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4.6.16 Week: 14 \ Day: 97
April Averages: 58°\27°
86004 Today: H 65° \ L 29° Average
Sky Cover: 70%
Wind ave: 3mph\Gusts: 9mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 75°[1989] Record Low: 4°[1922]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
Army Day Link
Charlie the Tuna Day Link
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
Hostess Twinkie Day Link
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Link
Child help National Day of Hope
National Student Athlete
Day Link
New Beers Eve Link
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
Teflon Day
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints Day
Whole Grain Sampling Day
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Observances This Week
1-7
APAWS Pooper Scooper Week
Golden Rule Week Link
Laugh at Work Week
Medication Safety Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (aka Get A Grip Day!) Link
2-10
3-9
Bat Appreciation Week
National Blue Ribbon Week Link (Child Abuse)
National Public Health Week
National Window Safety Week
Week of The Ocean
4-10
Explore Your Career Options
Hate Week
The Masters Tournament
National Youth Violence Prevention Week Link
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1830 Joseph
Smith & 5 others organizes Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY
1860 Joseph
Smith III, creates the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
by reorganizing the previous church organized by his father, Joseph Smith, Jr.
1869 1st
plastic, Celluloid, patented
film for the
first time
1909 1st
credit union forms in US
1912 Electric
starter 1st appeared in cars
1914 American
Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded
1924 4
planes leave Seattle on 1st successful around-the-world flight
1930 Hostess
Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
1938 Teflon
invented by Roy J. Plunkett
1947 1st
Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win for
theatrical achievements
1954 TV
Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
1980 Post
It Notes, introduced
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
610 Lailat-ul Qadar, night koran
descended to Earth
774 Charles the Great
(Charlemagne) confirmed the gift to the Pope of the territories belonging to
Ravenna made by his father Pepin the Short at Quiercy-sur-Loire in 753
1320 The
Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
1652 Cape
Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East
India Company under John of Riebeeck
1722 Peter
the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards
1782 Rama
I succeeds King Taksin of Siam (modern day Thailand), who is overthrown in a
coup d'état.
1843 William
Wordsworth is appointed British Poet Laureate by Queen Victoria
1886 City
of Vancouver BC incorporated
1889 George
Eastman begins selling his Kodak flexible rolled
1896 1st
modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly,
wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history
1941 Italian
held Addis Ababa surrenders to British & Ethiopian forces
1954
- The Flags & Emblems Act legislates against interference with the Union
Jack, effectively prohibiting display of the tricolor in Northern Ireland
1986 Soccer ball juggled non-stop for
14:14 hrs
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My Rambling Thoughts
Warmest day so far, nice!
Good day to do some running around. Found what
I needed.
Hard to keep up with the news…everyday seems
to be a ‘game changing’ primary for at least one candidate. Maybe they should
just move the conventions up to May, let all the state party elections take
place by then, pick the candidate and see who is running. Guess I’m just easily
bored.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Sherlock Holmes
Mystery teasers are
little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given
clues.
Difficulty 1.4/4
One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was
in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing
through his window, breaking it.
Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood
kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark
Crimson and Paul Crimson.
The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read "? Crimson. He broke
your window."
Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the
incident?
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…Harper’s Index…
1 in 5-Chance that
a US man stole something as a teenager.
1 in 10-That a US
woman did
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
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2 jokes for the day
Husband... "Oh the weather is lovely today. Shall we go out for a quick
jog?“
Wife... “Hahaha, I love the way you pronounce ‘Shall we go out and have a
cake’!”
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Girl: "What jersey should I
buy?"
Guy: "Buy a goalie's jersey!"
Girl: "Why?"
Guy: "So I can tell people my girlfriend's a keeper."
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Ways to Spot an
American Abroad
Loudness
Whether it's a question of day-to-day
conversational volume, or shouting across a room to get someone's attention,
Americans haven't quite nailed the "inside voice" thing just yet. If
the accent you speak with doesn't give you away, your volume will.
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Birthdays Today
“( )” indicates age at death
(89) Lowell Thomas,
Woodington Ohio, newscaster
(High Adventure) (d.1981)
88- James Watson,
Chicago, American chemist
(co-discovered structure of DNA)
87- Andre Previn,
Berlin, conductor (London
Symphony)/pianist
79- Billy Dee Williams,
NYC, Harlem actor (Chiefs,
Empire Strikes Back)
79- Merle Haggard,
Bakersfield, country singer
(Death Valley Days)
78- Roy Thinnes,
Chicago, actor (Invaders,
Falcon Crest, Gen Hospital)
74- Barry Levinson,
Baltimore, director
(Rainman)
69- John Ratzenberger,
Bridgeport, Cn, actor
(Cliff Clavin-Cheers)
64- Marilu Henner,
Chicago, actress (Taxi, Man
Who Loved Women, Eve Shade)
(63) James Mill,
Scotland, philosopher/historian
(Hist of British India) (d.1836)
47- Paul Rudd,
Passaic, NJ, American actor
(Clueless, The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
41- Zach Braff,
South Orange, NJ, American
actor (Dr. John Dorian-Scrubs)
40- Candace H Cameron
Bure,
actress (DJ Tanner-Full
House)
(37) Raphael Sanzio,
Urbino, Marche, Italy, Italian
painter and master builder (Madonna Sistina and School of Athens) (d. 1520)
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Historical Obits Today
@93-2014 Mickey
Rooney,
American Emmy award-winning
actor (Boys Town, The Black Stallion)
@92-1996 Greer Garson,
actress (Goodbye Mr Chips)
@88-2015 James Best
[Jewel Franklin Guy],
American actor (The Dukes
of Hazzard, Sounder)
@88-1971 Igor
Stravinsky,
Russian composer (Le Sacre
du Printemps)
@87-1975 Chiang
Kai-shek,
Nationalist Chinese leader
@72-1992 Isaac Asimov,
Sci-Fi author (I Robot), kidney
failure
@64-2010 Wilma
Mankiller,
Native-American activist,
chief of the Cherokee Nation, cancer
@55-1998 Tammy Wynette,
American country singer, blood
clot
@41-1199 Richard I,
the Lion-hearted, King of
England (1189-99)
@37-1520 Raphael [Sanzio],
artist (Sistine Madonna),
on his birthday
@17-1968 Bobby Hutton,
US Black Panther leader,
shot
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Brain Teasers Answers
Mark Crimson
"?" = question MARK, so the note on the door reads "Question
Mark Crimson. He broke your window."
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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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