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June 19, 2017 Week: 25 \
Day: 170
86004 Today: H 90° \ L 55°
Average
Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts:
19mph
Visibility:
10 mi
June Averages: 79°\41°
June Records: H: 96° (1970) L: 22 (1955)
Record High: 92°[1936]
Record Low: 25°[1979]
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╬Quote
of the Day╬
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another
person,
he believed in me.
Jim Valvano
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╬Observances
Today╬
Free BSD Day Link
Garfield the Cat Day
International Day For The Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Juneteenth
Ride To Work Day (Motorcycles)
Link
World Sickle Cell Day Link
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╬Observances
This Week╬
Ramadan-→6/25
13-20 National Hermit Week
15-22 Nursing Assistants Week
17-23 National Week of Making Link
Carpenter
Ant Awareness Week
Lightning Safety Awareness Week Link
Meet A Mate Week
Universal Father's Week
19-24 Old Time Fiddlers Week
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╬Today’s
Significant US Historical Events╬
★ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
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★1610 Samuel
de Champlain and his French army defeat the Mohawk people at the Battle of
Sorel in New France, present-day Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
1754 Albany
Congress held by seven British colonies & Iroquois indians
★1829 Robert
Peel founds the London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies) 1912 Tennessee
University opened as Tennessee A & L State College
★1913 Natives
Land Act, Act No 27, passed in South Africa: confines Africans to hopelessly
overcrowded reserves and deprives them of rights to purchase land outside the
native reserves
★1917 The
British Royal Family, which has had strong German ties since George I,
renounces its German names and titles and adopts the name of Windsor
1931 1st
photoelectric cell installed commercially West Haven Ct
1934 Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) created
1940 "Brenda
Starr", 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago
1941 Cheerios
Cereal invents an O-shaped cereal
1956 Jerry
Lewis & Dean Martin end partnership after 16 films
1961 US
Supreme Court struck down a provision in Maryland's constitution requiring
state office holders to believe in God
★1963 Valentina
Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
1964 Civil
Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
1978 "Best
Little Whorehouse..." opens at 46th St NYC for 1577 performances
1978 Garfield,
created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip
1987 Ben
& Jerry Ice Cream & Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream
flavor, Cherry Garcia
★1991 Colombian
drug lord Pablo Escobar surrenders to police
1999 At
about 4:30 pm, Stephen King is hit by a car on the shoulder of Route
5, in Lovell, Maine. He would suffer numerous injuries, including a collapsed
right lung, multiple fractures of his right leg, scalp laceration and a broken
hip
★2006 Prime
ministers of several northern European nations participate in a ceremonial
"laying of the first stone" at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in
Spitsbergen, Norway.
2012 A
man is beheaded for witchcraft and sorcery in Saudi Arabia
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╬My
Rambling Thoughts╬
Very warm day here. Fans
going, doors and windows opening. A light breeze helps. Smoke continues. Summer
@ 7000’
Our discussion group met
last night to discuss Latin America. Very good articles discussing the history
of Latin America. The final article was written in December, just after our election.
Lots of caution urged to the new administration. So far, the administration has
not heeded any of the cautions and in the case of Cuba, went the almost exact opposite.
Guess the good thing is that our current leader has no real policy on Latin
America, so probably won’t get involved.
When the US Destroyer
crashed into a freighter, we lost 7 lives. Normally the Ambassador to Japan
would coordinate efforts with the Sec. of the Navy and both would report to
POTUS. Oops, neither position has been filled by the current president. These jobs
matter.
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╬Today’s
Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
What type of mammal is a
wombat?
Marsupial Rodent
Monotreme Multitreme
69.5%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s
Index╬
58→Percentage
by which the global
wildlife population has declined since 1970
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╬Yep,
It Really Happened╬
A
man who robbed a bank because he wanted to get away from his wife and be in
jail, has now been sentenced to home confinement, according to police in
Kansas.
The Kansas City man was sentenced to six months home confinement and 50 hours
of community service for the bank robbery that he blamed on a fight with his
wife, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
Lawrence John Ripple, 71, pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery.
A criminal complaint in the case alleged that Ripple sat down in the lobby and
waited for police after robbing the Bank of Labor in Kansas City.
He told investigators that after an argument with his wife he felt he would
rather be in prison than go back home.
According to the police investigation, Ripple had been arguing with his wife before
he told her that he would rather be in jail than live with her.
He then wrote a note, in which he demanded money from the bank, in front of his
wife.
Ripple went to a Bank of Labor branch, and gave the note to a bank teller,
demanding cash and warning that he had a gun.
Ripple took the $3,000 in cash and sat down in the lobby, where he told a
security guard that he was the guy that the police were looking for.
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╬Somewhat
Useless Information╬
About 80 per cent of
koalas have the venereal disease of chlamydia. A side effect is it makes them
incontinent, and the leaking urine can make them pretty stinky.
***
Koalas live for 10 years on average, though they can live longer than that.
Female koalas usually produce one koala a year.
***
They are among a few animals that are like humans in that they have
fingerprints.
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╬Birthdays
Today╬
@ indicates age at death
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@89- Wallis
Simpson [Duchess of Windsor],
American
divorcee whom British King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry, born in
Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania
(d.
1986)
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@78- Pat
Buttram,
actor
(Mr Haney-Green Acres)
(d.
1994)
@77- Moe
Howard, [Moses Horowitz],
American
actor and comedian (The 3 Stooges), born in Brooklyn,
(d.
1975)
@75- Guy
Lombardo,
London
Ontario Canada, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne)
(d.
1977)
72- Aung
San Suu Kyi,
Burmese
politician, leader of the National League for Democracy and human rights
activist (1991 Nobel Peace Prize), born in Rangoon, British Burma
@71- Nancy
Marchand,
actress
(Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant), born in Buffalo, New York
(d.
2000)
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69- Phylicia
Rashad,
American
actress and singer (The Cosby Show, One Life to Live), born in Houston, Texas
63- Kathleen
Turner,
Springfield,
Missouri, American actress (Accidental Tourist, Jewel of Nile)
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@58- James
Stuart,
King James
VI of Scotland (1567-1625) and James I of England and Ireland (1603-25),
born in Edinburgh, Scotland
(d.
1625)
55- Paula
Abdul,
American
singer-songwriter, choreographer (Straight Up) and TV personality (American
Idol), born in San Fernando, California
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45- Jean
Dujardin,
1st
French actor to win an Oscar for Best Actor (The Artist), born in
Rueil-Malmaison, Île-de-France
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@39- Blaise
Pascal,
French
mathematician, physicist and Christian philosopher (Pascal's Law, Pascal's
Wager), born in Clermont-Ferrand, France
(d.
1662)
39- Zoe
Saldana,
American
actress (Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl), born
in Passaic, New Jersey
@37- Lou
Gehrig [Henry Louis Gehrig],
American
first baseman (NY Yankees), nicknamed "The Iron Horse", born in NYC,
New York
(d.
1941)
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19-Atticus
Shaffer,
Actor
(The Middle)
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╬Historical
Obits Today╬
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@81-1993 William
Golding,
author
(Lord of the Flies, Nobel 1983)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@79-1966
Ed Wynn,
comedian
(Ed Wynn Show), throat cancer
@70-1982 John
Cheever,
US
writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), cancer
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@67-1975 Sam
Giancana,
American
gangster, multiple gunshot wounds
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@51-2013 James
Gandolfini,
American
actor (The Sopranos), heart attack
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@34-1867 Maximilian
I
of
the Mexican Empire, firing squad
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╬Trivia
Hive Answers╬
Marsupial
What's sweeter than a cute
and cuddly wombat? Another one of the furry animals - buried into its mother's
pouch. That's right, just like a kangaroo, the wombat is a marsupial. After
giving birth to its small, undeveloped joey, the mother holds its young in its
pouch for about five months. Up until the joey reaches seven months, it
continues to crawl back into the pouch to nurse and seek safety. Source:
National Geographic
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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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