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7.18.16
Week: 29 \ Day: 201
July
Averages: 81°\51°
86004
Today: H 88° \ L 60°
Average Sky Cover: 75%
Wind
ave: 5mph\Gusts: 15mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record
High: 92°[1989]
Record Low: 34°[1987]
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Quote
of the Day
Obstacles are those
frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford
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Observances
Today
Anne
Hutchinson Memorial Day
Flitch Day Link
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National
Liberation Day (Nicaragua)
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Observances
This Week
Rabbit
Week: 15-21
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Captive
Nations Week: 17-23
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 17-23 Link
National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 17-23 Link
National Zoo Keeper Week: 17-23 Link
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National
Independent Retailers Week: 18-24 Link
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
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US
Historical Highlights for Today
1692 5 more
people are hanged for witchcraft (20 in all) in Salem Mass
1845 Fire
in NYC destroys 1,000 homes & kills many
1848 1st
US women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organised
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott
1880 SF
Public Library starts lending books
1912 A
meteorite of estimated 190kg mass explodes over Holbrook in Navajo County,
Arizona, causing approximately 16,000 pieces of debris to rain down on the
town.
1913 Billboard
publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers among Popular
Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is #1
1930 Admiral
Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould, and their polar expedition team
return to the United States following the first exploration of the interior of
Antarctica
1941 1st
US Army flying school for black cadets dedicated (Tuskegee Ala)
1967 1st
air conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
1982 1st
Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Wash DC
1991 Cal
Ripken plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
2007 The
first episode of "Mad Men" debuts. Jon Hamm stars as Don
Draper
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World
Historical Highlights for Today
1553 15-year-old
Lady Jane Grey deposed as England's Queen after 9 days
1595 Astronomer Johannes
Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of
the universe
1760 The
formal request to found the later city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is filed by its
founders.
1903 1st
Tour de France won by Maurice Garin of France
1941 BBC
World Service begins playing V(ictory) ("...-" in Morse code)
(opening of Beethoven's 5th symphony)
1952 15th
modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland
2015 World
Health Organization puts world's Ebola death toll at 11,284
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My
Rambling Thoughts
Another week begins and it
looks like and smells like the monsoon may return today. Hoping!
So the hoopla begins in Cleveland.
When you don’t really have the support of your party I guess the smart thing to
do is call in the family. Hmmm. Says much about the state of the GOP. I hope we
make the week with no violence there. I am still in awe of the many supporters
of Trump who don’t agree with his statements, but continue to support him.
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Brain
Teasers
(answers at the end of
post)
VAD ERS
Rebus
brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent
common phrases.
What does this mean?
VAD ERS
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Today’s
Trivia Hive
(answers at the end of
post)
Who was the first
presidential candidate who lost by popular vote yet won the election?
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…Harper’s
Index…
8
–
Number of historians employed by Wells
Fargo to teach investors about the origins of their family wealth
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2
jokes for the day
Sometimes...
Sometimes... when you
cry... no one sees your tears ...
Sometimes... when you are worried... no one sees your pain...
Sometimes... when you are happy... no one sees your smile...
But fart just one time...
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Throwing Peanuts
Three men appear in
court, on charges of drunk and disorderly conduct in a public park. The judge
asks the first defendant, "What were you doing?"
"Oh, just throwing peanuts in the pond."
The judge asks the second gentleman, "And what were you doing?"
"I was throwing peanuts in the pond, too."
"Sounds harmless," says the judge. He turns to the third person,
"And you, were you throwing peanuts in the pond as well?"
"No, sir. I AM Peanuts!"
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Somewhat
Useless Information
Traite Des Arbres Fruitiers
The "Treatise on Fruit Trees" is a five volume set written in 1750.
It contains illustrations and descriptions of sixteen different varieties of
fruit trees. With a 2006 purchase price of $4.5 million, it has the distinction
of being the most expensive book about fruit trees ever sold.
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The Gutenberg Bible
There are 48 Gutenberg Bibles left of
the original 180 believed to have been produced. They were printed in 1456 and
were the first books produced with moveable type. A copy sold in 1987 for $4.9
million at Christie's New York.
First Folio
This book, a collection of William
Shakespeare's plays, was published after his death in 1623. Seven hundred and
fifty copies were published, but only 228 survived. Microsoft co-founder Paul
Allen purchased a copy for around $6.1 million in 2001.
The Canterbury Tales
There are only 12 known first edition
copies left since its publishing in 1477, and only one is in a private
collection. The book was originally purchased in 1776 and not sold again until
1998 with a purchase price of $7.5 million by Christie's of London.
Birds Of America
This three and a half foot tall book
depicts 400 life size North American bird species known to the Audubon Society
in the 19th century. Only 200 complete first editions were produced, and 120
exist today. In 2010, one was sold for $11.5 million, but a 2012 copy sold for
only $7.9 million.
The Gospels Of Henry The
Lion
Commissioned by Henry the Lion for the
alter of the Virgin Mary at Brunswick Cathedral, the German government
purchased this 266 page book in 1983 for $11.7 million.
The Codex Leicester
Da Vinci wasn't only an artist, but also
a scientist. This 72 page notebook is a handwritten journal chronicling his
thoughts on everything from fossils to what makes the moon glow. Microsoft
founder Bill Gates purchased the book for $30.8 million and had it scanned to
use as a screensaver for Windows 95.
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Birthdays
Today
“[ ]” indicates age at
death
[90] George McGovern,
(Sen-D-SD)/pres
candidate (D-1972), (d. 2012)
[84] Pat Hingle
[Martin Patterson],
American actor
(Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), born in Miami, Florida [d2009]
[83] Edgar Degas,
France,
impressionist painter, sculptor and artist [d1917]
75- Vikki Carr
[Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)],
singer (Let it Be
Him), born in El Paso, Texas
72- Commander Cody,
singer/pianist
(Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen)
[66] Lizzie Borden,
American woman
acquitted of the murder of her parents (gave her mother forty whacks), born in
Fall River, Massachusetts [d1927]
54- Anthony Edwards,
actor (It Takes
Two, Dr Greene-ER), born in Santa Barbara, California
[47] Samuel Colt,
American inventor
and industrialist (Colt 6 shot revolver), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d.
1862)
40- Benedict
Cumberbatch,
actor (12 Years a
Slave, Sherlock), born in London, England
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Historical
Obits Today
@100-2015 Van Alexander,
American composer
and band leader (A-Tisket, A-Tasket)
@86-2014 James Garner,
American actor
(Rockford Files, Bret Maverick)
@78-2009 Frank McCourt,
Irish-American
author. (Angela’s Ashes), cancer
@72-1990 Johnny Wayne,
comedian (Wayne
& Shuster), cancer
@61-1996 Lawrence Martin
Jenco,
priest, hostage, cancer
@40-1850 [Sarah] Margaret
Fuller Ossoli,
US
feminist/revolutionary, drowns in shipwreck
@28-1969 Mary Jo Kopechne,
in Ted Kennedy's
car, drowns
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Trivia
Hive Answers
John Quincy Adams
You may remember that day in 2000 when
the Dubya lost by popular vote and yet still managed to be President thanks to
the Electoral College. Al Gore wasn't too pleased and a recount was demanded.
It was a big deal but it definitely wasn't the first election of its kind. In
fact, before Y2K, it happened three other times! In 1888, Grover Cleveland won
the popular vote but lost the election to Benjamin Harrison. In 1876, Samuel
Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election when Rutherford B. Hayes got
185 electoral votes to his 184. And, in 1824, Andrew Jackson won the popular
vote but got less than 50% of the electoral votes, losing to John Quincy Adams.
Talk about a Star Spangled Bummer! Source: The History Channel
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Brain
Teasers Answers
Space Invaders
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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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