Monday, June 14, 2010

Good Morning! Monday June 14, 2010

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It will be an extraordinarily hot day ... upper 90s and heat indexs as high as 105. This is for sure not a day to be out if you don't have to!
Yesterday was hot, mid 90s; and though by late afternoon it got dark and windy, there was no rain here. Tonight I'll have to run sprinklers again for sure. I didn't go outside at all, but did have a busy day. I finished most of the projects I planned ... and I now have a *real* guest room! (meaning there's an actual room, with a door; and a bed, not a sofa and not an air mattress on boxes. Well, ok, it's an air mattress .. but it's on a frame and box spring! LOL!). I also got most of the pictures hung up that I wanted ... I still have a few I have to decide where they're going to live. :)
Tonight 2, and maybe 3, of my grandchildren will be here, and I'm not planning anything!!!

Today is " Family History Day" ... "Flag Day (US)" ... "Flag Day: Anniversary of the Stars and Stripes" ... "National Flag Day USA: Pause for the Pledge" ... "Anniversary - US Army" ... "Rice Planting Festival (Japan)".

Quotes of the Day:
"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something."
-- Wilson Mizner

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."
-- Henry David Thoreau

Today in history:
In 1775, George Washington was named Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.

In 1775, the Continental Congress established the army as the first U.S. military service.

In 1777, the Star and Stripes became the national U.S. flag.

In 1919, Capt. John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Brown flew a Vickers Vimy bomber 1,900 miles non-stop from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, to Clifden, Ireland, for the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.

In 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio. The occasion was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore.

In 1933, the first Superman comic -- Action Comic No. 1 -- was published.

In 1951, Univac I, the world's first commercial computer, designed for the U.S. Census Bureau, was unveiled.

In 1954, the phrase "under God" formally added to U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.

In 1998, the Chicago Bulls won their sixth NBA title in eight years and third in a row, defeating the Utah Jazz in the championship series.

Today's birthdays include
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1811
- Bookseller John Bartlett, compiler of "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," in 1820
- Wisconsin Gov. Robert La Follette in 1855
- Singer, composer Cliff Edwards (also the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Disney's "Pinocchio") in 1895
- Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White in 1904
- Actor/folksinger Burl Ives in 1909
- Actress Dorothy McGuire in 1916
- Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in 1928
- Actress Marla Gibbs in 1931
- Real estate mogul Donald Trump, in 1946
- Olympic gold medal speed skater Eric Heiden in 1958
- Singer Boy George (George O'Dowd) in 1961
- Actress Yasmine Bleeth ("Baywatch") in 1968
- Tennis star Steffi Graf in 1969

Everyone have a Great Monday!

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