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May 1, 2017 Week: 18 \ Day: 121
86004 Today: H 63° \
L 23° Average Sky Cover: 0%
Wind ave: -mph\Gusts: -mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 80°[1947] Record Low: 17°[1972]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
I like to listen. I have learned a great
deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
Batman Day-comic premiers
1938
Beltane
Executive Coaching
Day
Global Love Day
Keep Kids Alive!
Drive 25 Day
Law Day
Lei Day-since
1928
Lemonade Day
Melanoma Monday
National Bubba Day
National Library
Legislative Day
National Purebred
Dog Day Link
New Homeowner's Day
School Principals'
Day
Silver Star Day Link
Stepmother's Day
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
Children's Book
Week: 1-7
*Choose Privacy Week: 1-7 Link
National Wildflower Week: 1-7
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week:1-5
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
• Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
<§>1300’s<§>
•1328 Wars
of Scottish Independence end: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - the Kingdom of
England recognizes the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.
<§>1700’s<§>
1704 Boston
Newsletter publishes 1st newspaper advertisement
•1707 Acts
of Union comes into force, uniting England and Scotland to form the United
Kingdom of Great Britain
•1753 Publication
of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant
taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
•1786 Mozart's
opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Wien (Vienna)
•1795 Kamehameha,
King of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and conquors island of Oʻahu at Battle of
Nuʻuanu (approx. date)
<§>1800’s<§>
1848 The
Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania.
1863 Confederate
congress passed resolution to kill black soldiers
1867 Howard
University chartered
1867 Reconstruction
of South begins, black voter registration
1873 1st
US postal card issued
1883 "Buffalo
Bill" Cody puts on his 1st Wild West Show
•1889 Bayer
introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany)
<§>1900’s<§>
•1901 Pan-American
Exposition opens in Buffalo
•1919 Mount
Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall
killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
•1923 Hitler and
Ernst Rohm attempt to break up socialist May Day demonstrates, inviting Nazis
from as far away as Nuremberg to take part in the violence
•1929 Police
kill 19 Mayday demonstrators in Berlin
1930 Planet
Pluto officially named by 11 year-old Venetia Burney
1931 Empire
State Building opens in New York City
•1936 Ethiopian
Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italy invades
•1939 Pulitzer
Prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling)
•1940 The
1940 Olympics are cancelled
1941 "Citizen
Kane", directed & starring Orson Welles, premieres in NY
1941 General
Mills introduces Cheerios
1943 Food
rationing begins in US
•1944 Pulitzer
prize awarded to American Martin Flavin for his novel "Journey in the
Dark"
•1945 About
1,000 citizens of Demmin in Germany, commit suicide provoked by occupation by
Soviet Red Army
•1947 Radar
for commercial & private planes 1st demonstrated
1948 Glenn
Taylor, Idaho Senator, arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, for trying to enter a
meeting through a door marked "for Negroes"
•1950 Gwendolyn
Brooks is 1st African American awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry
•1950 Mayor
of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
•1950 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein (South Pacific)
•1952 TWA
introduces tourist class
•1956 A
doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central
nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
•1961 1st
US airplane hijacked to Cuba
•1961 Fidel
Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
•1961 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Harper Lee for her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"
1963 1st
American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
•1967 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer)
1972 North
Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
•1972 Pulitzer
prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)
1981 Tennis
player Billie Jean King acknowledges a lesbian relationship with
Marilyn Barnett - becoming first prominent sportswoman to come out
•1985 US President
Reagan ends embargo against Nicaragua
•1991 Angolan
civil war ends
1994 Charles
Kuralt retires as CBS newsman (On the Road)
1999 Animated
series "SpongeBob SquarePants" debuts on Nickelodeon
<§>2000’s<§>
2003 In
what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, U.S.
President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations
in Iraq have ended" on board the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of
California
•2006 The
Puerto Rican government closes the Department of Education and 42 other
government agencies due to significant shortages in cash flow.
•2012 Guggenheim
Partners make the largest ever purchase of a sports franchise after buying the
Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.1 billion
•2014 Hundreds
march through Nigerian capital calling for the release of schoolgirls abducted
by Islamic militants, Boko Haram, who oppose Western education
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Nice
spring weather with no wind has returned to our mountain town. Not a cloud in
the sky. Great day for a nice walk…finally.
Our
local university (NAU), like many college campuses, is dealing with Free Speech
issues. It is a sad commentary on today’s campuses that certain individuals are
banned from speaking to the students because they are “too” left or “too” right
for the fragile student’s minds. I would not be the person I am today had I not
been able to be exposed to all sides.
I
am so glad I went to Univ. of Colorado. Back then we had “National Affairs Week”
where many well-known speakers came to campus for great lectures. Many classes
would even assign students to go to and report on given lectures. I was able to
hear John Kenneth Galbraith, Buckminster Fuller, and S. I. Hayakawa among a
slew of others. The last name was then President of SF State University, a
well-known linguist, and very conservative. His speech was in the big
auditorium. The first few rows were filled with BSA (Black Student Alliance) protestors
with signs and the rest of the auditorium had was full of students from all
political persuasions. He came out on stage, with University police standing
around the stage. I will never forget his opening remarks “Why are these Jungle
Bunnies here?” It was a very tense situation to say the least. In the end,
after University police covered the stage, some of the protestors left down the
aisles chanting, and after about 20 minutes order was restored. He gave a very uninteresting
speech about college President’s role in keeping order on campus. There were a
few boos and jeers, but he finished his speech.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
I
am not a fan of our current president. I did watch his rally last night. I was
shocked, angry, and upset that the President of the United States read a poem,
The Snake, which is based on an Aesop Fable. Before starting, he said ‘those
immigrants’ are the Snake in the poem. It was degrading to all immigrants, some
who have come here illegally. His delivery of the poem was NOT Presidential and
was NOT what America is all about. He read it many times of the campaign trail.
And he does have Free Speech, I just do not like our President spewing such
garbage. Aesop must have turned over many times.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
When
did Kim Jong-un become supreme leader of North Korea?
2005 2016 2009 2011
52.2%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
49→Percentage of American who support the death
penalty for convicted murderers
1971→Last year in which US support for the death penalty was
less than 50%
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
The
test scores were generally good.
(Some of you managed a 'C'.)
Some of you could have done better.
(Everyone failed.)
It's been very rewarding to teach this class.
(I hope they find someone else to teach it next year.)
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
"Hell
hath no fury like a woman scorned."
Police in Oklahoma say a woman flew into a rage upon seeing her boyfriend's
lover at a funeral home during a ceremony. 25-year-old Shaynna Lauren Sims is
then alleged to have cut body parts from the 38-year-old woman.
Fortunately for the victim, she was deceased.
According to the police investigation, the 38-year-old victim who dated the
suspect's boyfriend, died of natural causes. During the funeral the victim's
family members noticed that the body had been vandalized. The body had numerous
cuts, hair had been missing, and body parts were missing, including the woman's
breasts.
Police were called to the scene, and family members told officers that they saw
Sims standing next to the casket with her hands inside. When police arrested
Sims, she was in possession of a knife that contained traces of the victim's
hair.
Sims has been charged with vandalizing a corpse, burglary and illegal
dissection. Her bail has been set at $20,000.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
The
monument to General Andrew Jackson at Jackson Square was the world's first
equestrian statue in which the horse had more than one foot off the base.
***
In 1872, the official colors of Mardi Gras were chosen based on an honored
visitor to New Orleans: Russian Grand Duke Alexis Romanoff. The purple stands
for justice, the green for faith, and the gold for power.
***
Established as the capital of the French colony of Louisiana, New Orleans was actually
twice named the state capital. The title of capital city was moved from New
Orleans to Donaldsonville in 1825, to Baton Rouge in 1846, to New Orleans in
1864 (during the Reconstruction period), and then again to Baton Rouge in 1879.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
<§>90’s<§>
@92- Louis
Nye,
American
comedian and actor
(d.
2005)
@90- Glenn
Ford,
Quebec
Canada, actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway)
(d.
2006)
<§>80’s<§>
@88- Malcolm
Scott Carpenter,
Boulder
Colo, astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7)
(d.
2013)
@87- Sonny
James, [James Loden],
country
music singer-songwriter (Young Love), born in Hackelburg,
Alabama
(d.
2016)
@85- Jack
Paar,
American
television host of the Jack Paar Show, born in Canton, Ohio
(d.
2004)
@±83- Kamehameha
I,
King
of Hawaii (1782-1819), born in Kohala, Hawaii
(d.
1819)
<§>70’s<§>
@79- Kate
Smith, American singer
(d.
1986)
78- Judy
Collins,
singer
(Send in the Clowns, Clouds), born in Seattle, Washington
@76- Joseph
Heller,
American
novelist (Catch-22, 1963 Arts & Letters Award), born in
Brooklyn, New York
(d.
1999)
72 Rita
Coolidge,
singer
(Higher & Higher, We're All Alone), born in Nashville, Tennessee
<§>60’s<§>
@68- Jacob
Bekenstein,
American-Israeli
theoretical physicist (Bekenstein-Hawking radiation),
born
in Mexico City
(d.
2015)
63- Ray
Parker Jr,
rock
guitarist/vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit
<§>50’s<§>
@51- Calamity
Jane [Martha Jane Canary],
American
frontierswoman (Wild Bill Hickok), born in Princeton, Missouri
(d.
1903)
50- Tim
McGraw,
American
musician and actor, born in Delhi, Louisiana
<§>40’s<§>
@49- Max
Robinson,
1st
African American network TV anchor (ABC), born in Richmond,
Virginia
(d.
1988)
48- Wes
Anderson,
American
director and writer
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
<§>80’s<§>
@85-1902 John
Glover,
English
chemist (production sulfuric acid)
<§>60’s<§>
@68-1700 John
Dryden,
English
poet and playwright, first Poet Laureate (1668-1688)
@62-1998 Eldridge
Cleaver,
American
activist, cancer/diabetes
<§>40’s<§>
@47-1945 Paul Joseph
Goebbels,
German
Nazi Minister of Propoganda, suicide with his wife and arranges
the
death of his 6 children aged
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
2011
North
Korea's leader Kim Jong-un assumed power after his father, Kim Jong-il, passed
away in 2011 following a long stint as supreme leader since 1994. Kim Jong-un
is the third in a familial succession of leaders, with his grandfather, Kim
Il-sung, holding highest office in North Korea since the country was
established until his death. Known for his willingness to display the country's
destructive power via nuclear bomb tests, Kim Jong-un has reportedly continued
human rights violations started under his father and executed or removed all
who could challenge his rule. Source: Biography.com
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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…☼☼☼☼
