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6.25.16
Week: 25 \ Day: 177
June
Averages: 79°\41°
86004
Today: H 86° \ L 56°
Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind
ave: 6mph\Gusts: 17mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 95°[1970]
Record Low: 30°[1965]
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Quote
of the Day
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
Voltaire
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Observances
Today
ARRL (American Radio
Relay League) Field Day: 25-26 Link
Color TV Day (CBS)
Day of The Seafarer Link
Global Beatles Day Link
Great American Backyard
Campout
Victory Day-Pine Ridge, SD
•••
Independence Day (Mozambique-1975-from Portugal)
National Day (Bhutan)
National Day (Slovenia)
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Observances
This Week
○ 19-25
Animal Rights
Awareness Week Link
Carpenter Ant Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week Link
Old Time Fiddlers Week
Universal Father's Week Link
○ 20-26
Meet A Mate Week
○ 23-26
Watermelon Seed
Spitting Week
○ 24-26
North American Organic
Brewers Days
Water Ski Days
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1630 Fork
introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
1672 1st
recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
1788 Virginia
becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
1835 1st
building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
1867 1st
barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio
1868 FL,
AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1868 US
President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr
day
1876 Battle
of the Little Bighorn: 7th Cavalry under Lieutenant Colonel (sometime Brevet
Major General) George Armstrong Custer wiped out by Sioux and
Cheyenne, Custer killed
Col.George Custer will be
commanding Troops C,E,F,I, and L; Major Marcus Reno will have troops A,G, and
M. Captain Frederick Benteen will lead Troops H,D, and K. Captain Thomas
McDougall will guard the supply wagons with Troop B. The following soldiers
will receive Congressional Medals of Honor for actions during this battle today
and tomorrow at the Little Big Horn: Private Neil Bancroft, Company A; Pvt.
Abram B.Brant, Co. D; Pvt. Thomas J.Callen, Co. B; Sgt. Benjamin C.Criswell,
Co. B; Corporal Charles Cunningham, Co. B; Pvt. Frederick Deetline, Co. D; Sgt.
George Geiger, Co. H; Pvt. Theodore Goldin, Troop G; Pvt. David W.Harris, Co.
A; Pvt. William M.Harris, Co. D; Pvt. Henry Holden, Co. D; Sgt. Rufus
D.Hutchinson, Co. B; Blacksmith Henry Mechlin, Co. H; Sgt. Thomas Murray, Co.
B; Pvt. James Pym, Co. B; Sgt. Stanislaus Roy, Co. A; Pvt. George Scott, Co. D;
Pvt. Thomas Stivers, Co. D; Pvt. Peter Thompson, Co. C; Pvt. Frank Tolan, Co.
D; Saddler Otto Voit, Co. H; Sgt. Charles Welch, Co. D; Pvt. Charles Windolph,
Co. H.
1910 Mann
Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
1938 "A
Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1
1941 Fair Employment Practices Commission established
1957 "Jonathan
Winters Show" last airs on NBC-TV
1962 Supreme
Court rules NY school prayer unconstitutional
1967 Mohammed
Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years
1989 1st
US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
1996 "Independence
Day" directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Will Smith, Bill
Pullman and Jeff Goldblum premieres in Westwood, California
2014 The
US Supreme Court rules that police cannot examine the digital contents of a
cell phone without a court order
2015 Obamacare
subsidies in The Affordable Care Act preserved by US Supreme Court Ruling in
King v Burwell 6-3
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1976 The
Soweto Uprising in South Africa leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following
10 days of rioting
1991 Martina
Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
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My
Rambling Thoughts
My final
documents are in the mail for my trip to Barcelona/Paris.
Called the
Sleep Center and I will doing my sleep study tonight thanks to a cancellation.
Get ‘er done.
I certainly
have to wonder what the British vote will do. My radar is now on Scotland, who
recently voted to remain the UK and just voted to stay in the EU. And not to be
forgotten, the EU won the Peace Prize for so many decades without a war. To be
honest, I fear that it will give Trump a bump here in the US. This is a crazy
political time, and sadly, everything seems to be about immigration.
Lots of
people around the world are afraid of people who talk differently, dress
differently, and believe differently. Sadly, they also see any of these
difference as BAD. I grew up believing in the ‘melting pot’ where immigrants to
our country became part of the grey bubbling concoction. Thankfully, due to my
education, I learned about the ‘salad bowl’ theory. Each person brings a unique
flavor to the salad of America. Living in fear is not a good thing. Isolation
is not a good thing. There is a global economy and that is what runs the world.
Embrace the differences.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at
the end of post)
Dennis,
Nell, Edna...
Language
brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think
about and manipulate words and letters.
What is
unusual about this following long sentence?
Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane,
Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette,
Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette,
Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee,
Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel and Ellen sinned.
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…Harper’s
Index…
2 in 5-Chances
an American charged with Islamic state-related terrorism in the past 2 years
was a convert to Islam
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…Instagram
Photo of the Day…
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Yep,
It Really Happened
*--------------
Bounce House Flies ---------------*
A bounce
house took flight from a New York state family's yard and soared on the wind
until eventually colliding with some power lines. The rented bounce house was
being used for a birthday party at a Niagara County home when a gust of wind
carried the inflatable structure away while no children were inside, the
residents said. A video captured by the family shows the bounce house flying
high into the air. "Is everyone accounted for?" a woman's voice asks
in the video as the bounce house soars overhead. The bounce house can then be
seen flying toward some power lines and a transmission tower. "It's going
to hit the power lines!" a man's voice says. The man proves correct, and
the bounce house strikes the power lines, setting off a flurry of sparks. The
National Grid said workers removed the bounce house Saturday. A spokesman said
power was temporarily shut off to protect the workers. Michael Gersitz, owner of
Party in Buffalo Bounce House Rentals, said the bounce house likely was not
adequately anchored.
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Last night
the people of Great Britain made the historic vote to leave the European Union.
Whether Britain's exit will spell disaster for Britain or the EU will be
decided in the next few years. But the EU still has 28 (or 27 now) member
states and a history going back 64 years.
***
After World
War II, European integration was seen as an antidote to the extreme nationalism
which had devastated the continent. The 1948 Hague Congress was a pivotal
moment in European federal history, as it led to the creation of the European
Movement International and of the College of Europe, where Europe's future
leaders would live and study together.
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1952 saw the
creation of the European Coal and Steel Community, which was declared to be
"a first step in the federation of Europe."
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In 1957,
Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany signed the
Treaty of Rome, which created the European Economic Community (EEC) and
established a customs union.
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Through the
1960s, tensions began to show, with France seeking to limit supranational
power. Nevertheless, in 1965 an agreement was reached and on 1 July 1967 the
Merger Treaty created a single set of institutions for the three communities,
which were collectively referred to as the European Communities.
***
The European
Union was formally established when the Maastricht Treaty came into force on 1
November 1993. The treaty also gave the name European Community to the EEC,
even if it was referred as such before the treaty.
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In 2002,
euro banknotes and coins replaced national currencies in 12 of the member
states. Since then, the eurozone has increased to encompass 19 countries.
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Birthdays
Today
“( )”
indicates age at death
91- June
Lockhart,
actress
(Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction), born in NYC, New York
71- Carly
Simon,
singer
(Anticipation, You're So Vain), born in NYC, New York
55- Ricky
Gervais,
English
actor and comedian (The Office), born in Reading, England
53- George
Michael [Panos],
British
rock vocalist (Wham-I Want Your Sex), born in London, England
[46] George
Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair],
Bihar,
British writer (Animal Farm, 1984), born in Motihari, British India (d. 1950)
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Historical
Obits Today
@93-2015 Patrick
Macnee,
British
actor (John Steed - The Avengers)
@87-2003 Lester
Maddox,
American
businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia
@87-1997 Jacques
Cousteau, French oceanographer
@78-1995 Warren
Earl Burger,
Supreme
Court Justice, heart failure
@66-1976 Johnny
Mercer,
US
songwriter (That old Black Magic), brain tumor
@62-2009 Farrah
Fawcett,
American
actress and pop culture figure, cancer
@50-2009 Michael
Jackson,
American
recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller,
Dangerous), cardiac arrest
@36-1876 George
Armstrong Custer,
US
General, Battle of Little Bighorn
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Answer
It is one
long palindrome!
A palindrome
is something that can be read the same backwards and forwards.
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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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