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June 22, 2017 Week: 25 \
Day: 173
86004 Today: H 95° \ L 55°
Average
Sky Cover: 75%
Wind ave: 9mph\Gusts:
-mph
Visibility:
10 mi
June Averages: 79°\41°
June Records: H: 96° (1970) L: 22 (1955)
Record High: 94°[1954]
Record Low: 31°[1947]
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╬Quote
of the Day╬
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what
we pretend to be.
Socrates
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╬Observances
Today╬
Baby Boomer's Recognition Day
Global Smurfs Day Link
HVAC Technicians Day Link
Stupid Guy Thing Day
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╬Observances
This Week╬
Ramadan-→6/25
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
22-25 Watermelon Seed Spitting Week
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╬Today’s
Significant US Historical Events╬
★ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
★1611 Henry
Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery &
never seen again
★1633 Galileo
Galilei forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the
Sun by the Pope (Oct 31 1992 Vatican admits it was wrong)
★1675 Royal
Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░
1775 1st
Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
★1812 Upon
learning of plans by the Americans to execute a surprise attack, Laura
Secord walks 32 km to warn the British troops, which results in a British
surprise victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams
1851 Fire
destroys part of San Francisco, including City hall and Jenny Lind Theatre
1868 Arkansas
re-joins the US
1870 US
Congress creates Department of Justice
★1873 Prince
Edward Island joins Canada
1874 Dr
Andrew T Still, discovers the science of osteopathy
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1934 John
Dillinger is informally named America's first Public Enemy Number One
★1940 France
falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms
1943 W.E.B.
Du Bois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters
1944 US
President Franklin Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights"
(Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
1970 President
Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18)
1970 Supreme
Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional
★1980 Pope John
Paul II beatifies Kateri Tekakwitha, making him the 1st Native American to
be beatified
1983 1st
time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
1985 "Smuggler's
Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12
1990 Florida
passes a law which prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit
1990 Nelson
Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid
in New York, saying that nothing has occurred in South Africa to reverse the
ANC's position
1992 Supreme
Court rules "hate crime" laws violated free-speech rights
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
2011 After
hiding for 16 years, Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is arrested
outside an apartment in Santa Monica, California
2015 South
Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls for the removal of the Confederate flag
from statehouse grounds in wake of killings in a Charleston church
2015 JAMA
Internal Medical Journal announces obese Americans now outnumber those just
overweight
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╬My
Rambling Thoughts╬
Eye doc says my eye is
fine. Blood doc says I need another phlebotomy. So tomorrow I do it. Not bad,
only once. Don’t see him for 4 months so must not be as scary as it sounded.
It is yet another hot one.
Our retirement group decided not to do lunch until it cools off. Cheryl doesn’t
want to drive in and Mary is having remodeling done to her master bath.
What a waste of money. The
Dems dumped millions into the Georgia election, and lost. Of course, Reps had
to also dump lots of money to win. Lots of people must have made money on the
process.
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╬Today’s
Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
In 2017, Australian
scientists from what two universities found "the largest-ever"
dinosaur footprint?
University
of Queensland and James Cook University
University
of Melbourne and RMIT University
Monash
University and Deakin University
University
of Sydney and Griffith University
39.0%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s
Index╬
+448→Percentage change since 2010 in calls to the Pet
Poison Helpline about pets that have eaten marijuana
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╬Yep,
It Really Happened╬
Police officers were
shocked when a young boy pulled out a loaded gun from his toy box, according to
police in Florida.
Boynton Beach police said that they have arrested 34-year-old Rosalyn Faniel,
after being accused of keeping a loaded gun within reach of her 3-year-old son.
According to the criminal complaint, a neighbor called police to report that a
man was selling drugs all night, and numerous drug addicts were going in and
out of Faniel's apartment.
Police officers who arrived at the scene, began questioning Faniel about the
drug sales. She denied the allegations.
At some point, Faniel's 3-year-old son dragged a toy box and pulled out a
loaded gun in front of the police officers. One of the officers quickly grabbed
the gun.
Police then looked around the house, and found a scale and six small plastic
bags containing Oxycodone on top of a refrigerator.
Faniel said that she did not know how the gun and the drugs ended up in her
apartment.
She has been charged with one count of child neglect.
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╬Somewhat
Useless Information╬
Though Flag Day is
observed nationwide, it is not a federal holiday. Pennsylvania is the only
state to establish June 14 as a state holiday for Flag Day. New York also
designates the second Sunday in June every year as a state holiday for Flag
Day.
In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation officially establishing
June 14 as Flag Day with actual legislation signed by President Harry Truman in
1949 proclaiming June 14 as Flag Day. Nonetheless, despite repeated attempts by
advocates, Flag Day was never officially established as a federal holiday.
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╬Birthdays
Today╬
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@95- Billy
Wilder,
Austrian-born
American filmmakerr (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17), born in Vienna,
(d.
2002)
@94- Anne
Morrow Lindbergh,
American
author and aviator (Gift from the Sea), born in Englewood, NJ
(d.
2001)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@87- Cicely
Saunders,
English
nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice, born in
Barnet, England
(d.
2005)
@85- Ralph
Waite,
White
Plains New York, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand
Luke, The Waltons)
(d.
2014)
84- Dianne
Feinstein,
1st
female mayor of SF/(Sen-D-Ca)
81- Kris
Kristofferson,
Brownsville
TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@79- Bill
Blass,
American
fashion designer (Nancy Reagan), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
(d.
2002)
@72- N.
Howell Furman,
American
Chemist whose work on separating uranium contributed to the development of the
atomic bomb
(d.
1965)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
69- Todd
Rundgren,
singer
and guitarist (Hello it's Me), born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
68- Lindsay
Wagner,
actress
(Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks), born in Los Angeles
68- Meryl
Streep,
American
actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice), born in Summit, New Jersey
68- Elizabeth
Warren,
American
academic and US Senator (D-Massachusetts), born in Oklahoma City
@66- Paul
Frees,
animation
voice (Bullwinkle), born in Chicago,
(d.
1986)
@65- Ed
Bradley,
Journalist
and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Philadelphia,
(d.
2006)
65- Graham
Greene,
Canadian
First Nations actor
64- Cyndi
Lauper,
American
singer (Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Time After Time), born in NYC
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
57- Erin
Brockovich,
American
legal clerk and environmental campaigner, born in Lawrence, Kansas
55- Clyde
"Glide" Drexler,
NBA
Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers), born in New Orleans
53- Dan
Brown,
American
author of thriller fiction (The Da Vinci Code), born in Exeter, NH
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
46- Kurt
Warner,
American
football player
44- Carson
Daly,
American
television personality
@40- "Pistol" Pete
Maravich,
American
NBA star (Atlanta Hawks), born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
(d.
1988)
░░░<§>20’s<§>░░░
@22- Freddie
Prinze,
American
comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), born in NYC,
(d.
1977)
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╬Historical
Obits Today╬
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@93-2008 Dody
Goodman,
American
comedienne
@93-1940 Wladimir
Köppen [Vladimir Köppen],
German
Meteorologist and Climatologist who developed the Köppen climate classification
system for the regions of the world
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@88-1987 Fred
Astaire,
actor/dancer
(Royal Wedding, Let's Dance)
@83-2002 Ann
Landers,
American
columnist
@81-1993 Pat
Nixon,
1st
lady (1969-75)
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
@71-2008 George
Carlin,
American
comedian, actor, heart failure
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@63-1965 David
O Selznick,
producer
(Gone With the Wind), heart attacks
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@47-1969 Judy
Garland,
American
singer and actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), overdose
░░░<§>teen’s<§>░░░
@16-2006 Moose
(dog actor),
dog
actor popular for role on Frasier
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╬Trivia
Hive Answers╬
University of Queensland
and James Cook University
Dingos and bull sharks and
dinosaurs, oh my! Everything in Australia is big and scary, from its massive
area of uninhabitable land to its wolf spiders, and now the country gets to add
dinosaurs to its list of big, bad creatures. In particular, University of
Queensland School of Biological Sciences and Cook University School of Earth
and Environmental Sciences palaeontologists went on a dangerous trek and
discovered 1.7-meter tracks for a sauropod, the largest dinosaur footprints
ever recorded. If that discovery wasn't momentous enough, the researchers also
found the only confirmed evidence that stegosaurus roamed Australia. Source:
University of Queensland
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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
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