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9.12.16 Week: 37 \ Day: 256
September Averages: 74°\42°
86004 Today: H 78° \
L 48° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 10mph\Gusts: 25mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 88°[1990] Record Low: 25°[1985]
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Quote of the Day
We must build dikes of courage to
hold back the flood of fear.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Observances Today
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International Day for South-South Cooperation Link
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National Boss/Employee Exchange Day
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National Programmers Day Link
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World Maritime Day (Second Monday)
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Moon Festival (China)
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Observances This Week
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8-18 Link
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National North West Cider Week
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11-17
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Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week
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11-17
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National Assisted Living Week
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11-17 Link
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National Environmental Services Week
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11-17 Link
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National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
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11-17 (Second Full Week) Link
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International Housekeepers Week
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12-18 Link
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Balance Awareness Week
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12-17 (Starts 2nd Mon. thru Sat.)
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Line Dance Week
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1695 New
York Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
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1776 Nathan
Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission
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1907 Lusitania
arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)
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1910 United
States' 1st known female cop appointed, Alice Stebbins Wells by LAPD
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1928 Katharine
Hepburn's NY stage debut in "Night Hostess"
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1936 50th
U.S. Women's National Championship: Alice Marble beats Helen Jacobs
(4-6, 6-3, 6-2)
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1956 Black
students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school
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1958 US
Supreme Court orders Little Rock Ark high school to integrate
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1958 Jack
Kilby demonstrates his first integrated circuit (IC) to his supervisor
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1959 "Bonanza"
premieres on NBC-TV
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1978 Situation
comedy "Taxi" premieres on ABC television
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1992 Stefan
Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest
match in US Open history (5hr 26min)
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2001 Article
V of the NATO agreement is invoked for the first and only time in response to
the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States of America.
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World Historical Highlights for Today
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1624 1st
submarine publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I
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1759 British
soldiers capture the town of Quebec.
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1909 World's
first patent for synthetic rubber granted to German chemist Fritz Hofmann
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1910 Gustav
Mahler's 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians
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1920 7th
Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
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1933 Leó
Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives
idea of a nuclear chain reaction
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1940 4
teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover
17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings
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1978 Fidel
Castro visits Addis Abba
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1984 Ethiopia
forms socialist republic
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1997 The
UN passes a resolution allowing Iraq to reach the $2.14 billion oil sales
limit under its oil-for-food program
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2000 Holland
(the Netherlands) passes law allowing same-gender marriage, adoption and
divorce.
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My Rambling Thoughts
A
terrorist attack at the Notre Dame Cathedral was shocking. I was just there a
few weeks ago. The pictures on the internet were eerily familiar as I have pics
just like them on my phone. We did see a lot of armed security throughout
France, including the Cathedral. So glad
they were on duty and expecting anything. Due to security, or as we were told ‘traffic’,
our bus had to park a few blocks from the Cathedral and we walked…now I know
why…and it wasn’t ‘traffic’.
Today
would have been my mother’s 98th birthday. She made it to 89 and had
a good life and was positive and happy until the end. Miss her still.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Can
I be Both?
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs
answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
To
some I am considered a doctor,
and to many, my title is abbreviated.
I was also once a soldier who fought for many years.
After many battles, I have at last retired and have found other things to do.
Who am I?
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
What
is the name of the butler in The Addams Family?
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…Harper’s Index…
17 – Number of states that have imposed stricter
voting laws since the 2012 presidential election
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2 jokes for the day
Move
Along Folks
A
cop breaks up a fight by two invisible men.
As the crowd gathers, he shouts, "Move along, folks. There's nothing to
see here!"
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The
Thoughtful Waiter
A
waiter brings the customer the steak he ordered, with his thumb over the meat.
"Are you crazy?" yells the customer. "What's with your hand on
my steak?"
"Sorry," answers the waiter, "I don’t want it to fall on the
floor again."
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Yep, It Really Happened
*--------------
All In The Family --------------*
An
Oklahoma woman married two of her biological children over the course of eight
years. Police arrested Patricia Ann Spann and her daughter, Misty Velvet Dawn
Spann, for incest. The two had gotten married in Comanche County, Oklahoma,
earlier this year. Patricia Spann, 43, lost custody of Misty, 25, and two other
children when they were young. Patricia Spann told investigators she didn't
have contact with her kids until two years ago, but when she reunited with
Misty, she said they "hit it off." Court records show an annulment
between Patricia Spann and her son in 2010. The two had been married since
2008. Patricia Spann told officials that said she thought the marriage was OK
because her name wasn't on her daughter's birth certificate, according to an
affidavit. In Oklahoma, marrying a close relative is considered incest whether,
the relationship is sexual or not, and incest is a felony punishable by up to
10 years in prison.
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Birthdays Today
“[
]” indicates age at death
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[85] Desmond
Llewelyn,
Welsh actor-Q in James Bond movies (d.
1999)
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[84] Richard Jordan
Gatling,
US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)
[d-1903]
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[83] Maurice
Chevalier,
French actor and singer, "thank
heaven for little girls"
(Gigi), born in Paris [d-1972]
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[81] George Jones,
Saratoga Tx, singer (Golden Rings, Oh
Lonesome Me),
(d. 2013)
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76- Linda Gray,
actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas), born
in Santa Monica, Ca
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73- Maria Muldaur,
Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight
at the Oasis)
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72- Leonard
Peltier,
Imprisoned American Indian activist
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[66] Jesse Owens,
American track and field star who
spoiled Hitler's 1936
Olympics with 4 gold medals, born in
Oakville, Alabama (d.
1980)
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61- Peter Scolari,
New Rochelle New York, American actor
(Newhart, Bosom
Buddies)
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[58] Barry White,
singer (Love's Theme), born in
Galveston, Texas (d. 2003)
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[58] Irene Joliot-Curie,
physicist, (Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1935), born in Paris,
(d. 1956), daughter of Marie Curie
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[52] Frank McGee,
Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening
News) [d-1974]
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[50’s] Henry Hudson,
English navigator and explorer (Hudson
River), born in
England (d. 1611)
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49-
Louis CK,
comedian
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[40] Paul Walker,
American actor (The Fast and the
Furious), born in
Glendale, Ca [d-2013]
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35- Jennifer Hudson,
American actress and singer
(Dreamgirls), born in Chicago
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Historical Obits Today
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@77-1972 William Boyd,
cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), Parkinson’s
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@76-1993 Raymond Burr,
actor (Perry Mason), liver cancer
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@71-2003 Johnny Cash,
American singer and guitarist, diabetes,
broken heart
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@60-1992 Anthony
Perkins,
actor (Psycho), AIDs
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Brain Teasers Answers
I
am a Vet.
A Veterinary doctor is commonly referred to as a 'Vet'.
The retired soldier is usually referred to as a 'Vet' (taken from the word,
'veteran').
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Trivia Hive
Answers
Lurch
Ted
Cassidy, who played Lurch on The Addams Family was a towering 6 feet and 9
inches tall! The role of Lurch was intended to be mute but when the actor spoke
his first famous "You rang" line, that idea went out the window. Ted
Cassidy also played the role of "Thing" on the show, the hand without
a body who helped out with the Addams family. Now that is creepy AND its cooky!
Source: Biography
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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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