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Post by Tamrin on Aug 29, 2009 10:15:46 GMT 10
29 August0029 - John the Baptist beheaded (Note: Actual date is questionable) 1526 - Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohács 1533 - Atahualpa last Incan King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors 1632 – Birth of John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance 1809 – Birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge, MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) 1862 – Birth of Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, Symbolist poet (Nobel 1911) 1949 - USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb 1953 - USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb  Maurice Maeterlinck(Born this day 1862 At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future,
tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 30, 2009 8:08:11 GMT 10
30 August0030 - BC- Cleopatra 7th & most famous queen [last Pharaoh] of Egypt, commits suicide 1797 - Birth of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) 1854 - John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels 1871 - Birth of Ernest Lord Rutherford, England, physicist; discovered atomic nucleus 1941 - Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1956 - White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas 1979 - Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley(Born this day 1797) It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 31, 2009 6:02:39 GMT 10
31 AugustUS: Festal Day/Order of the Eastern Star (Robert Morris' birthday) Malaysia: Malaysia Day (1957) Trinidad & Tobago: Independence Day (1962) 0012 – Birth of Caligula (Gaius Caesar), 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD) 1535 - Pope Paul II deposed & excommunicated King Henry VIII 1688 - John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author of "Pilgrim's Progress," dies 1818 – Birth of Robert Morris, Founder of the Order of the Eastern Star 1870 – Birth of Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) 1957 - Malaya (Malaysia) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1962 - Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day) 1980 - Poland's Solidarity labor union founded  Bro. Rob Morris(Born this day 1818) We meet upon the level and we part upon the square
These words have precious meaning and are practiced everywhere
Come let us contemplate them, they are worthy of a thought
From the ancient times of Masonry these symbols have been taught
We meet upon the level, every country, sect and creed
The rich man from his mansion, the poor man from the field
For wealth is not considered within our outer door
And we all meet on the level upon the checkered floor
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 1, 2009 7:05:14 GMT 10
1 SeptemberOz: Wattle Day 0069 - Traditional date of the destruction of Jerusalem 1666 - Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed 1906 - Papua placed under Australian administration 1907 – Birth of Walter Reuther, labor leader/president of UAW & CIO 1914 – Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo 1923 - Earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama, kills 106,000 1951 - US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty  Walter Reuther(Born this day 1907) There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men.
There is no greater contribution than to help the weak.
There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 2, 2009 6:32:43 GMT 10
2 SeptemberVietnam: Independence Day (1945) 0490 - BC - Phidippides runs 1st marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs Persia 0031 - BC - Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emp Augustus 1839 - Birth of Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty) 1937 - Baron Pierre de Coubertin, reviver of Olympics, dies at 74 1944 - Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz 1945 - V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends) 1973 - Death of J.R.R. Tolkien, 81, English Christian language scholar and novelist  Pierre de Coubertin(Died this day 1937) Swifter, higher, stronger
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 3, 2009 6:39:37 GMT 10
3 September1658 - Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, dies at 59 1752 - This day never happened, nor the next 10, as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot, thinking the govt stole 11 days of their lives 1783 - Treaty of Paris signed (ending the US Revolutionary War) 1900 - British annex Natal (South Africa) 1907 - Birth of Dr Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets) 1939 - Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada 1962 - e. e. cummings, poet, dies at 67  Oliver Cromwell(Died this day 1658) Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 4, 2009 6:17:11 GMT 10
4 September1768 - Birth of François Ren‚ de Chateaubriand France, poet/novelist/statesman 1824 - Birth of Phoebe Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary) 1886 - Geronimo is captured, ending last major US-Indian war 1918 - US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1937 - Birth of Dawn Fraser, Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64) 1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) 1965 - Albert Schweitzer dies  Dawn Fraser(Born this day 1937) Make yourself an example, achieve it,
but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 5, 2009 6:36:02 GMT 10
5 September1774 - 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia 1781 - Battle of Virginia Capes, French defeat British, traps Cornwallis 1882 - 10,000 workers march in 1st Labor Day parade in NYC 1905 - Birth of Arthur Koestler, Hungary, writer (Darkness at Noon) 1927 - Birth of Paul Volcker, [former U.S.] Federal Reserve chairman 1972 - 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics 1991 - US trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins  Paul Volcker(Born this day 1927) I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm,
to use that word, an entirely new structure of the economy
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 6, 2009 8:16:56 GMT 10
6 September1620 - Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth England to the New World 1757 - Birth of Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary 1766 - Birth of John Dalton, chemist, developed atomic theory of matter 1860 - Birth of Jane Addams, US, pacifist/social worker/feminist (Nobel 1931) 1888 - Birth of Joseph P Kennedy, financier/diplomat, father of JFK, RFK & Teddy 1901 - Pres William McKinley, assassinated by Leon Czologosz in Buffalo, NY 1966 - Dr Verwoerd, South African PM, assassinated in assembly  Joseph P Kennedy(Born this day 1888) Don't buy a single vote more than necessary.
I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 7, 2009 6:49:17 GMT 10
7 SeptemberBrazil: Independence Day (1822) 1533 - Birth of Queen Elizabeth I, England, (1558-1603) daughter of Henry VIII 1822 - Brazil declares independence from Portugal (National Day) 1829 - Birth of August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring 1860 - Birth of Grandma (Anna Maria) Moses, NY, primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket) 1914 - Birth of James Van Allen, discovered Van Allen radiation belts 1940 - German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights 1942 - Birth of Garrison Keillor, humorist (Praire Home Companion)  Grandma Moses(Born this day 1860) Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be
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