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Today 55°/20° Sky cover: 5% Wind 4mph Gusts 11mph Active Fire: 515 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest Lightning: 955miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Mar. Daily Averages: Temps:
53°\23° Moisture: 6
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National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition
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Today’s Thoughts
It’s a nice sunny day.
Took a nice walk around the neighborhood.
Sen. Katie Britt acknowledges
that her antidote that criticized Biden’s border policy did not happen during his
administration. Damage done and I doubt far-right will even know about your
goof. How about an apology to America.
Terms with origins in rural America
Leaf peeper
In New England, visitors who
arrive in the autumn to enjoy the colorful foliage, and are a big part of the
rural tourist economy, are "leaf peepers." The term most likely came
from Vermont in the mid-20th century.
America’s Top Attractions
1960’s: SeaWorld, San Diego,
California
Originally conceived as an
underwater restaurant with a marine show, the first SeaWorld opened in Mission
Bay, San Diego in 1964. The 21-acre marine zoological park was founded by four
UCLA graduates – George Millay, Milton Shedd, Dave Demotte and Ken Norris – and
opened with sea lion and dolphin exhibits. SeaWorld Ohio followed in 1970 and
SeaWorld Orlando in 1973. After selling the brand, Millay went on to develop
the nation's first major water park, Wet 'n Wild. It opened in Orlando in 1977.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida
With a growing fascination for
NASA’s rocket launches, the public flocked to the Cape Canaveral area to get a
glimpse of the launch pads and facilities. In 1963, drive-through tours were
permitted on Sunday afternoons and an estimated 100,000 visitors took part in
the first year. In 1965, tours were expanded to include parts of Kennedy Space
Center – there were nearly 2,000 visitors on the first day and a dedicated
visitor center was subsequently funded.
The Studio Tour, Universal Studios Hollywood, California
Now among Tinseltown’s
must-dos, the Universal Studios Tour was officially founded in 1964, although
unofficial tours had been carried out on the movie lot for some time. The first
tram tours cost $2.50 and were just 90 minutes long with stops to see costumes,
a make-up demo and a walk through a star’s dressing room.
Influential Native Americans…
Mildred Loving
Many Americans will have heard
of Mildred Loving, as she and her husband (and co-plaintiff) Richard battled
the ban against interracial marriage in the super-charged case of Loving v.
Virginia. What many Americans may not know is that Mildred Loving was of Black
and Indigenous descent. The Lovings took their case to the Supreme Court in
1967 and won, legalizing interracial marriage across the nation. In order to
exclusively focus on the white–Black binary that was dominating American
discourse around race, coverage of the Loving v. Virginia case—as well as the
2016 film "Loving"—left out Mildred Loving's multiracial heritage.
Historic Events
1888 – The Great
Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States.
1918 – The ‘Spanish
Flu’ pandemic struck the I+United States.
March 11, 2011 –
Apple iPad 2 was released.
2020 – The World
Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic.
Birthdays with some quotes
@89 – Lawrence Welk,
American accordion player and bandleader (d. 1992)
“There are good days
and there are bad days, and this is one of them.”
@70 – Dorothy Gish,
American actress (d. 1968; pneumonia)
@64 – Ralph Abernathy,
American minister and activist (d. 1990; blood clots)
93 – Rupert Murdoch,
Australian-American businessman and media magnate
@79 – Antonin Scalia,
American lawyer and jurist,(d. 2016)
74 – Bobby McFerrin,
American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor
74 – Jerry Zucker,
American director, producer, and screenwriter
@48 – Douglas Adams,
English author and playwright (d. 2001; heart attack)
61 – Alex Kingston,
English actress, The Doctor’s wife
59 – Jesse Jackson,
Jr., American lawyer, politician
57 – John Barrowman,
Scottish-American actor and singer
“Honestly, the world
can be a dark enough place. Light it up.”
55 – Terrence
Howard, American actor
“My future’s about
trying to be a better man.”
31 – Jodie Comer,
British actress
…The End for today…
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