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Weekly Observations
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1-30 National
Lemonade Days Link Lightning
Safety Awareness Week Link |
27 -7/4 National
Prevention of Eye Injuries Awareness Watermelon
Thump Seed Spitting Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Celebrate
Joy Day Link |
National Bomb Pop Day Link |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"Summertime
is always the best of what might be." — Charles Bowden |
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Today’s Thoughts
Monsoon hit hard
yesterday. My place got over 1” of rain between 2 big storms. It caused minor
flooding in anyone below are recovering 3 big burn areas. More rain expected
today.
I needed to get a
blood draw for 2 upcoming appointments. I arrived at 7:45 but the sonagram didn’t
arrive until 8:55. It went well, and I was out by 9:05.
I am disappointed that
I live in a country where Freedom of Speech allows a presidential candidate to
suggest his opponent in using drugs. So many of his fans have picked that up
and it is now everywhere. Talk policy or shut up.
The Surgeon General
declared that ‘gun violence’ is now a public health crisis. Of course that
brings forth Yeah from one side and Idiotic from the other side. I hope his
call for ‘warning labels’ on the internet takes hold.
1964 was 60 years ago…
Vietnam War
Three
North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack the US Destroyer Maddox in the Gulf of
Tonkin US Congress Authorizes war against N Vietnam Gulf
of Tonkin Resolution
More
Information and Timeline For History Of Vietnam War From 1960 to 1964
1.
Leading up to 1960 check out earlier Vietnam War History Check Out 1960
2.
1961 May Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Saigon and declared Ngo Dinh
Diem the "Winston Churchill of Asia. Johnson assured Diem of more aid in
molding a fighting force that could resist the communists.
3.
1963 January 3rd Vietcong units defeat South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) in Battle
of Ap Bac
4. 1963 November
2nd Coup d'état in South Vietnam and Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated Major
General Duong Van Minh takes control of South Vietnam
5.
1964 January 30th In a bloodless coup, General Nguyen Khanh seizes power in
Saigon. South Vietnam
6.
August 2 to 4th Sea battle between the North Vietnamese Navy's Torpedo Squadron
and the destroyer USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy
7. August
10 Tonkin Gulf Resolution (officially, Asia Resolution, Public Law
88-408) passed by United States Congress
8.
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization,
without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional
military force in Southeast Asia
Origin of common phrases
Madder than a wet hen
To be "madder than a wet hen" is to
be extremely angry. It's rooted in the old-time practice of Southern farmers to
dunk brooding, quarrelsome hens in cold water so they could collect their eggs.
Historic Events
1556
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs were burned at the stake
near London for their Protestant beliefs.
1844
Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Mormons, and his brother
Hyrum Smith were murdered by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1898
Joshua Slocum completed the first solo circumnavigation of
the globe from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
1976
Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) was hijacked
en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
1985
US Route 66 was officially removed from the United States
Highway System.
Birthdays with some quotes
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75 –
Vera Wang, American fashion designer 58 –
J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter “Mystery
is more important than knowledge.” 55 –
Jo Frost, English nanny, television personality, and author 49 –
Tobey Maguire, American actor “I
think the greatest way to learn is to learn by someone’s example.” 37 –
Ed Westwick, English actor 35 –
Matthew Lewis, English actor |
@91
– Kate Carew, American illustrator and journalist (d. 1961) @89
– Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (d. 2019) “The
activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man
who cleans up the river.” @87
– Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968) “The
best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched –
they must be felt with the heart.” @83
– John McIntire, American character actor (d. 1991) |
…The End for today…
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