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April 6,
2017 Week: 13 \ Day: 96
86004 Today: H 55° \
L 26° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts: 20mph Visibility: 10 mi
April Averages: 58°\27°
April Records: H: 80° (1992)
L: -2 (1975)
Record High: 75°[1989] Record Low: 4°[1922]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
Vincent
Van Gogh
I
wish they would only take me as I am.
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
American Immigration Lawyers Association Day of Action Link
Army Day Link
Charlie the Tuna Day Link
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day
National Fun at Work Day
Hostess Twinkie Day Link
International Day of Sport for Development and Peace Link
National Alcohol Screening Day
National Student Athlete Day Link
New Beers Eve Link
Tartan Day Link
Teflon Day
The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-Day Saints Day
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
1-7
APAWS Pooper Scooper Week
Golden Rule Week
Laugh at Work Week
Medication Safety Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week
(aka Get A Grip Day!) Link
2-8
American Indian Awareness Week Link
Bat Appreciation Week
Consider Christianity Week
National Blue Ribbon Week Link (Child Abuse)
National Crime Victims Rights Week Link
National Public Health Week
National Window Safety Week
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week Link
Week of The Ocean
3-10
Explore Your Career Options
Hate Week
(The) Masters Tournament
National Youth Violence Prevention Week Link (Formerly in March)
National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week Link
Undergraduate Research Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
≈ Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
≈1320 The Scots reaffirm their
independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath.
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≈1652 Cape Colony, the 1st
European settlement in South Africa, established by Dutch East India Company
under John of Riebeeck
≈1722 Peter the Great, Tsar of
Russia, ends tax on men with beards
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1808 John Jacob Astor
incorporates the American Fur Company.
1830 Joseph Smith & 5
others organize Mormon church in Seneca Co, NY
≈1843 William Wordsworth is
appointed British Poet Laureate by Queen Victoria
1869 1st plastic, Celluloid,
patented
1889 George Eastman begins
selling his Kodak flexible rolled film for the first time
1893 Mormon Temple in Salt Lake
City dedicated
≈1896 1st modern Olympic games
open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold
medal in mod history
1906 1st animated cartoon
copyrighted
1909 1st credit union forms in US
≈1919 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi orders
a General Strike
≈1925 1st film shown on an
airplane (British Air)
1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by
bakery executive James Dewar
1931 1st Scottsboro (Ala) trial
begins - 9 blacks accused of rape
1938 Teflon invented by Roy J.
Plunkett
1954 TV Dinner was 1st put on
sale by Swanson & Sons
≈1957 Greek shipping tycoon
Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic
Airlines.
1968 Gas and gunpowder explosions
at sporting goods store, downtown Richmond, Indiana, kills 41 and injures more
than 150
1980 Post It Notes introduced
1984 1st time 11 people in space
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≈2005 Kurdish leader Jalal
Talabani becomes the Iraqi president; Shiite Arab Ibrahim al-Jaafari is named
premier the next day.
≈2006 NZSL (New Zealand sign
language) is made an official language of New Zealand
≈2016 First baby born with DNA
from 3 parents through mitochondrial transfer in Mexico
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Did
my normal Wednesday shopping. Today is Old People’s Discount day at my grocery
store, so I even saved some $$. With their card the first Wed. of each month
gives us old people a 10% discount on everything…including sale items. Good day
to stock up on essentials.
Mary
is in the Hebrides with her brother and sister-in-law and Cheryl is headed to
CA to spend Easter with her son and his family. So that cancels our weekly
lunch. All good.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
Our
President’s learning curve is way too steep. He is the President and he needs
to deal with the mess in Syria. For anyone with a brain, we all know that he
has many quotes out there that he said we should stay out of Syria’s business
and now he is blaming Obama for not doing more. Really?!?
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
When
did the first Taco Bell open?
1962
1972
1970
1964
25.4% taking the
internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
15→Rank of police officer among the deadliest profession in
the US
1→Of logger
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
Three
kids argue, whose father is the fastest.
One says, "My father is the fastest, he can overtake an arrow he shot with
a bow."
The second one says, "My father is even faster - he can shoot a gun and
then run to catch the bullet before it hits anything."
The third kid says, "You actually don't understand what speed is. My
father is even quicker! He finishes work at 4:30 pm, but he's back home by 3:45
pm almost every day."
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
Houston
police responding to multiple calls about a man duct-taped to a yield sign
arrived to find a man who had lost a bet -- and they nearly Tased his friend.
Police responded to an intersection in northeast Houston where drivers reported
seeing a man duct taped to a yield sign. They arrived to find a second man with
a knife approaching the taped individual.
"Drop the knife or I'll Taser you," an officer shouted at the man.
Police soon discovered the man was actually attempting to cut down his friend, Miguel
Chavez, who had been taped to the sign as punishment for losing a bet.
Chavez said he lost a bet he placed on the Houston Warriors/Golden State
Warriors game.
He said his punishment was to either allow himself to be duct taped to a street
sign or a car, so he decided to flip a coin.
The police helped Chavez down from the pole and gave him a ride home. No
charges were filed in the incident.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
When
the moon formed 4.6 billion years ago, it was 14,000 miles (22,530 km) from
Earth. Now it's more than 280,000 miles (450,000 km) away. The moon looked
three times larger when it was closer to Earth.
The moon's gravity has slowed the speed of Earth's rotation. Long ago, it was
much faster and days were much shorter.
The same side of the moon always faces Earth because the moon takes the same
length of time to rotate once as it does to travel all way around Earth
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‡‡How
our states were named‡‡
New
Mexico
New
Mexico and the country it used to be part of, Mexico, both take their name from
Nahuatl Mexihco. The meaning of the word is unclear, but there are
several hypotheses. It might reference Mextli , an alternate
name for Huitzilopochtli, the god of war and patron of the Aztecs, and mean
“place where Mextli lives”. It’s also been suggested
that the word is a combination of mtztli (“moon”), xictli (“center”)
and the suffix -co (“place”) and means “place at the center of the
moon” (in reference to Lake Texcoco).
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
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89- James
Watson,
American
chemist (co-discovered structure of DNA), born in Chicago, Illinois
@88- Ian
Paisley,
North
Ireland, clergyman/MP (D 2014)
88- Andre
Previn
conductor
(London Symphony)/pianist, born in Berlin, Germany
@84- Johan
H C Kern,
Dutch
linguist (Sanskrit, Old Javan) (D 1917)
80- Billy
Dee Williams,
Harlem
actor (Chiefs, Empire Strikes Back), born in NYC, New York
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@79- Merle
Haggard,
country
singer (Death Valley Days), born in Bakersfield, California
(d. 2016)
79- Roy
Thinnes,
actor
(Invaders, Falcon Crest, Gen Hospital), born in Chicago
75- Barry
Levinson,
director
(Rainman), born in Baltimore, Maryland
70- John
Ratzenberger,
actor
(Cliff Clavin-Cheers), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
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65- Marilu
Henner,
actress
(Taxi, Man Who Loved Women, Eve Shade), born in Chicago, Illinois
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47- Paul
Rudd,
American
actor (Clueless, The 40-Year-Old Virgin), born in Passaic, New Jersey
42- Zach
Braff,
American
actor (Dr. John Dorian-Scrubs), born in South Orange,
New Jersey
41- Candace
Cameron-Bure,
actress
(Full House, Fuller House, The View)
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@37- Raphael [Sanzio],
Italian
painter and master builder (Madonna Sistina, School
of Athens), born in Urbino
(d.
1520) Julian calendar date
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
@93-2014 Mickey
Rooney,
American
Emmy award-winning actor (Boys Town, The Black
Stallion)
@92-1996 Greer
Garson,
British
actress (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mrs Miniver)
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@88-1971 Igor
Stravinsky,
Russian
composer (Le Sacre du Printemps)
@87-1975 Chiang
Kai-shek,
Chinese
political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China
(1928-1975)
<§><§>
@79-2016 Merle
Haggard,
American
country music singer (Death Valley Days), pneumonia
@72-1992 Isaac
Asimov,
Russian
scientist and sci-fi writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy),
kidney failure
<§><§>
@64-2010 Wilma
Mankiller,
Native
American activist, 1st woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, cancer
<§><§>
@55-1998 Tammy
Wynette,
American
country singer, blood clot
<§><§>
@41-1199 Richard
I,
the
Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), wound, gangrene
<§><§>
@37-1520 Raphael [Sanzio],
Italian
artist (Sistine Madonna, School of Athens), dies on his 37th birthday,
fever
<§><§>
@17-1968 Bobby
Hutton,
US
Black Panther leader, shot to death by police
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
1962
Several
years before Taco Bell first opened, founder Glen Bell opened Taco Tia and
Bell's Drive-In around San Bernardino, California. In 1962, the first location
under the Taco Bell name opened in Downey, California. The eatery's flagship
item, at the time, was known as a "Tay-Koh." Just five years later in
1967, Taco Bell celebrated the opening of its 100th restaurant. The fast-food
Mexican joint went public in 1970, with 325 restaurants. In 1978, Glen Bell
became a shareholder of PepsiCo Inc. by selling more than 800 of its locations
to the company. Source: Taco Bell
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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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