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1-30 National
Lemonade Days Link National
Hermit Week National
Waste & Recycling Workers Week Link |
17-22 National
Old Time Fiddlers' Frolic Link National
Week of Making Link Royal
Ascot Link |
Daily Observations
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American Eagle Day Link |
Lambrusco Day LinkNational Hike With A Geek Day
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Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"Spring being
a tough act to follow, God created June." — Al Bernstein |
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Today’s Thoughts
I’m enjoying a breezy Federal Holiday. As a retired Civil Servant, I
always enjoyed the Federal Holidays. For over 35 years it meant no work and a
chance to get to town and visit places normally closed on weekends. Now that I
have retired, I try really hard not to shop on Federal Holidays. I figure all
workers should have a paid day off. If no one shopped on Federal Holidays, the
stores would let their employees off.
The US is getting bad press for withholding certain military aid to
Israel.
The Russia/N. Korea summit announced they signed a pact to protect each
other from foreign adversaries that attack either one. This certainly have
other nations concerned.
NOTE TO READERS:
A couple of the websites I use for birthdays have stopped working. I am searching
for new ones. The list of birthdays will continue to be small until I find a
good one. Thanks for your patience.
1963 was 61 years ago…
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John F. Kennedy assassinated on Friday, November 22nd ,
1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas
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Due to the high cost of daily maintenance and repairs,
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary closes
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The United States Postal Service launches the ZIP Code
System during July of 1963.
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Beatles Release I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her
Standing There and Meet the Beatles
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The Profumo Crisis in the UK causing resignations from
the cabinet
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Studebaker the US Car Maker goes out of business and
Ends production
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The United States Senate approved ratification of the
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
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The Sabin oral Polio Vaccine which is taken with a lump
of sugar is given nationwide in US and UK
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Members of Ku Klux Klan dynamite Baptist Church in
Birmingham, Alabama
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The United States and the Soviet Union agree to
establish a "hot line"
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Origin of common phrases
Historic Events
1567
The Casket Letters—which directly implicated Mary,
Queen of Scots, in a plot with James
Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell, to murder Mary's husband, Henry
Stewart, Lord Darnley—were said to have been discovered this day in
1567.
2002
In Atkins v. Virginia the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that the imposition of the death
penalty in cases involving intellectually
disabled defendants violated the Eighth
Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
1975
Steven
Spielberg's thriller Jaws was released in theatres, and it was a huge
success, essentially creating the genre of summer blockbusters.
1893
Following a trial that was a national sensation in the United
States, Lizzie
Borden was acquitted of murdering her father and
stepmother.
Birthdays
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Nichole Kidman is
57 Lionel Richie is
75 John Goodman is 72 |
…The End for today…
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