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5.20.16 Week: 20 \ Day: 141
May
Averages: 68°\34°
86004
Today: H 72° \ L 33° Average Sky Cover: 75%
Wind
ave: 5mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 81°[1920] Record Low: 20°[1970]
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Quote
of the Day
Great works are performed, not by
strength but by perseverance.
~Samuel
Johnson
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Observances
Today
Eliza Doolittle Day
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day Link
Endangered Species Day Link )
International Virtual Assistants Day
O. Henry Pun-off Day
NASCAR Day Link
National Defense Transportation Day
National Pizza Party Day Link
Weights & Measures Day
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day
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Observances
This Week
15-21
EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
Week Link
National Dog Bite Prevention Week
National Heritage Breeds Week Link
National Medical Transcription Week Link
National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Transportation Week
World Trade Week
16-22
American Craft Beer Week Link
International Coaching Week Link
National Bike to Work Week Link
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US Historical
Highlights for Today
1639 Dorchester Mass,
forms 1st school funded by local taxes
1830 D Hyde
patents fountain pen
1861 Cornerstone of
University of Washington laid in Seattle
1861 North
Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union
1862 US Homestead
Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American
West
1873 Levi
Strauss and Jacob Davis patent first blue jeans with copper rivets
1902 United States
withdraws its troops from Cuba as the first Cuban president, Tomas Estrada
Palma takes power
1916 Saturday
Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting
1926 Thomas
Edison says Americans prefer silent movies over talkies
1927 At 7:40
AM, Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic
for Paris, aboard Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight)
1930 University of
California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's
foot
1932 Amelia
Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic--takes off from
Newfoundland for Ireland on the anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's famous
flight; she lands near Londonderry/Derry and becomes the first woman to fly solo
across the Atlantic
1959 Ford wins
battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"
1959 Japanese-Americans
regain their citizenship
1967 10,000
demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1970 100,000 march
in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
1990 Hubble Space
Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space
1997 US President
Clinton signs an executive order barring new US investment in Burma (also
known as Myanmar), effective May 21 and renewable annually
2015 David
Letterman, after 33 years, hosts the "Late Show with David Letterman"
for the last time
2015 5 major world
banks (JPMorgan, Barclays, Citigroup, RBS and UBS) fined US$5.7bn for
manipulating currency markets - some of the largest ever fines
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
325 1st Christian
ecumenical council opens at Nicaea, Asia Minor
1293 Earthquake
strikes Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
1310 Shoes were
made for both right & left feet
1498 Portuguese
explorer Vasco da Gama arrives at Calicut, India - first European to
reach India by sea
1609 Shakespeare's
Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher
Thomas Thorpe.
1900 2nd modern
Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
1903 Britain's
House of Commons begins a debate on the charges of poor administration and ill
treatment of natives in Belgium's colony in the Congo Free State
1927 Saudi Arabia
becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jeddah)
1967 BBC bans the
Beatles' "A Day in the Life" because of drug references
1979 1st western
pop star to tour USSR-Elton John
1980 In a
referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism
1996 UN and Iraq
agree to Resolution 986, which provides Iraq with the opportunity to sell $1
billion of oil for 90 days for a 180-day trial period; proceeds from the sale
would be used for humanitarian purposes
2013 The Church of
Scotland votes to allow openly gay men and women to be ministers
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Weekly retirement group lunch went well. Good
conversation, nice to catch up. Cheryl’s grandson graduates after Labor Day so
she will be heading to CA.
Weather is good, looks like more rain for the
late afternoon.
Saddened to hear of the downed EgyptAir
flight. I have flown on EgyptAir and it is a good airline. Our group was at
opening day for the new Cairo airport and were treated to lots of extras as we
worked our way through the airport. Good times for sure. Thanks to Focus Travel
and to HLO Tours for great memories.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Sitting on a Cushion
on a Dock
Riddles are little poems
or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme,
but this is not a requirement.
Difficulty 1.86
What am I?
My first is in sound, but not in thunder.
My second is in noise, but not in poise.
My third is in outrage, but not in grater.
My fourth is in whimper, but not in whisper.
My fifth is in squash, but not in squelches.
My sixth is in mutter, but not in murmur.
My seventh is in gosh, but not in gasp.
My eighth is in yelp, but not in yell.
My ninth is in hoarse, but not in harsh.
My tenth is in eerie, but not in fairy.
My eleventh is in bliss, but not in bless.
My last is in splat, but not spilt.
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Birthdays
Today
“( )” indicates age at death
(89) William
Bradford, English-born colonial printer (Pennsylvania's first printing press)
(d. 1752)
(89) Jimmy
Stewart, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life),
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania (d. 1997)
(71) George
Gobel, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife), born in Chicago, Illinois (d.1991)
(70) Joe
Cocker, English rock vocalist (With a Little Help from My Friends), born in
Sheffield England, (d. 2014)
70- Cher
[Cherilyn Sarkisian], American singer and actress (I Got You Babe, Jack
Lalane, Mask), born in El Centro, California
(66) John
Stuart Mill, English philosopher, political economist and utilitarian, born in
London (d. 1873)
(66) Moshe
Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense (d.1981)
(63) William
George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo) (d.1881))
57- Bronson
Pinchot, actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop), born in NYC, New York
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Historical
Obits Today
@77-1993-
Max Klein, inventor (Paint by Numbers)
@75-1972 Walter
Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), cancer
@62-2012 Robin
Gibb, British singer song-writer, colon\liver cancer
@55-1506 Christopher
Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, influenza
@42-1989 Gilda
Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), cancer
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Brain
Teasers Answers
onomatopoeia
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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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