Almanac Highlights and Birthdays for June 6
The Almanac notes 2011 is the 154th day of the year and 76th of spring. It lists key events from 1965 astronaut Edward H. White II pioneering spacewalks to 1979 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and Montenegro’s 2006 independence. It also recalls birthdays of Jefferson Davis Raoul Dufy Tony Curtis Allen Ginsberg Curtis Mayfield Anderson Cooper Rafael Nadal and notes a 1860 census slave population in Mississippi and South Carolina. It cites a quote from Allen Ginsberg and shows the moon phase between June 1 and June 8.
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Edward H. White II
Ixtoc
Gulf of Mexico
Montenegro
Union of
Serbia and
Mississippi
South Carolina
Stop scrutinizing politicians lives cost us future leaders
Michael Smerconish argues overexposure of public figures harms governance by chilling worthy contenders like Mitch Daniels He cites his Indiana record turning a 200 million deficit into a 13 billion surplus and warns personal scrutiny may deter competent fiscal managers from running The piece critiques media bias and urges focusing on policy over private lives.
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Mitch Daniels
Indiana
Daniels
Cheri
Cheri Daniels
California
Mitch
Danielses
Hoosier
Frank Farley
Temple University
American Psychological Association
Farley
Why memories fade in routine Sundays and the role of novelty
Harvard professor Moshe Bar explains memory prioritization, noting routine days yield few novel experiences. He describes memory as a survival tool for predicting future events, with imagination and novelty driving learning.
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Costco
Roman
Moshe Bar
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Celebrity gossip dominates modern news cycles worldwide
DL Stewart argues that celebrity gossip eclipses meaningful events from politics to economy. He cites Schwarzenegger, Strauss Kahn, and Lindsey Lohan to show global obsession with stars. Gossip is praised by some as social cohesion yet viewed as trivial and pervasive.
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Midwest
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Charlie
International Monetary Fund
Schwarzenegger
Sacramento State House
California
Pacific Palisades Mansion
Charlie Sheen
Dominique Strauss- Kahn
Manhattan
Hollywood
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Randy
Savage
People.com
Christina Hendricks
Lindsay Lohan
Barack Obama
Justin Bieber
Maria
Dominique
IMF
Oxford University
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Doonesbury
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Ue RE
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Crepiors
Los Angeles Times
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