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February 28,
2017 Week: 09 \ Day: 59
86004 Today: H 38° \
L 29° Average Sky Cover: 95%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts: 17mph Visibility: 10 mi
February Averages: 46°\19°
February Records: H: 71° (1986)
L: -23
(1985)
Record High: 65°[1999] Record Low: -16°[1962]
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❆❆Quote
of the Day❆❆
Douglas MacArthur
You are remembered for the rules you break.
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❆❆Observances
Today❆❆
International Pancake Day (aka Shrove Tuesday)
Museum Advocacy Day Link
Paczki Day (always
Shrove Tuesday)
Pancake Day Race (Between US and England) Link (Always Shrove Tuesday)
Rare Disease Day Link
Spay Day USA
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❆❆Observances
This Week❆❆
26-3/4
Telecommuter Appreciation Week
National Invasive Species Awareness
Week Link
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❆❆Today’s
Significant US Historical Events❆❆
◈ Today’s Significant International Historical Events
◈ 1638 Scottish
Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
◈ 1667 English
colony Suriname in Dutch hands
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◈ 1749 1st
edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published
◈ 1759 Pope
Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
◈ 1784 John
Wesley charters Methodist Church
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1827
1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
◈ 1838 Robert
Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada
(today Québec)
1844 12-inch
gun aboard USS Princeton explodes, killing Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur,
Secretary of the Navy Thomas Gilmer, and other high-ranking U.S. federal
officials
1849 1st
boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
1850 The
University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1854 Republican
Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
1861 Territories
of Nevada & Colorado created
1878 US
congress authorizes large-size silver certificate
1882 1st
US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard U
1883 1st
US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
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◈ 1922 Egypt
regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
◈ 1933 German
President Paul von Hindenburg abolishes free expression of opinion
1939 The
erroneous word "Dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International
Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1940 Richard
Wright's "Native Son" published
1943 "Porgy
& Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan
1951 Senate
committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates
1960 8th
Winter Olympic games close at Squaw Valley, California
1961 JFK
names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1970 Bicycles
permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1972 US
President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
◈ 1981 People's
Republic of China throws out the Netherlands ambassador due to Dutch sales of
submarines to Taiwan
1983 Final
TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the
US
◈ 1988 15th
Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
◈ 1991 United
Nations troops move into Kuwait City and Saddam Hussein orders troops
out of Kuwait; Iraqi soldiers ignite Kuwaiti oil fields during their retreat
1995 Denver
International Airport opens
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2001 The
US Environmental Protection Agency announces that it intends to proceed with
implementation of tighter restrictions on sulfur content in diesel fuel; the
rule is opposed by many in the refining industry
◈ 2004 Over
1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a
500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in
1947
◈ 2010 21st
Winter Olympic Games close at Vancouver, Canada
2013 The
brains of two rats successfully connected so that they share information
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❆❆My
Rambling Thoughts❆❆
Wow,
a day of snow, wind, and overcast skies in our little mountain town. It is
still Feb. so I guess that is expected.
Continuing
the SE Asia Adventure: So glad I visited DaNang and Hanoi. In Hanoi my roomie
and I were on a tour called ‘Highlights of Hanoi’. We spent time at the Ho Chi
Minh compound that included his home, his mausoleum, gardens and a museum.
During the Vietnam war, Ho Chi Minh was seen as the enemy over here. Not is
Hanoi, where he was seen as a freedom fighter helping the country gain
independence from many colonial infiltrators. He had a Koi pond on his property
and everyday would wake up, walk to the pond, clap his hands and as the Koi
came near, he would feed them. Nice picture. In his bedroom he had a simple
bed, a simple desk, and bookcases filled with books that he read daily.
I
have long heard that the victors write the history. Certainly our current administration is
writing its history. Well, in Hanoi, our guide talked about winning the war
against the aggressors and freeing the Vietnamese people. Turns out that John
McCain had jumped out of his plane and was luckily found by some Vietnamese
people. The soldiers were called and John and his men were taken to Hanoi until
they could be given back to the Americans. His life in Hanoi was excellent as
he got 3 meals a day with fresh meat and fresh veggies with each meal. It took
a long time to get him back to the Americans, as the military was busy fighting
a war. Then we learned that the Vietnamese people are a strong and determined
people. The aggressors tried many tactics to beat the Vietnamese people,
including dropping an atomic bomb. But being strong, they were able to be
victorious. WOW!
While
at the Ho Chi Minh compound there were four or five classes of very small
children and their teachers walking and seeing and learning about Ho Chi Minh.
The kids were kindergarten or maybe first graders. Lots of pictures were taken by teachers and
aides with the children sitting quietly at various photo sites. Really cute,
but also a little disturbing that the education begins so early.
Our
cruise is coming to an end as we are heading for Hong Kong.
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❆❆Today’s
Trivia Hive❆❆
(answers
at the end of post)
What
year did Apple release the first-generation iPad in the U.S.?
2008
2009
2010
2011
24.9% taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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❆❆Harper’s
Index❆❆
2/3→Portion of US drivers trading in hybrid or
electric cars this year who opted to replace them with gas vehicles
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❆❆ Joke
For The Day❆❆
Store
owner: "Thank you for your patronage. I wish I had twenty customers like
you."
Customer: "Gosh, it's nice to hear that, but I'm kind of surprised. You
know that I argue every bill and always pay late."
Store owner: "I'd still like twenty customers like you. The problem is, I
have two hundred customers like you."
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❆❆Yep,
It Really Happened❆❆
*------
Don't Try to Steal from Charities ------*
A Pennsylvania woman died after her arm got caught in the door of a clothing
drop-off box while she was apparently removing bags from the container, and she
was left dangling with her feet off the ground. The woman was standing on a
stepstool when it collapsed, breaking her arms and wrists and trapping her in
the donation box. "She was fishing bags out and the ladder she was
standing on gave way, and she couldn't get her hand loose," said Mount
Carmel Police Chief. She died from blunt force trauma and hypothermia,
according to the county coroner. Bags with clothes and shoes that had been
pulled from the bin were on the ground. The woman's black Hummer was nearby
with the engine still running, reported police. "It wasn't something that
I would expect to be seeing," the Police Chief said when asked about items
being removed from the donation bin.
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❆❆Birthdays
Today❆❆
@→ indicates
age at death
@→93- Linus Pauling, American
chemist and peace activist (Nobel 1954, 1962), born in Portland, Oregon (d.
1994)
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@→87- John Montague, Irish poet and 1st
occupant of the Ireland Chair of Poetry, born in Brooklyn, (D 2016)
86- Gavin MacLeod, Mt
Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
@→83- Vincente Minnelli, director (An
American in Paris, Gigi), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
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78- Tommy Tune,
dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend), born in Wichita Falls, Texas
77- Mario Andretti, Italian
American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500, 1978 Formula One World
Champion), born in Montona, Italy
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69- Bernadette
Peters, [Lazzara], actress (Jerk), born in Queens, New York
@→65- Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor
(steam engine) (D 1729)
64- Paul Krugman, American
economist and New York Times columnist (Nobel Prize in Economics 2008), born in
Albany, New York
@→62- “Zero” Samuel Mostel, actor (Fiddler
on the Roof), born in Brooklyn, (D 1977)
62- Gilbert
Gottfried, comedian (Beverly Hills Cop)
@→61- Vaslav Nijinsky, ballet dancer ,
born in Kiev, Ukraine (D 1950)
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56- Rae Dawn Chong,
actress (Quest for Fire), born in Edmonton, Alberta
@→52- Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke)
(Hall of Fame) (D 1949)
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@→41- Bugsy Siegel, American
gangster who created casinos in Las Vegas, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1947)
41- Ali Larter,
American actress and model
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❆❆Historical
Obits Today❆❆
@90-2009 Paul Harvey, American radio
broadcaster
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@88-1994 Buster Holmes,
American chef and New Orleans restaurateur
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@71-1977 Eddie
"Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), heart disease
@70-1959 Maxwell Anderson,
US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), stroke
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@68-1967 Henry Luce,
American publisher, heart attack
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@27ish-1525 Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec
Emperor (1520 - 1521), tortured and killed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés
@21-1979 Mr Ed (Bamboo
Harvester), talking horse
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❆❆Trivia
Hive Answers❆❆
2010
Can
you believe that it's been more than six years since the original iPad first
appeared in stores? Certainly, a lot has changed since then. At the time, some
people wondered if there was really demand for what looked like an oversized
iPhone. Subsequent iPads have since become a core part of Apple's business,
with the 2013 debut of the iPad Air aiding in an iPad sales peak of 26 million units
in the final quarter of that year. Source: Statista
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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.
☼☼☼☼…And
That Is All for Now…☼☼☼☼
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