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Week 25 Day 174 Flag Today 89°/55° Wind 7 mph Gusts 14 mph Gentle Breeze Active Fire: 172 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 118 miles away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Partly Cloudy Red Flag Warning Jun Averages: Temps: 80°\43° Moisture: 1 Day
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Weekly Observations
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1-30 National
Lemonade Days Link 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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ARRL
(American Radio Relay League) Field Day -23 Link |
Polar
Bear Swim (Nome,AK) Link |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"The summer
night is like a perfection of thought." — Wallace Stevens
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Today’s Thoughts
Another warm day.
It looks like the 2
US astronauts will have to wait until next week for their transportation home
to make it to the space station. NASA says there is no need for concern…but
they aren’t stuck up there.
RFK didn’t meet the
debate criteria for the CNN debate….no surprise.
Yesterday I said it
was smoky. Oops…it was dust from a haboob in Mexico. Sounds a little crazy to
me.
Last night there was
lightning very close, less than a mile, from my residence.
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"
Origin of common phrases
Dead ringer
A "dead ringer" originated in
19th-century American horse racing, when a horse racing under a fake name was
called a ringer, and dead meant exact. Today a dead ringer is an exact copy or
resemblance.
Historic Events
1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of
Justice.
1942 – Pledge of Allegiance was formally adopted by
Congress.
1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin, a sign
of the ending of The Cold War.
Birthdays with some quotes
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87 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter and
actor “Tell
the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause,
that’s all that matters in the end.” 76 – Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, “If
you’re not satisfied with the way the world is, or if you think the world can
be better, you have to figure out a way to know yourself and better yourself.
Then you have the assurance that something in the world has improved.” 75 – Meryl Streep, American actress 72 – Graham Greene, Canadian character actor 71 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter “You
always have to remember – no matter what you’re told – that God loves all the
flowers, even the wild ones that grow on the side of the highway.” 66 – Bruce Campbell, American actor “All
men think they’re fascinating. In my case, it’s justified.” 64 – Tracy Pollan, American actress “When
something’s got to give, family always wins. I couldn’t live with myself if
it was the other way.” 51 – Carson Daly, American radio and television host
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@65
– Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982) @31
– John Dillinger, American criminal (d. 1934; gunshot wounds) “You
can get more with a simple prayer and a Thompson sub-machinegun than you can
with a simple prayer alone.” @22
– Freddie Prinze, American actor (d. 1977;p suicide)
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…The End for today…
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