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May 25, 2017 Week: 21 \ Day: 146
86004 Today: H 73° \
L 43° Average Sky Cover: 3%
Wind ave: 16mph\Gusts: 32mph Visibility: 10 mi
May Averages: 68°\34°
May Records: H: 89° (2002)
L: 7 (1915)
Record High: 87°[1951] Record Low: 19°[1916]
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‡‡Quote
of the Day‡‡
The happiness of the bee and the dolphin
is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
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‡‡Observances
Today‡‡
Heat Awareness
Day Link
National Chardonnay
Day Link
National Paper
Airplane Day Link
National Title
Track Day
National Wig Out
Day
World Lindy Hop Day
National Polka Day:
26-28 Link
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‡‡Observances
This 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
22-28
Healthy and Safe Swimming
Week Link
National Backyard Games Week
25-31
Week of Solidarity
With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories
26-6/12
Louis Vuitton Cup
(America's Cup)
26-29
National Polka
Weekend
Mudbug Madness Days
Old-Time Player Piano Weekend
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‡‡Today’s
Significant US Historical Events‡‡
« Today’s Significant
International Historical Events
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
1637 1st
battle of Pequot at Mystic, Connecticut kills 500 Indians
1647 Alse
Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies,
when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░
« 1798 British kill about 500
Irish insurgents at the Battle of Tara
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
1805 Lewis
& Clark first sight the Rocky Mountains
1857 US
slave Dred Scott and family freed by owner Henry Taylor Blow 3 months
after US courts ruled against them.
1861 US
Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with South
1869 Boston
University is chartered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1896 1st
American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1906 Archaeological
Institute of America forms
1913 US
Actors' Equity Association forms (NYC)
« 1913 Emily Duncan becomes
Great Britain's first woman magistrate.
« 1919 The Supreme Council of
Allies, meeting at Versailles, decides to recognize two White Russian leaders,
Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin, and support them against the Bolsheviks
« 1922 Lenin suffers a
stroke
« 1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix
d'Endurance is run
1924 US
President Calvin Coolidge signs Immigration law restricting
immigration
1930 Supreme
Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
1938 US
House of Representatives Committee on un-American Activities forms
1940 1st
successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor
Sikorsky
1945 US
drop fire bombs on Tokyo
1948 South
Africa elects a nationalist government under D. F. Malan with an apartheid
policy
1956 A
fire on board the aircraft carrier USS Bennington in Narragansett Bay, off
Rhode Island, kills 103 crew
1961 Freedom
Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta
« 1966 Buddhist sets himself on
fire at US consulate in Hué, South Vietnam
« 1972 US President Richard
Nixon & Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT accord
1978 1st
legal gambling casino opens in Atlantic City
1984 US
President Ronald Reagan rules out US military intervention in Iran-Iraq war
1987 US
Supreme Court ruled dangerous defendants could be held without bail
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
2002 The
Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars.
« 2003 Only three days after a
previous record, Sherpa Lakpa Gelu climbs Mount Everest in 10 hours 56 minutes.
The tourism ministry of Nepal confirms this record in July that year.
2004 The
New York Times publishes admission of journalistic failings, claims its flawed
reporting and lack of skepticism during buildup to 2003 Iraq War helped promote
belief that Iraq possessed large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.
2004 The
United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder
charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
« 2012 Pope Benedict XVI's butler is
arrested for allegedly leaking confidential documents
« 2014 World Health Organization
confirms that Ebola has reached Sierra Leone
« 2014 Protests across Thailand
in response to military coup; General Prayuth warns of a crackdown
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‡‡My
Rambling Thoughts‡‡
Warm
and WINDY. Hard to enjoy being outside after the wind picked up about 11a. I
was able to read the morning paper on the deck, before the wind really hit.
While
the media is all about Trump and his antics, his cabinet members are busy
reshaping what America stands for and what America is. The Sec. of Education is
before congress and obviously believes that the current public school system is
no longer a viable way to educate students. People need to look at Private and
Charter school. Many do not require Teacher or Administrator certification by
the state. These schools do not have to educate SpEd students. They do not get
funding for buses so parents have to figure out how to get the students to
school. Many pay way below the going rate for teachers. Many do not provide
lunch for any students…it’s a bring your own thing. And, for those who believe
in test scores, look carefully at the scores and remember they get to pick the
students they want at their schools. Disgusting.
THIS IS NOT NORMAL:
1. Not a good sign when our leader is speaking to the NATO
group and members are rolling their eyes.
2.
Congressional candidate body slamming a reporter in
Montana.
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‡‡Today’s
Trivia Hive‡‡
(answers
at the end of post)
What
U.S. president oversaw the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National
Cemetery?
James A. Garfield Ulysses
S. Grant
Benjamin Harrison William
McKinley
46.6% taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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‡‡Harper’s
Index‡‡
14→Percentage of local US jails that have
implemented video visitations
3/4→Portion of those jails that abolished
in-person visitation
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‡‡Yep,
It Really Happened‡‡
*--
$455,000 Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend --*
A London woman was stunned to discover that a costume jewelry ring she bought
at a flea market 30 years ago is not what she thought it was. Not at all. The
woman wore it almost daily for decades. Why not? She only paid 15 bucks for it.
But recently a jeweler friend suggested that the ring might not be so fake
after all, so the woman had the ring appraised. It turns out that the costume
gem was in fact a very not-fake 26.27-carat diamond. The woman had been wearing
a diamond to work, shopping and on errands that is estimated to be worth
$455,000. The ring is now in the possession of Sotheby's where it will be
auctioned.
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‡‡Somewhat
Useless Information‡‡
In
1872, Julia Ward Howe, a pacifist, suffragette, and writer of the "Battle
Hymn of the Republic," first suggested Mother's Day in the United States
as a day mothers could rally for peace.
***
In
1908, Anna Jarvis began a campaign for a nationwide observance of Mother's Day
in honor of her late mother, a community health advocate. She was deeply
dismayed over the commercialization of Mother's Day. Before she died in 1948,
she admitted that she regretted ever starting the holiday.
***
On
May 9, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother's Day as
a national holiday.
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‡‡Birthdays
Today‡‡
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@88- James
Arness,
actor (Matt Dillon-Gunsmoke, Thing), born in Minneapolis, (d. 2011)
@84- Robert
Morley,
England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen) (d. 1992)
@81- Peter
Cushing,
English actor (Dracula, Star Wars, Dr Who), born in Kenley, Surrey,
England
(d. 1994)
@81- Peggy
Lee,
American singer
(d. 2002)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@72- John
Wayne [Marion Mitchell Morrison],
American actor (Green Berets, True
Grit), born in Winterset, Iowa
(d. 1979)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
69- Stevie
[Stephanie] Nicks,
American singer songwriter (Fleetwood Mac, Bella Donna),
born in Phoenix
68- Hank
Williams Jr,
country singer (Honky Tonk), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
68- Pam
Grier,
actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough), born in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina
68- Philip
Michael Thomas,
actor (Miami Vice), born in Columbus, Ohio
@67- Jay
Silverheels,
Canadian (Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation) actor
(Tonto-Lone Ranger)
(d. 1980)
@65- Miles
Davis,
American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer, born in Alton, Illinois
(d. 1991)
@64- Al
Jolson [Asa Yoelson],
American-Lithuanian jazz singer and silent actor (Mamie,
Swanee),
born in Seredžius, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
(d. 1950)
@61- Sally
Ride,
American astronaut (first American woman to go to space), born in Los
Angeles
(d. 2012)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
55- Bob[cat]
Goldthwait,
comedian (Police Academy), born in Syracuse, New York
53- Lenny
Kravitz,
American musician who holds the record for most Grammy Awards for
Best
Male Rock Vocal Performance (1999-2002), born in Manhattan,
@50- Isadora
Duncan,
American free form/interpretative dancer, born in San Francisco,
California
(d. 1927)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
42- Lauryn
Hill,
American singer-songwriter (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill),
born in
East Orange, New Jersey
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‡‡Historical
Obits Today‡‡
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@99-2005 Eddie
Albert,
American actor (Roman Holiday, Green Acres)
@97-2010 Art
Linkletter,
Canadian-American radio and television personality
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@73-2008 Sydney
Pollack,
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Out of Africa,
Tootsie),
cancer
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@59-1907 Ida
McKinley,
First Lady of the United States,
fraility
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@49-1943 Edsel
Ford,
owner (Ford Motor Company),
cancer
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
@35-1933 Jimmie
Rodgers [James Charles],
American country singer and singing brakeman,
pulmonary
hemorrhage
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‡‡Trivia
Hive Answers‡‡
Ulysses
S. Grant
President
Ulysses S. Grant supervised the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National
Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The event occurred May 30, 1868 at the
hallowed burial ground, which sits on an estate once owned by Confederate
General Robert E. Lee. While Grant's attendance turned heads, it was U.S. Army
General, Ohio Congressman and future president James A. Garfield who stole the
show with a poetic and somewhat prolonged address. Source: Mental Floss.
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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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