4 Feb

 

Week 6  Day 35   Flag Today  44°/25° Sky cover:  5% Wind 9mph Gusts 19mph Active Fire:  786miles away Risk of fire: Very Low  1204Nearest Lightning:  miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Feb. Daily Averages: Temps: 47°\19° Moisture:  5 Days

Today’s Quote                                                                                                Today’s Meme

Monthly Observations

Library Lovers Month Love The Bus Month Link  Link Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month

Marijuana Awareness Month Link Nat’l African American History Month Link National African American Read-In  Link

Weekly Observations

6-2/13 Carnival 1-7 Women's Heart Week World Interfaith Harmony Week 2-8 Publicity for Profit Week

3-10 Freelance Writer Appreciation Week 4-10 African Heritage & Health Week Burn Awareness Week  Link   Children's Authors & Illustrators Week Children's Authors & Illustrators Week

Daily Observations

Create A Vacuum Day Facebook's Birthday Grammy Awards Homemade Soup Day I Heart Horror Day International Day of Human Fraternity Liberace Day

Medjool Date Day National Hemp Day  Link National Quacker Day Stuffed Mushroom Day Thank A Mailman Day USO Day World Cancer Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

Very light snow last night…today is all blue sky. Sadly, my former colleague passed after only 2 days in hospice. At 60, she was a born teacher who will be missed by the many she worked with. Now awaiting the next storm mid-week. B-1B Lancer jets were responsible for hitting Iraq and Syria in response to the killing of US soldiers. The US plans did not attack Iran directly.

Weird History…

In 1929, Professor Ernest Glen Wever and his assistant Charles William Bray conducted an experiment on a cat at Princeton University - The Cat Was Turned Into A Telephone In 1929, Professor Ernest Glen Wever and his assistant Charles William Bray conducted an experiment that seemed too unbelievable to be true - they turned a cat into a telephone. This incredible feat was achieved by surgically implanting electrodes in the auditory nerve of the cat's ear. The sound waves from the phone receiver were then converted into electrical signals which stimulated the cat’s inner ear, allowing it to hear conversations over the phone line. Although this experiment may seem far-fetched, it actually happened and is remembered as one of the most remarkable scientific achievements of its time.

Civil War Facts

Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln presented an outline of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet on July 22, 1862, followed by a full preliminary version on Sept. 22, stating that unless the Confederate rebellion ceased by Jan. 1 of the following year, the proclamation would take full effect. One-hundred days later, the Confederacy remained intact, and the proclamation officially granted freedom to all enslaved people in all U.S. states, including those within the Confederacy. It also allowed Black men to serve in the Union Army. Until then, the Confederacy expected the English and French governments to intervene in its favor. Still, Lincoln's shift to make the war a fight against slavery made international intervention distinctly unpalatable.

Interesting Trivia…

Which animal can be seen on the Porsche logo?   Which monarch officially made Valentine's Day a holiday in 1537? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ************************************************************************************************** Answer: Horse Answer: Henry VIII

Historic Events

1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the US Electoral College. 1941 – The USO (United Service Organization) was founded. 1992 – A coup d’état was led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. 2000 – The Sims was released, Computer Game 2000 – The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day on February 4 every year. 2004 – Facebook launched.

Birthdays with some quotes

@92 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (d. 2005) “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” @61 – Emperor Norton I, San Francisco eccentric (d. 1880; heart attack) @58 – Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953; heart attack) @85 – Betty Friedan, American author and feminist (d. 2006) “Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women’s denigration of themselves.” 82 – Florence LaRue, American singer and actress @78 – David Brenner, American comedian and actor (d. 2014; cancer) “It isn’t how much time you spend somewhere that makes it memorable: it’s how you spend the time.” “We cannot attain the presence of God. We’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s missing is awareness.” @77 – George A. Romero, American director and producer (d. 2017; cancer) “A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.” @77 – Ida Lupino, English-American actress (d. 1995; colon cancer) “I didn’t see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.” 77 – Dan Quayle, American politician, 44th Vice President 76 – Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter “Mistakes are part of the game. It’s how well you recover from them, that’s the mark of a great player.” @72 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (d. 1974; lymphoma) “Our ideals, laws, and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation, in turn, becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on to the future.” “If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes. That judgment, in turn, must rest upon one’s outlook on life. Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed.” 65 – Lawrence Taylor, American football player and sportscaster “When you get old, everything is hurting. When I get up in the morning, it sounds like I’m making popcorn.” 54 – Hunter Biden, Businessman 53 – Rob Corddry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter 51 – Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer “When people say I can’t or I mustn’t, I always say I can and I will.” 47 – Gavin DeGraw, American singer-songwriter @27 – Jerome Brown, American football player (d. 1992; car crash)

…The End for today…