Jun 9

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June 9, 2017 Week: 23 \ Day: 160

86004 Today: H 82° \ L 38°

Average Sky Cover: 45% 

Wind ave:   20mph\Gusts:  -mph

Visibility: 10 mi

June Averages: 79°\41°

June Records: H: 96° (1970) L: 22 (1955)

Record High: 88°[1902]   Record Low: 24°[1950]

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╬Quote of the Day╬

The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge

and the dissemination of truth.

John F. Kennedy

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╬Observances Today╬

Banana Split Days→-10  Link

Donald Duck Day (Birthday) Link 

International Archives Day

National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day

Poultry Days→-11 Link 

Ryan Moran Day Link  

Toy Industry Day

World APS Day Link

May 26-6/12    Louis Vuitton Cup (America's Cup)

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╬Observances This Week╬

Ramadan-→6/25

3-11     International Clothesline Week

National Lemonade Days Link

4-10     Bed Bug Awareness Week

Black Single Parents Week

End Mountain Top Removal Week:  4-10 Link   

National Business Etiquette Week:  4-10  

National Headache Awareness Week Link  

National Sun Safety Week Link

Pet Appreciation Week Link

7-10     International Listening Week

8-11     Superman Days Link

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╬Today’s Significant US Historical Events╬

★  Today’s Significant International Historical Events 

░░░<§>1500’s<§>░░░

★1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

★1549 Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England

░░░<§>1800’s<§>░░░

1802 US Academy at West Point founded

1856 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.

1860 1st US "dime novel" published: "Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter," by Mrs Ann Stevens

░░░<§>1900’s<§>░░░

1902 1st Automat restaurant opens (818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia)

★1910 A passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard (found June 6, 1983 in Queensland)

1923 Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans

1931 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented (Robert Goddard)

1931 1st showing of a Donald Duck cartoon

1934 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released

1943 "Pay-as-you-go" (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized

1954 Joseph Welch asks US Senator Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings

1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1

1969 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice

1970 Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University 1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood

★1989 Michael Chang's French Open tennis win makes him youngest male to go to finals

1991 Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI

░░░<§>2000’s<§>░░░

★2006 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand celebrates the 1st of 3 national holidays to commemorate his 60 years on the throne.

★2012 Burma (Myanmar) riots kill 20 people and burn down 300 houses

2014 Laverne Cox becomes the first transgender person to appear on the cover of "Time" Magazine

★2016 World Health Organization advises delaying pregnancy in areas with the Zika virus

★2016 Successful attempts to turn CO2 gases into stone underground in Iceland published in the journal "Science"░<§>00’s<§>░░░

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╬My Rambling Thoughts╬

Great lunch at a new place with Mary and Cheryl. Nice.

Comey hearing question: How can anyone listen to his testimony and not get it? Oh, and to my Senator McCain…look at a calendar, it is June 2017…way off base.

Comedians were in the news last week for questionable things. First, Kathy Griffin pushed the envelope too hard. I believe her joke was completely horrific. And she deserves whatever happens. However, I find Bill Maher’s comment much more disturbing. His ‘house nigga’ comment just rolled off his tongue. I don’t think it was a planned comment. This is much more disturbing that it was even in his mind. He needs to do some serious soul searching.

THIS IS NOT NORMAL:

Senator Risch who told Comey that ‘I hope’ from the President is not an order has never worked for a boss. Bosses say ‘I hope you aren’t late again’ and they expect a change. So did our President.

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╬Today’s Trivia Hive╬

(answers at the end of post)

Which ancient civilization created the Antikythera Mechanism?

Greeks                        Babylonians

Romans          Persians

47.6% taking the internet quiz got it correct.

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╬Birthdays Today╬

@  indicates age at death

░░░<§>90’s<§>░░░

@93- Robert S McNamara,

US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head (World Bank) (d. 2009)

░░░<§>80’s<§>░░░

86- Jackie Mason, Wisc,

comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup)

@84- Fred Waring,

Tyrone Penn, musician/conductor/inventor (Waring Blender)

(d. 1984)

@84- Joe Santos,

American actor (Rockford Files), born in Brooklyn, New York

(d. 2016)

@80- Robert Cummings,

Joplin Mo, actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder)

(d. 1990)

░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░

@73- Cole Porter,

Indiana, composer/lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate)

(d. 1964)

░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░

56- Michael J. Fox,

Canadian actor (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf), born in

Edmonton, Alberta

54- Johnny Depp,

American actor (21 Jump Street, Pirates of the Caribbean), born in

Owensboro, Kentucky

@52- Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov],

Tsar of Russia (1682-1725), born in Moscow

(d. 1725)

░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░

36- Natalie Portman [Neta-Lee Hershlag],

Israeli/American actress (Professional, Padmé Amidala-Star Wars), born

in Jerusalem, Israel

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╬Historical Obits Today╬

░░░<§>70’s<§>░░░

@74-1974 Miguel Ángel Asturias,

Guatemalan novelist (Hombres de Maiz, Nobel 67), journalist and poet

@72-1871 Anna Atkins,

English botanist, photographer and the 1st person to publish a book

illustrated with photographic images, di paralysis, rheumatism,

░░░<§>60’s<§>░░░

@65-1868 James Brooke,

British adventurer and 1st Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), stroke

@63-1981 Allen Ludden,

game show host (Password), cancer

░░░<§>50’s<§>░░░

@58-1870 Charles Dickens,

English writer (David Copperfield, Oliver Twist), stroke

░░░<§>30’s<§>░░░

@31-68 Claudius Nero,

Roman emperor (54-68), suicide

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╬Trivia Hive  Answers╬

Greeks Do you remember your old Dell that ran on Windows 95? Well, it turns out forms of computers have existed way before you played Space Cadet pinball. The ancient Greeks had a device known as the Antikythera Mechanism, which they used to chart planets" progress across the zodiac. In addition to keeping track of planets, the moon and the sun, the device also helped the Greeks anticipate eclipses and schedule the four-year cycle for athletic tournaments similar to the Olympic Games. Source: The Independent

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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.

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