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July 3, 2017 Week: 27 \
Day: 184
86004 Today: H 83° \ L 49°
Average
Sky Cover: 10%
Wind ave: 23mph\Gusts:
-mph
Visibility:
10 mi
July Averages: 82°\50°
July Records: H: 97° (1973) L: 32 (1955)
Record High: 93°[2007]
Record Low: 34°[1997]
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Quote of the Day
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Observances Today
Compliment Your Mirror Day
Earth at Aphelion
International Plastic Bag Free Day
Stay Out Of The Sun Day
Superman Day
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Observances This Week
Beans and Bacon Days: 1-5? Link
National Unassisted Homebirth Week: 1-7
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 2-8
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Today’s Significant US Historical Events
★ Today’s Significant International
Historical Events
1600’s
★1608
1700’s
★1767 Norway's
oldest newspaper still in print, Adresseavisen, is founded (first edition
published this date).
1800’s
1839 1st
state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students
1863 Battle
of Gettysburg: Largest battle ever fought on the American continent, ends in a
major victory for the Union during the US Civil War
★1886 In
Germany,
1890 Idaho
admitted as 43rd US state
1900’s
★1928
1929 Dunlop
Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber
1930 US
Veterans Administration created
1938 President
★1952 Puerto
Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
1954 Food
rationing ends in Britain
1978 US
Supreme Court rules 5-4, FCC had a right to reprimand NY radio station WBAI for
broadcasting George Carlin's "Filthy Words"
1985 "Back
to the Future" directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd is
released
2000’s
★2005 The
national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect in Spain.
★2013 Egypt's
president, Mohammed Morsi, is deposed by the military with Adly Mansour
appointed interim president
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My Rambling Thoughts
A little windy here, but
there is no sand in the air, so I am fine. Reading the Sunday paper on the deck
was very nice this morning, the deck was somehow blocked from the wind.
So tired of the news cycle
on the president’s tweets. If the media quits reporting on them, he will quite
doing them. It is how one deals with a bully. Secondly, when will his
supporters wake up and realize his tweets are simply a distraction form the
business of government. It is time for a new beginning.
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
Where did the first
Republican National Convention take place?
Syracuse,
New York Boston, Massachusetts
The
District of Columbia Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
61.6%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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Harper’s Index
$7,200,000→Value of donations given to the American
Civil Liberties Union in the week after the election.
$27,000→In the week after the 2012 election
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Yep, It Really Happened
*-- Crash Releases 30
Snakes on Highway --*
Authorities in Texas said a van crashed on the highway in the San Antonio area
and released 30 snakes, a baby alligator and a tortoise. The Bexar County
Sheriff's Office said the van blew a tire causing it to rollover onto the
access road. The Somerset Volunteer Fire Department said the animals released
in the crash include venomous rattlesnakes, copperhead snakes, a large
diamondback rattlesnake and water moccasins. Lytle Animal Control and Texas
Game Warden officials responded to the scene to recapture the escaped reptiles.
The most recent update said 23 of the snakes had been recaptured, with one
snake dead and the alligator still on the loose. The driver of the van and a
9-year-old passenger were taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center. The
animals and vehicle involved in the crash are privately owned, the sheriff's
office said.
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Somewhat Useless Information
In Florence during the
Renaissance, Catherine de Medici decreed it bad manners to have a thick waist
and designed a hinged corset that narrowed the waist to 13 inches.
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In the 1920's a Russian
immigrant named Ida Rosenthal founded the Maidenform lingerie company with her
husband William. They made bras for women of every size and introduced the cup
system (A, B, C, D).
***
The ancient Greeks were
the first to wear girdles. They called them zones. A band of linen or soft
leather was bound around a woman's waist and lower torso to shape and control
her mid-body.
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Birthdays Today
@ indicates age at death
80’s
@86- Pete
Fountain,
jazz
clarinetist (Lawrence Welk TV show 1957-59), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
(d.
2016)
80-
Czech
playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony), born in Zlín,
Czechoslovakia
70’s
@75- Charlotte
Perkins Gilman,
American
feminist, writer and lecturer for social reform, born in Hartford, Connecticut
(d.
1935)
74- Geraldo
Rivera, [Gerry Rivers],
American
news personality (20/20, Geraldo), born in NYC, New York
60’s
@64-
American
father of musical comedy (Phantom President, Give My Regards to Broadway), born
in Providence, Rhode Island
(d.
1942)
@63- Jean-Claude
Duvalier
[Baby
Doc], Deposed Haitian president-for-life (1971-86), born in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti
(d.
2014)
61- Montel
Williams,
TV
talk show host (Montel)
@61- Samuel
de Champlain,
French
explorer (Lake Champlain), born in Hiers-Brouage or La Rochelle, France
(d.
1635)
60- Faye
Resnick,
author
(Nicole Brown Simpson-Private Diary)
50’s
55- Tom
Cruise,
American
actor (Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman), born in Syracuse
55- Thomas
Gibson,
actor
( Dharma & Greg)
40’s
@40- Franz
Kafka,
Czech
author (Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika), born in Prague, Austria-Hungary
(d.
1924)
45- Julian
Assange,
Australian
founder of Wikileaks, born in Townsville, Queensland
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Historical Obits Today
90’s
@95-2016 Noel
Neill,
American
actress (Adventures of Superman)
80’s
@86-2012 Andy
Griffith,
American
actor, heart attack
@84-1986 Rudy
Vallee,
singer
(Vagabond Dreams),
@83-1993 "Curly"
Joe DeRita,
last
of Three Stooges, pneumonia
@81-
(Witch
of Wall Street)
70’s
@76-1989 Jim
Backus,
actor
(Magoo, Gilligan's Island), pneumonia
60’s
@61-1981 Ross
Martin,
actor
(Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), heart attack
50’s
@56-1993 Don
Drysdale,
Major
League Baseball player, heart attack
@53±1863 Little
Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta],
Santee
Sioux chief, killed and dismembered by settlers
20’s
@27-1971 Jim
Morrison,
rock
singer (Doors), heart failure
@25-1965 Trigger,
horse
(Roy Rogers), dies at 25
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Trivia Hive Answers
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Republican party held
its first convention in Philadelphia - birthplace of the U.S. Constitution - in
1856. The Grand Old Party of that time was largely made up of abolitionists who
were passionate about freedom and equal opportunity, and bringing about the end
of slavery was one of their chief priorities. The GOP was first formally
organized in July 1854 in Jackson, Michigan, just two years before holding its
debut convention. Source: GOP official website
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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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