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May 15, 2017 Week: 20 \ Day: 135
86004 Today: H 71° \
L 35° Average Sky Cover: 60%
Wind ave: 5mph\Gusts: 21mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 81°[1937] Record Low: 20°[1968]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
We are all gifted. That is our
inheritance.
Ethel Waters
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
Hyperemisis
Gravidarum Awareness Day
International Day of Families
International MPS Awareness Day Link
National Slider Day (Food)
National Tuberous Sclerosis Day Link
Nylon Stockings Day
Straw Hat Day Link
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‡‡Observances
This Week‡‡
10-16
Universal Family
Week
14-20
Food Allergy
Awareness Week Link
National Eosinophil
Awareness Week Link
National Medical
Transcription Week Link
National Nursing
Home Week
National Police
Week
National Return To
Work Week
National
Transportation Week
National Women's
Health Week Link
Reading is Fun
Week Link
Root Canal
Awareness Week Link
Salute to Moms 35+ Week
Work At Home Moms
Week
15-21
American Craft Beer
Week Link
National Bike to Work Week Link
International Coaching Week Link
National Foul Ball Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
« Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
░░░<§>1400’s<§>░░░
« 1492 Cheese
& Bread rebellion: German mercenaries kill 232 residents of Alkmaar,
Netherlands
░░░<§>1500’s<§>░░░
« 1536 Anne
Boleyn & brother George, Lord Rochford, accused of adultery and incest
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
1602 Cape
Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold
« 1618 Johannes
Kepler discovers harmonics law
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
1829 Joseph
Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith
1862 US
Department of Agriculture created
1869 National
Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1905 Las
Vegas Nevada founded
1911 Supreme
Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
« 1914 US
Colonel Edward House sails for Europe to persuade major powers to reduce armies
and navies; from Germany, House reports: 'Everybody's nerves are tense; it only
needs a spark to set the whole thing off'
1915 AT&T
becomes 1st corporation to have 1 million stockholders
1940 McDonald's
opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
1958 "Gigi"
based on the story by Colette, directed by Vincent Minnelli and starring
Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier premieres in New York (Best Picture 1959)
1963 Peter,
Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
1970 Mississippi
Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
« 1990 "Portrait
of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent van Gogh sold for $82.5 million
« 1991 US
President George H. W. Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Balt
Oriole game
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
2002 "Bowling
for Columbine", a documentary directed by Michael Moore has its
premiere at the Cannes Film Festival
2008 California
becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex
marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban
unconstitutional.
2011 "The
Artist" directed by Michel Hazanavicius and starring Jean Dujardin and
Bérénice Bejo premieres at the Cannes Film festival (Best Picture 2012)
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Nice
to scroll through my FB page and see all the pics and memories of Moms on this
Mother’s Day.
Not
sure what makes me laugh harder…SNL or Sunday News Programs. Can’t wait for the
President to head overseas. The media talks about visiting Muslim, Jewish, and
Catholics to show he will talk to any religion. Hmmm…wonder how the political
leaders will greet him.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
What
is the only Great Lake located entirely in the U.S.?
Lake Ontario Lake
Erie
Lake Huron Lake
Michigan
62.3%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
176→Number of emoji acquired by NY’s Museum of Modern Art in
October
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‡‡ Joke
For The Day‡‡
I
work for a security company that transports cash, and part of my job is to work
with police if a crew is robbed. One afternoon my wife and I were packing to
move, when I received a call to report to a crime scene.
"I have to go," I told my wife. "Two of our guards have been
held up at gunpoint at a superstore."
As I dashed out the door, she called, "While you’re there, pick up some
big cardboard boxes."
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
*----------
When You Gotta, You Gotta ----------*
The Lincoln Tunnel became the tunnel of self-love when a man high on PCP
blocked traffic with his minivan to take time to pleasure himself, officials
said. Port Authority police arrested Ismael Esquilin, 48, of Passaic, N.J. when
his Dodge minivan was found stopped in the middle of the New Jersey-bound side
of the Hudson River tunnel, holding up traffic. When cops approached the car,
they found Esquilin removing his clothes and "performing a lewd act,"
a Port Authority spokesman said. The idling minivan was running and the keys
were in the ignition. Cops also found a glass pipe and small glass bottles
containing PCP on the passenger seat floor. After cops covered Esquilin with a
blanket he admitted that he had smoked PCP.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
The
first man to fly over the North Pole--and indeed the South Pole--was called
Dickie Byrd.
***
Steven Seagal was the first non-Asian to successfully open a martial-arts
academy in Japan.
***
The first ready-to-eat breakfast cereal was Shredded Wheat in 1893. It beat
Kellogg's Corn Flakes by just five years.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@ 91- Joseph Wiseman,
actor (Dr
No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), born in Montreal, Quebec
(d. 2009)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@ 89- Eddy Arnold,
Henderson TN,
country singer (Cattle Call, Anytime)
(d. 2008)
80- Trini
Lopez,
Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer)
80- Madeleine
Albright,
American politician and diplomat and 1st female U.S. Secretary of
State (1997-
2001), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@ 75- Chief Nipo T Strongheart,
Yakima
actor (Pony Soldier), born in Yakima, Washington
(d. 1966)
@ 75- James Mason,
England,
actor (Lolita, Bloodline, Boys From Brazil)
(d. 1984)
@ 74- Richard J Daley,
(Mayor-D-Chic)
(d. 1976)
@ 71- Ilya Mechnikov,
Russian
zoologist and bacteriologist known as the "father of natural
immunity"
(Nobel 1908), born in Ivanovka, Kharkov Governorate, Russian
Empire
(d. 1916)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
62- Lee
Horsley,
Muleshoe Tx, actor (Nero Wolfe, Matt Houston)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
48- Emmitt
Smith,
American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys, 3-time NFL rushing leader),
born in Pensacola, Florida
44- Vic"Tori"a
Davey Spelling,
actress (Donna-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Los Angeles,
California
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
30- Andy
Murray,
Scottish tennis player two-time Olympic champion (2012, 2016),
born in
Glasgow, Scotland
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@84-1967 Edward
Hopper,
US realist painter (House by Railroad)
@83-2012 Carlos
Fuentes,
Mexican author
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@73-2003 June
Carter Cash,
American musician and singer after surgery
@71-1986 Theodore
H White,
US journalist (Making of Pres, Pulitzer), stroke
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@55-1886 Emily
Dickinson,
US poet, Bright's disease
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@47-1972 Nigel
Green,
actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), accidental OD
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
Lake
Michigan
Lake
Michigan may not be the largest of the Great Lakes - looking at you, Superior
and Huron - but it's the only one that's located entirely in the United States.
That gives it more citizenship than the rest, don't you think? It touches its
"home" state, Michigan, as well as Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Its name is derived from the Ojibwa Indian word mishigami, which means
"large lake," so it still makes quite the impression. Source: Live
Science
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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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