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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jun 3, 2006 23:52:25 GMT -6
1937: American divorcee Wallis Simpson weds the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII, who had abdicated the British throne to marry her.
1948: The Hale telescope, the largest telescope in the world at the time, is dedicated at Mount Palomar Observatory in California.
1959: Singapore gains its independence from Britain, becoming a self-governing state in the Commonwealth of Nations.
1968: Valerie Solanas, an actor and author of the SCUM Manifesto, a pamphlet denouncing men, shoots and wounds artist Andy Warhol at his New York studio.
1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's Islamic revolution, dies, sending millions of Iranians into the streets in mourning.
1999: Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic agrees with NATO leaders on a peace plan that calls for the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from Kosovo.
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Post by Phalon on Jun 4, 2006 20:45:45 GMT -6
I like your "this day in History" posts, Scrappy. Always interesting to see what I've missed.
And Wow! June already. Dang, it seems like we were just wearing winter jackets. Oh wait, we were - less than two weeks ago. Last week of school for my girls - the youngest graduates preschool this week.
We owe the name of this month to one of the most prominent families in ancient Rome: the clan of which Junius belonged. Lucius Junius Brutus drove the last of the Tarquin kings out of Rome in 510 B.C., and was elected the first consul of Rome. It is believed he decreed his name be honored in naming this month "June".
Lots going on this month. June is:
Adopt a Shelter Cat Month Cancer from the Sun Month Celibacy Awareness Month Child Vision Awareness Month Children's Awareness Month Dairy Alternative Month Effective Communications Month Fireworks Safety Month Gay and Lesbian Pride Month International Accordion Awareness Month, (huh?) National Safety Month National Soul Food Month International Men's Month Dairy Month.....I'm sensing a conflict here with the Dairy Alternative Month people June is Perennial Gardening Month June is Turkey Lover's Month National Aphasia Month National Candy Month National GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender) Month National Ice Tea Month National Rivers Month National Rose Month National Steakhouse Month Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month Potty Training Month Professional Wellness Month Rebuild Your Life Month Sports America Kids Month Vision Research Month World Infertility Month
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Post by mabd on Jun 6, 2006 18:10:25 GMT -6
1937: American divorcee Wallis Simpson weds the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII, who had abdicated the British throne to marry her. Kinda had to abdicate. Politics. Even Eddie's champion, Beaverbrook, agreed with Churchill that the King was too pro-German and both feared that the Brits would form a 'king's party.' Headlines in the USA were great (Brit papers could not mention the issue by law): "King to be Third Mate on American Tramp." Hearst papers did that one. Oh, Scrappy, you are so discrete. Hadn't thought of SCUM in decades. What was that phrase Solanas used -- "men would swim upstream through vomit if they thought they could have a woman." Now we really are in the way back machine -- "Society for Cutting Up Men." And she really believed anyone would follow her into the pits of her insanity. Boy, that feels like yesterday and also like it was centuries ago. Love your 'on this day' stuff. Maeve
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jun 30, 2006 0:50:04 GMT -6
On this day...June 30.....(geting ready...lol)
296 St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1294 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland 1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published 1741 Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms 1794 Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio 1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) 1859 Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope 1862 Day 6 of the 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp 1870 Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate 1871 Guatemala revolts for agarian reforms 1881 Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia 1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered 1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 1900 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die 1902 S I Bailey discovers asteroid #504 Cora 1906 John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College 1906 Pure Food & Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act adopted 1908 Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Highlanders, 8-0 1908 Giant fireball impacts in Central Siberia (Tunguska Event) 1911 US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes 1913 2nd Balkan War begins 1913 NY Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-1 1914 Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa 1916 Chick Evans Jr wins golf's US Open 1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica 1927 Augusto Cesar Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico 1927 US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes 1928 Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards 1929 Bobby Jones wins golf's US Open 1930 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY 1933 Card's Dizzy Dean strikesout 17 Cubs to win 8-2 1933 US Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id & Salt Lake City Utah closes 1934 "Night of the Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party 1934 French Equitorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit 1934 NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions 1935 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1784 Benguella 1936 "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published 1936 40 hour work week law approved (federal) 1938 Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phils 14-1 1939 Heinkel He. 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemnde 1940 "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears 1940 US Fish & Wildlife Service established 1942 US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation 1948 Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1948 Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs) 1950 Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea 1951 NAACP begins attack on school segregation & discrimination 1952 "The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV 1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor 1956 United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128 1959 During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time 1960 Za‹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium 1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 1962 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0 1962 Murie Lindstrom wins US Women's Golf Open 1962 Rwanda & Burundi become independent 1963 Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church 1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit 1965 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise 1966 Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour 1967 Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named 1st black astronaut 1967 Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th positions since joining Phils 1969 Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 1969 Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco 1970 1st baseball game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium 1970 Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City 1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze 1971 Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve of lower the voting age to 18, thus ratifying the 26th admendment 1972 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985 1972 Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, & go on to win the pennant 1973 Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse 1974 Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub. 24 die (Port Chester NY) 1975 Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado 1975 Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman 1976 John Walker of New Zealand sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4 1977 Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52" 1977 Marvel Comics publish the "Kiss book" tributing the rock group Kiss 1977 US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC) 1977 Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto 1978 Larry Doby becomes manager of the Chicago White Sox 1978 Willie McCovey becomes the 12th to hit 500 HRs 1979 Johnny Rotten & Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury 1981 China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy 1982 Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification 1982 Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale NJ NHL franchise officially named the Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders & Americans 1984 Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lats 93 minutes 33 seconds 1985 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut 1985 LA Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 HRs in June 1986 Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1987 Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump 1988 Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason 1989 Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK 1989 Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl 1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam 1989 NY State Legislature passes Staten Island seccession bill
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Post by Siren on Jul 13, 2006 22:00:32 GMT -6
What was that phrase Solanas used -- "men would swim upstream through vomit if they thought they could have a woman. What was that line in "Bull Durham", Maeve? "Men will go along with anything if they think it's foreplay", or something to that affect. Lol!
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Post by Phalon on Aug 15, 2006 22:16:56 GMT -6
Twenty years ago on this day, August 16th, I married the man who I thought was the greatest guy on earth. And I still do.
It's been a long, wild ride thus far.....oh..wait, I think I promisied to keep our sex life off the message board. <smile>
Love ya, Dear.
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Post by Siren on Aug 16, 2006 18:20:25 GMT -6
Congratulations, Phalon! That is a great accomplishment. Best wishes for many, many more happy years together!
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Post by katina2nd on Aug 16, 2006 20:09:50 GMT -6
Let me add my heartiest congratulations as well well Lady P, very well done. Do you plan on going out and painting the town red, if so, have a great time. Here's to the next twenty, and beyond.
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Post by Mini Mia on Aug 17, 2006 21:05:31 GMT -6
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Post by mabd on Aug 17, 2006 23:09:07 GMT -6
Twenty years ago on this day, August 16th, I married the man who I thought was the greatest guy on earth. And I still do. Dorothy Sayers wrote that there was "a certain frivolity, joy, and easy pleasure" when, once again, "as you had done for decades, you smiled at your love." As you smile in love, I would wish for both of you that love continues to smile back. Maeve
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Post by Phalon on Aug 18, 2006 22:54:26 GMT -6
Thanks all.
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Post by Mini Mia on May 26, 2007 11:01:01 GMT -6
We owe the name of this month [June] to one of the most prominent families in ancient Rome: the clan of which Junius belonged. Lucius Junius Brutus drove the last of the Tarquin kings out of Rome in 510 B.C., and was elected the first consul of Rome. It is believed he decreed his name be honored in naming this month "June".
Lots going on this month. June is:
Adopt a Shelter Cat Month Cancer from the Sun Month Celibacy Awareness Month Child Vision Awareness Month Children's Awareness Month Dairy Alternative Month Effective Communications Month Fireworks Safety Month Gay and Lesbian Pride Month International Accordion Awareness Month, (huh?) National Safety Month National Soul Food Month International Men's Month Dairy Month.....I'm sensing a conflict here with the Dairy Alternative Month people June is Perennial Gardening Month June is Turkey Lover's Month National Aphasia Month National Candy Month National GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender) Month National Ice Tea Month National Rivers Month National Rose Month National Steakhouse Month Pharmacists Declare War on Alcoholism Month Potty Training Month Professional Wellness Month Rebuild Your Life Month Sports America Kids Month Vision Research Month World Infertility Month
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Post by Phalon on Nov 12, 2007 6:46:40 GMT -6
Veterans Day (observed)
from Wikipedia...
"Veterans Day is an American holiday honoring military veterans. Both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states, it is celebrated on the same day as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)
The holiday is commonly misprinted as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements.
A bill was signed on June 28, 1968 intended to ensure three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. After protests by veterans' groups, it was moved back to November 11 in 1978 (most states had reverted to the original date during the '70s). Even though it is a federal and state holiday, it is formally observed in most parts of the United States only by government offices and banks."
I think in England, yesterday was Rememberance Day? Australia too? And I wonder if other countries to that same odd thing of observing the day the Monday following to give government and bank employees another day off work. Hubs is home today; I will get nothing done.
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Post by Phalon on Nov 12, 2007 23:40:09 GMT -6
Just got back from the Christmas movie thread down in General Television.
Hhhmmm....last time I checked, (this morning), the calendar read "November 12".....not even mid-November.
And everywhere I look the Halls are Decked with Balls of Holly, and giant inflatable Christmas things, and such. The bakery at the grocery had boxes and boxes of Christmas cookies.
I want a Turkey cookie. Or chocolate chip would suffice.
Who started this trend? Ok, ok...it was the retailers. But when?
In July is not an acceptable answer, though accurate it seems.
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Post by Siren on Nov 14, 2007 10:01:52 GMT -6
My friend Grant sent me an outraged email over the weekend, wondering why on earth "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" was on. My reply: "Because someone paid for the advertising."
Veteran's Day was Sunday. Many thanks to all those who have served our country. My belated best wishes!
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Post by Phalon on Nov 16, 2007 8:38:50 GMT -6
Today is International Day for Tolerance, (something that should be done every day)....a day to practice the "advancement of human welfare, freedom and progress everywhere, as well as to encourage tolerance, respect, dialogue and cooperation among different cultures, civilizations and peoples".....
...and those different cultures, civilizations and peoples include a small, but growing breed of goofy, can't-sit-still, ants-in-their-pants, can remember every detail, and recite verbatim a television commercial they saw three days prior for the latest and greatest new toy hitting the market just in time for Christmas....but who can't repeat a two sentence paragraph they've been reciting for weeks.
And I hope I can muster all the tolerance I have as I help thirty or so of this growing breed of six-year-olds practice their lines today for the Thanksgiving play.
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Post by Phalon on Dec 24, 2007 6:24:20 GMT -6
I've missed many days of importance between the last post here, and now.....but this is one I won't miss.
Bet ya think I'm going to ramble on about it being Christmas Eve, don't ya?
It is that; it's also time for me to take a trip down mammary lane: my yearly mammogram.
Though the morning of Christmas Eve is not the most opportune time to have a mammogram, there's rarely a bad time for the following reminder:
Women over 40, and those with a family history of breast cancer are advised to get yearly mammograms, in addition to monthly self-examinations - don't forget those either. "Early detection saves lives."
This has been a public ser-vise announcement. Now, excuse me while I go get squished.
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Post by Mini Mia on Dec 24, 2007 16:09:52 GMT -6
Got mine a month ago. They had new machines and OW they hurt like the dickens! I guess they didn't have enough practice with them by the time I got my exam. I also had to get an ultrasound. Thankfully, whatever showed up on the x-ray didn't show up on the ultrasound. I've had one biopsy, and I don't want another one.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 26, 2008 11:44:42 GMT -6
Did I miss it? Is that time zone thing messing with me again, and this is too late?
Happy Australia Day, Katina, Chere, and any of those here who are down under!
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Post by katina2nd on Jan 26, 2008 22:07:28 GMT -6
Thanks Lady P, and you're never too late.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 26, 2008 22:11:54 GMT -6
Is Australia Day, Katina, like our fourth of July, Independence Day celebration?
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Post by katina2nd on Jan 26, 2008 22:27:46 GMT -6
Kinda I guess, it's a commemoration of the establishment of the first European settlement, and yep we have celebrations and a National Holiday which is on the Monday this year as the actual day fell on the weekend.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 26, 2008 22:31:21 GMT -6
Ahhhh....so you do that it-falls-on-a-weekend-but-we-must-get-a-day-off-work-or-school-so-let's-make-Monday-the-holiday-instead thing there too.
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Post by katina2nd on Jan 26, 2008 22:35:47 GMT -6
Dang tooting, we love our holidays down here, think we're the only country [ or state at least ] in the world that has a holiday for a horse race, The Melbourne Cup.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 26, 2008 22:40:24 GMT -6
Hmmmmm, no sporting holidays here. Though we have Derby Day for the running of the Kentucky Derby, but unless too many Mint Juleps were consumed before, during, and after, I don't think many get the following Monday off work.
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Post by katina2nd on Jan 26, 2008 23:01:25 GMT -6
Yeah I was miffed that they didn't declare at least a weeks holiday when the Cats won the flag last year, reckon that was the least they could have done.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 22, 2008 5:57:53 GMT -6
A couple of things to think about today.... *
If the earth were only
a few feet in diameter, floating a
few feet above a field somewhere,
people would come from everywhere to
marvel at its big pools of water, its little pools of water
and the water flowing between the pools. People would
marvel at the bumps on it, and the holes in it, and they
would marvel at the very thin layer of gas surrounding it and
the water suspended in the gas. The people would marvel at
all the creatures walking around the surface of the ball, and at
the creatures in the water. The people would declare it
precious because it was the only one, and they would protect
it so that it would not be hurt. The ball would be the
greatest wonder known, and the people would come to
behold it, to be healed, to gain knowledge, to know
beauty and to wonder how it could be. People
would love it, and defend it with their lives,
because they would somehow know that their
lives, the roundness, could be
nothing without it. If the Earth
were only a few feet in
diameter.
*
~ Author Unknown "New things lie in store for the earth, and one of them is us." ~ Marianne Williamson - A Women's Worth Let's make them good things. Happy Earth Day.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 24, 2008 5:55:00 GMT -6
Hey, Scrappy - did you bake a cake for your "Uncle" yesterday and put lots and lots of candles on it? April 23rd is the "accepted" birthdate of William Shakespeare. It's also the date of his death.
He was 23 April 1564, and died 23 April 1616.
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Post by Phalon on Apr 25, 2008 5:55:25 GMT -6
Today is National Arbor Day. We'll be planting a tree this evening - a cute American Fringe tree I bought at the nursery last fall, and didn't get around to planting then. It spent the winter heeled in in the vegetable garden, and finally will find a permanent home in the back yard.
On a discouraging note - wildfires are breaking out throughout the state. I think it's amazing that with all the snow we've had this winter, and a spring with so much rain that the area can still be so dry. Our sign coming into town that has the fire danger level for the day has been reading "High" for the past week. 1,100 acres of forest in the northern Lower Peninsula burned, and a few smaller fires were controlled further south; one in the county in which I live. It rained last night, and is supposed to again tonight. I hope it's enough to prevent more fires from starting.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Apr 25, 2008 11:13:04 GMT -6
Hey, Scrappy - did you bake a cake for your "Uncle" yesterday and put lots and lots of candles on it? April 23rd is the "accepted" birthdate of William Shakespeare. It's also the date of his death. He was 23 April 1564, and died 23 April 1616. Man I should write that down! Maybe beer cake. I hear he was a drinker....lol
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