Yesterday was the shortest day of the year....in the northern hemisphere.  Which means it was also the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere.  This day can be on June 22, today, but that is rare.  Happened in 1975 and will next occur in 2203.  In 2024, this summer solstice, will occur on June 20, and will repeat through 2026, returning to June 21 in 2027.  D-Day, or  The Longest Day  of World War II, actually occurred on June 6, 1944. That missing Titanic-viewing sub  Titan  leads me to space tourism.  This underwater tour cost $250,000/person, and unless a miracle occurs, will signal the end of this form of adventure for awhile. Space tourism is becoming widespread for the truly rich, starting at a mere $125,000 for a relaxing 6-hour ride to the stratosphere in a ballon, to Virgin Galactic's $450,000 suborbital joy ride of 90-minutes to experience a few minutes of zero-gravity experience during descent, to  Blue Origin's $28 million  ( or maybe it will only be $9

   From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732       1185        246       82 July    22     1205     7128        1293      1120      572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242       835      130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136      1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571       703       85 Nov    25     2304    12025        620       518      118 Dec     30     3880    14748       1224       299     465 Jan      14       4142    15512        1151        189      712                  Feb      3       4005   14265       1209       107     398           10        3432   14043       1357        119     276           16         1787     9799       1088       109     219            17         2537   11383        1195         89     165 Summary:  Not exactly declining as fast as desired.  However, compared to previous months, the trend is good.  Even though I

  From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732        1185        246        82 July    22     1205     7128        1293      1120       572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242       835       130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136      1168        82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571       703        85 Nov    25     2304    12025        620       518      118 Dec     30     3880    14748      1224       299      465 Jan      14       4142    15512       1151         189      712                            20      4385    17350      1382        152     566             28       3908   16388      1439       162     555   Feb      1       1904     9265        609         94     235             2       3632   14673       1240        113      547 Summary:  There is a definite decline in new deaths from last week.  However, whenever large numbers of people gather togeth