January 20, 2026

21 Jan

 

 


 

Week 4  Day 21 Flag Today  43°/27°

Wind 5 mph Gusts 6 mph

Active Fire:  131 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate 

Nearest Lightning: 694 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine

Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18° Moisture:  10 Days

 

Weekly Observations

National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23
Healthy Weight Week: 18-24
Hunt For Happiness Week: 18-24
National CRNA 
(Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week: 18-24

National Handwriting Analysis Week: 18-24 (Always has John Hancock's birthday 1/23)
No Name Calling Week:  18-24 
Link 
Sugar Awareness Week: 18-23
Week of Christian Unity: 18-25

Daily Observations

International Squirrel Appreciation Day Link  Link
International Sweatpants Day
Mariachi Day 
Link
National Cheesy Socks Day

National Hugging Day Link  
National Hug Your Puppy Day
National Hyaluronic Acid Day 
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Today’s Quote                                                       

 


Today’s Meme

 



Today’s Thoughts

Another nice winter day.

Nissan finally came through. Back in July I got a recall. I finally got an appointment to fix the recall. The guy said about an hour. I got there and they said 3-4 hours…depending on how well their computer was working. So I left the car and took their free shuttle to get home. Now I’m just waiting for it to be fixed. The shuttle driver picked me up at 12:45 and I have my vehicle back. Glad they have a shuttle service. 

So much of the news relates back to ‘left vs right’. It is time to look at every news story event as ‘right or wrong’. In the first each side is saying ‘but the other side is worse.’ In the second, when we can identify the ‘wrong’ and do what can be done to stop the wrong and do it right. The other day a group of protesters stopped a church service to inform the congregation that one of their pastors was the local ICE head honcho. I agree that people should know the leaders of ICE, but by entering a church, stopping the service and then telling the congregation sure sounds wrong. I still believe any church service should not be interrupted by protesters.  

Historic Events

Jan 21 History

Birthdays with some quotes

Horace Wells, American dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia), born in Hartford, Vermont (d. 1848; @33, suicide)

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Stonewall Jackson(d. 1863 ;39, pnuemonia)

Confederate general during the American Civil War, born in Clarksburg, Virginia

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Felix Hoffmann (d. 1946; @78)

German chemist (synthesized aspirin and heroin), born in Ludwigsburg, Germany

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Grigori Rasputin (d.1916; @47, murdered)

Russian monk and confidant of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, born in Pokrovskoye, Sibera, Russian Empire

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Christian Dior(d.1957; @52; heart attack)

French fashion designer (New Look), born in Granville, France

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Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat (The Flying Wallendas), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 1978; @73, fall)

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Barney Clark, American dentist and heart patient, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart, born in Utah (d. 1983)

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Paul Scofield(d. 2008; @86)

English actor (A Man for All Seasons, Train), born in Hurst, England

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Benny Hill [Alfred Hawthorn Hill], British comedian (The Benny Hill Show; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), born in Southampton, Hampshire, England (d. 1992; @68 heart attack)

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Stephen "Steve" Reeves, American professional bodybuilder, actor (Hercules, Goliath, Sandokan), and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, Montana (d. 2000 @74, blood clot)

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Wolfman Jack [Robert Weston Smith], American disc jockey (The Midnight Special), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995; @57, heart attack)

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Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist who opened the Woodstock Festival ("Freedom"; "Here Comes the Sun"), born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2013; @72; heart attack)

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Mac Davis, American country music singer-songwriter ("Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me"; "In The Ghetto"; "I Believe In Music") and actor (North Dallas Forty), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2020; @78, following heart surgery) 

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Paul Allen (d. 2018; @65, septic shock)

American business magnate (co-founder Microsoft, owner Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle Seahawks), born in Seattle, Washington

 

Jack Nicklaus(86 years old)

1940 American golfer (18 major titles, 73 PGA Tour titles), born in Columbus, Ohio

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Plácido Domingo(85 years old)

1941 Spanish opera and Latin tenorconductor and artistic director (Verdi's "Otello"), born in Madrid, Spain

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79- Jill Eikenberry, (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project), born in New Haven, Connecticut

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76- Billy Ocean [Leslie Charles], Trinidadian-British pop and R&B singer ("Caribbean Queen"; "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"), born in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago

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Eric Holder(75 years old)

1951 American lawyer and judge (1st African American US Attorney General 2009-2015), born in The Bronx, New York

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70- Geena Davis, American actress (Beetlejuice, Fly), born in Wareham, Massachusetts

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70- Robby Benson, American actor (One on One, Running Brave, Chosen), born in Dallas, Texas

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Hakeem Olajuwon(63 years old)

1963 Nigerian-American NBA center, 1984-2002 (Houston Rockets, Olympic gold 1996), born in Lagos, Nigeria

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Emma Bunton(50 years old)

1976 British pop singer (Spice Girls - "Girl Power"), born in London, England

 

 

…The End for today…

               

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