’s
Louisiana Kitchen in Jacksonville and ending up on his backside. The man does
not appear seriously injured and spends "several hours" prying and
striking his way into the eatery's safe. The post said the man was eventually
able to open the safe and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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Birthdays Today
“()” indicates age at death
(76) Rue
McClanahan,
Healdton
Oklahoma, actress (Maude, Golden Girls) (d.2010)
(73) Anaïs
Nin (Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell),
French
writer (d. 1977)
(70) Nina
Simone, [Eunice Waymon],
Tyron
NC, vocalist/pianist (Porgy) (d.2003)
70- Tyne
Daly,
Madison
Wisc, actress (Cagney & Lacey, Angel Unchained)
(69) Erma
Bombeck,
Dayton
Ohio, humorist (Grass is Always Greener...) (d.1996)
(69) Alan
Rickman,
actor
(Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Harry Potter) (d.2016)
(67) Otto
Hermann Kahn,
Banker,
organized Metropolitan Opera Co (d.1934)
(59) Sam
Peckinpah,
Fresno,
CA, film director (Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs) (d.1984)
58- Mary-Chapin
Carpenter,
Princeton
NJ, country vocalist (This Shirt)
52- Scott
Kelly, Orange,
New
Jersey American astronaut
(50) Charles
Scribner,
US,
music publisher (Scribner Catalog) (d.1871)
37- Jennifer
Love Hewitt,
actress
(Sarah Reeves-Party of Five) 29- Ellen Page, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Canadian actress ("Juno")
27- Corbin
Bleu,
American
actor and singer-DWTS
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Historical Obits Today
@86-1919 Mary
Edwards Walker,
American
surgeon and feminist, only woman awarded Medal of Honor (US Civil War)
@42-1437 King James
I of Scotland
assassinated
@39-1965 Malcolm
X [Little],
African
American human rights activist and Muslim minister, assassinated
@32-1976
Florence Ballard,
rocker
(Supremes), heart attack
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Brain Teasers Answers
1. teacher, cheater
2. lessened, needless
3. Senator, treason
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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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