Flagstaff Almanac
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Week 48 Day 334 |
Sky Cover 30% |
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Active fire: 78 miles Risk of fire: Very Low |
Near Lightning: 705 mi
(Idaho/Oregon border) |
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Wind 8mph Gusts 13mph |
FlagToday 53° \27° |
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Air
Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy |
Nov. Averages: Temps: 53° \ 23° Moisture 3 Days |
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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Church/State Separation Week: 24-30 |
National Game & Puzzle Week: 24-30 |
Daily Observations
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Blue Beanie Day Link National Meth Awareness Day Link |
Nat’l Mousse Day National Personal Space Day Native Women's Equal Pay Day Link |
Today’s Thoughts
Chilly
night and warming up nicely.
I
was out at Sam’s Club and surprised to find King Size 100% cotton high thread
count sheets. Tradition continues.
The
weather guy sez we may get some snow today. Nothing yet, it is way to warm.
Almost
all of my Thanksgiving cards have been read and almost all have sent a nice
message.
Enjoy
Famous Natives to
Know…
Deb Haaland
American politician Deb Haaland is a
member of the Pueblo of Laguna and a 35th-generation New Mexican. Currently,
she's the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior and the first Native American
to serve as cabinet secretary.
Best TV Quotes… TV quotes
Yada,
yada, yada." —
"Seinfeld", 1989-1998.
I'm not
a psychopath, Anderson. I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Do your
research." —
"Sherlock", 2010-2017.
Historic Events
1803
– In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transferred the Louisiana
Territory to France. Just a few weeks later, France transferred the same land
to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase
1872
– The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent,
Glasgow, between Scotland and England. Four thousand people watched the
scoreless game.
1982
– Michael Jackson’s sixth solo studio album, Thriller, was released worldwide.
1998
– Exxon and Mobil signed a $73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating
ExxonMobil, the world’s largest company at that time.
Birthdays with some
quotes
@90 – Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, politician,
UK Prime Minister (Nobel Prize laureate, d. 1965)
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of
quotations. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied
it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good
thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.”
@95 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (d. 2014)
@90 – G. Gordon Liddy, American lawyer, radio host (d. 2021)
@89 – Robert Guillaume, American actor and singer (d. 2017)
88
– Woody Allen, actor, director
86
– Ridley Scott, English director, and producer (Alien, Blade Runner)
@84 – Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005)
@82 – Dick Clark, American TV host, and producer (founded Dick
Clark Productions, d. 2012)
“Music is the soundtrack of your life.”
“I don’t set trends. I just find out what they are and
exploit them.”
@77 – Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist, and essayist (d. 1745)
“When a great genius appears in the world the dunces are
all in confederacy against him.”
@74 – Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmons), American novelist, humorist,
and critic (d. 1910)
“A sound heart is a safer guide than an ill-trained
conscience.”@76 – Richard Crenna, American actor, director, and producer (d.
2003; cancer)
71
– Mandy Patinkin, American actor, and singer
68
– Billy Idol, English Singer/Songwriter (White Wedding, Mony Mony)
@66 – Kevin Conroy, American actor (animated Batman) (d. )
63
– Cherie Currie, American Singer/Songwriter, musician, and actress (The
Runaways)
61
– Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
57
– Ben Stiller, actor
@52 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist, author co-founded: Youth
International Party, (d. 1989; OD)
“You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its
dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.”
@48 – Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, singer, producer,
screenwriter (d. 1973; organ failure)
46
– Steve Aoki, American DJ, and producer (founded Dim Mak Records)
45
– Clay Aiken, American singer (American Idol)
@45 – John McCrae, Canadian physician, soldier, and poet In
Flanders Fields, (d. 1918; pneumonia)
@37 – Mindy McCready, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 2013;
suicide)
38
– Kaley Cuoco, American actress (Big Bang Theory)
38
– Chrissy Teigen, American model
…The End for today…
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