Herb Kelleher – Southwest Airlines Founder thanked to parliament Texas Tuesday while stopping to mark the 40th Legislature with the plane ‘to the birthday.  Southwest Airlines when it launched in Texas in June 1971.

Kelleher called the Texas Legislature and state Supreme Court as “parent of Southwest Airlines” as an institution to grow both fledging airline found itself “in a constant battle with other airlines.”

Southwest Airlines dropped a bag of peanuts on the table each member of the House floor. Kelleher said he knew Southwest Airlines has made as late Bob Bullock (former comptroller and lieutenant governor) cited Blue Bell ice cream and Southwest Airlines which represents “the spirit of Texas.”

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The summer solstice shouldn’t come as a surprise. It arrives at pretty much the same time every year. But some of the little-known facts behind and surrounding the solstice are fascinating. First, the basics:

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere will officially arrive on Tuesday at 1:16 p.m. EDT: the June summer solstice.  At the same time, winter officially begins for the Southern Hemisphere.

At that moment, the sun will reach the point where it is farthest north of the celestial equator. To be more precise, when the summer solstice occurs, the sun will appear to be shining directly overhead at a point on the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23.5 degrees north) in the Great Bahama Bank, roughly halfway between Andros Island and central Cuba.

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