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Los Angeles County Covid-19
December 31, 2021
New Cases: 27,091 (1,696,582 to date)
New Deaths: 12 (27,637 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,365
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 31st
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,473 18 562
2ND 1,970 24 574
3RD 1,942 17 569
4TH 2,307 20 572
5TH 1,642 4 610
6TH 1,103 2 595
7TH 941 15 629
8TH 1,772 15 650
9TH 1,718 15 667
10TH 1,924 16 667
11TH 1,834 23 684
12TH 1,460 5 707
13TH 1,123 11 698
14TH 1,138 15 718
15TH 1,850 19 751
16TH 2,275 20 770
17TH 3,360 27 772
18TH 3,730 21 749
19TH 3,512 9 742
20TH 3,258 7 743
21ST 3,052 25 741
22ND 6,509 16 748
23RD 8,633 24 770
24TH 9,988 21 801
25TH 11.930 6 850
26TH 8,891 7 849
27TH 7.425 9 904
28TH 9,473 22 966
29TH 16,510 25 1,069
30TH 20,198 24 1,251
31ST 27, 091 12 1,365
Friday Night in the Blogosphere
10 personal stories from Times staff writers in 2021 - Los Angeles Times
Black newspaper publisher Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, 78, dies - Boston Globe
Today in Labor History December 31st, 2021
Sixty thousand unemployed workers rally at a Pittsburgh stadium - 1931
United Mine Workers reformer Joseph "Jock" Yablonski, his wife and daughter are murdered by hit men hired by union president Tony Boyle, who was to be convicted of the crime and eventually die in prison - 1969
OSHA adopts a grain handling facilities standard to protect 155,000 workers at nearly 24,000 grain elevators from the risk of fire and explosion from highly combustible grain dust - 1987
Important Events From This day in History December 31st
1900 U.S.A. -- Indian Lands
1900 : Indian Chief, Pac-kee-ka-ma-que, charged that Indian affairs agent H.M. Robek with corruption and theft. Apparently, the tribes had bought 3,000 acres of land with their own money and wanted $50,000 in compensation from the U.S. government.
1964 Australia -- Donald Campbell
1964 : Donald Campbell breaks the world water speed record with his boat Bluebird, on Lake Dumbleyung in Perth, Western Australia. , the only man to break both land and water speed records in the same year.
1967 U.S.A. -- Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada. resulting in concussion that kept him lying in a coma for 29 days with a crushed pelvis and femur, fractures to his hip, wrist and both ankles.
1927 Turkey -- Economic distress
Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market.Economic distress in Turkey led companies to ditch their old strong boxes. So many Turkish businesses went broke that there was a glut of strong boxes on the market.
1933 Rumania -- Martial law
Martial law was declared in Rumania to prevent assassination attempts on King Carol and his government officials. Premier Ion G. Duca had already been murdered.
1942 Great Britain -- Churchill Meets Stalin
Winston Churchill took a plane to Moscow to meet with communist leader Josef Stalin.
1956 Germany -- Saarland
Saarland had one million inhabitants and was rich in raw materials such as coal. It was to become Germany's tenth state at midnight. France and Germany had fought over the area for 250 years.
1963 Soviet Union -- Needs To Buy Wheat From US
There was a rumpus in U.S. politics over the Soviet Union's request for credit to purchase American wheat to feed starving Soviets. The Democrats and Republicans were sharply divided over the issue.
1963 U.S.A. -- Snowstorm
A massive snowstorm hits the southern states and reaches up through Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Strong winds accompanied the 17 inches that were dropped in a matter of 48 hours, causing power outages and many other problems for millions of people.
1978 Taiwan -- Severs US Diplomatic Relations
U.S. officials had to beat a hasty retreat after President Ching-kuo expressed rage at President Jimmy Carter's acknowledgement of Peking and the severing of diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
1989 Japan -- Economy
Japan's economy was in trouble with the 250 yen to the dollar. The price of gasoline rose 90% and hydro bills soared 50%.
1991 Iran --
U.S. diplomatic ties with Iran were severed as Swiss representatives were restricted and prevented from leaving the country. Switzerland had been acting on behalf of Americans in Iran and closed the Tehran embassy in protest for the way their diplomats were treated.
1993 U.S.A. -- Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
1999 Russia -- Boris Yeltsin
1999 : Boris Yeltsin resigns as Russian president, Vladimir Putin will take over as acting president
2005 Sudan -- Embassy
Sudan's embassy in Baghdad was shut down in an effort to get six kidnapped workers freed. Representatives of al-Qaida warned that the Sudanese captives would be murdered if diplomatic relations between Iraq and Sudan were not cut off.
2006 United States -- The G8 Debt Relief Program
On the last day of their summit, G8 leaders have agreed to extend the debt relief scheme for the world's poorest countries by two years. The initiative, managed by the I.M.F., provides support to twenty-seven nations, mostly from Africa, and was due to expire at the end of 2006. There has reportedly been no agreement on a British proposal to cancel all debts owed.
2006 Iraq -- Saddam Hussein buried in Tikrit
Saddam Hussein has been buried in Awja, the village where he was born sixty-nine years ago. The ceremony was sparsely attended in the Tikrit region north of the capital, where the former Iraqi leader was laid to rest in a family plot. His sons Uday and Qusay are also buried there.
2007 U.S.A. -- Number Of Murders
Statistics relating to the number of murders in relation to the population. We seem to assume the the violent crimes / murders has been getting worse but comparing the population nearly 60 years apart proves that the percentage is very similar. 1947 8,000 murders and the population in the US was about 145 million 2007 16,500 murders and the population in the US was about 300 million
2007 Kenya -- Riots in lieu of the Kenyan elections
Kenyan police have been battling protesters in the blazing slums of Nairobi after disputed the elections that returned President Mwai Kibaki to office. The turmoil might have triggered the deaths of more than one hundred people. Riots have also hit the opposition's western heartland near the border with Uganda, Nairobi's shanty-towns and the resort of Mombasa on the Indian Ocean coast. Reuters have estimated the one hundred deaths, based on witnesses, body counts and credible media reports. Local broadcaster K.T.N. has said the toll has reached at least 124.
2008 United States -- Bomb threats in Aspen
2008 : The ski resort of Aspen has been virtually shut down on New Year’s Eve after two homemade gasoline bombs with threatening notes were found at two of the town's banks and two more in an alley. Hours later, a longtime Aspen resident who is said to be bitter because he had not profited from the community’s transformation from a rural mining town into a luxury resort killed himself with a gunshot to the head. The suspect's body was that of James C. Blanning Jr., 72, a convicted swindler, who was found early in a car on a rural county road on New Year's Day.
2011 Sweden -- Woman Finds Wedding Ring on Garden Carrot After 16 Years
2011 : A Swedish woman who lost her wedding ring in her home in 1995 found the ring around the top of a carrot growing in her garden sixteen years later. The ring was custom made with white gold and diamonds and was designed by the woman who intended to get it re-sized as it no longer fit.
2012 United States -- Hillary Clinton Blood Clot
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was being treated after doctors discovered a blood clot between her brain and skull. Doctors stated that she would be fine and would be released once they gave her a blood-thinner.
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Thursday, December 30, 2021
John Pairman Rest in Peace
I learned the sad news that John Pairman (68) passed a few weeks ago, with no further information available at this time. John worked as an electro-tech at the shuttered Los Angeles Times San Fernando production facility. Finished his newspaper career at the Olympic production facility. He was a very jovial person, and wore a smile most of the time. He will be missed by his family and friends.
Los Angeles County Covid-19
December 30, 2021
New Cases: 20,198 (1,669,545 to date)
New Deaths: 24 (27,625 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,251
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 30th
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,473 18 562
2ND 1,970 24 574
3RD 1,942 17 569
4TH 2,307 20 572
5TH 1,642 4 610
6TH 1,103 2 595
7TH 941 15 629
8TH 1,772 15 650
9TH 1,718 15 667
10TH 1,924 16 667
11TH 1,834 23 684
12TH 1,460 5 707
13TH 1,123 11 698
14TH 1,138 15 718
15TH 1,850 19 751
16TH 2,275 20 770
17TH 3,360 27 772
18TH 3,730 21 749
19TH 3,512 9 742
20TH 3,258 7 743
21ST 3,052 25 741
22ND 6,509 16 748
23RD 8,633 24 770
24TH 9,988 21 801
25TH 11.930 6 850
26TH 8,891 7 849
27TH 7.425 9 904
28TH 9,473 22 966
29TH 16,510 25 1,069
30TH 20,198 24 1,251
Thursday Night in the Blogosphere
(L-R) Ronnie Pineda, Pete Mastin, and Bill Conover
New era for local journalism - Axios
Newspapers were the first draft of city's history - San Clemente Times
Today in Labor History December 30th, 2021
Ferdinand Marcos
Gathering in the back room of Behrens’ cigar shop in Sedalia, Mo., 33 railroad clerks form Local Lodge Number 1 of a union they named the Order of the Railroad Clerks of America - 1899
Idaho Gov. Frank Steunenberg, who had brutally suppressed the state’s miners, is killed by an assassin's bomb. Legendary Western Federation of Miners and IWW leader William "Big Bill" Haywood and two other men were put on trial for the death but were ultimately declared innocent - 1905
GM sit-down strike spreads to Flint, Mich., will last 44 days before ending in union victory - 1936
Former Philippines Senate president Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation. Marcos’ regime would span 20 years and become increasingly authoritarian and corrupt.
Ferdinand Marcos was a law student in the late 1930s, when he was tried for the assassination of a political opponent of his politician father. Convicted in 1939, he personally appealed the case before the Philippine Supreme Court and won an acquittal. During the Japanese occupation in World War II, he allegedly served as leader of the Filipino resistance movement, but U.S. government records indicate he played little role in anti-Japanese activities.
In 1949, he was elected to the Philippines House of Representatives, thanks in large part to his fabricated wartime record. In 1959, he moved up to the Senate and from 1963 to 1965 served as Senate president. In 1965, he broke with the Liberal Party after failing to win his party’s presidential nomination and ran as the candidate of the Nationalist Party. After a bitter and decisive campaign, he was elected president. In 1969, he was reelected.
Important Events From This day in History December 30th
1922 Establishment of the USSR
Saturday, 1922 : Vladimir Lenin the Russian revolutionary who created Leninism, an extension of Marxist theory proclaims the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Find More What happened in 1922
1903 U.S.A. -- Theater Fire in Chicago
The Iroquois Theater Fire in Chicago, Illinois, claims 602 lives, the theater had only been open for just over a month. This is still the worst single-building fire in U.S. history for the number of lives lost.
1986 England -- Canaries made redundant
Canaries have been made redundant from British Coal Mines and are being replaced by modern carbon monoxide detectors.
Canaries have been used in British mines to detect carbon monoxide fumes for over 70 years because they are particularly sensitive to toxic gases such as carbon monoxide which is colourless, odourless and tasteless.1905 U.S.A. -- African American baby
The body of a two week old African American baby was found after searching the Potomac River. Its mother, Lottie Hawkins was held by police and was to be charged with infanticide.
1927 Jamaica -- Turkey For Xmas
Although Jamaicans continue to drink the rum that they produce there has been a change at the Christmas dinner table. Turkeys and chickens have taken the place of the traditional beef in Kingston and other parts of the country. Eating poultry is a novelty to many Jamaicans.
1934 Switzerland -- US Refuses To Join League of Nations
In Geneva the League of Nations had hoped that the U.S. would cooperate and become a member. However, President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull refused to get involved.
1936 U.S.A. -- Car Workers Strikes
Strikes by members of the United Automobile Workers closed seven General Motors (GM) factories in Flint, Michigan
1944 Bulgaria -- Radio Moscow
According to Radio Moscow, Russia, the U.S., and Britain gave three previous regents of Bulgaria to the Bulgarian government because they were the "main culprits committing Bulgaria to the war against the United Nations."
1957 East Germany -- Visas Required
In an attempt to push the West to recognize them, East Germany ruled that travellers to their territory had to possess East German visas instead of Soviet ones. This law was imposed on diplomats and travellers from Allied countries.
1958 Cuba -- Fidel Castro
Rebel guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, are involved in heavy fighting around the town of Santa Clara, the capital of the province of Las Villas.
Two days later, Castro and his guerrillas had taken control and President Batista fled the country to the Dominican Republic
1965 Philippines -- Ferdinand Marcos
1965 : Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated president of the Philippines
1968 Canada -- GNP
Canada had a mixture of prosperity mixed with high unemployment and rising inflation. The Gross National Product was 67 billion dollars.
1969 U.S.A. -- Tax Reduction Nixon
President Richard Nixon signed off on one of the most far-reaching tax reform bill in U.S. history, relieving nine million low-income citizens of the burden of paying taxes and cutting tax rates for all individuals by 5 percent.
1971 Iraq -- Iranians Deported
60,000 Iranian men, women and children are deported from Iraq following relations between Iraq and Iran ending.
1972 Vietnam -- US Stops Bombing
President Nixon orders a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam above the 20th Parallel to help with peace negotiations scheduled between Henry A. Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in Paris on Jan 8
1978 Guyana -- Radio Demerere
1978 : Radio Demerere was bought from the British to give the government of Guyana full control over broadcasting in their own country.
1984 Mexico -- World's Deepest Cave
Speleologists in Mexico had discovered what might be the world's deepest cave after going through a maze of underground tunnels in the jungle. The explorations took place in the state of Oaxeca.
1993 Israel -- Recognized Vatican
Israel and the Vatican agreed to recognize one another as countries.
1994 U.S.A. -- Abortion Clinics
1994 : Two women are shot dead and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at two abortion clinics in a suburb of Boston.
1994 Japan -- Earthquake
A huge 7.5 earthquake shook northern Japan and workmen tried feverishly to repair the wreckage. Two hundred and eighty-five aftershocks occurred and the quake originated in the Pacific Ocean 300 miles northeast of Tokyo.
2003 U.S.A. -- Ephedra
The federal government announced it would proceed with the ban on the sale of Ephedra, an herbal stimulant that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for 5,000 years due to it's link to 155 deaths and dozens of heart attacks and strokes when used as a dietary supplement .
2006 North Korea -- Nuclear Bomb Test
North Korea tested a nuclear bomb in October in spite of the threat of sanctions being placed on it. The country also planned to open a nuclear power plant in 2007.
2006 Iraq -- Saddam Hussein hanged
2006 : Saddam Hussein has been hanged in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity. Iraqi state TV showed images of him going to the gallows before dawn in a building that his intelligence services once used for executions. The moment of his execution was not shown, although pictures of his body wrapped in a shroud were later broadcast on TV.
2008 U.S.A -- Blagojevich names Roland Burris for the President-elect's vacant Senate seat
Govenor Blagojevich has shocked everyone by naming one of Illinois' most well known black political figures to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat. The embattled Governor's appointment of former state comptroller and attorney general Roland Burris drew rebukes from Senate Democratic leaders in Washington and the Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, who said he would not sign Burris' appointment papers.
2009 Afghanistan -- Seven C.I.A. agents (including two contractors) are killed in Afghanistan
Leon Panetta, the C.I.A. Director, has confirmed that seven C.I.A. agents have been killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan. The dead include a mother of three who was the head of the C.I.A's base in Khost Province, near Pakistan. The Taleban have said that one of their members was wearing an explosive vest and an army uniform when he carried out the attack. Two of the seven killed by the Jordanian double agent were contractors for Blackwater Worldwide, and it is likely that they have been included in press reports as actual C.I.A. staff.
2011 United States -- Celebrities Russell Brand and Katy Perry File for Divorce
30th December, 2011 : British Comedian, Russell Brand, announced that he had filed for divorce from US Pop Star Katy Perry after only fourteen months of marriage citing irreconcilable differences. The couple had met in 2008 and were married in 2010 in India.
2013 Russia -- Second Suicide Bomb Attack Hits Volgograd
At least fourteen people died after a suicide bomber attacked a bus in the Russian city of Volgograd. The attack came only a day after another suicide bombing killed seventeen people at a railway station in the city.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Los Angeles County Covid-19
December 29, 2021
New Cases: 16,510 (1,649,376 to date)
New Deaths: 25 (27,601 to date)
Current Hospitalizations: 1,069
Los Angeles County Covid-19 Trends December 1st - 29th
NEW CASES DEATHS HOSPITALIZATIONS
1ST 1,473 18 562
2ND 1,970 24 574
3RD 1,942 17 569
4TH 2,307 20 572
5TH 1,642 4 610
6TH 1,103 2 595
7TH 941 15 629
8TH 1,772 15 650
9TH 1,718 15 667
10TH 1,924 16 667
11TH 1,834 23 684
12TH 1,460 5 707
13TH 1,123 11 698
14TH 1,138 15 718
15TH 1,850 19 751
16TH 2,275 20 770
17TH 3,360 27 772
18TH 3,730 21 749
19TH 3,512 9 742
20TH 3,258 7 743
21ST 3,052 25 741
22ND 6,509 16 748
23RD 8,633 24 770
24TH 9,988 21 801
25TH 11.930 6 850
26TH 8,891 7 849
27TH 7.425 9 904
28TH 9,473 22 966
29TH 16,510 25 1,069
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