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Post by Tamrin on Jun 3, 2012 8:20:43 GMT 10
Sunday, 3 June Ancient Rome: Festival to Bellona, goddess of war 1098 - Christian Crusaders seize Antioch, Turkey 1853 - Birth of Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS, British archaeologist 1906 - Birth of Josephine Baker, African-American dancer 1924 - Death of Franz Kafka, Bohemian-born Austrian novelist (The Trial) 1926 - Birth of Allen Ginsberg, American beat poet (Howl) 1930 - Birth of Marion Zimmer Bradley, US science fiction and fantasy author (The Mists of Avalon) 1989 - Hundreds of Chinese students butchered while demonstrating in Tiananmen Square Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederate States of America (1861-5) (Born this day 1808) Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 4, 2012 6:44:34 GMT 10
Monday, 4 June Ancient Greece: Nativity of Socrates, Athenian philosopher (born this day 470 BCE) 1647 - British army seizes King Charles I as a prisoner 1911 - Birth of Rev. Dr Sir Alan Walker, OBE, Australian churchman (Lifeline founder) 1912 - Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law 1916 - Birth of Gaylord Nelson, American Senator & Governor (Earth Day founder) 1919 - US Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill 1937 - Birth of Robert Fulghum, American Unitarian Minister and author 1989 - Death of Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (good riddance) Frank BuchmanAmerican religious revivalist, (Oxford Group) (Born this day 1878) There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 5, 2012 7:14:33 GMT 10
Tuesday, 5 June World Environment Day1723 - Baptism of Adam Smith, Scottish economist (Wealth of Nations) 1820 - Initiation of Bro. James K. Polk, 11 th US President, in Columbia Lodge #31, Tennessee 1883 - Birth of John Maynard Keynes, English economist, mathematician and journalist 1887 - Birth of Ruth Benedict, US anthropologist (Patterns of Culture) 1898 - Birth of Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, lyricist and dramatist 1900 - Death of Stephen Crane, American author (The Red Badge of Courage) 1949 - Birth of Ken Follett, Welsh novelist (The Pillars of the Earth) Bro. Lord Herbert KitchenerIrish-born British Field Marshal and proconsul (Died this day 1916) Don't talk to me about atrocities in war; all war is an atrocity 2012 - Death of Ray Bradbury, American science fiction author (Fahrenheit 451)
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 6, 2012 9:50:49 GMT 10
Wednesday, 6 June Allied Nations: D-Day commemoration (1944) Transit of Venus1787 - The Grand Lodge of New York was instituted 1806 - The Grand Lodge of Delaware was instituted 1832 - Death of Jeremy Bentham, English Utilitarian philosopher 1875 - Birth of Thomas Mann, German novelist (Magic Mountain-Nobel 1929) 1935 - Birth of the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibetian Buddhist leader 1961 - Death of Dr Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist 1968 - Assassination of Robert F Kennedy, US Senator Aleksandr PushkinRussian poet, novelist and dramatist (Born this day 1799) The heavy hanging chains shall fall, the walls shall crumble at the word, And freedom greet you with the light and brothers give you back the sword
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 7, 2012 12:00:19 GMT 10
Thursday, 7 June Scotland: Commemoration of Robert the Bruce (died this day 1329) 1099 - Crusaders begin their Siege of Jerusalem 1769 - Bro. Daniel Boone, American pioneer began exploring the Bluegrass State of Kentucky 1848 - Birth of Paul Gaugin, French post-impressionist painter 1866 - Death of Chief Seattle, Native American leader 1899 - Birth of Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (The Death of the Heart) 1917 - Birth of Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (The Bean Eaters) 1943 - Birth of Nikki Giovanni, American poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973) Susan BlowUS teacher, pioneered kindergarten education (Born this day 1843) To each man is reserved a work which he alone can do
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 8, 2012 6:39:27 GMT 10
Friday, 8 June Norfolk Island: Bounty Day (1856) 0632 - Death of Muhammad, warrior prophet of Islam (Koran) 1809 - Death of Thomas Paine, English-American-French writer (Age of Reason) 1845 - Death of Bro. Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States 1867 - Birth of Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect and master builder 1876 - Death of George Sand, French novelist and early feminist 1916 - Birth of Francis Crick, FRS, English biologist, co-discovered DNA's structure 1955 - Birth of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, FRS, English scientist (inventor of the WWW) Attila the HunGermanic warlord (Invaded Italy this day 452) Huns only make enemies on purpose
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 9, 2012 8:00:32 GMT 10
Saturday, 9 June Commemoration of Bro. Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George (“Black Mozart”), African-French swordsman, soldier of fortune and composer (died this day 1799) 0068 - Suicide of Nero, Roman Emperor 1838 - Myall Creek Massacre of Kwiambal tribal people (indigenous Australians) 1849 - The Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Delaware was instituted 1870 - Death of Charles Dickens, English author (Oliver Twist) 1916 - Birth of Robert McNamara, United States Secretary of Defence 1928 - Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight (Southern Cross) 1954 - Birth of Gregory Maguire, American novelist (Wicked) Bertha von SuttnerAustrian novelist and pacifist (Nobel 1905) (Born this day 1843) Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 10, 2012 8:31:05 GMT 10
Sunday, 10 June Ancient Persia: Day of Anahita, goddess of Love 1849 - Establishment of Provincial Grand Lodge, New South Wales, EC 1899 - Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati 1914 - Birth of Saul Bellow, Canadian-born American author (Mr Sammler's Planet) 1922 - Birth of Judy Garland, American actor (Wizard of Oz) 1929 - Birth of Edward O Wilson (EO Wilson), American etymologist and sociobiologist 1941 - Death of Marcus Garvey, Jamaican proponent of Black Nationalism 1988 - Death of Louis L'Amour, US western writer Luís Vaz de CamõesPortugal's national bard (Died this day 1580) Times change, as do our wills, what we are - is ever changing; all the world is made of change, and forever attaining new qualities
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 11, 2012 9:16:20 GMT 10
Monday, 11 June Hawai'i: Kamehameha Day, in honour of its first monarch “Queen’s Birthday” Holiday (typically stormy — "long to reign rain over us") 0323 - BCE - Death of Alexander the Great, Macedonian warrior leader 1294 - Death of Roger Bacon, English mathematician and alchemist 1381 - Peasants’ Revolt – Wat Tyler began the march on London 1572 - Birth of Ben Jonson, first English Poet Laureate 1910 - Birth of Jacques Cousteau, French, underwater adventurer and filmmaker 1925 - Birth of William Styron, American author (Sophie's Choice) 1986 - UGLE required the removal of references to the “Ancient Penalties” from all obligations Bartolomeo VanzettiItalian-born American anarchist (Born this day 1888) There is nothing, nowhere, neither on earth nor in heavens, that can make the true untrue or the untrue true
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 12, 2012 6:59:01 GMT 10
Tuesday, 12 June World Day Against Child Labour1819 - Birth of Charles Kingsley, English clergyman and novelist (Hypatia) 1851 - Birth of Bro. Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS, English physicist and radio pioneer 1898 - Bro. Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo declared the Philippines independent from Spain 1902 - Australian women given the right to vote and to stand for election 1914 - Birth of John Seymour, English self-sufficiency advocate and author 1925 - Initiation of Bro. Lord Stanley Bruce, Australian PM, in Old Melbournians’ Lodge 1929 - Birth of Anne Frank, Dutch diarist and Nazi Holocaust victim Bro. Medgar EversUS Civil Rights activist (Murdered this day 1963) I'm looking to be shot any time I step out of my car… If I die, it will be in a good cause. I've been fighting for America just as much as the soldiers in Vietnam
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