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9.6.16 Week: 36 \ Day: 250
September Averages: 74°\42°
86004 Today: H 75° \
L 41° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 8mph\Gusts: 19mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 87°[1977] Record Low: 33°[1985]
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Quote of the Day
A dream doesn’t become reality
through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
~Colin Powell
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Observances Today
Another
Look Unlimited Day
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Unification Day (Bulgaria-1885)
Defense of Pakistan Day (Pakistan-1965-Pak-India War II)
Independence Day (Swaziland-1968-from Britain)
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Observances This Week
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1-7
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International Enthusiasm Week
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1-7 (UNICEF-India) Link
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National Nutrition Week
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1-7 Link
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Self-University Week
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4-10 (First Week)
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National Waffle Week
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5-11 (First Full Week)
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Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week
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5-11 (Always has 10th in it)
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Suicide Prevention Week
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6-10 (Tues thru Sat after Labor Day)
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Play Days
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1620 The Mayflower
departs Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World
1628 Puritans from
Massachusetts Bay Colony land at Salem
1776 1st (failed)
submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat
"Eagle" in Bay of NY)
1839 Cherokee Nation
unites and ratifies constitution at Tahlequah, Oklahoma
1866 Frederick
Douglass is 1st US black delegate to a national convention1899 Carnation processes its 1st can of evaporated
milk
1901 US
President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist,
while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in New York
1916 1st true
supermarket, the "Piggly Wiggly" is opened by Clarence Saunders in
Memphis, Tennessee
1969 "Cabaret"
closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1166 performances
1975 Czech tennis
star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum in New York
City during the US Open
1980 100th Women's U.S.
Open: Chris Evert-Lloyd beats Hana Mandlikova (5-7, 6-1, 6-1)
1984 "Amadeus"
from the play by Peter Shaffer, directed by Milos Forman and starring Tom Hulce
premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1985)
2010 "The King's
Speech" directed by Tom Hooper starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey
Rush premieres at the Telluride Film Festival (Best Picture 2011)
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World Historical Highlights for Today
3114 BC Date
Maya/Mesoamerican Long Count Calendar starts dating from (as corresponds to the
Julian Calendar).
1776 Hurricane hits
Guadeloupe, killing more than 6,000.
1886 Queen Victoria establishes
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
1972 Summer Olympics
resume in Munich Germany after massacre
1983 USSR admits to
shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2
1994 - Prime Minister of
Dublin government meets with Sinn Fein President for the first time since the
ratification of the 1922 Anglo-Irish Treaty
1991 The name Saint
Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been renamed
Leningrad in 1924.
1997 Funeral of Diana,
Princess of Wales held at Westminster Abbey in London
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My Rambling Thoughts
Had
a good Labor Day. Broke my own rule to not go to stores that are open on a
National Holiday. I really needed a haircut…it has been 2 months…and tomorrow
is a very busy day. I went to the salon, got my haircut, and came home. My
belief is that if no one shops on National Holidays, then the stores will not
be open. Oops. This is the first time in over a decade that I have broken this
rule.
Weather
is beautiful, nice so sit on the deck and enjoy.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Harmless?
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia
in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Marvin
and Loren are exploring a forest in Queensland. They spotted a nice rainbow
earlier, and then decided to go see the wildlife near the river. Loren spots a
weird but harmless looking mammal and goes for a closer look. Marvin yells to
be careful because it is venomous. Loren laughs, thinking Marvin must be
joking. Unfortunately Loren gets too close and is stung in the hand. Loren
starts to cry out in pain. Marvin comes over to Loren to tell him how stupid he
is, but at least the venom is not lethal. What did Loren get stung by?
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
After
which famous person was the article "Why I Hate My Uncle" written?
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…Harper’s Index…
77,183 – Number of cyberattacks directed against the US
government in 2015
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2 jokes for the day
Choose
Your Words Carefully
Five
year old Frankie's parents bought him some new shoes. It had been raining so
they told Frankie, "You can't walk in mud puddles with your new
shoes."
Frankie went outside as his parents watched from the window. The first thing
Frankie did was go to the nearest mud puddle and began to stop his feet in the
muddy water.
With the biggest smile on his face Frankie ran back into the house and
announced his shoes work just fine in mud puddles.
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Don't Put Off Till
Tomorrow
I'm
kind of tired of being an amateur crastinater...
I'm thinking of turning pro, but I'm going to put that decision off for awhile.
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Aging Artwork
A
young woman, pursuing a graduate degree in art history, was going to Italy to
study the country's greatest works of art. Since there was no one to look after
her grandmother while she was away, she took the old lady with her.
At the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, she pointed to the painting on the
ceiling. "Grandma, it took Michelangelo a full four years to get that
ceiling painted."
"Oh my, "the grandmother says. "He and I must have the same
landlord."
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Yep, It Really Happened
A
Japanese fisherman called upon his martial arts skills after being attacked by
a large bear near a local river.
The 6-foot tall Asian black bear approached the man as he was fishing near the
Jizo River.
"At first glance it seemed like something was there, and it was a bear
with an imposing stance. It came pouncing towards me when my eyes met the
bear's," he told local news. "Its rounded ears were perfectly
circular just like a teddy bear's, and its face was so huge."
The 63-year-old man, who holds a black belt in Karate engaged with the bear and
managed to fend off its attack.
"The bear had such, such great strength. I was knocked over when it leapt
at me. It scratched me and bit me. But in the end I managed to trick the bear,
poked it in the eyes and it ran away," he said.
Gunma police told the Japan Times they had received reports of bears in the
area and discouraged residents from fighting back as the fisherman had done.
"If you witness a bear, don't fight. Walk away quietly and report it to
the police instead," an official said,
The fisherman was able to bring himself to a nearby hospital where he was
treated for minor injuries after receiving bite and claw marks on his body head
and arms.
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Somewhat Useless Information
The
idea of a Labor Day began in Canada began in 1872 in Toronto but quickly made
its way south to the U.S. Originally it began as a significant demonstration
demanding rights for workers.
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Peter
McGuire is considered the Father of the Labor Day holiday. An Irish-American
cabinet maker and pioneer unionist, McGuire proposed a day dedicated to all who
labor at a meeting of the Central Labor Union on May 18, 1882 where he stated,
"Let us have, a festive day during which a parade through the streets of the
city would permit public tribute to American Industry." He is described as
a red-headed, fiery, eloquent leader of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners.
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On
June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of
each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
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There
are an estimated 15.8 million labor union members nationwide. About 13 percent
of wage and salary workers belong to unions, with New York having among the
highest rates of any state--25 percent. North Carolina has one of the lowest
rates, 3 percent.
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The
year in which the 8-hour day was firmly established was 1916 with the passage
of the Adamson Act. This was the first federal law regulating hours of workers
in private companies.
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In
the late 1800s the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks to
eke out a basic living. Children as young as 5-6 years old worked in factories
and mines.
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Birthdays Today
“[
]” indicates age at death
[81] Leo Carrillo,
actor
(Pancho-Cisco Kid), born in Los Angeles, California [d-1961]
[81] Joseph P Kennedy,
diplomat, father
of JFK, RFK & Teddy, born in Boston, Massachusetts [d-1969]
79- Jo Anne Worley,
Lowell Indiana, comedienne (Laugh-in)
[74] Jane Addams,
American
pacifist, social worker and feminist (Nobel 1931), born in Cedarville, Illinois
(d. 1935)
73- George Roger Waters,
English rock
bassist and vocalist (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall), born in Cambridge, England
72- Swoosie Kurtz,
actress (Slap Shot, Garp, Sisters), born in Omaha,
Nebraska
69- Jane Curtin,
American actress
(SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate & Allie), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
62- Carly Fiorina,
Former CEO of
Hewlett-Packard and political (R) candidate, born in Austin, Texas
58- Jeff Foxworthy,
comedian (Jeff Foxworthy-The Jeff Foxworthy Show)
54- Chris Christie,
US politician
(Governor of New Jersey (R) 2010-), born in Newark, New Jersey
[53] James Melville Gilliss,
founder (Naval Observatory in Washington) [d-1865]
53- Mark Chesnutt,
Beaumont Tx, country singer (Too Cold at Home)
52- Rosie Perez, Bkln,
actress (Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump)
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Historical Obits Today
@86-1966 Margaret Sanger,
US feminist/birth control pioneer
@83-2015 Martin Milner,
American actor (Route 66, Adam 12)
@83-1959 Edmund Gwenn,
actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St)
@71-2007 Luciano Pavarotti,
Italian tenor, pancreatic cancer
@70-1984 Ernest Tubb,
singer (Grand Ole Opry), emphysema
@65-1987 Quinn Martin,
American television producer, heart failure
@57-1990 T Issan Dorsey,
founder (Hartford St Zen Center SF), AIDS
@48-1990 Tom Fogerty,
rocker (Creedence Clearwater), tuberculosis
@33-1782 Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson,
wife of Thomas Jefferson, diabetes
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Brain Teasers Answers
Duckbill
Platypus
Male platypuses have venomous spurs.
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Trivia Hive
Answers
Adolf
Hitler
You
might think your uncle is bad because he makes weird fart jokes and comments
about your little sister that are borderline inappropriate but it could be
worse. You could be William Patrick Stuart-Houston. His uncle was Hitler. In
fact, little Willy was born with his uncle's famous last name but changed it
when he moved to the U.S. for obvious reasons. On July 4,1939, for America's
birthday present, Stuart-Houston published an article in Look magazine titled,
"Why I Hate My Uncle". As you can imagine, Uncle Adolf handled it
well. Source: Google News
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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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