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June 25, 2017 Week: 26 \
Day: 176
86004 Today: H 91° \ L 52°
Average
Sky Cover: 15%
Wind ave: 7mph\Gusts:
15mph
Visibility:
10 mi
June Averages: 79°\41°
June Records: H: 96° (1970) L: 22 (1955)
Record High: 95°[1970]
Record Low: 30°[1965]
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╬Quote
of the Day╬
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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╬Observances
Today╬
ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day: 24-25 Link
America's Kids Day
Color TV Day (CBS)
Day of The Seafarer Link
Descendants Day
Eid-Al-Fitr
Global Beatles Day Link
Leon Day Link
Victory Day-Sioux Nation
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╬Observances
This Week╬
Ramadan-→6/25
22-25 Watermelon Seed
Spitting Week
23-25 North American
Organic Brewers Days
Water Ski Days
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╬Today’s
Significant US Historical Events╬
★ Today’s
Significant International Historical Events
░░░<§>1000’s<§>░░░
★1096 1st
Crusade slaughter Jews of Werelinghofen Germany
░░░<§>1500’s<§>░░░
★1580 Book
of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published
░░░<§>1600’s<§>░░░
1630 Fork
introduced to American dining by Gov Winthrop
1638 Lunar
eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in the American Colonies
★1667 French
physician Jean-Baptiste Denys performs the 1st human blood transfusion
1672 1st
recorded monthly Quaker meeting in US held, Sandwich, Mass
★1678 Venetian Elena
Cornaro Piscopia is awarded a doctorate of philosophy, the 1st woman to
receive a university doctoral degree or PhD
░░░<§>1700’s<§>░░░
1788 Virginia
becomes 10th state to ratify US constitution
░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░
1835 1st
building constructed at Yerba Buena (now SF)
★1864 Horse
tramway at the Hague, opens
1868 FL,
AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US
1868 US
President Andrew Johnson passes a law that government workers would work 8 hr
day
░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░
1910 Mann
Act passed (no women across state lines for immoral purposes)
1929 US
President Herbert Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover
Dam)
1938 "A
Tisket A Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb hits #1
1938 Federal
minimum wage law guarantees workers 25 cents per hour (rising to 40 cents by
1945) and a maximum 44 hour working week
1941 FDR issues
Executive Order 8802 forbidding discrimination
1941 Fair
Employment Practices Commission established
1948 Harry
Truman signs Displaced Persons Bill (205,000 Europeans to US)
1949 Long-Haired
Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny.
★1953 1st
passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
★1967 400
million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
1969 Pancho
Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon
★1976 The
Soweto Uprising in South Africa leaves 174 blacks and two whites dead following
10 days of rioting
1978 First
use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march
in San Francisco
1981 Supreme
Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional
1984 Prince
releases his "Purple Rain" album
1988 Cal
Ripken Jr plays in his 1,000th consecutive game
1990 120°F
in Phoenix Arizona
★1991 Martina
Navratilova wins record 100th singles match at Wimbledon
★1991 Six
persons are killed and eighteen injured when gunmen open fire on a crowded
commuter train in Soweto, South Africa
1998 In
Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the
Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░
2014 The
US Supreme Court rules that police cannot examine the digital contents of a
cell phone without a court order
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╬My
Rambling Thoughts╬
Another hot day…cooler has
been filled 3 times since yesterday…that is the disadvantage to a portable
model. The advantage is that the living room is actually livable.
I updated the Focus
Travel Club site this morning, so now everyone can see the great
Columbia trip that is coming up in February 2018. Check it out.
As I entered adolescents,
my mom had a favorite saying “You can’t have it both ways.” It is time that phrase
starts showing up at every press briefing and is emailed to the president every
morning. The very idea that Comey told the truth because of the president’s ‘tapes’
tweet, but lied about other things in the same conversation is laughable.
Another of her quotes was “you can’t tell the players without a program”. Time
for some reliable news organization to provide a program of the what happened
from the summer of 2016 to today. Who saw whom, when, and why. Then the American
public would not be so befuddled by the changing story.
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╬Today’s
Trivia Hive╬
(answers
at the end of post)
Which island would you
visit to enjoy a dinner of authentic Jerk Chicken?
Hawaii Jamaica
Taiwan Guam
92.2%
taking the internet quiz got it correct.
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╬Harper’s
Index╬
700→Number
of Canadian jobs that
were abolished when the government launched a more efficient payroll system
last year
800,000→Of
Canadians who then
experienced payment delays because of system errors.
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╬Yep,
It Really Happened╬
A thief who stole a
mummified toe used in a Canadian hotel's signature cocktail returned the
bizarre ingredient and offered an apology.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Yukon announced the "sour toe," used
in the Downtown Hotel in Dawson City's "sourtoe cocktail," had been
returned.
"On Tuesday afternoon Dawson City RCMP received a phone call from the
alleged suspect, stating that he had placed the toe in the mail, addressed to
the Downtown Hotel," police said. "The man then called the Downtown
Hotel and provided the same message to staff, along with a verbal
apology."
The sour toe was first reported missing on Sunday, when staff at the hotel's
Sourdough Saloon said a man from Quebec with a French accent bragged about
plans to steal the toe before it disappeared.
Hotel manager Geri Coulbourn said the bar had back-up toes, but the one that
was stolen had been cured in salt for six months after it was recently donated
by a man who had it surgically removed.
Police said the hotel received a package and RCMP Cpl. Jeff Myke was present to
ensure it was safe to open.
"Located inside the package was an apology letter, as well as the stolen
toe," police said. "At the time that the package was opened, the toe
was believed to be in good condition."
No charges are expected to be filed in the case. The hotel's policy states
anyone guilty for stealing a sour toe will be fined up to $2,500, but
management previously stated the fine would be waived if the toe was returned
safely.
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╬Somewhat
Useless Information╬
Not so long ago, unless
you were wealthy and enjoyed eating at expensive restaurants, washroom
attendants were not people you'd come into much contact with. Now, in both the
U.S. and United Kingdom, washroom attendants are becoming regular public
bathroom "fixtures."
***
In places like India and
in many parts of Asia, bathrooms provide a cup of water, but no toilet paper.
When you're done doing your business, it's customary to use your left hand to
wash your bum and then wash your hand with the cup of water. This is precisely
why it's rude to shake hands with your left hand in most of Asia and the Middle
East.
***
Did you know that public
restrooms have a watchdog? The American Restroom Association has a clear
mission: "The ARA advocates for the availability of clean, safe,
well-designed public restrooms."
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╬Birthdays
Today╬
@ indicates age at death
░░░<§>100’s<§>░░░
@107- George
Abbott,
producer
(Damn Yankees, Pajama Game), born in Forestville, NY
(d.
1995)
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
92- June
Lockhart,
American
actress (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction), born in NYC
░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░
71- Ian
McDonald,
rock
guitarist (Foreigner, King Crimson), born in London, England
70- Jimmie
Walker,
comedian
(JJ-Good Times, At Ease), born in The Bronx, New York
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@64- Kay
(Katherine Linn) Sage,
American
painter and poet , born in Albany, NY
(d.
1963)
@64- Peyo
[Pierre Culliford],
cartoonist
(The Smurfs, Johan et Pirlouit), born in Brussels, Belgium
(d.
1992)
62- Carly
Simon,
American
singer (Anticipation, You're So Vain), born in NYC, New York
61-
Anthony Bourdain,
chef,
food show
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
55- Ricky
Gervais, English actor and comedian (The Office), born in Reading, England
@53- George
Michael [Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou],
English
singer-songwriter and pop superstar (Wham!, I Want Your Sex), born in London,
England
(d.
2016)
░░░<§>40’s<§>░░░
@46- George
Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair],
Bihar,
British writer (Animal Farm, 1984), born in Motihari, British India
(d. 1950)
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
35- Rain,
Korean
singer (Rain, Jeong Ji-Hoon)
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╬Historical
Obits Today╬
░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░
@90-1971 John
Boyd Orr,
Scottish
physician, Nobel laureate (Nutrition)
░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░
@87-1997 Jacques
Cousteau,
French
oceanographer
@87-2003 Lester
Maddox,
American
businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia
@87-1988 Axis
Sally, [Mildred E Gillars],
US
nazi propagandist (WW II)
░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░
@66-1976 Johnny
Mercer,
US
songwriter (That old Black Magic), brain tumor
@62-2009 Farrah
Fawcett,
American
actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed), anal cancer
░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░
@58-1830 Ephraim
McDowell,
American
Physician (pioneered abdominal surgery), appendicitis
@50-2009 Michael
Jackson,
American
recording artist, entertainer and King of Pop music (The Jackson 5, Thriller,
Dangerous), cardiac arrest
░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░
@36-1876 George
Armstrong Custer,
United
States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the
American Indian Wars, at the Battle of Little Bighorn
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╬Trivia
Hive Answers╬
Jamaica
Jamaican Jerk Chicken is
one of the true treasures exported from this island nation. True Jerk Chicken
is not cooked over coals alone but over freshly cut green wood. For truly
authentic Jerk Chicken, it must cook on the wood of the pimenta tree, Pimenta
dioica. The pimenta is native to the Caribbean and provides another integral
ingredient in the Jerk Chicken - allspice berries, which make up part of the
marinade. If green wood from a pimenta tree is not available, an acceptable
substitute is green sweetwood, the Jamaican term for the laurel tree.
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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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