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May 20, 2017 Week: 20 \ Day: 140
86004 Today: H 56° \
L 29° Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind ave: 13mph\Gusts: 23mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 81°[1920] Record Low: 18°[1899]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is
forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
World Autoimmune
Arthritis Day: 19-22 Link
Bay to Breakers Race Link Note: Oldest Footrace in America!
Do Dah Day Link
Eliza Doolittle Day
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day Link
National Learn To Swim Day
Preakness
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‡‡Observances
This 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
20-26
National Safe
Boating Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
« Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
░░░<§>1200’s<§>░░░
« 1293 Earthquake strikes
Kamakura Japan, 30,000 killed
░░░<§>1300’s<§>░░░
« 1310 Shoes were made for both
right & left feet
░░░<§>1400’s<§>░░░
« 1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco
da Gama arrives at Calicut, India becoming the first European to reach
India by sea
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
« 1609 Shakespeare's Sonnets are
first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
1639 Dorchester
Mass, forms 1st school funded by local taxes
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
1830 1st
railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American)
1861 Cornerstone
of University of Washington laid in Seattle
1861 North
Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union
« 1867 Royal Albert Hall of Arts
& Sciences foundation laid by Queen Victoria
1873 Levi
Strauss and Jacob Davis patent the first blue jeans with copper rivets
1892 George
Sampson patents clothes dryer
« 1896 The six ton chandelier of
the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris falls on the crowd resulting in the
death of one and the injury of many others.
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
« 1900 2nd modern Olympic games
opens in Paris (lasted 5 months)
1916 Saturday
Evening Post cover features Norman Rockwell painting
« 1927 At 7:40 AM, Charles
Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris, aboard
Spirit of St Louis (1st non-stop flight)
« 1932 Amelia Earhart leaves
Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic
1967 10,000
demonstrate against war in Vietnam
« 1979 1st western pop star to
tour USSR-Elton John
1980 710
families in Love Canal area (Niagara Falls NY) are evacuated
« 1989 China declares martial
law in Beijing
1990 Hubble
Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space
1997 US President
Clinton signs an executive order barring new US investment in Burma (also
known as Myanmar), effective May 21 and renewable annually
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
« 2013 The Church of Scotland
votes to allow openly gay men and women to be ministers
2015 David
Letterman, after 33 years, hosts the "Late Show with David Letterman"
for the last time
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Cool
and very breezy day at 7000’. Woke up to another dusting of snow. I want my
spring back.
Our
discussion group meets tomorrow evening to discuss what is going on in Latin
America. Should be a good discussion. Started the reading this morning. Ever heard of the political ‘pink tide’ in
Latin American politics. Well, I hadn’t, so have some catching up to do.
I
had to smile as our Presidential Family boarded Air Force I. I have done a fair
amount of International Travel, and I always have a safari jacket filled with
necessities like passport, camera, $$, etc. And I always have a carry-on bag. Then
I see the President, 1st Lady, 1st daughter, and 1st
son-in-law walk on the plane with no travel necessities. Must be a great way to
travel.
I
am hopeful that his trip is a success for all of America. Sure would be nice to
have peace in the Middle East, and NATO embracing our leader, and the Pope not
scolding him. I would rather dream about
hopeful things than have nightmares about how this will all work out.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
On
what holiday did the 2017 March for Science take place?
Earth Day Labor
Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day New Year's Day
90.2%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
$35,000→Average salary of a Harvard University
cafeteria worker, including a raise given after a strike in October
$35,700,000,000→Total value of Harvard’s
endowment
$43,280-$63,025→Current tutition for
2016/2017 school year
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
*-
There Are Better Things To Do With a Tongue -*
A New York man set a new world record by extinguishing more than 30 matches
with his tongue in a minute. Ashrita Furman, who holds more than 200 Guinness
World Records, claimed the new title for "most matchsticks extinguished
with the tongue in 1 minute." Furman, 61, sat at a table at the Sri
Chinmoy Centre in Jamaica and individually lit a total of 37 matches and
extinguished them on his tongue to surpass the previous record of 30. He was
only permitted to extinguish one match at a time and was prohibited from using
his breath to blow them out. Last year, Furman completed a similar feat to add
to his lengthy list of records by extinguishing 44 blow torches with his
tongue.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
On
average, humans sleep three hours less than other primates. Chimps, rhesus
monkeys, and baboons sleep ten hours per night.
***
When we sleep, we drift between rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep and non-REM
sleep in alternating 90-minute cycles.
***
Elephants stand while they're dozing in non-REM sleep, but once REM sleep kicks
in, they lie down. Ducks are constantly at risk of being attacked by predators,
so they keep half their brain awake while they sleep.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@96- Antoinette
Brown Blackwell, clergy (1st ordained US female minister) (d. 1921)
@92- Lydia
Cabrera, Cuban Anthropologist, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1991)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@89- Jimmy
Stewart, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life),
born in Indiana, Pennsylvania (d. 1997)
@87- William
Hewlett, co-founder (Hewlett-Packard Co) (d. 2001)
@83- Jack
Kevorkian, controversial American medical doctor (d. 2011)
@81- Dolley
Dandridge Payne Madison, 1st lady (d. 1849)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@78- Emile
Berliner, Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record) (d. 1929)
@71- George
Gobel, comedian/TV personality (I Love My Wife), born in Chicago (d. 1991)
71- Cher
@70- Joe
Cocker, English rock vocalist (With a Little Help from My Friends), born in
Sheffield England, (d. 2014)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
68-Mary
Pope Osborne, children’s author (Magic Tree House series)
@66- John
Stuart Mill, English philosopher, political economist and utilitarian, born in
London (d. 1873)
@66- Moshe
Dayan, Israeli general/minister of Defense (d. 1981)
@63- William
George Fargo, founder (Wells Fargo) (d. 1881)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
59- Ronald
Prescot Reagan Jr, LA, TV host (Ron Reagon Show) and son of Ronald and Nancy Reagan
58- Bronson
Pinchot, American actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop), born in NYC
58- Susan
Cowsill, rock vocalist (The Cowsills - We Can Fly), born in Newport, Rhode
Island
51-Mindy
Cohn, Actress (Facts of Life…Natalie)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
49-Timothy
Olyphant, actor (Justified)
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@75-1972 Walter
Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), cancer
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@62-2012 Robin
Gibb, British singer song-writer, cancer
@60-2002 Stephen
Jay Gould, American paleontologist and popular science writer, cancer
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@54±-1506 Christopher
Columbus, explorer, in poverty, Reiter's syndrome
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@42-1989 Gilda
Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), cancer
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
Earth
Day
On
April 22, 2017, which also happened to be Earth Day, crowds around the globe
took part in the March for Science. In an effort to speak out against President
Donald Trump's talk of making budget cuts related to agencies that fund
scientists, demonstrators from the U.S. to New Zealand let their voices be
heard through rallying and picketing. "What do we want? Evidence-based
science! When do we want it? After peer review!" some New Zealand
participants yelled. Source: CNN
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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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