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May 21, 2017 Week: 21 \ Day: 141
86004 Today: H 63° \
L 29° Average Sky Cover: 2%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts: -mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 82°[2005] Record Low: 21°[1974]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
Of all the music that reached farthest
into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.
Henry Ward Beecher
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
American Red Cross Founder's Day
End of the World or Rapture Party Day (Prediction) Link
I Need A Patch For That Day
Morel Mushroom Day
Neighbor Day
Sister Maria Hummel Day
Soil Stewardship Day
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day: 19-22 Link
World Day for
Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development
Victoria Day
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‡‡Observances
This 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
21-27
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Week Link
International Heritage Breeds Week Link
National New Friends, Old Friends Week
National Stationery Week
World Trade Week
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
« Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
░░░<§>00’s<§>░░░
1602 Martha's
Vineyard 1st sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold)
1819 1st
bicycles (swift walkers) in US introduced in NYC
« 1846 1st steamship arrives in
Hawaii
1856 Lawrence,
Kansas, is captured and sacked by pro-slavery forces
1881 American
Red Cross founded by Clara Barton
« 1904 Federation Internationale
de Football Association (FIFA) forms in Paris
« 1904 France recalls its
ambassador to the Vatican to protest the Pope's attempt to discipline two
French bishops; this is yet another incident driving France and the Catholic
Church apart
« 1906 The US and Mexico sign an
agreement over distribution of the waters of the Rio Grande, increasingly
diverted to the US for irrigation
1908 1st
horror movie (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) premieres in Chicago
1918 US
House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote
1921 Oldest
radio station west of Mississippi River licensed in Greeley Co
1924 Leopold
& Loeb kidnap and kill Bobby Franks to demonstrate their supposed
intellectual superiority by committing a "perfect crime".
« 1927 Aviator Charles
Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air
crossing of Atlantic
« 1932 1st transatlantic solo
flight by a woman (Amelia Earhart) lands in Ireland « 1944 Hitler begins attack
on British/US "terror pilots"
1946 Physicist
Louis Slotin is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation while preparing a
plutonium core experiment at the Los Alamos lab, he dies 9 days later and the
accident ends all hands-on nuclear assembly work at Los Alamos
1951 The
opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art
Exhibition - a gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out
of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York
School.
1954 Amendment
to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
1969 Robert
F. Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death: later commuted to life
imprisonmnet
1970 National
Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State University
1971 National
Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee
« 1972 Michelangelo's Pietà in
St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal.
« 1991 Ethiopia's Marxist
president (Mengistu Haile Mariam) resigns
« 1993 Venezuela president
Carlos Andres Perez fired
2001 The
Enron Corporation's power generating venture in India, the Dabhol Power
Company, serves formal notice that it will terminate its power supply contract
and pull out
« 2014 Russian President Putin signs
agreements with China in Beijing in relation to trade and infrastructure
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
I
did all my readings for our discussion group, only to get a phone call that it
is postponed until next month. One of our members is not doing well and the
group was to meet at her house.
I
really am beginning to miss college classes on International Affairs. After
reading the articles, it seems that Latin America may not be our good friends
for much longer. Most are upset by either the wall or our interference in their
governments. China is turning out to be a much better trader than the US. Of
course, nothing on any news channel about all that. I have switched to PBS News
Hour to get more information on important stories. It has been a good move.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
Can’t
stop smiling. A few years ago tRump made several speeches about how
inappropriate for Michelle Obama to attended the then King of Saudi Arabia’s
funeral without wearing the traditional Saudi headgear. Then his wife and
daughter are seen at various locations around Riyadh, without head covering.
Hey, leader…’what is good for the goose is good for the gander’, or is it ‘the
pot calling the kettle black’?
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
Where
did U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos attend college for her
undergraduate studies?
Cornell University Ohio
State University
Calvin College University
of Michigan
39.6% taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
189→Number of deaths in Japan attributed to overwork in 2015
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
A
group of Ohio high school students are going viral after allowing themselves to
be blasted in the face with pepper spray by their teacher.
The video shows the Criminal Science students at Barberton High School lined up
against a wall outside the school.
The students' instructor walks down the line, doing something we've all wanted
to do at one point or another, shooting the teenagers in the face with pepper
spray while saying, "Stop resisting, please comply."
Some students initially take the pepper spray blast better than others, but in
a matter of seconds virtually all of the students are jumping around and
screaming in pain.
"My son is in a 2 year Criminal Science program at School. They had the
choice to be half-sprayed or fully-sprayed, he chose full. This was the
result," the filmer wrote.
A waiver form for the students and their parents shows the extra-credit project
was voluntary.
"Each student will have the option to be swabbed or receive a quick
'burst' to the facial area with this chemical agent," the waiver form
states. It says the spray causes "irritation and a burning sensation to
eyes and nasal area" for about an hour.
"This is a controlled and safe experience for the students and is
completely voluntary," the waiver says.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
Studies
have shown that our bodies experience diminished capacity after we've been
awake for 17 hours, and we behave as if we were legally drunk.
***
At least 10 percent of all people sleepwalk at least once in their lives, and
men are more likely to sleepwalk than women.
***
During their first year, babies cause between 400 and 750 hours of lost sleep
for parents.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
94- Ara
Parseghian,
American
football player and coach (Northwestern, Notre Dame), born in
Akron, Ohio
@92- Armand
Hammer,
American
millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum), born in NYC,
(d,
1990)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@81- Harold
Robbins,
American
author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy), born in NYC
(d.
1997)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@76- Raymond
Burr,
BC
Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides)
(d.
1993)
@74- Peggy
Cass,
actress/TV
panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame), born in Boston,
(d.
1999)
73- Mary
Robinson,
President
of Republic of Ireland (Labour, 1990-2002)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@68- Andrei
Sakharov,
Russian
nuclear physicist and an activist for disarmament, peace and
human
rights (1975 Nobel), born in Moscow, Russia
(d.
1989)
66- Al
Franken,
US
politician (Senate-D-Minnesota 2009-) comedian/writer/actor (SNL),
born
in New York City
60- Judge
Reinhold,
actor
(Fast Times at Ridgemont High), born in Wilmington, Delaware
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@56- Alexander
Pope,
English
poet (Rape of the Lock, translation of Homer)
(d.
1744)
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
@39- Fats
Waller [Thomas Wright],
American
jazz singer and composer (Ain't Misbehavin'), born in New
York
City
(d.
1943)
@34- Jeffrey
Dahmer,
American
serial killer (Milwaukee Cannibal), born in West Allis, Wisconsin
(d.
1994)
░░░<§>20’s<§>░░░
@24- The
Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace],
American
rapper (Life After Death), born in NYC, New York
(d.
1997)
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@96-2000 Sir John
Gielgud,
British
stage and screen actor and director (Hamlet, Arthur)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@78-1996 Al
"Lash" La Rue,
cowboy
actor (Lash of the West), emphysema
@76-1865 Christian
Jürgensen Thomsen,
Danish
Archaeologist, created Stone, Bronze, Iron age system
@74-1935 Jane
Addams,
a
founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@57-1987 Alejandro
Rey,
actor
(Carlos-Flying Nun), lung cancer
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@46-1542 Hernando
de Soto,
fever
while searching for gold, near Mississippi River
‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
Calvin
College
Betsy
Devos graduated from Holland Christian High School and then pursued her college
career at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she earned her
Bachelor of Arts degree. Her past experiences involve being the chairman of The
Windquest Group as well as the chairman of the Michigan Republican Party. After
more than 35 years of being involved in politics, DeVos now focuses on
advancing educational efforts as the U.S. Secretary of Education. Source:
BetsyDeVos.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…☼☼☼☼
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