10/20/2014

     

Tucson Weather Today

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"I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about."
--Rick Moody

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Did You Know . . .?

Tornadoes are invisible; they are just moving air. What you see are the water droplets that form inside the funnel cloud and the dirt and debris picked up from the ground.

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HISTORICAL EVENT

On this day in 1944 two liquid gas tanks explode in Cleveland, Ohio, killing 130 people. It took all of the city's firefighters to bring the resulting industrial fire under control. Laboratory workers at the East Ohio Gas Company had spotted white vapor leaking from the large natural gas tank at the company plant near Lake Erie. The circular tank had a diameter of 57 feet and could hold 90 million cubic feet of the highly flammable gas. Ten minutes later, a massive and violent explosion rocked the entire area. Flames went as high as 2,500 feet in the air. Everything in a half-mile vicinity of the explosion was completely destroyed.

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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

William Christopher

(born October 20, 1932)

William Christopher is an American actor who is best known for playing Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H and Private Lester Hummel on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Jennifer Nicole Freeman

(born October 20, 1985)

Jennifer Freeman is an American actress. Freeman is best known for playing the role of Claire Kyle in the ABC sitcom My Wife and Kids.

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.

(born October 20, 1971)

Known by his stage names Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg, and later Snoop Lion, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor.

Michelle Bridges

(born 20 October 1970)

Michelle Bridges is an Australian personal trainer, author and TV personality. She is a trainer on the Australian version of The Biggest Loser, making her first appearance in the second season, in 2007, during which she trained the red team alongside Jillian Michaels.

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